~*SNOWMAN & TREES*~ Christmas Card

Sorry for not posting as often as I would like, and without going into anything personal.. let's just say it's been quite busy at home!

I made this card a few days ago and had forgotten to post it. I had seen a thing on someone's blog where they rubbed two styrofoam balls together and made some "faux snow" so I wanted to give it a try.

I used Punch Pals stamp set for this card.. the embossing circle on the presents is from the Punch Pals plus brass template. DSP is retired SU Wintergreen, I used Always Artichoke and Certainly Celery cardstock, and white.. I punched the shape beneath the ribbon twice and offset them (I think it's the snowflake, but am not sure, the only catalog laying beside me is a current one and it's not in it) ~ I used the mini bowdabra to make the bow from some SU thin organza ribbon and used a rhinestone brad on top of it.

The snowmen and trees are stamped on a top note die shape that I only cut out so much of it, the snowflake in the upper corner is stamped, punched out and layered on an AA piece and a mini rhinestone brad on it.

I hope I got it all.. nothing real fancy, but it was a fun card to make.. I really, really like the Wintergreen paper, wish that SU wouldn't have let it go, the grees are fab!


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.... more scraps... and another card ~*A CARDINAL CHRISTMAS*~

Yes, I know.. another card using the same color scheme as the last two. I hadn't planned on making a card tonight.. only to see if I could figure out the dimensions for an envelope for a 5 x 7 card. I couldn't find my other box of envelope templates, so I gave up.. seen a stamp that that was sitting on my desk and thought I'd ink it up... why not right??? and since I still.. yes, still! had some of the cardstock and papers from the last two cards laying near or on my desk, I thought I'd use them. I had the top note die laying over near my Cricut Expressions and was on my way to walk out of the room and seen them.. then seen the stamp set and decided at that moment to make a card.

The set is A Christmas Cardinal set from Stampin' UP, cardstock is Old Olive, Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip and a retired SU DSP paper,,, can't remember the name of it right now.. it's pretty isn't it!

More wide chocolate satin ribbon from SU.. delicious. I had wanted to put some brads up in the upper right corner of the top note die shape and had put it together and realized I had forgotten to do so.. oh well, on the next one!

have a super evening!

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another.. ~*SEASON OF JOY*~ card made from scraps!

The only stamping I had to do for this card was to stamp the trees. The rest was already stamped and die-cut.. yeah! I actually made it yesterday afternoon and went to load it last night, but my computer/card reader wasn't cooperating so I gave up messing with it.. this morning it worked fine.

I had all the card stock and papers left on my desk from the last card and from previous started projects and instead of tossing it into the scraps box, I thought I'd make another card with it. I cut a 4 3/4" square of Chocolate Chip, and started layering onto it some Old Olive and So Saffron.. the retired DSP is actually layered over the top of the So Saffron and under the bottom layers to create a top that opens up instead of like a regular card. I had stamped the trees, cut them out and ... oh, I did have to stamp the Merry Christmas and punch the ovals out for it.. I forgot that. This card went together really quickly since I had most of it laying on my desk anyways. My husband was on the computer while I put it together.

Have a blessed day ~

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IA108 ~*SEASON OF JOY*~ Christmas Card with large bow!!

I know that this bow looks a bit big for the card.. but isn't it so gorgeous.. the rich chocolate color of the Stampin' UP! ribbon is just yummy! I got a Mini Bowdabra a week or so ago using a 50% off coupon and tonight thought I'd use it. I have a big Bowdabra around here somewhere that I bought when it was first released and have always liked it because it is so easy to use.. this one is no exception! Great idea Bowdabra.

I was blog surfing earlier today finding some sketch challenges and found one on a blog that I need to go find out whose it is.. I know that the challenge is called Inspiration in Action Weekend Sketch Challenge 108. *found it: IA108 CHALLENGE

This is my card using Stampin' UP! Season of Joy stamp set. Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Old Olive, Whisper White and some retired DSP paper.

