It Is Finished Designs

I made this card with the Sunny Studios Happy Owl-o-ween dies and stamps and the Pretty Pumpkins layering stamps and dies and I can't remember where I got the trees die from. The base card is an odd size 5 7/16" square, because I cut the tree dies and then made the base around them with about 1 1/2" space at the bottom. I used blending brushes to make the back ground colors of green yellow, orange and pink with Memento dew drop inks. I stamped and colored the owls with my copics then die cut them. I stamped and layered the pumpkins, again, with the yellow and orange family of Memento inks, then used my copics to give them hilights, and cut them out. I cut a pc of burlap and glued the edges to keep them from fraying and used a sentiment I got from Michaels. Came out pretty cute! I just love the owls and pumpkins, so cute!

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

Thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along.

Blessings!

Pam D

Monday, October 19, 2020

Happy Anniversary!

Hey blogger friends!

I have an anniversary card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #126 AAG

A Gem of a Challenge - #21 AAG

Crafty Catz - #523 AAG

Crafty Friends - #147 Embossing

Crafty Sentiments - AG

Creative Moments - #200 AAG

Digi Choosday - #41 AAG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #144 AAG

Penny's - #482 AAG

Polkadoodles - #43 AAG

QKR Stampede - #406

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Lots of Layers

Sweet Stampin - Girly/No Pink*

*Sentiment is a stamp

I made this card for our 32nd anniversary.

I used the Apple Blossom's That Embossing Folder and the extras you can get that go along with it, the scalloped, wavy border and the wavy sentiments. Found them all one Ebay.

The base is 5 x 7". I made 2 embossed pcs of paper and turned one upside down, lined them up, attached them together, marked it and trimmed them down to fit the base pc w/ an 1/8" of the base pc showing all around. I die cut the scalloped border, lined it up, marked it, cut it down to fit the top pc, stamped the sentiment and adhered it to the front. I embellished it with pearls w/peach roses, darker peach rose flowers and a cross I had in my stash.

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

Thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along.

Blessings!

Pam D

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Fall Sunflowers!

Hi blogger friends!

I have a fall sunflower image to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #124 AAG

A Gem of a Challenge - #20 AAG

Allsorts - #591 Autumn Colors

Always Fun - #182 Dies

The Artsy Stamper - #24 Ribbons and Bows (Won Top 3!)

Crafty Catz - #520 AAG/Autumn Colors

Crafty Sentiments - AG

Cut It Up - #209 Fall/3 Layers

Digi Choosday - #30 AAG

Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends - #142 AAG

Make My Monday - #132 Use Your Scraps*

Penny's - #480 AAG

Polkadoodles - #39 AAG

QKR Stampede - #404 AAG

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything But a Card

*MMM - Senti tag was made from a scrap pc of paper

The base 2 paper layers of this card front (scalloped mirror and leaf print) was left over from some easel cards I made last fall which measures 6.5 x 7.25" from Tonic Sudio, and I decided it would be perfect for my new sunflower digi stamp I just got from Power Poppy called Sunflower Power. I printed it out on some white cardstock and used the Spellbinders Grand Labels One die to cut it out and colored it with my Copics and adhered it to the base layers. The sentiment is from Justrite Stamper's "Nature's Nested Sentiments" (no longer available) that I cut out with Spellbinder's Fancy Tags 1. Then I decorated it with some bling, a bow and some bugs I had in my stash. I'll probably make an easel card when all is said and done, or maybe I'll frame it, but this is the front of it.

That's all for today, hope you enjoyed stoppin' by!

Thanks to all the challengers above for lettin' me play along.

Blessings!

Pam D

Monday, September 21, 2020

Sympathy Card!

Hey blogger friends!

