Color Challenge ODBDSLC249

     So happy to have you stop by. Today, I have a card for the color challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.

     The colors in this week's challenge are my favorite colors to work with. You can find the colors and a link to all the fun below.

     I used the No Words (G515) stamp collection from ODBD for this card. ODBD has some of the best sentiment stamps on the market.

     To make my heart chain, I first ran some cardstock through a crimper. I punched some small hearts from the crimped cardstock. I set the hearts aside for another project. Next, I punched a larger heart right over the negative space of the first heart. After deciding how I wanted my hearts to interlock, I made a cut in each heart and slipped it through the next heart. I hid the cut behind the overlapped heart.

     I used a border punch on the edge of my matting panels and rounded the corners of my purple card base.

     There is still time if you want to come play with us. Details here: http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/odbdslc249-color-challenge.html

     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,

 Pamela

DCWV Stack-a-holic Card Sketch Challenge for July 2015

     Thanks so much for stopping in. Today, I have a card for the Stack-a-holic challenge at DCWV.

     I used the Flowers DIY Project Stack from DCWV to make my pocket card in which I placed a bookmark (below) for my DH. He always has several books going at the same time.

     LYM stands for Love You Millions. I end every email and other kinds of notes to him with LYM. I cut the tile letters from the Good Wood Stack also from DCWV.

     There is still time left if you want to play along with us. Here's the card sketch for July and the link to all the rules.

http://www.dcwv.com/blog/post/sketch-challenge-for-julyits-finally-here

    May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,

 Pamela

Max Wins Award!

     I'm so excited to share my good news with you guys! My children's picture book, "Max, the Boy Raindrop" just won a major award. 

 Here are the first few sentences of the letter I received yesterday telling me I was one of the winners.

     On behalf of the Writers’ League of Texas, I’m so pleased to inform you that your picture book MAX, THE BOY RAINDROP has been selected as the Children’s Picture Book Discovery Prize Winner for the 2014 Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards, recognizing outstanding books published in 2014 written by Texas authors.

      Thanks so much for the support of all my readers, friends, and family. You're the greatest! And, to Max too! He's off on another adventure before long.

Magazine Monday 107 Challenge

     As promised, this is a card using the same design that I used yesterday with very different results.

     As you can see when compared to yesterday's card (below), I flipped the design on its side and picked textures and colors to make it more suitable for a man. As I mentioned yesterday, I love playing with textures to create depth. I chose different textures this time and only three of them. I picked three embossing folders with more masculine flares. I matted the panels with black and white. I drew inspiration from the summer colors of the sand and water on the magazine cover that Paper Crafters Corner gave us to work with this week (also below along with a link to all the fun). I kind of liked the mish-mash of people on the cover, so I interpreted that with a freestyle collage.

card from yesterday's ODBD challenge http://www.cottagebelow.com/2015/07/color-challenge-odbdslc245.html

     I also like to make the inside of my cards nice too. I used some of the leftover scraps from the front of the card to add a special touch to the inside. 

     Come play with us! You can find all the details here:

http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-107/

 

     Thanks so much for stopping in again today.

     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,

           Pamela



Color Challenge ODBDSLC245

     Thanks for popping in! Today, I have a card for this week's color challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.



     I used several ODBD products to create my card.

          Sentiment Stamp: Phil. C142 and No Words #F515 (for inside sentiment - Even when we do not have the words to pray, God understands and hears our heart.)

          Dies: Asters CSBD57, Fancy Foliage CSBD33

     I love playing with textures to create depth. You can see I had lots of fun with this card! I used five different textures here. I picked five embossing folders, but you could easily use just three. I matted the embossed panels with two different colors from the color inspiration ODBD gave us to work with. Color chart and link to all the fun is at the end of this post. I stamped the sentiment in a deeper matching color. This is also a great card for using up scraps. Check back tomorrow because I have used the same design on its side and made the card masculine.

     This card is for my mom. She is struggling so with her health. Getting cards really cheers her up. Will you pray with me for her now?

          Father, I thank you for such a fun mom. It's so hard to see her struggling so. I ask You to reach out and touch her. Give her strength to stand and walk again. Give her deeper faith in Your love and power. Please, bring a smile to her face today. Praying in the name of Jesus and in agreement with my friends who pray with me now. Thanks for remembering we are dust. (Psalm 103:14)

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Anything Goes Challenge ODBDSLC244

     So nice of you to stop in today. I always love your visits and comments. Hope your day is as sunny as mine.
     Today, I have a card for the Shining the Light Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.

