Merry Christmas

Hello Friends - wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving has slipped up on us so quickly, and you know what that means...Christmas is almost here! It's time to get those holiday cards created!

I'm up on the Technique Junkies blog to share a beautiful card, made with a beautiful new sentiment stamp '#SDX174 Retro Merry Christmas' from Technique Junkies. I also used a favorite from the September release, 'SD1016 Beautiful Mandala'.

The Mandala was stamped in red and Catherine Pooler's Deck the Halls green, and once more with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The sentiment was also heat embossed in gold, and matted with some gold cardstock.

I sure do love creating for Christmas, and love this release!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Let it Snow!

Hello!

It's time for a new challenge at The House that Stamps Built! Our challenge for this week is 'Black, White + One Other Color'.

Here's what I made:

I stamped on some fun glitter paper for the printer that I found at Wal-Mart, thanks to my friend Shirley telling me to go look! The hat, bird, and scarf were colored with a Spectrum Noir Glitter Pen. I added some red glittery rick rack washi tape, and cut a section of the white glitter paper in a zig zag pattern to fit between the red pieces.

Christmas will be here before we know it!

I used these Repeat Impressions' stamps:

Snowman and Friend

Let it Snow

Let's see your projects! Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

I can't wait to see your beautiful scene cards!!!

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

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

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna

Happy Hopping!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Music Speaks

Hello there!

I have a pretty lovely card to share today, so glad you dropped by.

For this card, I used two new release stamps. The piano image is #SD1012 Piano Key Border, and the sentiment used is #SDX166 Music Speaks. These were stamped with Catherine Pooler Midnight Ink. Next, I used an old favorite, #S857 Burst, to stamp in blue ink behind the sentiment. This panel was matted with a strip of black, and the panel was adhered to a blue card base.

Our daughter is a music lover, so these stamps really stole my heart!

Super easy! Give it a try!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% at any other time, by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and check out their incredible stamps!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Border Stitches

Hello Friends!

I'm up on the Technique Junkies blog to share a fun, pretty card, using three beautiful new stamps from Technique Junkies.

For this card, I used #SS140 Border Stitches, #SDX200 Little Holly, and #SDX174 Retro Merry Christmas. I didn't have any 'stitch' stamps, so was excited to get this set. 

The stamping on the stitches, sentiment, and holly leaves was done using Catherine Pooler's Twilight Ink. The leaves were stamped 4 times. 3 were left gray, and the 4th was colored with Copic markers, and a few dots of Stickles added for the red berries.

Have I mentioned that I'm a Christmas Junkie? Loving this release!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on your orders by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Use a Border...

Hello!

It's time for a new challenge at The House that Stamps Built! Our challenge for this week is 'Use a Border' - this week, we are using a border on our cards!

Here's what I made:

I know it's a wee bit early for Christmas, but I couldn't help myself!

I used these Repeat Impressions' stamps:

These Three Gifts

Lace Ribbon Border

Let's see your projects! Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

I can't wait to see your beautiful scene cards!!!

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

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

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna

Happy Hopping!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

October 25th Workshop

 Welcome, friends!

My friend Shirley and I had a workshop on Monday, October 25th. Here are the cards that we made:

What a fun card Shirley had!  I love this fold, and will use it often.

This one is hard to see. I just got a new light box for taking pics, and can't get it to photo nicely, as the strip in the middle is gold metallic.

Here's another beauty from Shirley - love, love love this!!!

When I saw this fun fireplace die set at My Favorite Things last month, I had to have it! Added some 'wallpaper', 'baseboard', a wreath & bow, 'gray floor', and some trees, to finish off this cute card.

Here's another card that uses some metallic papers. Wish you could see it in real life - SO gorgeous!

This is a Pinwheel Tower card. It was fun designing all four sets of 'pages'.

These last two cards were not part of our workshop, but since I had lots of scraps, I decided to make some Thankful cards for our family!

Hope you found something today that made you smile! Let us know if you have any questions - we will do our best to answer!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti and Shirley

Baby it's Cold Outside!

