OK I must go upstairs and do some housework!!!

Well I missed the inspiration challenge over at SCS yesterday because I just could not get into the rooms that were shown. So after today's challenge was done I took another look. I chose this room from Hotel Fox as my inspiration.


I finally decided on this one because it reminded me of the new Olive You set from artful INKables. I really was going to use the white and olive green but was half way through sponging and then remembered. I just can't make a card without sponging. The keys are for the room, these look like the type of rooms that would use the old standard, Keys. I used room 115

Thanks for looking and Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Olive You
Paper: SU: Whisper White and Slab 4 from provo craft
Ink: SU: Old Olive and Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: Ribbon from hobby lobby, dew drops, punches of fern, keys, and ovals, prismacolor pencils, stickles, pop dots

Hugs Pam

Well here is another and still no housework done.

Here is a second card for today's featured stampers challenge. This is the card I cased
Christmas Wishes SnowLady. I love the square cards and the machine stitching. I love this little dogie from artful INKables, Top Dog. I thought this a perfect card for someone who may be getting a promotion. Let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Top Dog
Paper: my minds eye
Ink: SU: Close to cocoa, and Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: prima flowers, dew drops, ribbon by offray, eyelet from memorie makers, primaclolor pencils, dicut from sizzix leaf, embroidrey floss from DMC

Again thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Pam

Happy Labor Day Weekend

Well My wonderful son is home from collage and is sick. My husband and daughter have gone to a family Reunion in Missouri. So I stayed home to take care of son. Although he is sleeping most of the time so that gives me time to stamp. I have such a hard life.lol

Well over at SCS today is the featured stamper challenge. NikiE was chosen and her art is wonderful. I had fun going through the cards to pick this one, (hello). So let me know what you think. I paper pieced the balloon. I tell you these stamps from Pink Poison are so wonderful to work with. The lines are crisp and easy to use. I also love this little bunny, she is adorable. How do I know it's a she. Well I looked and she has no boy bunny parts and she is wearing pink of course.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Pink Poison: LUCKY BUNNIES STAMP SET
Paper: My minds eye
Ink: SU: Close to cocoa , Pixi Pink, and Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: ribbon from offray, rhinestones from me and my big ideas, punches from marvy, prismacolor pencils, pop dots
Techniques: some paper piecing

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Pam

I do love this Dove stamp

What a fun Limited supply challenge over at SCS. We were to use something old, borrowed, new and blue. I thought hmmm weddings is August I thought they were in June. Then I remembered We were married in August (duh moment). Oh well I can say I have not had my coffee yet but I have. Ok so
something old: I used my sizzix that just sits there on my shelf to make the leaves.

something new: The stamps set from artful INKables, new release Olive You.

Something borrowed: Well don't don't tell hubby but I went to his shop and borrowed his twine jute.

Something blue: well the paper of course and the dove is colored blue.

Let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Olive You
Paper: Slab 5 from provo craft
Ink: SU: close to cocoa and Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: Buttons from favorite findings, ribbon from offray, jute from hubby's garage, prismacolor pencils, fiskers punchs, pop dots

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs Pam

Yesterdays Challenge today.

Well I'm so excited about this ways to use it challenge over at SCS, to use my pencils. Only it is really not a challenge for me. I use my Prismacolor pencils daily and love them. I blend them with the orderless mineral spirits (with the way this smells I wonder what the oder spirits smells like YUCK!!). I used the new set from Pink Poison xmas birds just off the presses, or off the rubber stamper. Marie at Pink Poison has the such clear crisp images, and so easy to work with. Let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Pink Poison: Christmas bird stamps
Paper: Spring Stack by DCWV
Ink: Versafine: Onyx Black and SU Ruby Red
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, Mineral spirits for blending, pointsetta button from Dress it up, rhinestones from me and my big ideas, stickles, ribbon from offray, spiral clip from making memories, pop dots

Thanks for taking a new look

Hugs Pam

Back with another

Well here is another for this challenge. After the first one I thought this layout would be perfect for just a sentiment featured on the front panel. So out came the new set form Pink Poison's "Dream Quotes". I just love the quotes from this set.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Pink Poison: Dream Quotes
Paper: unknown
Ink: SU blue bayou and Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: prima flowers, rhinestones from me and my big ideas, ribbon from model crafts, stick pins and beads are leftover scraps

Thanks for looking and Let me know what you think,

Hugs Pam

I'm back unmong the living for a short time.

