...bring May flowers!

Hi blogger friends!

Today it got up into the 70s, beautiful day here in the Pacific Northwest and has been for the last 3 days....we're on a roll, woohoo!

I was on Pinterest this weekend and saw this card and thought I'd give it a shot.

Entering in these challenges:
A Gem of a challenge - #193 Embossing-Either
Aud Sentiment - #179 Flowers and a Sentiment
Brown Sugar - #249 Mothers Day
Catch the Bug - #5-2 Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends - #42 Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - #369 AG/Use 5 of Something
Crafty Cardmakers - #188 Add a Sentiment
Creative Craft Cottage - #87 3 of a Kind
Creative Fingers - #129 AG (anything goes)
Creative Moments - #117 AG/Teacher Appreciation
Cut It Up - #121 Wings
Die Cutting Divas - #316 Mother's Day/Feminine
Dies R Us - #72 Flowers
Hiding in My Craftroom - NSD#2 May Flowers
Inky Chicks - #82 Butterflies
Jo's Scrap Shack - #187 AG
Aloha Friday - #94 AG/For Moms
Polkadoodles - #18 AG
Pammies Inky Pinkies - #1718 AG
Penny's - #328 AG
QKR Stampede - #242 AG/ Feminine
Tuesday Throwdown - #342 Doodles
Word Art Wednesday - #282-283 AG


The flower cluster on top are circle dies and scored and folded into this shape. Thought that was pretty clever.

The second two are smaller circle dies with scalloped edges, thought I'd see what those looked like, came out ok.

Thanks for takin' a peek and to all the challengers for lettin' me play along!
Blessings!
Pam D

Mother's Day Card

Happy Monday blogger friends!

Got a Mother's Day card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:
613 Ave Create - #196 Anything Goes/Spring Has Sprung
Brown Sugar - #248 No Image/Just a Sentiment
C.R.A.F.T. - #413 Inspired By a Book
Crafting With Friends - #42 Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - #187 Pearls or Gems
Creative Fingers - #129 Anything Goes
Dies-R-Us - #72 Flower Dies
Glitter n Sparkle - #237 Flower Power
Hiding in My Craftroom - #299 Freestyle/Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - #186 Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies - #1718 Anything Goes
Penny's - #327 Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - #17 Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Book - Mommy Dearest

This is a gatefold card using Crafter's Companion Die'sire Elizabeth die.

Flowers are string flower dies by Sue Wilson with a little bling in the centers

That's it for today, thanks for takin' a peek and to all the challengers for lettin' me play along, you're awesome!

Blessings!
Pam D

An Easter Card

Morning blogger friends and a most happy and blessed Easter!

My one and only Easter card for this year.
I got the idea from Pinterest, and added my own take on it by adding more stamps and embellies.

Entering in these challenges:
613 Ave Create - #196 Anything Goes/Spring
Crafting with Friends - #41 Anything Goes
Craft Rocket - #36 Inspired by a Book or Movie
Glitter n Sparkle - #235 Easter (WINNER!! Woohoo)
Hiding in My Craftroom - #297 Tic Tac Toe
My Time to Craft - #343 No Designer Paper
Penny's - #324 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - #278/279 Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies - #1715 Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - #239 Flowers/Anything Goes

Craft Rocket: Movie: The Passion
Hiding in My Craftroom - Flowers, stripes and blending

I made the sunrise by using a long piece of paper about a 3/8" thick as a guide and a yellow and a orange ink pad and sponging it on with a dauber. Turned out quite nice.

 I just love these string flowers by Sue Wilson (UK) I just got from ebay.

                           Inside

Thanks for takin' a peek and to all the challengers for lettin' me play along!
Blessings,
Pam D

More Fun!

Hi blogger peeps!

Having more fun with Crafter's Companion Rustic Cottage papers, dies and folders kit.

Entering in these challenges:
613 Ave. Create - # Anything goes/ Spring
Allsorts - #410 Bring on the Bling
Aud Sentiments - #177 #7/Birthday or Anything But a Card
Brown Sugar - #245 Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage - #85 Dies or Punches
Crafting With Friends - #40 Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - #127 Anything Goes
Creative Moments- #115 Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle - #233 Spring
Jo's Scrap Shack - #183 Anything Goes
Pammy's Inky Pinkies - #1715 AnythingGoes
Penny's - #324 Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - wk #14 Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - #238 Easter/Anything Goes (Won Top 5!!)
Word Art Wednesday - #278 & 279

Don't know if you can see it or not, but the corners, the edge of the filagree border, the filagree flourish, and the border of the labels die are all glittered.