Hello crafty friends!

I'm here today with a mid-month reminder for the Jan's Digi Stamps challenge for the month of November. We hope you'll enter a card!  Now...If you've never been to Jan's site, and looked at her images, you need to go! She offers both black and white, and colored images, and they are all so beautifully done!

The set I've used today is called Baby, It's Cold Outside, and can be found at Jan's Digi Stamps. 

 I've created a couple of cards with this fun new set. They made me smile, and hope that you like them, as well.

Here's my first card:

I used the fun new set 'Baby it's Cold Outside' focal panel. For this card, I chose to use a pre-colored image. I just chose the image, added the sentiment, and pushed print! Easy peasy! You can't tell from the photo, but I've added some Wink of Stella to hat, scarf, bow, mittens, and mugs, and it's SO cute!

Here's the next card:

I used the same patterned paper in the background, so you could see how different the images can look when worked up a bit differently. This time, I worked with a black and white image. The first image, I made a big large, and then brought the same image in much smaller, and placed it in front of the larger image, hoping for a mother-daughter look. What do you think? Look like mom and her little? This image was colored with Copic markers. The snow at the bottom is a shimmery embossing powder. I 'drew' on the snowbank with an embossing marker, and heat embossed with the powder.

That's all I have for you today! Hope to see you enter the November challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back in a couple of weeks with some more fun creations!

Hugs and grins,

Patti J.

Night Snow

Hello there!

I have a pretty card to share today!

Isn't this one of the prettiest stamps you've ever seen?  Wow! Just WoW!  I stamped Night Snow using a deep blue ink, added a strip of 1/8" Washi tape, matted panel with white, and adhered to a deep blue card base. The sentiment from my new favorite sentiment set Four Little Sentiments, was stamped on white, with a strip of Washi Tape below, for a bit of sparkle.

YES, the fence is part of this stamp! Gorgeous, right?

Super easy! Give it a try!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and check out their incredible stamps!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Courage

Hello Friends!

I'm up on the Technique Junkies blog to share a pretty card, using Courage, from Technique Junkies.

This is one of my favorites from this new release. How many times in life have we 'gone on', when we had no strength do do so? Beautiful sentiment!

I created a panel on Yupo paper, using alcohol inks, and felt taped onto a straight edge. After the panel was complete, I die cut the inside panel, stamped the image onto the die cut panel, and matted in black. The focal panel was then adhered to the original panel, and attached to a card base.

I struggle a bit with cards suitable for men, but I think this one could work!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on an order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Use up your fall scraps!

Hello!

It's time for a new challenge at The House that Stamps Built! Our challenge for this week is 'Use up your fall scraps' - this week, we are using all of those fall colored scrap pieces!

Here's what I made:

Shirley and I are holding a workshop later this month, and these are scraps from one of my projects. I think they played nicely with this fun layout!

I used these Repeat Impressions' stamps:

Let Us...

Falling Leaves

Let's see your projects! Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

I can't wait to see your beautiful scene cards!!!

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

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

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna

Happy Hopping!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Warmest Holiday Wishes - POTW

Hi everyone!

It's my turn to share a Pick of the Week at The House that Stamps Built. 

My plate is full to overflowing this month, so my project is a quick and easy fold...hope you enjoy it!

The Repeat Impressions Stamps that I used for this card are:  

May the Miracle

Warmest Holiday

This fold is so simple.

Start with a piece of cardstock that measures 5.5" x 8.25" and score at 1 1/8" and 5.25".

Cut a piece of patterned paper to 2.75" x 5.25"

Cut another piece of coordinating patterned paper to 1" x 5.25"

For the inside of card, cut a white panel measuring 2.75" x 5.25"

Adhere them into place as shown.  Stamp a sentiment on the top of the larger panel. Stamp another sentiment on the same color as your card base, and mat with one of your patterned papers. Adhere the far right edge of the sentiment strip to the bottom right, and use a velcro fastener on the left side. Voila! A pretty card with a fun fold!

