Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Saturday!  

Happy Cinco de Mayo!  

Happy Birthday to my DH! 

For my Fredericktown Missouri readers, Happy Azalea Festival Weekend!

Last week, SCS featured a tutorial on using Goosebumps.  If you've never tried this, it's a fun product to experiment with.  A bit messy for me to use everyday, but I can see it being a favorite for 'those special projects'.  Well, my dear friend, Shirley, called and said, "We need to try this tutorial", so she hopped in her car, brought her Goosebumps, and we played and played!  Here is a card that I made to send my Chemo lady...

Shirley brought the stamps, and I think they were all Inkadinkado.  I used the cute green gingham cardstock from A Muse to stamp on.  You may have to enlarge the photo to see the checks. 

The inks are all Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I think my lady will like it!  I'm entering this in the Monday - Greeting Card Challenge at Outlawz (Mother's Day Card, or For a Girl Card with sentiment on front).

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, so far!

Don't forget - I still have BLOG CANDY!!!!

Drawing will be sometime tomorrow, after church, and before bedtime...lol.

Be sure to go and leave a comment to win :)

Hugs and smiles,

Off to take my DH for his mile high birthday pie!!!

Patti J.

Thank you to Creative Cuts & More!

Happy Monday - hopefully your weekend was a nice one.  We just BBQ'd, probably for the last time.  It gets pretty brisk and windy up here on our hillside in the colder months.

I'm not sure where the months of September and October have gone.  It seems like just yesterday, I got my order in from Creative Cuts & More, and my two months as guest DT member began.  I want to say that Terri, and her team at CC&M were wonderful to work with.  Their products are outstanding.  I've not found anything yet that was not easy and amazing to create with.  Thank you, everyone at CC&M for making my time so enjoyable!

I have two projects for you today, using their products.  The first is a color-blocked card.  I chose to use the cream base, with an orange grid.  I had a good time testing many of my forgotten stamps, trying to find the right fit for the openings.

Stamps are Inkadinkado and Hero Arts.  Coloring was done using colored pencils and mineral spirits.  The Designer Paper was from an Autumn Mat Stack by DCWV.

This next project was fun to make.  I started with the Apron Die Cut.  Added some great designer paper from The Paper Studio.  Mmmmm....Pumpkin Pie?  Who can resist that?   Added  a Tag Die Cut, a sentiment from Hero Arts, and a bit of green seam binding ribbon from Stampin' Up.

Next, out came the Copics, and Pie Birgitta from C.C. Designs - how perfect is she with the pie papers???  Too much fun!

OOPS!  Looked at my photo just now, and realized that the ribbon on the tag had fallen down for the photo...lol.  Oh well, you get the idea :)

The finished project.

Once again, thanks to Terri, Dawn, and the crew at Creative Cuts & More.  You are the best!

Have a great week, everyone!  I'll be back tomorrow with a CAS card for Christmas!  If you are looking for something that will lay flat for mailing, and mass produce like one, two, three, be sure and check back!

Then, on November 1st, it's New Release Day for Digi's at the Doodle Pantry!!!  Laurie has some amazing new images for you!  Hope to see you on the 1st!

Hugs and smiles,
Patti J.

Food for thought:  You know you're getting older when you are given two choices, and you choose the one that gets you home earlier!  lol.....

March 16, 2011

Hello!!!
Ella, one of Lori Boyd's sweet Lollipop digi images, has dropped by today to wish you all a
Happy Spring!


Spring is creeping up on us, slowly, but surely, isn't it?
Our snow is gone, for good, hopefully, and the sun is shining...life is good!
(The older I get, the less it takes to make me happy!)


Ella is colored with Copic Markers. All CS is Bazzill Basics, and Nesties were used for die cutting. The pearls are Kaiser Crafts, the border stamp is The Angel Company, and the sentiment is Inkadinkado.


