So Grateful...

Yippee Skippy, it's Saturday!

Good golly, Miss Molly, it's been fun having some crafty time this week!

Today, I'm sharing a card that I made for the Mod Squad Challenge - 'Any Holiday'.

Fall is my favorite season to create for, so I decided it has to be a

Thankful card.

I used two Gina K. Designs sets: 'Autumn Beauty', and 'So Grateful'.

Both are older sets, and might even be retired, but both have been inked

and inked and inked over the years, so what's one more inking!

I first stamped the pumpkins.  They were masked, and the mailbox and flowers were 

then stamped.  All coloring is with Copics, and the papers are from some

old scraps in my stash.

I'm also entering this card here:
Hiding in my Craft Room - create for any holiday

Hope it gives you some fall smiles!

Thanks for stopping by!

Patti J.

Shadow Stamping

Happy Wednesday!

Today, I am super excited to be hosting the Mod Squad Challenge.

Any of you that know me well, know that I'm a lover of 'techniques', so my challenge 

is to create something using the 'Shadow Stamping' technique.

Supplies Used:  Gina K. Designs Stately Flowers 8, by Melanie Muenchinger, Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White Cardstock (MY LAST PIECE - EEK!!!), Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Foam Dots, Kaiser Craft Pearls, A Muse Cardstock (Mat), Perfect Papercrafting Mini Rulers (see sidebar for details)

For my card today, I've used Melanie Muenchinger's 'Stately Flowers 8', which can be found at 

Gina K. Designs. This set is gorgeous - I am totally in love with all of Melanie's flower sets, and her basket sets are amazing, too!  When I win the lottery, I shall own them all :)  This set was in my

mailbox this week - a gift from Melanie.  You should have seen my Post Office happy dance!

Thank you Melanie - you are so kind and generous!

If you have never shadow stamped, you will have fun with this.

Find a stamp that would look nice with a shadow.  Stamp it once in a darker color,

then stamp again, moving the image slightly, to create a shadow image.

If you are a visual learner, Gina has a great video on StampTV, showing this technique.

If you've ever been stumped on a monochromatic card challenge, this technique would be perfect!

Thanks for stopping by - hope that you will try this technique,

and play along with this challenge at the Mod Squad Challenge Blog!

Can't wait to see your creations!

Hugs & Blessings,

Patti J.

Another fun new place to hang out!

Happy Thursday!

Did you know.....you can use the 'Outside the Box' technique, even if you don't own any dies?

Read on, and I'll show you how easy it is!

Supplies Used:  Gina K. Designs stamps, ink, and white cardstock.  TAC black cardstock, Kraft cardstock, Copic Markers, Twine, Button, Adhesive, Dimensional Dot

I'm not one to make resolutions, but I'm determined to do better at some things this year - one of which is to enter more challenges, AND to start posting my work on Splitcoaststampers.  I've not done much of either the last year or two, and I am ready to jump back in with both feet!

  My card for today is for a brand new challenge blog: The Mod Squad Challenge!  

Some of the Gina K. folks have started this up. 

Products used on cards do not have to be Gina K. Designs products, but as she is the first challenge sponsor, I thought I'd use this lovely set Stately Flowers2, by Melanie Muenchinger.  

Sympathy cards are difficult for me, so I love the simplicity of her floral sets, and the accompanying sentiments.  Plus, I'm a Missouri gal, and this is a Missouri Flower!

So, here is how I did this.

Stamp and color your image.  

Using a straight edge, draw a line on each edge, where you'd like your cutting line to be.

With an exacto knife and straight edge, cut a straight line, stopping at each point where you come to a part of your image. Turn your image around, and repeat the process.

With a pair of sharp scissors, cut away the image parts that hang over your cutting line.

Easy peasy!

I actually stamped my image twice, and layered one flower down near the leaf, with a pop dot for dimension.

Cathy Tidlwell was the challenge hostess this week.  Her challenge was 'A few of Cat's favorite things".  She listed lots of items, and told us to use three of them on our creations.

My three items were:

Kraft Cardstock

Twine

Layering of Images

I'd really LOVE to win - the prize is a gift certificate to Gina K. Designs, and I haven't had any new stamps for a while!!!  Hurry over - you still have a few days to enter!  Remember, you can use ANY vendors products!!!

This looks like it will be a fun challenge - good luck to the team at Mod Squad!!!

A note about my straight edge....this is a wonderful new product by Perfect PaperCrafting.  There are two rulers, a clear, and a straight edge for cutting.  The straight edge is also a centering ruler.  If you look, the center of the ruler has a pressure pad - on the bottom of the ruler is a rubber strip. Just push down on the center, and your ruler holds tight, via the rubber strip, to whatever you are working on.  Be sure to check out their products, especially this one!  Now, rather than have a ruler, a centering ruler, and a straight edge, I have one tool!  You can save 5% by shopping with the link on my sidebar!

Have a good day,

Patti J.