MTSC31 - Inspired by Nature

This is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC31. Is this not a wonderful sketch? Mercy, you are a wonderful sketch artist. Your sketches just get better and better girlfriend {{wink}}!!

I pulled out my SU set Inspired by Nature for the sketch this week. I used the new Textured Parisian Breeze designer paper. Do you think the card has too much white on it? I wasn't sure once I got it together if the colors were OK. Please tell me what you think. The card base is Kraft and the coordinating colors are Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip. I did ink the stamp with Sage Shadow, So Saffron and Chocolate Chip. I have found that Sage Shadow matches Baja Breeze pretty well when you need a marker for your stamp. I used a Lacy Martha Stewart Border Punch and finished it off with Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.

I went to see the movie Paul Blart:Mall Cop today with my son and my Mother. If you have not seen this movie you need to. We laughed so hard our stomachs hurt. The movie is just plain hilarious and a good kid's movie.

Thanks for coming by on this Tuesday morning to check me out. Don't forget to stop by Mercy's blog and play along with her sketch. You'll have lots of fun. Have a great week.

Pam

MTSC30 - Bad Boy Ian AGAIN

How could I not use the new Rockabilly Designer Paper from SU with my Bad Boy Ian?? The paper matches his clothes perfectly, doesn't it? This is Ian from the Dress Me set by The Greeting Farm. I just love my Ian and Anya stamps.

This card is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC30. I thought this was going to be a tough sketch but I was amazed at how easy this card came together. It made me pull out those Carousel notes that I have had sitting there and never used. I started out with 2 Kiwi Kiss Carousel Notes. They were scored at the very top and put together with sticky strip to make them have a front and a back. I can't stand just a one piece card. The 2 circle pieces were cut with SU's new Circle Cutter (love it). Ian was colored with Copic Markers and cut out and adhered with dimensionals. The rectangle mat under Ian is a piece from the Kiwi Kiss and the Riding Hood Red designer paper packs. It has been pierced using SU's Mat Pack and a Paper Piercer. The word "Cool" is stamped with Black Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder then punched out with the 1" Circle Punch and layered with the 1-1/4" Circle Punch.

Make sure and visit Mercy's blog and play along with this week's sketch. The circle card is a wonderful challenge. Thanks for coming by to check me out.

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

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

MTSC26 - Bad Boy Ian

I don't know if you can really call him a bad boy but isn't he just the cutest thing? This is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC26. The stamp is from the new set Dress Me by The Greeting Farm. Ian was colored with Copic markers and I used Riding Hood Red as the cardbase and the designer paper is from the Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Point designer packs. The clear button and the red button are both from Stampin' Up! and have been tied together with twine. Hope you enjoy looking at him. He's so precious.

Please make sure you stop by Mercy's blog and play along with her sketch this week. She has all the rules there. Thanks for stopping by to check me out. Have a great week.

Pam

MTSC25 - Be My Valentine

This card is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC25. Don't you just love the sketch? Mercy has really been coming up with some awesome sketches lately!!

I used the Happy Heart Day stamp set from SU. I couldn't wait to pull it out again and use it for some Valentine's card. It's one of my favorite stamp sets. (Do I say that a lot or what? LOL) The elephant has been paper pieced with some gray paper from the Ghostly Greetings designer paper from SU. I painted his toenails white with the White Signo Gel Pen from SU. Instead of coloring the heart from the stamp on top of his trunk, I used a heart brad that I had. I colored the flowers with Copics and cut the scallop oval mat layer with the Slit Punch from SU. The lacy border is a Martha Stewart border punch I got this past Friday at Michaels. All the Martha Stewart crafts at Michaels were 30% off. Woohoo, I'm always up for a bargain. I pierced the main image piece and the top white piece on the card with SU's Mat Pack and Paper Piercer. The ribbon is SU's Basic Gray Taffeta.

I hope you enjoy looking at the card as much as I had fun making it. To play along with Mercy's sketch check out her blog. Thanks for coming by to check me out.

Pam

MTSC24 - Cup of Flowers

This card is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC24. I used the Pink Poison set Cup of Stuff AGAIN. I'm just loving the stamp sets I have gotten from them. Look for more posts this week because I received 2 new stamps from them today. Woohoo!!!

