Pam's Pearls: January 2022

Monday, January 31, 2022

Look at the Birds of the Air

Today I'm sharing a little sweet bird that I started coloring on Saturday - the first time I'd picked my markers up since Covid came to visit, some 11 days or so earlier. My side effect of 'Covid fog brain' led to my inability to focus on coloring and card making.

Oh what joy and gratefulness I had as I worked on this one!

Perching Bird by Crafty Individuals

I'll be using it for one of my card swap groups weekend challenge 'Something Spring'. I for one, have already had enough cold ~ I'm ready for spring.

After Copic coloring the image I used the sentiment from Our Daily Bread, Sing for Joy. The decorative edging is done with Penny Black's Elegant Stitching Rectangle Die set. The coordinating metallic dots are from Gina Marie Designs.

We pray daily for those affected by Covid and affected afterwards as well. It seems the long lasting side effects can be random, life altering and definitely unwanted.

Thank you for stopping by today to view my blog. I enjoy sharing my work with you and invite you to “Follow” my blog and to visit my site ~ “Not Just Scraps” on Facebook ~ where you can purchase my cards.

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

Word Art Wednesday Week 527-528

Creative Fingers ~ Challenge 223

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ Challenge 174

C. R.A.F.T ~ Challenge 624

Krafty Chicks ~ Challenge 596

Watercooler Wednesday ~ WWC333

Friends of My Kraft Kloset (sharing)

Pam’s Pearls

Copics: Stump: E15, E17, E19, Bird: B21, B23, YR23, YR27, YR00, YR000, Around: B0000

Products:

Crafty Individuals, Perching Bird

Our Daily Bread, Sing for Joy

Penny Black, Elegant Stitching

Friday, January 28, 2022

Pretty in Pink

For our Polkadoodles Design Team Challenge this week we are thinking of spring and bringing you the Darling Buds Collection with their beautiful array of flowers.

For my card I've selected Primrose (DB8) and colored her in shades of dusty rose to light pink.

I started this card by sizing the image to about 3 1/2" tall and printed it on Neenah 110# cardstock. The Copics I used are referenced below. I placed her on a coordinating green small leaf print which matched the green leaves on her gown. Next I added the small plaid scalloped edge border on the left and the additional silk flowers. The tiny pearls really set off the flowers and went perfectly in the flower on her forehead. I completed the card with the matching pink organza double bow at the card base fold.

Be sure to visit the Polkadoodles Challenge blog to see the other Design Team cards and to enter your card for the weekly challenge.

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

Cup Cake Inspiration ~ Challenge 536

Classic Design Challenge ~ January

QKR Stampede ~ Challenge 436

Cards Galore Encore ~ January

Sparkles Forum Challenge 148 ~ Ribbon

Pam’s Pearls

Copics: Skin: E35, E30, Hair: B41, N4, N6, Eyes: G07, Leaves: G20, G21, G24, Dress & Flowers: R81, R83, R85, R56, Shadow: W2

Products:

Polkadoodles, Primrose

Polkadoodles, The Colour of Spring, PD7450

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Cheery Slip & Lock

Thank you for all the get well wishes and AWESOME prayers! I'm feeling much better today and am very grateful. I thought this card would be appropriate, since it's bright and cheery!

This one is another Slip & Lock technique I made for a recent swap.

This design really works well with smaller images, although at first I thought this daisy was about too large! After coloring with my Copics I used the Gina Marie Wonky Stitched Circle die to get those wonderful stitched lines around the circle. I hand cut the tiny butterfly and added him using a couple of small foam squares. The extra dimension was a perfect completion for the card.

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

Crafting Happiness ~ Challenge 119 ~ January

Get Creative ~ Challenge 107

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper Challenge ~ January

We Love Stamping ~ January ~ Option Wings

Pam’s Pearls

Monday, January 24, 2022

It's My Turn

My cheery Monday greeting is a little poor this week as I'm under the weather. It seems with the ramp up of the Covid variant cases you just feel like you are waiting on the axe to fall on you. Well it has and I just don't like it.

So today's card is for all my friends going through Covid, round one or even multiple times!

This adorable nurse image is from Penny Black ~ Mo Manning's Wishing You Well.

To make this card, I've stamped the image on Neenah 110# cardstock and used Copic markers for coloring. Afterwards Gina Marie Designs Venetian Labels die set was perfect to die cut the image, matting and also the shape for the sentiment with coordinating mat.

The card base is a 5 1/2" square with the front covered with the heart patterned paper. After stamping a generic get well sentiment, I secured the layers as shown to the card front to complete the card.