For todays sketch challenge over at SCS. I was not sure what I was going to do. I was watching TV and the new Survivor commercial came on and wall-a, I had an idea. I used on the the new sets from artful INKables: Paradise Island. I also can't wait till Survivor is on again.

I have been working for the last 4 nights and off last night with me working tonight. So I have not been making many cards this weekend, or should I say I have made no cards. This is my second card today for two different challenges. So don't forget to check out the challenge Kim came up with over at artful INKables.

Here is what I used

Stamps: artful INKalbes: paradise Island
Paper: unknown
Ink: versafine: Onyx Black and SU Gable Green
Accessories: stickles, floral leaf, rhinestones from me and my big ideas, ribbon from Michaels stores inc., prismacolor pencils, pop dots

Thanks for looking and let me know what you thinks.

Hugs Pam

I'm back and It's another ARTINK Challenge!

It's another ARTINK Challenge!
Hi everybody!

This week's challenge for artful INKables is Limited Supplies Challenge, and boy what a challenge it is! I have to have layers and lots of embellishments and well this card followed the rules. I love the way it turned out and guess what it only took me 15 minutes.

For this week's challenge, here are the rules:

1. You may use only 2 layers on your card plus a base (maximum 3 layers)
2. You may use 1 type of embellishment (ie: ribbon or brads)
3. You may use a sentiment
4. Your card must be any size of square
5. No Designer Paper allowed! (GASP!!! I know...but it can be done :)
6. Have fun! - Haul out your Score Pal or Cuttlebug and have fun with this creating some textures!

As with any of the Artful INKables challenges, you are welcome to use stamps by any company and the idea is to just have fun. If you upload your creation to any online gallery, please use the work ARTINK (all in capitals) in the keywords slot so that we may find your card easily to leave a comment! Feel free to link your creation back here as well or to any of the INK girls blogs. Please take a moment to pop by the INK girls blogs to see what they have come up with for this challenge and while your there tell them that I said "hello" lol

Kim
Beth
Jenn
Julia

Here is my creation: Let me know what you think!!

Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Top Dog
Paper: SU: Whisper white, Basic black
Ink: SU: Ruby red and Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: ribbon from ribbon FX, nestabilities, pop dots.

My Flowers are so pretty right now.

Well here is another from that fantastic set Orange You Sweet from artful INKables. I just love this tree and the juice glass is just as wondrful. I used Halloween colors because I thought it might be a sweet treat to pick an orange. No challenges on this card just one on my own.

The Halloween colors were inspired from my flowers as shown in one of the pictures. Let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Orange You Sweet
Paper: daisy d's: Halloween Collection 8x8 pad
Ink: Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, ribbon by Michaels stores, rhinestones by me and my big ideas, punches from SU, pop dots

Thanks for looking
Hugs Pam

Top Witch Dog

Well I altered this a bit. I did not do the diagonals from the SCS sketch challenge. It made the card too busy. My cards too busy, thats an oxymoron. Anyway I thought this little guy from the new set of artful INKables, Top Dog would be cute as a little witch. What do you think?? I had to cut the had out myself and used the bat punch from Martha Stewart border punch to make the brim. I kinda liked the way it turned out. I made the card 4x4. Let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Top Dog
Paper: daisy d's: Halloween Collection 8x8 pad
Ink: Verasfine: Onyx Black and SU Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, Marvy scollop circle punches, ribbon by Michaels stores, pumpkin button by Debbie Mumm, rhinestones by me and my big ideas, prismacolor pencils, pop dots.

Thanks for looking
Hugs Pam

Mmmm what to do to a candle and jar.

I love these colors together. I was walking in the Dollar General the other day and saw this candle for $1.00. I thought oh wow it's Ruby Red. So of course I had to buy it and go home and stamp on it. I used the cake slice with strawberry's on it from Pink Poison's Fancy Cakes. The candle I think is Strawberry. So here it is. Let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Pink Poison: Fancy Cakes
Paper: SU: Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom
Ink: Versafine: Onyx Black, and SU Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Stickles, prismacolor Pencils, rhinestone by me and my big ideas, ribbon by hobby lobby, pop dots.

Thanks for looking
Hugs Pam

Paradise!!! Where is my Margarita??

love to tear paper. I used to do it on almost all of my cards and just got away from it. I used the new set Paradise Island from artful INKables. I thought the torn look would go great with the hut. let me know what you think.

Here is what I used.

Stamps: artful INKables: Paradise Island
Paper: The Paper Studio: Pink Armadillo
Ink: SU: Close to Cocoa, Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: ribbon by Ki memories, rhinestones by me and my big ideas, flowers form Prima, prismacolor Pencils, pop dots.

