Happy Holidays!

Brrrr.....it is low 30's here tonight - the wind is blowing, and it's been sleeting.  

Yikes!  Wasn't it just summer yesterday?  

Glad that DS flew out before all of this nasty weather started.  Thanks to all of you who left such nice comments yesterday, when I was feeling like such a crybaby!  

I hope that you are all staying warm!

I have another very quick Clear Dollar Stamps card to share with you today.  

This card features the set, "Paper Christmas Trees", and is an awesome set.    

 

Using the 'group' of trees, and the 'Happy Holidays' sentiment, the card front was printed on 110 lb. white Office Max brand CS, and trimmed to a 5" square.  The trees were then given a bit of bling with some various colors of Stickles, a ribbon added, and the card front was matted on a scrap of black CS, then onto the card front (Bazzill Basics).  Ta-da!

The bright colors are so cheerful, and OH. MY. GOODNESS.  

What a quick card this was!  

And...it is flat for mailing!

My term with Clear Dollar Stamps has ended.  Where has the time gone?  Thanks to Lori, Jerusha, and all of the wonderful ladies at CDS for making my months with them so enjoyable!

I have another clean and simple card for you today.  I'm beginning to believe that I actually CAN make CAS cards...lol :)   This card is for the Wednesday Challenge at All That Scraps.  I'm coming in just under the wire with this one!  No magic here - it's pretty self-explanatory!  Nesties and Copics...voila!  

Sentiments by Amy R., Image is Pie Birgitta, both were purchased at All That Scraps.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Tags and Sadness...

Good morning, happy Monday, and hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We certainly did!

I'll just go ahead and get the 'sadness' out of the way, and not leave you in suspense.  In about 3 hours, we have to take DS back to the airport.  Sigh...am I ever going to grow up?  He is 36 years old, we have been taking him 'back to the airport' for SEVENTEEN years, and I still cry, each and every time we watch him walk to that gate. Okay, I admit - sometimes I even cry on the trip to the airport...lol.  

What a big sissy I am!

Okay, that's out of my system!  DS carried up all of the Christmas decorations for us last night, while we did some paperwork, and this week starts the decorating.  Nothing fancy, just a bunch of old shiny stuff and a gorgeous nativity set, but we love it.

I have some gift tags to share today.  These are from Clear Dollar Stamps set, 'Christmas Cuties'.  This set has 4 images, and six adorable sentiments!  These adorable images were colored using Copic Markers.  All of the backgrounds behind the images were doodled using Copics.  

The 'doodles' behind this Gingerbread Man are just criss-crossed lines using YR30 Copic - sorta makes the white CS glow.

This is the most vivid when looking at the real thing - Just lots of blue dots using B00 Copic.

The 'doodling' on this one is lots of dots using BG000 Copic.

Used C1 Copic to 'doodle' this one.  Made a grid, and colored it checkerboard style. 

I'm happy that you stopped by.  I've been a bit negligent this past week, but we only see our DS 2-3 times each year for a few days - thank you for understanding!!!

It's going to be a busy week for me - I've taken on the task of creating a scrapbook for a lady.  She plans to give it to her handsome man for Christmas, so that will be priority this week!

Have a good day - I'll be back tomorrow!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Food for thought:  

A poor listener seldom hears a good story.

November New Digi Releases at Clear Dollar Stamps!

Hello... 

Happy Tuesday, and thanks for stopping by!

Whew....how did it get to be November 15th already?  

Someone, or something has been stealing my days :)

Well, as it is the 15th, it's time to reveal the new digi's at Clear Dollar Stamps - I think you are easily going to want them all!

The first card features the pre-colored version, and is literally just arranged and printed.  

That's it!  Talk about an easily mass-produced card!  You could even create your own sentiment to include your name, like "Happy Holidays from the Gilliam Family", etc... 

A little pink bow was added, and some Frosted Lace Stickles was added to the dots and hanger of the ornament.

