Tray Chic...

Hi there, and happy Tuesday!

What a glorious day we have in Missouri!  Mostly clear skies and 70 degrees.  Lots of wind, but no complaints from this hillside.  Edited 30 minutes later:  Okay, I take it back.  It is now windy AND cloudy. Ugh...

I found a little project that I created in Feburary and never posted, so thought I'd share it with you.  It is a template from Creations by AR, called Tray Chic.

CS: A Muse, DP: Doodlebug Design, Sweet Cakes

This tray is as easy as falling off a log, to put together.  If you have a cutting machine, it's REALLY quick.  I don't have, so all of my samples for the DT are cut by hand.   And, although, I've used Valentine's papers, can't you just imagine this for St. Patrick's Day next Friday?  The template is is available here, and is quite reasonable.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to stop back by on March 8th, for a new release for Creations by AR.  I will be sharing three amazing new templates with you!

Have a good day,
Patti J.

Lots to share....

Hello friends, and Happy Thursday!

I have a lot to show today, beginning with a card that my friend Shirley and I made yesterday after watching a video on Stamp TV.  To see Shirley's card, check out her blog!  As there are SO many photos, I'm keeping the verbage to a minimum, so if you want to know anything, ask away!

This uses the Stampendous "Narcissus" stamp.  Beautiful isn't it?  And, Oh My!  That Amuse yellow dot CS is perfect!  I've become a huge fan of their CS.  It's just the right thickness to work with, and looks so pretty.

Next, we created another card fashioned after a video on Stamp TV.  It features the Stately Flowers 2 Stamp set by Melanie Muenchinger that I guest designed for a few weeks ago.....

The sample in the video was done in greens and dark colors, but I wanted to try some pink!

Next up, are the gift bag sets that the ladies created in my workshop at the YMCA Women's Wellness Weekend event at Trout Lodge last Saturday.  Every single set was different - we used a ginormous paper pack from K & Company that had such beautiful prints.  The morning workshop was sort of shabby chic, and the afternoon had fun with Easter/Spring colors.

Last, I made up some diaper shaped favors, some candy bar favors, and some Thank you cards for a lady in town who is co-hosting a baby shower this month.  This darling image is from Just Some Lines, and the sentiment is Hampton Arts. Again, Amuse CS was used for everything.  The favors were pretty simple, and I didn't even take photos (sorry!), but here are the cards, and the little box that I made for them...

In closing, I am asking for your thoughts, well wishes, and prayers if you are one that prays...

Our wonderful new son-in-law had to leave Colorado this week on his third deployment.  Of course, we pretty much wanted to tie him up and keep him 'stateside', but that could not be....   It looks like it will probably be several months, at best.  If you are interested in putting Nick on your card ministry, please get in touch with me, and I'll pass on his mailing address.

Prayers are needed for our dear daughter, as well, as the bright spot in her days is on assignment elsewhere.  Please keep the newlyweds in your thoughts, as well as Nick's parents, who must be devastated that he's had to go again, for the third time. Thanks!

I'm entering the Narcissus card here:
CCEE Stampres - Spring Scene
Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring
Delightful Sketches - Spring Colours


Have a great day - I think I'm almost caught up on visiting all of you!  Will be back to see what you've been up to tonight. Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

My Last DP Post . . .

Happy Wednesday!

Where has the time gone?  I can't believe that it's the end of February.  When I made the decision not to take on another term with Doodle Pantry, it seemed like a lifetime from then until now!  I had a wonderful time working with Laurie, and all of the team members.  I will miss them very much, but need to devote some time to some other things.  Laurie, and DT family, if you are reading - thank you SO much!  What a fun, sincere, and thoughtful group of ladies you are!

My last card as DT member features the Winter Song Birdies.  They are simply adorable!  I've created this card using the sketch from the Merry Monday Challenge #9.  These sketches are simple, fun, and best of all, I'm getting a great head start on my Christmas cards for 2012!

Have a great evening!  Thanks for stopping by.

I'll be back soon with the projects from the workshop last weekend :)

Hugs and blessings,
Patti J.

