Pam's Pearls

Friday, March 17, 2023

Happiness is

Happy St. Patrick's Day, 2023!

Today I'm sharing this adorable bear all dressed for the celebrations today! He's from Di's Digi Stamps and the image is named, " Happiness is a St. Patrick's Bear'.

For this card, I've sized the image to just under 4" and printed him on 110# Neenah cardstock. I've colored him using my Copic markers - which was the best part. I do love to color!

You may notice the brown card base looks familiar.... I've used the other half for the 12" cardstock I made the card base with for the St Patrick's mice card earlier this week.

I found a lacy patterned green print for the matting and used the Gina Marie Designs Label Six for the pretty edges. Then I secured both layers to the front of the card base to complete my 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:

Crafty Gals ~ Challenge 241 ~ Make it Green (Winner)

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ March ~ The Color Green (top 3)

The Color Throwdown ~ Challenge 734

Passion for Markers ~ Week 681 ~ Colors of Spring

Crafting Happiness ~ March ~ Challenge 140 ~ St. Pat's or Green

Di's Digi Stamps ~ Hand Colored Images (winner)

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Clover & Hat: G21, G24, G28, C8, C6, C3, Y28, Bear: E43, E42, E41, Vest: Y28, C5, Grass: YG93, YG95, Water Pitcher: C8, C6, C5, C3, Shadow: W4, W2

Products

Di's Digi Stamps, Happiness is a St. Patrick's Bear

Gina Marie Designs, Labels Six

Thursday, March 16, 2023

You Are My Sunshine

After one of my cards winning a blog challenge, I was asked by the coordinator of the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge blog to post as a Guest Designer with her team in March.

It's always an honor and privilege to join a team in posting. The sponsor for the Challenge blog this month is 'Star Stampz' and I'm using their Spring Sun Shine image for my card today.

I started this card by sizing the little girl to about 3 1/2" tall and placing her to the right of my card front template. I did this intentionally so I would have space for the left side placement of the sentiment.

I enjoyed coloring this image with the rich aqua blues and shades of yellow. As you can see she had some grass and flowers around and behind her feet. I added the blades of grass in the original designs and extended the patch of grassy area over to the left, making it appear she was on a hillside.

When my coloring was complete, then I took Quick Quotes Canary Yellow chalking ink and a die cut cloud stencil and added 2 rows of puffy yellow clouds behind the girl. Then I switched to Sky Blue chalking ink and added the additional cloud cover.

Gina Marie Designs Label Six is my go to die when I've got clouds or sky within my image. You can see how the edges are rounded - sorta like the clouds.

For the card base, I selected a sketch design and several coordinating papers. After securing all the layers to the card base, then I added the completed color image, securing it to the card front center. I grabbed a sentiment from my stash and stamped it with Versa Clair ink, then die cut to the shape shown. I secured it closely to the hillside image. Lastly, I added a gold gemstone to the center of the girl's hat and added the soft organza ribbon and bow at the fold.

I really like how this one turned out and it will be just right for several occasions. Thank you C.R.A.F.T. Design team for allowing me to join you today.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers ~ Challenge 530

Simon Says Stamps ~ Monday Challenge ~ Whatever the Weather

Dragonfly Dreams ~ March ~ Outdoors

The Paper Players ~ Challenge 631 ~ Color swatch Challenge

Pam's Pearls

Copics:

Hat: Y13, Y15, R17, B06, B04, B02, Hair: YR12, YR24, YR27, E39, E59, Dress & Shoes: B06, B04, B02, B01, Y15, Flowers: R17, V17, V12, Grass: G46, G43, G12, Butterfly: V12, R17

Products:

Star Stampz, Spring Sun Shine

Gina Marie Designs, Label Six

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

St. Patrick's Mice

For my second St. Patrick's Day card, I've selected Di's Digi Stamps, 'St. Patrick's Day Mice'.

What a great little teamwork image too!

I sized this image to about 3" square and then used my Copic markers for the coloring. The gold lines in this patterned paper really coordinated well with the gold coins. I used Gina Marie Designs Label Three for the decorative edges on the completed image and the metallic background.