My second square from Pink Poison

Well have you ever done something you liked and then kept using it over and over. Well it has happened to me. Yellow that is my theme today. On this second card it is 4 1/4 by 4 1/4. I used the new set "Cupcakes" from Pink Poison. Don't you just love Halloween. It is one of my two favorite holidays, with Easter being my other one. Maybe I like both because I can use yellow on both!! So here is my second card.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Pink Poison: Cupcakes
Paper: SU: Basic black and Only Orange. DP unknown
Ink: Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: buttons by Favorite Findings, stickles, ribbon by Ki memories, bats by Martha stewart edge punch, prisimacolor pencils, pop dots.

Thanks for looking, let me know what you think.

Hugs Pam

It's a square kinda day.

Great Sketch Challenge over at SCS, I love doing different size cards from the A1. My card is 5x5 using the new set from artful INKables, Orange You Sweet. I love using this set because it is easy to use Yellow. Yellow is my favorite color and I find it hard to work in cards, clothes, home decor. So anytime I can use Yellow I will. Let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Orange You Sweet
Paper: SU: Whisper White, Only Orange. DP is unknown
Ink: SU: Only Orange, Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: ribbon by Textured Trios, Micheals stores, rhinestones by me and my big ideas, prismacolor pencils, stickles, pop dots, nestabilities

Thanks for looking.

Hugs Pam

Peace, we all need it.

Here is another for the color challenge. This time I used a set from artful INKables. Wow I love her stamps. This little dove is so cute. I extended him just a bit from the box. (kinda out of the box thinking)LOL. Oh an well a couple of things I found wrong with this card when I was posting. can you find the errors?? I will be back later to fill you in.

Thanks for looking.

Here is what I used.

Stamps: artful INKables: Olive You
Paper: SU: Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom, and whisper white
Ink: SU: Close to Cocoa and Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: Pearls from Hero Arts, prismacolor pencils, pop dots

Hugs Pam

Oh the Answers (I forgot to blend the color the leaves close to dove, and lost one of the small pearls on the bottom corner.

Color Challenge over at SCS

Oh my I love these colors together!! When I first read about them my mind told me too Valentine. But when I pulled them out I thought of this new set from Pink Poison, Cupcake. The lines are so crisp it is easy to layer and I love to layer. Thanks for a great challenge Emily!! I am going to try and show you the process that I go through to make a card. As some of you know I love lots of layers and have to use every bit of material. So this will kinda give you an idea of what the process is.


As you can see this is how I start. I stamp the main image several times so I can color, cut then layer.



here you can see that I try and use every bit of material. So what you don't see is probably not there. It also cuts down on weight when you mail something.



Here is on of my final steps, sponging. I love to sponge. I don't think I have ever made a card that does not have any type of sponging on it.



And of course the pop dots. I must take stock in the company with as many as I use!!
So here is the finished product. Let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Pink Poison: Cupcakes
Paper: SU: Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom and whisper white
Ink: SU: Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa and Versafine: Onyx Black
Accessories: Ribbon from Hobby Lobby, rhinestones from me and my big ideas, prismacolor pencils, stickles, pop dots




Hugs Pam

Heres another.

Well I really do love this challenge. Here is another one that I made. It actually took me longer I switched the measurements of the acetate and the paper. They did not fit together so I had to start over. I used the bird from the new Pink Poison stamp set Dream Quotes. I just love this little birdie. Here is what I used.

Stamps: Pink Poison: Dream Quotes
Paper: Unknown from Hobby Lobby
Ink: SU: sponged close to cocoa, Verasfine: Onyx Black
Accessories: Ribbon from offray, brads from making memories, rhinestones from me and my big ideas, prima flowers, prismacolor pencils, pop dots

Thanks for taking a look, let me know what you think

Hugs Pam

Let the Adventure Begin.

Well it's Monday. I thought the phrase from artful INKables new set Paradise Island was prefect for the start of my week. Ivi is in school and Cory is in Okla. I started a list of to do. Lets see how long it lasts.

Today over at SCS the challenge Try a New Technique is to make a Acetate Treat Box. It really is kinda fun to make. I used the new set from artful INKables called Paradise Island. The lines on this stamp set is so clean and easy to cut out for layering. So look this over and let me know what you think.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: artful INKables: Paradise Island
Paper: the spring stack by DCWV
Ink: Versafine: Onyx black and SU Green Galore
Accessories: ribbon from offray, rhinestones from me and my big ideas, prismacolor pencils, stickles, pop dots.