I am entering this card here:

By Lori Designs Challenge BLDC8: Use a BLD image (Ella!)
The Pink Elephant Challenge: Spring Time
Wild Orchid Challenge: Dieing to punch it out (use punches or die cuts)
Corrosive Challenges by Janet: Sketch (see below)
Anything Goes Challenge: Die Cuts
Scrap-Creations: Anything Goes



Hope this finds you having a wonderful week! Thanks to all who have replied to my previous post! I certainly have some special friends!

Hugs to all,
Patti J.

Food for thought: An error doesn't become a mistake unless you refuse to correct it!

Glimmer Mist...what fun!

Hello!

Today's card is one that I made a few weeks ago for a swap over at Technique Junkies.

I had to wait to post it until all the swap cards were traded out.

The pumpkin is an Inkadinkado image. The sentiment is Hero Arts. The background was made by taking a piece of lace, laying it over the cardstock, and spraying Glimmer Mist over it.

Glimmer Misting was a lot of fun - if you haven't tried it, you should!

I am entering this card here:

A Crafty Little Place: Autumn Daze

Craftalicious Challenges: Harvest Festival/Autumn

Stamp Something: Fall Colors

My Time to Craft: Looks Like Autumn

Incy Wincy Designs: Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time Challenges: Anything Goes

For Fun Challenges: Fall

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Patti J.

White Space Scares Me...

Finally nabbed a few minutes in the old craft room!!! I have a very quick and simple card tonight.

The challenge this week at Simplicity, is "overlapping".

We are to overlap the sentiment and image.

Susan doesn't care where on the page we put it, but we need to overlap.

OMG... do you realize how much WHITE SPACE that leaves on an A2 card? Why am I so stinkin' scared of white space? lol....

Anyway, above, is my card for the challenge. The sentiment is Stampabilities,

the roses are Inkadinkado.

I used pink and green Colorbox Chalk inks for the coloring, and actually colored them using a waterbrush. Fun and fast!

I am also going to enter this at Creative Card Crew. The challenge there is Pink & Green - I think this might fit!

I hope that you and your family are having a wonderful weekend.

We are planning to visit the graveyards tomorrow, bearing flags, flowers, and prayers.

I will probably see you on Monday!

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs to all!

Patti J.

Thinking of You

Well, as the sun is mostly out today, hopefully some of my driveway will melt off! Keep your fingers crossed! My thoughts are with all of you that have mountains of the beautiful white fluffy stuff!

I have a short post today! Here is a card that I made from some scraps for a small workshop I am doing soon. I would love to know what you think!

The sentiment stamp is an Inkadinkado, which I purchased at O'Dear's. I used Versafine black ink. The background stamp is also Inkadinkado, purchased at The Red Rooster.

Have a great Thursday! I'm off to get a shower, check out your blogs, and then to

work on some more samples for the workshop!

Patti J.

Food for thought: If you look like the picture on your passport, you probably need the trip!

Greetings....

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Greetings from rainy, and attempting to sleet or snow, Missouri!

Brrr......it's pretty windy, and that makes it seem even colder!

Here I sit, though, warm and cozy with a cup of cappucino, so I am certainly not complaining!

I do love living where the seasons change! (Remind me of this in late February, okay?)

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The cards above are all new stamps from Inkadinkado.

I'm preparing for a class, and these are just a few of the prototypes that I'm thinking about using. Our LSS carries only Inkadinkado stamps, so that is what I use for classes.

The theme for December's class will be 'easy to mass produce', so must stay very simple!

Would love some feedback! (On the easel card, I plan to use a Ghirardelli chocolate square where the button is!)

Feel free to critique through comments or email, and if you have any 'quick and easy' holiday ideas that you think my ladies would like, feel free to share!

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Well, have a great evening - I'm off to set up the sewing machine. DD is coming to learn how to use it!

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The weekend is approaching!

Patti J.

Food for thought: Is it okay to use an AM radio after noon???

I'm a bit late with my mask....

Lol...Just kidding! No, it's not a Halloween mask...

