Stellar Crafts by Pam

It is never easy to lose a pet. Most people consider them another part of their family, so losing a pet is like losing a family member. I experienced this personally in 2010 when my 3 ferrets became suddenly ill and were all put down or passed within the same two-week span. That was heartbreaking. One was enough, but three? It took me a while to get back onto my feet after that. *pictured from left to right: Shadow, Gizmo, and Zorro - RIP buddies! Miss you* The one thing I en

Now that I've gotten back to making time for card making, I can't stop! It feels good to get these ideas, that have been packed in my head, out onto paper. I still have at least one more card after this one to share :) For this card, I decided (again) to go back to the Mojo Monday 478 Contest. I used this card sketch and used the supplies from SSS Snow Much Thanks Card Kit - this time, using patterned papers AND solids to create a card - not just mix and matching paper with o

Alright, so it's the first Monday of the new year, and I am determined to stick to the schedule that I have set for myself. Today, I promised I would create a card to share with you using the Mojo Monday sketch for this week, which is Mojo Monday 478 Contest. For this card, I wanted to pull my Simon Says Stamp January 2017 Snow Much Thanks card` kit, since I had yet to do anything with it other than take it out from the box and transfer it to a ziplock baggie. When I looked t

Do you find yourself making Halloween cards? I typically don't. I really don't see Halloween as a "card giving" holiday, but despite that, many craft companies come out with Halloween papers, stamps, and accessories to make it possible to create Halloween cards and other paper crafting goodies. When Simon Says Stamp came out with their Ghostly Greetings Halloween card kit, I wasn't sure at first if I wanted to make the purchase. It did come with a lot of cute Halloween goodie

Can you believe it's already October?! This is my favorite time of year though... so I'm so glad those days of 90-100 degree weather are gone for now. I'm not looking forward to the freezing weather, but the 50-70 degree weather? That's my favorite :) Today is World Card Making Day, and it's a cold and wet one... so it's the PERFECT day for staying inside and binge making cards! I've been off the radar for a while now... I've just been lacking the inspiration to get into my c

I've been wanting to dip into mixed media for a while now. I've had a mixed-media haul and collected various supplies here and here to add to my stash. However, I really haven't had the time to just play around with my stash and try out any ideas that I've had. Well, I finally sat down one day, pulled out my distress inks, some gesso, a palette knife, and a stencil, then got to work. I'm definitely not the one to know much about mixed-media and what the purpose is for each ty

This video shows a review of Ranger dye inks found at my local Tuesday Morning. I also show a comparison of these inks to Stampin' Up! and CTMH dye inks. Thanks for stopping by! Happy crafting :) #TuesdayMorning #Ranger #review #dyeink #CTMHCloseToMyHeart #StampinUp

Ever since I went on my vacation 2 weeks ago, I've been making cards almost non-stop. Whether it's cards for holidays, friends at work, or just because. When I first started up making cards again during my vacation (hadn't spent much time crafting the month before), I felt rusty with my card making and any idea I had either didn't go as planned the first time or it just took me forever to complete a card. Today I realized that the more often I made cards, the better I get at

This week is contest week at Mojo Monday, so of course I HAD to make the time to participate in the Mojo Monday 446 Contest! I don't think I had a difficult time with the sketch per se, but it was more of coming up with a design theme for the card that would work with the sketch and being a potential Mother's Day card. Looking through my stamps, I really don't have many Mother's/Father's day stamps, so this time I wanted to focus on my mom as a person in general by using some

I am downsizing my stamp collection and have a bunch of Close To My Heart stamp sets for sale. Check out my eBay page for available stamp sets and prices :) http://www.ebay.com/usr/stellarcraftsbypam #forsale #CTMHCloseToMyHeart