I used Memento Brown ink, Old Olive and So Saffron inks, silver brads, dimensionals, glue dots, Chocolate Chip SU Ribbon, SU Scallop Border punch, SU Oval Punches.

I think that's it.. hope you like it.

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SC252 ~*U.S. ARMY SOLDIER ~ HOOAH!*~ card

I used the sketch challenge 252 on SCS for this layout on this card.. I had to change it a little bit because the pattern paper I had with the U.S. Army on it was only a small strip ~ I used the main image from a retired Stampin' UP! set Courage & Honor and the Hooah is from an Art Declassified Army set.

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~*PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN*~ WSC104

For this card I used a layout that is for the WSC104 on Beate John's blog.

I used a retired stamp set from Stampin' UP! that is titled: Liberty For All

On this project is the first time I have attempted to sew on a card. I bought a Janome
Sew Petite from someone either on SCS or Craigslist sometime early last year, before
I moved from Missouri and it has been in the box all this time.. yikes!

It wasn't as hard as I thought.. but I think that maybe next time I'll get out my big
machine because it has a light on it and I think it would be a bit easier for me to see
where the needle is going and such.. but for my first time I don't think I did too bad.

The saying on the front of this card is a true statement for myself:

"Proud to be an American" now if only we can get some elected officials to feel the same way about our country.. I think then we would be on the right road instead of the one we are one currently.. hopefully a detour is coming soon.

In my endeavors I wish that I could do more to help those in need. If you have extra food or clothing you do not need.. find a local shelter and make a donation, or volunteer.

Have a blessed day.

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~*WELCOME BABY*~ duck card

I made this card to someone who had a baby recently. I am a tad bit late in sending this, since the kiddo is about a month old now.. life kinda got in the way and I kept forgetting to make a "baby" card. Now just to finish the inside and I can pop it in the mail.

I used Stampin' UP! so saffron card stock for the base, certainly celery for the layer on top of it and I think that the blue is Soft Sky. The other paper is some American Crafts double sided pattern paper that I got earlier this year, me and my mom split a bunch of packs of it from Tuesday Morning. I ran the one piece through the bigkick with a cuttlebug folder, it is .. let's just say.. "it's thin!" but looks pretty neat I guess. The duck stamp is from a retired stamp set from a mini catalog maybe one or two back.. and the saying is from Short & Sweet. So Saffron brads and ribbon.. I used SU markers to color it in and there is dimensionals on the duck layer.. love dimensionals!!

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~*HAPPY ANNIVERSARY*~ another butterfly card!

I decided to make another card using the MS monarch butterfly punch. This card started out using a layout in a sketch challenge, however the layers beneath the butterflies wouldn't fit right, so I changed it around.. I was going to have three going up and down.. but then they were too close for my liking, so I moved them around.. and put some eyelets in the open areas.


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~*Hi!*~ Butterfly ... er, that's butterflies card!

Aren't these butterflies so neat.. they are punched out using a new Martha Stewart monarch butterfly punch.. I used a 50% ACMoore coupon at Michael's to get it over the weekend. I punched a bunch of butterflies out all in pink, since it was the piece of cardstock closest to my hand! ha ha...

I tossed this together on a whim.. I used some certainly celery cardstock for the base, then a white layer, and a patterned paper that is from basic grey.

I cut out a scallop circle using the sizzix bigz die, then layered a nestabilities circle on top of it, kept the die on it and sponged some certainly celery onto it and then stamped the background stamp all over it in so saffron, I wish I hadn't paper pierced the circle in the corner, but I did, so it's there for now.

I used the stickers that came in the basic grey pack and then some SU brads... that's it!

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WSC102 ~*Embossed Butterflies*~ long card

I used the layout of Beate's WSC102 sketch challenge for this card ~ it's a long card and I turned it sideways.