I am the 'leader' at Stamp Club today. I am going to fearlessly lead where no leader has lead before! (Well, it's true, all but the fearlessly part - I HATE being up in front of other people!)

Actually, I was asked to do some beginner masking for our meeting today. There will be possibly 10 ladies at Stamp Club today, and of these, only my DF Shirley has masked before. So, we will do these basic projects, and it it goes well, the next time it's my turn, we'll turn it up a notch and do some collage type masking projects.

I'm certainly not a pro at this stuff, but I've been doing it long enough now that it is really hard for me to tune my mind into words like 'basic', 'easy', 'clean and simple', 'quick', etc....

Anyway, thanks for looking, and I really hope you will drop me a comment letting me know what you think - it's still early enough to do something different!!!

Enough jabber - here are my prototypes...

For this first card, I used an ornament image by Inkadinkado, a sentiment by Great Impressions, and this fabulous script by The Angel Company.

I wanted it to look a bit vintage, and be super fast and easy, so only Colorbox Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink was used. The only embellies are the three mini brads at the bottom of the card.

This next card uses a TAC sentiment, and a Great Impressions Tree Image. At club today, we will also have the option of the Stampin'Up multiple tree stamp. Members can choose whether they want a tall card or a wide card. The Stampin' Up Bashful Blue Ink was stippled on for the sky, and the tree was then stamped multiple times using Adirondack Denim Blue. I dotted the trees with my Uniball Signo white pen, and also with the Sakura Starburst Glitter Pen.

Since the card is dark blue, I figured we'd need something on the inside for writing to show up on, so we will put a piece of white on the inside, and will punch a snowflake (EK Success) out before adhering. The glitter pen will also accent this snowflake (I don't think it shows up on the photo)

So, I've been seeing a TON of pink this year - it appears that pink is the new red!!! So...I thought I would spunk things up a little with some color!!!

So.......last, for this card, I simply 'punched' out a circle from a piece of CS using a circle nestie. Using that circle, again, I stippled the Marvy Magenta Ink into the center using a circular motion, and keeping it a little heavier to the outside edge. I stamped the snowflakes by PSX, and the sentiment by Paper Salon with the Magenta ink. The only embellies were a 2" piece of silver trim, and a bow.

The inside needed 'something', so I stamped the snowflakes once in the top left corner.

So, would love to hear what YOU are all doing today!

Hope to have some blog candy posted by tomorrow! Wahoo!!!

Only a few days and a few hits late, right??? Oh well, better late than never!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Patti J.

~Food for thought: Some peoples minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set!

Be still...

This card is for the Stamp TV Color challenge for this week, which was to use dark purple, gold, and black. Hope you like it!

What's in it? DP:Little Yellow Bicycle, CS:GKD Pure Luxury Ivory, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Ribbon and CS from my stash, Stamps: Gina K. Designs, Comfort and Peace

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DT member, Pamela Young is the hostess this week at Stampin Sisters in Christ, and she chose the scripture Deuteronomy 31:8

"The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." (NIV)

Pamela's challenge is to create something about when God is "unseen. Here is my card.

Inside of card:

What's in it: Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury Ivory CS, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Versafine Brown Ink, Verve Plain Jane Sentiment Stamp, Inkadinkado Image, Ribbon from stash, Cuttlebug Argyle folder.

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It's Saturday, and I hope you are all having a great day! I'm going to get busy with a bit of housework (ugh), bill paying (UGH), make a quick trip to town, and then I plan on parking it right back in my craft room to work on creations for the craft festival next Saturday!

Have a great day !

Patti J.

~Food for thought: What do you call a male ladybug???

Happy Birthday Danni!

Danni's having a birthday this month! I can't be rude and divulge how old, but it's a milestone birthday, and she's not 30 and not 50! She's begun her birthday celebration with her regular Wednesday challenge (using a butterfly or fairy on our cards), and she has also requested that we include PINK on them!

Melisa's challenge this week is to make a card using inchies. So, I decided to combine the two! I've made Danni an Inchie Pink Birthday card!!!

