Pam's Pearls

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Go Hard or Go Home

Today I'm sharing a card I recently made with Stamping Bella's Football Squidgy. If you are a football fan you are sure to love this cute little fellow.

I actually made this card after receiving a high school graduation invitation from a family member and instead of having the usual cap and gown photo, he proudly sent his photo decked out in his football uniform. It was easy to see that this young man was extremely proud of his sports and wanted to pursue his talents further along those lines.

With that in mind, I decided this stamp would be the perfect image to use for the congratulations card we returned to him.

The image is stamped on Neenah 110# cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I used the Memory Box Matinee Rectangle for the edge.

The sentiment is from the same package and I used the Sizzix Dotted Square die for it and the green matting.

The A2 Standard card base is ivory, covered with the football paper from my stash. The layers were secured as shown in the photo. Lastly I added the brown jute and a star charm to complete the card design.

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 will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ Challenge 186 ~ The Paper Shelter

We Love Stamping, UK ~ July

Corrosive Challenge Blog ~ July

Stamping Bella Sisterhood July/August Facebook Challenge

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Helmet: Y19, C1, C3, N5, Olive Multi-Liner, Hair: E23, E25, Shirt: YG27, G28, G29, Pants: N7, N5, N4, Shoes: C4, C3, Football, E19, E17, E13, E11, Shadow W2

Products

Stamping Bella, Football Squidgy

Memory Box, Matinee Rectangles

Sizzix, Dotted Squares

Monday, July 25, 2022

Hooray ~ You Did It!

Happy Monday to you and I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

After spending several days with my best friend in the hospital in Charlotte, NC, it was good to be home yesterday. Yet my thoughts continue to drift back to her knowing the long road to recovery she has in front of her. I'm happy to say her back surgery was a huge success and she is getting stronger every day!

Today I'm sharing the card that I gave her before I left - celebrating her surgery and our sixty years of friendship!

Meet The Bird Ernest from Artisan Joggles. Isn't he a hoot!

He is colored with Copic markers and fussy cut to go on the standard A2 sized card. I used the Twisted Stitched Border by Simon Says on the edge of the solid peach flap over the coordinating vertical stripe. I tied a simple knot of deep aqua organza ribbon and added the plastic HOORAY tag under the knot with a clear glue dot.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ Challenge 186 ~ Paper Shelter

Corrosive Challenge ~ July

We Love Stamping, UK ~ July

Penny Black ~ July ~ Spots or Stripes

Crafty Animals ~ Challenge 63

Pam's Pearls

Copics

BG72, BG57, BG75, Y15, Y19

Products

Artisian Joggles, The Bird Ernest

Simon Says, Twisted Stitched Border

Friday, July 22, 2022

I've Been Framed!

If you follow my work on Facebook, you know I share an album of the cards that have won or placed in the top 3 in blog challenges. I don't do this for gratification, but just for my personal documentation and growth. Plus it allows me to tag the stamp manufacturer so they are aware their image has received another recognition.

Today, I'd like to share another type of recognition.

One of my cards was requested by a local friend as a gift to her bestie. They happen to enjoy drinking a nice glass of wine together on occasion. I've made this card several times - I'm sure some of you may remember it....

So this time, the receiptant wanted to have the card framed.

I was thrilled to find out that my friend Phyllis who had purchased the card actually has a framing business and did an exceptional job with this card. What ya think?

Adding that cork at the bottom was perfect for her friend too! So if you are anywhere near the CSRA area, check out

I've Been Framed @

https://www.i-been-framed.com/

and be sure to tell Phyllis that I sent you over!

Pam's Pearls

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Falling Into Place

I've really enjoyed one of the Unity Stamp Company stamps I received several months ago. It's versatile enough to experiment coloring in many colors or just shades of one color. Today I'm sharing the second (of several) that I've done using 'Falling Into Place' by designer Sandhya Iyer.

With purple being my favorite color (most days anyway), doing this in Copic shades of purple was fun. I wonder if I'm the only Copic Colourist that wishes there were more shades of purple?

The font of the sentiment in this package is a perfect addition to the lacey design of the butterfly. I used Tattered Lace Beaded Chain Rectangle die for the decorative edges and then added a marbleized purple mat to the 5" x 7" card base. To complete the design, I added just a little Wink of Stella clear on the edges of the wing tips.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door ~ Anything Goes 7/19 Challenge

Stamp + Fun = Creativity ~ Monochrome

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ Challenge 186

Inkspirational ~ Challenge 269 ~ Monochrome

Pam's Pearls

Products

Unity Stamp Co, Falling Into Place

Tattered Lace Beaded Chain Rectangle

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Micey Christmas!

