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Start HERE…

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Growing up we didn’t have a TV until I was in 9th grade… we played outside every spare minute and when we were inside we played church, library, store, school and oh, I loved playing table games! So that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw these new images for July illustrated by Christine Wooden. They’re called Meoples… well… that immediately brought to mind because of the rhyme…the pre-school Sunday School song where we locked our fingers, made a steeple and sang open the door and see all the people! Well, that translated to see all the Meoples in my mind! lol Next it translated to a game board! So here you have it from a non-candy eating person… Candyland meets the Meoples!!! Start HERE!

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Aren’t they funny?!!!  So cute!  So whimsical…you can’t help but grin!  You HAVE to go see what the other ATS Design Team gals created too!  Fab and F*U*N as Tracy would type it!    HERE’s the post…

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I used the NEW I Want Candy Meoples… the NEW Lolli die… the NEW Sweet Treat Logos on my card.

I punched 1 in. squares for the game board… I know… I need a “start here” stamp! lol

Quickutz banners/bunting… and bakers twine

Challenges I’m linking to…
Card Makin Mamas Challenge blog – use your rubber stamps
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog – Use text in your clean and simple design
Our Craft Lounge Challenge blog – Use die cuts
CCEE Stampers Challenge blog – Use three circles on your card

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The July Release stamps are in the store!  Links will be below in this post and in my previous posts on Tuesday and Thursday! Thanks for looking and shopping through my blog… I appreciate it so much!

Have a “lolli” good day!  (you know.. like jolly!)  Quit rolling your eyes!  = )   TTuL!

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cards · CC Cutters · CC Designs · copics · rubber stamps · Sweet November · Video

Designing with die cuts…

Pam Sparks25 Comments

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This is Sweet November’s Garden Girl Lucy!  I added flowers to her arms… the stamped image has her holding seeds!    So cute and fun to color!  Lucy is stamped on Hammermill Color Copy 80# Cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic sketch markers.  Skin – E0000, 000, 00, 11, 93 and a little R20 diluted with R00 for cheeks.  Hair – E50’s.  Hat and Apron – E 40’s.  Dress – BG70 and 72.   Mushrooms are the lower E30’s and E08, 11, 13 and 15… I know… way too many colors for tiny mushrooms! lol

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I die cut the NEW 9 Petal Flower and Branch die multiple times and have it vining around the Spooky Fence die.  I made a video to show how I do the flowers.  The Mushroom Border is a CC Designs die cut and so is the Grass Border.  I put the Grass Border through the Quilling Creations mini crimper… love how it looks!

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I  love using words on cards!  Just something about text and black and what it adds to the whole composition.   I have a how to video on stamping sentiments on cards with the Stamp a ma jig… pull down under the Tutorials tab under the blog header and you’ll see it listed there.

The sentiments I used today are from the NEW AmyR Stamps Sweet Sentiments set.

 

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Challenges I’m linking to…
 Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog – Gardener’s World
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge blog – Summer
Sarah Hurley Challenge blog – Dimension and Texture
Shelly’s Images Challenge blog – What the Text!

Thanks for stopping by to see today’s Preview post!

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cards · Marianne Design · Marianne Design Creatables · Step card · Summer · Tutorials

Marianne Design Scandinavian House and Bicycle scene…

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As American as Bicycles, Baseball and Apple Pie is my little country scene today… Happy 4th of July!   I love the little stars on wires in the bicycle basket!
Lots of Marianne Design dies on this step card…

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(I just realized that when you load a video to You Tube they make it fit their window and it cuts off parts of the top and bottom.  Wish I’d realized this sooner… hope you can still get an idea of what I did)

This was so fun to make!  ttul!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used …

Thanks for stopping by!

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CC Designs July Release Preview Day One…

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Time for NEW stamps and dies from CC Designs!  So much sweetness for July!  Meet Sugarplums Cupcake Emma!  There’s a Cupcake Trevor too!  You can see the rest of today’s preview over on the ATS Blog HERE.   All kinds of wonderful, sweet inspiration from the design team!