     This week's challenge is anything goes. I used the  Pennant Swag die and the Pennant Swag Alphabet stamps from ODBD on my card. I love being able to tailor my own sentiments with these two items. The die has a beautiful bow tied at each end to hold the flag in place, but they did not really fit my card, so I cut them off the finished piece. I will definitely use this set a lot!

    Tracy, a very sweet friend of mine from Australia, sent me the We Are Family paper collection from Echo Park Paper Co which I used to create my card.

     Check out all the fun at Our Daily Bread Designs here:

http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/     

May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,

Pamela

Magazine Monday Challenge - Week 100

     Thanks so much for stopping in. Hope you are enjoying your day.
     Today, I have a card for the << 100th >> challenge over at Papercrafters Corner.

     We got to pick from three different magazine covers this week. You can see them below along with the link to join in the fun. We also had to use or represent the numbers 100, 10 or 1 in some way. I have 10 arrows on my card.

     The colors from the first cover and the beautiful curves of the third cover inspired me. I used patterned papers from Colorbok (59587A). I stamped all the sentiments by curving different clear stamps from Hero Arts (CL342) and Paper Smooches (A1S208) to match the curve of my ten arrows. 

     Now, here are the magazine covers and a link to PaperCrafters Corner.

http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-100/

     Hope you have a great week!
     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands, Pamela

Research Question

     I'm working on my next book, and I need some help. Thinking back to when you were 5-10 years old, what one wish did you have that you really hoped would come true? Did it come true? Do you still wish for it?
     You can leave your response in the comments here by clicking "comment" below. It will take you to the comment form. If you prefer, you may leave a comment on my Facebook page. I am Pamela Cripps Haskin on Facebook.
     Thanks a million for you help!

Max, the Boy Raindrop and A Deliberate Life

     Just a quick reminder that both of my books, Max, the Boy Raindrop, and A Deliberate Life: A Journey into the Alaskan Wilderness, are available immediately for download on Kindle. Just click on either cover in the right-hand column or below, and it will take you to Amazon. My books are also available at Barnes & Noble or any other website where you normally buy ebooks.
     If you prefer holding a print book while you read, you can get a copy from whatever online or brick-and-mortar bookstore where you normally buy books.
     If you want an autographed copy, send an email to me, and I'll get you set up. My email is also in the right-hand column.
     If you are in Sunray, TX, you can get an autographed copy at Glitzy Lou's.
     Thanks so much for stopping in. Hope you have a great day, Pamela

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DCWV Stack-a-holic Card Sketch Challenge

      A post with a card two days in a row! Woohooo! I had  a free day and am spending the entire day in my studio. The day is almost over, but it's been a really fun day of creating.
     I do so enjoy when you stop by to see what I have made.

     Today's card is for the May Stack-a-holic Challenge at DCWV. I used the CHICK CHAT Stack for my card. Even the burlap was included in the stack! I must say I have never liked working with burlap. It unravels and frays terribly. But, just wait until you use this burlap!!! It has a paper backing so it does not fray and it's super easy to adhere to things. So, so happy about that. Thanks a million DCWV people!

     The roses and sentiment tag were also in the stack - well, everything was in the stack. I did a little fussy-cutting here and there and voila - a beautiful, easy card! Oh, I did add my own navy blue matting. I think matting panels really makes them pop.

     Here's the sketch DCWV gave us to work with along with the link to get all the rules. You still have oodles of time to join us. I'll be looking forward to seeing what you create!

http://www.diecutswithaview.com/blog/dcwv-design-team/vive-la-scrapbooking/

     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,



Pamela



Sketch Challenge ODBDSLC238

     Thanks so much for stopping by today. It feels like forever since I've shared a card here. I've really missed my paper and glue!

     I created this card for the sketch challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs this week.

     I used the following ODBD products:

          paper: Rustic Beauty Collection

          stamps:  Little Things

          dies:  Fancy Foliage

     Here's a close-up of the sentiment tag. I love this quote!

          There are still a few days before the deadline. Why don't you come play with us? Here's the sketch ODBD gave us to work with and the link to the rules.