Both of these ladies have fabulous blogs! Be sure to drop by, play in their challenges, just hang out and enjoy their great projects, tips, and enjoy their sweet smiles!


Supplies: All stamps are Inkadinkado, Tombow Pink and Green Markers, DCWV CS, Flat Pearls by Kaiser


Happy Birthday Danni!

Good night! Thanks for stopping by tonight!

Patti J.
~So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men...Galatians 6:10 NIV

Happy Birthday Dear Friend!!!

Don't you just love a new challenge? Hannah told of an ABC challenge starting up for the third time, and it just happened to be at 'A' this week! So... I'm going to give it a try and see if I can keep up!

The challenge site is here, and the theme for this week is: A = Anything Goes (with the thought of keeping animals in mind)...

I had this adorable little retired/revived TAC stamp that has never been inked. I thought with holidays fast approaching, this would be a good one to bring out and ink up! I am so pleased with how much fun it was to color!

Supplies: Stamps are TAC, Stampin' Up, and Katie & Co., Versafine Black Ink, Kooh-I-Noor Pencils, Watercolor Paper, Provo CS, DCWV CS.

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Friday's challenge at 365 Cards, was to make your card look like a "gift"! Well, as I was on my way out the door for a trip to Michael's and Hobby Lobby, actually MAKING a card took a back seat to shopping for more fun stuff to make cards with! Lol... So this one is "falling off a log easy"! DP and some ribbon and a touch of glitter! Period. 5 Minutes tops! Not totally happy with it, but my priorities were definitely gathering wool in a shopping cart in another city an hour from my work table!!!

Whew....sure wish I'd known today's theme prior to shopping yesterday! Oh well, perhaps there is a scrap of toille DP in my bin!

Supplies: DP (unknown), Ribbon (unknown), Inkadinkado, Color Box Chalk Ink, Burgandy.

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I'm back! Rather than make an additional post, I'm posting today's 365 Cards challenge, which is to use toille on our cards! I did have a piece in my bin, so with a bit of ribbon, adhesive, and a Hero Arts sentiment, this card is finished! I thought I'd combine the Mojo Monday sketch with it, as I hadn't managed to make anything yet for it! So....here's a last minute two-fer! Cheers!!!

I wish you all a good day! I'm going to go immediately to Wal-Mart, and hopefully avoid at least some of the trauma involved in going there on a Saturday morning on the first week of school! Tee Hee!

Hope you all have a great weekend! Think positive, happy thoughts! If you get time, please drop by Shirley's blog and wish her a happy birthday! I'm sure she will shoot me when she finds out that I divulged this top secret info, but she is 19 today! Looks pretty darned good for her age, too!!!

Patti J.

Humility. A quiet conquest of selflessness over selfishness. ~Peter Reese

A Two-Fer

Well, as Barb F. would say, my card today is a "two-fer"!

Fer the 365 Cards Challenge today, the orders from headquarters were to do a Cool Collage, and not leave any blank places on our cards!

Using the sketch from the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #13, I came up with the following card.

The little blank places between the squares, I sponged, so technically, they aren't blank any more! Hope you like it!!!








Stamps: Inkadinkado Inchie Stamps, Hampton Art. Ink: Versafine Black, ColorBox Chalk Ink, Charcoal. CS: DCWV

I can't believe we are halfway through a weekend already! They go by entirely too quickly for this old gal!

I was asked to make 110 birth announcements this week. So...today, I went back down to O'Dear's and picked up 56 pieces of CS, some ribbon, adhesive, etc., and I guess that next week will find me buried in baby things! Can't get any more fun than that, in my humble opinion! My friend Shirley went to Hobby Lobby while in the city today and picked up the DP that I still needed, so thanks to her and her handsome manly man, I don't have to make THAT trip this week!

Have a great night, and we'll catch you later!

Patti J.
~Anger is only one letter away from danger...

Crop till you drop, and Lace!

Good morning!

