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Monday, July 27, 2020

Son's 30th!

Afternoon blogger friends!

I have a birthday card to share today'

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #120 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #15 AAG
Crafty Friends - #140 Birthdays
Creative Moments - #195 AAG
Penny's - #476 AAG
Polkadoodles - #30 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #437 AG

I made this card for my son's 30th birthday and is made from almost entirely from Anna Griffin materials. The front is made with her Gentleman's box kit dies, and the front sentiment and inside embellies are from her mini birthday stickers and embellies set. The only thing that's not AG is the cheers and smaller sentiment that is a die and stamp from die-namics, and the lower senti tag is Spellbinders.




              Inside         


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

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Thinking of You!

Hey blogger friends!

I have another summer card to share today, more of a beachy scene.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #120 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #15 AAG
Cardz 4 Galz - #126 Sea Shells
Cardz 4 Guyz - #249 No Patterned Paper
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #194 AAG
Cut It Up - #204 Create Your Own Background (Won Top 4!)
Digi Choosday - #28 AAG
Double D - Let's Go...Beach (Top Creative Winner!)
Hand Stamped Sentiments - #343 Beach
Make My Monday - #126 Stars/Stripes
Penny's - #475 AAG (Winner!)
Polkadoodles - #28 AAG
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Ink It Up
Tuesday Throwdown - #461 Polkadots * (sand)

When I'm looking on Pinterest for ideas, I try to look for cards with elements that I already have in my stash.  When I saw this I thought to myself  "I can soooo do this" and here it is!

The card is 5-1/2" squared, the circle is a 4-1/4" pc of white paper that I inked with shades of yellow. The bottom is inked with shades of light brown. The senti is from Crafters Companion that I inked with shades of blue and yellow. I also daubbed some light teal blue ink around the edges of the light blue paper. To make the sand, I used a ball stylus and dotted several shades of light brown ink and one darker brown all over. I think I got this palm tree die on Ebay from a company in China years ago. The shell stickers are from K & Co. that I picked up from Michaels.





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

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Summer Card!

Hello my blogger friends!

I have a summer card to share today!

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #120 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #15 AAG
Crafty Catz - #515 AAG/Fairies
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #194 AAG
Cute Card Thursday - #643 Stitching*
Digi Choosday - #28 AAG
Make My Monday - #126 Stars/Stripes
Penny's - #475 AAG
Polkadoodles - #28 AAG
QKR Stampede - #401 AAG
A Sisterhood of Crafters - Ink It Up
Tuesday Throwdown - #461 Polkadots
* Stitching on ribbon

I've been wanting to make a card with bright, summer colors and decided on this design from an idea on Pinterest. The ice cream images I had from a 3-D paper tolle sheet called Sweet Treats from Paper Wishes. The dotted and colored circles are cut with Spellbinder dies and the white circles are cut with a 1" paper punch. The green border is also Spellbinders. Then I took some orange ribbon and tied a knot in the middle and cut the ends at an angle and flashed a lighter flame over the ends to seal them  so they wouldn't fray. The sentiment is a taken from the Dazzles Painted Lace sheet also Paper Wishes.


I didn't have any summer colored striped paper, so I took this one from a DCWV pad, and took 5 copic markers and a ruler and filled in the white stripes with red, yellow, orange and green and went over the teal green with teal blue and it came out with this wonderful summer colored stripes!






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

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Celebrate!

Hey blogger friends!

Facebook comments, images & graphics

I have another 4th of July card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #119 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #14 AAG
Always Fun - #171 Red, White and Blue
Cardz 4 Guyz - #248 Red, White & Blue
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Cute Card Thursday - #641 AG
Dies R Us - #148 AG
Digi Choosday - #26 AAG
Double D - Stitches
Make My Monday - #126 Stars & Stripes
Penny's - #474 AAG
Polkadoodles - #27 AAG
QKR Stampede - #AAG
The Paper Shelter - #434 Use a Sentiment

I made this card yesterday, the 4th as well, because I wanted to get two July 4th cards done. I didn't even go out to watch any fireworks last night I was so focused on getting these cards done. We live on a hill, and we usually go further up the hill and watch all the neighbors light off all their fireworks all around us and I have to say they are pretty impressive. And from what I heard last night, this year was no exception. Collectively, they must spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on fireworks. I think one of my neighbors must have a pyrotechnics license because his fireworks are huge.
        Anyway, I saw this one card and remembered I had some stickers similar to the die they used. So I followed the same design, but used what I had on hand. The stickers are from Michaels, the senti is from Anna Griffin's word dies, and the stars above and below the senti is washi tape.




