Birdhouse BranchDi

Hello out there!

Seems like it's been a long time since I've posted a Die-Versions project!

I have one of the new release dies to share with you today.

This is Die-Versions "Birdhouse Branch" Whispers DV-437, and it's going

to be a favorite!  I used the inlaid die technique with this card.

The die was cut on blue, pink, green, woodgrain, and the cute grid background papers.

Once I had the background, I put a piece of sticky paper on the back, and began

trimming off pieces to fit in the blanks - just like working a puzzle!

The sentiment is Great Impressions B152 Hello Friend.

I think this one's a keeper - what do you think?

Be sure to check out the Die-Versions blog each day for inspiration,

and check out the Die-Versions store for new products, sales, and lots of

temptations!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Patti J.

Happy Birthday to me - Blog Candy for you!!!

Hi everyone!

Well, Friday is my birthday!

I think I'll be somewhere in the neighborhood of 29 again.

Okay, I'm busted....you caught me.

29 + 32 is pretty close, though, right?

Anywhooooo.......

I have posts scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week.

Every comment made on each of these blogs will be put in a random dot dear hubby

drawing, and on Friday, one of you will win an itty bitty blog candy!

Anyone who comments at the CardMaker blog on Thursday will be entered

an extra time!  So, you have 4 chances to win!!!

Here's what's up for grabs:

Have a wonderful day - it's a glorious day in Missouri today!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Bunny Buns

Happy Saturday!

I'm here today with a fun card for Great Impressions Stamps.

I posted this card a few days ago, using some 'front and back' bunnies 

from Great Impressions.  

Today, I'm using some new 'front and back' stamps!

For today's card, I used Great Impressions F602-Bunny Peeking In, B245-Wishing You a Happy Easter, and D493-Bunny Buns.

Hope you smiled at this one!  The pieces on these two were not shaped totally alike, so I had to use my imagination a bit to make the window card work

Don't forget - there are still a couple of days to join us in this month's 'Go Green' challenge (HERE!). If you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (HERE). 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (HERE) and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Hugs,

Patti J.

Great Impressions sponsors C.R.A.F.T. Challenge!

Happy Thursday!

Great Impressions Stamps is sponsoring the C.R.A.F.T Challenge #304.

The challenge is to create something based on a movie.

At first, this one stumped me, but in flipping through my Great Impressions stamps, the light came on!

Hands up, if you have seen and enjoyed the movie Happy Feet!

You just can't help but love those little penguins, and their dancing feet.

Now, I'm pretty sure these are not penguin feet (tee hee), but these duck feet, are

SO stinkin' cute!  Therefore, my card for the C.R.A.F.T. challenge is based on 'Happy Feet'.

Here's what I made, using Great Impressions F531 Duck Feet, 

and Great Impressions C437 On Your Feet:

This was a perfect card, as we had a lady at church that had broken her foot.

She got a giggle out of these sweet feet going every which way.

Think about movies that you've seen and liked, and create something fun to link

up at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - you could be the winner of some Great

Impressions Stamps!

Thanks for stopping by today - we are one day closer to the weekend, right?

Hugs and grins to you all,

Patti J.

RI Sketch Challenge - Happy Retirement!

Hello!

Where did the week go?  I can't believe it's time for another sketch challenge

at the Repeat Impressions' blog, The House that Stamps Built.

Wendy, the owner, is the queen of sketches.  

Seriously...how does she come up with all of these great ideas?

Here is this week's sketch:

I used Repeat Impressions Stamps 1101-F Retirement, 

and 2908-I Shade of the Elm.

Here is my card:

My fellow Rock Stars have some beautiful projects to share today, as well.

I hope that you will nab this sketch, and join our challenge!  

Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, 

but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your RI orders!

Now, it's time to see what my DT sistah's have created!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Karen     Debbie     Kathy

Happy Hopping!

Hope you link up a card this week!

Hugs,

Patti J.

