You're My Cup of Tea

Today I'm entering this card in the Progressive Challenge on Moondrea Designs Monthly Challenge.  I received this new image, 'Alice in Wonderland' free as part of participating in last month's challenge.  How cool is that?  

So if you like getting a free image each month, then you should follow Moondrea Designs, join the Progressive Challenge each month and you too will receive her new free image! 

I printed Alice in Wonderland and used Copic markers to color her.  I stayed with the shades of blue and shades of yellow for her dress and then added a few additional colors for the flowers at the bottom.  

I used Gina Marie Designs Petite Looped Lace Rectangle die for the edges of the completed image. Then I added a solid blue mat behind this piece so the lace edge would show up nicely.

 For the sentiment, I used one of the tea cups from the  Close to my Heart's 'Tea-riffic' stamp set.  I wish it had been a bit smaller but increasing the card base to give it room in the corner helped to balance it with the image. 

The vertical striped cardstock has sparkle in the blue stripes which is an additional plus for this card ~ although hard to see in the photo.  Once secured, I mounted the layers on a 5 1/2 x 6" white card base.

Thanks for stopping in to see what I've been coloring.  This is the first piece I've colored with 'adaptive hand equipment' after injuring my right wrist.  I now am trying to adjust to foam sleeves that fit around my Copics, enlarging the gripping space and making it easier for me to hold.  

Sounds strange I know, but when you love to color, you do whatever is needed to continue both to heal and to color. 

Pam's Pearls

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:   

Love to Craft ~ Challenge 92  

Let's Craft & Create ~ Challenge 232  

C.R.A.F.T ~ Challenge 782 

I love Promarkers ~ Challenge 609

Copics: 

Hair: E43, E42, E41, Dress: B06, B04, B02, B01, Y13, Y11, Eyes: B06, B04, B02, Headband: B04, B02, B01, Flowers: Y11, Y13, R81, R83, R85, YR24, Y35, Leaves: G43, G46, Background: RV00

CTMH Tea sentiment: 

Cup: B04, B02, Background RV00, Remainder Watercolor ink pens 

Products:

Moondrea Designs, Alice in Wonderland

Gina Marie Designs, Petite Looped Lace Rectangles

CTMH, Tea-riffic

A Mighty Man

Today I'm joining the rest of the Word Art Wednesday design team for the Week 756-757 publication.  Our sponsor for this edition is Waffle House Crafts and our featured scripture is from Psalm 147:45.

For my project card today I have used the  Waffle Flower , Postage Collage die and The Greeting Farm, My Holiday Gift stamp set for the characters.

I die cut the Postage Collage using the bold striped cardstock and then used a solid green for the four basic shapes.  

After turning the die cut piece to a landscape position with the longer vertical block on the left end, I printed the featured scripture to fit in the center of those two boxes, allowing space both at the top and bottom.  

From the  Greeting Farm stamp set (discontinued), I selected four of the little children and Copic colored them, then cut them out and mounted on the basic green shapes, adding a layer of fun foam behind each one.

After securing the Postal Collage to the white card base, I secured each of the four characters in the separate boxes on the right, then inked the sentiment and secured it in the vertical box on the left.  I added the tiny wooden arrows above and below the featured scripture.

I felt like the card needed something at the top, but a ribbon or bow would be too distracting.  So I added a strip of gold washi tape across the top edge and secured a miniature wooden cross at the top right edge to complete my card design.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been working on.  Don't forget to hop over to the Word Art Wednesday blog to download the featured scripture from Psalm 147:45.  While there you can enter your Anything Goes card for a chance to win the WAW Blog challenge.

Pam's Pearls

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:  

Creative Fingers ~ June ~ Challenge 324  

Creative Inspiration ~ June ~ Challenge 39  

Word Power ~ June  

A Cut Above ~ June ~ July Anniversary News

Products:

Waffle Flower, Postage Collage

The Greeting Farm, My Holiday Gift (discontinued)

By Their Names

Today I'm sharing my latest Design Team card with Word Art Wednesday as she opens the new biweekly challenge.  For this challenge, our sponsor will be Newton's Nook who is offering $20 gift certificate as the prize for the random drawing.  Be sure to join us with your anything goes card over on 'the 'Word Art Wednesday' Blog site.

