Loads of Love

Hi there!

I'm back today to share another fun Valentine stash that I've made since the snow fell.

My BFF, Shirley, gave me this adorable stamp and die set a year or so ago. I'd used the stamps a time or two, but this time I used the die, as well! I created a little scene with an embossed background, and a piece of black cardstock with a road drawn in white gel pen. Hope the recipients will like them!

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. More snow to come this weekend!

Happy creating,

Patti J.

Ten...

Happy Tuesday!

Do you think summer's every going to get here?  Each time I think we're getting closer, here comes another cold spell - one is due to come through here Wednesday evening.  Bah.

Anyhoo....thanks for stopping by!  Today's card is for the Paper Loft Challenge.  It's

always a sketch challenge, and here's what I made:

I used papers from the Everyday Life and In the Zone collections. It was a lot of fun to cut out pieces and pop them up. The sunburst is an Amuse Studio Stamp, and the sentiment is an old wooden Stampendous stamp.  I thought this would be fun for a 10 year old boy!

And...here's the sketch!

Yikes - this was a tough one - guess that's why they call it a challenge, right?

Would be a great page layout, wouldn't it?

Get out your Paper Loft Papers, and head over to enter.

As of yesterday, there were no entries yet, and the challenge is over at the end of May.

You could win $30 in product AND a guest designer spot!

Have a great day,

Patti J.

You are in my thoughts...

Hello!

What a perfect sentiment for a card that you just want to send 'just because'.

It's always nice to let someone special know that they are being thought of.

This card was created with a Stampendous 'Narcissus' stamp set.

The sentiment is a small Hero Arts stamp that I've had forEVER!

The flowers were stamped directly onto patterned paper, and fussy cut.

They were then glued onto a white oval.  Used my wonderful Perfect Papercrafting Tools for the perfect black mat (see sidebar for details!) Very nice, easy card!

Have a nice Wednesday!

Thanks for dropping by,

I'll be back on Friday with a great post!

Die-Versions is teaming up with Operation Write Home for a

blog hop that is FULL of fun and inspiration!

Hope to see you then,

Patti J.

There's a new blog in town!

There's a new blog and a new team in town!

Die-Versions has a brand new blog and a brand new design team!

Come join us in our new blog for a chance to win some free goodies. 

We will be giving away 20 gift certificates to our store valued at $10 each. 

Participating is easy, simply:

Leave a comment in our blog found at www.die-versions-blog.com 

Become a follower of our blog 

Like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/DieVersions

We will announce the lucky winners Sunday, Jan. 12.

Good luck!  Hope to see your names among the TWENTY winners!!!

Now.....

I have another card to share with you today, that I created for the challenge at Stamp TV, using Gina K. Designs products!

SUPPLIES:  Stamps: Gina K. Designs 'The Magic of Christmas', and 'Only God'.  Inks" Tim Holtz Distress, Spellbinders Dies, Ribbon from Stash, Cardstock from stash, Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White CS, Sponge Daubers, Stampendous White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Perfect Layers Rulers (see sidebar for details!)

Love this technique!  The challenge calls for GKD stamps, and that you follow Gina's chosen technique - this challenge, the technique is Color on Color Emboss Resist.  Isn't it pretty?  I'll be using it more, for sure! You have until Friday to enter the challenge at Stamp TV!!!

Have a good day!

Patti J.

Happy Birthday!

A few months ago, Cheryl Saforek, owner of Scraptownlady contacted a few of us, with an invitation to join her first Design Team.  What a fun few months it has been!  We teamies have become friends with each other, are having fun watching each others children grow up, and of course, we've had a great time designing with our Scraptownlady products!

Today is Cheryl's Birthday, and we are here today with a Birthday Hop in her honor!  She is a wonderful boss, and has become a very good friend, as well.

Cheryl, we hope that your day is as special as you are! Happy Birthday!

Here is my card for Cheryl:

Front of card.

This shows the popped up birthday cake in the inside center!

Just a close up of the 'candles' that prove Cheryl is 29 today!!! We are the same age :)

Now, I hope that you will hop on to Rebecca's blog!  Rebecca and Cheryl live near one another, and are friends outside of blogland - I can't wait to see what she has created for Cheryl!

