100% Baby Card

Happy Monday!  Can't believe it is the last week of September.  Just think, Christmas is three months away...wow!  Actually, I would rather chit chat about my card and think about the holidays later.  I was planning on showing this card on Saturday but something wonderful happened and I never got the picture taken until Sunday evening.

On Friday afternoon Bethany calls me and we are having a nice conversation about her grades, college, etc. when she says "I think you need to look out the kitchen window."  OMGosh, she was standing in the driveway with a piece of cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.  Since she can't see me on my birthday next week, she wanted to surprise me this weekend.  Surprise me she did and it was great!!!  So we spent the weekend together and the camera only took pictures before she left to go back to college.

I made this card on Thursday during our craft day.  My hairdresser is having her first baby, a boy, and this is my first baby card to make.  What do you think?

Stamps:  Animal Crackers, Tags Etc. (not exactly sure what set the tag comes from)

Paper:  Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal, Mint Melody (very old color) , Confetti White

Ink:  Staz-On Black, Bashful Blue

Accessories:  tag punches, ticket punch, Bashful Blue ribbon, CB embossing folder, eyelet, DMC thread, Prismacolor markers, Crop-a-dile

All products are SU! unless otherwise noted.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Pam~ 

PPA 39 ... KISS (Keep It Simple, Sweetie)

Today's challenge is to keep it clean and simple...show lots of white space.  This card has done just that...shown lots of white space.  It looked a bit "naked" to me, so I had to go back and add some paint dots.

Stamps:  SU! Spring Song, Itty Bitty Backgrounds

Paper: white, sage shadow, bashful blue

Ink:  memento black, bashful blue

Accessories:  bashful blue ribbon, label two nestabilities & cuttlebug, prisma markers

Today I also worked on making some thank you gifts for the soccer board.  I will take some pictures later and share them.

Thanks for stopping by.  I enjoy reading your comments and want to thank you for taking the time to do so. 

Pam~

Fun Friday

Quick question for those of you out there that use eBlogger.  Is your site running slow when you open it?  Don't know if it is me or the site.  I'm not having problems when I open other sites.

On to better chit chat...cards!  We didn't have our regular stamping day yesterday so we moved it to today.  I had a bunch of errands I had to do for our soccer team yesterday. I try not to go a week without stamping. Today's card was made using the PPA sketch challenge.  Click on over and give it a try.

Ingredients for this card ...

Stamps:  Very Punny

Paper:  Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss cardstock and designer paper, Black, White

Ink:  Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss

Accessories:  Cricut, Swiss Dots cuttlebug embossing folder,

Details:  I used my Cricut George cartridge to cut the squares and sponged the edges of each square to soften them.

I would definitely classify this as a fast, clean and simple card.  I love it!    I'm not sure who the receipent of this card will be yet.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  I'm looking forward to the great weather that has been forecasted for us. 

Pam~

Thursday = Stamping Day

It's Thursday evening and all is good here.  Yesterday I could not say that.  At 2:30 a.m. my dog, Banjee, went out and grabbed a skunk.  Yup, he stinks now!  How he managed to grab it and shake it is beyond me.  Once the little sucker sprayed, he was spitting out skunk fur.  The smell was AWFUL.  Hubby I ended up at Wal-Mart at 3 a.m. in the morning buying tomato juice.  Hint...it really does not work.  We found a better de-skunker mixture on the internet.

Once again I was able to cover two challenges in one card.  I used PPA 37, a flower theme, and Splitcoast sketch challenge 275.

Stamp:  SU! A Flower For All Seasons

Ink:  black, SU! makers...regal rose,summer sun, mellow moss, rose red, bashful blue

Paper:  white, mellow moss, rose red, regal rose designer paper

Accessories:  ribbon, nestabilities dies

I did not have the correct color ribbon.  An easy solution when that happens is to take your white ribbon and run it over your ink pad.  I hold it in place with a sponge. 

If you get a chance, do stop by Pals Paper Arts and participate in their challenge this week.  There is a blog candy give-a-way too....sweet.

Have a great weekend.