I thought I'd continue today with another Christmas in July card. This digi is one I received free last year from 'Imagine That Digi's' called We Three Mice and it was one of my Christmas favorites!

For today's card I pulled out just one of the cute little creatures sitting on the camel and made my card in non-traditional colors.

After sizing the image to about 3 1/2" tall, I pulled in the sentiment in the center above the image. I printed it on Neenah 110# cardstock and used my Copic markers for coloring. I used Whimsy Stamps Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle die for the edging as well as on the coordinating purple matting.

I secured both pieces to a standard A2 sized white card base and added a big fat magenta organza ribbon at the card fold to complete this card for my 2022 Christmas Stash!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts ~ Week 685 ~ Christmas in July

Di's Digi Challenge ~ Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #45

Sheepski Designs ~ Challenge 64 Christmas in July

Sweet Stampers ~ Challenge 70 ~ Christmas in July

Imagine That Blog Challenge

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Camel: E31, E33, G24, Rope: E03, E19, Mouse: N2, Coat: B66, R56, Y26, V17, E17, E25, Y28, V05, R11, RV66, Shadow: W3

Products

Imagine That, We Three Mice (no longer available)

Whimsy Stamps, Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle

Monday, July 18, 2022

Believe in the Magic!

Happy Monday from Jan's Digital Stamp Design Team as we bring you our mid month inspirational cards today.

I've selected part of the images from the 'Believe' package as we continue to have Christmas in July...even though our temperatures are near 100 here in SC!

Isn't there something about Buffalo check that just makes you think of Christmas? It certainly does for me.

So as you can see I pulled the Santa boots from the package and then layered the 'Believe' close to the top cuff.

I used my Copic markers for coloring and believe me, black boots are not an easy image to color in my opinion.

Next I selected the Gina Marie Designs Drop Pendant die to get the stitched design. I made the card base using black cardstock and cut it 4 1/4" x 6". Then I added the Buffalo check mat which is cut 1/4" smaller than the card base.

I secured the colored image slightly lower than the center of the card, both to match the pattern better and also the image is weighted, so they just appear better to the eye located a little lower. To add a little more pop to the image, I used a clear glaze pen and covered the 'gold' buckles and bells on the boots. Lastly I adhered the three tiny black enamel dots in the top left corner.

I hope you will visit Jan's Digi Stamp Challenge Blog and see all the Design Team cards. We'd love for you to enter your cards there too.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Dare 2B Artzy ~ July ~ Christmas

Peace on Earth ~ Challenge #20

Allsorts ~ Week 685 ~ Christmas in July

Di's Designs ~ Christmas in July

Krafty Chicks ~ Challenge 620 ~ Week 2

Through the Purple Haze ~ Challenge 194

Creatalicious ~ Challenge 239 ~ Option Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge ~ #45

Sheepski Designs ~ Challenge 64 ~ Christmas in July

Sweet Stampers ~ Challenge 70 ~ Christmas in July

12 Months of Christmas ~ Challenge 90

Alphabet Challenge ~ H is for Holidays

World Wide Open Design Team ~ July

Pam's Pearls

Copics

N1, N2, N5, N7, N8, N9, Y26, Y28, W3

Products

Jan's Digital Stamp Shop, Believe

Gina Marie Designs, Drop Pendant

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Friendship!

This week the Polkadoodles Design Team are gathering up images for Friendship cards to inspire you!

I've selected Polkadoodles Sheepy Sheepy Sheep Sheep Spring Easter Printable (say that 5 times fast). This one reminded me of my girlfriends as we would pile in a car for a shopping trip or crafting day trip.

A Perfect Day for Friends!

Let me say that I use Photoshop Elements for my photo editing and layering. It's especially helpful for this card as I am using several digital packages. Other programs can be used, I'm not that familiar with them however. My instructions are specific for PSE.

I started by sizing this image to just under 4" tall. Next I opened the Magic Garden Soup digital package and selected the whimsical flowers and butterflies and randomly placed them throughout the background of my card front. I also opened the Rose Budd Craft Digital package and pulled in the tree border background layer. Once I had everything laid out like I wanted it, I printed the card front on Neenah 110# cardstock, then used my Copic markers for coloring.

Separately on another page I used Honeypie Greetings, Just Lovely package and opened the card sentiment, "Your Friendship is Just the Best". I sized this to small ~ to about 1/2" tall and just under 4" long.