In case you get lost, here is the hop order:

Scraptownlady Blog
Marcia
Cathy
Dawn Rene
Rhonda
Patti J. (me!)
Rebecca

Thanks so much for hopping along.  Please stop over at the Scraptownlady Blog, and wish our special lady a very Happy Birthday!

Thanks for stopping by,
Patti J.

Scraptownlady Supplies:
Authentique 6 x 6 Bundle 'Hope'
Kaisercraft Sparklets 'Daffodil'
Kaisercraft 75 cents Collection 'Sixpence'
Glossy Accents

Other supplies:
Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch
a muse Brown Cardstock
Stampendous Glitter

Listen...

Hello!

Hope your week is going well.

I needed a sympathy card for a family of musicians who just lost a loved one.

This seemed fitting, and I can so see the lady directing a heavenly symphony or choir, as I type this!

This card was easy peasy.  I simply stamped it, and colored with barely there shades of Copic Markers.

Trimmed around the edges, and adhered with foam squares.  Ta da!  Wish you could see it in real

life.  So much prettier.

That's it for today!

The stamp is by Stampendous, and I bought it from ScrapTownLady! (Bought another that I'm so eager to create with too!  It's a Flourishes stamp, and oh my....what fun!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Pray hard - Zumba class #2 tomorrow!

Every place hurts, and I've even discovered places that are sore that I didn't know I had!  lol...

Thinking of you...

Good morning!  Today is my day to post for the ScrapTownLady Blog. I can't believe what a great variety of stamps she carries in the ScrapTownLady store!  I chose to work with this fun Stampendous image today. Just thought something a bit 'girly' seemed like a good plan.

This image was so much fun to create with. I wish you could see it in real life.  There's a touch of sparkle, lots of gloss, and a nice, rich color.  The color was painted on, using Tim Holtz Distress Inks, and a water brush.  Reminded me of being a kid, and playing with my watercolors!  Painting was great therapy, too, as it's been a week of sadness, having lost a friend to cancer. KaiserCraft makes such gorgeous papers, and it was fun searching for just the right combination - it needed to look elegant, a bit vintage, and even a little sassy!  Used my Perfect Layers Rulers for that beautiful 1/8" white border (see sidebar for details). Hope you will head over to the store, and purchase this stamp yourself.  Can't wait to see your creations!

ScrapTownLady Supplies:
KaiserCraft 6.5 x 6.5 'Lavendar Haze' Paper Pad
Impression Obsession Stamps (sentiment) 'Hydrangea Set'
Stampendous Stamps 'Cling Rose Corset'
Prima Flowers 'Pixie Vine Fairy Belle'
Tim Holtz Distress Ink 'Tattered Rose & 'Bundled Sage'
E-Z Runner Adhesive
Scrapbook Adhesive 3-D Foam Adhesive
Ranger Inkessentials Glossy Accents

Other Supplies:
Black & White Cardstock
Perfect Layers Rulers
Kuretake Wink of Stella 'clear'

Designer's Tip:  If you are using a stamp that is larger than any acrylic blocks that you have, grab one of your Cuttlebug Plates!  The stamp will stick to it perfectly, it will wipe clean, and you won't have to invest in a larger block!  

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great day,
Patti J.

Christmas Days with Creations by AR - Day 5

Christmas Days!

(To see my Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week Post, please scroll down)

For 10 days, that began on Thursday, December 6th, the AR Girls will be sharing ideas for presenting holiday gifts using templates from Creations by AR! Not only will you get to know each of the AR Girls, but every day for 10 days they will bring inspiration to you with their holiday projects. So, join us daily at the Creations by AR FaceBook Page or at our AR Group on Paper Craft Planet.

 Welcome to Day 5 of the hop!

I am pleased today to be showcasing one of my favorite Creations by AR templates, the Gift and Card Combo.

Here are all three of my creations.

Rubber Stampede Image, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Bazzill DP, Ribbon from my stash.

