All You Need is Love!

Afternoon blogger friends!

I have an Anna Griffin Valentine's Day card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Always Fun - #149 Love/Valentines
Aud Sentiment - #244 Love/Valentines
Crafty Sentiment - Use Red
Creatalicious - #180 AAG/Hearts
Creative Moments - #184 AAG
Digi Choosday - #6 AAG
Di's Digi Challenge - Love
Double D - Hearts
Fab n Funky - #468 Love, Love, Love
Make My Monday - #115 I Heart You
Penny's - #464 AAG
Pin Spirational - #257 Hearts/Birds
Polkadoodles - #7 AAG
QKR Stampede - #385 AAG

This is from Anna's new Valentine's Spinner Card Kit.
I love anything kinetic and these are a lot of fun.

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

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi there crafty friends!

I have a red and white Valentine's Day card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

ABit More Time to Craft - #109 AAG
Allsorts - #558 Add a Heart
Always Fun - #149 Add a Heart
Aud Sentiment - #244 Love/Valentines (Won Top 3!)
Crafty Catz - #492 Embossing
Crafty Friends - #128 Love/Romance
Crafty Sentiments - Use Red
Creatalicious - #180 AAG/Hearts
Creative Moments - #184 AAG
Cut It Up - #193 Love is in the Air
Dies R Us - #138 XOXO
Digi Choosday - #6 AAG
Di's Digi Challenge - All About Love
Double D - Hearts
Fab n Funky - #468 Love, Love Love
Make My Monday - #115 I Heart You
Penny's - #464 AAG
Pin Spirational - #257 Hearts/Birds
Polkadoodles - #6 AAG
QKR Stampede - #384 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #414 A Sentiment

Another Pinterest inspired make, and I believe all the dies here are from Sue Wilson including those fun string flowers. (Except the hearts, those are Nellie Snellen)

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

Silver Bells!

Hi blogger peeps!

I have a Christmas card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

CRAFT - #542 Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's - #475 AAG/Christmas
Fab n Funky - #466 Christmas
The Holly and Ivy  - #64 AAG/Christmas

This Christmas card was made with the Anna Griffin Vintage Christmas Card Kit and the silver bells are also an Anna Griffin die set she put out in 2015, I think.

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

Thanks a Bunch!

Hey blogger friends!

I have a non-traditional Valentines Day card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #109 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #3 AAG
Always Fun - #147 Sparkle*
Aud Sentiment - #243 AG
Crafty Catz - #491 AAG/Fav Colors*
Crafty Friends - #128 Love n Romance
Creative Moments - #183 AAG
Cute Card Thursday - #619 Valentines
Digi Choosday - #4 AAG
Di's Digi Challenge - All About Love
Penny's - #463 AAG
Polkadoodles - #5 AAG
QKR Stampede - #383 AAG
The Sisterhood of Crafters - New Stash*
Tuesday Throwdown - #449 Layered Dies

* Always Fun - Blue mirror paper and glitter ribbon and bow
*Crafty Catz - Shades of Blue
*The Sisterhood - New Papers

This is a twist and pop card that I've made for Valentine's Day and instead of pink, red or hearts, I chose shades of blue and flowers. And even though this isn't a thank you card, I chose an Anna Griffin "Thanks a Bunch" sentiment on the front to reflect the bunches of flowers. The pretty paper I got from Michael's in a Recollections Pad called "Mermazing".

I've had these layered flowers by Ecstasy Crafts in my stash for years not having a clue what to do with them, until I was going through my stuff recently and had seen a twist n pop card on Pinterest and the light bulb went on and I thought these would be perfect for a T n P card, and with Valentine's Day coming up I thought flowers would be perfect as well. And voila!

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

Card and a Gift!

Hey blogger friends!

I have a fun bookmark card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #108 AAG
Allsorts - #554 Flowers*
CRAFT - #540 AG
Crafty Catz - #489 AAG/Animals
Crafty Friends - #126 Something New
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Cute Card Thursday - #617 What's New
Digi Choosday - #2 AAG
Di's Digi Challenge - Celebrations
Hand Stamped Sentiments - #330 Color Challenge/Rose, Moss, Teal
Make My Monday - #113 Anything But Square
My Time to Craft - #413 New Stash
Penny's - #462 AAG
Polkadoodles - #2 AAG
QKR Stampede - #380 AAG
Tuesday Throwdown - #448 Something New
- Allsorts* - flowers-inside card

This is a new card kit that I got from Paper Wishes by Hunkydory in thier Teal Treasures Collection. I got 2 of the 4 items in the collection, the 5 x 5" paper pad and this card kit. I originally loved it for the gorgeous colors and images that Hunkydory is famous for, but after I got it home and started putting it together I realized what a fun card this turns out to be! It only makes 4 cards, but the front has a place for a box that houses the book mark and it comes with all the sentiments and is finished on the front, inside and the back too. All I did was add some teal matte mirror paper I had and two of the 5 x 5 sheets on the inside that matched perfectly. So pretty!

