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Memory Box and poppystamps 3 cards today!

Pam Sparks Feathertree Frame Thank you

Hello! Distress ink watercoloring again for this thank you card. I just brushed on Distress ink refills.  Dropped a drop on acetate, spritzed with a few shots of water and brushed it on here and there on watercolor paper…very forgiving. yay!

Pam Sparks Feathertree Close

I die cut the Feathertree Frame in heavy white card-stock, inked it by pouncing it with an embossing pad and pouring on the gold embossing powder.  I used Tsukineko’s gold powder this time.

The sentiment is stamped with the MISTI stamping tool and embossed with the same ink and powder on a strip of vellum.

Linking my Thank you card to some challenges…

Addicted to CAS – Harvest

 

Pam Sparks Forest Tree Frame Owl

Here I did the same thing with the Distress ink refills but just brushed straight across but overlapped the strokes… wilted violet, chipped sapphire, tumbled glass and forest moss, I think…I always think I’ll remember! ugh.

Pam Sparks Forest Tree Frame Owl Close

I die cut the Forest Tree Frame die in heavy white card-stock, die cut the owl in kraft card-stock, inked him with Gathered Twigs Distress ink, colored his eyes with a Copic Sketch black marker and added white to his chest with the Sharpie White pen…links to the products below.

Sentiment stamped with Taylored Expressions new Oreo Hybrid stamp pad and the MISTI stamping tool.

Whew – one more card for today…I’ve had this one done for awhile but just haven’t gotten it worked in but I need to!

Pam Sparks Ocean Corner

I watercolored the backgrounds and colored the images with Zig Clean Color Brush pens…love them too!  oh you know, these days…what’s not to love about everything in the paper crafting industry!  So much wow out there!

Some of the Sharpie white pen dots again and a sentiment stamped with the MISTI again…YES, if you’ve had any doubt whether this tool is worth the investment, I’m here to tell you YES, you need it and will LOVE it!  I have both sizes and two of each…I share with our grandkids and classes too though..wink, wink.  Our granddaughters all want them for their birthday gifts this year too!  So far two down…two to go! lol

ok – I’ll shut up.  It’s Saturday and the eve of a big get something done vacation weekend!  I’m expecting Tim home any minute to work.  Painting and fixing. yuk. But thankful cuz it needs done!

OH – crazy morning though… did this happen to any of you?  I got woke up a few minutes after 7 this a.m. because the bed was shaking!!!  So strange!  It happened 3 times. Earthquake in Oklahoma and I’m in IA!  This happened one other time some years ago…same thing…still sleeping and woke me up but I’d forgotten and didn’t put two and two together until I checked Facebook and my sister commented that they were out eating breakfast and the pictures were moving on the wall in the restaurant! Yikes that we were feeling something so far away from both of us.  She lives 3 hours away from me!

Did it wake you up?  Hope some mosquitoes lost their lives! Ha!

Thanks for stopping by! ttul!

Shopping links to products I used to make these cards…

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Taylored Expressions September Release Day…

Pam Sparks Build A Cake Thurs

Welcome! Two cards to share…It’s release day, the new products are in the store and we’re celebrating Taylored Expressions 8th birthday with cake!  My post today is featuring The NEW Build a Cake die set. I’ve never been a cake decorator but I felt like one while playing with this new set!  I used pieces from the set and added the 9 from the NEW Candle Numbers die.  I know…it’s TE’s 8th birthday but I was thinking about our granddaughter Gena’s 9th birthday when I made this!  oops! hehe

I added the small rose stamps from the Fresh Florals stamp and die sets. 
Pam Sparks Build A Cake Close Thurs

The Mint Julep card-stock was new awhile back and I wasn’t sure when I’d ever use it!  It’s perfect here though! I now love it! lol

I used some of the new White Nuvo Crystal Drops too…so fun and easy!

Linking up to…

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge – Anything Goes

City Crafter Challenge – Birthday

NBUS Challenge #7 button aqua use this the

My next card…

Pam Sparks Door to Door Fall Decor

I love the TE Door and I love the ‘more’ that Taylor keeps coming up with to make playing with these Door to Door Decor sets so fun and creative!

My card today uses the NEW Door To Door Fall Decor in addition to the original Door to Door set, the Door to Door Molding set and the NEW Little Bits Fall Harvest dies.  So fun!  I die cut the corn stalk from TE Dijon card-stock and colored the green with Copic Sketch Markers. Almost looks real! lol

Pam Sparks Door to Door Fall Close

I put acetate behind the molding to simulate glass in the window areas. Some extra touches here and there with Distress ink and Copic Sketch markers.

The TE Brick Embossing Folder in TE Pumpkin card-stock is perfect for the ‘house’ part of the card.