Well, hope you'll give this a try! 

Grab those RI stamps and give this a try!

 For this week only (December 8 - December14th), get 20% off the stamps used in my creation above when you use the coupon code POTW11821.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Thankful for Fall

Hi friends!

If I haven’t popped in to comment on your posts in a while, please bear with me! I’m wearing my grandma hat in DC for 14 days, and spend every minute I can with the 3 grands! I’ll be back to stalk you ASAP!

It's time for a new challenge at The House that Stamps Built! Our challenge for this week is 'Thankful for Fall' - this week, we are creating with fall colors!

Here's what I made:

I think this one is self-explanatory, but if you have questions, give me a shout!

I used these Repeat Impressions' stamps:

Whitetail Doe and Fawn

For the Beauty

Let's see your projects! Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

I can't wait to see your beautiful scene cards!!!

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

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

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna

Happy Hopping!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Let's Go to the Hop!

Hello!

It's Release day at Technique Junkies! We have some great new stamps for you, and all of them are 15% off through Nov. 8th! No codes are needed, just put them in your shopping cart and the discount will be applied at checkout. 

There is an awesome Gotta Have it All Bundle, and a little preview of the new stamps!

Wow! The holidays are fast approaching, and what better time to be creating?

I chose today, to use the beautiful Forest Buffalo for my card. The sentiment is also from a new set, called Four Little Sentiments. This set has Just Because, Miss You, Thinking of You, and Hello. These are much used sentiments in my creations, and I was thrilled when this set came out. AND....it sells for a mere $3.95!!!

To create my card, I created an alcohol ink background on Yupo paper. The image was then stamped with Catherine Pooler's Midnight ink. This is the juiciest, most amazing ink! I let it dry for a while, and then took a paper towel, and laid it on the image, and ran my fingers gently across the image, to pick up any excess ink. I set the panel aside to finish drying overnight, then mounted it onto a card base. The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of the card base color and adhered to the front of the card.

I hope you like these fun new release items, and can't wait for you to see the rest of this release!

Be sure to check out the list below for some inspiration from our Design Team!

        

TJ Blog

 

Patti (you are here!)

Pat

Tracy

Erin

Holly

Beth

Pam

Judy

Videos and/or 'lives':

Tracy

Tracy Live

Erin

Beth

Remember - you can always use my personal discount code to save 10% when you shop, (except for the items on sale through the 8th)... 

Here's the code:

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and giggles,

Patti J.

Ornaments-2021

 Hello crafty friends!

I have some fun news to share today!  I'm guest designing for Jan's Digi Stamps for the months of November and December!  If you've never been to Jan's site, and looked at her images, you need to go! She offers both black and white, and colored images, and they are all so beautifully done!

Jan's offering a free digi set as a 'Thank You' gift for everyone! This set is called Christmas Baubles, and will be FREE to everyone at Jan's Digi Stamps, starting November 1st. The freebie will run until Christmas Day, and will then be retired.

Be sure to check out the monthly challenge at Jan's Digi's!

 I've created a card, and a set of tags with this set, and I hope they inspire you to do some digital creating today!

First up, here is my card:

I used the beautiful 'Christmas Baubles' for the focal panel, and added 'Merry Christmas' from the Christmas Cardinals set. A piece of washi tape, and a gold metallic background finished this one off nicely!

Next, I downsized the image & sentiment quite a bit, and created some beautiful gift tags!

Here's a closer view:

Here are some things I created using last year's free images:

This one was pretty simple!  I brought the image and sentiment in, and trimmed them down to fit on the lower section of the card. A strip of patterned paper and some washi tape finished this one off nicely!

Next up:

For this card, I brought in the same ornament image as seen above, but greatly reduced the size, and used it 8 times to create a frame around this pretty sentiment from the Christmas Cardinals set. I absolutely love the beautiful script of this sentiment!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back in a couple of weeks with some more fun creations!

Hugs and giggles,

Patti J.