I used my Perfect Layers tools for the perfect green matting! Be sure to check out my sidebar to see how you can go from plain to fabulous and save money on your orders!

Happy Birthday Wendy!

Good Morning!

When Wendy Wyman was just 4 years old, she announced that she was going to be an artist when she grew up.  Many years, and many sketchbooks later, she had earned a BFA in Graphic Design. 

For the next 11 years found Wendy worked in advertising, freelancing, and ran a printing company. 

And then it happened...Wendy's mom became a stamping addict, and the rest was history!  It was Wendy's mom's encouragement that led her to turn her illustrations into fine art rubber stamps.

Wendy's husband, Bill, was also looking for a career change, and jumped at the idea of learning a new skill.  

And so....in 1996, Wendy Wyman, and her husband Bill Welsh established Repeat Impressions Stamps.  Each stamp is designed by Wendy, and manufactured by Bill in their home workshop!

Today, the design team for Repeat Impressions, the Rock Stars, have joined together

with a special hop for Wendy's Birthday!

Wendy loves ATC's, so we've changed things up - instead of cards, we all created ATC's for Wendy. They were mailed to Cheri, one of our Rock Stars, who has created a wonderful album for them, and sent them on to Wendy.

Wendy, you are one of the sweetest, and most generous people we know.

As a 'boss', rarely do we find ourselves on a team that is more professionally run,

or more organized!  You are so understanding of our personal issues, and it's a joy to work with you and your products!

We want to wish you a very Happy Birthday!
We look up to, admire and respect you.

May your day today be filled with love and laughter!

And remember....the more candles you have, the bigger the wish you are allowed!

Here are my ATC's for Wendy:

This ATC uses Repeat Impressions 9009-F Butterfly (Sm.) and 8618-E Happy Moments

For this ATC, I used Repeat Impressions 2516-G The Cat's Out..., and 7122-G Yike's Cat

Last but not least, this fun ATC showcases Repeat Impressions 9716-H Fish Face, and 9720-C Big Wish

Please hop along to see what uber-fabulous projects my fellow Rock Stars have created

for Wendy!

Deonna
Joy
Melissa
Karen
Debbie
Kathy
Brenda
Geri
Cheri

Thanks for hopping with us!  If you have a minute, please go to the RI blog, The House that Stamps Built, and leave Wendy a bit of Birthday love!!!

Happy Easter Tu Tu You...

Happy Saturday!

Hope you are all well, and enjoying a beautiful weekend.

Mother Nature is still pretty crabby here in Mo.

It's Saturday, and you know what that means - I'm here to share a fun project for

Great Impressions Stamps!

The Great Impressions' design team has been busy all week long, showcasing fun and fabulous ways to wrap up those Easter treats.  If you haven't been checking out the Great Impressions blog posts this week, be sure to do so - loads of inspiration!

Here is what I created using Great Impressions D494 Tu Tu You, and Great Impressions G519 Tu Tu Chicks:

I began with a white lunch bag, and two squares of blue cardstock.

I laid the bag down, turned it over, and smoothed the back 'bag bottom' down flat.

Then I trimmed the entire bag down several inches.

I stamped and colored the image and sentiment, and adhered that panel

to a piece of fun patterned paper. 

A grass die cut was added to the bottom for a bit of fun.  

This entire focal panel was then adhered to one of the blue cardstock squares.  

A label punch was used to create openings on each blue panel,

and each panel was adhered to the bag front with Tombow Extreme adhesive.

The bag was filled with pink grass and lots of Easter candies, and tied shut with

a scrap of ribbon.

Hope this inspired to you grab that stash of lunch bags, and your Great Impressions

Stamps, and get creative!  By the way, isn't this image Tu Tu cute???

Thanks for stopping by today!

Don't forget - there is still time to join us in this month's 'Go Green' challenge (HERE!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (HERE). 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (HERE) and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Hugs,

Patti J.

CardMaker Magazine Blog Post

Hi there!

It's my day to post over at the

CardMaker Magazine Blog.

