Happy Birthday A.J.

This is just what I needed. I had to make a male HB card and was stuck as what to do. I really have a mind block when creating masculine cards. when I saw the inspiration (the picture in the post below) I thought wow, green and blue, with leaves. Perfect for a birthday card for a friend who is turning 60 today. I also loved the sketch challenge at SCS this week and of course had to use that as well. So this is what I came up with. What do you think?

Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Plant Prints, and Basic Salutatuions
Paper: printed is from basicgrey archaic. solid color is unknown from Hobby Lobby
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip and Close to Cocoa
Accessories: brads are from making memories, ribbon from offray, dew drops and pop dots

Happy Saturday

Wow have you all heard the big news?? SCS has been sold to another company. Wow!!! Well it is 1038 here and I have not done a darn thing. I just went and looked at the inspiration challenge (I posted the pic). I guess I will try and get back to it later.

Hope everyone is having a great day. I plan to, a friend at work is turning 60 and we are throwing a surprise birthday party. Woo Hoo fun tonight.

Be back later

Hugs Pam

It's not Pink!!!

This was fun to make. I saw some of this type popping up on this challenge over at SCS and had to go and try it. Not sure I did it correct, but I like the way it turned out, and guess what? It is not pink!!

I am trying to stay away from DH right now. He is talking with our dish provider and it has been a mess. I will up date you all on that later. All I have to say is when you have it installed make sure it is all in good shape and ask the right questions before you get too far out.

Anyway here is what I used on this card

Stamps: artful INKables: Bloomin Beauties and Basic salutations
Paper: SU: So Saffron, Creamy Carmal, K&Comapny: classic K Bailey Mat Pad
Ink: SU chocolate Chip
Accessories: ribbon by sheer creations, stickles, dew drops, punch by Martha Stewart, pop dots, Nestabilities
Thanks for looking

Hugs Pam

I should be folding laundry but it stunts my creativity.

I have to admit this was fun folding, (not laundry, that I still need to get back to). Pink again, that is what my DD said, and her favorite color is pink. Maybe I am wearing it out. I love the paper from basicgrey sugared collection. Oh well this is what I came up with. What do you think.

Stamps: artful INKables: Sunburst Dandies, and basic salutations
Paper: SU whisper white, Basicgrey: Sugared paper pad collection
Ink: SU Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: punches from SU, rhinstones from Micheals $ spot, ribbon from sheer elegance, pop dots.

Well now I am off to the laundry and maybe do some dishes.

Yet another artful INKables card. I just love these stamps!

Well I made this card just for fun tonight. If you are like me I have a ton of paper pads around and well, never ever use them. So I challenged my self to make something out of the first one I touched. Well of course it was pink. It was fun though, I again used the Martha Stewart butterfly punch. (someone needs to take that thing away from me). The paper is from DCWV: The Blossoms & Butterflies Stack. Great paper just horded it. So this is what I came up with. what do you think.

Here is what I used
Stamps: artful INKables: Plant Prints and Basic Salutations
Paper: solid paper unknown form Hobby Lobby, DP is from DCWV: The Blossoms & Butterflies Stack
Ink: SU: Pink Passion and Pretty in PInk
Accessories: Punches from Martha Stewart and SU, rhinstones form icons, ribbon form offray, pop dots.

Got Grid?? OMG what was I thinking!

Well I was not sure I was going to get to this challenge this week. It made me really think of where I wanted to put the grid. So I went simple, I used the main card stock as my grid and then just punched away and I mean punched away. I used several marvy scallop circle punches and SU tag punches and the bird is Martha Stewart punch. Why did I do pink and black. I don't know!! I started out with pastel pink and yellow. Shows you art has a mind of its own. Here is what I used

Stamps: artful INKables: Basic Salutations and Presed Petals
Paper: SU: Basic Black and Pixie Pink
Ink: SU Basic black, Ruby Red and Pixie Pink
Accessories: Punches: marvy (circle scallops), SU (tags) and Martha stewart (bird), rhinestones by icons, ribbon by offray, pop dots

You can find the challenge Here TLC177

Let me know what you think.

Hugs Pam

Ways to use it: Spice it up!

Spice it up?? WHAT, I have to put spice on my cards now. Well it turned out ok. In fact I love this card. The new set from artful INKables: Sunburst Dandies worked great with the cilantro leaves. Yes that is real cilantro leaves on this card. One never knows the next new thing to paper craft with. On the dandelion the center of the flowers is tiny micro beads. Were they fun to work with or what. After trying to chase those little things with my fat fingers I decided to use tweezers, what a novel idea. I love the way this card turned out, the colors are so soft and pretty with the black just enough accent. Here is what I used.

Stamps: artful INKables: Sunburst Dandies and Basic Salutations
Paper: SU vanilla and basic black, K&Company: Classic K Designer Mat Pad
Ink: SU: Rose Red and Always Artichoke
Accessories: Tacky Adhesive for the Micro beads by Jewelry essentials, Hat pin with beads by Bead Treasures, ribbon by offray, pearl brads by Brides; Gartner Studios, cilantro leave by McCormic.

Thanks for looking. The Ways to use it challenge can be found here WT175

Yet another card tonight.

Well this is my second today. The other one I did last night and posted today. Well what do you think. Does it remind you of summer. It is so hot here I thought I would pull out the ol Only Orange to get my juices running. I really love using the new stamps from artful INKables. The lines are so clean it is so easy to cut and layer them. Here is what I used on this card
Stamps: artful INKables: Basic Salutations and Bloomin Beauties
Paper: SU: Only Orange, Wild Wasabi, and Almost Amethyst
Ink: SU: close to cocoa
Accessories: ribbon by Offray, stickles, spiral clip by the paper studio, blue rhinestones are from Gartner Studios, image is colored with prisim pencils and over colored with mineral spirits.

So let me know what you think.

Hugs Pam

What a fun Card!

This was such a fun card to make. I made the card for the color challenge over at SCS, (CC175: Almost Wild Saffron) At first I really did not think I would like the colors together then I put lined them up and this is what I came up with. I felt the colors screamed for the new artful INKables set Sunburst Dandies. So out they came and this is what I came up with. Let me know what you think.

Stamps artful INKables: Sunburst Dandies and Basic Salutations
INK: SU Wild Wasabi, So Saffron
Paper: SU Almost Amethyst, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron
Accessories: Punches (butterfly and base of flower Martha Stewart) (small flower from fiskars) Middle flower from SU, dew drops, pop dots, micro beads, buckle from Joanns ect. ribbon form ofray

Thanks for looking

Hugs Pam

artful INKables 1st Color Challenge!!!!

Wow how exciting today is artful INKables first ever challenge. Today one of our designers Beth has picked out some scrumptious colors to work with. The colors are
close to cocoa (my all time favorite, goes with everything!)
Blush Blossom
Sage Shadow
I also used white as the card bas and sponged close to cocoa onto it.
Inks used are close to cocoa
punches are from Martha Stewart collection and stampinup. I just love the butterfly one!. ribbon is also from Martha Stewart. brads are from making memories. designer paper is basicgrey: archaic paper pad.
Stamps: artfull INkables Plant Prints and basic salutations

Take a look at the other design team entries and you will love what you see.
artful INKables blog
A Stampin' Good Time - Beth Thomas
Create With Me by Julia Aston
Paper in the Works by Kim Teasdale
KiyomiKrafts by Jenn Muraoka



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