I have a sympathy card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - 124 AAG

A Gem of a Challenge - #19 AAG

Always Fun - #181 AG

Aud Sentiment - #260 AG

Catch the Bug - Bingo*

Digi Choosday - #37 AAG

Penny's - #480 AAG

Polkadoodles - #38 AAG

QKR Stampede - #404 AAG

*Catch the Bug - Embossing, Senti, 3 Layers

I made this sympathy card for one of my customers who's husband won his battle with cancer and is now free and enjoying the wonders of heaven! Praise God! I just went to his graveside Celebration of Life service today and it was really good. He was in the Navy so they had Military Honors and after that they released some doves which was the first time I'd ever seen that and it was really cool! Super nice couple, I've really enjoyed cleaning for them.

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, August 29, 2020

Thinking of You!

Hey there blogger friends!

I have a Thinking of You card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - #18 AAG
Aud Sentiment - #258 AG
The Artsy Stamper - #22 Fall Flowers
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Cute Card Thursday - #649 Inky
Digi Choosday - #34 AAG
Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends - #140 AAG
My Time to Craft - #439 CAS
Penny's - #478 AAG
The Sisterhood of Crafters - It's the Thought That Counts

I got these new Altenew Perisian Motif stamps (and dies) and found this example, as usual, on Pinterest.
I stamped the different images around the 5 x 7 card and heat embossed them with gold powder. Then colored them with my Copics. I die cut the oval and stamped and embossed the senti that came in a set of sentiments and dies from Anna Griffin.

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

Monday, August 24, 2020

Fun Flamingo!

Hey crafty friends!

I have a flamingo card to share today!

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #122 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #17 AAG
Allsorts - #585-6 Summer Fun
Always Fun - #177 In the Sky Scene
Aud Sentiment - #258 AG
Catch the Bug - wkly - End of Summer
Cut It Up - #207 Old School*
Dies R Us - #151 Baby It's Hot Outside (Won Top3!)
Digi Choosday - #33 AAG (Won Top 3!)
Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends - #140 AAG
Make My Monday - 129 On the Beach
Penny's - #478 AAG
Polkadoodles - #34 AAG
QKR Stampede - #402 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #437 Punches & Dies*
*Cut It Up - repurposed sand and palm tree, yellow base of senti is a die.
*Dies R Us - yellow base of senti is a die.
*The Paper Shelter - palm fronds punches

I saw a card like this on Pinterest and decided to give it a shot, but when all was said and done, I just did not like the way it turned out. I originally blended the colors with inks and sponges, but it was just not working. Plus, I had to start over a couple times 'cause I messed it up, bumping colors where they weren't suppose to be, plus a few other blunders. It started vertically as a book fold, but on the 3rd attempt, I decided to turn it horizontally as a tent fold. Finally, I resigned myself that this was not happening, so I just started fiddling with it. I took some copics and blended it in all the different colors, and this is how it came out. I also added some reflecton on the water with a Sakura gold, glitter, jelly roll pen and gave the flamingo some bling too! (See 3rd photo.)

Then I thought it could use a sentiment and a flower.

Reflection

Then one of the challenges was on the beach, so I took apart another card and added some sand.

Then I thought it could use a palm tree, so I took the tree off the the same card that I took the sand.

Ya know, sometimes it's just best to go with the clean and simple!

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, August 16, 2020

Bright and Exotic!

Hi blogger friends!

I have an exotic animal card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge - #17 AAG
Aud Sentiment - #257 AG
Catch the Bug - End of Summer
Crafty Friends - #142 AG
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - 196 AAG
Cute Card Thursday - #647 Bright Colors
Digi Choosday - #32 AAG
Penny's - #477 AAG
Polkadoodles - #33 AAG

I made this card from the Hunkydory Twilight Safari Collection that I got from Paper Wishes. I love Hunkydory because their paper products are very thick, high quality card stock and the images are also high quality and very colorful. I think I have 4 different collections so far.

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

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Celebrate!

Hey blogger peeps!

