Memory Box Siena Floral die…

March 5, 2014March 21, 2014 Pam Sparks16 Comments

I wanted to get back here to remind you of the Lunette and Oriel Butterfly dies giveaway… if you haven’t linked up yet… click HERE and add your email address in the first box and your name! (USA mailing addresses only) One person will be selected, randomly, to win! Thank you Starlitstudio.net!

The NEW Siena Floral die and a butterfly I cut from the NEW Kensington Border die. The Siena Floral die comes with the floral stem and separate circle dies for the flower centers. I used a mouse pad and the largest ball stylus from my stylus set to round the centers of the flowers.

Two rubber stamps…April Showers Combo for the sentiment and Washi Tape Dots for the border stamped with lavender chalk ink. I used a little of the same lavender ink to shade the flower petals and leaves.

I used my Perfect Layers tools, link and coupon code in the sidebar, to cut the pattern paper mat and then adhered it to the card base with ATG tape.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to link up for the Butterfly dies! ttul!

Blog Candy · cards · CAS · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps

Memory Box and Starlitstudio Butterfly Dies Giveaway!!!

March 1, 2014March 25, 2014 Pam Sparks37 Comments

Some days I get carried away…are three cards in a post too many? well…fortunately I didn’t take a picture of the first card I sent off to Printworks and one other card I didn’t like well enough to post… so whew… it was almost five! lol

When the Piano Border die came out… it was a MUST HAVE it! I grew up playing the piano and still like to play once in awhile. I taught piano lessons for years and once in awhile I work with the grandkids. Fun.

So I’ll start with the Grand Piano card!

A 5 ½ inch square card, hand cut to resemble a Grand Piano. The Piano Border die, the Calozonia Frame die for the Music rack. I cut and embossed the frame die in the Big Shot but extra embossed it with the stylus… a couple of my videos show how to do that.

I really did stamp the sentiment with a good black ink pad… not sure why the light hit it and lightened it for the pictures. I do have double mounting squares under the centers of each side of the pages, so they’d curve a bit. grrrr I’m not taking the photos over, I’m not! lol

My Grand Piano card was in the Weekly Favorites over at Splitcoast Stampers! Thank you so much ladies!

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I spritzed the new Floral Mesh stencil with a bit of glimmer mist on watercolor paper for the background…layered up card-stock and pattern paper with my Perfect Layers Tools, cut the Venita Flourish and butterfly body from silver glitter card-stock, added some loops with May Arts purple cord, added the the Oriel and Lunette Butterflies on top and stamped part of the sentiment with the stamp a ma jig! It’s an A-2 size card.

*** Linking my Butterfly card to the following…

Keep It Simple Challenge blog – Things With Wings

ETA – Moxie Fab World – Styling with Stencils Challenge

and my card was in the Weekly Favorites Thread at SplitCoast Stampers! Thank you ladies!

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NOW For the Giveaway…

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Cindy from Starlitstudio has given me a Lunette Butterfly die and an Oriel Butterfly die to give away!!! Hurrah!

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Link up at the blue frog (USA mailing address only) for a chance to win.

email address in the first box…
you don’t have to have a blog…
Name in the third box…
that’s it!

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Size of die cut: 3.3 x 1.8 (wings); .7 x 1.8 (body) – sizes in inches.

Pretty awesome of her!!! THANK YOU CINDY!!!

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On to the last card. The NEW Calm Countryside die… love it and love it CAS, clean and simple!

Happy Day! This card was in the CAS Favorites for this week at Splitcoast Stampers! Thank you so much ladies!

Dies and stamps I used will be linked below… holler if you have any questions! So glad you stopped by to visit! Always glad to share! Happy weekend!

* Supplies I used to make these cards *

Birthday · cards · copics · Distress Ink coloring · Printworks · rubber stamps

Printworks Birthday cards…

February 25, 2014February 26, 2014 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Back to class… haha… chalkboard! Now wouldn’t this be a FUN class?!!! I just need some place to teach it! haha On the inside of this puppy card I stamped, Celebrate Today! I stamped the pup on watercolor paper and watercolored him a bit with a Black Soot Distress Ink Marker.

