50th birthday ...

My brother is turning 50 on July 5th so I had to do something in black.  I saw this layout over at StampTV and thought it would work great with this bicycle image.  My brother is an avid rider so this stamp seemed appropriate for him.

Stamps:  Moving Forward, Memorable Moments

Paper:  Basic Black, White

DSP:  Black and White (Paper Studio)

Ink:  Memento Black

Accessories:  Nestabilities circle dies, brads, rhinestones, black BIC marker

All products are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Thanks for stopping by and as always ...

Have a great day,

Pam~

Birthday CASE ...

My other sister-in-law has a birthday on July 3rd and it crept up on me and I was not feeling creative.  The best solution for me ...  blog surfing. I ended up CASEing Gina K.'s card for Julie's special day.  I only changed the color scheme on my card but used the exact same layout.

Stamps:  One In A Million (GKD)

Paper:  White, Ballet Blue, 

DSP:  Pawstively Paws

Ink: Memento Black

Accessories:  Nestabilities circle and scallop dies, ribbon (non SU), pearls, Bic marker, Prismacolor marker

All products are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Thanks for stopping by and as always ...

Have a great day,

Pam~

Birthday drink ...

My sister-in-law has a birthday next week and this is the card she will be receiving from  me.  I am also going to upload this card into this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  Here is the sketch ...

This is my take on the sketch ...

Stamps:  Sweet Strawberries (GKD)

Paper:  Going Gray, Whisper White, Real Red

DP:  Poppy Prints (GKD)

Ink:  Memento Black

Accessories:  Nestabilities Label 4, Copics, rhinestones, Real Red ribbon, pop dots

All products are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Thanks for stopping by and as always...

Have a great day,

Pam~

Happy 4th of July ...

Today's card is for The Paper Players Summertime Theme Challenge.  Here is the inspiration photo ...

With the 4th of July right around the corner and that is the ultimate summertime fun for me, I knew I wanted something along those lines.  With my new stamps in hand, I started creating and ended up with this ...

Stamps:  Holiday Basket, Basket Additions 2 (GKD)

Paper:  White, Ballet Blue Real Red

Ink:  Memento Black, Real Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug stars embossing folder, Nestabilities lacy square and square dies, Prismacolor pencils, OMS, Real Red ribbon, Bitty Banner Framelits, button brad (non SU), pop dots, corner rounder

All products are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

• The basket is not straight but after all the coloring I did, it was going to have to work.
• The handles on the basket are movable.
• Colored pencils were used since I wanted a different coloring method.
• Card size is 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 as the basket is a big image. especially after matting it.

Other quick news ...

My pink tree card (here), was actually a winner in the Pretty In Pink challenge over at StampTV.  I'm still doing the happy dance!  

Thanks for stopping by and as always...

Have a great day,

Pam~

Frogs and Flies ...

I felt like coloring something different, so I dusted off this old Stampin' Up set, Frogs and Flies.  This was one of my first stamp purchases...from the late 90's.  After it was done I didn't know what I was going to do with it.  I headed over to Freshly Made Sketches and thought this would work well with their layout this week.  The gals at FMS are actually doing a blog hop for one of their own this week.  Be sure and check out all the adorable baby cards they made.   

Here is my finished card ...

Stamps:  Frogs and Flies

Paper:  White, Calypso Coral, Black

DSP:  Pocketful of Posies

Ink:  Memento Black, So Saffron, Bashful Blue

Accessories:  Copics, Nestabilities Labels One die, Cuttlebug circles and dots embossing folder, scallop border punch, sponge daubers, pop dots

All products are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Thanks for stopping by and as always...

Have a great weekend,

Pam~

All things pink ...

Today's card is for a challenge over at StampTV. You are to use pink, stamp or color, something that is not normally pink.  This was a definitely a challenge but it was a lot of fun.  

Stamps:  Farm Life, Dogwood and Butterfly (GKD), Up, Up, and Away

Paper:  White, Regal Rose

DSP:  Regal Rose

Ink:  Memento Black, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories:  Circle punch (Marvy), Nestabilities circle & scallop die, corner punch, SU markers, rhinestones, brad, pop dots, sponge dauber, ribbon (HL)

All products are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

I used my SU markers to color the entire image.  Since it was on glossy paper, the markers worked very well.

Thanks for stopping by and as always...

Have a great day,

Pam~