Happy Valentine's Day

Hello. It is frigid here in Central New York. I was driving to Create All Day at my LSS late this morning and my car said it was -2 degrees. I believe with the wind chill it was -25. Tomorrow is expected to be even colder. Good day to stay home.

Today I have one more Valentine's Day card to share. This was made with the SSS Falling Hearts Stencil and Dreamweaver Gold Embossing Paste. The sentiment is from the Winnie & Walter The Big, The Bold & The Happy stamp set. I die cut the panel with SSS Stitched Rectangles, (I can't stop using them) and adhered it flat to a card base. The key was added to cover a smudged gold heart, but don't tell anyone. 

I am entering this into Time Out Challenge #49. It's a words inspired challenge and the words are - 'Love is the flower you've got to let grow'. I went with 'love' for my card. Also, I am entering this into the CASology: Week 184: Valentine challenge. Not sure it's CAS enough, tho.

I hope you all have a very happy Valentine's Day. Enjoy!

                                        Pam

Happy Birthday to You

Hello! How is everyone? I so love playing with Color Bursts, don't you? You never know what your background will look like and everyone of them is so pretty.

Recently, I spent some time creating some backgrounds with my Color Bursts again. I love having the backgrounds on hand for some really quick cards when I need them. For the card on the left, I only used blue and left lots of white space, For the one on the left I used red, orange and yellow. Totally love them both! I stamped each with the Mama Elephant Make a Wish stamp set. I love that big, bold script sentiment. The stars that come in the stamp set were stamped to form a triangle around the sentiment. I then die cut the panels with SSS Stitched Rectangles and adhered them flat to a card base. So quick & easy when the backgrounds are ready ahead of time!

Evidently, we have another snowstorm in the forecast here in Central New York. I hope all is well wherever you may be. Enjoy!

                                                               Pam

Always and Forever

Today I have a simple card made using the Graphic 45 Mon Amour Collection. I love the papers in this collection. A former colleague asked me to make some valentines using keys. What better keys and papers to use than those by Graphic 45?

This card is A2 size. I simply used 2 of the papers on a black card base with a strip of a 3rd paper covering the join. Then I  adhered a cut-out with foam for some dimension. I added a key and small keyhole charm from my stash. I decided to keep this card more masculine so I didn't add any other embellishments.

Hopefully, you are enjoying the first week of February. I'm still trying to adjust to retirement and new routines. Just taking each day as it comes and loving it. Enjoy!

                                                                   Pam

Mon Amour

I finally took some time to play with the Graphic 45 Mon Amour collection that's been gathering dust on my table. Anyone who knows me, knows I adore all things Graphic 45. They are my absolute favorite company, hands down. So with Valentine's Day coming up quickly, I had to use these papers.

This card is 5x7 and I used one of the pieces from the Journaling & Euphemera Cards package matted on black CS as the focal piece. Two of the papers in the collection were used on the black card base. The focal piece was adhered with foam. 

My multi-loop bow is seam binding topped with twine and a flower. I added several more flowers along with a G45 keyhole and key for embellishment. Some paint was added to both of the metal pieces.

I'd like to enter this into The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe Challenge. I've used the flowers, pink and ribbon for a diagonal tic-tac-toe.

I've made a few more cards and hope to share them in the next few days. I'm still trying to become accustomed to no longer working at school and instead focusing on my new Nerium skincare business. 

Have  a great Wednesday. Enjoy! 

                                                                             Pam

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