I've shared a couple of great tips, 

and hope that you'll go check them out, 

and leave me a bit of love in the comments!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Patti J.

Hello there!

It's Wednesday, and time for a brand new Photo Inspiration challenge at

The House that Stamps Built!

Here is the inspiration photo:

I used these stamps for my project:  Repeat Impressions 1808-E Just Because, and

Repeat Impressions 1317-L Vase of Tulips.

Here's what I made!

This card was SO easy!

The focal image was stamped three times. Once on a white panel, once again on a white scrap, and once on the patterned paper.  The focal image was colored with Copic Markers. The vase was then fussy cut from the patterned paper, and adhered to the stamped vase on the white panel.

One of the tulips on the scrap piece was colored, fussy cut, and popped up,

hanging over the front edge of the vase.

All panels were adhered to the card base, and the sentiment was stamped.

Easy peasy!

My fellow Rock Stars have some beautiful projects to share today, as well.

I hope that you will get your dies or punches out, and join our challenge!  Remember,

you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, but if you do, you have

double the chance of winning!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your RI orders!

Now, it's time to see what my DT sistah's have created!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Karen     Debbie     Kathy

Happy Hopping! Hope you link up a card this week!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on each RI order!

Hugs,

Patti J.

P.S. Did you see my perfect green mat?  I used my Perfect Papercrafting Mini Rulers and mat to get those pretty straight lines!  Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your PPC orders!!!

CardMaker Magazine - Sakura Blog Hop

Happy Monday to all!

Today, the CardMaker Magazine Blog Team has a special blog hop for you.

A couple of weeks ago, our team received a package of happy mail

from Leslie, at Sakura of America!

My package contained two Sakura Quickie Glue Pens, Item #38480,

and two Sakura White Gel Pens, Item #37493.

I'm excited to share my projects with you today - I had such a great time with my happy

mail...Thanks, Leslie, and CardMaker!

Here's what I created:

For this first card, I used a great background stamp from my stash.

The background was stamped on pink cardstock.  I cut the panel to the size desired, 

and proceeded to doodle with the white pen!  What fun - I think this is called the Bandana 

Technique - it really DOES look like a bandana, right?

The white gel pen was SO smooth, and left such nice fine lines!

The panel was matted, adhered to the card base and embellished with some white nailheads.

I used a digital set for the sentiment. This card was mailed to a wonderful man at our

church, who has been a light to us all for the past MANY years. He has stage 4 cancer,

and is in need of happy mail.  The inside is another digi sentiment, and reads, "Thank you for shining your light".  I wanted this flat for mailing, and used the Quickie glue pen for the sentiment - worked perfectly!

For this purple card, I used the layered technique.  The large panel was cut for the

card front, and a smaller panel for the inside.  The smaller panel was adhered over the large panel with repositionable adhesive, and another image from the above background set was stamped over both purple panels.  Again, I doodle on the images, and wow - what a relaxing evening I had!

The smaller panel was matted, and both it and the larger purple panel were adhered to the

card front using the Quickie Glue Pen. The sentiment was also from the digital set,

and was matted and popped up with some dimensional foam.

For this card, I used a piece of pretty teal cardstock, put it in an embossing folder, 

and dry embossed it.  Once again, I doodled on the raised images!  All of the white flowers, squiggles, and dots were done with the White Gel pen. The two ribbon tabs, and 

the sentiment were adhered using the Quickie Glue Pen!

(Not sure why the sentiment looks like it's on a different color...hmmmmm.....?)

Aaah....the green card!  This one was honest doodling!  I have a Stampin'Up! scoring board,

and when I purchased it, I also purchased the stencil overlay.  I used this overlay to

create ALL of this doodling!  Pretty cool, right? Flat for mailing, and so cheerful.

The sentiment actually said Warm Winter Hugs, but I only stamped and heat 

embossed the Hugs and hearts.

Hope you enjoyed my projects, and will try some of these products yourselves. I think you will be very pleased with them.  I had a great time using both the gel pens and the glue pens, and

will be reaching for them often.