For this card, I used a brown cardstock and made the 5" x 6" base. Then I secured the matting and completed image in the center of the front. I elected not to add a sentiment since I wanted to use this one for my personal use.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Tag It Tuesday ~ March ~ Go Green

Crafting Happiness ~ Challenge 140 ~ St. Patrick's Day

Di's Digi Stamps ~ March ~ Hand Colored Image (Top 3)

Festive Friday ~ Challenge 129 ~ Green/Gold/Clover

Paper Dragonfly ~ Challenge 15 ~ All things that Glitter are Green (Top 3)

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Coins: YR23, YR24, YR27, Bowl: E43, E42, E41, Left Mouse: E31, E33, E35, E53, R20, R000, N2, Center Mouse: E43, E42, E41, R20, R000, Right Mouse: E51, R20, R000, N2, Hat & Clover: G28, G24, G21, N7, N3

Products

Di's Digi Stamps, St. Patrick's Mice

Gina Marie Designs, Labels Three

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Kissed By An Angel

With the upcoming St. Patrick's Day and weekend celebrations, I'll be sharing a few cards I've made for that occasion.

The first one isn't really a St. Pat's 'image' as such; however like many, dressing them in appropriate colors can make all the difference. I actually won this image from one of the blog challenges and decided they would just be perfect for a cute 'dressed in green' card.

This is a Conie Fong Art Design and is called 'Kissed by an Angel'.

After sizing to fit the A2 card front, I used my Copic markers for coloring. The decorative edge on the completed image and the dark blue matting was done using Gina Marie Designs, Label Six dies.

I added the light green patterned mat to the card base, then secured the mat and image in the center. Twine was used for the wrapping at the fold and then a green 'love' heart was secured on top to complete my design.

Hope you'll come back tomorrow to see another festive card.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness ~ March ~ Challenge 140

Double Trouble ~ Challenge 133 ~ Pinch Proof

Inspiration Station ~ Prompt #47

CD Sunday ~ Challenge 105

Dragonfly Dreams ~ March ~ Outdoors

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ Challenge 201 ~ Beccy's Place

Through the Purple Haze ~ Challenge 202

Pam's Pearls

Products

Conie Fong Designs, Kissed by an Angel

Gina Marie Designs, Labels Six

Monday, March 13, 2023

You Totally Rock!

It's not every day that you get to celebrate an 87th birthday with your Dad. I'm happy to say, after a week plus of being sick, we were able to do just that yesterday!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Since my dad has always been the jokester, I wanted a somewhat funny image for his birthday card. I've selected Beccy's Place, All That Jazz and used the Basset Hound playing the bass violin. I know he will be a hit for my Dad's special day and would be great for a birthday of any age.

I used my Copic markers for coloring and then a double notched rectangle die for the image and the black matting. My Dad happens to be the best in the world, a definite 'Rock Star' so I selected the multicolored metallic paper to cover the white 6" square card base. After adding the image and background to the card base, I added the sentiment and black matting to the right of the image.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

The Outlaw Challenge ~ March ~ Music Makes the World Go Round

Daring Cardmakers ~ March ~ Spots & Stripes

My Time to Craft ~ Challenge 503 ~ Birthday

Seize the Birthday ~ Challenge 257 ~ birthday for a Child

Cardz 4 Guyz ~ Challenge 317 ~ Make Us Laugh

Passion for Promarkers ~ Challenge 680 ~ Animals

Beccy's Place ~ March Challenge

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Hat: B41, B24, C3, N4, N7, Dog: E40, E41, E42, E43, E71, W5, W4, W3, W2, W1, W0, Bass Violin: E13, E15, E17, E19, E08, E09

Products

Beccy's Place, All That Jazz

Saturday, March 11, 2023

You're An Amazing Person

Today's posting with the Polkadoodles Design Team is centered around Thank You cards. Be sure to check out all the DT cards on the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog.

I'm sharing mine here today also, using Polkadoodles, Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Easter Chicks.

Aren't they the cutest riding in their egg shells and being tugged along by One Amazing Chick. There's always someone in the gang that seems to bear the burden. Be sure to take time to thank that person ~ I'm sure you can think of at least one that fits that situation!

