Friend Card

Made this cute card awhile back to send to a friend and thought I would reshare it today.  In this age of texting one forgets to call or to write a note to each other. There is something to say about human contact, it is always something that one yearns for. If you are like me when I go to bed at night I pray for all that are close to me and that I love. I pray for other things that have filled my day and when I finish I think often of some that I haven't heard from in many days, weeks or even months. I always think tomorrow I will call but my tomorrows never happen and again the days become weeks and weeks become months. Sad to think about it.

I made my "Hey Friend Card" using Graphic 45 Ladies Diary papers On the Dot, Hopscotch, Buttons A La Mode, and Mantique. I did all my distressing using Tim Holtz Inks: Aged Mohagany, Broken China, and Tea Dye. I used ColorBox Chestnut to stamp the Clock from the 7Gypsies Venice Stamp collection. The cute stamp that says "Hey Friend-Just Saying Hello" is from Basic Grey. I stamped it on a tag using Black Memento ink. The Antique Bronze Brads and ribbons really dress the tag and the pocket of the card.

Remember to make beautiful cards but more importantly take time to call your family and friends. Hugs Pammejo

Vintage Love Gift Bag with Tim Holtz and Making Memories

Do you feel love is in the air!!!! I do!!!! and fortunate to have married the love of my life and we have been together for a long, long time now. Anyway I wanted to share a vintage bag I made to give to a special Valentine in my life.  I started with a burgundy bag from my Christmas stash and decided it would be perfect. If you don't have a burgundy that use a Kraft bag.

I made the flowers using Valentine Cupcake liners. I cut 3 different size circles, sprayed them with Cranberry Glimmer Mist. Allow them to dry and then just wad them up, open and layer them and add a clear jewel gemstone to the center.

I took one of the Tim Holtz Adornments and using Glossy Accent I placed it right on top of the crown that I used from the Tim Holtz Urban Grudge Stamp set. I used this stamp set on all the stamped pieces you see on my bag. My tag was distressed with the Tim Holtz distressing tool and Pumice Distress Ink. My glass embellishments I made by going to the jewelry department at Hobby Lobby and buying the pieces, went at home and put them together. I saved a lot of money doing these this way. I hope you go through your bag stash and make your special someone a beautiful bag to place a gift in. Hugs Pammejo
Supplies:
Red Bag
Making Memories: Je T Adore Collection: Floral Ledger and Pattern Stripe
Tim Holtz: Adornments, Urban Grudge Clear Stamps, Pumice Distress Ink, Tiny Attacher and Distress Tool
Hero Arts Valentine Heart Stamp
Cranberry Glimmer Mist
Martha Stewart Scoreboard
Mrs Grossmans Valentine sticker
Paper Doily Valentine Cupcake Liners
Prima Swirls and Fimo
Cream Bling Jewelry pieces from Hobby Lobby

1" and 3/4" circle punch

2 clear jewel brads

Valentine Box using the Cameo and Bo Bunny

I made my first project on my Silhouette Cameo a year ago, it is a fun candy box. I just thought it was just to cute and had to reshare it since your are still able to get the image. I used some Bo Bunny Valentine paper that I had. The Valentine image is in the library of the Cameo, what makes it so fabulous is you can make it any size you want it to be, that is as long as it will fit on your paper. (I know I plan to use just the front of it as a card.)

I had to navigate a square on my computer to the front of the bag on the Silhouette Cameo to make a window so you could see into the bag. I placed a piece of acetate inside the bag so my candies would fall out

I added some of the black heart paper from Bo Bunny behind the large heart at the top to give my bag some depth, along with framing out the window and placing paper behind the small hearts at the bottom of the bag. I added some ribbon that I purchased from my local craft store and of course had to add a Epiphany Heart Charm with some black twine to the top of the box. I hope if you have a Cameo that you try the dimensional images from the Silhouette Store or maybe some other SVG files. Hugs Pammejo

Thank You Card using Hero Arts

I just love spring colors and the color palette that is in the Memory Box Enchanted Paper Pad is just perfect for the Thank You Card that I wanted to make. I stamped my Hero Arts Thank You image in with Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers. I fussy cut my image out, placed it on my purple back ground paper and placed both pieces on top of my card base with pop dots after I tied my sheer ribbon around it.