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

Crafter's Cafe ~ Challenge 281 ~ CAS

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper ~ January Challenge

Creations in Pink ~ Challenge 42

QKR Stampede ~ Challenge 436

Creative Crafters ~ Challenge 48

Allsorts ~ Week 660 ~ For a Child

Mo's Digital Pencil Stamps Facebook Challenge ~ January

Penny Black's Saturday Challenge ~ January

Pam’s Pearls

Copics: Hair: YR21, YR24, YR27, E39, E59, Pants/Shirt: BG10, BG13, Hat: R29, R000, R30, Shoes, N3, N5, Bear: E30, E18, E55, E31, Bear Shirt; BG72

Products:

Penny Black, Wishing You Well

Gina Marie Designs, Venetian Labels

Saturday, January 22, 2022

A Special Surprise

How do you surprise the owner of an international corporation for her birthday? Very QUIETLY!!!

And that's exactly what all of her Design Team members have been working on in the background for the last 6 weeks leading up to today.

Today is Nikky Hall's Birthday!

It's time to Celebrate and wish her the best on her special day!

For my card to Nikky, I selected Birthday Gifts, from the Winnie Winter Celebration.

A little birdie told us her favorite colors are shades of aqua, so I selected mostly Copics in those colors with a few brown and red accents.

When my coloring was completed I die cut the edge using Penny Black's Elegant Stitching die and then added several vinyl mini snowflake stickers. I made the aqua card base to coordinate with the Copics used and covered it with the swiss dotted paper before adhering the completed image. The snowflake border at the top was left over in my bits and pieces stash from Christmas and was perfect for the top of the card. To complete the card I added the white organza double bow.

The other challenge was how do you know when to mail from the US to arrive at the UK on time? Well that's an unknown as I write this blog, hope that it does arrive safely whatever day that may be. It's certainly filled with lots of love and Happy Birthday Wishes!

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

A Perfect Time to Craft ~ January

Classic Design Challenge ~ January

Cards Galore Encore ~ January

Daisy Chain ~ Challenge 59 ~ Wintertime

QKR Stampede ~ Challenge 436

Sheepski Designs ~ Challenge 58 ~ Square

World Wide Open Design Challenge ~ January

Seize the Birthday ~ Challenge 230

Crafty Gals Corner ~ Challenge 227 ~ Snow Much Fun

Pam’s Pearls

Copics: Clothes: BG49, BG53, BG15, BG45, Shoes: E23, E25, Candy Cane & Berries: R46, Holly: G07, YG61, YG25, Snowflakes: B60, Bird: FBG2, YR27, Raccoon: N4, N6, N0, Y00, RV10, Present: R39, R56, BG57

Products:

Polkadoodles, DPD7974, Birthday Gifts

Penny Black, Elegant Stitching

Friday, January 21, 2022

Your Biggest Fan

Today I'm joining in with Team C on the Colour Crazy Challenge Design Team and our sponsor Patties Creations. I'm sharing her Dinosaur Love digital image with my slimline Valentine card done in non-traditional colors.

After sizing the image for a 3 3/4" x 8 1/2" slimline card, I printed it on Neenah 110# cardstock. I used shades of purple and orange Copic markers for coloring. When completed I added the sentiment from Penny Black Kisses and Wishes. The decorative edge was added using Gina Marie Designs Big and Little Chain Slimline die.

I used a coordinating dark orange solid cardstock to make the card base and secured the colored image, then added the lavender organza bow to complete the card.

Be sure to visit the Color Crazy Challenge blog to see the other Design Team cards and to enter your card for the weekly challenge.

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

Creative Knockouts ~ Challenge 436 ~ Pretty Cute Stamps

Time Out Challenge ~ Challenge 205 ~ In Love

Mod Squad ~ Valentine's Day

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ 4 Legged Friends

Watercooler Wednesday ~ Challenge 333 ~ Occasions

Cutie Pie ~ Challenge19 ~ Simple Starts

Pam’s Pearls

Copics: Girl: R01, E93, E95, YR18, YR85, W5, Heart, YR18, BV08, Boy: BV00, BV01, BV02, BV13, BV08, V22, V25, W5, Tie: V25, YR18

Products:

Patties Creations, Dinosaur Love

Gina Marie Designs, Big & Little Chain Slimline Die

Penny Black, Kisses & Wishes

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

God Always Has A Plan

Today I'd like to share a masculine sympathy card I recently made. One of the managers my husband works with lost his wife to Covid so of course he wanted to send a special card of condolences. I selected Unity Stamps, 'Good Ol' Days by Tierra Jackson.

Like most guys, we knew that he liked vintage cars. I felt like the sentiment I selected was perfect both from the life's journey perspective and as an expression of comfort.

Here's the finished card.

After stamping the image on Neenah 110# cardstock, I used my Copic markers for coloring. I selected the Memory Box Matinee Rectangle Layers Dies for the decorative edge and covered the A2 white card base with a coordinating stripped green paper. After securing the image to the card base, I added the sentiment which I had matted with a solid black mat.

Although this was used as a sympathy card, it's versatile enough for about any masculine use.