Thanks to all the challenges for lettin' me play along.
Blessings!
PamD

Happy 25th!

Hi blogger friends!

This is a card I just made for my son's 25th birthday who loves moter cycles.

Entering in this challenge:
Aud Sentiment - #177  Birthday/#7 or Anything But a Card
Creative Craft Cottage - #85 Dies and/or Punches
Craft Rocket - #36 Inspired By a Book or Movie (Design Team Fav & Top 5!)
Creative Fingers - #127 Anything Goes
Creative Moments - #115 Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - # 183 Anything Goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #1715 Anything Goes
Penny's - #324 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - #278 & 279 Anything Goes

Craft Rocket: Movie: Easy Rider

The cycle, senti label and son dies are cut from silver mirror paper, the gears and corners are from Tim Holts. The son die is from Anna Griffin.

Don't know if you can see it or not, but the black paper on top has a leather look to it. Someone gave me a couple of sheets for ordering from them, can't remember who.

Thanks for stoppin' by and to all the challenges for lettin' me play along!
Blessings,
Pam D

My First Window Box!

Hi blogger friends!
Just back on my feet after being down sick for a week with a nasty cold, whew!
I hate being sick.

I just made my first window box from Anna Griffin's window box kit, so much fun!
What's great about this kit is that it comes with the die to make as many boxes as you like after the kit runs out.

I've been on pinterest and have found so many great ideas for other themes, can't wait to get started!

Entering in these challenges:
613 Ave. Create - #196 Anything Goes/Anything Spring
Aud Sentiment - #177 Birthday/#7 or Anything But a Card
Brown Sugar - #245 Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage - #85 Dies or Punches
Crafting With Friends - #40 Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T.  - #410 Plums Color Combo
Craft Rocket - #36 Inspired By a Book or Movie
Creative Fingers - #127 Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - #81 Use Purple
Glitter n Sparkle - #234 Spring
Inspiration Destination - #125 Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - #183 Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies - #1715 Anything Goes (Won Top 3!)
Penny's - #323 Anything Goes
Pinspirational  - #187 Flowers and bikes
Polkadoodle - #14 Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - #238 Anything Goes/Easter
Word Art Wednesday - #276 -277 Anything Goes

For Craft Rocket: Movie: A Tale of Springtime

                      I just love hummingbirds!

                    I added a butterfly dazzles on the sides

That's it for now,
Blessings!
Pam D

Marianne Dies

Hey blogger friends!

4 - 5 years ago I bought a bunch of Marianne dies and folders and they've just been sitting here because I never had any ideas to work with.

Just recently I went on Pinterest and found a boat load of cards made with the dies and folders I have and I'm super excited 'cause now I have some great ideas to finally use these gorgeous dies.

And this is one card that I've made so far.

Entering in these challenges:
Brown Sugar -  #244 Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. - #409 Creat your own Embellishment
Crafting With Friends - #40 Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - #127 Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - #125 Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - #182 Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies - #1714 Anything Goes
Penny's - #322 Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - #13 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - #277 Anything Goes

                        The center leaf image and sentiment are from Dazzles.

Thanks for takin' a peek!
Blessings,
Pam D

Christmas in March!!

Hey blogger friends!

This Christmas card I made from one of the Anna Griffin Fantastic Flip card kits.

Her genre of embellishments is more of an old fashioned, Victorian type that she uses in her kits, which isn't really my thing.
But I'm all about the swing mechanism feature and that it's a tri fold card.
And that she also includes the die to make more cards after the kit runs out. Awesome!

I actually have four of her kits which I can't wait to dive into.

Entering in this challenge:
Fab-n-Funky - #344  Christmas (Won top 3!)

These are the other 2 label shapes and kits. The 4th one I have is the window box kit.

I'm going to have a card making class for the ladies at my church using the 3 of these kits.
Should be fun!

