Happy BARK~day!

I'm getting my Addicted to Card Making weekend challenge card done early tonight 

as tomorrow is girlfriend time at the Stamp Scrap Tour in Columbia, SC!  Shhh.... you know I need a few more stamps.....

The challenge for this weekend is either a card with three hearts or 

a card with a dog in celebration of Walk Your Dog day on February 22nd. 

One of my 'finds' just yesterday at the local thrift store was a bag of tiny wooden birds and dogs. Since I love birds, I knew I'd find something to do with those, never dreaming that a 'dog challenge' would come up this weekend. 

My "Mosaic Designed" card is Pinterest inspired from a blog posting by Kersten's Creative Box.   I used Ground Espresso distress ink on the wooden dog pieces to match the chocolate brown border, mosaic strips and three little hearts. 

In addition to posting on Addicted to Card Making weekend challenge, 
this posting will also be on:
Artsy Cards, Karle's Passion, Stampers Swap Shop,
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #238 ~ Birthday 
and on my personal selling page, Not Just Scraps. 

Thank you for stopping by and for following my blog postings. 
Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

Happy Weekend ~ Don't Whirrry

Today's card is just a fruity happy birthday card using

Lawn Fawn's So Smooth stamp set.  

I have admired the work of my friend Kristen, a true Lawn Fawn 

addict and expert for quite some time and finally took the 

plunge with my first set.  

This card was done using the Misti stamping tool, which allowed 

the perfect placement of each of the tiny little stamps.  The shades of pink and red distressed background were added after I colored the images with copic markers.  The sentiment was stamped separately and rounded with Seagull scissors. 

My prayer for you today as we enter the weekend is to be filled with the fruit of the spirit of God ~ 

This posting will also be linked to the following sites

where I invite you to visit to see other card creations:

Christian Card Makers,  Karle's Passion, Lawn Fawn Addicts

Creative Craft Cottage #81

One Crazy Stamper ~ February Birthday Challenge

Addicted to Stamps and More #229

and on my personal selling site, Not Just Scraps.

Thank you for stopping by and following my postings.  

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

There Is Nothing Too Hard For Thee

I am so excited at the work the Lord is doing through one of my card groups, 

Christian Card Makers on Facebook!  

With a new outline of activities for the week, a lot of new motivated Christian members, and so much desire to serve the Lord through our God given talents.... it is just contagious!

If this sounds like a place for YOU, 

I invite you to contact me for more information or search for the group

 through the links provided. 

One of the new activities, Christian Card Makers (CCM) has joined with Word Art Wednesday Blog challenge.  Each Wednesday, our challenge will be to follow the scripture posted on their blog (or to select a different scripture) and then post our cards into their challenge.  These cards are then sent out through our Heart Lines ministry mail as encouragement to others.   This is my card for this week, using Jeremiah 32:17.

What comfort we can find in knowing that there is NOTHING TOO HARD FOR GOD. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog and I pray that your day will be blessed by the Lord.  

This posting will also appear on the following sites

where I invite you to visit to see other card creations:

Christian Card Makers, Artsy Cards, Karle's Passion, 

Word Art Wednesday #270-271, 

Unity {Show & Tell}

Deep Ocean Challenge #148

and on my personal selling site, Not Just Scraps.

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam

Happy 29th Birthday!

Today's card is a cute birthday card that is sure to bring a smile and a chuckle to those of us that have had MORE than one 29th birthday!  Do you fit in that 'age grouping'?  

Inside....

The craft card base is scored 1/8" above the original fold to give the card the look of a box.  Rectangular Spellbinder nesting dies were used to cute the center out, 

followed by the next size to cut the acetate window, 

followed by the next size to cute the contrasting mat for the front cover.  

The doughnut is actually from one of my coloring books, printed and cut apart so that I could re-cut and paper piece the icing using a sprinkled paper.  The paper actually had a white background, so I just colored it aqua, the recipient's  favorite color.  

Although this card was especially designed for one of my special girlfriends, it is available for ordering on my selling site, Not Just Scraps.

