Magnolia Branch

Hello!

Today, I'm sharing a pretty card that I made with a new TJ stamp, Magnolia Branch, from the May release at Technique Junkies.

Here's what I made:

The image and sentiment were stamped with black Memento ink, and the image was colored with alcohol markers. The sentiment is from Four Little Sentiments. Using an Ink Blending Brush, some Distress Oxide Ink, and A Colorful Life Designs Stencil, Damask, I created the background around the flowers. I'm pleased with the way this one turned out!

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Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Sunflowers with Text

Hello!

Today, I'm sharing a pretty card that I made with a new TJ stamp, Sunflowers with Text, from the May release at Technique Junkies.

Here's what I made:

This card was super easy to create. I thought of Ukraine colors as soon as I saw the stamp, so that's what I used. The image was stamped onto a white panel and colored with Copic markers. Some Glossy Accents was added to the flower centers, and then I made a few blue and green 'splatters'  I deliberately left the sentiment off of this one, as I'm not sure who will be getting it, or what occasion it will be for.

Here's a view of the centers with Glossy Accents, and some 'splatters' here and there.

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Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Delicate Bouquet

Hello!

Today, I'm sharing a pretty card that I made with a new TJ stamp, Delicate Bouquet, from the May release at Technique Junkies.

Here's what I made:

The image and sentiment were stamped with black ink, and the image was colored with alcohol markers. (The sentiment is from Four LIttle Sentiments) Next, I used an 'outside the box' technique to die cut the image from white cardstock, then matted with a pretty orchid mat.  Once complete, the focal piece was adhered to a green card base, using dimensional foam squares.

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Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Blooming Wildflowers

Hello friends!

I'm up today on the Technique Junkies blog, and am sharing two cards that I made, using a beautiful new stamp, Blooming Wildflowers, from the April Release. 

I made each card a bit different, to show how versatile these background stamps can be.

Here's my first card:

For this card, the image was stamped and colored with alcohol markers. I then used some Dolphin Cove and Thulian Pink Shimmering bliss over top of entire image. The panel was adhered to a blue card base. The sentiment, from the Four Little Sentiments set, was stamped with white ink onto a scrap of the blue cardstock used for the base, and adhered to the card front with dimensional dots.

And here's card number two:

For this card, the image was colored with watercolor markers, spritzed, and stamped. I used my stamp positioner, in case I needed to go over any of the coloring. I was able to get 2 card fronts from one panel. The second panel is a bit smaller, but will be matted on the sides to 'seem' bigger! The sentiment, A Good Friend, was stamped over top of a smooshed panel that I made with the colors from the focal panel. The frame was one that I found at our big box store a few years ago.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Blooming Dogwood Blossoms

Hello Friends!

I'm up today on the Technique Junkies blog, and am sharing a set of cards that I made, using a beautiful new stamp from the March release. 

Don't forget that any of the new release stamps is on sale until March 8th! No code needed - just place your order and the discount will be automatically applied!

Today, I chose to work with Blooming Dogwood Blossoms. I thought it would make

a pretty set of cards.

Here's what I made:

The sentiments that I used for all 4 cards were from the November release: 

Four Little Sentiments.

All four cards also include Dancing Sprigs, a fun stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Don't forget!!! You can save 10% (on any order that isn't already discounted), 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.

Designers Choice at The House that Stamps Built - Spring Flowers

Hi there, crafty friends!

It's time for another Repeat Impressions Stamps challenge at The House that Stamps Built, and we have a new Designer’s Choice Challenge for you. Joy is our hostess for the month, and has challenged us all to use our RI stamps to create something using the theme: "Spring Flowers".  

Here's what I made using these Repeat Impressions Stamps:

1317 L Vase of Tulips

1808 E Just Because

As you can see, the flowers were stamped again, colored, fussy cut, and popped up with dimensional foam for some pretty depth.  The vase was stamped and cut out of both a blue patterned paper, and the navy used in the die cut background.

This was a fun challenge - thanks Joy!

 And now it’s your turn!

We hope you will create a card that has a focus on today’s DCC theme, and enter it in our challenge at The House that Stamps Built!  Remember, your creation does not have to be made with Repeat Impressions stamps, but if you would like to include our designs we would love to see them!  Plus, there’s an added bonus… you will get an additional entry in our random.org drawing for using our stamps in your submissions!

One lucky person this month will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate!

