National Beer Can Day ~ Cheers!

Another Crazy Holiday!

Eighty -Three years ago the first Beer Can was sold in 

Richmond VA by the Krueger Brewing Company.

Now January 24th is listed as the 

National Beer Can Appreciation Day. 

This past weekend this event was one of our card making challenges.  

I had to do a slight variation for several obvious reasons.

Here is my 'altered' card  done totally with Die cuts and the final embellishments ~ 

I started with the Elizabeth Craft Designs Large Bubble Die #1028 out of vellum.  Then I die cut the Beer Bottles using the My Favorite Things, Die-namics LLD Bottles Die.  Side note here ~ the paper used was the packaging from Gina Marie Design die packages.  LOVE the sparkling effect!  Then I added the Gold Metallic CHEERS die cut (unbranded) and finished the card by adding small glass flat backs over the bubble die intersections.

This was a quick card for the challenge, however this combination I think will be really nice redone using a champagne bottle die and wine glasses for a wedding or anniversary card.

Thank you for stopping by today and following my blog. 

This card is for sale at my facebook site, Not Just Scraps.

Serving A Risen Savior, 

Pam

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National Dragon Day Celebration ~ January 16th

Did you miss it?  Surely not!

Today's featured card is my Dragon entry to 

one of the Card Making sites in celebration of 

National Dragon Day!

The image I selected is by Wild Rose Studio, named Dragon Birthday (CL506), and is Copic colored. I wanted the card to be non-gender specific so I cross matted using yellow and purples.  I also wanted the image to remain the focal point, thus I elected not to add a ribbon bow, but just a few sprinkled gold stars to complete the card.

Thank you for stopping by today - I hope you liked my Happy Birthday Dragon card.  He is available for sale on my Facebook site, Not Just Scraps, along with other handmade cards. 

Serving a Risen Savior, 

Pam 

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Addicted to Card Making, Karle's Passion, Pam's Pearls, Passionate Paper Creations, Stamp Junkies, Crafty Calendar Jan., The Fairy & the Unicorn-Jan., and Not Just Scraps.

And The Winners Are....

My heartfelt thanks to each of you for your daily comments 

on the Unity projects and especially to those who are now following my blog.

It was an amazing week with Unity!

Your comments were humbling ~ 

it is obvious we are sisters of the art!

I elected to allow Mr. Random Org to select my 

two winners because in my book you are all winners.

Please contact me through private message 

with your mailing information as soon as possible.

Thanks again to EACH of you for commenting.

Blessings to each of you!

Serving a Risen Savior ~ Pam 

"Owl" Always Be There For You

Today's sweet little card is perfect for your 

Valentine sweetheart, or is versatile enough for any time.

It is from the Heartfelt Collection, Sugar Hollow.

I used the pair of owls stamp out of the set, Copic colored them (see the tummy colors) and then cut them out.   

For the card base, I used a standard A2 white card and die cut a solid heart out then cut out a fancier scrolled heart to frame the opening.  The sentiment can be stamped inside at any point.  For the finishing touches, I added several pink and deep red flowers with clear blink centers and a touch of die cut greenery on the top flowers.  

Thank you for stopping by today - This card is available for purchase along with others through message or my Facebook site, Not Just Scraps. 

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam 

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Addicted to Card Making, Christian Card Making, Karle's Passion, Stamp Junkies, Passionate Paper  Creations, Pam's Pearls, CAS on Friday #124,  Stamped Blessings January, and Not Just Scraps. 

You're Delightful!

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, 

it's time to pull out the sweet little I Love You stamps

and a few new additions since last year...

Today's card was created using Whimsy's Stamp called Gecko Love, 
by designer Crissy Armstrong.

Since it was a rainy day, I really enjoyed coloring the image, which took quite a while using 26 shades of Copic markers.

Details for making:

The card base is 5 1/2 x 5" with the paper mats cut out of scraps.  A swatch of burlap is added to the left and half of a red heart doily to the right.  The Gecko image was die cut using a Darice heart shaped die, and is glued on the right, with pop dots on the left side.  The sentiment and banner die are by Hero Arts.  Brown heavy thread and a wooden heart were added for the finishing touch.

Thank you for stopping by today ~ I hope you enjoyed the first Valentine's Day card.  It will be for sale along with a few others through Not Just Scraps.

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam 

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Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration, Whimsy Monthly Blog #103, Pam's Pearls, Karle's Passion, Stamp Junkies, Passionate Paper Creations, and Not Just Scraps. 

Growing in Unity ~ Day 5

Like all the GIU girls have said, it's amazing how fast this week has flown by. What a wonderful honor it has been for me to have been selected.  I am sincerely thankful for this opportunity.  I would also like to invite you to continue to 'Follow Me' through my blog postings. 

My design for today's card is a thank you to the great team at Unity and especially Kelli for the endless hours she puts into GIU.  
The image today is  Angie Blom's design, Love to Go. 

I wish you could feel this card!  As you can see I cut out the heart and made a little shaker card using chocolate brown beads.  

