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I agree…

December 15, 2012December 15, 2012 Pam Sparks11 Comments

This was posted on FB, I needed to be reminded…pass it on!

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Another friend shared this…

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4

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and from the famous Christmas Carol… I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”

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Magnolia… Tilda’s Town Challenges…Freezin’ Season…

December 14, 2012December 19, 2012 Pam Sparks26 Comments

I’m back with a Magnolia Tilda with Rudolph card! I had to try the chalkboard ‘look’! FUN! It’s time for a new challenge today @ Tilda’s Town Challenges… Hope you can play along!

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 http://www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

I’ll be back tonight to add links… today is our stamp club’s yearly Christmas party and I’ve been a busy elf preparing for the fun day! Wish you were going to be there too! : ) Have a great day and weekend … I’m sure you’re a busy little elf yourself! Take care and ttul!

Thank you Sherri for putting my card in the SCS Weekly Favorites!

Challenges…

Lovely hÄnglar and Sweet Magnolia – Christmas
Sweet Stampin’ Christmas – Anything Goes
Cutie Pie Challenge – Cute Christmas
Little Miss Muffet Challenges – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

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Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge and Kiddos…

December 10, 2012December 19, 2012 Pam Sparks26 Comments

The challenge for December @ Sweet Stamping Pixies is… Christmas! Oh, I had fun coloring these cute pixie images from Stampendous! Tree Trim Kiddos HERE, Teddy Kiddo HERE or both of them HERE. The die cut words and numbers are the Christmas Stacked Words die HERE. The image mats are cut with the Perfect Layers Tools… link in the right side bar!

Click the logo to go to the challenge blog… you’ll enjoy the Christmas inspiration from the other designers too! We’d love to have you create and link up this month!

I’m also linking to some other challenge blogs…
Christmas Card Challenges – die cuts
7Kids Challenge – Holiday Inspired
Sweet Stampin Challenge – dies or punches
PaperPlay Challenges – Christmas is coming!
Cute Card Thursday Challenge – Red and Green
Deep Ocean Challenge – So this is Christmas

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate it! ttul!

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Leaping Reindeer…

December 5, 2012December 6, 2012 Pam Sparks20 Comments

The front…

the inside…

I saw Shelly’s pop up leaping reindeer card HERE and wanted to try… I didn’t succeed with the swivel yet but went ahead and finished the card just as a pop up inside. I like it anyway…funny thing is…when I started it Monday, I thought I would make six! hahahahaha, joke was on me… just because my prototype worked! lol

It was fun to try and check out her post for today… so cool!

I used some older Basic Grey paper and Tim Holtz dies HERE. I used a Sizzix tree die but after, I thought the Tim Holtz tree sure would’ve been cool! The pine branch on the front is from Impression Obsession. I swiped some Delicata gold ink on the branches… oh, the scene has Gingerbread Glimmer mist on it also…hard to see. Perfect Paper Layers tools to mat the front…link in the sidebar…

The gold berries on the front are from Marianne Design. The stamp I used for the winter scene on the front is from Penny Black, it’s called Heaven and Earth and you’ll find it HERE and 20% off too!

I’m linking to some challenges…

Everybody Art Challenge – Christmas
Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash – Winter Holiday

New arrivals at the Scrapping Center and 20% off a lot of items too! Always love that!

AND… just noticed that Scrapbook.com has some deals too… stamps on sale and a great shipping offer!

Thanks for looking at my post today! I know, it’s crazy busy, isn’t it! Look what was at my house today! My DH and his crew for a few hours making sheetrock dust! So I’m off to vacuum to clear the air! eek! lol So exciting to make progress on the house though! yea!

ttul!

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Magnolia…Tilda’s Town…Celebrate Christmas!

November 30, 2012December 1, 2012 Pam Sparks37 Comments

Oh how I LOVE this new Nativity Collection from Magnolia! It’s what Christmas is all about! Jesus is the reason…so much rockin’ around the Christmas tree…it’s easy to get sidetracked!

It was good to color again for this week’s Tilda’s Town Challenges theme… Celebrate Christmas! Hope you can join us! We’d love to have you!

You can find these new stamps at Tilda’s Town.com

I used a new Sizzlet die, designed by Tim Holtz for the Joy To The World sentiment
The wood grain embossing is a plate by Papertrey Ink
the cord is from Lawn Fawn, strategically placed because the embossing folder had to be run through the machine twice…
I cut the mats with my Perfect Paper Layers Tools
background is Distress ink Stormy Sky and Dusty Concord and the ink blending tool

Holy Tilda with Lamb, Nativity Fence, Holy Lamb and Nativity Star are stamped on Hammermill 80# color copy cover card-stock with Memento Espresso Truffle ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

skin – YR0000, E0000, E000, E00, E01, E21 (pretty much like my video in the tutorials tab under the blog header) diluted R20 for her cheeks
hair – E50, Y21, YR31, E37
fence – E40’s and R30 for cheeks
Lambs – W’s
dress – V90’s

Linking to Simon Says Challenge blog – Anything Goes! Jingle Bells Rock – Anything Goes! Crimbo Crackers – Anything Goes! Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge – Kraft plus one…

It’s crazy here right now… we’ve been working on our house… decisions and decisions…ugh…taking away from my creativity! Want to see a scary photo?! haha Now remember, we live in a big old house… 3 stories…4 if you count the basement! Well, we hadn’t restored the back stairway yet, so, guess what…it shares a wall with the kitchen, the wall the stove is on, so we were able to install a range hood and vent it to the outdoors…love it but most of all, Tim was able to install a Central Vacuum system!!! OH, how I LOVE it! Something every woman should have! hehe No, I’m not linking up to anything! lol It was a very big deal figuring out what to order that would work in our house but it turned out fabulous! yea! Early Merry Christmas to me!

So now, it’s getting the stairway built back in…right now the cavity is 27 feet plus tall!!! Crazy…amazing how they built old houses! It’s really hard to show in pictures but I wish I could…if you open the door on the 2nd floor… don’t take a step…you’d drop all the way to the basement! eek! So much for the excitement here…more to do because of course, one thing leads to another! lol

Thanks for stopping by! Fun to post today and thank you for your kind comments and visits!

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