Check out my sidebar - grab the code to save money on your RI orders!

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

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna     Esther

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Use Your Stuff - Flowers and/or Butterflies
Little Red Wagon - Challenge #548 Flowers
Krafty Chicks Challenge - #505 Anything Goes
Stamplorations - Spring Fling
CAS on Friday - #179 Use your favorite flower stamp
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy Hopping!

Hope you link up a card this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Forget Me Not

Do you ever want to make the world go away so you can just color and create? 

I do!

It's nearly tax time for us, and that means weeks of work for me...bah! It will be a bit tough for a few weeks to eek out some creative time. Sigh....there are ups and downs of a hubby that owns his own business.

So, here is a fun card. This uses a digi image from Tiddly Inks, called Forget Me Not. I love flowers, and could color on them all day long. This sweet image made me think of a scene out a window, so I put the image behind an oval opening, sort of like a window. You'll just have to use your imagination!

Have a great evening!

I'll be taking a short blogging break to celebrate grandsons 3rd birthday!

Thanks for poppin' in today!

Blessings!

Patti J.

Thinking of You

Hello!  No baby news yet - will post as soon as we have something to report!

So, I'm pretty sure we woke up this morning in southern Florida, or Hawaii, instead of Missouri. We are quickly approaching 40 degrees, the birds are chirping, AND the sun peeked it's head out for a few minutes.  Loving it!

This card was made using a Hero Arts Flower stamp.  Again, this was created for a special order.  The embossing folder is a Stampin' Up! folder, the papers are Little Yellow Bicycle, and the coloring is Copics. Sentiment is Amuse Studios, and the twine is from my stash.

Of course, my mats were created with my Perfect Papercrafting Tools!  Check out my sidebar to see how you can get 5% off any order, and see videos showing how the tools work.

Hope you are all enjoying a day that is equally as pleasant as ours is today!  I'm off to do a bit of shopping, and then some walking.

Have a great Tuesday, and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Patti J.

I'm keeping him!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wow!

My dear hubby is a keeper!  

He ran to town this morning to get the mail, and came back with these beautiful flowers, AND a box of Russell Stover chocolates (which we will feed our Sunday School group Sunday morning!).

Looking down on arrangement - notice my crafty desk and file cabinet in the photo :)

The bouquet is huge, so I took a photo looking down on them, and then on the kitchen table (which is 48" across) to give an idea of the size.  BUT....what makes it special is what he ordered!

Looking at arrangement from front.

6 Red Roses:

1 for me

1 for dear hubby

1 for our son

1 for our future daughter-in-law

1 for our daughter

1 for our son-in-law

1 Pink Rose:

It's for our sweet granddaughter who may arrive this weekend!  DD and DSIL are both ready to meet her!

4 Yellow Roses:

1 for my mom

1 for my dad

1 for his mom

1 for his dad

Now, you must admit - that's pretty special!!!

Looking at arrangement from back.  Straight ahead, through the doorway is our CRoffice.

After almost 41 years, he is the love of my life, my soulmate, my best friend (sorry ladies!), and I am definitely keeping him!

Thanks for taking time to read my ramblings!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Ha ha ha...just realized all of the 'crap' in the background of my pics - so sorry!  I should have at least closed the pantry door!  lol...

A couple of cute chicks!

Good morning!

Today is my day to post for the Great Impressions Stamps Blog.

This has been such an incredibly fun month, so far!

I signed up this month to do a Card Swap with Bazzill Papers.  I made ten Valentine's Cards, using the papers that were sent to me.  As soon as I saw the papers, I knew without a doubt, that I wanted to use these cute chicks on my cards!

Stamps: Great Impressions B189 'Love Chicks', D364 "Happy Valentines and Flowers', Bazzill Basics 'Red Devil' DP, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copic Markers, Black Colorbok Cardstock, Perfect Layers Tools

 

This was an easy card to create - DH actually cut strips of cardstock for me while I colored...

how cool is that?  And seriously, how can you look at these darling chicks, and that

delightful sentiment without smiling?  Used my Perfect Layers Tools for the nice straight borders (check out my sidebar for details).

Don't forget - you can be the next Guest Designer at the Great Impressions Stamps Blog!

You still have lots of time to take part in the January challenge.  Check out the blog for all of the fun details!  What a great experience it's been - the ladies have all welcomed me so warmly.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Patti J.