I stamped the Hero Arts Heart Butterfly three times in versamark, then inked it again in versamark then in Ruby Red and stamped it on a seperate piece.. I then embossed them all with clear embossing powder.

Where the three butterflies were stamped/embossed, I sponged on ink in three colors that were the card stock colors: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Ruby Red.

The heart butterfly was cut out, then inked all over with versamark and I took some SU Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder all over it and heat set it.

I cut out the circle piece using a nestabilities circle die and then a nestabilities scallop circle in CC. I used a piece of polk dotted paper from some retired SU Cutie Pie paper.

The sentiment is from SU Flight of the Butterfies (or butterfly, can't remember!) stamp set.

I embossed the stripe in the center using a Cuttlebug folder, at first I made it too wide for my liking so I trimmed some off.. I used a portion of that on the SS piece, then used some wide grossgrain CC ribbon and some SS grossgrain ribbon.

The scallop border was made using a SU scallop border punch.

Two things I used on this card that I hadn't in a good long while.. some eyelets and my cropadile... but as always this card has Dimensionals on it.. love em'!

have a great weekend!

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~*AIRBORNE JUMP SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS CARD*~

I made this card for my hubby to give to one of his fellow soldiers that had just completed Basic Airborne School. I embossed everything on the front of the card. The saying inside we printed off the computer.


A Leg is someone who has never been to jump school... and a cherry is a new graduate that has less than 10 jumps. Hooah!





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~*BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH*~ Pink Cards

I made these two cards earlier today.. I was thinking last night about whether I had bought the ribbon diecut from provo craft a while back.. and this morning I checked, and I had.


I grabbed some Regal Rose and Pink Piourette (sp?) never could figure out how to spell that word.. anyways, it was one of the In Colors. I used a piece of Bella Rose DSP on each card as well.


On one of the cards the ribbon behind the saying is stamped off once and on the other it's stamped off twice before stamping.


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~*WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS... *~ Patriotic Card

I don't want to go into politics or anything resembling such.. so I will only say that I am very saddened by the direction our country is going..

On that note. I thought I would make a patriotic card tonight.I used up some Blue Bayou card stock that I had left.. along with some kraft, real red and white. I used Versamark ink, Sahara Sand ink and Soft Sky (don't have Blue Bayou anymore). Wide Grossgrain Real Red Ribbon and some Real Red brads... oh, and the Stylized Silver HPH piece.

"Where liberty dwells.. there is my country."

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~*AMERICAN SOLDIER*~ for my hubby's Army anniversary

Saturday, October 10th, will be my husband's 21st year anniversay of serving in the U.S. Army. I made this card to give to him.

It's 1:30 am, so sorry for the short post, but I have to get up early to pack/make school lunches and get kiddos off to school.

I used Basic Black, More Mustard and Whisper White (Stampin' UP!), the stamp set is an older CTMH Army set. The star punchout is Stampin' UP! small star punch. Versafine black ink and Versamark was used.. along with black brads.

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WSC100 ~*HOLIDAY WISHES*~ Christmas Cardinal card

I so wanted to get up yesterday and make some cards for World Card Making DAy.. my arm/shoulder wasn't having any part of that.. so most of the day I relaxed and tried to keep the pain at bay.

Late last night.. since it's 1 am I guess I have to call it last night.. haha.. I felt better and decided to come up and make something using Beate's WSC100 layout

I pulled out one of my all time favorite Stampin' UP! stamp sets. It's retired now.

I stamped the main image in Memento brown ink, colored with Copic markers. Stamped off the poinsettia in Always Artichoke twice, then stamped onto some white card stock and then stamped the saying on top of it in the same brown ink I stamped the cardinal image in. I punched it out using a 1 3/8" circle punch, then a 1 1/2" circle punch, then the scallop circle that was then put back in the punch to punch again to make the scallops pointed (I used a thin strip of cardstock glued to the back of the scallop circle to be able to control where it was in the punch so I could line it up and then punch) ~ I used some Red Riding Hood Taffeta ribbon (ret).


