Fairytale NEWS….

April 17, 2010April 17, 2010 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Once upon a time…well NOW…we can pre-order the new Fairytale collection from 7KidsCollegeFund.com ! Here’s Prince Edwin!!! SOOOOO CUTE! Very cool new castle background too!!!

I’m headed to an ATC in person swap this a.m. so I started coloring this Tilda last night and finished her up this a.m. This card is 2.5 in. x 3.5 in. big is all…I’ve been creating artist trading cards since July of 2005. There are some links to my other atc’s in the sidebar.

I used this Fairy Tale Tilda, inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers (dress V90’s) (skin E000, 00, 01, 21, R20), sentiment is from the collection also. Martha Stewart Flower Shower border punch, Frosted Lace Stickles (can you tell it’s still not dry?!) lol I edged everything with Black Soot Distress ink and the Ink blending tool.

Happy Saturday to you! Happy Tilda and Edwin shopping!

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Stamped ATC’s for Spring…

April 16, 2010April 16, 2010 Pam Sparks9 Comments

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I loved this stamp from Hero Arts when I first saw it and I’ve used it one other time but when I saw Jennifer McQuire’s video with the embossing and resist, I knew I’d have to try it some day! This is what I came up with for ATC’s… all Hero Arts stamps…van dyke brown ink and distress inks…ink blending tool…SU word window punch…7gypsies clips…Bazzil and Tim Holtz itty bitty brads…EK Success retro flower punches and dictionary page! I tried stamping the words with Staz-on black ink over the embossing, some it worked on and some, not so great! lol More ATC’s to come I hope….

AND for some FUN NEWS… I’m going to join the Design Team at Inky Impressions again! I’ve missed coloring them! There are new images too, can’t wait! Thanks for coming by my blog… I love it that I don’t have to get dressed up to have company!

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All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday…

April 14, 2010April 16, 2010 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Week #25 on All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge Blog is to use “distressing” in your creation. The paper I used already has the distressed feel to it and then I used ink and the Tim Holtz distressing tool to distress it even more!
Check out the other Design team’s awesome creations on the challenge blog…. here’s what you’ll want to know to play along…

every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered
in order to be eligible to win, your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store. Whether it is any of our wonderful in house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries (Magnolia, Kraftin Kimmie, etc) the choice is yours.
be sure to link up your creation with Mr Linky by next Tuesday at 10pm est
Use the challenge, “distressing” on your creation
only one entry per person please!

Can’t wait to see what you create!

I used the sketch for this card from the Sketch and Stash Challenge Blog (Monday) and the challenge to use something new, never used or neglected from your stash. That pretty much covers the whole card!!! lol New, would be the stamp for sure!

Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog (Tuesday) wants a Cutie Pie… Kiki is that! well a Cutie Cake anyway!

Creative Card Crew (Tuesday) theme is “Happy Birthday”…

I used the new, for April, Kiki La Rue stamp from CC Designs
I inked Kiki with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
She is colored with Copic Sketch Markers
Labels 11 Nestabilities die
Martha Stewart Cupcake Edge punch (colored the cupcake paper with R81 and inked the cupcake top with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the Ink Blending Tool
measuring tape ribbon is Tim Holtz, I think
medium and small retro flower punches, flourish border punch for the flourishes, all from EK Success
flowers punched out of old dictionary pages
itty bitty brads from Bazzill (pink in her hair, black for the small flower centers)
button brad from Making Memories (large flower center)
pattern paper from Sweetwater
neenah classic natural white (cream) super smooth cardstock
Ink blending tool for edging all the card pieces with ink
Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress ink

I think that’s all for today! The Card Sprouts didn’t make it to Week 4, but I wanted to thank you for your support! So fun to look through the gallery at all the entries!

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the ROYAL Battle continues…week #3

April 12, 2010April 12, 2010 Pam Sparks17 Comments

The Royal Battle, over at the Greeting Farm is a battle of teams, and depends entirely on VOTING. It goes like this: there are teams of three to five players. Each Wednesday a new Battle challenge is issued. One of the team members has to make a card to meet the Battle challenge. Folks have a chance to vote for three cards each week. The top half with the most votes moves to the next Battle. Each team member has to take one turn. Hopefully, we make it to the final round and a chance to win a big prize.
The team I am playing with is called the Card Sprouts…cool! The Greeting Farm has a line of stamps called the “Sprouts”. This week the challenge is to create a scrapbook page and it is Kim’s turn to play for our team! Twenty five teams playing this week and the cut happens Tuesday night at midnight…Twelve teams will carry on to next week! We need your vote!!! Here’s a link to Kim’s submission for the Card Sprouts! Leave a comment and that counts for a vote…for some reason some of the pictures aren’t showing up…you can see a closer picture of Kim’s page HERE, the last photo in the post. Hope you like it and vote for us!

I wanted to create a card for my post today using one of The Greeting Farm stamps that hadn’t seen ink yet! I love postal “things” so I had to have this mail carrier cutie!!! Her name is Bree. Our youngest daughter’s name is Breanna so then I really had to have her! I’m linking her up to Monday Mania on the Club Anya blog, the Pink Elephant Challenge blog – 1 image, 2 dies (standard circle and scallop circle), 3 of your favorite embellishment (three brads) and Stamp With Fun – a sketch.

Bree is inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
colored with Copic Sketch markers
pattern paper is My Little Shoebox , the green floral circle piece is Basic Grey
soft suede card-stock from Stampin Up for the mat
standard and scallop circle nestabilities
the postal images were stamped on the pattern paper with the Stamp a ma jig
edges inked with the ink blending tool
mini brads

Happy Monday and hope you can VOTE for the Card Sprouts entry this week! THANKS!

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Put on your party hat!

April 9, 2010April 10, 2010 Pam Sparks17 Comments

Lane, Grandson #2 was born on April 1st but no foolin’ here, he’s the best! He loves all things boy for sure! He liked his card too, that always makes me smile. I did have fun coloring this duo…a new image, Sir Dustin from High Hopes by Dustin Pike.

He is inked and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink…colored with Copic Sketch Markers…circles cut with a coluzzle (are any of you wishin’ for larger nestabilities dies?)…swirls from one of those 12×12 sheets of stamps from Fancy Pants. oh nightmare! Do any of you have those stamps? They are SO HARD to get off the sheet!!! I haven’t torn any yet but it sure discourages one from using them when it takes so long to get them off! Put on your party hat is from Impress Rubber Stamps and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Scored the card with the Martha Stewart Score board and I used a Printworks Birthday Sentiment on the inside. Card-stock is Stampin Up real red and swirls are stamped with SU real red ink.

Linking to some fun challenge…