Someone stole my week....

It's Friday again. Really?

Time sure flies when one is retired!

Hope you are all planning a fun and relaxing weekend with friends or loved ones.

DH and I are going shopping tomorrow for 'wedding' wear for our son and future DIL's wedding

in September.  We are going to have a 'date'.  Love it when that happens!

Thought I'd share a couple of things that haven't made it out here yet!

Sometimes, we just need something very, very quick. That's what I am sharing today.

A bit of patterned paper, solid cardstock, and a couple of stamps - voila!

I have a friend who was having some bad days - feeling 'invisible' or not important.

There is a great blog, Ginger's House, that offers free sentiments nearly every day. Just when I 

needed something to cheer up my friend, Ginger posted this.

Perfect!  Just like my friend!
If you've never been to Ginger's blog, you really should go! It's full of fun :)

Used my Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Rulers for the beautiful matting on each of these!
Check out my sidebar for details.

This is also a sentiment from Ginger.  Another friend had been in the hospital for over six weeks.

I thought this would be fun for her.  On the inside, I wrote something pretty sarcastic, like

'enough is enough' - we miss you, or something silly - don't recall exactly.

Whatever it was, it made her laugh - that's what mattered!

This next card has an image from an old Gina K. Designs set, that I still pull out when I need a coffee related card.  Again, the sentiment is from Ginger.  A grown man we know is going through a pretty tough

time.  He drinks coffee from sun up to sun down, and usually ends the day with a

glass of wine or cold beer.  He's a pretty good guy, a good Christian, and

this sentiment just had his name written all over it.

Thanks for stopping by, have an awesome weekend!

I'm hosting a fun challenge next Wednesday, 

and I can't wait until Friday when I show you some beautiful things 

from the Die-Versions Christmas release!!!

Hugs & lot of smiles...

Patti J.

You're Bad...

Howdy ya'll !

I have a fun card today.

Someone we know is really going through some tough times.  

When I saw this sentiment, I knew it was perfect for this person.  

Here's my card:

Now, the sentiment came from Ginger, over at Ginger's House.  She posts a fun 'something' nearly every day.  I nab one now and then, and this one literally called out to me!  Be sure to stop over now and then to see what she's posted, and just to give her some hugs now and then!

A bit of patterned paper left from my Scraptownlady stash, a sentiment, and a bit of cardstock, and voila!

Easy peasy, and oh, so much fun!  I used an exacto knife, and trimmed the wings of the dragonfly

so that they would overlap the sentiment. Looks pretty realistic this way.

Have a great day!

Patti J.

Zombie Apocolypse

Happy Weekend!

I was lucky enough to be invited to my friend, Shirley's fabulous craft room on Thursday. Seriously, peeps, her room is THE BEST!  Maybe if you all run over an ask her, she'll post photos someday!

Anyhoooooo.....Shirley is an Amuse demonstrator (hint, hint!), and...

We made these, using Amuse products, of course!

The little ghosties were a CASE of this card by our amazing stamping friend, Chelsea (who is also an Amuse demonstrator).

Sorry, these are new Amuse stamps and dies, so I don't know names!  The fence is an Impression-Obsession die, and I got it over at Scraptownlady.

The butterfly card, was just the sponge and spritz technique.  We thought this stamp set would work well with that technique.  I am not so good at getting the 'spritzes' to show!  You may need a magnifying glass to find them!

This Amuse set is called 'Sunny Side of Life'.  The really sweet thing, is that the focal stamp is so long, that you only have to ink and stamp once, and it covers a full A2 card front.  Cool beans, right???

So.........someone I know is a Zombie addict, sort of.

When I saw this digi sentiment over at Ginger's House, I knew it would be perfect for a card for him!

What do you think?  Silly.  Makes no sense at all.  But, what fun!

You know, like seeing 'that' jewelry, and saying 'with just the right dress....'  lol!

Just did some sponging here, stamped some 'grass' from a Gina K. Designs set, then some birds from a Flourishes set. The black bird in front of the moon is an Amuse die.  Let me know if you need more info!

I used my 1/4" Perfect Layers ruler to get the fabulous border around the sentiment! You can use any craft knife, or rotary cutter, with the Perfect Layers Rulers.  Check out my sidebar for details, and be sure to check out their website for informational videos!

If you've never dropped in at Ginger's House, you should!

She posts daily freebies, and she's like our preacher....sometimes, you know that what was posted or preached was written just for you, or your situation.

All righty, today is a busy day, and tomorrow's church,
so I'll probably be back here on Monday!

Off to see what you've been up to...

Hugs...
Patti J.

P.S. I know I have a few new followers.  Thank you!  If you are one of them, and I have not been by to reciprocate, please let me know!  Especially, with Bloglovin', as I know I have followers, but have no idea who they are!