Sympathy cards needed again

Happy Memorial Day (a day early)!  As a military brat, I will always have the Army running through my blood.  Say a prayer for those individuals who are serving our great country and fighting for our freedom. 

Unfortunately I had to make sympathy cards again...so sad.  I really liked the layout that I had used before on a sympathy card so decided to use it again.  This time around I changed the cardstock colors and the main stamped image.  The stamps are still from the same set, Stampin' Up! Thoughts and Prayers.

The card below uses Old Olive cardstock and designer paper.  Nestabilities oval and circle dies were used to cut out the tree and sentiment.

For my other sympathy card I used Mellow Moss cardstock and designer paper.  Accessories used were a corner rounder and the Nestabilities circle die for the sentiment.  I used the automatic picture adjuster on this photo and it seems a bit bright, especially compared to the my other picture.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have safe and fun holiday weekend.

Graduation Card

I made this card for my nephew's graduation.  His school colors are gold and black.  This is the closest gold color paper I had in my paper stash and it is from Hobby Lobby.  The designer paper is also from Hobby Lobby...it is big pack of different black and white patterns.

I started off with my House Mouse graduation stamp inked in black.  Prisma colored pencils and mineral spirits were used to color the cute little guy.  The congratulation stamp is from Stampin' Up! All Year Cheer.  The SU! ticket punch was used on the corners and then gold brads were added.  The cuttlebug star dies and the cuttlebug were used to cut the stars out.

I was really pleased with the outcome of this card.  I hope my nephew likes it as much as I do.  The children and I are headed out to see his graduation on Thursday.  From what I've been told, this should be a "different" graduation.  They live in a small town in Georgia and it will be held outside.  I hear some folks bang on pots and pans...hmmmm.

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

Pam~

Secret Pal card

Shame on me for not showcasing this beautiful card on my blog sooner.  I received this from my Secret Pal.  Her card is gorgeous and made me smile when I opened it.  Within our Pretty Pals  Stampin' Up group we are having a little secret pal swap going on.

Thanks Pal for making my day!

Where has the time gone?

Ok, I have not abandoned my blog.  I've been working on my soccer gifts and don't know where the time has gone.  I've wanted to participate in so many challenges and didn't get to any.  I know this next week will be very busy too so don't know how much stamping I will get done.  Our soccer banquet is Friday night and I've got a lot to do for that. 

I wanted to show you what I've been working on this past week.  I made these cute little boxes to hold the altered notebooks and candy.  I still have to buy some gift cards to put in them.  Once that is added, I am adding white shredded paper to it.  That little bit of white hanging out and over the edges adds a nice finish. 

I used my Cricut cartridge Sports Mania for the decorations on the boxes, except for the soccer ball.  It was stamped (SU! Have A Ball) and punched out.  On the backside of the box I made a soccer jersey and put the player's number on it.

I'm sitting here tonight basking in happiness.  Our varsity soccer team just won the state championship this afternoon.  I'm so happy for the guys...they had an excellent season this year.  

To all the moms out there, I hope you have a very Happy Mother's Day. 

Pam~

Thank you gifts

I want to give my soccer board a little thank gift at our end-of-the-season banquet.  I have a great board who help run our soccer booster club at the high school.  My upline, Mary Fish, and Pretty Pal, Kris, showed me some really cute journals that they altered.  Thanks for giving me some good ideas Pals! 

I bought the little spiral notebooks at Staples and covered them with designer paper which I got at Hobby Lobby in a big patterned paper pack.   I used my cricut and cuttlebug to add the details on each notebook.  The soccer ball (Have A Ball) and definition (Define Your Life) are from Stampin' Up!

I made a pen holder using heavy cardstock and covered it with designer paper.  It was then attached to the back of the notebook with Scor Tape.

A quick post tonight...I'm tired but I did want to share my notebooks before calling it a day. I hope you all have a great week.  Make someone's day...smile at them.

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~

Another Manic Monday

I hope you had a great weekend.  We had a good one with lots of fun activities.  Bethany came home from UAB for the weekend.  She started cleaning out her dorm room and bringing back stuff that she isn't using anymore.  Hard to believe that her first year of college is just about complete. 

Today I wanted to show you a card that I created using the Stampin' Up stamp set Spring Song.  I used my prisma markers to color the image and went with non traditional colors.  Don't think I've ever seen a completely red hummingbird.  That is the good thing about stamping...you make it your own.

The cardstock is not from SU! and unfortunately I cannot remember where I got them. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye. 

Have a fabulous week!  Until later...

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~

Best Daughter...She really is!

I really do have the best daughter...she likes to stamp with me when she is home!   Bethany is at college, UAB, majoring in nursing and I try and send her a card a week.  Unfortunately, I have not been the best mom and sent one every week this month.

For this card I used Bazzill cardstock and designer paper.  The image is one of my cute house mouse stamps by Stampabilities.  I love those little guys! I have a collection of them that I keep out for display.
 
Prisma markers were used to color the image.  Nestabilities circle dies were used to cut out the mouse and bear and the SU! oval punches were used for the sentiment.
 
The little mouse doesn't look so happy here...that's me missing Bethany.
 
I believe we have finally sprung into spring.  It is supposed to be very nice this week.  I hope everyone gets to go outside and enjoy the sun...get your vitamin D.  Thanks for stopping by...
 
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~

OMG...Can't believe it

I checked my e-mail this morning and got a great surprise.  My card for the PPA 34 challenge was chosen as a Pals Paper Artist Pick.  I got to add the cool blinky badge to my blog...yea!!!  This is all new to me and I'm so excited!!!

I always look at everyone else's cards and admire their work and think "I wish I was as talented as that."  Today I got a big boost to my confidence level...thanks so much!  Hopefully this will give me a bit of a push to try more challenges.

I hope everyone has a great day...I know mine has started with a bang and I'm lovin' it!

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~

Flower Fancy...

It has been a while since I've been on here and now I've finally found some time to venture back to the Wacky Whippet home. The card below I made a few weeks ago.

I used my new set, Flower Fancy, for the focal image.  In order to the get the inside of the flower lined up and stamped, 'ole faithful stamp-a-ma-jig came into play.  I colored the white areas with my SU! summer sun marker.  The cardstock and ink are ruby red, black and white. The ribbon came from Hobby Lobby.  I thought the end result looked good.  This was a quick card to make and assemble.

It seems I've been making a lot of sympathy cards lately.  I love making my cards but sympathy cards are always the hardest for me.  I remember my mother telling me the older we get the more funerals we go to rather than weddings. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day.  Don't forget to live, love and laugh everyday!