                 Inside



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

Happy 4th America!

Afternoon blogger peeps!

Facebook comments, images & graphics

I have a 4th of July card to share today. (A little late!)

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #119 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #14 AAG
Always Fun - #171 Red, White and Blue
Cardz 4 Guyz - #248 Red, White and Blue
Crafty Sentiment - AG
Cute Card Thursday - #641 AG
Dies R Us - #AG
Digi Choosday - #26 AAG
Double D - Stitching
Make My Monday - #126  Stars & Stripes
Penny's - #474 AAG
Polkadoodles - #26 AAG
QKR Stampede - #401 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #434 Use a Sentiment
Tuesday Throwdown - #460 AG
*Double D - the America sticker, square and quilt pcs have stitching around them

I worked on this card most of the day yesterday, the 4th, but it took a little longer than I expected, so it didn't get it done in time to post on the 4th, and after I finished around 1 am, I was too tired to post it, so here it is, a day late, on the 5th.
I've been wanting to use this square, Quilt Cover Up die from Die namics for a long time now and saw some ideas on Pinterest and here's how mine came out. The sentiment is from Anna Griffin, and the America cloth sticker and flowers I got from Michaels. The flowers were white and I colored them red and blue with my copics. I didn't have any red & white striped paper so I took the white pieces and a ruler and drew the stripes on with my red copic.




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

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Masculine Card

Hey blogger friends!

I have another masculine card to share today!

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time Craft - #118 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #13 AAG
Always Fun - #168 AG
Crafty Friends - #137 Men/Boys
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Digi Choosday - #25 AAG
Penny's - #474 AAG
QKR Stampede - #400 AAG

Once again, I got this idea from Pinterest and this is my version of the shirt birthday card.





                Inside


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

Monday, June 22, 2020

Male Birthday!

Afternoon blogger friends!

I have a birthday card for a guy to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #118 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #12 AAG
Always Fun - #168 AG
Crafty Catz - #511 AAG
Crafty Friends - #137 Men/Boy
Penny's - #473 AAG
Polkadoodles - #25 AAG
QKR Stampede - #400 AAG

I made this for my husband a couple of weeks ago and forgot to post it, so here it is.
All the elements on this is from Anna Griffin. The base is from her Handsome Cards and Envelope set, the print cardstock is from her Animal Print cardstock set, the tools is from her For Him Toppers kit, the inside is from her Birthday Toppers kit and the Mini Birthday Stickers and Sentis as well as the front senti. I have so much Anna Griffin I should own stock in the company! And I need to start using it, so there's a good chance you will be seeing more of it.



 
                Inside       


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

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Happy Father's Day

Afternoon blogger friends!

I have a Father's Day Card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #118 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #12 AAG
Aud Sentiments - #253 AG
Crafty Catz - #511 AAG
Crafty Friends - #137 Men/Boys
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Digi Choosday - #24 AAG
Penny's - #473 AAG
Polkadoodles - #25 AAG
QKR Stampede - #400 AAG
Tuesday Throwdown - #459 Special Guy

Got some new car stamps to make guy cards with and saw something similar to this on Pinterest and here's my version, more of a CAS card. I've always wanted one of those corvettes! Probably the closest thing I'll get to it.


                    Inside


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

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Baby Card!

Hey blogger buddies!

I have a baby card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Allsorts - #575 Summer Sunshine/Yellow
Always Fun - #165 Layers
Aud Sentiment - #252 Flowers
Butterfly - #142 "Y"
Crafty Friends - #137 AG
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Cute Card Thursday - #637 AG
Digi Choosday - #22 AAG
Double D - Use Scraps
Hand Stamped Sentis - #340 Flowers
Make My Monday - #123 For a Baby
Penny's - #472 AAG
Polkadoodles - #23 AAG
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Fav Technique*
Tuesday Throwdown - #458 Color Combo

* The Sisterhood of Crafters - layering with paper and dies

I've been wanting to make a baby card using this stroller/pram die for awhile now and finally got to it.  For some reason I just haven't been in the card making mojo lately, but hopefully with this I'll get back to it. The 2 background dies are from Marianne, the circle die is from Tonic Studio and I don't remember where I got the banner or pram dies. It funny how the camera changes the colors, but that blue is more of a lt teal blue than a true blue.





