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

Thank goodness for Mojo Monday! I feel like it definitely is helping me to find my card making mojo :) After I made my last card using the Mojo Monday 478 Contest sketch, I felt the urge to make another! I began again with the Simon Says Stamp Snow Much Thanks Card Kit. I pulled the patterned paper that looked like sprinkles and immediately thought "birthday card." I decided I wanted to bring out the pink from the patterned paper, so I used the pink paper from the kit and als

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

When I saw My Favorite Things' dog stamp sets "Lucky Dog" and "You Make My Tail Wag," I knew they would make a great addition to my stamp collection because I absolutely adore dogs, have dog-lover friends, and work with dogs every day at my job. "Lucky Dog" was first on my list because it has a chihuahua, and I have a pet chihuahua named Rocko. I mainly got "You Make My Tail Wag" because it had some great additional accessories and sentiments that could be used in combination

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

This video shows a card making haul from Lawn Fawn's 2016 Fall & Winter release. Card examples are shared, as well as some tips and tricks for using the new products. Some highlighted techniques include making an interactive oven, using pop-up dies, creating a wobble character, and creating slider cards. Thanks for stopping by! Happy crafting :) #lawnfawn #haul #cards #MyFavoriteThings #interactive #AutumnFall #Winter

Yassssss!! I'm so stoked to share this card with you all :D Once I saw the Sprinkled with Joy stamp set from Lawn Fawn, ideas flew into my head... and one was the Gingerbread Man story. You know... the one where little old woman makes gingerbread cookies, and the gingerbread man escapes from the oven?? Well... here we have TWO gingerbread men who have escaped, however, one managed to break his foot while running away... but the other one just kept on going! Haha, I love makin

Ohmygosh -- I can't express how much I love Lawn Fawn stamps and how they all just WORK together! It's my husband's birthday, and wanting to play with these little critters and the Leafy Tree Backdrop dies, I made him a fall-themed birthday card :) The one thing I do worry about with using Lawn Fawn stamps is sometimes it's hard to come up with something original from using just one stamp set alone, because everyone has already thought of everything in sharing design inspirat

It's that time of year again - STAMPtember, when SSS and a bunch of other stamp companies work together to bring us exclusive stamp sets only available while they last! Now, don't feel like you need to get something just because it won't be around again... only get something if you LOVE it. I feel the need to say this because I know I'm guilty of getting wrapped-up in the "get it before it's gone" gimmick, but I also try to think logically before jumping the gun and making a

As I stated in my last blog post, I could not WAIT to play with the Sprinkled with Joy stamp and die sets. One thing I knew when I bought Sprinkled with Joy is that I wanted to put some cupcakes in that oven! Baked with Love is the perfect companion stamp set to Sprinkled with Joy (I'm sure they planned it that way), because of all the little kitchen utensils in addition to the cupcakes. My husband's birthday is coming up, so with that in mind, I thought I would make this a b