The card stock used is Always Artichoke, Soft Sky (ret) and Wintergreen DSP (ret)

The card is a 4 1/2" square card.

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~*I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG*~

After I finished my last card.. I looked to my left where on a book shelf is some three drawer containers.. there are single stamps in these drawers. I opened up one and seen the Stampin' UP! children with flag image and in the back fo the drawer the Pledge of Allegiance. I pulled them both out and made this card in less than 5 minutes.. it was so easy.. I think it needs some red on it though!


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~*You Only Live Once*~ Orange toned card

This afternoon on a whim, I decided to stamp some of the flower images from Fifth Ave. Floral Stampin' UP! stamp set. I inked the flower in Versamark and then Versafine ink, clear embossing powder and heat set. I stamped four of them and colored in three.

I used Only Orange for the card base, chocolate chip layer, some DSP from the ret. Wanted paper pack. For the layer behind the saying layer (which is very vanilla, saying stamped in brown ink and circle was cut/embossed using nestabilities die) I took a chocolate chip piece and cut out the top not bigz die, turned it, cut again, turned it, cut again.. etc... till I had a somewhat circle shape. I cut out all the flowers, cut out the leaves using the Sizzlit Little Leaves die and put it all together.. oh, I forgot the sponging and the brads in the corner. That's it!

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~*TRICK OR TREAT*~ Halloween Pumpkin Card

This card uses the same layout as the last one I did.. I woke up this morning wanting to make another card.. this layout is so much fun.

I used an Inkadinkado stamp set, All Stampin' UP! papers (except for the watercolor paper), Versamark/Versafine Inks, embossing powder, markers (see my boo boo on the one pumpkin!)... I used a plastic canvas circle to use as a template for the paper piercing.


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~*GO CONFIDENTLY*~ soft sky & chocolate chip card

Good EARLY morning everybody...

I seen a card in the new Stampin' UP! holiday mini and really liked the layout it used.. so I thought I'd use the same layout. I pulled out some retired things for this.

Live Your Dream stamp set, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White card stock, DSP (can't remember the name right this second!.. something to do with wallpaper I think! ha ha), nestabilities dies, beautiful chocolate chip ribbon, dimensionals, versmark, and clear embossing powder.

I'm surprised I remember it all.. it's 2 am and I am about to fall asleep!

have a great weekend ahead.

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WSC99 ~*PEACE*~ Christmas Card with Owls

This card uses the layout for the WSC99 on Fresh & Fun (Beate John's blog) ~ I used a Hero Arts Christmas set, some Basic Grey paper and Stampin' UP! card stock. The circle is cut out using a Nestabilities die and a Bigkick. I just realized by looking at the circle, that I should've trimmed it after I had adhered it to the cardbase.. durnit!

I used some Glossy Accents on the owls and the berries.. it's still wet, but will look pretty neat when dried and raised.

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~*BOO!*~ Mummy card using medical tape

I have a bag left in my garage of medical tape and gauze.. I gave away most all that I had to the local volunteer fire department. I was in the garage last night and seen the bag and grabbed a roll and thought I'd give it a try to make a mummy card using the tape.

I cut out my card base, then the black layer and a layer of white cardstock that I covered in the medical tape.. the sponged Creamy Caramel ink over it after I was done.. I punched out the eyes using a 3/4" and 1/2" punches.. they were sponged as well. the Boo! was from a $1.00 set, punched out using oval shape and a nestabilities oval for the black layer, they were sponged as well. I rolled over the pieces of tape that were over the edges of the mummy piece and trimmed off what I could that wouldn't curl under.. it is layered using dimensionals.. Stampin' UP! are my favorite item.. my most favorite item in all the catalogs!