I’m a happy stamper even though I didn’t use any stamps on either of these cards!  Ink counts!   : )

Linking my door card to…

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge – Anything Goes

Die Cuttin Divas – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

613 Avenue Challenge – Anything Goes

Congratulations to Taylored Expressions for 8 years of bringing us wonderful products to create with!

Click over to the TE blog to see the participating designers for today and get in on the celebration!  TFL!

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poppystamps Dogwood Blossom and Swirly Bird…

Pam Sparks Dogwood Trio

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Today I’m posting some easy on the eyes cards… hehe  Is there a color that doesn’t go with kraft card-stock?  I don’t know of any right off the top of my head! lol  Today it’s ‘pinks’ turn.

And what better way to use pink than these beautiful poppystamps Dogwood Blossom dies!  I’ll put links to all the dies below in Inlinkz since the post is gonna be a little picture heavy.

Pam Sparks Dogwood Blossom Corner

I started off with this Dogwood Blossom Corner die and one thing lead to another! lol  (I used my embedding die technique, video how to under the blog header video tab and titled Adhering Intricate Dies)

Pam Sparks Dogwood Blossom Triptych

and why not just use them all in pink and kraft?! lol

Pam Sparks Falling Dogwood

It’s not been a sunshiny week here so these cards are cheering me up and I needed some thank you cards. Win, win! hehe

Linking up…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp August Work it Wednesday

Die Cuttin’ Divas – Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More – Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping in again… tomorrow is Taylored Expressions release day and I’ve got some fun cards to share!  Hope you’ll come back!

Dies and Supplies I used on these cards…

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Taylored Expressions September Release and Celebration!

Pam Sparks Thanks Cutting Plate 2 Tues

Welcome and THANKS for visiting my blog today!  I’m featuring this NEW Thanks Cutting Plate die from Taylored Expressions September Release that will be available for purchase this Thursday, Release Day. Love it!

Here’s what I did for this card…I die cut the Thanks Cutting Plate two times out of watercolor paper. I cut the card base from TE Premium Cookie Monster card-stock but cut it short…a lot short!  only ⅛ inch past the 4 ¼ inch crease line.

The ⅛ th inch part of the card base I sandwiched between the top of the two Thanks Cutting Plate die cuts, sort of a hinge so to speak. That allowed me to have a see through card front but sturdy enough to stand on it’s own because of the two layers of watercolor paper glued together.  Very cool…wish you could see it in real life!

Pam Sparks Thanks Cutting Plate Close

Then I watercolored the whole thing with Zig Clean Color Brush pens and a water brush.

 

Pam Sparks Thanks Cutting Plate Pumpkin Tues

For this card, I did my embedding technique for intricate dies.  (pull down under the video tab above to see, Adhering Intricate Dies)

Pam Sparks Thanks Cutting Plate Pumpking

I inked the whole thing after embedding with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink blending tool and then pounced on a little Delicata Gold ink pad with a big sponge dauber tool.

Some twine and then adhered to a TE Buttercream card-stock card base.

That’s my show and tell for today!  You’ll want to click over to the TE blog to see what the other gals have been up to AND to read all about TE’s 8th birthday celebration!

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Taylored Expressions is celebrating its 8th birthday with some fun party favors! These include everything from the exclusive WISH BIG stamp & die combo set to patterned paper packs, ink, and more! Visit the TE Blog for all the special offers and for your chance to win a fun prize!

THANKS again for stopping by!  Always love hearing from you. Your comments are always appreciated and encouraging! Thank you so much!

Links to the TE webstore…

 

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Memory Box Poinsettia Candles…

Pam Sparks Poinsettia Candles

And today, the last card from the Christmas Elegance classes. Memory Box Poinsettia Candles die set on the Memory Box Modern Tile background die.

poppystamps Swirled Peace die and 3 small Pretty Pink Posh gold sequins finish it off.

Pam Sparks Christmas Elegance Class 2016

All three of the cards together…

I can’t help but think back to the days when we just had circle, heart and star punches!  WOW! The paper crafting industry has come so far! Really makes me appreciate Memory Box and all the other companies out there that provide us with so much to create with.

Linking to…

Allsorts Challenge – use at least two dies

Happy Little Stampers – anything goes with dies HLS AG with Dies Badge

yay!  my card was a winner here! Thank you ladies!hls-dies-winner

 

Christmas Card Challenges – anything goes  My card won for the week!  Thank you so much gals!!!weeklywinnernewgraphic

 

Enjoy your ‘stuff’! lol  Thanks for looking and I’ll show the other class cards next week.  Taylored Expressions release is this week! yay!

Click for the Dies and Supplies I used for today’s card…