I Adore You

Hi. I'm back with a card for some challenges. It's been quite awhile since I've entered any, but I have one to share today.

I used the Heart of Hearts die by Impression Obsession and added red glitter paper behind it. Some of the die cut hearts were added back into the empty spaces. The sentiment is from the Lots of Love stamp set by Avery Elle and was embossed in red. The panel was die cut with my go to die, SSS Stitched Rectangles, and adhered flat to the card base.

I will enter this into:

     Addicted to CAS #80 - code word red

     CASology Week 182 - adore

Have a wonderful rest of the week. Enjoy!

                                                       Pam

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello. I'm still here trying to get some kind of a routine going in retirement. How can I be busier now then when I was working? Hard to believe, but it's true.

Today I decided to just take the time to play.

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For this card I used the SSS Mosiac Heart Stencil and Dreamweaver Gold Embossing Paste.  I added some glitter to the embossing paste while it was still wet. The sentiment was stamped with Delicata Golden Glitz Ink. After die cutting the panel with SSS Stitched Rectangles, I added a metal key and adhered the panel to my card base.

I'm trying to catch up on everyone's blogs. Please be patient, I'm trying to get a new schedule going instead of being so disjointed and jumping all over the place.

Have a wonderful week. Enjoy!

                                                                      Pam

        

Thanks So Very Much

Hello. How is everyone? I cannot believe how long it has been since I last posted. With the holidays and work, I did not have much crafty time. However, this is a new year with a new me. I retired! Yes ... yes I did. Now I hope to devote my time to family, friends, card making and my Nerium business.

I finally had some play time last week and got inky one afternoon. I made several panels with the smooshing technique which I love, For this I used Salty Ocean DI & Mowed Lawn DI. I love how the colors blend together and every piece is so different.

For this card, I die cut the smooshed piece with my SSS stitched rectangle dies and adhered the piece to a white card base. The snowflakes were punched from glitter paper with an old McGill punch. I added a trio of them to my card, along with a sentiment from Reverse Confetti. I am entering this into the current challenge at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge which is Frozen.

As you can imagine I needed several thank you cards after retiring from school and this is just one example. I hope to be back soon to share some more.

Meanwhile, I'm off to a Nerium conference in Richmond, Virginia for the weekend. Can't wait! 

Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy!

                                                         Pam

                                                                 

Santa Love

Hello. I hope everyone is well and getting ready for the holidays. Me? Not so much, but I have a whole week, right? Yikes!

I made another quick Christmas card that I can just squeek into the Just Us Girls Challenge #323 . It's Trend Week there and the trend is sequins. You know I love my sequins! 

This card was made with my favorite Santa stamp. It's old and I just love it! I inked it up in Delicata Goleden Glitz ink. The gold foil is from DCWV. Both pieces were die cut with stitched rectangles and adhered to the card base. I added lots of gold sequins. It's so shiny and sparkly IRL. Hope you like it.

Have a great Friday. Enjoy!

                                                                 Pam

Happy Holidays

Hello. I'm back with another Christmas card. I spent some time today making a few flat cards so that they would be easy to mail.

This CAS card came together quickly. I used the WPlus9 Holiday Boughs set and cased this gorgeous card by Maureen Merritt. I love that beautiful big sentiment. The boughs were inked with 2 different green inks and the panel cut with a stitched die. The panel was adhered flat to the card base.

I am entering this into these challenges:

     Fusion - Season's Greetings using the photo only (the pine boughs & berries)

     The Male Room - Christmas or Seasonal Greetings                                                                                                          

That's all for today. I need to get back to Christmas preparations. Have a wonderful Sunday. Enjoy!

                                                                Pam

Joy

Can you believe it is only 2 weeks until Christmas? I am not at all ready and really need to get going! First, I finally have a new card to share.

                                                

I made this CAS card for a Make & Take weekend at my LSS. I used CAS-ual Fridays Must Love Snowflakes  and CAS-ual Fridays Snowflake Splendor stamp sets for this quick and easy card. The snowflakes were inked in AMuse Ocean ink onto a strip of white CS and adhered to blue CS. The panel was then adhered flat to a card base. The sentiment was inked onto a die cut tag to which I added baker's twine, The tag was adhered with foam tape.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
     CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #146 - Snowflakes
     Addicted to Stamps and More #174 - CAS
     Addicted to CAS Challenge #78 - Joy

That's all for now. I need to get back to Christmas preparations - like getting my tree up! Have a great weekend. Enjoy!

                                                                  Pam

                                                                 

Time for Snowflakes

Hello. If you celebrated Thanksgiving last week, I hope it was wonderful! I had a lovely dinner with my all of my sons and their families. It was the first time we had Thanksgiving all together in 4 or 5 years and I loved it.

I finally have a card to share. November has just about slipped away and I haven't been able to make any cards in so long.

For this card I die cut a retired Memory Box snowflake die, Beaded Snowflake, from CS 4 times and from white DCWV Glitzy Glitter paper once. I adhered all the die cuts together with Multi Matte and then inlaid the piece into one of the CS pieces that had been die cut with SSS Stitched Rectangles. It was then adhered to my card base. The sentiment is from WPlus9 Iconic Christmas. Some clear gems finish off my card. I hope you can see the glimmer and sparkle. It is lovely IRL.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

     Freshly Made Sketches #214 - a sketch by Jen T.

     Time Out Challenge #45 - Snowflakes are Winter's Butterflies

     Paper Players #273 - Tic Tac Toe challenge by Sandy. I have a diagonal tic tac toe left to right with snowflake, sparkle or shine and punch or die cut.

It's back to work for me tomorrow. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy!

                                                                         Pam