To do this, I used a small strip of tulle (twice the size of the opening).  No foam required.  You simply run your tape runner around the opening, lay down one layer of the tulle, add your beads, then tightly pull the tulle over the beads to form the shape.  The holes in the tulle will adhere to the tape runner and self seal to your card. This technique for shaker cards is so much easier and faster than foam tape and acetate sheets. 

  On this card, with it being so small, it feels like it is quilted and soft.  The heart dies are unbranded  and the background is stamped with a heart stamp from the Unity November, 2011 KOM.  The ribbon and three hot pink flat back pearls were added to complete the card.

I wish I could sit and have a cup of coffee with each of you! 

Today is also the last day to comment below for your chance to win 25 random stamps from Unity.  Two winners will be picked from the comment entries from this week.  

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have enjoyed this special week of Growing in Unity cards.

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

This posting will appear on the following sites, 

Unity Stamp Co GIU, Unity {Show & Tell}, Pam's Pearls, Christian Card Maker, Karle's Passion, Stamp Junkies, Passionate Paper Creations, C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #451, Crea Chicky's Valentine Challenge, and Not Just Scraps.

Growing in Unity ~ Day 4

Today I'd like to ask you if you've ever had a stamp that was a challenge to use?  You know, like no matter what you did with it, nothing seemed to work.  No ideas on Pinterest, nothing in your sketch book.... 

The stamp from Unity that I selected for today's card was my CHALLENGE stamp, Unity's Itty Bitty Having Fun.  No offense to the designer, Joslyn Nielson, at all, because it is a great stamp and I was super excited to get this jeep stamp!  But being perfectly honest, when I went to stamp it, there is a LOT of under the jeep showing.... and how many of us know how to color the underside of a jeep? On top of that, I had picked ORANGE for a Clemson University fan to be the recipient. 

But I kept working at it adding colors, (thankfully I was using high quality paper).  I sponged on grey and brown at the bottom to give the rock and dirt a grunge look.  Then pulled a Tim Holtz mesh die out and inked it to match, it was getting better... When I reached for a scrap of the snow covered birch trees for the background it was amazing how the 3D affect appeared and the Jeep suddenly looked just like it was coming out of the woods! 

My plan all along, Ha! Ha! 

I finished off the card with additional matting, twine and the sentiment GOOD TIMES from the Feb. 2012 KOM, then attached it to the Burnt orange card base. 

Thanks for hanging in there with me on the making of my challenge card.  

Don't forget to comment below to be entered for the drawing.  Two lucky winners will receive 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company.

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

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Unity Stamp Co. GIU, Unity {Show & Tell}, Pam's Pearls, Christian Card Makers, Karle's Passion, Stamp Junkies, Passionate Paper Creations, Delicious Doodles -January, Stamp Garden Challenge #69,  and Not Just Scraps. 

Growing in Unity ~ Day 3

How do you pick a favorite Angie Girl?

About a month ago, Whitney posted on the Unity {Show & Tell} Facebook page, "What's Your Favorite Stamp set?"  Immediately, I responded, "Sunset Promise".  But when I pondered over which ONE Angie Girl to use this week, that's a tough call. Maybe you will tell me in the comments today, your favorite Angie Girl and why.

For today, I picked LIZZIE GIRL because of the sentiment on her cover 'Showered with Love'.  To me, that is what Angie Girls images are all about ~ they shower us, the card makers and the recipients, with love and encouragement whether it's in the spring, fall, winter or summer.

Today's card is a modified Z fold card.  The stitched clouds are from Gina Marie Designs,  the rain drops and the inside sentiment are from the Unity February, 2012 KOM.

Here are the details of the project if you'd like to make a similar card:
I stamped the rain drops over a full page of card stock and Copic colored with several shades of blue.  Then I sprayed that sheet with Perfect Pearls Mist and set it aside to dry.  
Lizzie was stamped on 110# card stock and Copic colored, then fussy cut out and matted on a 4 x 6 piece of the  rain drop paper, which was then matted on black and then on yellow 

(increasing 1/4" around with each layer). 

The sentiment stamp for the inside was stamped and cut the  

exact same measurements as the front piece. I added gold metallic ink to the dots and over the sun for sparkles and a touch of light blue to shade the cloud. 

For the base, I cut a piece of yellow card stock, 12 x 6 1/2".  

I folded it in half, then folded the top piece at 3 1/2".  

Next cut a piece of coordinating purple to fit inside the three yellow boxes,  
leaving a little bit of the yellow showing. 

Line up the inside sentiment piece and the top piece with Lizzie on it, then glue down. 

{NOTE: Only glue Lizzie on the left side.}

Add die cut clouds and rain drop embellishments to finish. 

As your supply of Unity stamps continues to grow, I challenge you to look back, especially in your sentiments to mix and match with today's newer images.  That is another huge plus for Unity's products and their quality.  Not only are the stamps of high quality but the sentiments are so encouraging and appropriate to use over and over again.

