It's Been A While

 Hello and welcome.  I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while.  I've been dealing with some health issues of my own, not to mention sending my hubby to the ER a few weeks back.  Right now between both of us, I feel like I'm drowning, so it might be a bit before posting again.  Thank you for understanding.

PIP 2138

  Challenge 2138 - Team A, Sept. 20

Jan's Digi Stamps

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Hello and welcome.  Today starts another challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  This week we are sponsored by Jan's Digital Stamps and I would like to thank them for providing the images used by the design team.  Today I am featuring the Signs of Autumn (NBUS) digital set .

I started out by combining the jar of leaves with the saying in MS Word before printing it out and coloring using Castle Art pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled some Stampin Up really rust ink and Tim Holtz scattered straw inks around the over the white spaces and the edges.  After layering and adding brads, I added the image panel to the card over a dry embossed center border strip using dimensionals.  I then doodled some faux sewing "stitches" around the edges before adding a clip and small pre-made bow using Ranger glossy accents.  I'm really happy with how it turned out especially since I've been dealing with some health issues for myself and my husband.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #30 - Use Your NBUS 

CD Sunday Plus #69 - Anything Goes Using Digital Images/Sayings (Jan's Digital Stamps) 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week and don't forget to check out this week's challenge.

 

Stamps: Jan's Signs Of Autumn

Ink: Stampin Up Really Rust; Tim Holtz Scattered Straw 

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Autumn Type Embossing Folder, PFS Blending Brushes, Clip, Bow, Black Artist Pen, Dimensionals, Castle Art Pencils, Brads, Ranger Glossy Accents

PIP2136

 Challenge 2136 - Team A, Sept. 6

Sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

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Hello and welcome to another challenge for Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  This week we are being sponsored by  CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship.  My card today is using a stamp set, and matching die, that I am IN LOVE with!!  Did I say I was in love with them?  The stamp set has just enough snarkiness to be funny, yet there are sentiments in it that are great for other times.

 

I started out by die cutting my coffee cup using the Coffee Cup Dies from groovy guava card stock then stippling some guava around the edges to "age" the cup a bit before die cutting my coffee saying from scrap close to cocoa card stock.  I then stippled matching cocoa ink over the lettering to help them stand out on the card base.  My sayings were stamped in memento tuxedo black ink from Coffee Talk onto scrap guava before punching the saying out and stippling guava ink around the edges then popping it up over the die cut coffee saying.  The second half of the sentiment was stamped in memento tuxedo black directly onto my die cut coffee cup before adding punched cocoa flowers using Ranger glossy accents as the adhesive.  The final touches was some guava ribbon I've had for a while and copper ice stickle centers

Challenges entered:

 

Crafting Happiness #112 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Monday- Stamp It 

Use Your Stuff #430 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join in the challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa; Stampin Up Close To Cocoa

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up Groovy Guava; RAK Background

Accessories: Big Shot, CAS-ual Fridays Dies, Ribbon, PFS Blending Brushes, Ranger Glossy Accents, MS Punch, Copper Ice Stickles, Dimensionals

 

 

PIP 2134

 

 Challenge 2134 - Team A, Aug.23

Sponsored by SheepSki Designs

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Hello and welcome to another Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  This week we are being sponsored by  Sheepski Designs.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing the design team images to showcase.  I'm using the new to me, but retired, Hanging Around image.  

After printing the new to me image off onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art Pencils before stippling Tim Holtz stormy sky around it then layered.  My card is dry embossed using a birds/swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder with my big shot before stippling walnut stain around the edges of the card.  After adding some brads to the layered image and copper cord, I then added it to my card with some paper sunflowers finishing everything off.

Challenges entered: 

Never Before Used Schtuff #29 August - Use Your NBUS

Show Us Your Pussycats #69 - August Anything Goes Cats 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 33 - Anything Goes Coloring

Outlawz Festive Friday Aug 20 to Sept 2 - Anything Goes Theme  

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2021 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and please leave some love for the rest of the design team over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  While you're there why not join in the challenge?