Here is a closer look at the stamped image, I added Glossy Accent to the tiny berries and gemstones to the front of the flowers. I hope you take time to make a few Thank You cards since one never knows when you will need one. Hugs Pammejo
Supplies:
Hero Arts Thank You Stamp
Memory Box Enchanted Paper Pad
Sheer Light Purple Ribbon
Eyelet Ribbbon
Glossy Accent
Metal Ribbon Slide
Pop Dots
Scrapbook Adhessive

Love You Card - Inspired by Stamping Challenge #45

Welcome today for the IBS Inspiration Challenge #45.  I am so excited that you stopped by to see the Love You Card  that I created for the inspirational piece. I made my card using the "Just Because Stamp" set along with the "Fancy Label Die" set and Authentique "Lovely" paper for my card.

Here is the IBS Inspiration Challenge piece for the challenge and we would love for you to make a project and upload it to Mr. Linky that is at the bottom of the post.

I stamped my die cut image with red embossing powder and VersaMark adding it to the top of my card with pop dots after I had placed all of my paper layers, lace and swirly gemstones to the front of my card base. I added a red sheer ribbon, pearl stick pin and a small flower that I made using an Epiphany Punch. I hope you have been inspired enough to make a project and upload it to the IBSC Challenge blog. Hugs Pammejo

BONUS TIP....

Do you have a hard time holding your dies in place when you are trying to cut them out. Well, try a bit of Washi Tape to hold them down, easy to use and easy to remove, the best part is it won't hurt your paper. I have also used it to hold my paper down on my Silhouette mat when I the sticky has disappeared on the mat. Enjoy!!!!

Supplies: 
IBS Just Because Stamp and Fancy Label Die
Authentique Lovely paper
Epiphany Scallop Flower Punch and Epoxy Bubble
Red Embossing Flower
VersaMark
Sheer red ribbon
Reminisce Gemstone Swirl
French Country Lace Strip

Good Friends Card with SinCity Stamps

I love how my "Good Friends" Card came together using SinCity "Time Well Spent" stamp set and I know the special friend that I plan on giving this to for Valentines Day

The first thing I did was embossed my background paper for my card. So get your white embossing powder, tidy tray, embossing gun, paper and "Time Well Spent" flower stamp together and lets begin to make our card

See how pretty the background turned out on my blue checker paper from the My Minds Eye "The Sweetest Thing" paper pad. I then stamped the heart key stamp out twice along with the "Good Friends" sentiment on paper from the same collection. I punched out the sentiment to form a semi-circle along with a scallop circle to place above my border strips at the bottom of my card after I had tied my twin ribbon to the card front. My heart stamp I fussy cut the whole image from one of the stamped image and only the heart from the second layering it on top with a pop dot prior to placing it to the front of my card. I love metals so I had to add a key and hot air balloon to front of my card.

So no card is complete for Valentines Day without a bit of chocolate, so I picked up at Godiva Chocolatier bar and altered it to give to my Valentine.

I covered the candy bar with my My Minds Eye "The Sweetest Thing" paper and added a fun stamped border along with the double key hearts and sentiment from the "Time Will Tell" set that I stamped with some blue ink. I stamped the double key hearts twice so I could fussy cut them out and add the second set of heart to the key with pop dots. Added a few of stick pins to my candy bar to make sure it looked as special as I could.

I so hope this has inspired you to make something special for the "Valentines" in your life and hope you stop by SinCity Stamps to check out the stamps. Hugs Pammejo

Love You Candy Jar with Carta Bella

Don't you just love the candy jar stamp from Northwoods Stamp? I do and thought it was just the perfect stamp for Valentine or anytime.... I used the Carta Bella "So Loved Stripe" and "Hugs and Kisses Border" papers from the Devoted collection to make my card with. I did multiply layering along with using my EK Success Chomper on a few of the corners prior to placing them on my card front.

Once I had my candy jar colored I fussy cut the jar out and placed it on pop dots along with wrapping red twine around the lid and the border that I had placed on the card.

I colored all of the hearts in with my Copic Markers and added the "Love You" from the paper strips that I fussy cut and placed on pop dots. I hope you try your had at coloring some of your stamped images, I always find it so relaxing. Hugs Pammejo