Monday, May 9, 2011

Promises.....

I hope that you ladies all had a nice Mother's Day, and that you gents spoiled your mom's rotten on Sunday!




I found a few minutes today to craft!
I was trying to find a way to use ALL the patterns in one color of Laurie's beautiful new paper pack at Doodle Pantry.


Then I saw a beautiful card HERE of Kim Schofield's on SCS that I loved!
I used her basic layout, and here's what I created.
I think this color is simply gorgeous, and that it's even prettier against the stark white and black mats.
There are 3 patterns of FIVE different colors in this pack for $2.00. TWO dollars!!! Wowzers! You can check out the paper here!

I also used one of the sentiments from the Noah's Ark pack, which is also a new release.

The darling butterfly is from The Craft's Meow, from the set "Friend of Mine", and can be found here.

There is still lots of time to join in the challenge at the Doodle Pantry Blog, as well! You just need to use a Doodle Pantry Image! If you don't have any, you can check out the freebies!


Am entering this card at Flutter by Wednesdays: Open challenge (include butterfly, angel, or fairy)



My Mother's Day was very nice. We stayed home - DD and Rosie, the grand-doggie were here for the weekend. Saturday was the Azalea Festival in a nearby town, so we went to a fund-raiser breakfast, and DD joined us there after she ran the 5K affiliated with the festival. She placed first in her division! It was her first 'first', so she was pleased, and we were proud. It poured down rain (are you surprised?), and was very chilly for the race. Yesterday, however, the sun blessed us with her presence, and we BBQ's some delish pork steaks! Yummmm......





DD brought some beautiful hanging baskets and a laugh out loud card...on the front was a mixer dripping with chocolate batter. It said, "Good moms let their kids lick the beaters." The inside sentiment said "Great moms turn the mixer off first." Tee hee..... she thanked me for always turning the beaters off! DS sent an amazing vase of fresh flowers with a note that nearly made me cry! I have the best grown children in the world!!!


Well, have a great week! Hopefully, I'll be back in a day or two with something that will make you smile!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Patti J.

Food for Thought: If you fatten up all of your friends and family, you will look thinner!!!

37 comments:

Kim said...

Hey Patti, beautiful card! Love that you case'd one of mine...so honored!! Thank you for the kind comments!! XXOO

Kristine said...

ROTFL!!! That card CRACKS ME UP!! Oh, not the one you made... that one is very elegant and so pretty... but the one your DD gave you. I just read that to my DD and we both got a huge chuckle. LOVE IT! Glad you had a wonderful Mother's Day and congrats to your DD for her first "first" place! =)

Pat (mspfd) said...

This is a beautiful card, Patti! What a lovely layout and the sentiment and embellisments couldn't be more perfect!!

The Other Patti Sue said...

So happy you had a great MD! Sounds like your kids spoiled you rotten! Love your card.... GOR-JUSS GF!

Karen Howard said...

The papers go wonderful together and what a pretty sentiment! Glad to hear that you had a happy Mother's Day! Hugs, Karen

Dawnll said...

Beautiful card with yummy papers.
Glad your mothers day was gReat!
I also had a good day
blessings to you, Dawn ll

Shirley said...

Absolutely lovely! What a pretty butterfly too!

Lorie said...

That is just SO pretty! Sounds like a wonderful Mother's Day...good for you!

Heide said...

Patti,
This is just stunning! Great colors to go with the great layout.

Amy Johnson said...

Wow! I never thought of just using the sentiment from the Noah's Ark set on it's own. It works great!

Glenda Atkins said...

Beautiful card, I adore those colours and the layout is fabulous. Glad Mother's Day was good for you, Mother's can always use a little spoiling:)

lovely card

glenda

Maria Matter said...

absolutely gorgeous Patti!!! love the monochromatic scheme!

so glad you had a nice Mother's day...DD card, too funny!
hugs & blessings

auntbeespickles said...

Oh patti, this is really beautiful! Wow, I love it!! Great card!

Sue from Oregon said...

Wonderful creation...I so love it!

Becky said...

This is beautiful Patti, and what a funny card, "Great moms turn the mixer off first." haha...

craftieodmae said...

LOVE the card, it's gorgeous, glad you had a wonderful Mother's day!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Isn't it great when you can look back at all of your hard work in the form of humans??? I liked what I saw, and it sounds like you did too! That is one fabulous card, PJ. I have been seeing that fanned out design lots lately and I love it!

Chelsea said...

Love the color and details in your card!

Glittered Paws said...

Oh how creative to use all 5 patterns on 1 card - I really thought about getting this set of digi papers - now it is a must have. I am glad your Moms Day turned out super. I too got a vase of beautiful flowers from DD Donni.

Stef H said...

beautiful card. absolutely LOVE the color combo.

glad to hear mother's day was good. looks like SUMMER got here tho' i'm still waiting for SPRING - lol.

will give vicki a hug for you.


hugs, stef (Glitterbabe)

do check me out, my store and
Glitterbabe@Stitchy Bear

Betty Benton said...

Love this card and the layout -- I may have to case your case!!

Grace said...

Hi Patti! I was JUST thinking of you and you popped in on my blog! So good to see you my friend!!! This is a beautiful way to spotlight all these fabby papers and love the sentiment!!! Hope all is well with you!!! Miss ya!
Mwaaaah!
Grace

Auntie Em said...

Sounds like you had a busy weekend! Love your pretty card. The little butterfly really adds the nicest accent.
Thanks for sharing! :)

L.Wilson said...

This card is FABULOUS! I really love mint color. I like that you kept it all mint except for a splash of white/black. what a perfect sketch layout too!

Lisa Lara said...

Oh this is beautiful Patti. Wow.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my flower pot tutorial and taking the time to leave a sweet comment. Hugs, Lisa

Kathy W. said...

Lovely card Patti! Love the color combo, one of my faves!

redwasher1 said...

WOW!! I love the colors in this so awesome card!!!

Lynn Mercurio said...

Beautiful card, outstanding colors, captivating design....AWESOME!

Curt in Indy said...

Sounds like you had an awesome Mom's Day. I'm glad because you so deserve it. Laughed out loud too on the card sentiment. Too funny. Love your color combo on the card. It's a coincident too, because I favorited that exact same card when I saw it on SCS! We have such good taste don't we?? Best, Curt

Anonymous said...

lovely card Patti! I love this style card! What a funny card! loved reading about your happy day!

Sue said...

Very beautiful.......love the sentiment.

Hugs
Sue

Joan Ervin said...

What a beautiful design, Patti...the color combo is one of my favorites and I love the sentiment!!! I'm glad you had a great Mother's Day!!!

Crystal said...

Patti Oh my goodnessssss this is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! LOVE these colors together!!! I am sooo happy you had a wonderful Mother's Day!!! Hugs girly!!!

Beth Norman said...

What an adorable card. It sounds like you had a terrific Mother's Day.

Mau xx said...

Hi Patti, hope you are Ok, your card is beautiful, i love the colours together and the verse is just so special. xx

Sandy Ang said...

Mmmm, this teal green is really lovely. Thanks for dropping by with your thoughts on BCC. I have a scrap pile that's huge too. It's comforting to know I'm not alone.

Jan Hunnicutt said...

Ohhh this is just gorgeous! I love the colors, some of my favorites!