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/odbdslc238-sketch-challenge.html

     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,
Pamela

DCWV Stack-a-holic Card Challenge, April 2015

Update: Excited to share that my card made it onto the winners list. Thanks so much DCWV!

    Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. I'm taking a quick break from working on the manuscript for my next book in order to post this card for the latest challenge at DCWV.

    I used The Good Wood Stack from Die Cuts With a View to create my birthday card.

     Designer Tip: The wood patterns I chose to work with got lost on top of each other in my original design. So, I used some basic black cardstock to mat all my panels and geometric shapes to make them pop. It looks so much better.

    Designer Tip: I struggled to get a good picture of my card. I took a lot of photos, but they all looked like a dreary black & white photo. I put colored paper underneath my card, and I finally got some good photos.

     There is still plenty of time if you want to enter your own card in the challenge. Here's a copy of the sketch we had to work with and the address for all the rules.

http://www.diecutswithaview.com/blog/dcwv-design-team/need-a-challenge-weve-got-one-for-you-a-scrappy-challenge/

     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands, 

 Pamela



Published in CardMaker Magazine, Summer 2015 Issue

     Thanks for stopping in today. I have a fun sneak peak to share with you today.



      CardMaker magazine is allowing me to give a sneak peak to you from their Summer 2015 issue! So honored they chose one of my cards to publish in this issue.
      If you would like to make my card or learn how to make a shaker-box from product packaging, visit www.CardMakerMagazine.com to download the Summer issue today or pick up a print edition of CardMaker magazine which will be on your local newsstand.

Fiskafriends Blog Hop Winner

     I have a WINNER! Jennifer Early, you won my giveaway in the Fiskafriends Blog Hop! Thanks so much to everyone who left a comment and/or joined my blog. I'm truly thankful for each of you.
     Congratulations to Jennifer who said:

       Jennifer Earley said...

beautiful cards! Love the flowers and the bible verse! Very touching for Easter. New follower!

March 28, 2015 at 12:58 PM

 

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Fiskafriends The Power of Community Blog Hop and Giveaway

       Welcome to our blog hop!

     We are celebrating our First Anniversary with a Fiskafriend Blog Hop.  You do not have to be a Fiskafriend to visit and comment on our bloggers' posts. This hop is open to everyone! International visitors included! The theme of the hop is Anything Goes, so be prepared to find a variety of creative projects and ideas. 
     Giveaway prizes?  Of course! Everyone loves a giveaway! We will have an end of the hop giveaway with fabulous prizes. In addition to the end of the hop giveaway, some of our bloggers are offering giveaway prizes of their own on their posts.    For the complete blog hop list and to be entered in the Fiskafriends' sponsored giveaways, leave a comment on any of the listed blogs and follow the sponsor giveaway entry directions at: http://fiskafriends.blogspot.com/ 

     I am having my own giveaway too! Instructions to enter my separate giveaway are at the bottom of this post.

     I  have Easter cards to share with you on my hop stop.

     I've been playing around lately with the idea of what impact color and simple patterns can have in card design. I used a fairly bright pink on my first card. The gingham gives it a sort of country look, even with the fancy, white, die-cut overlay.

     I used the exact same design on my second card changing only the color and using a solid instead of a printed, oval layer. The second card is certainly more elegant than the first.

     I had a heck of a time photographing this second card. Something about the flowers is reading wrong through my camera. I'm sharing it here anyway, so you can at least get a better idea of what I'm talking about. The flowers in 'real life' are a much better match with this light peach background.  

     >>>DESIGNER TIP<<< To get my heat-embossed sentiment to match the curve of my oval panel, I curved the clear stamp as I placed it on an acrylic block. Kind of gives an extra life to a lot of my stamps.

 

      I want to show you the inside of my cards as well. I often don't put as much effort on the inside of the card, but I'm changing that. I like bringing a little something from the front to the inside - color and theme in this instance. I wish I had thought to put a piece of the die-cut vine on the inside to peak out from under the sentiment tag. Too late, the cards are already in the mail headed to their recipients.