The next card features the outlines version.  The image was colored with Copic markers.  Hopefully, the shading resembles glass :)  Gold stickles adorns this ornament.  The DP at the top of this card is from the Loves Ornament set, and was punched using a Martha Stewart border punch.  The Kaiser Craft Pearls were added for a touch of shine. 

This set is called "Twelve Days of Christmas".  It's pre-colored, so this card was easy-peasy to create. The DP is also from the "Twelve Days" set.  

Please visit the Clear Dollar Stamps site to see all of the new releases.  Each of the DT has created something special for you!  

Have a great day,

Patti J.

All Year Round Blog Hop

Good morning!

The Clear Dollar Stamps Digi Team has a real treat for you today!  

One of the new sets, the Year Round Calendar set, is being featured today in a blog hop!

If you get lost at any point along the way, go to the CDS blog, and the rotation is listed.  

Be sure to leave a comment on each DT members blog, and the CDS Blog, as TWO lucky blog hoppers will win this calendar set!!!

As I asked for January (DD's birthday month AND I love snowmen), I'm first on the hop!

I sized, and printed out two January calendars to fit it a 4" x 6", and a 5" x 7" acrylic frame.

While the images were still loaded to size, I ran some patterned paper scraps through my printer.

This allowed me to paper piece the snowman's vest, and hat band.  Cuteness!

The images were matted with the same DP that I paper pieced with.

I am working with each month, and will have a full calendar set in each size, for gifts.

At the end of each month, that month is removed, and a new month added.

Without further ado, here are my calendars:

All coloring is done with Copics

DP by a muse and DCWV

Next up on the list is the fabulous Barb!

Hurry over to Barb's blog to see what she's created.

Thanks for dropping by!

Blessings,

Patti J.

Mmmm.....kisses.....

Hello everyone!

Hopefully, it's not as cold and wet where you are, as it is here today.  Brrr.....  Since we knew the weather was going to be unpleasant, my friend Shirley came out, and boy, howdy, did we make a mess!  lol... she and I always have to try something new, and we have such a good time!  Today, we tried the year round calendar box that is featured on the Clear Dollar Stamp Blog.  Then we changed up the size and tried it again!  Of course, this was after Quiche Lorraine, and fruit bowl!  Mmmm......

What's better than Quiche and fruit bowl?   KISSES!  Hershey's kisses :)

Adela Rossol of Creations by AR, is a genius at 3-D paper craft templates.  Last week, she posted a planter box, and of course, I needed wanted it.  The current challenge came up at Challenges by AR, a Christmas challenge.  I immediately thought of Santa, and with a bit of red, black, and white, cardstock, that planter box became a Santa candy bowl!  If you get a chance drop by and enter the challenge!  

Have a good Friday...the weekend is just around the corner!

Be sure to stop by the Doodle Pantry Blog, on Sat., Nov. 6th - the new challenge will be up!

Be sure to stop back by here on Sunday, Nov. 6th, for the All Year Round Blog Hop, featuring the Year Round Calendar at Clear Dollar Stamps!  Since I worked with the month of January, I'm first on the hop!  Two lucky people will win the entire set!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Happy Fall Y'all Blog Hop!

What fun!  

The Clear Dollar Stamps Stamp Design team invited the Clear Dollar Stamps Digi Team
to participate in their Happy Fall Y'all Blog Hop this morning!   

If you are just here visiting, you may want to go to Lori's blog, for the start of the challenge.  If you are on the hop, and have come here from Sarah's blog, you are in the right place!

For this hop, I chose to work with the Digi Set, Sweet & Spicy.  The background is some of Trudy Sjolander's fabulous design work!  Image, sentiment, and background paper can all be found at Clear Dollar Stamps.

The only embellies used were a touch of glossy accents on the apples, and some StampinUp! ribbon.  I tried to make this card pretty clean and simple.

I've kept this short and sweet!  (pun intended...)  

Hop on over to Lisa's blog, to see what beautiful masterpiece she has created for you today!

Thank you for stopping by!

Have fun hopping!

Hugs,

Patti J.

New Digi Release at Clear Dollar Stamps!