This posting will also appear on the following sites

where I invite you to visit to see other card creations.

Karle's Passion, 

Artsy Cards, 

Little Patch of Crafty Friends #51

Thank you for stopping by and for following my postings.

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

Strong Enough to Live It

Today's card was made for a sketch challenge on the facebook group, 

Christian Card Maker and will be sent out as 'Heart Lines' mail to a special lady who needs a little note of encouragement. 

Using Unity's Constance Girl and copic coloring, the imaged was double matted then a yellow loopy bow added with the stamped sentiment~ 

You Were Given This Life Because You Were Strong Enough to Live It.  

This also reminds me of the song by Matthew West, Strong Enough.

I know I'm not strong enough to be

Everything that I'm supposed to be

I give up, I'm not strong enough

Hands of mercy won't You cover me?

Lord, right now I'm asking You to be

Strong enough, strong enough...

  

Today I hope that the words of this card and the following scripture touch your heart, and give you comfort knowing that with the Lord in your life, You Can Do This!

Thank you for stopping by and following my postings.  

This will also appear on the following sites,

where I invite you to visit to see other card creations.

Christian Card Makers, Karle's Passion, 

Word Art Wednesday 268-269

Coloring in Scrapland ~ February

Unity {Show & Tell}

and on my personal selling site, Not Just Scraps.

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

Multi Cut Peacock

Today's card is another mixed media card with the base being 

"THE FOLDER" , embossed both in a variegated light blue and again in navy blue.  The curve of the folder allows a great area to cut and match up for many variations and patterns.  

The peacock die was cut twice also with the light blue and navy.

Green and blue satin flowers were pop dotted to give the 3D effect and then the peacock was added to the top with a gold seed bead for her eye. Additionally 5mm flat back pearls were added to the swirl (from Lori's Lovely Paper Crafts).

The sentiment was left off at this point as the customer wanted to be able to add different sentiments, which I provided as an assortment of tags.   

Thank you for stopping by and following my postings.  

This will appear on the following sites also, where I

invite you to stop by to view other creative cards.

Artsy Cards, Karle's Passion, 

CAS on Sunday #101

and on my personal selling site, Not Just Scraps.

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

Wish BIG!

After Christmas I received and Art Impression Christmas stamp set that was both cute and funny (photo later in article).  But what a bummer to have to file it away for months.  I just happen to show it to one of my special online friends, who just loved the chickens immensely!   Ah.... let's see if we can turn these Christmas chickens into a winter non-Christmas card?!?!

After masking out the Christmas ornaments that were hanging from the branch, I used copic markers in shades of aqua's and tans to give these cute old chic's a look of winter.  And since my friend's birthday was just around the corner, 

I added a couple of birthday stamped sentiments. 

I cut the layers with one of the Spellbinder nesting dies, and cut a white card base with the die off set on the top to make the card a top fold, open upward card.   

Inside I softly distressed the background and used the Big Fat Chicken as the center point, making the eggs bright and sparkly for her winter birthday.

When it was all done, I had to chuckle, knowing my 'sister Pam' would appreciate a Christmas Chicken for her Birthday, that looked like she was hatching Easter Eggs!

I hope you'll have some fun taking a stamp set that is designed for one area and make it something different.  It can be quite a challenge!

Thank you for stopping by, for following my blog and for sharing with your friends. 

Serving a Risen Lord ~ Pam 

This posting will appear on the following sites

where I invite you to visit to see other creative cards. 

Artsy Cards, Karle's Passion, 

Simply Papercraft #43

Creative Moments #111

and on my personal selling site, Not Just Scraps

I Say Old Chap...

Tell a card maker ~ I need a Masculine card ~ and most will cringe!

"I don't have the right supplies. He won't like it. All I have is flowers and pearls, 

Guys don't like cards." 

Those were just a few of the reasons when the admin on Addicted to Card Making put up the monthly challenge of Masculine Cards.

  Yet some amazing cards were entered in for the secret voting.