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~*JOY*~ Night of Navy & Silver Snowflakes Christmas Card

I used some Adirondack acrylic paint daubers (silver metallic) that I inked up the snowflakes with and then stamped onto the Night of Navy card stock. I heat set for a few seconds after stamping to dry it... it dried really fast. I just layered the NON onto Sarhara Sand card stock and then stamped the saying, along with a stamped off image of the snowflakes on it, then layered it using some oval punches. I finished it off with some ribbon.. oh, the snowflakes are nestabilities dies.. I daubed the silver paint around the edges of the layered piece, saying and snowflakes.. nothing, pretty quick card.. I wanted to dry out the acrylic paints.. they are from Tim Holtz/Ranger.

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~*NOEL*~ Lovely As A Tree Christmas Card

Here it is 12:30 am. and I am up still.. I just finished this card.. nothing fancy, but I wanted to stamp something, so this is what I ended up with.


I used Lovely as a Tree and Many Merry Messages, along with a Hero Arts background stamp. Top Note Bigz Sizzix Die cut out twice, then the gray layer is cut into quarters to layer behind Very Vanilla piece. I used some Cranberry Crisp "beautiful" ribbon and tied it with some embroidery thread off to the side.. the saying is layered using oval punches and a scallop oval punch... the bottom edge uses a Stampin' UP! scallop border punch.

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~*THANK YOU*~ teddy bear card using Dustin Pike digi stamp image

This cute little bear "thank you" image was a freebie at http://www.dustinpike.com/ ~ I have a special person I want to send it to.

I printed it out (along with 8 others/set on wallet) using my HP Laserjet and then cut it out, colored it in using some copic markers. I used the SCS sketch challenge for this layout.

Sorry for not posting more often.. I haven't actually been stamping much because of my shoulder/arm pain that I have been dealing with. I found out this past week that the problem is something called Degenerative Joint Disease. I am going to Physical Therapy twice a week, however it was wrecking my days when I went.. I would come home in so much pain, I had to lay down for hours to get my arm to loose the numb/painful feeling that it had.... when the doctor called me about the results of my Nuclear Bone Scan, she said that PT shouldn't be hurting like that, to only work on range of motion exercises, so when I went on Thursday, I told them what was going on, they changed things around and for once, I left without hurting ~ yeah~!
Tonight my husband asked me why I hadn't been stamping.. he said he was worried about me because I hadn't been stamping and he knows much I enjoy doing it.. my arm had really been bothering me tonight, I took a pain medicine and waited a bit for it to take affect.. then I came upstairs to make this card.

There is no stamping involved on this cutie.. just print, color in, layer and assemble the card.

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~*BABY BOY & GIRL CARDS*~ for 20th Engineer Brigade Care Pkgs.

note: the spots are not on the cards, but must be on the lens of my

camera... guess I need to get it cleaned! I wish I had put the polka

dot panel on the girl cards a bit higher, but they still look cute

the way they are. thanks for looking ~ Pam

I was asked if I would make some baby cards to put into baby care packages that are being packed tomorrow. Of couse I would.. and of course I wait till the last day to make them. I didn't do this on purpose, it's just that life got in the way.. oh.. along with my bum (aching all the time) shoulder didn't help either. Hopefully when I go to the doctor on Tuesday that my Nuclear Bone Scan I had last week will have been read and they'll know what is going on. XRays and an MRI couldn't determine it.. the MRI only showed dark and bright spots, the reason why they ordered the NBS.

Anyways.. back to these cards.. adorable if I may say so!

I used So Saffron for all the card bases.. Regal Rose, Pink Piroette (sp?) along with some American crafts polka dot paper.. the ribbon is Regal Rose, I stamped the duck image from Wagon Full of Fun stamp set, and colored in with markers. I was going to watercolor and realized how much time that would take.. so markers did the trick.

I hope that they like them... if they don't, I guess I just won't be asked to make anymore in the future (I hope that's not the case) ~ I had fun making them.

Before I forget.. I rounded off all the corners of the card bases using my new Corner Chomper ~ WHICH I LOVE!!!
GIRL CARDS:


BOY CARDS:



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