I stamped Cupcake Emma on Letraset card-stock (link below) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch markers.

hair is E50, 51, 53, 55
skin is E0000, 000, 00, 11, 93 and a itty bit of diluted R20 for cheeks
frosting is E31, 33, 34, 35
cupcake paper and shoes are  R81, 83, 85, 87
dress and hair bow are y23, 21, 26

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 NEW for July dies are the Olive Branch, two on the die,  going opposite directions!  Love that!  I only used one complete one behind the large Phlox Flower, the rest are parts… pretty cool I think! hehe  The 8 Petal and branch die… the centers on the Phlox Flowers are from this die… I’ll show the rest on Thursday.  The awesome thing about it is, there are two different flowers and multiples of each so you don’t have to run it through the die cut machine so many  times! yea!  There is also a stem for the flowers to “grow” on!!! woohoo! There’s a new Button die and Sweet Treats die!  You’ll see them some more this week during previews and everything will be up for sale in the store THURSDAY NIGHT at 8 P.M. CST

“Hey Cupcake and Have a sweet day” are part of the NEW AmyR Stamps SWEET Sentiment set!  So awesome!  Love the sentiment sets from CC Designs… so many ways to combine messages!  Scroll down for my video using the sentiments and positioning them on your creations.  It’s also listed under the pulldown tutorial tab at the top under the header.

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oh fun… I wanted a simple border… going along with the sketch I followed and I wanted to use something from the CC Designs Cutters die line so… I got out my magnetic holders and started looking…hehe… yep. that delicate little scallop border is from the Christmas Bulb Border die!!!  So lacy and feminine looking!  love it!  I had to use the Fence die!   Haven’t used it for a couple weeks.  Forgot to punch hearts in the pickets though! boo… My videos for how to’s on the fence are under the tutorial tab at the top of this page also.

This 6×6 pattern paper is from a Fancy Pants Summer pad… I doubt that it’s available anymore.  I can’t use this paper up fast enough!  I’m trying though! lol

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Challenges I’m linking to…

Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge blog – Sketch #162

Anything Goes challenge blog – Birthday with polka dots

Papertake Weekly challenge blog – Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl’s challenge blog – Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash – Triple Threat

Stamp N Plus challenge blog – Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe Crafts challenge blog – Girls, Girls, Girls

Crafty Bloggers Network challenge blog – Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers challenge blog – Create your own flowers

Chocolate, Coffee, Cards challenge blog – Anything Goes

Anyone for Anya challenge blog – Just Use it!

Marker Pop challenge blog – Copic Coloring, Fur/Hair

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to click over to the ATS blog… I’ll be back tomorrow,  Thursday and Friday with more NEW to share and a Marianne Design post that is crazy fun too!

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Liberty Tilda…

Pam Sparks50 Comments


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It’s Friday…time for a new challenge at Tilda’s Town Challenges,  HERE.   It’s Time to Celebrate… so get out your Magnolia stamps and see what you can create to play a long!  We’d love to have you!  Tilda’s Town online store, filled to the brim with Magnolia goodness is the sponsor of this challenge blog.  Every week a new challenge and a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the store!  Tilda’s Town offers free shipping to anywhere!  So awesome!

I love these special edition stamps from Magnolia!  Freedom,  something to never take for granted… right now in this country we feel like we’re losing it… so much government… what country would take me in?  I don’t want politicians parenting me, deciding what they think is best for me and that is what we have right now… so disappointing.

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I’ve been to New York City twice…one time was just in the airport to go overseas and the other time I went to the National Stationery Show.  It was quite the experience but I was so homesick!  Our first grandchild was just  a few months old at the time. lol   All the people walking… and where were they going?!

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Oh,  am I supposed to be showing a card?!  oops!  I’m back…  four new stamps showcasing the good ‘ole USA and the Statue of Liberty… so fun!  The Freedom Background stamp is inked up with Chipped Sapphire and Fired Brick and stamped on Kraft cardstock.

I stood Liberty Tilda HERE, on the Flower Wall Post HERE, and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  I was trying to match the color of an online picture of the Statue of Liberty…hmmm…. so I used ten or more markers and my picture makes her look toooo blue-ish but IRL it’s pretty cool!

America the Eagle and Liberty Banner are in the store HERE.  The chip words on the banner are from a package by K & Co.

Challenges I’m linking to…

Just Magnolia Challenge – Add a Banner

Cute Card Thursday Challenge – Patriotic

Delightful Sketches Challenge – Celebration

Inspired by Stamping – Red, White and Blue

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge – Feeling Krafty

Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge – Distress

Shopping Our Stash – Red, White and Blue

Sweet Stamps Challenge – Patriotic 

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge – Red, White and Blue

Happy weekend to you!  I’ll be staying in to keep cool! It’s super Summer temps here!  yikes!  Maybe I can catch up with email, commenting and get some more cards made!  Thanks for stopping by!  ttul!  Take Care!