Pam~

Two challenges...one card

Greetings on this beautiful Monday to everyone!  I'm beginning to think I blinked and missed spring but I'm still loving this warmth and sunshine.

I ventured to my craft room this afternoon to make a card for Michael for his birthday tomorrow.  Well....I knew I hadn't gotten to play with the PPA 36 color challenge and it was Monday which means a new MOJO sketch...so no card for Michael.  Actually I do have one that I've already made but it was not  my favorite and was going to make another.

This turned out to be a nice springy colored card.  Thanks Pals for challenge.  Want to play?  Click here.  For the layout, I used the new MOJO sketch, check it out here.

Stamps:  Flower Fancy
Paper:  Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Lavendar Lace & watercolor paper
Ink:  Staz-on Brown, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Lavendar Lace & Sahara Sand
Accessories:  brads, oval nestabilities, ribbon, blender pen

I tried something a little different for this card.  I stamped my flower image on watercolor paper and then used my blender pen and ink to color the flower and leaves.  I liked the end result.  I used a little bit of Sahara Sand ink to give the image a little shadow.  For the brads, I cut off the prongs and attached them to the card via glue dots.  I didn't want the prongs to show on the inside of the card. 

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!

Pam~

Happy Easter...Hello Spring

Happy Easter to everyone!

The card that I'm posting today came from the video tutorial over at StampTV.  For instructions on how to make this card click here. 

For this card the following supplies were used:

stamps:  Stampin Up! Happy Together
ink:  Not Quite Navy
paper:  Bashful Blue cardstock and designer paper, Not Quite Navy
accessories:  nestabilities oval dies, Scor Pal

I used my SU! Not Quite Navy marker and a ruler to draw some lines under my birds so it didn't look like they were walking on air.  I stamped Hello Spring on the inside.  This card was very quick and easy to make.

This set reminds me of the Partridge Family...loved that show!  Now if only some network would broadcast them again...ok, I'm showing my age today.

Had a great day yesterday watching Michael play soccer.  We came home with another win...yea!  Our big game is Tuesday night against their big rival and it is also Michael's birthday.  A win would make his day even sweeter.

Have a wonderful day and hope you find the golden egg.  I sure did!

Pam~

A card for a Pal

I made this card a few weeks ago for Kris, a stamping Pal, whose mother passed away.  I didn't want to post it until  after it was received.  My heart still breaks for Kris and her family.  Unfortunately, I know how hard it is to heal after losing your mother. 

Stamp sets:  SU! Three Little Words and Polka Dot Punches (I think)  I'm downstairs and my stamps are upstairs...can you say tired and lazy.

Paper:  sage shadow, pretty in pink and speckled white

Ink:  sage shadow, pretty in pink (markers & ink pads)

Accessories:  flower punch, bird punch, pretty in pink ribbon, brad, cuttlebug embossing folder

For the leaves, I used the bird punch which punches out the bird, a wing and a branch.  I took the branch and cut it so it would look like just leaves and put it in my embossing folder to give it some texture.  After looking at the picture, I wish I would have centered my words a little higher on the card. 

It was a busy weekend with a soccer tournament .  Can I brag like a mom and say Michael had three great games.  I was in charge of the hospitality room for the coaches and referees.  I decided I would cook for 40 plus folks on Friday night.  I will never opt to do that again.  I called my hubby Friday afternoon stressing and the wonderful hubby that he is, came home early and helped me.  I had so much to load into the car, then unload and set up.  In the end, it went very well and I had a lot of fun.

This afternoon I thought I would play with my blog.  I did not realize what I was getting myself into.  I am not computer savvy at all.  Anyway, I thought I would make some changes.  I started clicking here and there and before I knew it the day was gone and I was like whoa...puppy prints are my background....so this is still a work in progress.  I wanted my heading picture to be centered but I could not get that to happen.  Oh well, right now this blog has a lot of character!    :-)

Pam~

MOJO 131...here it is

I actually got this card done on Monday...woo hoo.  That is what happens when it snows in late March...you stay inside and play.  Saturday I was out in shorts and a t-shirt and yesterday I was wearing a sweater...crazy weather.  The good news is that none of the snow stuck but it was still quite chilly.  It is supposed to be 65 and sunny today...yea!!!