Our featured scripture is Psalm 147:4  You can also download this beautifully written in calligraphy scripture from the Word Art Wednesday Blog site for free to use on your cards and future projects.

 

For my Design Team card I used an embossing folder that has 3D vertical lines and stars for the background on blue glitter cardstock.    I used Gina Marie Designs Hearts and Stars Confetti Cutter die with gold glitter cardstock to cut the different sized stars.

After printing the featured scripture from Psalm 147 verse 4, I  used the Scalloped Stitched Rectangle die set also from Gina Marie Designs to die cut the edge of the scripture and to make a black mat for this piece. I love how well it all came together, simple but elegant.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been working on.  I hope you will check out all the design team projects on Word Art Wednesday and join us with your Anything Goes card.

Pam's Pearls

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:  

Dragonfly Dreams ~ May Challenge ~ Use Die Cut 

Allsorts ~ May Challenge ~ Challenge 850  

Can You Handle the Pressure ~ May Challenge  

Word Power ~ May Challenge

Hope You Have A ReeL-Y Good Birthday!

A few days ago my son in law celebrate his birthday with friends from their church.  What a great feeling that brings to any parents heart to hear that is what the plan is for a celebration.

We have just come home from 4 days of vacation with them so I'm sure both he and my daughter are ready of other adult company!   Here's the card I'll be giving him when we do have time together. 

He loves to fish and enjoys coming up her to the lake for the day to do just that.  After looking at several stamps and dies of fishermen, big fish, little fish and all the associated toys, I decided on the stamp set 'Gone Fishin' by Woodware Stamps. 

For this one I started on the computer and spaced out the words I wanted to use, then printed the card front.  I found a fishing rod sticker that was long enough to got from one corner to the other!    Then I stamped the man character in the stamp set - the man holding the big catch and colored him to resemble my son-n-law.   After cutting him out, I found a scrap of the red netting and added a small piece behind the guy holding he fish.  Then I was able to stamp the hook, worm, fish and bobber straight onto the card front and color them.   I matted the card front on an aqua blue color of card stock and then onto the tan fish paper.  I used an additional piece of the background paper to cut out the head of the purple worm, top of the green lure and two of the red and white bobbers.  I added a layer of foam to the back of each and then secured them to the card front.  Once everything was secure and dry, I added this sheet to the olive green 6" cardstock top fold card base to complete the design.

Happy Birthday BRANDON!

Thanks for dropping by to see what I've been coloring.  I hope you'll be back soon! 

Pam's Pearls 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Double Trouble ~ Birthday Challenge  

Inkspirational Challenge 368 ~ For the Guys  

C.R.A.F.T. Birthday ~ Challenge 780  

Copics:

Fisherman: Hat and shirt: YG91, YG93, YG95, R35, Fish: R35, B66, BG49, BG57, BG45, BG53, Worm: R17, R13, Hook: C3

Products:  

Woodware Stamps, Gone Fishing

We're Mermaid to be Friends

After several weeks of not being able to use my Copics due to a sprained wrist, this was one of the first images I was able to color.  Moondrea Designs 'Sea Star' was right up my alley and I enjoyed every second of coloring her.

 I truly focused on making her the center of your eye's attention so all the shades around her are darker.  Nothing fancy about the card base, no fancy dies, just a boldly colored image.

Using the blue base allows the eye to continue the water effect for depth and the raise sentiment stamp is small so that it doesn't take away from the mermaid.

I hope you enjoy her as much as I did.  She's available and Moondrea's Etsy store HERE.

