She Never Says Never

We all know her, 

We all admire her,

She walks with strength and dignity

no matter what the circumstances are.

Today's card quietly cheers her on

Surrounds her with diamonds and lace

Supports her with flowers

Warms her with close hugs from your heart...

Never forget to tell her how much she means to you ~

Thank you for stopping by today.

Serving a Risen Lord,

Pam 

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Your Favorite Things Birthday Wishes

On one of the current challenges that I am participating in,

you have to make a birthday card using a Kraft base.

Using Copics to color on Kraft paper is a totally different ballgame,

so for this card, I elected to use colored pencils.

~ Instructions ~

I started with an A2 Kraft card base and masked the center area where the Unity Stamp, (Start Each Day) was going to go. I then took 3 Distress Oxide Inks, (Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio, and Peacock Feathers) and mixed them around the rest of the card, allowing a little drying time between each color and a few minutes afterwards.  Then using my stamping platform, I stamped the image where the mask had been and colored it using colored pencils.  I find it hard to color with pencils and get a bright image, so afterwards I went back over a good bit of the image with a yellow metallic pen.  I used a wide fishtail die to cute the stitched border and the scrap to stamp the sentiment,

"May Your Birthday be full of your favorite things".

The edge of the sentiment has a coordinating strip of washi tape and then is popped up using foam dots.  After gluing the frame and the sentiment down, I added two additional strips of washi tape and three coordinating buttons  to complete the card.

Thank you for stopping by to view my card today and for following my work.  I invite you to see my other cards that are available for ordering or purchase on Facebook at Not Just Scraps.

Serving a Risen Savior, Pam

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You've Captured My Heart

Another perfect title....
for this Sweet Little Fellow!

For today's featured card I used Whimsy's stamp
You've Captured My Heart, by designer Crissy Armstrong.

~ Instructions ~
The imaged is stamped on 110# card stock and Copic colored.  I added additional shades of green 'flicks' of grass and small heart shaped flowers at the bottom.  The title describes the stamps so well, I decided to make a small tag using the same words.  I used the Spellbinder Curved Rectangle Die S5-006 to cut the tag, the image and the two additional matting pieces.  I used a mixed media die to randomly cut a 4 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of gray card stock  making it look like netting and then mounted it on the white card base.  
The sentiment tag is tucked behind the image and glued, then wrapped with red thread and knotted with a 'locked heart' charm. 
 The blue and red mats are glued down to the netting & card base, however the colored image is popped up.  The final touch was adding a dark blue loopy bow.

Thank you for stopping by today to see this cute Whimsy stamp and how I used it to create this card.  I invite you to visit my Facebook page where I sell my cards ~ Not Just Scraps.

Serving a Risen Savior, Pam

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Nancy Girl ~ I Love You

Today I am again bringing you two cards using the same stamp, 

just different papers.

Some days I can color two images at the same time - 

other days I soon realize I'm half way finished with the first 

one and the second on only has the skin tones done.  

And I wonder why my kids are easily distracted?

For the cards today, I'm using one of Unity's Angie Girls ~ 

Nancy Girl.

Nancy Girl's package comes with a cat-lover's sentiment,

"You're Purr-fect"

and two little kitties all snuggled together at her feet.

However, it's too close to Valentine's day...

so I added another Unity stamp from the KOM 08/08,

and drew in a few extra flowers,

making it a lovely Valentine card or just a romantic 

occasion card.

Both cards are stamped on 110# card stock and Copic colored, then triple matted and added to a coordinating card base, with threaded bows added.  The {I "Heart" U} sentiment is added last slightly covering the string.

Thank you for stopping by today and following my blog also.

These cards will be available for purchase along with others

at Not Just Scraps.

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

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I Love Chocolate!

Well anyone who knows me knows 

THAT is a Very True Statement!

And don't mess it up with fruit or some wild flavored cream, LOL!

Then Whimsy released the new stamp set Crazy for Chocolate {CWSD254} by designer Deb Davis, and several other great Valentine themed sets...and soon 

my online cart was hopelessly full again.

Deb also posted an adorable shaker card using stamps from this set (linked here) which I used as my inspiration for the two similar cards I'm showing today.

Although I normally use the Tulle for my shaker cards, I did use acetate for these and foam tape.  I used Diamond Stickles for 'icing' on the chocolates and also used Whimsy Valentine Sequins.  The banner die is by Hero Arts and the wide Picture Frame die is unbranded. 

Both of these cards will be available for purchase in my online album at Not Just Scraps.

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

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

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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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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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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.