Time to see what my CardMaker Blog Teamies have done with their Sakura goodness!

CardMaker Magazine

Sarah Ashley Poach

Patti J.Gilliam (You're Here!)

Lois Bak

Lisa Lahiff

Anita Mulcahey

A.J. Otto

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Hopping,

Patti J.

Supplies Used:

Sakura White Gel Pen

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (Black and Purple Cards)

Unity Stamps (Teal and Green Cards)

Perfect Papercrafting Perfect Layers Mini Rulers and Cutting Mat

White Cardstock: Hammermill 100#

Pink Cardstock: a muse studio

Green & Purple Cardstock: Colorbok

Teal Cardstock: Stampin'Up!

Black Cardstock: The Paper Studio

White Nail Heads: Wal-Mart

Stenciling Template: Stampin'Up!

Teal Resin Flower: Hobby Lobby

White Ribbon: May Arts

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

(Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on a set of Perfect Layers Tools!)

Happy Easter

Hi there!

Happy Saturday to you all.

It's my turn to post on the Great Impressions Blog, and I thought I'd

share a publication reject today!

I used Great Impressions Bunny Front E783, Bunny Back E784, and Cursive Happy Easter C430.

I hope you like this sweet card - it's one of my favorites!

Be sure to join us in this month's challenge (HERE!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (Here). 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (HERE) and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Thanks for stopping by - see you next Saturday with a fun creation!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Karen's Challenge - Use Dies or Punches...

Hi everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at The House that Stamps Built.

Today's challenge is a Designer's Choice, and Karen is our Hostess Designer.

She's challenged us to use dies or punches on our projects this week - what fun!

Here's what I created using some Spellbinder's dies, patterned papers, and

Repeat Impressions' 920-E Cross Window stamp.

My fellow Rock Stars have some beautiful projects to share today, as well.

I hope that you will get your dies or punches out, and join our challenge!  Remember,

you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, but if you do, you have

double the chance of winning!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your RI orders!

Now, it's time to see what my DT sistah's have created!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Karen     Debbie     Kathy

Happy Hopping! Hope you link up a card this week!

Hugs,

Patti J.

P.S. Did you see my perfect pink and black mats?  I used my Perfect Papercrafting Mini Rulers and mat to get those pretty straight lines!  Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your PPC orders!!!

Project of the Week - Positive and Negative Stamping

Hello all!

I'm here today with a Project of the Week for Repeat Impressions Stamps.

My project is an older technique, but one worth sharing!

For this first method of Positive and Negative Stamping, I used Repeat Impressions 4405-K Dragonfly Deco, and Repeat Impressions 1808-Just Because.

The first step is to stamp your image on a dark and light card stock, using versamark ink.

For my project, I used black and white.  Sprinkle white embossing powder on the black panel, and black embossing powder on the white panel.  Heat emboss.

Next, you will cut straight down the center of your image on both pieces, creating four halves.

Put your halves together as shown.  Once you have them the way you like them, you will put some tape on the back of each center to hold the panel together as one.

At this point, you will need to decide what shape you'd like your focal piece to be.

For this tutorial, it was easy to just grab a couple of spellbinders.

Run your panels through the cutting machine, and voila! 

Now, cut two panels a shade smaller than your card base.  I use 4" x 5 1/4".

Cut these panels exactly in half, and tape them together on the back sides.

Adhere the panels that you just created onto two card bases.

Now, take your two dragonfly panels, and adhere them as shown.

What a fun way to get two cards in one easy session! 

I adhered my panels with dimensional foam, but you can just add them

directly to your card front with two sided tape.

Sometimes, you will need to add a few embellishments to cover up those OOPSIES!

No, don't ask me how I know this! 

For this next card, I used Repeat Impressions Stamps 1706-Wild Violets, and Repeat Impressions Stamps 3910-G Miracle of Spring. I first stamped my flowers in a row, with black ink, on a panel of white CS. You can use any stamps, and any size panel.