Pam's Pearls

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:  

CD Sunday Plus ~ Challenge 184

Allsorts ~ Challenge 850   

Crafty Catz Weekly ~ Challenge 714  

Creative Fingers ~ Challenge 323

I Love Promarkers ~ May ~ Challenge 607

Copics: 

Hair: E40, E42, E43, Top & Fin: R56, R85, R83, R81, RV34, BG57, BG72, Rock Top: BV20, BV23, BV25, Rock Bottom: W2, W3, W5, Stars: Y13, Y18, Water: B23, B32, B63, BG05, Background: YR65, E95, R11, YR20, Y11.

Products:

Moondrea Designs, Sea Star

Make a Birthday Wish

Today is round two of sharing the new images from All Dressed Up Digital Stamps for May.  I selected Whimsical Day for my Design Team project card and made a Birthday card with her.  

 

I started by flipping the girl from the left side to the right, then printing her.  I used Copic markers for coloring which of course is my favorite way of making a card! Then I cut apart a premade birthday wish clear sticker, added each piece to a strip of yellow cardstock and then secured them down the side of the girl.  I also added the grass and little flowers across the bottom.

Next I used the Penny Black Elegant Stitching die set for the image and the pink matting.  I added those to the coordinating green card base, then added three strips of washi tape on the fold side and a pair of pink sunglasses (brad) at the top to complete the card design. 

Thank you for stopping by to see what I've been working on.  I hope  you will join us on the All Dressed Up Challenge blog where we welcome your cards made with ADU images.

Pam's Pearls

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:  

AAA Birthday ~ Game 85 ~ We Are 7  

Love to Craft ~ Challenge 92

Mirtillamente ~ Challenge 55 ~ May  - Top 2

Passion for Markers ~ Week 838 ~ Special Anniversary  

Try it on Tuesday ~ Keep it Simple

Copics:  

Hair: E55, E34, E13, Headband V95, Shirt & Pants: V91, V93, V95, Shoes: V91, Flowers: V06, V15, R37, V18, Leaves & Grass: YG93, YG61, Background: Y00

Products:

All Dressed Up, Whimsical Day

Penny Black, Elegant Stitches Die set

Happy Birthday Music Man

Today we're celebrating my brother's birthday and I'm sharing the card I made for him.  This year I wanted to focus on his musical talents.  I quickly saw that a 6" card base was almost too small for all the instruments he plays! 

I had recently purchased several gold die cut instruments from Jean on Scrapbook, Stamps and Craft Destash that were from Anna Griffin.  I was able to use two of them, along with the Sax player, the piano die, and Happy Birthday music die that I already had.  I die cut each out of gold cardstock except the piano - which is cut out of black.

I had not made this type card - with the acetate window, so I randomly selected one from Pinterest to follow. RemARKably Created by Janet Wakeland was the spot I landed and her directions were super easy to follow.  

Here is her pinterest link: 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/563018690712445/

The only thing I did differently was not stamping the sentiment so it could be seen through the window.  Then I was faced with wanting to write in the card and not really having much room.  To fix this I added another piece of white cardstock and attached it at the top with musical washi tape, like a curtain.   This allowed the view from the front to still have the white behind it and our writing be hidden on the inside back of the card base. 

Happy Birthday Mike!  

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been working on.  Hope you'll stop in tomorrow to see another All Dressed Up Design Team card.

Pam's Pearls 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:  

Digi Chooseday ~ Challenge 5 Week 4  

AAA Birthday ~ Game 85 ~ We Are 7  

Crafting Happiness ~ Challenge 213  

Crafts Galore Encore ~ Challenge 147  

Die Cut Divas ~ May ~ Poppy Stamps

 

Dream Big Little Mermaid

Today I am sharing Moondrea Designs, "Sea Flower", her new image design for May.  Isn't she the prettiest little mermaid! 

For this design, I selected the background print first mainly because I happened upon it when looking for another card's mounting paper and thought it would work for this image.  I knew I wanted to have the clam shell sitting underwater.