"Sew" Rejected.....

Good morning!  I hope that you are having a great weekend.  Today is my workshop day, and tomorrow is a busy day as well.  We will go to church in the morning, and are going to the Fox Theater to see the live production of West Side Story in the afternoon.  Should be a wonderful day!

Since things have been "sew" hectic this week, I thought I'd share another publication reject with you.  This was for a "Sew" Thankful call.  Since sending it off, and having it declined, TAC (The Angel Company) went out of business, so I'm sorry to say that the stamps are no longer available, but I wanted to show the card anyway!

As you can see, this was created gatefold style.  The belly band was made so that the focal piece could be used as a magnet after opening the card.  I thought it turned out fairly cute...

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Monday should be back to normal.  I'm looking forward to seeing your weekend creations!

Hugs and blessings, my friends...off I go - wish me luck!

Patti J.

Thinking of you....

Good morning!  What a beautiful morning it is in Missouri!

Today is going to be another short post.  I think I mentioned that I'm doing two workshops for a Women's Wellness Weekend at a YMCA about an hour from here on Saturday.  Well, you know what that means!  My craft corner would scare the socks right off of you!  I'm busy cutting and scoring and packaging kits.  LOTS of kits!  Tee hee....

Anyway, back to business here!  I took my friend Shirley some lunch last week, when she was too sick to get out.  Lo and behold, she had the above project ready for us to create after lunch.  Shirley is an A muse demonstrator, so it's always fun to visit and look at her fabulous new 'stuff'!!!  Edited:  I think this technique is in this month's Technique Junkie....   This technique was shown on an Amuse video.  We used four colors of ink, and some small finger daubers.  The leaves were stamped normally, by pressing the stamp into the green ink.  The butterfly, however, was inked using the daubers.  We daubed the yellow first, then the red, then the brown, and stamped.  Isn't that a beautiful way of shading an image?

There is an inspiration photo at Flutterby Wednesday today, that I think captures the colors in this card beautifully, so I'm entering this card in their challenge!

Hope that you all have a delightful day - back to the grindstone for me!  DH has some more surgery at 11:30, so can't waste any time!

Thanks for stopping by to say hello!  I don't know about the rest of you, but Blogger's newest form of word verification is kicking my butt.  Sometimes it takes me 5 or 6 tries to read the words and retype them.  If I'm in a hurry to get someplace, I may have to just stop trying.  That is happening a lot.  If you are noticing a decline in your comments and visitors, it may be worthwhile to complain to Blogger!  Just sayin.....

Take care, friends!
Blessings,
Patti J.

Winner!

Good morning!  

Thanks to all who left comments to win the CardMaker magazine - I wish that you could all be winners!  Random dot 'throw them in a bowl and pick one out' chose Judy I.  Congrats Judy!  Drop me an email with your mailing info, and I'll get that out to you this morning!  My email is: mamagilliam at gmail dot com

Have a good day, everyone - it's a short week!  Woot woot!

Hugs and smiles,
Patti J.

Hey There, Hi, Hello....

Hooray for weekends!  

Even though I'm retired, I still look forward to Saturday's, because my DH can be home with me.  Slow weekend here, but it's a THREE day weekend!  Dinner and a movie with high school friends of DH's tonight, church and a potato bake dinner tomorrow, and hopefully, a quiet day on Monday.  Of course, as we all know, never, EVER plan on a quiet day!

I have a card to share today that I made for the "Hey There, Hi, Hello" challenge at The Impression Obsession Blog.

I decided after using so much bling on the last couple of cards, that today's card should be pretty clean and simple.  That brought to mind the beautiful Colonial Life stamp from Impression Obsession.  A few minutes with some Copic markers, and a CAS card was born!  The hello sentiment was colored with a black marker, and was part of a longer sentiment....I wanted only the word hello.

Thanks for stopping by to visit!

Enjoy your weekend, and if you are traveling, please be safe!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

P.S. Don't forget - you can still scroll down to the last post and sign up for some blog candy!

I need to re-iterate.....I was NOT published...lol....

I simply bought two magazines and need to give one away!  (silly me)