   For the complete blog hop list and to be entered in the Fiskafriends' sponsored giveaways, leave a comment on any of the listed blogs and follow the sponsor giveaway entry directions at: http://fiskafriends.blogspot.com/ 

     Now, for my own giveaway. I have an e-book copy of my latest children's book, "Max, the Boy Raindrop" in which I created all the illustrations using only paper/cardstock and scrapbooking tools. I will also include a fun border punch from EK Success to send to one of my followers (US residents only). Join my blog and your name will go in the drawing. Let me know in your comment that you joined. If you are already a member of my blog,  tell me so and your name will go in as well. I will draw a name for my personal giveaway on Wednesday, April 1st.  Check back in to see if you are the winner. You'll have two weeks to contact me with mailing info.

 

Stacia #9314 is up next:   http://www.stampzone.blogspot.com

Start here: http://fiskafriends.blogspot.com/ 

1. Jean Bullock, #8889,  http://ez3dpopups.blogspot.com 
2. Susan Slomski, #6150,  http://sueinct.blogspot.com 
3. Cindy deRosier, #4113, http://www.cindyderosier.com
4. Tifany DeGough, #5942, http://inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com 
5. Cheryl Waters, #002, http://blog.artsyfindings.com
6. Jean Marmo, #7358, http://pagesintime.blogspot.com/
7. Teresa Godines #6857 http://purplebunnypapercrafts.blogspot.com/
8. Michelle O'Driscoll #7586 http://scrapbookingsos.blogspot.ca/
9. Nancy Carroll  #11488  http://nancecarroll.blogspot.com
10. Maya Oren-Dahan #351  http://mayadahan.blogspot.com
11. Amy Martin Jones #8546 http://thetigershaven.blogspot.com/
12. Karen Poirier-Brode (Ladydoc) #2858 http://www.karenscorneroftheweb.blogspot.com
13. Tanya Napier #5407  http://mamabirdy-happinessishomemade.blogspot.com/
14. Pamela Haskin #8040 www.cottagebelow.com  (You are here.)
15. Stasia Sloma #9314 http://www.stampzone.blogspot.com
16. Tracy Moloney  #6773 http://tracyscraftyadventures.blogspot.com.au/
17. Kim Chenez #5612 http://scrapbooknstampingfun.blogspot.com/

 

       Here's what I used to make my cards:

          cardstock: white, pink, green the Paper Studio

          patterned paper: pink gingham, the Paper Studio

          die-cuts: overlay and oval layer, Spellbinders 5x7 Heirloom Legacy

                            vine, Our Daily Bread Designs Fancy Foliage

          punches: EK Success lattice chain and corner rounder

          stamps: Paper Smooches Easter Blessings

                          Our Daily Bread Designs Earth Verses

          flowers: Prima Marketing

          brads: Recollections

          ink: black pigment, ColorBox

          embossing powder: clear, Ranger

May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands, 

                             Pamela

                

Sketch Challenge ODBDSLC230

     Thanks so much for stopping by. Today, I have an Easter card for the Sketch Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs.

     Yes, I know pastels are the traditional color for Easter cards. But, the rebel in me came out to play today. So, here is a teal and cranberry Easter card. Please note that the pink diamonds are pastel-ish. LOL        

     I used a stamp from the Earth Verses (F494) collection from ODBD to make my card.

     Now, here's the sketch we had to work with this week and the link to play along with us. http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/odbdslc230-sketch-challenge.html

 

       I pray that you and your family have a wonderful Easter season as we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior.  

    May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,

Pamela



Scripture Challenge - ODBD's 7th Anniversary

     Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Hope your day is off to a great start!
     Today, I have a card for the Scripture Challenge over at Our Daily Bread Designs as they celebrate their 7th Anniversary.

     The scripture I chose for this card comes from the Friendship (B52) collection of ODBD stamps. I also used the Asters and Leaves dies from ODBD to make the mint green center of the 'flower'. I used additional die cuts from Spellbinders to complete the flower. The beautiful watercolor cardstock come from the Painted Petals stack from DCWV.  
     You can submit your own scripture card to ODBD. Check out the details here: http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/scripture-collection-stamp-sets-blog.html
     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,
Pamela

Sketch Challenge ODBDSLC226

     Sunshine is pouring into my studio today! Feels so good! Hope you have sunshine pouring in as well - especially hoping so for my friends living with so much snow of late.
     Today, I have a card for Our Daily Bread Designs' challenge.