After sizing and printing her, I Copic colored the image and then fussy cut around.  I went back with the darkest green (G85) and re-shaded the outer edges so that it would pop more against the background mounting.  Then I made the computer generated sentiment and die cut it.  After playing around a bit to get the placement ready, I clipped her to the paper and then secured the sentiment.  Next I added a large 'wobbler' to the back of the mermaid right in the center.   Then carefully secured her to the top of the paper, just to the left of the sentiment.  Lastly I mounted the background paper to the 5" x 6" card base to complete the design.

And when a wave comes by.... 

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been working on.  I hope you'll visit Moondrea's Etsy store to see the other great designs and also visit the Facebook page to enter the Progressive monthly challenge.

Pam's Pearls  

I will be entering this card in the following challenges: 

CD Sunday ~ Challenge 183  

Crafty Catz ~ Weekly Challenge 713  

Creative Fingers ~ Challenge 322  

I Love Promarkers ~ Challenge 607

Copics:  

Hair: E59, E39, YR27, YR24, YR21, Top: B06, B04, B02, Fin: B06, B04, B02, BG45, BG57, BG34, BV01, BV02, V15, Flowers: Y18, R11, Clam Shell: BG90, BG93, G85, Crown: Y18, B06

Products:

Moondrea Designs, Sea Flower

Tool Time

I'm back this afternoon with the All Dressed Up Design Team as we are opening Challenge 173.  For this challenge I selected Toolbox Boy and made a masculine card that could be used for a variety of occasions. 

Several weeks ago I attended a 4 day retreat and the theme just happened to be 'Tools of the Trade'.

It was a great theme and we all had a good time together.  One day our dessert - dirt cake - came in the yellow construction hat with a little 6" shovel.  Of course I kept that to go with this type card!  

At some point we also received this title embellishment, which I reduced down to fit the card and fussy cut around it.  I added a strip of ruler paper across the bottom once I had the image secured to the card base and the tool time at the top.

It really came together into a cute little card with the ADU Toolbox Boy image. 

Thanks for allowing me to share all those details.  Be sure to check out the other Design Team cards and enter your ADU imaged card for the challenge.  

Pam's Pearls

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:  

Cardz 4 Guyz ~ Challenge 385   

Promarkers ~ Week 837 ~ Masculine  - Top 5

Shopping Our Stash ~ Challenge 573 ~ Mans Best Friend - Top 3

Copics:  

Hair: E23, E25, Overalls: YG95, YG93, Shirt, R05, Hat: Y18, Y15, Dog & Hat: R05, E23 E13, Tool Belt: E87, Tools, E11, E13, E23, E25, C2, C3, C4, R05, Box, E81, E84, Background: BG000

Products:

All Dressed Up, Toolbox Boy

Virgo

This morning is the opening of the May/June Classic Design Challenge Blog.  Our blog is always an anything goes theme with an optional twist. This month's twist is Anniversary or Birthday.

We also have a new sponsor ~ Moondrea Designs.  Be sure to visit her Etsy store and/or her Facebook group. 

For my project card, I selected Moondrea's Virgo , from her Zodiac collection and made this birthday card.

For this card I sized the image to fill the framed area.  She is colored with Copic markers then trimmed and matted with a black liner mat.  I was fortunate enough to find a card base the exact shade of olive as her gown.  After securing the image to the card base, I added the sentiment sticker to the left  corner to complete my birthday card design.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been coloring.  Hope you'll visit often.

Pam's Pearls

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:  

AAA Birthday Challenge ~ Game 85 ~ We Are 7  

Crafts Galore Encore ~ Challenge 147  

Love the Craft ~ Challenge 92  

Mirtillamente ~ May ~ Challenge 55

Morgan's World Challenge 100

Copics:  

Hair: E44, E43, E42, E41, Lips: R21, R22, Large Flowers: R23, R22, R21, Small Flowers: V20 V22, V25, Clouds: B60, RV00, Stars: Y15, Robe: YG95, YG93, YG91, YR23, Various Copics for trim, Background B37, B24

Products

 

Moondrea Designs, Virgo Zodiac