Fall Accordion Card

Hey bloggin' buddies.

I have a fall accordion card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - #19 AAG
Always Fun - #130 AG
Aud Sentiment - #236 AG
Cardz 4 Guyz - #229 Trees/Leaves
CRAFT - #529 Animals
Crafty Catz - #476 AAG
Crafty Creations - #399 AAG
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #177 AAG
Digi Choosday - #39 AAG
Make My Monday - #106 Autumn
Penny's - #449 AAG
Pin Spirational - #248 Fall Colors/Leaves
Polkadoodles - #39 AAG
QKR Stampede - #365 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #399 Colors of Fall
Tuesday Throwdown - #441 AG

Today's card was made from the Crafter's Companion oval accordion dies.
Boy, have you ever started a card and everything seems to go wrong? Well, that's what happened with this card and I almost scrapped it and said forget it. Finally I just walked away and slept on it and came back to it the next day and finally got it done. I hate days like that 'cause it takes the fun out of making cards. It's a good thing my love for making cards is greater than my frustrations.

Needless to say this was a bit of a difficult one to put together. I can't tell you how many pieces of paper I went through before I was happy with it. From paper warping and stress fractures to not aligning right, to sticking where it wasn't suppose to, to ripping. OMG! But, there she is!

                      

I didn't have any letter dies this big so I computer generated and fussy cut them.

That's it for today, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Thanks to the challengers above for lettin' me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

Into The Woods!

Afternoon card crafting engineers!

I have a layered, in the woods scene to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Aud Sentiment - #236 AG
Cardz 4 Guys - #229 Trees/Leaves
CRAFT - #529 Animals
Crafty Catz - #476 AAG
Crafty Creations - #399
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #177 AAG
Cut It Up - #183 Into The Woods
My Time to Craft - #406 Birds
Penny's - #AAG
Polkadoodles - #39 AAG
QKR Stampede - #365 AAG

I made this with the Anna Griffin Layered Scenes card making kit and I added the deer die and the moss. In the last picture you can see that there are 6 or 7 layers to this card, pretty fun.

Hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Thanks to the challengers above for lettin'me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

It's Autumn!

Hey blogger buddies!

I have another autumn card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - #18 AAG
Always Fun - #128 Fall Colors (Won Top 3!)
Aud Sentiment - #236 AG
Cardz 4 Galz - #105 Welcome Autumn/Fall
CRAFT - #528 Autumn/Weather
Crafty Creations - #398 AAG
Crafty Sentiments - Fall Colors
Creatalicious - #171 AAG/Circles
Creative Moments - #176 AAG
Digi Choosday - #38 AAG
Penny's - #448 AAG
Pin-spirational - #247 Autumn
Polkadoodles - #37 AAG
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Embossing
Tuesday Throwdown - #440 Pile It On

I finally got my hands on this embossing folder that I fell in love with after seeing a plethora of cards made with it on Pinterest. It's made by a UK Company called Apple Blossom and I found it on the website of a popular craft supplier called Craft Stash in the UK. The folder is called "THAT All Occasion" embossing folder and it was originally included as a freeby that was offered by a popular craft magazine over there a couple years ago and was a super big hit!

I embossed 3 different colors of paper and then fussy cut each one to make a
tri-colored card. I cut the base of the wreath with the smaller die from Anna Griffin's Wreath and Bow dies, and with the left over 6 papers, I punched a bunch of branches (about 10 ea color) using Martha Stewarts branch punch and glued each one to the base to make the wreath and added a bow.

I added a bunch of pearls from my stash and an autumn sentiment sticker from Michaels. You can't see it very well, but that pumpkin is a puffy pumpkin sticker also from Michaels.

That's it for today, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

Autumn Splendor!

Hey my blogger friends!

I have an autumn easel card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Allsorts - #536 Autumn
Always Fun - #127 Create a Scene
Aud Sentiment - #235 Fall/Autumn
Cardz 4 Galz - #105 Autumn/Fall
Crafty Creations - #398 AAG
Crafty Friends - #118 Autumn
Crafty Sentiments - Dies/Punches
Creative Moments - #176 AAG
Digi Choosday - #37 AAG
Di's Digi Challenge - Hand Colored Image
Make My Monday - #104 Use Shapes
Penny's - #446 AAG
Pin-Spirational - #247 Autumn
Polkadoodles - #36 AAG
QKR Stampede - #362 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #397 Embossing
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Embossing
Tuesday Throwdown - #440 Pile It On

I saw a version of this card on Pinterest and fell in love with it and these dies. They're from Tonic Studios and are the Memory Book Maker Layered Cascade Dies and the largest die is huge, 7 1/4" x 8". But my favorite is this scalloped die. The door and wreath dies are from Anna Griffin from the Christmas Wreath Set, The pumpkins and leaves are stickers from Michaels, the lights are a lamp post die that I just cut the post off and the corn stalks I can't remember what brand it is. The die under the senti is #3 Spellbinders scalloped oval die and the senti is from Close to My Heart the Autumn Splendor set. The brick paper is a digi download I got off of Etsy and printed out.

This is another cutey I colored from The Paper Shelter called Autumn is Coming!