This card used the Raspberry Tart designer paper. If you haven't seen this paper in person then you are in for a real treat when you see it. The pictures just do not do it justice. It's utterly breathtaking, as least for you bright colored cardstock lovers anyway, which is me, me, me. The cardbase is Cameo Coral and the scalloped layer under the main image panel is Real Red. I stamped the image with Brilliance Black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. The flower on the left has been popped up two layers and the flower on the right is popped up once. It's all been colored with Copic Markers. The sentiment is stamped with Brilliance Black ink also and embossed with clear embossing powder. Antique Brass Build-a-Brads are added to the right side and have pieces of the Raspberry Tart paper punched out for them. The designer paper has been pierced with SU's Paper Piercer and Mat Pack. Real Red ribbon finishes it off.

Don't forget to check out Mercy's blog and play along with her sketch. She has the instructions there on how to play. Hope you can join us.

Thanks for coming by to check me out. Have a wonderful Holiday week.

Pam

MTSC23 - Loving These Precious Mice!!

Hello everyone. I am feeling very poorly this weekend so I set this post up Saturday evening so it would automatically post Monday night. I knew I probably would not feel like doing it later.

This is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC23 for this week. LOVING THOSE LAYERS MERCY!! I got this stamp set last week from the company Pink Poison and it's called Cup of Stuff. Don't you just love the cute mouse's butts??? I got 3 sets from Pink Poison so look for some cute cards coming up soon.

I used the SU Ski Slope paper as my designer paper on this card. The sentiment is from the SU retired set Fancy Flexible Phrases. The mice were stamped with black Brilliance Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder then colored with Copic Markers. Love those markers!!

If I don't post again before Christmas I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season. Thanks for coming by to check me out.

Pam

MTSC22 - Just Buzzin

This card is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge (MTSC22). I thought I would get out my new set Just Buzzin' By and ink it up. I love this set. I'll be doing a Great Swaps Girls (GSG) swap with it this month. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

This is another awesome sketch by Mercy. I couldn't wait to play with the sketch when she sent it to me. I used the Haiku designer paper. I stamped the hive with Brilliance Black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder before I colored it. Thanks for getting me addicted to embossing all my images before I color them Mercy!! It makes the image really pop. The colors in the Haiku paper go so good with what colors you think should go with bees. I colored the bees and the hive with Copic markers. The sentiment is also stamped with Brilliance Black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Can you believe it's only 1-1/2 weeks until Christmas? I hope you have a wonderful week and thanks for coming by to check me out.

Pam

MTSC21 - First Paper Pretties Card

OK, the lighting is terrible on this picture. I usually take my pictures during the daytime with natural outside light but I had to improvise tonight. I needed to get this picture to Mercy for her Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC21 tonight. I will take a better picture tomorrow and change the one on this post.

(Edited: picture has been updated. This copy is a little better than my first try).

I think Mercy is making all her sketches just for me. LOL!! She likes bunches of layers about as much as I do. Isn't this new image I got today from Paper Pretties just the bomb? I have had my eye on these images for a while. Everyone that knows me knows the saying on this card was made just for me. I REALLY don't do mornings very well. I have a hard time just talking until I have been up a couple of hours and had a nice big cup of coffee.

The designer paper on this card is from the Bella Rose designer pack from SU. The card base is Riding Hood Red and all the layers are matted with Chocolate Chip. The scallop piece under the pink panel was done with the Scallop Edge Punch from SU.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and thanks for coming by to check me out.

Pam

MTSC20 - Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge

This card is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC20. I used the colors in the designer paper Sweet Always. Don't you just love those bright colors? The pillow and shoe have been paper pieced by stamping the image on designer paper, cutting it out and popping it with dimensionals. I like that effect on this card much better than coloring it. Other than that the card is pretty straight forward. The colors I used are Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, White and Sweet Always Designer. The rhinestones are from Kaiser.

Cute sketch, huh? How about playing along, and when uploading your card please use the code MTSC20.

Thanks for coming by to check me out. Have a great week.

Pam

MTSC19 - Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge

Ladies, don't you just love this sketch? This is for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC19. I have so much fun with Mercy's sketches. I like lots of layers on my cards and so does she. How about giving her challenge a try and see what you can come up with?

I can't seem to get away from this little snowman stamp from the set Toasty Snowman from Darcie's. I think he is adorable and so much fun to color. The sketch is for a normal size card (4-1/4 x 5-1/2) but I made it into a 5x5 square card to better fit my image. The designer paper is from SU and called Ski Slope. It's my favorite Christmas paper this year. I love the colors they put in it. I colored the main image with Copics. I don't have all the Copic markers to match the SU cardstock and ink but I can usually take 2 or 3 and mix them to come up with a color that is very close. That's one good thing about Copics, the more you color an image the prettier it gets. No smeared ink no matter how many layers you color one image.

Thanks for coming by to check me out and have a great Thanksgiving week.

Pam