As I pulled up the three little chicks image to size, I pondered over what to use for the background. Sometimes you just have to use designs that are discontinued to relay the message of the card. This was my case for this Thank You card. I needed 'hills' to show the lead chick was busy pulling the other two. Some are talented enough to draw the hills in but that's not me. I'm grateful for anyone who has the talent to draw.

With the hills sized to fit the image of the chicks, I printed it on 110# Neenah cardstock and then colored everything with my Copic markers. I also printed the two sentiments from Winnie Celebrations Three and Winnie Daisy Greetings packages. I backed both of these in a solid brown cardstock.

I die cut a flowered frame*, and the edge of the colored image for the center of the card. After securing it to the card base, I added the two sentiments and the brown twine. This completed my card design.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Tic Tac Toe ~ Challenge 199 ~ Twine/Green/Spring

Crafty Gals Corner ~ Challenge 241 ~ Make it Green

Promarkers ~ Week 680 ~ Animals

Try it on Tuesday ~ March ~ Go Green

A Place to Start ~ March

World Wide Crafters & Colorist ~ Challenge 2

Dream Valley ~ Challenge 289 ~ Things with Wings

Creative Fingers ~ Challenge 250

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Hills: YG17, YG14, YG07, Fence: E19, Eggs: E42, E43, Chicks: E06, E15, YR23, YR27, Flower: RV17, E42, Ladybug: N3, N5, R46, Sky: YR65, E95, R11, Y32, YR20.

Products

Polkadoodles, Chirp Chirp Cheep Cheep Spring Easter Chicks

Jillian Vance: Stitched Dot Emerald Die*

Friday, March 10, 2023

May the Grace of God Comfort You Today

Happy Friday!

Today, I'm sharing one of the images from Sweet 'N Sassy's Great Friends Digital Stamp Set which was released in February.

I've selected the mug with the tulips and added the sentiment from their Amazing Grace Digital Stamp set.

I sized the image to about 3 1/2" and layered the sentiment to the left before printing. The coloring was done using Copic markers and are referenced below.

After selecting the coordinating mat, I used Jillian Vance DIEsigns Stitch Dot Emerald Backdrop Nesting Frames for the image and background. After securing to a standard A2 card base, I randomly added the three metallic enamel dots. I love the bright tulips and this card is sure to bring a little comfort to the receiver.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

The Paper Funday ~ March Challenge #51

Word Art Wednesday ~ Week 585-586

Everybody Art Challenge #531

Paper Minutes ~ Challenge 785 ~ Spring

Paper Players ~ Challenge 630 ~ Easter (Tulips)

Shopping our Stash ~ Challenge 491 ~ Flowers, Flowers Everywhere

Sweet 'N Sassy ~ VIP March Challenge (WINNER)

Pam's Pearls

Copics:

Cup: BG07, BG09, BG15, BG57, RV55, RV63, Leaves G23, G43, G82, Stems: G46, Tulips: RV17, RV19, RV55, RB63, RV66

Products:

Sweet 'N Sassy, Great Friends

Sweet 'N Sassy, Amazing Grace

Jillian Vance, Stitch Dot Emerald Backdrop

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Celebrating the Differences

When I saw that today is International Women's Day, I was a bit stumped as to which card I could share that would support this.

I decided to share two birthday cards that I made for sisters. Both girls are loved dearly by their parents (who ordered the cards), yet like most sisters, they have very different taste.

To me this is what International Women's day is all about - celebrating our achievements and differences, no matter where we are from.

For the first card, I've used Stamping Bella's Brittany the Birthday Girl, from the Uptown Girl Collection.

The pink color scheme and dainty design gives us just a little insight to her character and desires. I love coloring with the deep magenta Copic shading. Adding the lighter pink tint around the image softens the card. Mixing stripes and polka dots adds a bit of fun and flair yet she's grounded well with the larger gray shadow at the bottom.

The request for the second birthday card for the other sister, was completely opposite. This gal is a huge Clemson University Tiger fan! Here's what I came up with for her.