I used the MOJO 131 layout for this card.  Check out the sketch and details here.  I made this with Michael's birthday in mind.  He is turning 17 so you know how teenage guys think...very plain.  I'm not sure if he will get this or not as it is not my favorite.

Details: 
stamps:  terrific tags punch, love ya bunches (used for the to you!)
cardstock:  kraft, always artichoke, raspberry, black
ink:  versacolor pigment raspberry and bamboo
accessories:  cuttlebug embossing folder, label die and square die, tag punches, twine, eyelets, and clear embossing powder

Have a great day and don't forget to smile at someone today.

Pam~

PPA 34...it's finally done

I've been trying all week to participate in this sketch challenge.  I'm getting it posted just in time before the Pals close this week's link and post another.  The story of my life during soccer season...a day late and a dollar short.  Check out the sketch right here and come participate with everyone else.  It is so much fun!

The stamp set used for this card is Stampin' Up! Simply Spring.  I started with summer sun cardstock and used certainly celery for my layers. For the flower I used my SU! markers to color directly on the stamp and then used SU! chalks to color them in.  The designer punch was used to make the mat for my prima flowers.

I have another busy soccer week...games on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.  I so enjoy watching Michael play and being a part of Grissom soccer.

Have a great week and enjoy your friends and family!

Pam~

A CASE

Happy Friday to everyone!  It has been a fun week for us and I hope for you too. 

 The card that I'm showing today is actually a CASE (copy and share everything) from my new Paper Crafts magazine, March/April 2010 by C Birr.  I changed the color and stamped image. 

Once again I used my Forest Friends SU! stamp set.  This little guy is so cute...reminds me of Bambi.  I used cool carribean, summer sun, chocolate chip and white cardstock.  I inked Bambi in chocolate chip to match the cardstock.  I ran the chocolate chip cardstock through my cuttlebug embossing folder.

Had a great day yesterday out on the golf course.  I was finally hitting the ball like I knew what I was doing.  I had lost my swing technique somewhere along the way.  I realized today I was moving my hands in my back swing.  Can't believe the week is over and the children go back to school on Monday.  I so enjoy my babes being home with me and my hubby taking off from work...love my family!

Have a great weekend!

Pam~

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Hope you're wearing your green today...don't want to get pinched.  I made a few of these cards to send to my family, unfortunately I never put them in the mail.  So, my dear brothers and family, please enjoy the card through my blog.  Sorry...  The good news, I'm ready for next year's St. Patrick's Day...yea!

I used handsome hunter ink and paper.  I sponged the edges as it was too white for my eyes.  For the clover and sentiment, I pulled out my old stamp set Lucky Me.  That is the only St. Patrick's Day set I have.  Each year I try and create something different.  So far I've been able to do that.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Pam~

MOJO 130 Sketch ...

It is Spring Break here in Alabama so Michael is out of school and Bethany is home from college.  Bethany enjoys creating cards just as much me...yea!  We've spent a few hours here and there stamping.  The card I'm showing today is for the MOJO 130 Sketch Challenge.  It felt great to participate in a challenge again.

I used the Forest Friends Stampin' Up! set.  It is the first time it saw ink.  I used my markers (really rust & old olive) to color directly on the tree stamp.  The cute little bunny is stamped in really rust.  The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye. After looking it over when I was finished, I think there is too much rust.  If I remake this card, I  will use a different color on the bottom.  The ribbon is old olive from SU.

For those who are on Spring Break also, I hope you enjoy your week.  It does not feel like spring here at all...chilly, some rain, and lots of clouds.  Hoping that Friday will bring us some sun and warmer temps.  We all want to go golfing before heading back to school.

I also want to wish my nephew, Stanley, a great big Happy 18th Birthday today. 

Have a great day,
Pam~

Spring is the air today...

I have found a few minutes to sit and share another card.  It has been a busy and good week.  The weather has improved drastically.  Yesterday I went golfing with my hubby.  It was sunny and 60 degrees...can't beat that.  The weather was better than my golfing, but still had a good time.  Today is gorgeous too...went for a jog with Bethany and Michael washed my car.  He's looking for $$ and my car is clean...we both win.