Northwoods Rubber Stamp, Cardstock, Transparency from Office Max

Amuse Candy Cane CS, Stamping Bella 'Frostier' KS207, Copic Markers, Paper Piecing with Bazzill CS, Happy Winter stamp is Paper Salon

 

 

I fully intended to fill this box with tags, but ran out of time!  So it's filled with ugly M & M's.  The sentiment is by Penny Black "3274H Once a Year", and reads "At Christmas play and have good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year!"

Stampendous "JO89 Friends Love, "C037 Snow Angel", Bazzill DP, Copic Markers, Sakura Glitter Pen, Amuse Baker's Twine, Black Colorbok CS, White Office Max CS

Each of these adorable gift boxes has an adorable slide out drawer, for candy, tags, gift cards, jewelry, ornaments, Copic Markers, etc!  This sentiment is from Impression Obsession "Peaceful Season Wishes #D8623"

One winner each day will receive a template of their choice from Creations by AR. The Daily Prize winner will be chosen from comments left on the designer's blog who is featured that day.  The daily winner will be announced the following day on the AR FaceBook Page and on our AR Group on Paper Craft Planet.  

The Grand Prize Winner will receive ONE TEMPLATE A MONTH FOR SIX MONTHS beginning January 2013! The Grand Prize Winner will be randomly chosen from comments left on the  AR FaceBook Page and on our AR Group on PCP between December 6-15. Winner will be announced December 16.

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Day 4 was Julia be sure to pop over and see what she made I know it was amazing.

Day 6 will be Lori, and she has a special treat ready to show you so remember to pop over tomorrow.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope your holiday season is wonderful!
Patti J.

Hay Ride Kiddos

It's Friday!  Woo hoo!

I've got a fun new stamp to share with you today.  Having 'put up' hay for many years, I can certainly see our DD getting all grumpy at our DS, because he's throwing hay from the wagon in her hair :)  So, when I saw this great image at Scrapping Center, I knew that I had to have it!  Boy kiddo doesn't know it yet, but girl kiddo is just about to take that smug look off of his face...lol....

Found this scrap of very, very old DP from The Paper Studio, and thought it would be perfect as a background for the hay wagon.  All coloring is with Copics.  It's dark and dreary here today, and I couldn't get a decent photo....bah.  I truly AM going to get my light box finished! 

Used my trusty Perfect Layers Tools for the nice even matting.  Button is from my stash.  Image is #CRR150 Hay Ride Kiddos, by Stampendous.  I ordered mine from Scrapping Center.  They have OODLES of fun things that are calling my name!

I'm entering this in the Outlawz Friday Copic/Promarker Challenge - it's to use fall colors or foliage, and color with alcohol markers.

Have a great weekend - Be sure to check in on Sunday - Creations by AR has a special release, and all I can tell you is that my version is YUMMY!

Hugs,
Patti J.

Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you enjoy the card I'm sharing with you today, and those of my fellow Operation Write Home bloggers.  When you are ready to go to the next blog, click on the banner above to return to the main page!

The theme for our hop is a wintry card, based on a sketch.  I chose to use Operation Write Home's Sketch #115 for my card.  Here is the sketch:

 

And here is my card...(inside sentiment is a Stampabilities Stamp that reads "you're a wonderfu friend".

Sketch: Operation Write Home, Stamps: Stampendous CRS2065 Angel Kisses, Express-It White Blending cardstock, Echo Park Very Merry Christmas DP, Deco Art Glamour Dust Glitter, Dimensional Foam, Stampabilities, Tombow Multi Glue, Perfect Layers Rulers

Operation Write Home is a way for you to help our service men & women connect with their loved ones at home with handmade cards.  Hopefully, we lift some spirits, of our heroes, & of their loved ones who miss them so much.  Having a twice deployed son, and a son-in-law that is currently serving his third deployment, this organization has a warm & fuzzy place in my heart!

Thanks for hopping with us today!

To the men and women who have sacrificed so much so that we might have freedom, I pray that God will bless you and protect you as you are serving your country, so far from your loved ones.

Happy World Card Making Day!

Patti J.

Treat Box

Yesterday, I spent most of the day pinching myself.  I was lucky enough to have a box that I created, featured on Splitcoast Stampers!  You can find the tutorial, and even a video, HERE.  I thought I would share the box, as it's a fun way to give a sweet little gift, and display your artwork, as well!