Linking up the puppy card to some challenges…
Sweet Sketch Sunday Challenge 208 – I followed the sketch.
Come and Get it Challeges – Sweet Domestic Animals
Fan-tastic Tuesday Challenges – Anything Goes
CASology – Paint
CAS on Sunday – Masculine

I posted the balloon card several days ago… so scroll on down for it…

This is a Tri-fold card… 4 1/4 in. wide by 11 in. long… scored and folded into thirds.

I love how it turned out… so fun! Printworks stamps complement each other perfectly! Zillions of cute combinations!

Linking my Tri-Fold Birthday card to some challenges…
Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday – Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge – Anything Goes
Scribbles Design – Frame It

There’s a cupcake sentiment too! Click over HERE to shop the store… Printworks Collection.com. Click on NEW release to see these new stamps… they come wood mounted or cling mounted. The Cling mounted are indexed! Top quality rubber stamps! REMEMBER to use the code PAM2014 to save 5% on your order!!!

Linking my Make a Wish card up to some challenges…
Challenges 4 Everybody – Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenge – Anything Goes
Just B Creative – Linky Party, Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges – Keep it Simple

The Printworks gal’s would love to have you ‘like’ their Facebook page too… HERE… a great way to keep up with all the specials and NEW releases.

Seems like I need Birthday cards more than any other kind… is that how it is with you? Enjoy the whimsical style of this release! I love how there are so many sentiments that coordinate!

Thanks for stopping by! ttul!

cards · copics · Magnolia · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Spring · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Anything Goes…

February 22, 2014February 26, 2014 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Everybody’s talkin’ about it! hmmmm…. I look out the window and we’re covered with snow! hohoho Well, a couple days this past week felt like there would soon be a possibility of Spring coming to Iowa! Course we had rain too…pass on rain. ha Alice, quit laughing at me! I love umbrellas but I would just as soon use them for snow! haha

Oh, this is not a weather report, you say?! Oh, ok, well, here’s Tilda with Flowing Hair! She’s a doll and showing off for this week’s Anything Goes Challenge over @ Tilda’s Town Challenges!

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge! We’d love to have you!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at Tilda’s Town.com and live the magic.

I used some of the new dies from Memory Box, very fun! I LOVE the new Kensington Border, Toulouse Background and Blooming Branch dies. I did cut the big flower off the Toulouse Background for this card though. I also used the Dancing Butterflies die and Memory Box Spring Greetings rubber stamp.

My Mind’s Eye Pattern Paper, pearls and Strathmore color card-stock for the frame and card base.

Challenges I’m linking my card to…
Time For Magnolia – Tilda only
Dutch Magnolia Lovers – Anything Goes
Challenge For Everybody – Anything Goes
A Creative Romance – Sentiment
Stampin for the Weekend – Flower Power
Stamp and Create with Magnolia – Spring
Crafty Hazelnuts Pattern Paper Challenge – Anything Goes
PaperTake Weekly – lovely layers
7Kids Challenge – Anything Goes
One Crazy Stamper – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! ‘preciate it!

Stamps, dies and supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

cards · CAS · LOVE · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Tutorials · Video

Die Cutting, Embossing and Inking Memory Box Dies…

February 12, 2014March 28, 2015 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Embellishing die cuts is so fun with inks and stamps! I have a video for today’s post showing you how I emboss and ink die cuts.

(click gear, after hitting play, to change to 720p high definition)

I used the Chesapeake Circle and Precious Butterflies dies, cut from white card-stock. The LOVE stamp heat embossed on black card-stock. The card base is a MB Lagoon A-2 Notecard.

Here’s another video I made last week but I didn’t get a card made to go with it after -all. This was my 3rd try and I was happy with it until I got it off the camera and watched it! The blooper is at the end. haha.. boohoo! Oh well, there might be something on here you’d want to try so I’m sharing it!