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Be Good Laugh…

Pam Sparks22 Comments

Meet Laugh…one of the new Laugh Lines gals from CC Designs. When this new rolled rose die and new Authentique Christmas 6×6 paper pad arrived this week, I decided I needed to make a Christmas card with this cutie!  Then I thought it could be birthday even!  Our oldest daughter’s birthday is Christmas Day,  so I might be adding the check off box…naughty or nice! lol  Oops,  goofed…should’ve made her with red hair!

Laugh is stamped on PaperTrey Ink Select White Card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  Hair – E50, 23, 25, 27, 29… Skin – E000, 00, 01, R20, 21, (teeny bit of 22)… Dress/leggings – E81, 87 (had to do some tip to tip coloring)… Shoes – E43 ,44, 47, 49… Eyes – B21, 23.

I stamped the holly around the perimeter of the stamped image with Forest Moss Distress ink  (stamped off on scrap paper first each time because the first impression was too dark).  The holly corners and fill in stamps are oldies but goodies from Stampa Rosa.  I’m sure they are out there somewhere because I have similar ones from other companies. I aged the edges with Antique Linen Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

The rose is made with the new CC Cutters rolling rose die…so pretty!  I cut it with Stampin Up Real Red card-stock,  did a little shaping, rolled it up, glued it and spritzed it with Pearl Glimmer Mist.  A few leaf fronds and holly from Martha Stewart punches and I love it!

Challenge blogs I’m linking to…Sentimental Sundays – flowers…Addicted-to-Stamps – Anything Goes…Fussy and Fancy – Christmas

Be Good,  if you can’t, at least have fun today!!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps and Stuff I used on this card…

ATS Magnolia Challenge · cards · copics · Doohickey's Dies · Hero Arts · Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps · Magnolia · rubber stamps · Summer

Hot, Hot Days of Summer

Pam Sparks43 Comments

SSSSShiver Me Timbers! is right!  It’s been so hot in Iowa this Summer!   I think the heat effects my creativity!  eek! This card took a few twists and turns before it turned into this diorama style card!

I used my Coluzzle templates to cut the ovals… Kraftin’ Kimmie Pirate Phrases stamp set…Tim Holtz screw brads around the oval frame…Martha Stewart Shells border punch…Hero Arts woodgrain background stamp.

The card/diorama is 5/8 inch deep,  so you can move it to make it flat (folds down to 6×6) to fit in an envelope!  Love this style of card… I made one for Christmas when I was the guest designer for All That Scraps back in Nov. ’09, HERE.  Years ago I made a snowman scene that I still keep out on top of a bookcase! lol

Here’s the back… this is going to our Grandson Henry for his 5th birthday.  Today is our Granddaughter Gena’s 4th birthday and my dear friend Alice’s birthday too!  Happy Birthday to YOU!

Linking to Just Magnolia Challenge blog… Anything Goes is the theme, Papertake Weekly Challenge blog…Anything Goes – add metal is the theme and Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog…No designer paper is the theme.

Here’s the stamps and stuff I used to create this card…


Thanks for stopping by!  I LOVE hearing from you and sharing stamping inspiration back and forth!

ATS

How’d it get to be Saturday already???

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Where did the week go again! Help! I can’t keep up! On second thought, do I really want help! lol I’m working on a few things…cards of course, a light-tent tutorial and an envelope tutorial. Right smack in the middle of the week I managed to “catch” a cold. Fortunately I can feel it’s gonna be a short one! In the meantime, I see Christine has been busy adding new things to the store, All That Scraps.com!

❤ Paper Smooches…oh wow! Super cute and whimsical stamps by Kim Hughes! I think I NEED some! HERE they are in the store!
❤ TJ Designs…love these vintage, whimsical, collage type stamps, HERE!
❤ Smash products!!! HERE! I used the tape on my bee laugh card last week…CUTE!
❤ Magnolia The Winner Takes All Collection…super, super cute images! HERE! and the new Sweet Rainbow Doohickeys Dies, HERE!
❤ Kaisercraft and Authentique pattern paper pads…HERE!
❤ Promarkers! Wonderful colors! HERE!
❤ AND best of all the CC Designs August Stamp and die release, HERE!  Three of the dies below…rolling rose, daisy chain and teardrop border.


❤ Keep scrolling through the NEW PRODUCTS category, HERE and you’ll find all kinds of wonderful images and products for papercrafting fun! : )

Thanks for supporting your “cyber local” wonderful online stamp store, All That Scraps! I appreciate it!  I love working for them! : )  Thanks for stopping by my blog too!

cards · CC Designs · MFT · punches · rubber stamps · Shabby Chic

Happy Birthday Shabby Chic-ish…

Pam Sparks26 Comments

Happy Birthday to you! I used a lot of elements to create this shabby Chic-ish card. Melissa Frances pattern paper, stitched on the machine, edged with Distress ink and the ink blending tool, punched border, hug snug seam binding, rick rack, pearls, die cut, roses and stamps!

Thanks for looking!

❤ Stamps and stuff I used on my card…

cards · CC Cutters · CC Designs · Distress Ink coloring · rubber stamps

so you think you’re still 29!!!

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Haa Haa! What a character, so cute with her tongue sticking out!

CC Designs August release preview today is the new Cling mount, rubber stamp, Happy Birthday sentiment set… FIVE very cool, hip and fun to use sentiments that complement the Laugh Lines images wonderfully!   I stamped Bee Laugh with Versafine Onyx Black ink on 140# watercolor paper and painted her with Distress ink refills.  Face – tattered rose and vintage photo, Hair – antique linen, vintage photo and walnut stain,  Bee suit – mustard, black soot, vintage photo, Grass – brushed corduroy, peeled paint, Sky – weathered wood. I edged the card with vintage photo distress ink and the ink blending tool.  Sentiments are stamped with Versafine Black Onyx ink also… love that ink!  Cancellation stamps are from the CC Designs Butterflies postage set.  Parenthesis are cut with a CC Cutters die,  I used the medium size here.  Awwww… the tape… Smash tape from K & Co.!  I bought mine at the LSS in Ottumwa, IA, Craft and Hobby Connection!  Lisa and Jeremy carry a HUGE inventory of CC Designs rubber stamps too!!!  ❤

On the inside I used the Happy Birthday sentiment from the new set…love it!

I’m linking up Bee Laugh to the That’s Krafty Thursday Challenge blog… HERE…

 

Stamps and stuff I used today…

Made you laugh!  : )    Thanks for visiting!