I happened to get a couple of challenge cards done, and thought I'd take a minute to post them!

The challenge at 365 Cards for yesterday was so much fun, but also very difficult!

We were to create an "Inside Scene" on our cards! Well, I just couldn't think of a thing! I was at my friend (Super Angel) Shirley's yesterday, and remembered a set that she had gotten at seminar a couple of years ago. She let me borrow it, and voila!

If you can't read the sign, it says: "Free Make & Take Projects 1:00-5:00 p.m., Crop Till You Drop - 5:00 p.m. - Midnight, Sponsored by: 365 Cards.blogspot.com, Register here!!!"

I couldn't get the look of the walls the way I wanted, but that's okay! You can look at it yourself, and decide whether the border is baseboard, and the blue is the floor... or if the border is chair rail with two different wall colors!!! Lol...

Stamps: The Angel Company, Tombow Markers, Kooh-I-Noor Woodless Pencils, Computer Generated 'sign', Versamark Fine Black Ink, Stampin Up Wild Wasabi Ink.

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This card is for 365 Cards challenge today, which was to use lace on our cards. I think the photo

is self explanatory!

Stamp: Inkadinkado, DP: Heidi Grace, Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink, Chestnut Roan, Flower Soft (Heather)

That's all I have for today! It is a beautiful day in Missouri. I am headed back to the hallway to hang some pictures! Hope you are all having a great Friday!

Patti J.

~A bumper sticker I saw yesterday: Honk if you love peace and quiet.

Double Trouble!

The challenge this week at Stamptacular Sunday, is "Child's Play". Participants are to create a project for a child. This sounded like fun! So...in lieu of a card, today I chose to make an embossed felt flip book fit for a teen! My friend Shirley had given me all of the supplies needed to make this little treasure for my birthday in April, and I JUST got around to it! Thank you Shirley and shame on me for waiting so long! The free instructions for this great project are in the Serendipity catalog by The Angel Company. The photograper (me) was not spot on today and just couldn't get the vivid, neon colors to show up well, but I love how bright it is! All supplies and stamps are TAC.

So, my title was Double Trouble! This means that I was at my crafting desk for TWO projects yesterday! My second project was a canvas art. I found a stretched 11 x 14 canvas at Big Lots on Friday for $3 and couldn't wait to play with it! Using the technique that I learned from Darlene at the Gateway Rubber Stamp Convention this year, I just masked, stamped, dusted until my hands were cramping! I like the final project, although I have no clue what I will ever do with it! Let me know how you like it! Stamps and inks are from Stampland Chicago, Inkadinkado, The Angel Company, Marvy Heritage Collection.

On to very importang business!!! I have received two Kreativ Blogger awards this week. Thank you and big hugs to special blogging friends, Carolyn and to Pat for this honor. In return for receiving this award, I am supposed to thank the sender(s) (I did!), and list 7 things about myself that others might find interesting, and nominate 7 others for this award. I will list some 'interesting' facts below, but folks, I just cannot choose between all of you to pass this on. I would love it if you would grab the award, and pay it forward! You are all equally special to me!

1. I was born and raised in Chicago!

2. I always wanted to be a doctor.

3. DH and I hope to be healthy enough when HE retires to spend a week or so each month in Memphis, Tn., volunteering at St. Jude's Children's Hospital. (We have made a monthly donation to St. Jude's now for about 12 years, never missing a month!)

4. I love dark chocolate.

5. I hate that dark chocolate makes me 'rounder'!

6. I love gadgets! Anything that moves, clicks, snaps, opens, closes, slides, etc....

7. I hate having my picture taken or hearing my own voice!

Hope you all have a blessed Monday!

Patti J.

~We started out with nothing. Good news!!! We still have most of it!

Who's got the buttons?...AND...some exciting news!

The challenge at Paperlicious Designs this week was fun! I finally sat down last night at about 9:30, and started working on it. Melisa asked us to use at least 5 buttons on our card!