We all know there is nothing wrong with being a sports fan and with Clemson University being one of the rivals here in South Carolina, they are heavily supported throughout our state. I used the sentiment that I saw on a T-shirt to make the design more for a girl's celebration. I wrapped the text around the helmet and football images and colored also with my Copic markers. The hearts in the background paper are silver metallic, which didn't photo very well. I used Jillian Vance's Stitched Dot Emerald dies for the edges. Once the designed was secured, then I added purple twine at the fold and a 'paw' charm to complete my card front design.

To ensure it also had a birthday reference, I added another message inside the card.

Happy International Women's Day to all of my readers all over the world! Take time to celebrate your achievements and differences today!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

AAA Birthday Challenge ~ Game 47 ~ Stripes or Dots

We Love Stamping, UK ~ March Challenge

Sweet Stamping ~ Special Women

The Unicorn Challenge ~ Challenge 85 ~ Dots or Stripes

Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge ~ Sketch #515

Stamping Bella Sisterhood ~ March ~ Spring is on the Way

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Stamping Bella card ~ Hair: E21, E23, E35, Dress & Cake: RV52, RV55, RV66, Shadow: N1, N3

Clemson card ~ Football: E15, E17, Helmet: BV000, BV13, BV08, YR04, YR14, YR16, YR18

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

So Lucky To Have a Friend Like You

Today I'm sharing a St. Patrick's Day card I made this weekend for a sketch challenge.

For this challenge I selected Sweet 'n Sassy's Lucky Bear digital package. Here's my completed card and then a little about creating it.

Here's the sketch we were given for the challenge.

I started by printing the bear about 2 1/2" tall, the sentiment, and several random digital clover leaves to use as the circle embellishments. I used my Copic markers for all the coloring and the selections are listed below for your reference.

The completed bear is hand cut leaving a little white space so he would not fade into the background. I used a miscellaneous stitched circle die to cut the clover.

Next I selected a light yellow 5 1/2" card base and added the green patterned paper background. Then I secured the dark green banner tag and spaced the clover circles down the right edge. After trimming the sentiment, I added it in the bottom right corner. Lastly, time for the lucky bear. Before securing him to the card base, I added 3 foam squares under his hat, head and raised arm. Then I added the glue adhesive to his body and legs and placed him on the banner.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness ~ Challenge 140 ~ St Patrick's Day or Green

Double Trouble ~ Challenge 133 ~ Green

Festive Friday ~ FF0129 ~ Using Green/Gold, clover, Leprechaun Bear, Punny sentiment

Colorful Options ~ March ~ Green

Creatalicious ~ Challenge 254 ~ Anything Goes Option Green

Four Seasons ~ March ~ Spring

Inspiration Station ~ March

Sweet 'N Sassy ~ Springtime

Pam's Pearls

Copics

Bear: E37, E35, E34, E33, E30, N7, R20, Hat, Jacket and Clover: G09, G07, G05

Products

Sweet 'n Sassy, Lucky Bear

Monday, March 6, 2023

Some People Feel the Rain...

...others just get wet!

That's a pretty deep thought isn't it. This cute little fellow all dressed for the rain is from Jan's Digi Stamp Shop. It's a new design and is on sale for the month of March. You can view and purchase the 'Rain Dance' package by clicking HERE.

Jan's monthly Challenge Blog is also open for March. Be sure to visit there so you can see all the Design Team inspirational cards.

This was another fun image to color with my Copic markers. It was fun to match up the solid blue paper with the multi-colored polka dotted paper and then to mount everything on the green card base. Sometimes it's okay to have lots of colors so don't be afraid to try it.

Jan's Digi Stamp Shop also has several packages on sale for March. Be sure to add these to your digital collection!

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 or order special ones.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz Weekly ~ Challenge 627

Creative Fingers ~ Challenge 249

2 Sisters on the Blog ~ Challenge 72

Ally's Angels ~ Challenge 671

Four Seasons ~ Spring/March

Pam's Pearls

Copics:

Umbrella: G85, G27, G21, YG63, Hat: R27, R35, R39, Jacket: B91, B93, B95, Belt: E23, Pants: W3, W5, W6, Water: B01, BG32,BG02, BG49

Products:

Jan's Digital Stamps, Rain Dance

Pink & Main, Stitched Rounded Rectangle Dies