Next, take a small piece of card stock the same color as your card 4" x 5 1/4" card panel, and stamp the image again, with VersaMark ink.  Heat emboss with white embossing powder.  (You could use white ink for this, but I like the pop of the embossing powder). 

Mat your white panel with black cardstock. Adhere the heat embossed panel

directly over the matching image.  Add a piece of twine or ribbon.

Stamp sentiment in black ink.  Adhere this panel onto the card front panel.

Adhere the card front panel to your card base.

That's it! 

Thanks for stopping by today!
Hope you'll do a bit of browsing and shopping at Repeat Impressions today!
Check out my sidebar for a link to save on your order!

If you decide to try this technique, please drop by and leave a comment on this post letting me know where to come and take a peek!  Would love to see your take on this technique!

Hugs,
Patti J.

P.S. Made my fabulous layers with my Perfect Papercrafting Perfect Layers Rulers!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your purchases

at Perfect Papercrafting!

Happy Saturday!

Happy Saturday!

The snow is beginning to finally melt, and I'm hopeful that by Monday, I can drive

myself places again!  My last trip out that I actually drove, was on Feb. 13th!

Hope you're enjoying some sunshine where you are, as well.

On to my card!

I have a sweet card to share with you today that uses stamps from Great Impressions.

Here's what I created, using: Great Impressions Valentine Bird Houses G517, and Great Impressions Tags G483.

This was so easy to do.

I began with my white card base...folded it, and set it aside.

I cut a piece of cloud paper to about 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. 

My handy dandy scissors cut a little hillside, which I adhered to the lower section of the panel.

I trimmed it up to the right width after adhering.

The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of white card stock, adhered to the green hill, and an enamel dot finished that off.  

The image was then stamped onto the cloud panel, as well as several pieces of patterned papers.  

The birds and one birdhouse and leaves were cut from these patterned papers, and paper-pieced, by adhering the pieces directly onto the stamped image.

The focal panel was then placed onto a mat of black card stock, and then onto the white card base.

What a fun stamp this is!  It was easy to paper piece, and I can't wait to color it!

Be sure to join us in this month's challenge (HERE!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (Here). 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (HERE) and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Thanks for stopping by - see you next Saturday with a really fun spring creation!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Other supplies used:

Perfect Papercrafting Perfect Layers Mini Rulers

(see my sidebar for a way to save money on your order!)

Tombow Adhesives

Black Colorbok Cardstock

White Hammermill 100# Cardstock

DCWV Paper Pad

Repeat Impressions Color Challenge - Yellow, Pink, and Green!

Hello out there!

Today begins a new color challenge at the Repeat Impressions' blog, The House that Stamps Built.

Just look at these beautiful, happy, spring colors!

Oh my goodness - what fun these were to create with - thanks to our fellow Rock Star, Karen Hasheck, who spends so much time finding our colors and photos for these inspirational

challenges!

Here is what I made, using Repeat Impressions stamps 1313-P Easter Friends, and 1302-F Some Bunny...

Is this not the most adorable image?  I had searching through my Copic bin for these fun colors, too!

I hope it makes you smile - I think it's a happy card, and it's probably

going to our granddaughter in Germany!

If you'd like to own these, or other beautiful RI stamps, hurry over and check out the Repeat Impressions store!  Be sure to use the coupon on my sidebar to save 10% on each and every order!

We'd love to see YOUR beautiful projects linked up to our challenge!
Nab this fun sketch, get creative, and link up at The House That Stamps Built!
You don't have to use RI stamps to play along,
but if you do, you'll be entered twice!

It's time to see what my Fellow Rock Stars have created with this sketch!

Happy hopping!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Melissa     Karen     Debbie     Kathy

Thanks for stopping by!

Patti J.

P.S. I did the Outside the Box cutting with my Perfect Papercrafting Mini Rulers and cutting mat.

Check out my sidebar for details on saving money on your Perfect Papercrafting orders!