Happy Saturday!

Today is release day for all of the fabulous new digital images at Clear Dollar Stamps!  You are going to love this month's great images!

I'm going to keep this short and sweet, as I know you are eager to see what the rest of the Design Team has to show today.

My first card features a pre-colored set that is designed by Trudy Sjolander.  The sentiment says, "Time spent with you is always sweet".  The designer paper is also from this month's new releases.  The doily is from Deals, and is sponged with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Broken China, as are the clouds (Dienamic Dies).  The tiny hearts are actually cut out of the doily.

Next up is the March Flower of the Month set.  I think it's pretty self explanatory.  All coloring is with Copic Markers, and the border punch is Martha Stewart.

One more adorable set this month is the Spider Greetings - pretty cute, don't you think?  This one has zero layers.  Really.  Zero!  I simply arranged everything at the bottom of my CS, printed, folded at the 4.25 mark and trimmed the sides to 5.5".  Easy Peasy!!!  Oh - I did add a knotted piece of spider webby ribbon from Hobby Lobby....

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hurry over to the Clear Dollar Stamps Store, and check out all of the other new releases.  The rest of the Design Team have beautiful projects to show you as well!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,
Patti J.

Hansel and Lulu, and a Fall Treat

Goodness, seems like I'm always posting in a hurry.  

Remind me - exactly how did I do this before retirement???

lol...

Well, folks, Happy Wednesday!  

It's overcast and a bit cool here, but not raining yet, which is a very good thing, as our fields are full of cut hay.

We are praying for a few hours of dry around here.

I have to make a road trip for DH, so this will be another short post.

This little fall treat features one of the images from the Clear Dollar Stamps September release.  

Rather than make a card, I decided to make a 'tag' for a caramel apple.  (Mmmmm....caramel apples...).

I printed the image, used an exacto blade to trim the leaf and stem, and carefully folded the CS.

Once I had it how I wanted it, I just trimmed it up and rounded the corners.

Turned out pretty cute!  

If I make them again, I will shorten the sides and do a little sponging or something on them - 

they look like lots of white space!

I think teachers might be tickled to receive something like this.

Especially with one of those really fabulous high end candy apples!

All coloring is with Copic markers, image from Clear Dollar Stamps, apple from Wal-Mart.

*  *  *

Next up is a gift card holder that I made using a tutorial from Grace Nywening, that I found here.

Oh.     My.     Goodness.

What a fun project this was, and Grace's tut was SO easy to follow!

She has such a wonderful blog, full of yummy goodness - you really should check it out!

I chose to use some of my new stamps from C.C. Designs on this card, and an older C.C. Designs sentiment from All That Scraps.

All coloring done with Copics.  CS is Bazzill Basics, DP is Prima Reflections. Stamps and Sunflower Die are from All That Scraps.  Border Punch is Martha Stewart (punched border and cut in half lengthwise).

Meet Hansel and Lulu.  Aren't they just the ca-utest little people?

They were so much fun to color, although when I was uploading and resizing the photos for this blog post, I realized that I quit before doing ANYthing around them...you know, the important things like sky, grass, shadowing....sigh.  I'm so hopeless!  I'll have to be sure that this card goes to a non-artisty type that won't notice anything but the gift card, right?  lol...

Well, that's all I have for you today.  I wish you a day full of happiness and blessings!

I'm off to parts unknown with water samples!!!

Take care,

Patti J.

Food for thought:

It it were not for 'last minute', I'd never get anything done!

Sunshine, Smiles, and Sketches by Carly...

Happy Monday, everyone - hope the week is off to a wonderful beginning.  

It's a great day to be alive, right?

You all know how there are times that you're not pleased with your creations, and times that you love them?  Well today is a 'love them' kind of day!

Today, I have a project for you that I created by enlarging one of the new fall release digi images from Clear Dollar Stamps, Sunshine & Smiles.  