This first box features Impression Obsession Stamps: Spa Day G2346, and Witching You B5523.  All Coloring is done with Copic Markers, Ribbon is from Hobby Lobby, and the cardstock is from a muse studio.  The teensy spiders are from a punch I found in the $1 bin at Michael's - no names on it.

This little sweetie is a Little Darlings stamp.  She just melts my heart with those big blue eyes! The sentiment stamp is from Stampendous, and the cardstock is Kraft.  Button is from my stash, and I used my black Zig Pen for doodling around the edges.  All coloring is done with Copic Markers.

 

Last, is the easiest of all!  Using some Graphic 45 DP, I simply cut and pasted on the box.

 Hope you will give it a try!  Looking forward to seeing YOUR treat boxes!

There is an album in the gallery at SCS for them, so after you create, 

post your finished project HERE!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  

There are lots of fun hops coming up in the next couple of weeks - check out my sidebar for more info!

Have a great day,

Patti J.

Flowers

Good morning - hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Today's card is just for fun.  I had made one like this a while back and liked it so much that I cased myself, and made another one!  Yep, it's dots again - Amuse CS.  

I am actually entering a challenge with this one!  Linda is the hostess at The Crafty Friends Challenge, and her challenge is to use flowers on our projects. 

Amuse Cardstock, Stampendous Narcissus Stamps, White Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury CS, Ribbon from my stash, Spellbinders Oval and Oval Scalloped Dies, Perfect Layers Tools, Scor Tape, Dimensional Foam

Hope this cheerful creation brought a smile to your day.  Now, off to get this in the mail to someone special!  Have a great day!

Smiles,
Patti J.

Born to Ride...

Hello!  I have a very quick post today on this beautiful Saturday in Missouri :)  I had need of a couple of very CAS cards, so I borrowed this Amuse set from my friend Shirley (who is a demo!), and created these two....  The sentiment, from Repeat Impressions, was perfect with the bike.  The teal card didn't photo very well - it's a much prettier color in real life :)

Amuse Cardstock,  Stampendous White Embossing Powder,  Versamark Ink,  Amuse Bicycle Stamp (Enjoy the Ride Set),  Sentiment is Repeat Impressions #9115G)

Thanks for stopping by!  Gotta go put these in the mail - take care, and have a great weekend!

Smiles,
Patti J.

So Sorry...

Hello!

So, have you all heard about the new challenge blog in town?  It's called "A Blog Named Hero", and it's for all things Hero Arts.  The card I'm sharing this evening is for their first challenge, "Play Favorites".  We are supposed to create using our favorite Hero Arts stamps. Egads. 

Hero Arts "Outline Flowers, So Sorry, Misc. Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Tsukineko Sponge Daubers, Stampendous White Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink, Bazzill CS, Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White CS.

Really?  Choose a fave? Couldn't do it! I love ALL of my stamps, and choosing faves is like being asked to choose a favorite child...lol.  So, instead, I chose to use the first Hero Arts stamp that I ever owned.  I'd only been blogging a short time, still new to challenges, and I won this stamp as blog candy!  The sentiment is from a 'go to' set, called So Sorry that, sadly, I use a lot. 

I wanted this to be relatively flat for mailing, and a definite CAS card, so I heat embossed the image with white embossing powder, sponged in some color, and added a sentiment. No fru-fru today.  This is for a friend, who I just learned has stage 3 lung cancer, non-small cell.  Didn't want a lot of happy 'stuff' - just wanted her to know she's loved.

Have a great week, and thanks for stopping by :)

Hugs and smiles,
Patti J.

Basket of wishes to cheer you...

Hello there my friends!

Wow, it's Wednesday.  How in the world did that happen, and who stole Monday and Tuesday?  My mom always said that the older I got, the faster time would fly by.  I'm thinking she was right!

I have a 'shaped' card to share with you today.  This was made for the Stampendous March Challenge, which is, shaped cards.  I only have a couple of Stampendous stamps, so you will just have to bear with me as I use them over and over!