The card I'm posting today is a sympathy card that I sent to a friend who's mother passed away.  I just got this set, Thoughs & Prayers.  I love the branch with the flowers and the tree.  The only ink used was perfect plum.  I wanted something simple but pretty.  The cardstock is also perfect plum...and white. I hope this card brought a bit of comfort to her and her family.

Sorry the picture is a bit on the dark side.  I realized as I was getting ready to mail it, I had not taken a picture of it.  I didn't get the lighting right so there is a lot of shadow.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend.

Fews days away....I did get to play

I impressed myself with two posts in one day and then stepped away for a while.  Even though I didn't post anything, I have been playing in my craft room and having fun.  Thursday is my usual craft day with Monica  and crafting we did.  I made the card below for the PPA29 challenge. 

 A few details:  I used White, Brocade Blue and Night of Navy cardstock.  My designer paper is from the SU! pack of Brocade Blue...just love how everything matches so well.  For ink, I used  Brocade Blue, Night of Navy and Garden Green.

I ran the white paper through my cuttlebug with the Stylized Flowers embossing folder.  I used my new clear mount stamp set Vintage Vogue from Stampin' Up!  I stamped one flower in Brocade Blue and then two in Night of Navy.  I cut out the Night of Navy flowers and leaves and adhered those with glue dots.  For my round border, I wanted something different so I punched out five little circles and then glued them behind the Friends panel.  A little more work but worth it once I saw the end result.

Quick note...if you are unsure about the new clear mount stamps, let me tell you they are fabulous.  They stamp just like the wood mounted ones.  Not only is the storage much better but it is so neat being able to put the image right where you want it without a stamp-a-ma-jig. 

Once again the Pals at Pals Paper Arts came up with a great sketch.  I'm sure I will use this layout again...clean looking and simple to put together with great results.  Thanks Pals!  If you are interested in playing along, check out their website here.

The high school soccer season has started here so now I get to watch my son, Michael, play.  I love going to his games and cheering everyone on.  Our first game was Friday night and it was so cold out there...and they call this spring soccer.  The players are good, but I know they will get even better over this season.  They did win their game so it made sitting out there freezing a little better.

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

Time to send some hearts out

I made this card for the MOJO Monday 125 challenge.  When I first looked at the sketch I was thinking, this is going to be a difficult one.  Oh my gosh, it was so much fun! 

I used my Cricut to cut the red cardstock, nestabilities and my cuttlebug for the circles, my new SU! punch for the label and  my new SU! clear mount stamps for the heart .  Woohoo, lots of goodies to create this beauty.  My bow is a bit large and I'm hoping it doesn't overwhelm the card too much.  Not real good with bows and this one looked good so I quickly pop dotted that baby right in place.

This card (made two) is on it's way to my brother's and their family for Valentine's Day.  If you all are reading this, act surprised when you open your envelope.  It does look better in real life.

Had a great afternoon stamping and then it got a bit hectic around here.  The rain started and the photographer didn't show to take the soccer team pictures.  I was disappointed that the studio didn't bother to call and let us know that they were not coming.  Do you know how hard it can be trying to tell 44 guys to sit around and wait after being in school all day?  Going to try and get the photographer out again tomorrow.

Wow, two posts in one day...impressing myself.  Thanks for stopping by...

Pam~

Purple and Yellow Challenge

The card below is for a challenge that Kris at Kween Bee Kreation, http://kweenbee.typepad.com/kweenbee/ , offered.  Her challenge was to use purple and yellow.  Stop on by her blog and check out the details.  I used Perfect Plum and More Mustard for my colors.  When I went to cut my paper, I messed up and cut at the wrong place so the card became a  5 x 5 square.  I ended up liking the end result.

This card is for Bethany's birthday...can't believe my daughter is going to be 19!  She came home from college this weekend so we celebrated a week early.  Her birthday is February 15th but she wants to stay down at college and celebrate with friends next weekend.  Gotta love the college life.