Well...you all know me and my buttons! I always love an excuse to get into grandma's old button jar, and nana's old button tin! I'm also a bit hooked on Inchies - I love the concept of all of those itty bitty squares creating a beautiful masterpiece. So...it was an easy decision for me - today's posting is an Inchie's card with EIGHT buttons on it!





Hope you like it! All images are Inkadinkado, everything else is scraps and buttons! CS is DCWV. Ink is Versamark Fine Black.



Now for some exciting news!!! There is a new stamp company about to open up! Hurry over to Lalaland and check it out! They are currently looking for 6 DT members, so you have a chance to apply with the owner, Irina, for that, as well!!! Their sneak previews look like so much fun - I am anxious to see entire images!

Also, I won some blog candy! Heather, has an amazing blog - great tutorials, and wonderful cards and three d projects! Be sure to pop over and check out her blog!



Have a wonderful Sunday - blessings to all!



Patti J.
~Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it!

Sympathy (with a catch!)

Today is Day 143 at 365 Cards. The theme is Sympathy, but there is a catch! This 'Keep it to Yourself' challenge is to create a Sympathy card without putting the sentiment on the front. Whew...sounds like a CAS card to me, and you all know how I get along with CAS!!!

I found a scrap piece of printed vellum that worked perfectly on a light gray card. The stamp is Inkadinkado, inked with Charcoal ColorBox Chalk Ink. Add a ribbon - voila! A five minute card!

Hope you like it!

Patti J.

~If someone offers you a penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, where does the other penny go??? : - )

Ewww.....

Have you ever felt that way (ewww....) about something you've made? Tee hee...

Before I show you my card, I want to say hello to everyone and apologize for not getting around to your sites to comment. I promise to catch up later this week. My plate's been pretty full the last few days, and I've done really well to sit down for 5 minutes at a time. I miss you all, and I'll catch up as soon as I can!!!

This card follows the sketch at Midnight Madness,



and the theme at 365 Cards. (Again today, I am quite positive that I'm being punished for something!) The theme at 365 Cards was to let the "Twilight" movie inspire your card. Yikes!

We were to use a black card base, and use a patterned paper where red was the dominant color, and embellish with glitter or rhinestones. So, with that being said, here is all my poor tired brain could do with this one...



The large stamp in the center is Inkadinkado, and the Dream stamp is The Angel Company. I used Versamark, and embossed in silver. I did NOT use the embossing buddy on it before embossing, as I was hoping for a 'vampire' feel to it, and wanted some extra 'stuff' here and there. I do wish you could see the DP - it's quite lovely (Daisy D's Designs) with black roses and ribbons on it...

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Patti J.
~Hmmmm...have you ever wondered why: In the winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer when we complained about the heat?

Paper PIERCING, not piecing!

So, today, I was on the ball! I was actually going to have a challenge done early, posted early, and get some cleaning done. Ha! I misread piercing for piecing and had to start planning all over again! Best laid plans....gotta have a sense of humor in this hobby! Notice that once I got started, I nearly pierced this thing into obliteration!

The challenge for day 139 at 365 Cards, was to use the paper piercing technique to create a pattern on our cards. Here is mine.....



Looking at it on the 'big screen', I realized that it would have been prettier if I'd pierced the two outside edges in reversed format so that the little round part in the center was to the outside edges. Oh well, I will for sure know next time!

Supplies:
Stamps: TAC, Stampland, Inkadinkado
Piercing Template: Lasting Impressions (a gift from my bestest stamping bud, Shirley)
Inks: Marvy Heritage Collection
Dusting Brushes
Starburst Glitter Pen
Colored Pencils
Flat Brown Pearls

Since this has a butterfly, it may also be entered in the Flutter By Wednesday challenge if I'm not too late!

Off I go - am headed to St. Louis on an excursion to find eyeglasses for DD.

Hugs to all! Have a great day! Pat, you are in my thoughts and prayers, chin up girl!

Patti J.
~Dance your little heart out...