Stamps: Sheepski

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Walnut Stain

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Art Pencils, Brads, Copper Cord, CTMH Sunflowers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes

Well Behaved Women

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'm guest designing over at the Pixie's Crafty Workshop #410 and I've used a whole bunch of snippets for my card.  In fact, just about everything is from a snippet except the card base. First, I would like to thank Diane for letting me guest host this fortnight.

I started out by trimming a Neenah white scrap panel before stamping the background pyramids from Clearly Besotted's Egyptian Feline (NBUS) and coloring using Castle Art Pencils before stamping the pyramids again onto scrap caramel card stock, then cutting them out and adhering over the colored pyramids using glue dots.  I then stamped the saying above before stamping the remaining images onto scrap white card stock, again coloring with pencils, before cutting them all out and adhering using glue dots.  I then die cut the sun, blended some yo-yo yellow ink on the edges before popping that up using dimensionals.  Taking scraps of green card stock, I punched out the "hanging fern" and flowers adhering all of those using Ranger glossy accents.  The final touches were adding some extra flowers in the vases, ice stickle highlights, and white gel pen to accent my cats eyes.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #29 Aug - Use Your NBUS 

Show Us Your Pussycats #69 - Anything Goes Cats 

Aud Sentiments #281 - Anything Goes + A Sentiment 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 33 - Anything Goes Coloring 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and please don't forget to come join us at the playground.

Stamps: Clearly Besotted

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China; Stampin Up Yo-Yo Yellow

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps/Snippets

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, MFT Sun Die, Big Shot, PFS Blending Brush, Stipple Brush, Brads, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles, White Gel Pen

 

Swimming Through The Kelp Forest Among Others

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share some cards made for the Dare To Get Dirty challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.com.  If you're not a Fan Club member of Splitcoast, you can find more information here. The challenges are open until August 20th at 11:59pm CST.  Sorry I haven't blogged them before now.  I'm dealing with a nasty migraine again.

My little mermaid's inspiration was taken from Monterey Bay's kelp forests and ferns/flowers that were punched from lots and lots of scraps then added using Ranger glossy accents.

 

Challenge entered: Pixies Crafty Workshop #409 - Use Your Snippets/Scraps

 

My Halloween card below was inspired by the ghost stamp set and the saying both from Picket Fence Studios.

My floral spray is made using die cut flowers and leaves along with some punched fern greenery that's been run through a paper crimper.

Made my cowboy card thinking of little boy birthday cards which I need desperately.  Images from Stampin Up!

My dog bone card is made from an old template I purchased from My Favorite Things over a decade ago.  Saying from Picket Fence Studios. Dog image from a long retired Stampin Up set Ruff Day.

These are just a few other the cards I've made.  Thank goodness the design team had a month of planning to allow me time to make these.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Just Be Silly

Hello and welcome.  Sometimes in life you just want, and need, to stick your tongue out at life and move on.  I have been feeling like this a lot lately, especially with the nasty migraine I've had for the last month.  I have been making myself create to try and focus on something else besides the pain so I will apologize early if my creating seems a bit off.  This image is from SimplyBStamps and is colored using prismacolor and copic markers with tumbled glass distress ink stippled around the edges.  The rest of the card is made using scrap card stock.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: SimplyBStamps

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes, White Gel Pen

PIP 2132

  Challenge 2132 - Team A, Aug. 9

Lee Holland

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Hello and welcome.  Today we have a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are being sponsored by  Lee Holland Stamps.  I would like to take a moment and thank them for the images the design team has used this week.

 

Once I printed off my (NBUS) image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored is using Castle Art Pencils before stippling Tim Holtz broken china distress ink around it.  After layering the colored image, I added some brads before adhering the panel to my card.  The only other embellishments added were diamond ice stickles and a small lavender bow.  The final touch was stamping my saying from a long retired Stampin Up set.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #29 Aug - Use Your NBUS 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this week's challenge here.

 

Stamps: Lee Holland; Stampin Up Mixed Greetings (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Art Pencils, Stipple Brush, Brads, Glue Dots, Bow, Diamond Ice Stickles