Memory Box Glowing Candles…

September 12, 2013May 15, 2014 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Wow! A friend called the other day and said to me she was praying for peace. If only mankind could truly wish peace and goodwill to all. I have to say I am praying for peace right a long with her!

I made a short video to go along with this card… the Glowing Candles die lends itself to a type of paper piecing… call it die piecing! Hope it makes sense in the video… if not… feel free to ask me questions!

(click the gear to switch to high definition)

I used Memory Box Card-stocks…

Juniper
Cranberry
Dill
Thistle
Thistle Gingham
Thistle Moroccan

May Arts wired gold edged red ribbon… Red Glitter Domes and Versafine Onyx Black ink for stamping the Memory Box Sentiment

The dies I used…

Holly Holiday Frame Set
Glowing Candles

The stamp I used…

Peace and Goodwill to all

Again, the Perfect Layers tools to make the perfect 1/16th inch in and 1/2 inch borders…link in my sidebar and tutorials under the blog header.

Thanks for visiting today…hope this find you excited about creating Christmas cards! Take care everyone and see you next time!

Tools and Supplies I use…

InLinkz.com

cards · CAS · Christmas · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Snowman · Winter

Memory Box and Poppystamps…

September 11, 2013September 11, 2013 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Happy Day! I could hardly wait to get my hands on the new Poppystamps dies and stamps! My order came Monday so I stopped everything yesterday and made two A-2 size cards! lol Back to Christmas cards for a couple days!

There…you can see the embossing on the sleigh in this photo! So cool! I combined the new Poppystamps dies, Santa’s Magic Sleigh, Small Garden Sprig, Woodland Fawn with Memory Box ‘All is Calm’ stamp, Winter Cabin Landscape, Bare Sapling, Twiggy Tree and Silent Snowfall.

It might look like the sky is black but it really is Memory Box Sapphire card-stock…it’s navy! I just can’t capture the colors right. I need a new lens. I keep forgetting to shop for one! ugh.

Frosted Lace stickles for the snow and Distress Peeled Paint stickles on the scarf. Red Glitter Domes on the sleigh.

Of course I had to have the snowman! Salutations! Yes, he’s waving at you! : )

Meet Poppystamps Bundled Snowman stationed in front of the Country Fence and Mountain Top Trees stamp and die set. The sentiment, snow place like home, is from Memory Box.

I left this card very CAS…could easy add snow though. When you see it IRL, it just doesn’t need the sparkle to shine, in my opinion! lol

He’s got personality! (waves g’bye) Thanks for stopping by today… fun to share my excitement over new dies again! I’ll be back tomorrow with a card and video for the Memory Box blog but I’ll post them both here too! ttul!

cards · copics · Fall · Magnolia · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenges…

September 6, 2013September 17, 2013 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Happy September to you! Tilda’s happy and feeling good about an A+ already! I loved this cutie Chess Tilda when I saw her… our challenge at Tilda’s Town this week is Something Old and Something New. Well… the new was challenging. I went with stuff I hadn’t used yet… Tilda, the medal stamp and the pattern papers had not been cut into yet! ugh… unfortunately I have a lot of that! lol The desk stamp is old…meaning I’ve used it before!

I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, on Copic X-press it card and colored with Copic Sketch markers.

Skin – YR0000, E000, E00, E21, E11 and R20
Hair – E50, YR21, YR31, E 35
Shirt – BG70, 72,75
Jeans – YR27, E99, E35
Shoes – E30, 31, 34, 35
Apple – R22, 24, 27, 29, 59
Desk – E42, 43, 44, 47, 49

I paper pieced the medal. Perfect Layers Tools to cut the mats…link in my sidebar.

I’m linking up to Deconstructed Sketch 117 – used this sketch to make the card base
ABC Challenges – coloring with markers
Simon Says Monday Challenge – Stamping All Stars… that’d be Magnolia today!
Time For Magnolia Challenge – Anything Goes
Dutch Magnolia Lovers Challenge – Back to School
Magnolia-licious Challenge – CAS
A Creative Romance Challenge – CAS

happy day! My card won Top Three @ Dutch Magnolia Lovers! yay!

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.

Thanks for visiting my blog today! Always enjoy having you over! : )

Birthday · cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Winter

Memory Box cards…

September 4, 2013 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi everyone! Here’s a charming little garden scene, a reminder that Summer is still kinda hangin’ around!

A close up of the flowers I cut from the Botanic Frame set…love how it cuts and embosses too!

Love the purple pearls…they just give it that little bit of bling that makes the card sweet.

Next up… a Christmas card. Carrying over the purple!

The Silver Mirror-card cuts and embosses so pretty! Quite striking IRL!

So many gorgeous Memory Box dies! Links below to the ones I used to make these two cards!

Thanks for stopping by! ‘preciate it!

Shopping links…

InLinkz.com

Birthday · cards

Happy Birthday to Melissa Frances…

August 30, 2013September 27, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

So fun to wake up this a.m. to an email from the Creative Director for Melissa Frances… she posted a card I made on the Melissa Frances blog today! Made my day! Thanks Carolyn. You can see the card details on my post, HERE

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Labor Day weekend to you!

ttul