I used the new Sale-a-Bration set Happy Moments.  This card ended up having a lot of details that I was not expecting.  I made another mistake below the cake so punched a piece of perfect plum card stock with the word window, added some brads, and my boo boo is hidden.  That is the great thing about creating cards, you can make a mistake but your card is not ruined.  Many times your error ends up making your card look even better.  The purple flower on the right is a brad.  I used my crop-a-dile and added another brad to the middle.  I also used another Sale-a-Bration item...the scallop border punch.  It is so easy to use and adds so much detail...love it.

Thanks for stopping by. I need to get off my laptop and get ready so that I can get something accomplished on this wonderful Monday. I hope everyone has a great day!

Super Bowl Sunday...Game Night

I'm getting ready to watch  football and eat some wings with my family.  Before the excitement begins, I wanted to share my brother's birthday card.  It has actually been up on Splitcoast but I couldn't put it on my blog until he received it.  Got a text this morning that he got his birthday card.yesterday...yeah!  The last card I sent him took eight days to get there.  The darn horse and buggy was slow leaving Alabama and must have had a hard time getting to New Jersey. 

I made this using the MOJO124 layout.  Click on the MOJO box on the left side of my blog to go see the great layouts!

The stamps sets I used were Card Games and Game Night.  Think these sets are pretty cool and make a great masculine card.  Some SU! sets really catch your eye and this one did for me.  I think you can do so much with either one of these alone or together.

I have more cards to show but will do that tomorrow.  The game is about to start and I need to go pick-up our wings.  I'm pulling for the Saints tonight. 

Enjoy your evening...

Pam~

An apple a day...keeps the dentist away

I made this card for our dentist as a thank you for sponsoring my son's high school soccer team.  So I guess I really don't want to keep the dentist away.  Acutally, my dentist is a great guy and we love him. 

I used the For Father set and colored it with my prisma markers.  I distressed the edges to give it a rustic look.  I used my cuttlebug to dry emoboss the background. 

I think this set is great for making masculine cards.  It is also so much fun to color and I love to color.  Some things you just never grow out of and mine was coloring.

Now it is off to do some soccer work and hopefully this afternoon or evening (while watching the Bachelor), I can make a card.  I need to start making some valentines for my family and friends.  I'm anxiously awaiting for the present man to come with my new supplies.  :)  I have some ideas but the goodies just have not arrived yet.

Have a great day and enjoy your family and friends!

Pam~

First PPA challenge

I'm excited to participate in my first PPA challenge.  Head on over to Pals Paper Arts and play along too.  This challenge could not have come at a better time here.  It is freezing...literally...with sleet and icy roads.  The children are happy, they closed the schools early this afternoon.


For this card I used the Cold and Cuddly set.  I thought that was appropriate for this challenge.  It is so cold my walrus turned blue. I used Brocade Blue for the walrus and Mellow Moss for his hat.  The cardstock is Brocade Blue and  Mellow Moss.  I stamped the iceberg in Bashful Blue and used the same color chalk to color it.  The snowflakes were punched and attached with silver brads.  I ran my white paper through my bug with the snow dots embossing folder...and I thought it was done for the season.  I also ran the Mellow Moss paper through the bug with the swiss dots folder.  I sponged the edges of the Mellow Moss that is matted with the snowflake so it would stand out more.

I have seen quite a few cards with only two corners rounded and I love that look.  I kept forgetting about it until I saw Martha's sample.  Thank you Martha!

I really enjoyed doing this challenge and hope to participate in many more.

Thanks for stopping by....

On a roll...

I had a chance this evening to escape to my craft room and do some creating. It is so windy outside that it just blew me right upstairs. I used the MOJO layout 122 designed by Mary as my inspiration. I did change mine a bit...oops. I used three eyelets for my sentiment.

My brother is having shoulder surgery on Monday so I made this card with him in mind. I wanted something bright...I think I succeeded.

I used the Happy Healing and Itty Bitty Backgrounds SU sets. The paper is green galore, brilliant blue, only orange and white. I used my new nestie labels...love 'em.

Off to bed...great day and I'm tired.