After coloring the image, I used the Gina Marie Designs Nesting Label Three for the decorative edge. The card base is 5" x 6" and has a side fold. After covering the front with the small patterned green paper, I added the tall center image and then mounted the sentiment at the bottom with a rectangle matting under it. After adding tiny black brads at the center of each end, I added a metallic strip to anchor it to the ends of the card.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Fingers ~ Challenge 235

Little Red Wagon ~ Challenge 662 ~ Make me Laugh

Word Art Wednesday ~ 551-552

Through the Craft Room Door ~ 7/5 Challenge

2 Sisters on the Blog ~ Challenge 64

A Perfect time to Craft - July

Crafty Animals ~ Challenge 63

World Wide Open Design Team ~ July Challenge

Pam's Pearls

Copics:

Truck: N2, N3, N5, C4, B23, B24, Y18, R35, Sheep: (BV000, BV000, BV02), (B63, B66), (RV00, RV04, RV09), (BG11, BG13), YR02, R01, R20, W5, Flowers: B01/B04, YR12/YR18, Leaves: YG61, YR63, YR67

Products

Polkadoodles, Sheepy Sheepy Sheep

Magic Garden Soup, DLSSL. Mgcd

Rose Budd Craft Download

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Cradled By The Moon

There is nothing sweeter than the arrival of a newborn baby, a heaven sent gift from God.

Our family was blessed with that special gift today, July 13, 2022 when Wren Rosa'lynn arrived weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces.

Her parents, Destiny and Jacob were beaming at their first child as the tears flowed from the family members as we got our first peek through the nursery window.

This little bundle is my first great grandchild ~ how can that be! It's a great joy for sure.

For my card celebrating her birth, I selected Whimsy Stamps, Cradled by the Moon by designer Crissy Armstrong.

I used Copic markers for the coloring and Penny Black Elegant Stitching for the decorative edges.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More - Challenge 433 ~ Birthdays

Color Throwdown ~ Challenge 701

The Paper Shelter - Challenge 520 ~ Birthday Celebrations

Word Art Wednesday ~ # 551-552

Crafts Galore Encore ~ July ~ Challenge 101

Whimsy Stamps ~ July/August Stamp Challenge

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Cloud: B60, B12, Baby Outfit: BV01, BV02, BV13, R85, Bear & Stars: RV32, R85, BV02, Moon: Y13, Y15, Y17 Y18, Background: BV0000

Products

Whimsy Stamps, Cradled by the Moon digital stamp

Penny Black, Elegant Stitching

Monday, July 11, 2022

Past Your Usual Bedtime?

For today's card, I wanted to share another in the My Favorite Things series from Festive Old Friends. I think this one is probably my favorite of all of the male images.

Look like anyone you know?

I believe the artist/designers nailed this one for sure!

After stamping the image I used Copic markers for coloring and the coordinating die for this set. The sentiment tags were stamped with Versa Fine Clare ink and I used Gina Marie Designs Drop Pendant die set for those.

The card base is a mini slimline, measuring 3 1/2" x 6", matted with the coordinated green plaid paper. Then I simply secured the items onto the card base and added a white card stock rectangle inside for writing.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Stamp + Fun = Creativity ~ Challenge 414

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ Challenge 185

Alphabet Challenge ~ G = Giggle

Crafty Chicks ~ Challenge 619

Pam's Pearls

Products

My Favorite Things, Festive Old Friends

My Favorite Things, Festive Old Friends Dies

Gina Marie Designs, Drop Pendant

With Sprinkles On Top

I don't know about you, but Ice Cream is one of my biggest weaknesses! So when I read the weekend challenge for one of my card groups 'Beat The Heat' ~ Make an Ice Cream/Popsicle/Milkshake card ~ I had no trouble finding a stamp in my stash!

I selected Stamping Bella's Chicks With Sprinkles on Top (EB348) and used the sentiment in the package also for this card of encouragement.

After stamping the image on the right of the card front, I used Versa Fine Clair Cool Breeze for the sentiment.

I colored the image using Copic markers which are listed below. Then I used Gina Marie Designs Label Three for the decorative edge.

I selected the coordinating purple card base and the aqua scalloped pre-cut mat. After securing all the layers, I added the yellow organza ribbon and tied the tiny ice cream cone charm at the knot for the final touch.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge ~ G is for Giggle

Krafty Chicks ~ Challenge 619

Try it on Tuesday ~ Here Comes Summer

Crafty Gals Corner ~ Challenge 232

Craft Rocket ~ Challenge 94 - Summertime

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Chicks: Y13, Y15, Y18, Y19, Cone: E53, Ice Cream: BG45/BG01, BV02/BV10, YR65/E95, Sprinkles: BG49, Floor: E42

Products

Stamping Bella, Chicks with Sprinkles on Top

Gina Marie Designs, Label Three