SC189 & SFYTT

This first card is for my Dad's birthday which is today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! I used a previous sketch from SCS - SC189 to be able to fit this big image on my card the way I wanted it. This is the set from SU called Season of Friendship from the recently expired Holiday Mini Catalog. The sentiment was printed from my computer and them punched out. Please go to Beate's blog for a great tutorial on how I made the pieces the sentiment are on. She shows you how to make the SU 1-3/4" and 1-3/8" circle punches look so much better by not having as big of a border between them. That always bugged me anyway.




This next card is for Jen del Muro's SFYTT from last Saturday. I needed to get this one posted before she comes out with her new sketch tomorrow. I stamped the four smaller animals from the new SU set Animal Crackers and cut them out and mounted them on circle punches. The sentiment is from the retired hostess set from SU called So Many Sayings. They look like they could all be friends, don't they? See how they are all looking at each other.

Sorry my post has to be short today. It's almost time to go pick my son up from school. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Pam

MTSC29 - Animal Crackers

This is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC29 this week. I absolutely love this new Tea Party designer paper but I had the hardest time making these colors work for me. Yes, I'm a bright kinda girl. I love the sketch and the designer paper so maybe I'm just crazy. What do you think?

Sorry for the short post but I'm battling a kidney infection and a fever of 101.7 right now. I will be back in a day or time to give you more details.

Please play along with the sketch this week. It's a good one.

Pam

TECC53 - MIL Card

This card is for my mother-in-law that is still in the hospital recovering from surgery. Barbara, we are praying for your quick recovery so we can get you back home. I used Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge TECC53 for the sketch. Love this sketch.

My friends Mercy Kerin and Ashley Ward came over to stamp with me on Saturday. We had so much fun. I borrowed this set from Mercy called Thoughts and Prayers by Stampin' Up! I just love this tree. I colored it with a Sage Shadow and Choc. Chip SU marker to get the two-tone effect. This paper (don't you just love it) is the new textured specialty paper called Parisian Breeze. It is so thick. The cardstock base is Choc. Chip and the background designer paper is matted with Baja Breeze. Everything else is pretty much straight forward.

Well, if you saw my previous post I competed in the Club Anya Blog Hop today to try and win some free stamps. I didn't win the stamps but I did win a pocket mirror that has an Anya image on it. Woohoo!!

Thanks for coming by to check me out. I hope you have a wonderful week.

Pam

Club Anya Blog Hop

Please join in on the fun with the Club Anya Blog Hop today from 12 - 4 CST. A new Anya will be revealed today at 4:30 CST. Woohoo!!!

SC213 & CC203 Timeless Love

This card is for yesterday's SCS Color Challenge CC203 and today's SCS Sketch Challenge SC213. I wasn't too sure about these colors that Jessie picked out but as soon as I got them on the card I knew it was a winning combo. Great job Jessie.

I started out with a Garden Green card base. The background mat is white matted with Pacific Point and it has been pierced with SU's Mat Pack and Paper Piercer. The stamp set is a retired set from My Favorite Things called Boho Blossoms. The heart was stamped with Pacific Point and cut out and adhered to the focal panel with dimensionals. The focal panel is cut out with Rectangle Nestabilities. The designer paper is from the Baja Breeze Designer Paper Pack. I stamped a small flower from the stamp set with White Craft Ink on some Garden Green Paper and embossed it with White Embossing Powder. I then punched them out to use with the three Build-a-Brads in the bottom right of the card. The sentiment was stamped with Brilliance Black ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. It is finished off with Pacific Point Grosgrain Ribbon.

Thanks for coming by to check me out. Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Pam

MTSC28 - Rockstar Anya

Here is my sample for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC28 for this week. Sorry for the late posting. My mother-in-law had surgery yesterday and has a recurrence of cancer in her abdomen. She will be undergoing another round of chemo after she is healed from the surgery. Please remember her in your prayers. Her name is Barbara Varnell. I believe that the Great Physician is in control and he is going to take care of her.

Now on to the card. Yes, I'm posting another Anya card. Don't you love this Rockstar image? I got this image in honor of my two nieces, Zoe (9) and Olivia (5), who both are rockstars in my book. They have not seen this card but it is one of many that will go to them for some occasion this year. The cardstock base is Cameo Coral. The background designer paper is from the Raspberry Tart pack and it has been matted with Real Red. Anya was stamped with Black Brilliance ink and embossed with clear embossing powder then colored with Copics. I have added Diamond Stickles to her headband and to the guitar. Anya is mounted with Rectangle Nestabilities. The background piece has been paper pierced with SU's Mat Pack and a Paper Piercer. The bling is SU's Fire Circle Rhinestones. The sentiment is stamped and punched out with SU's Medium Oval Punch. It's finished off with Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon.

Thanks for coming by to check me out today. Don't forget to stop by Mercy's blog and play along with her sketch. Her sketches just get better and better each week. Have a great week.

Pam

SC212 - Chef Ian

This is my submission for this week's SCS Sketch Challenge SC212. Isn't this just the cutest Ian image from The Greeting Farm? He's from the Happy Chef set. I hadn't had a chance to play with this set yet so I thought I would pull it out on this cold Sunday afternoon and see what I could come up with.

I'm not too sure about these colors but I went with them anyway. The designer paper is Kiwi Kiss and the purple color is Lavender Lace. I stamped Ian in Black Brilliance ink and embossed him with clear embossing powder. He was colored with Copics and cut out and put on top of the Circle Nestabilities mat with dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped on Lavender Lace and cut out with the medium Oval Scallop Punch and the layered on top of a piece of Kiwi Kiss cut out with the Designer Label Punch.

I hope you have a wonderful week. Thanks for coming by to check me out.

Pam

Dream a Little or dream a lot . . . . .

I made this card over a month ago and totally forgot to post it. This is the Hostess set Dream a Little that I borrowed from my precious friend Mercy of Lord Have Mercy! I have always been one of those people that didn't like too much white on my card but my how we change as our tastes change. The flowers were stamped in Real Red, Cameo Coral and Rose Red. I added some glitter with my Sakura Gel Pen to make them sparkly. The ribbon is some grosgrain that I got from The Ribbon Retreat that matches Kiwi Kiss perfectly. If you have never been to their website you need to check it out. They have the cheapest price on ribbon that I have been able to find. I matched up a lot of my SU colors with their ribbon for the 5/8" grosgrain that SU doesn't carry. Wished they had gotten more colors this catalog of the 5/8" grosgrain.

My mother-in-law will be having surgery on Monday for a lump she has in her abdomen. She had cancer in her abdomen 3 years ago. Help me pray that when they get in there they will find nothing but a fluid filled pocket and everything is fine. Love you Barb!!

Thanks for coming by to check me out this weekend. Hope your weekend is great.