A Little Card

to show you today.  In my last post, I showed you the tag that we made for out make-take in the Green Country Scrap Run.  Well, my friend Patty bought some of the PK Glitz and was inspired to use it on her Mother's Day Card.

    She gathered up her supplies. Fuchsia Glitter Glitz, Prima flowers, and vine ribbon from Creative Impressions.  She had some purple paper that we all got at a Saturday night crop at a Creating Keepsakes Convention. We got about 10 sheets each....they were cleaning out their stock.  It goes a long way and she may be the first of us to ever use it! 

      She mounted the purple mat on a mat of Bazzill Basics that is scattered white flowers.  I love how it just gives a little movement behind the large lavender mat. She made her butterfly with a stamp, Glitter Glitz, and Wonder Film.  

And  then just layered it together!  What a darling card.  It was for her Mother-in-law and I am sure she adored it.  

     Sometimes when I am surrounded by such creative ladies, I get really inspired to create.  We had a great weekend at the National Scrapbook Day crop.  Even though I was sooo busy with all the Scrap Runners, I managed to finish a 2-page layout.  I cherish the moments when I have my girlies around and we giggle and create.  I dreamed of being back here with "the girls" the whole time I was in Chicago.

 Dreams do come true!

You keep dreamin' too.

Pammie Kay

May Sketch Challenge

Good morning Dreamers!  Grab a cup of coffee and join me...I'll wait.  And wait is what you have had to do to get a challenge out of me!  I was SOOOO busy get ready for the Green Country Scrap Run.  It was a great success...I had 122 runners in the store...not counting my regulars who were busy helping me.  By the way, thanks Patty, Lisa, Adeline, Berna for all your help before and during. God has blessed me with such great friends and customers.  

    May's challenge is so easy, but you will have to be quick to get it done by the deadline, May 31 by midnight CST.  

   I admit, sometimes (almost always!) I find paper I love and then just stare at it wondering what to create with it.  So I turn to sketches to give me a little inspiration.  I love sketches because of the versatility they give me.  Each one can become 4 different layouts....just turn it 90 degrees and the look changes! 

   So I want to challenge you to use them enough to get comfortable with them.  Deal? I don't have a lot of followers yet, so I hope you will send a link to your friends to get them to join us.  I love blog love.

   I found this sketch in the February Page Maps. Becky Fleck has so many wonderful sketches there.  I love to grab some and I save them in a folder on my computer.  

So, here is the sketch ......

And here is my interpretation of it...

It all started with the tag!  This is the tag we made for The Run as our store's make-take. We stamped the butterfly on acetate using StazOn, applied Wonder Film, sprinkled Fuchsia Glitter Glitz from PK Glitz on her and fussy cut her out. I wanted to repeat the doily on the layout, but my alphabets from Fern & Forest (by LYB...all paper and embellishments are  from this collection) wouldn't fit.  So I opted to go with a square one I had.  A little trimming and it works wonderfully for the mat. A little pearl bling from ZVA added just the little charm needed.  

    So, the challenge is to use the sketch to make your layout.  Simple.  Use any paper you want.  Then you need to send a picture online to me.  You can leave me a link in my comments if you post it on your blog. Don't have a blog?  You can post it on my Facebook wall here or even send it via email here.   

     Almost forgot!!!  There will be a prize to one randomly picked player....5 sheets out of the Fern & Forest Collection from Little Yellow Bicycle!  Please share this with your friends.  

   I can't WAIT to see what you all can come up with. Monday I will be showing a couple of cards made by Patty for her mother (can't show it before Mother's Day, where is the surprise in that?!)  

    Until then...

Keep Dreamin'

Prairie Chic...finally continued!

     Please accept my apologies for keeping you hanging around like this...I had a sweet Aunt in Texas pass away during this process. She was a "Hometown Hero" recipient and well loved in her community for her unselfish giving and friendly personality. (I will be doing a tribute layout in her honor soon) Her death has caused a hole in many lives and hearts.
       A few tears, a trip to Texas, and the never ending "changing of the store " around to make room for new products has been a major distraction.  Back on Task!!  What were we talking about?  Oh yea, Prairie Chic, by BoBunny.   I set out to make this layout, with every intention of sticking closely to the layout that the designers at BoBunny had made....here is where my inspiration came from...

   Well, I didn't.  I started touching all the yummy papers, the stickers, bling!  My mind went to some awesome pictures of my mom and her cousin...my mom was true Prairie Chic.  Born and raised in western Oklahoma in the same home her mother was born in....a house built after her grandfather homesteaded during the land run of 1889. It was the 1940's and pin-up girls gave all young women dreams of stardom.
And here is my layout....

Prairie Gals

   I used Prairie Chis as my base, cutting around the boots, so I could slip a mat cut from Corral under the toes.  I heavily distressed that block.  I fussy cut the top of Calico for the top and inked the edges to soften the white core. The Mason jars were too clear, so I filled them in with Sepia Glossy Accents (see below} . It is a little dark, but so were the antique ones of those days.

Some handmade flowers with Stickles and bling, vine ribbon by Creative Impression, a couple of fussy cut flowers...and it was done.  I honestly only spent about 1 hour to create this.  And you can come by the store and pick up products to make your own.
    Mom dreamed of a glamorous life...you keep dreamin too.

Pammie Kay

IS IT MARCH ALREADY??

   I can't believe it!  Where is the time goig?  Remember when you were a kid and the days clicked by soo  slowly?  And now the calendar tells me we are a week in to March, when I just took the last of my Christmas decorations down last week.  Oh, wait, I did just take my angels and Nativity scene down last week!  I love it so much!! My Grandma Gash would leave it up year round...reminded her of baby Jesus!  And now I have her set, which my mom made in ceramics class in 1978.  Now it makes me think of the 2 of them!  Good memories.
    Speaking of memories....are you getting yours on paper? With the store it seems that I hardly have time...I miss scrapbooking every day. I am working on a layout using the newest BoBunny collection, Prairie Chic.  It also reminds me of my mom!  She grew up in a poor dirt farmer family 6 miles east of Woodward, OK.  But the glamour of Hollywood always seemed to call her.  I have tons of pictures of her striking a pose that would've made any pin-up girl blush.  And they were always with a clapboard house or the old barn behind her.  Even one on the wheel well of the tractor!!  Very sexy indeed.

   Like I said, it isn't finished yet, but here is what I have....

    The main sheet of paper I chose has the clapboard look to it...the sides are scattered with things you would find around a farmyard...old car tags (why did we never throw those away?), some boots, and scattered flowers.  The back side of this paper is bright! I fussy cut around the boots so they would overlap my large mat of barn wood. I always ink lightly to take away that "fresh cut" look.  

This collection comes with fantastic 

dimensional stickers, one that I am using 

just beside the boots.  It says "Moments in time"

and is layered banners, topped with the paper lace.

Another sheet of paper I used was Calico.  I primarily used the bottom side...again fussy cutting all the way across.  It is full of "lace" roses, mason jars, birds  etc.  I popped it up on chipboard and on foam dots to create the deep shadow. 

I added stickles to the roses and Glossy Accents to the mason jars. Dimension is so important in my layouts.  And is easy to achieve without adding bulk.Inking around edges (which is different than getting it dirty) adds a slight visual difference.  

    So there you have it...so far.  I need to make copies of two photos.  They are the only copies of pictures from the 40's.  I love preserving my past...one layout at a time.   

   I would love to see some of your layouts.  You can join us on Facebook at The Paper Crafts Store.  It's a place to see all our new products and get some great tips.  Hope to see you there.  Until then......

Keep Dreamin'

Pammie Kay