Another reason to comment below ~ you may be one of the lucky winners at the end of my week, as Unity Stamp Co. will be giving away 25 random stamps to two people who comment on my blog. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will come back tomorrow 
to see another Unity project.
Serving a Risen Savior, 
Pam

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Unity Stamp Co. GIU, Unity {Show & Tell}, Christian Card Maker, Karle's Passion, Pam's Pearls, Passionate Paper Creations, Stamp Junkies, A Perfect Time to Craft #01, Crafting Circle, Crafting from the Heart #190, and Not Just Scraps. 

Growing in Unity ~ Day 2

There is just something neat about an old truck, or is it just me?

Being a professional photographer, I've been known to stop about anywhere alongside the road to get a quick 

shot of a vintage truck.   So when Unity Stamp Co. came out with the stamp set A Guy and His Truck, (UK-874A) by Angie Blom, it was headed to my house fairly quickly.  

Because I have not had any formal Copic training, a lot of attempts are made before I get to a card image worth keeping.  Learning to color rust on a car or truck is a skill I have not quite mastered yet, but this one turned out close enough to share with you today.  

The image is stamped on 110# card stock and Copic colored.  I used a Spellbinder Deckled Edge die on the image and the matting pieces.  
The sentiment is from the Unity set WIB-821-Loved All Over.

Once you get an image colored to your satisfaction, don't be afraid to color the background.  Sometimes that's a hard 'next step'.  It's okay to fussy cut and place your images on a background too, but coloring your own background will add another level of joy to your coloring. Like the background here, the warm yellows coming from behind the truck intensify the feeling of the sentiment of making you feel loved all over! 

If you'd like to color your image in similar colors, the Copic references that I used are:

Truck BG13, G19, G28; Tires, C1-C7 & B000; Rust E07, R17, YR14; Hearts R06, R14, R24, R22, R29, R43, RV34; Background  (ground) G28,G19, BG13; (sky) YR16, YR12, Y19, Y08, Y02. 

Thank you for stopping by today. Don't forget to comment below to be eligible for the  drawing from Unity Stamp Co.  Two winners will receive 25 random stamps from Unity from the comments on my blog during this week.

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

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Unity Stamp Co GIU, Unity {Show & Tell}, Pam's Pearls, Christian Card Makers, Karle's Passion, Stamp Junkies, Passionate Paper Creations, CAS#124, Always Fun #41 and Not Just Scraps.

A Week of Growing in Unity ~ Day 1

A special greeting this morning to my new readers from Unity Stamp followers as I begin my week of sharing.  I am thrilled to be part of the Growing in Unity 2018 project.

When Unity released the Broken Look Beautiful Angel stamp a few months ago, I just knew I wanted her to be my first posting during my GIU week.  Then, the Unity {Show & Tell} Facebook page started filling up with such beautiful card creations using that image.... and I began having second thoughts.  

However everyone sees an image differently and my vision of this lovely lady was firmly drawn in my head, 

she arrived, and there was no turning back.
Here is my card using the beautiful stamp designed by Angie Blom.

I stamped the image on 110# card stock and also on Vellum.  Using washi tape, I masked out the area around the flowers on her gown, and stamped two rows of them side by side on another piece of vellum and set those aside to dry.

The image on card stock will go inside the card.  I colored her using the following copic markers: 

Heart V05, Leaves G40, G43, Flesh E0000, V20, E40, Flowers, RV55, R20, Dress R01, R11, Hair E13, E33, E55, E57, Wings Gold Metallic pen, and set her aside while I put the card base together.

The card base is a 12" x 6" piece of scrapbook paper folded at 6".  After deciding where I wanted the angel to go inside the card, I took a Spellbinder S5-014, Small Deckled Mega Rectangle and cut a window out on the FRONT of the card, so you could see the inside angel.  Then carefully lined up the vellum angel over the image and glued her to the inside front cover of the card base. The 'All The Best' greeting washi tape seemed to fit perfectly with the sentiment on the stamp, so I added it across the top of the card.  For the finishing touches I added the double row of vellum flowers for balance and the loopy string bow with the heart charm.
  

I love the softness the vellum adds to this card, both closed where you can see a hint of the color behind, 

and open where the vellum is still so soft, yet the colored image allows her beauty to shine.

What a wonderful encouraging stamp that can be used on many occasions. 
I hope you enjoyed my project idea using the Broken Look Beautiful Angel stamp.

During this week of Growing In Unity, anyone who comments will be entered into a random drawing for a prize of 25 random stamps from Unity, so please comment below.

Thanks you for stopping by ~ Be sure to come back tomorrow to see another Unity project. 

Serving a Risen Savior ~

Pam 

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Unity Stamp Co Growing In Unity, Unity{Show & Tell}, Pam's Pearls, Karle's Passion, Stamp Junkies, Passionate Paper Creations, Christian Card Makers, 613 Ave Creations Challenge 205, Crafty Catz Challenge 399, and Not Just Scraps.