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

Cardz4Guyz ~ Challenge 287 ~ Spots/Stripes

Ike's World ~ Challenge 152

Through the Craftroom Door ~ Jan 18th Challenge

Stamps + Fun = Creativity ~ Challenge 408

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ Challenge 174

Word Art Wednesday ~ 527-528

Pam’s Pearls

Copics:

Car: YG99, YG96, YG97, YG93, YG91, Metal: C3, C4, N3, N4, N5, Light Y00, Background: B000, Shadow: W3, W2

Products:

Unity, Good Ol' Days

Unity Stamps, Brody's Love

Memory Box, Matinee Rectangle Layers

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Sending Kisses

After a long weekend of cardmaking with several girlfriends, I've got a nice stash of new cards to share with you. What a fun and relaxing time along with getting to play with lots of my new stamps.

Today's card is from Penny Black and this image is called Kisses.

To make this card, I stamped the image on Neenah 110# cardstock and used my Copic markers for coloring. When the coloring was completed, I returned the image to my Misti and stamped the sentiment 'You Are Loved', using brown Versa Claire ink.

The edging is done using Pink and Main's Scalloped Edge Square die. I added a dark green mat, cut 1/8" larger than the square die.

The 5 1/2" card base is covered with a pink swiss dotted paper. Then I secured the colored image and mat to the card base. Lastly, I added the white organza bow to the card at the top fold.

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

The Cutie Pie ~ Challenge #167

Dream Valley ~ Challenge #261

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ~ January

Pam’s Pearls

Copics: Hair: Y11, E50, Y23, E43, Dress & Socks: RV10, RV02, RV00, Ribbon Belt: RV32, Shoes: C3, C4, C5, C7, Leaves: YG63, YG93, Flowers: RV32, Y18, Y38, B24

Products:

Penny Black, Kisses

Pink & Main, Scalloped Square Die

Monday, January 17, 2022

Sweet Treats for You

Happy Monday from Jan's Digital Stamp Shop's Design Team!

While winter storm 'Izzy' is dumping her snow over the east coast this weekend - I'm spending the long weekend with several girlfriends crafting away waiting for a peek at the snow that never came here where I am in SC.

For my Sweetheart Candy card I've selected the 'Slip and Lock' Technique.

I worked with two different images from this package to make this card. First I took the 'double candy' image and duplicated it to cover the size of an A2 print. This is my background paper which I cut into two rectangles to fit the front panels.

Next I sized the candy jar to about 2 1/2" tall, printed it on Neenah 110# cardstock and colored it with my Copic markers.

I used Penny Black's Elegant Stitching die to get the delicate edging.

For the card base I cut white card stock to 4 1/4" x 11" and folded the two sides in to meet in the middle. Each side is covered with the solid mauve paper, then the printed candy image.

I also backed the colored image with the mauve paper. To make the slider part, which attaches this piece to the base, I cut 2 pieces of white cardstock the same size as the matted piece (behind the colored image). Next the white pieces are folded in half lengthwise. With the fold side toward the center, each of these are glued to the back of the colored image. The video I followed is referenced below - it's probably easier to see this than to follow my directions!

However I do hope you will visit Jan's store and her Challenge blog. There are several beautiful cards there by my fellow design teammates. ALSO ~ Check out this month's Freebie in Jan's Store ~ Top Hat!

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

CD Sunday Challenge 76

Allsorts ~ Week 659 ~ Add a Heart

Moving Along With the Times ~ Challenge 138

Time Out ~ Challenge 205 ~ In Love

Pam’s Pearls

Copics: Y11, RV10, BG11, BG01, BG0000, V25, V22, BV000

Products:

Jan's Digital Stamp Shop, Sweetheart Candy

Slip and Lock Technique Video Reference: https://youtu.be/go5X8kg1E60

Penny Black, Elegant Stitching

Jan's Digital Stamp Shop, Top Hat Freebie

Friday, January 14, 2022

Dream A Dream

Today I'm posting with the Colour Crazy Challenge Design Team and our sponsor this week is Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Designs. For my project card, I've selected Dark Lilies.

This image was quite large and I loved coloring it! Of course those that know me, know I love hummingbirds so picking this one was an easy choice. I enlarged her just a little to fill the image to an A2 card front size and printed it on Neenah 110# cardstock. My Copic colors are listed below for your reference if desired. I selected a deep purple 1/8" mat and then a green and purple patterned mat to cover the white 5 1/2" card base. The purple organza bow is tied around the patterned mat and card base prior to adding the colored image and solid mat.

I've completed the card by adding the sentiment from Stampendous, Floral Reflections which I stamped with Versa Fine Clair Monarch.

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

Ike's World ~ Challenge #152

Through the Craftroom Door ~ Hello 2022

Ave 613 ~ January Challenge

CD Sunday ~ Challenge 76

A Perfect Time to Craft ~ January

Sheepski Designs ~ Challenge 58 ~ Square

Crafty Animals ~ Challenge #57

Pam’s Pearls

Copics: Hair:YR21, YR24, YR27, E39, E59, Lilies: V25, V28, V30, Lips & Nails: V12, Leaves in Hair: G17, Eyes: G09, G17, Hummingbird: YG61, YG01, BG90, B05, B32, B05, B24, V12

Products: