Gilded Lily Goodness

Hello Friends! Today I'm sharing a gatefold card made with an Anna Griffin Gatefold embossing folder, the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, an Anna Griffin die cut and the Gilded Lily 6X6 paper collection from Graphic 45. I also added some border Dazzles from paper wishes. I started by running some Anna Griffin pearl paper through the cuttlebug in the folder. Then I cut the two panels of gilded lily paper collection for the outside. I added the Dazzle border stickers (those are the thin lines on the front. I get them from Paper Wishes. On the inside I cut two small squares from the same page of paper that I used on the front and put those on a background. I cut gold paper on the Anna Griffin Die, then I cut the fabric with the Tattered Florals die. I added a gem to the center. I like to have a few cards around without anything stamped inside so I can grab it for a note or just stamp something later. I hope you enjoy the card!

Brrrrr- The cold continues. I have a little time so I thought I would share another Echo Park Winter Wishes card. The bear is a Silhouette download. They also have a die available to make the bear. I used a Martha Stewart snowflake border punch as well. Inside I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix labels, a WeR memory keepers corner punch. I embossed the sentiment in silver. I hope you like it. Stay warm! Pamela

Brrrrr Bo Bunny Winter Wishes

Happy Sunday! When you wake up to temperatures with a minus in front of them; you become an authoritative source on the meaning of cold. In honor of today's frigid temperatures I made a card using Bo Bunny's Winter Wishes collection. I used my Silhouette to draw and cut the sentiment. Then I used a Wink of Stella pen to color the inside of the font.I edged the sentiment with weathered wood distress ink. The cup was an Echo Park download cut on the Silhouette. There is white glitter paper on both inside and outside of the card. It comes off a little pink in the photo. I added a snowflake punch and a glttered gem. On the inside I used Tim Holtz's Sizzix labels and layered the papers. I fussy cut some of thecups from the paper to add ti the design. I hope wherever you are you stay warm! Happy Stamping~ Pamela

Graphic 45 Cards

Happy Saturday! Today I'm sharing the last of the two cards that I made using the Spellbinder's Dies from my December Kit. I used the same layout as the inspiration that came with the kit. I just changed the embellishments and papers. These dies cut so nicely for small dies. The first one uses the Home Sweet Home Collection from a 6X6 paper pad. I added a Prima Leaf, a Prima Butterfly and a Prima jeweled embellishment as well. The green cardstock embellishment behind the jewels was also one of the Spellbinder dies. I layered the papers from Graphic 45 and again, I used one of the little panels from the paper kit as well. It says "Dear Friend" , I plan to put a Happy Birthday sentiment on the inside.

The second card was done using the French Country Collection also from Graphic 45. Instead of ribbon I used a strip of the border paper and used the flourish from Spellbinders and a panel from the 6X6 paper package. It says Good Luck in French. It seems someone is always retiring or leaving at work and I'm caught without a card; so I'll hold on to this one so I'm not putting together a card at the last minute.

Happy Stamping! Pamela

Tim Holtz Wallflowers Card

Hello Stamping Friends! There is actually very little stamping on this card. Inspired by the layout of my last card, I took the papers from the Tim Holtz Wallflower collection (12X12) and cut a small panel that had the bird and flower on it. Then added a panel of the green pattern. I inked both layers with Ground Espresso Distress Ink. Then I punched a tag (from Spellbinders) from another pattern and then stamped Hello Friend on a piece of cardstock that I had inked with Crushed Olive Distress Ink. The stamp is from the Simple Sayings pack. I added a flourish, one of Tim's metal flowers and some ribbon that I had misted with Fossilized Amber spray. The red cardstock was embossed with a Tim Holtz folder and then distressed with sand paper. I think the cardstock is Fired Brick distress cardstock. This simple layout made the card easy but I think it looks great. Have a great weekend! Pamela

Spellbinders December Kit

Keeping with the theme for this month; I'm again using some of the items I've collected. I love kits. I like the inspiration, trying new products, and having everything at my fingertips. The Spellbinders kits do not disappoint. You get the cards, envelopes, very high quality cardstock, adhesive (yes, I said adhesive!) embellishments, stamps and this kit came with 7 dies. The white card below is the one that I did first after the one on the idea card included in the kit. I decided to use one of my Anna Griffin embossing folders to emboss the white and a Stampin'UP! Stamp on the tag. I added a Prima flower. The flourish and tag were two of the dies included. The ribbon and leaf were leftover embellishments from the kits as well. I liked the simple layout so I replicated that on three other cards I'll post soon. I have to say, this was a generous kit. The dies are exclusive to the club. Happy Stamping! Pamela

Happy 2016! I hope this finds everyone well. Ready for some new resolutions? I have decided to get busy again using my "collection" of items, including kits, and quit allowing them to collect dust. I'm starting off this year with a kit I received from LaLaLand Crafts. These kits are great! Depending on which option you choose you get stamps, dies and the items to complete projects. I hope you will join me this year and dust off some of your "collection" and put them to good use!