                Inside

           And the back.

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

More Christmas Flowers!

Hi there blogger friends!

I have another Christmas flowers card to share today:

Entering in these challenges:

CRAFT - #539 Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's - #AAG/Christmas/New Year
Creatalicious - #178 AAG/Wishes
Di's Digi - Winter Holidays
My Time to Craft - #412 Christmas Flowers
QKR Stampede - #378 AAG


I have one more Anna Griffin Christmas flowers, pull-up, slider card.
I actually made 2 more of these besides this one. And again, I just love the flowers Anna put in this kit, and the flowers here are no exception. My son and daughter-in-law got this one.

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

A Birthday Card

Hey Blogger friends!

I have an Anna Griffin bithday card to share today.

Entering in this challenge:

Make My Monday - #112 Female Birthday

I bought a few of the Anna Griffin birthday card sets:
ie: The Birthday Cards and Envelopes
      "         "        Card Toppers
      "         "        Stickers and Sentiments 
And here is the 1st birthday card I made with them. Pretty fun!

 

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

One Last Christmas Card?

Hi blogger friends!

I have one more Christmas card to share today even though Christmas is over.

Entering in these challenges:

Allsorts - #551-552
Aud Sentiment - #242 Christmas/Winter
CRAFT - #539 Christmas
Crafty Friends - #125 Christmas Colors
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - #470 Christmas
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #182 AAG
Cute Card Thursday - #614 AG
Di's Digi Challenge - Winter Holidays
The Holly & the Ivy - #62 Christmas
Penny's - #461 AAG
Pin-Spirational - #254 Winter/Snow
QKR Stampede - #378 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #410 AG
Tuesday Throwdown - #447 AG

I had several more Christmas cards I had in mind I wanted to make but didn't get to. I guess I'll just have to start now with the ideas fresh in my mind for next year.

I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest without the puffy embossed paper and thought this would be perfect for this embossing folder so I had to give it a shot.
The folder is Crafter's Companion's, the snowflakes and merry merlot paper is from Stampin' Up, and the Merry Christmas die is from Penny Black.

Inside: The sentiment is an old stamp from Justrite Stampers who is no longer in business.

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

Cute Gnome!

Hey blogger friends!

I have a cute gnome card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Allsorts - #551/2 AG
Butterfly - #133 "X", Fairies, Elves, Gnomes
Cute Card Thursday - #614 AG
Di'd Digi Challenge - Winter Holidays
The Holly and Ivy - #62 AG Christmas (Won Top 5)
Penny's - #461 AAG
QKR Stampede - #378 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #430 AG

I found this cute gnome scene under a pile of stuff in a friends craft room I'm housesitting at and decided to make a card out of it for the Butterfly Challenge. If she doesn't like it or was going to do something else with it, I made it removeable so nothing lost. But she's pretty easy so I didn't think she'd mind. Not sure who it's from.

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

Oh Holy Night!

Afternoon and Merry Christmas to all you crafty bloggers!

I have a Bethlehem Christmas scene to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #106 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #24 AAG
Allsorts - #550 Inspired By a Song* (Won Top 5!)
Aud Sentiment - #242 Christmas/Winter
Crafty Cardmakers - #247 Christmas
Crafty Catz - #487 AAG Blue Christmas
Crafty Creations - #404 AAG
Crafty Friends - #125 Winter Colors
Crafty Hazelnut's CC - #468 AAG/Merry
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #182 AAG/Christmas
Cut It Up - #189 Anything Goes Christmas*
Cute Card Thursday - #612 AG
Dies R Us - #135 Anything Christmas* (Won Top 3!)
Digi Choosday - #50 AAG
Di's Digi Designs - Winter Holidays
Make My Monday - #111 Christmas
Penny's - #460 AAG
Polkaddodles - #50 AAG
QKR Stampede - #376 AAG
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas (Won Top 3!)

*Allsorts - Oh Holy Night
*Cut It Up - Spellbinder's Grand Labels 11
*Dies R Us - Stampin' Up's Night in Bethlehem(?) dies

I think this is my Christmas Piece de Resistance.
I saw one of these bridge cards with this same theme on Pinterest and just had to give it a shot and I just love how it came out!   The dimensions when finished is 7 x 8", so you start out with a piece 7 1/4 x 12" and score it at the 2, 4, 8 & 10". If you want it shaped at the top, fold it in a tri fold at the 4" and 8" and use whatever die you want and run it thru your die cutting machine
As stated above, I used those 2 die sets and basically just eye-balled it from the pictures. I also used silver mirror paper as the base cardstock, and the navy blue stars I think I got from Michael's, and used silver matte paper for the buildings.
I wish I had the stamp set from Stampin' Up that goes along with the dies. It would give Mary and Joseph a bit more definition, but I don't.

You need to use Stayz on ink on the matte paper or it will smear.

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