I have a wine, celebrate card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #121 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #16 AAG
Aud Sentiment - #257 AG
CRAFT - #566 Sport/Leisure
Crafty Friends - #142 AAG
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Cute Card Thursday - #646 AG
Dies R Us - #150 Just Desserts
Digi Choosday - #32 AAG
Pin-spirational - #269 Photo Inspired
Penny's - #477 AAG
Polkadoodles - #31 AAG
QKR Stampede - #402 AAG
Sweet Stampin' - # Inspired by a Book/Film/Song*
*Song - Red, Red Wine - Neil Diamond /or Celebrate - Cool and the Gang
*Stamp - leaves

I got these new Sue Wilson wine dies that I wanted to use. The glass and cork screw are from the Necessities Chianti set and the grapes and bottle is from the Necessities Merlot set. The cheese is from Spellbinders Wine Charms set, the Celebrate die is Anna Griffin, I got the leaves stamp from a seller on ebay and the white, scalloped background die is from Cheery Lynn's Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames. (DL 271) After I put it all together and photographed it and posted it, I realized that swiss cheese isn't a yellow cheese. Oops! I used my copics to color the grapes, glass, bottle and top of the cork screw, and I used some gold and silver gilding wax for the top of the bottle and bottom of the cork screw.

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

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Anniversary Card!

Hi crafty friends!

I have an anniversary card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #121 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #16 AAG
Aud Sentiment - #257 AG
Crafty Friends - #142 AG
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #196 AAG
Cute Card Thursday - #646 AG
Digi Choosday - #31 AAG
Penny's - #477 AAG
Polkadoodles - #31 AAG
QKR Stampede - #402 AAG
Sweet Stampin' - Inspired By a Bk, Film, or Song*
*Song - The Anniversary Waltz

This is the anniversary card that I made for my son and daughter-in-law.
The top and 3rd dies are Spellbinders Decorative Labels 1 and Grand Labels 1. The 2nd and 4th dies are Doily dies from Cheery Lynn, Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frames, and the sentiment and swirls are stamps from Anna Griffin.

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

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Summer Treats!

Hi blogger friends!

I have a sweet summer treats card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - #120 AAG
A Gem of a Challenge - #16 AAG
CRAFT - #565 Summer
Crafty Friends - #141 Summer Colors
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - #195 AAG
Cut It Up - #205 Ice Cream (Won Top 3!)
Dies R Us - #150 Just Desserts (Won Top 3!)
Digi Choosday - #31 AAG

I made this card using Paper Wishes The Sweet Life paper tole set.

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

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Another 30th!

Hey my crafty friends!

I have another birthday card to share today.

Entering in these challenges:

Allsorts - #581 Flowers All Over*
Crafty Sentiments - AG
Creative Moments - AAG
Digi Choosday - #30 AAG
Penny's - #476 AAG
Polkadoodles - #30 AAG
The Paper Shelter - #AG
Tuesday Throwdown - #462 Fav Embellishments*
*Allsorts - flowers are around the center dies
*Fav Embellies - Pearls

I made this birthday card for my daughter-in-law's 30th. Her birthday is 3 wks after my son's and their anniversary is in between their birthdays, so the next card I make will be for their anniversary.

But I've been wanting to make a card with these Sue Wilson dies for a while and this is the perfect opportunity, I just love these! Sue makes such opulent dies and cards, so pretty. The borders are her Indonesian borders & corner dies and the center dies are her Peony Diamond. She also has a tutorial on Youtube that shows you how to extend the borders to make them longer and how to make this card, which is what I did, and you can see it here. After you skip the ad, you'll need to back up the video to the beginning.

The background paper is a carnival glass type paper that I can't remember where I got it from, possibly Paper Wishes, but it's just gorgeous. It shows you a different color depending on how you tip it in the light, from pinks to purple and everything in between. The very center die I cut out of the same paper, but I used my BV08 copic marker and made the outside darker so it would show up against the other 2 center dies. I embellished the whole thing with pearls and the sentiment is from the Anna Griffin mini birthday sticker kit.

The card is bigger than normal, the background paper is 7 1/8" x 6 1/2" and the whole card is 7 13/16ths x 7 3/8ths, and because it's bigger, if you look at the last picture of the back of the card, you'll notice the front purple base pc has a 1/2" overlap so I could attach it to another pc of purple paper the same size as the front of the card, if that makes sense. So the front and back are 2 pcs of paper that are attached to each other.

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, 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!