As soon as I saw the image, I knew that I needed wanted to create with it.  I enlarged it to about 4" x 6", colored with Copics, matted on brown and set aside.  Created two covers with chipboard, and covered them with some DP from Close to My Heart (thanks Dawn Lotharius!) which I received some time ago in a blog candy.  I cut some linen weave ivory paper that I had in my stash for the inside...

 

...and bound everything with my Zutter Binder, which I hardly ever remember to use!  The last step was to tie some twine around the bottom, and use some ribbon scraps at the top.  I think it turned out very nicely, and must find someone special to send it or give it to....  anyone out there need some cheering up?

Next up, is a card made just for Sketches by Carly.  When I saw this sketch, I was like....YIKES!  What a tough sketch - great job Carly!!!  I was totally stumped!  

Then, my stubborn-ness (new word) kicked in, 

and I thought, "hmmm, can't let a little old sketch beat me", so here's what I came up with.  

 

The image is a Sweet 'n Sassy digi.  All coloring is with Copics, Snowflakes are punched with an old snowflake punch that has no name on it.  Used some frosted Stickles on all of the upper DP dots, and on the snowflakes, snowman, and snow itself.  The small sentiment is Hero Arts.
Again, thought it turned out really cute!

Thanks so much for stopping by - I'm off to see what YOU have been up to...saw lots of eye candy pop up in my reader a bit ago.

Hugs and blessings...Patti J.

Food for thought: Where you go hereafter depends a lot on what you go after here.

New from Clear Dollar Stamps!

Hello!

As today is the 15th of the month, it's New Digi Release Day at Clear Dollar Stamps!!!

I'm so excited for you to see the new digi's at Clear Dollar Stamps!  And wait until you see the two new digi sets that Deedee Anderson designed...  You will love them!  Deedee will now be designing for Clear Dollar Stamps.

My first card featurs the November Stamp of the Month, Chrysanthemum, designed by Vicki Conquest.  The image was printed, colored with Copic markers, and fussy cut.  The script was distressed with some Tim Holtz distress ink.  The script was adhered to card front, and the image was popped up on dimensional squares.  After it was all put together, I added some Glossy Accents to the image.  Voila!

Next up is a card made using the Birthday Fall Critters, designed by Laurie Wilson.

I printed the DP, and cut in half diagonally.  One half went on the card front, and the other half went on the card inside.  The 'gift' was enlarged, and made into a card tag that opens for the front of the card.

Hurry over to Clear Dollar Stamps to see what the other DT members have created - you will love what you see!!!

Thanks for stopping by - have a great day!

Hugs,
Patti J.

Food for thought:  There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

Don't forget - there is still time to sign up HERE for my blog candy!  You do not need to be a follower, but the gift certificate (to an on-line store of your choice) is up to $26 - and I will add another dollar to it for each new follower that signs up!   You have 9 days left!!!

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Scripture Box

Hello dear friends, and Happy Tuesday!

It is a beautiful day here in Missouri,
except
for the skunk that decided to spray our bushes last night.
Ugh - right outside the door where my girl cave is.
Oh well, this too, shall pass, eventually.........

I have a short post for you today, as I have lots to do.
Clear Dollar Stamps added a template for a Scripture Box this month!
If you have a cutting machine, you can get this box template for your cut file
programs (hope I'm saying that right).
If you do not have a cutting machine, it's also available in PDF file format,
which is what I used. It's very easy to put together - so simple!!!
One sheet of CS and a few Prima flowers some Stickles and one brad later, voila!
Hope you like it!
I used a friendship verse, also from Clear Dollar Stamps (it's a digi image),
instead of a scripture, and will fill the box with candy for a friend! This box is
designed to hold a scripture on top, and additional scriptures on the inside of the box!


Thanks for stopping by! I hope your day is filled with delight :)
I have some exciting news to share, but can't do so just yet, but have no fear, I'll be back!!!


Hugs,
Patti J.


Food for thought: True wealth is what you are, not what you have.

Sweet Day...

Happy Sunday, fellow bloggers!

Hopefully, you are all well, and out of harm's way.
First an earthquake, and then a hurricane....goodness, what a week for some of you!