For me, it was perfect timing as I had just started pulling some ideas together for my nephew's 32 birthday.  The problem was...too many ideas! You see, he isn't just any ordinary nephew. He's a talented guitar player (so here's a stack of music stamps), for many years he has been a single parent raising 2 small children, (Dad stamps), he served in the military both here and over seas and currently teaches as a contractor (another stack - military stamps). 

And yet his pride in his heritage and honoring our family name seems to stand out 

above all his daily accomplishments.  

So the vintage theme of days gone by, became the theme for his card, 

knowing HE will continue to be a gentleman, a man of his word,

 who serves His Lord and who honors his family name. Happy Birthday Aaron!

The supplies used in this card were cork board paper background paper wrapped with cream twine before being mounted onto a chocolate brown card base.  The vintage bike is a die cut from Memory Box.  After gluing the layers, three small bronze flat back pearls were added for the finishing touch. 

In addition to being posted on Addicted to Card Makers, this will appear on the following sites

where I invite you to visit to see other card creations:

Artsy Cards, Karle's Passion, 

Through the Craft Room Door 2/7/17

Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything Goes

and on my personal selling site, Not Just Scraps

Thank you for stopping by, following my blog and sharing with your friends.

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

Keep Your Faith in Beautiful Things

Having been born and raised in South Carolina, I always enjoy traveling to other states, but coming home is HOME.  My downsizing move last year to Lake Murray added the pleasure of  water and wildlife just outside my door (while taking away all fast food and close by shopping!) 

Last week I posted a photo of lunch by the water on a warm almost 70 degree day and a friend from Washington state, posted her view... a yard full of snow mounds.

  Though opposite, both the sun and the snow are beautiful creations and God's masterpieces. Today's card reminds us to keep our faith in beautiful things, all created by our God.

Not all of our days are filled with sunshine and happy thoughts.  Some days we aren't as strong as we want to be, we can't do the things we want to do, we just feel lost.  Those are the days we as Christians know that the devil does his best work.  We must be strong as we are reminded in 1 Corinthians 16:13

Thank you for stopping by and for following my blog postings. 

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

This posting will also appear on the following sites

where I invite you to visit to see other creative cards:

Christian Card Maker, Karle's Passion, 

Hand Stamped Sentiments #257

Lemon Shortbread #34

and on my personal site, Not Just Scraps. 

February Envelope Challenge

If you follow my blog, you already know that my favorite

card swap challenge is the Envelope Challenge on 

Addicted to Card Making.

Receiving an envelope of supplies and seeing the extreme varieties of what 

12 ladies come up with is just amazing.

Linda, our host this month supplied us with these random items.  We are allowed to added a inked/stamped image or sentiment and one embellishment.  

The card base is always free to add.

Most of the time, I think each of us just open the envelope and go.... 

Hmmmm.... what am I going to do with this?

With the cut of the chair paper, I only had one medium chair that wasn't cut off. So I began with flipping that paper over (solid Kraft on back) to go from there.  After placing several dies around and allowing random thoughts to grow a little.... 

I'm back to that single chair, determined to make it work.  With my sentiment in mind,

"I Chair-ish Our Friendship"

I started working backwards from there. 

Layered bases are cut from Spellbinders Labels 23 and the accent pieces are Spellbinders Twisted Metal Tags and Accents.  To pull the eyes to the small rose design in the chair, I used Stampin Up Real Red to distress all the pieces of paper and the white lace. Each layer is raised with pop dots and the bling strip is cut apart and glued into the circles of the lace, onto the Kraft card base for my completed card. 

Now I just need about 200 of these, as this morning I am humbled by the outpouring of Happy Birthday wishes I received yesterday.  

I truly do CHERISH each one of YOU as a blessing from God. 

Thank you for stopping by and for following my blog. 

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam

This posting will also appear on the following sites

where I invite you to visit to see other creative cards.

Addicted to Card Making, Christian Card Makers, Artsy Cards, 

Karle's Passion, Tinker - Dream Challenge #49,

A Bit More Time To Craft - Challenge #37,

and on my personal selling site, Not Just Scraps.