The decorative hinge mechanism is also from Anna Griffin. Oops! Not centered very well is it!

That's it for today, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

Back to School!

Mornin' my blogger friends!

I have a back to school box card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - #17 AAG
Allsorts - #534-5 Feminine
CRAFT - #525 Back to School (Won Top 3!)
Crafty Creations - #397 AAG (Won Top 3!)
Crafty Friends - #117 Add Embellishments
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #175 Lovely Ladies (WINNER!)
Digi Choosday - #35 AAG
Make My Monday - #104 Use Shapes
Penny's - #445 AAG (Won Top 3!)
Pin-spirational - #246 Back to School
Polkadoodles - #35 AAG
QKR Stampede - #361 AAG (WINNER!)
The Paper Shelter - #395 Back to School


I found this cute rectangle box die by Pink & Main on the Dies R Us website after seeing it used by Darlene Pavlick from Double D Challenges who is also on the design team for Dies R Us and thought it would make a cute back to school box card.

             Most of the images are clip art that I found online and printed out.

The dies didn't come with a shadow layer die so I made my own by tracing around the outside of the dies and fusey cutting them.

This little cutey is a digi stamp from The Paper Shelter that I colored and is called "Learning is Fun".

I also added a piece of card stock to the back side of the box to extend it so I could add the bigger images and also reinforce it.

I can't remember where I got the 2 design papers from, but it came in a pak of
6 or 8 different designs.

Hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

New Foam Flowers!

Hi blogger friends!

I have a card to share today that features a new technique where the flowers are made from, what they're calling, foam paper.

Entering in these challenges:

Allsorts - #534-5 Feminine
Cardz4 Galz - #227 Wings
Crafty Creations - #396 AAG
Crafty Friends - #117 Add Embellishments
Creatalicious - #169 Add Sparkle
Digi Choosday - #34 AAG
Di's Digi - Ribbons and Bows
Double D - Pearls/Gems
Penny's - #444 AAG
Polkadoodles - #34 AAG
QKR Stampede - #360 AAG (Won Top 5!)

I got this card kit from Paper Wishes, and it's a monthly box kit put out by Crafter's Companion, and it revolves around the flower dies and the flowers cut from the foam paper. Once the flowers are cut out, you heat the foam with a either a heat gun or I used a craft iron, and you shape it with a metal ball stylus tool or your fingers and once the foam cools, it keeps that shape. Pretty fun, new technique. You can watch how to form the flowers here.The kit makes 18 cards and everything is included to make a complete card. You can see what's in the box here. All except that fuzzy looking paper under the printed paper. That is Mulberry paper and another technique I got from Bonny Garby which you can go here to watch on Youtube.

I found these pearl butterfly and dragonfly in my stash and had to include them.

That's it for today, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

In the Pink!

Mornin' blogger peeps!

I have another slider, music card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Always Fun - #123 Circles
Crafty Creations - #395 AAG
Crafty Gals Corner - #197 3+ Layers
Creatalicious - #168 AAG
Creative Moments - #174 AAG
Dies R Us - #126 Bright Colors
Digi Choosday - #32 AAG
Di's Digi Challenge - Circles
Penny's - #442 AAG
Polkadoodles - #32 AAG
QKR Stampede - #360 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #393 AG

This is another Pull Up/Slider card but this time made in hot pink that I made for, and am sending to, Anna Griffin for her birthday. I embellished this one quite a bit more adding more elements to the back and even the bottom. The corner die on the bottom I made into a pocket to include a note.

- The base was made from Anna's Pull Up Card Dies
- Most if the die elements are from Tonic Studio
- The records were made from a circle punch and dies
- The front sentis are older stamps from Stampin' Up
- The back senti is a wood stamp from Make An Impression that I was surprised to notice that the fonts were practically the same! That was fun!
- The corner die is from Heartfelt Creations
- The black border, swirls and small stars are stickers from Dazzles

                    The back

                Bottom

That's it for now, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Thanks to all the challengers above for lettin'me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

Waterfall Card!

Hey crafty friends!

I have a waterfall card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Crafty Creations - #395 AAG
Crafty Gal Corner - #197 3+ Layers
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #173 AAG
Digi Choosday - #31 AAG
Double D - Birthday
Polkadoodles - #30 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #393 AG

 Wow! I have been on a birthday card roll lately and this one is my 4th in a row.

This was made from a waterfall card kit from Crafter's Companion that I got on HSN, but I believe is now sold out, but they actually have it on sale on the US Crafter's Companion website for $8.49. Which is really a good buy because you get 4 ea of 6 patterns, which is 24 cards, that comes out to .35 a card. If your like me and add the 6.95 shpg, (+ 6.95 = 15.44 / 24) comes out to .64 a card, which is still a pretty good deal I think. And you get everything you need in the kit to make a basic card plus instructions.
- I added the white ribbon on the pull mechanism.
- Also the balloon, cup cake and sentiment are from Anna Griffin's birthday stickers and sentiments pak on the inside of the card.
- The pink, word patterned paper is from Crafter's Companion's Spring is in the Air, 12x12 paper pak and was cut with a Spellbinders Labels 20 die.

                  Inside

That's it for now, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!
Blessings!
Pam D