Addicted To CAS Challenge – One Layer Card…

August 5, 2017August 14, 2017 Pam Sparks24 Comments

I’m so excited to be a guest designer over on the Addicted to CAS Challenge blog today! I love CAS, coloring and dies so I really enjoyed this! Thank you for having me ladies!

The challenge this week is One Layer! I hope you’ll join us!

I decided to make a one layer die cut inlay card using My Favorite Things Beach Scene Builder Die-namics set and Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables dies. All the pieces are cut from an A2 size white card-stock panel, inked with Distress ink and the ink blending tools, fit together like a puzzle, taped together on the back and adhered to an A2 card base.

I did go back in with Distress Markers to accent the embossed lines of the Palm Tree die cut.

The sentiment is from Printworks Collection E4730 Escape the Ordinary. If you love beach images…you have to see what all PW has…lots of fun images and sentiments. Check out the releases HERE.

The cutie little crab is from Lawn Fawn Palm Trees die set. I die cut two and glued them together at the very tip of it’s claws. Pretty cute little photo prop! hehe

Linking my card to some other challenges…

CAS on Friday – Exotic

Crazy 4 Challenges – Summer Fun

Stempelgarten Challenge – Summertime

MFT Color Challenge 74

Virginia’s Summer Blog Party – Share your Summer creations

STAMPlorations – CAS vacation

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Thanks for stopping by! I’ll be back soon!

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Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Lawn Fawn · MFT · Simon Says Stamp · Summer

Simon Says Stamp Happy Swimmers Birthday Card…

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 Pam Sparks18 Comments

I love these cute characters from Simon Says Stamp! This is the Happy Swimmers stamp and die set, out of stock right now though. I linked it anyway. You can always sign up to get notified when it comes back in stock. The sun die is from Lawn Fawn, the waves from My Favorite Things and the sand from Taylored Expressions but I’m linking you up to the poppystamps Stitched Landscape die set. The sentiment is from another Simon Says Stamp set called Happy Block Greetings. Don’t shoot me! It looks like it’s discontinued! I just got it not that long ago. Sorry about that. HERE is another cute set though…

Just a fun, cute card for Gena who’s turning 10 this month! Doesn’t seem possible! She’s still a little girl at heart though and she loves hugs from Grandma, making cards, her chicks and kittens! Oh and swimming! lol

Linking my card to some challenges…

SSS Flickr Challenge #76 – Anything Goes

Virginia’s Summer Blog Party

Thanks for stopping by and sharing my Summer card making fun!

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cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Summer

Memory Box Graceful Cattails, Dragonfly Stems and Tall Grassy Stems Corners…

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Monday greetings everyone! Back with a masculine birthday card…very Summer-ish!

I had fun playing with the Distress Oxide inks again on Mixed Media card-stock. I blended the ink on with the ink blending tool and then spritzed it with a mister bottle of water.

At first I didn’t like it so it’s taken me a few weeks to finish this. I’m glad I persevered! lol Always nice to have a man card in the stash!

I used the following dies…the Dragonfly Stems Corners are layered on top of the Grassy Stems Corners.

Graceful Cattails

Dragonfly Stems Left Corner

Tall Grassy Stems Left Corner

Dragonfly Stems Right Corner

Tall Grassy Stems Right Corner

Scribble Happy Birthday

I die cut everything from Mixed Media Card-stock and colored them except for the happy birthday sentiment. I cut it from black 2mm craft foam and black card-stock. I glued the card-stock cuts to the foam and then glued them to the card after I assembled all the scene pieces.

This ended up a little over a 5 ½ inch square card. I get my square envelopes HERE.

Linking up to some challenges…

Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge – Butterflies, Bees and Bugs

Word Art Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

*** I bought some new paint brushes at Dick Blick and thought I’d share that it’s free shipping there now on a $35 purchase…a great deal for Copic markers, paint brushes, paints, pencils, Mixed Media card-stock pads, Watercolor paper and so much more! It’s nice to be able to order sets or just ones when you need to replace a short color pencil or get Copic refills etc. Appreciate this lower shipping option! Thanks for shopping through my links! I appreciate it so much! ***

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoying Summer here right now..the humidity isn’t so bad! yay!

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Birthday · cards · copics · Distress Ink coloring · Masculine · MFT · Summer

MFT Birdie Brown Party Like a Pirate Birthday Card…

July 28, 2017August 30, 2017 Pam Sparks15 Comments

I think I know what they mean by the lazy days of Summer…you feelin’ it? hehe

This birthday card was for Jace, Rogan’s big brother, turned 7! This pirate looks like him too… a ginger that loves baseball! I used the matching die set to cut the pieces.

I love it that Torico had this card in one of the MFT release classes, I just had to make it! There’s a pdf file and photos on the MFT website.

I used different card-stock for coloring this time and kept forgetting that it bleeds…so excuse the bloody mess here and there! lol

I colored the water, land and tree with Distress Oxide inks. The sky with the MFT cloud stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and the mini ink blending tool.

oh, the wave cuts in the water are a Lawn Fawn die…

Torico’s images are so fun to color! Four more birthday cards to share and then I’ll get back to some die cutting and yes, CHRISTMAS!

Linking up to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Virginia’s Summer Blog Party – Summer creations

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope this cute pirate made you smile!

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Avery Elle · Birthday · cards · copics · Memory Box · Summer

Avery Elle Birthday Bus…

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Hi everyone! I’ve been making birthday cards for grandkids! So much FUN! This one is for Rogan’s 3rd.

I die cut the Avery Elle party bus, die cut it, colored it, created the scene and mounted the bus on the regular size wobble! He loved it! Here it is in action on Instagram…click the arrow (when you roll over the center) to start/stop or click to Instagram via the sidebar.

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Such happy critters…their van is silver so I colored it in grays…

The grass die is from Lawn Fawn, the Quiet Cabin Landscape and Puffy Clouds are Memory Box.

I die cut the whole scene new Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangles die.

Even with the wobble it still fits nicely in an A2 envelope.

Linking to some challenges…

Addicted To Stamps and More – Make Your Mark

Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp – Work it Wednesday July 2017

Rogan is at such a fun/cute age. I took a video of him stamping the other day…he’s very teachable and even cleans the stamps before he puts them back away! I added that 40 second video to my blog FB page… link over in the sidebar, click on Expressions… His favorite stamps right now are those little block stamps from Hero Arts that came in tubs. Always glad to add another stamper to the family! lol He wasn’t sure about the zip line we bought him but after the first time doing it… he was sold! yay!

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll be back with some more birthday fun!

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