I have a very 'clean' card to show today! No bling, no buttons, no ribbons, just clean!
I needed a card for a friend, and this one just evolved!

The images, sentiment, and "Sprinkles" DP, are all from Clear Dollar Stamps.
The set is called Yummy Cupcakes, and is pre-colored.
It comes with several digital images, both pre-colored and outlines,
pre-colored DP, and sentiments. What a deal!!!
The butterfly punch is a die. I'm embarrassed to say that the wrapper has disappeared.
I think it's made by Cheery Lynn Designs, but can't say for sure. Shame on me!

Thanks very much for stopping by, and have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs and smiles,
Patti J.


Food for thought: When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it :)

Lots to share today, and some Blog Candy!!!!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

I don't even know where to begin!

Thanks to everyone who left such sweet comments on DD's blog.
She made it to her destination in 19 hours. There was to be a crew there today to help her unload the large and heavy things off the truck, after which she should be able to return it to U-Haul.


We are so thankful for a safe and uneventful trip, AND that she didn't have to climb through the trunk to get in and out of her car!
lol...


I made this card for her.
On the envelope, I wrote that 'even the Missouri bugs are missing her'.

The image and sentiment are from Clear Dollar Stamp's Newest Release. This set is called "Praying Eyes Mantis". My card is gatefold style, but I turned it on edge for a bit of a twist!




You can't see it, but there is a pretty good border of yellow on each flap. That's where the message is written, but I hid the mushy stuff so that none of us would be blushing!

EEKS!!!!!

I just saw that I have a blogaversary in about 30 days - now, how did that happen?
Seems like we just celebrated TWO years, and now it's soon going to be THREE years!
Time flies when you are having fun, meeting wonderful people, and drooling over beautiful creations during blurf sessions!


I'll have to give this some thought!
Last year I gave 2 prizes, so I need to plan on 3 this year!!!



Speaking of prizes........
Here is another magazine that is up for grabs!


Just leave a comment on today's post telling me what your favorite crafting magazine is!
If you are a follower, leave a second comment for two chances to win!!!





Last, but not least, take ten magazine has published two of my cards in this issue!

You can see a card on page 63 that features The Craft's Meow wonderful stamps, and on page 114 is a card using a beautiful sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs, and a pretty butterfly from The Angel Company.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great evening,
Patti J.


Food for thought:
One learns more about a road by traveling it than by memorizing all the maps in the world!

Thanks a Bunch...

Good morning, and Happy Monday!


Hope that you all had a great weekend. Ours was good, but where did it go? Why is it that they go by SO quickly???


I have a quick card to share today - it's from the new Jargon Mix set at Clear Dollar Stamps. I also used my new Martha Stewart border punch that my friend Shirley's DH stood in line at Michael's to pick up for me! Not too many men will stand in line with a coupon at Michael's for their wife's friend! Thanks Wayne!!!



I wish I had more for you today, but that's it! I am going to spend the entire day cleaning this messy girl cave so that I really CAN get some work done in here! Pray for me, 'cause it's one ginormous mess!


Hugs and smiles,
Patti J.


Food for thought: Sometimes good manners is just a matter of putting up with someone else's bad manners :)

Long time, no see....

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday!

Short post here today - lots to do...

Today's card features one of the new digi releases from Clear Dollar Stamps, Gigi Giraffe. Is this not the cutest little critter? Can't you just see a baby shower using this darling little guy? This digi set comes with 3 Designer Papers (two that I have used here and one more), 1 pre-colored Gigi image, 1 outlines Gigi image,and 4 sentiments for only $3.00!

I am entering this in the challenge at Card Positioning Systems, which uses this sketch:

Hope that your day is good, and that you have a nice weekend planned. My friend Shirley is a demonstrator for The Angel Company, and is having her TAC open house tomorrow, so I get to spend the day with stamping friends - what better way to spend a Saturday???


Have a wonderful weekend!

Patti J.


Food for thought:
While you are earning your 'daily bread', be sure to share with those less fortunate!