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

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Under the Sea!

Hey Blogger friends!

I have an undersea box card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #115 AG
A Gem of a Challenge - #10 AAG
Allsorts - #571-2 AG
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Cute Card Thursday - #633 AG
Dies R Us - #144 Seas the Day*
Digi Choosday - #19 AAG
Hand Stamped Sentis - #339 Color Board
My Time to Craft - #431 Recipe*
The Paper Shelter - #427 Embellishments
Penny's - #471 AAG
Polkadoodles - #19 AAG
QKR Stampede - #397 AAG

* Dies R Us - Dies, Seahorse n grass/Box
* My Time to Craft -     "              "     

The box itself is made with a die from Anna Griffin. The undersea images are from Hunkydory's Twilight Under the Sea Luxury Cardstock Collection. The box is cut onto the same collection's Adorable Scorable patterned cardstock that goes along with it.
The seahorse and grass dies on the front are from Hot Off the Press.





The paper under the seahorse is an iridescent cardstock by Paper Wishes that switches from blue to hot pink to purple when you move it around, really pretty.






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

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Pop Up Tower Card!

Well hello blogger friends!!

It's been 2 months since my last post and wow! So much has happened!

My Covid-19 Story.
I came down with cold symptoms (sore throat, congestion, dry cough, some sneezing) on Monday, March 16th, a wk after my last post, and I didn't want to risk any of my clients getting sick, who are my age and older, so I pretty much started my self quarantine then. I talked to my Dr the next day through a phone consult, (they had closed the clinic (Kaiser) and wasn't seeing anybody in house unless it was an emergency) but because I didn't have a fever or any serious problems breathing, he didn't think I needed to be tested and told me if anything changed to let him know right away. So a week and 2 days go by and I spike a fever of 101-102*, called my Dr back and he arranged for me to be tested. 5 days later, on Monday March 30th, he calls me back and tells me I tested positive, but by that time, I had already been in my own quarantine for 2 wks. So the next step, I was suppose to go 3 days without any symptoms before I can totally come out of quarantine. 1 wk goes by, 2 wks go by and I still have symptoms. All the while I'm being monitored by nurses calling me every few days to see how I'm doing and even had our local Health Dept go over a time line with me (back to the 1st of March) to see if there was anyone else I had been in contact with that may have been infected. Thank God I'm not really a social butterfly anymore and there was only one of my friends from church that I was around by their guidelines, but thankfully she didn't get it.
So going on the 3rd wk I called my Dr back and asked to be retested because the symptoms were just not going away, so I was retested, but instead of it taking 5 days to get the results as it did the first time, it only took 1 day, because now they can do the testing in house where before they had to send the tests to the University of Washington to do the testing. So from the time I was 1st tested to now, they've actually come along way as far as how the tests are done. And it came back not found, which is negative.

!!!!!!!! And I am happy to say that I have survived Covid-19!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!!

Actually, both my husband and I have survived. After I tested positive, my husband was also tested and his came back positive as well, but his virus count was so low (1-2) that they deemed his test unviable, which means it may as well have been negative it was so low.
And I give God all the glory for His wonder working power and I thank a plethora of friends and family for all their prayers, love and support, for without it we probably wouldn't be here. 

Anywho, I have a pop up, tower card to share today!

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #115 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #9 AAG
Allsorts - #570 Butterflies*
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #189 AAG
Cute Card Thursday - #632 Feminine
Digi Choosday - #18 AAG
Penny's - #470 AAG
Polkadoodles - #18 AAG
QKR Stampede - #396 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #425 Shaped Cards
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Fun Folds/B-day
Tuesday Throwdown - #456 Add a Doodle ?

* Allsorts - butterfly on top, see last pic

This is made from a Pop Up Tower Card Kit from Crafters Companion that I got during the last HSN 24 Hr Craft Day in March. It was such a good price that I had to get it and it came out to be about $1.00 a card.
This accordian style folds down flat so you can mail it and comes in 6 different colors.




                       Inside sentiment


                    Butterfly and bird on top


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