Until next time!
Blessings.
Pam D

Hmmmm....

Hi all!

This is another card from the Rustic Cottage Collection by Crafters Companion.

It's suppose to be a card that opens from the side, but when I went to cut the border on the designer paper on the front, I had the paper turned wrong. So now it's a card that opens from the top!

Hmmmm, I should turn it into a pop-up card.

And the designer paper was suppose to be cut with the straight edge die, not the filigree. Oh well.

That's what I get for trying to finish it at 2:00a in the morning.

Entering in these challenges:
Aud Sentiment - #176 Any Senti except Birthday
Crafty Cardmakers - #185 Spring
Creative Moments - #114 Spring Colors
Inky Chicks - #80 Flowers
Pammie's Inky Pinkies -#1713 Anything Goes
Penny's - #322 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - #276-277 Anything Goes

Inside die is a Spellbinders twisted metal tags and accents.
Senti stamp is Anna Griffin.

Thanks for stoppin' by!
Blessings!
Pam D

Gotta Love New Toys!

Mornin' blogger friends!

I just got the Crafters Companion Rustic Cottage Collection of paper, dies and embossing folders and I have been having a ball with them! The whole kit is so pretty.
And this is one of the cards I have made so far.
Love that border die!

Entering in these challenges:
Brown Sugar - #243 Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - # 185 Spring into Spring
Fab n Funky - #343 Flowers
Inky Chicks - #80 Flowers
Penny's - #321 Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - #236  Spring/Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - #126 Anything Goes

I'm so disappointed with this brown cardstock I used.  After scoring it for the fold, just from opening it a few times, it started to fall apart. So I had to reinforce the fold with another piece if cream paper so the front wouldn't fall off. Then I tried to match the color by using my copics which worked ok.

                         Inside

Thanks for takin' a peek.
And thanks to the above bloggers for lettin' me play along
Blessings!
Pam D

So Pretty...But Late!

Hey blogger peeps!

Sharing a card that was fun to make and color. Isn't she pretty!
The image is from Dilo en Espanol called Bella.

Entering in these challenges:
613 Ave. Create - #195 Stamping
Brown Sugar - #243 Anything Goes
Craft Rocket Challenges - #35 Make it Feminine
Fab n Funky - #343 Flowers
Sunday Stamps - #149 Rich Succulents - Plums

                      This is a gatefold card with a labels flap.

I used the Spellbinders Decorative Labels 27


Hope you enjoyed!
Thanks to the above challenges and for letting me play along.
Blessings!
Pam D

Corner Die

Hi to all blogger friends!

I saw this next card (again on you tube) and had to make it, which meant I had to get the dies.

The tutorial is by Christina Griffiths (whom I also get a news letter from) who is also a brilliant card maker. Gorgeous cards, and this one is no exception.

After getting the dies from ebay, (which is a set of 2 for around 25.00)) I went to work.  Mine is pretty much exactly like hers, following the tutorial almost to the letter.

Mine and hers are made as a wedding card, but you could make it for anything else; Mother's Day, Easter, sympathy, birthday, anniversary, etc, and can use colored paper.
This is just white on white which is so pretty.

Now that I know how to make it, I'm going to play with different colors and themes.

This also has 3 layers to it, which I guess you have to do if you want to emboss the front without messing up the corner die or vise versa.

Entering in this challenge:
Aud Sentiment - #176 Anything But Birthday
Creative Fingers - #126 Anything Goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #1713 AnythingGoes

                    I just learned how to use that border die, so fun!

On the back was really pretty too, it has a pocket for an extra sentiment, if you like, made from the other die in the set which is a little smaller than the other. Both dies are glittered.

The two corner dies are from;
-Heartfelt Creations/Spellbinderes: Decorative Blossoms Corner Die
The two sentiment dies I used are:
-Spellbinders Labels 14 & 20
The border dies on the front bottom are:
-Spellbinders A-2 scalloped border one dies
The embossing folder I used is from:
-Crafters Companion and came in the configuration when I bought the Gemini
-Flowers, ribbon, glitter and pearls, are from my stash
Made the triple bow with the:
-Bow it all by Zutters

Hope you enjoyed taking a look.
Thanks and blessings!
Pam D