      These are the products I used to create my card.
         
sentiment: Our Daily Bread Designs - No Words stamp collection - F515
cardstock:  Echo Park - We are Family collection
dies:  Spellbinders Paper Arts - Create a Card - S6-010
gemstones:  DCWV - adhesive jeweled sheet

     Here's the sketch we had to work with and a link for all the details on the challenge.
 http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/odbdslc226-sketch.html



     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,

Pamela

DCWV Stack-a-holic Card Challenge February 2015

      Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you have someone special to love.
     I have two cards to share today. Both use the same sketch (below), but I need a feminine and a masculine card this year.

      Both cards use cardstock from the CANDY CANE LANE stack from DCWV. I just love finding ways to use Christmas papers in other ways like here with my Valentine's cards.

     As you can see in this feminine version I used the CLEAR ADHESIVE JEWELED SHEET also from DCWV. I love these sheets! So easy to cut and so elegant.

     I made the flowers using Our Daily Bread Design's Aster dies and Fancy Foliage dies.

 

      Now for the masculine version. The letters LYM stand for "love you millions" which my husband, Jeff, and I use to sign off on all our emails to each other. I used Fiskar's heart punch for the hearts on this card.

      And, here they are side by side.

     There is still plenty of time to create your own card and join in the fun over at DCWV. Here's the sketch we had to work with this month and a link for all the details to play along. http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/2015/02/februarys-stack-holic-challenge.html



 

 May the Lord be glorified in the work of my hands,
Pamela

Anything Goes Challenge ODBDSLC224

     Thanks so much for stopping in today. I'm sending my exploding card over to Our Daily Bread Designs for their Anything Goes challenge.

     I started by cutting the top of my 5x7 card at two angles. It is a regular side-open card, but the two different sizes of pearls make it appear as an overlap-open. I used ODBD's Fancy Foliage dies and Asters & Leaves dies  to make my card. I added some pearl to the center of the flowers and then I hot-glued the cameo in place.  

     I made an exploding insert for the inside. As you can see I wrote a personal note on the bottom corner. Sorry about that. I forgot to take a picture before I signed it. This card is off to Mom today for her birthday.

      The deadline for this challenge is in just a few hours. Check out the challenge here: http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Shining%20the%20Light%20Challenge

     Hope your week is filled with friends and love and inky fingers!

     May the Lord be glorified by the work of my hands,

Pamela

     

DCWV Stack-a-holic Challenge, January 2015

     Thanks so much for stopping in. It's hard to believe it is already time for me to post another card for DCWV!

     I had lots of fun creating this card! I played around with the new inlaid die cuts technique for my glitter-tree. I used the tree that I first die cut from the foil tag as embellishment. I cut the tree in half and tucked it under the strip of diamonds. Pretty, no? Then, I inlaid the light teal glitter-tree in the tag. To make the tree show up better, I tucked a scrap of teal foil behind the openwork  of the tree. Using a third color might have made that unnecessary. But, I like it like this.

     There is still plenty of time if you want to play along with us. Here's this month's sketch and the link to find all the details: http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/2015/01/1st-stack-holic-challege-for-2015.html

     Here's what I used for my card:

DCWV - Foiled Cardstock Stack 6x6

            Noel Stack (Yes, it's Christmas paper. My rebellious side came

                               out to play. I just love her!)

            Adhesive Jeweled Sheet - the sheet is very easy to trim

Spellbinders - Whimsical Tree die

Our Daily Bread Designs - Friendship stamps

Horizon Fabrics -  sheer elegance ribbon 

May God be glorified in the work of my hands,

Pamela

 

Sneak Peak - CardMaker Magazine Published My Card

     CardMaker Magazine is allowing me to give a sneak peak to you from their Spring issue! So honored they chose one of my cards to publish in this issue.

     If you’d like to create my card or the rolled vellum flower, visit www.CardMakerMagazine.com  to download the Spring Issue today or pick up a print edition of CardMaker Magazine which will be on your local newsstand January 20th. Check out their Facebook page (CardMaker) too. My card is in their new banner!

Magazine Monday Challenge - Week 82

     So glad you stopped in! Today, for the first time I am playing along in the Magazine Monday Challenge (Week 82) over at Papercrafter's Corner.

     I was so inspired by the colors in this magazine cover. This card is a great way to use scraps. I punched these circles out of leftovers from DCWV's Solstice Stack. The sentiment is from TPC Studio.

     There are a few days left to play along with us. Here's a link with all the details for submitting your card. Check out this weeks inspiration photo below.

 

     May God be glorified in my work,

Pamela