Supplies: A Muse CS, Kraft CS, Copic Sketch &21 & Y28, Stampendous "Narcissus" Stamps, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Recollections Dimensional Squares

Last year, when I went to the stamp show at Collinsville, Ill., I bought the template for this sweet basket from Rubber Cottage.  I altered their pattern a bit, by putting two drop down basket handles on it, where the template called for just one single handle in the middle.  Some teensy brads (from my stash), were added, and the image was stamped twice on the yellow A Muse ginham, so flower in the center could be fussy cut and popped up for dimension.

Hope you like it!  Thanks in measures of OODLES for stopping by today!

Smiles,
Patti J.

Food for thought: 
 "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."  ~Scott Adams

Lots to share....

Hello friends, and Happy Thursday!

I have a lot to show today, beginning with a card that my friend Shirley and I made yesterday after watching a video on Stamp TV.  To see Shirley's card, check out her blog!  As there are SO many photos, I'm keeping the verbage to a minimum, so if you want to know anything, ask away!

This uses the Stampendous "Narcissus" stamp.  Beautiful isn't it?  And, Oh My!  That Amuse yellow dot CS is perfect!  I've become a huge fan of their CS.  It's just the right thickness to work with, and looks so pretty.

Next, we created another card fashioned after a video on Stamp TV.  It features the Stately Flowers 2 Stamp set by Melanie Muenchinger that I guest designed for a few weeks ago.....

The sample in the video was done in greens and dark colors, but I wanted to try some pink!

Next up, are the gift bag sets that the ladies created in my workshop at the YMCA Women's Wellness Weekend event at Trout Lodge last Saturday.  Every single set was different - we used a ginormous paper pack from K & Company that had such beautiful prints.  The morning workshop was sort of shabby chic, and the afternoon had fun with Easter/Spring colors.

Last, I made up some diaper shaped favors, some candy bar favors, and some Thank you cards for a lady in town who is co-hosting a baby shower this month.  This darling image is from Just Some Lines, and the sentiment is Hampton Arts. Again, Amuse CS was used for everything.  The favors were pretty simple, and I didn't even take photos (sorry!), but here are the cards, and the little box that I made for them...

In closing, I am asking for your thoughts, well wishes, and prayers if you are one that prays...

Our wonderful new son-in-law had to leave Colorado this week on his third deployment.  Of course, we pretty much wanted to tie him up and keep him 'stateside', but that could not be....   It looks like it will probably be several months, at best.  If you are interested in putting Nick on your card ministry, please get in touch with me, and I'll pass on his mailing address.

Prayers are needed for our dear daughter, as well, as the bright spot in her days is on assignment elsewhere.  Please keep the newlyweds in your thoughts, as well as Nick's parents, who must be devastated that he's had to go again, for the third time. Thanks!

I'm entering the Narcissus card here:
CCEE Stampres - Spring Scene
Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring
Delightful Sketches - Spring Colours


Have a great day - I think I'm almost caught up on visiting all of you!  Will be back to see what you've been up to tonight. Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

CAS Holiday Tag

I can't believe it is Wednesday night already!  DD flies back tomorrow, and we've barely seen her!  Not complaining, we'll take every minute we can get!

So, I promised you a Holiday Tag today...  I had this fun Amuse set, Holiday Tags, that I ordered from my friend Shirley, and just couldn't wait to ink it up.  I chose to use the mittens.

Wow, what an easy project!

Supplies:

Amuse stamps
White Stampendous Embossing Powder
Green Copic Marker
Red Stickles
Irridescent White Twine (Hobby Lobby)



Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great evening - Patti J.

Narcissus...

Here is hoping that you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend. Ours was nice! Very quiet - DH made his 'rounds' of jobsites, we went to the cemetery and put out our flags and flowers, and then he and I threw a pork steak on the grill.

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Rosie the Wonder-grandaughter-doggie, escaped from the house while we were watering, and nearly gave us heart attacks. She is most certainly a LEASH dog, and was not on hers! She was half a county away before we even saw her sneak out! Got her back very quickly, and she sure is sleepy after all that exercise! Grandpa went after her, but I was the smarter one -
I just enticed her to the back door!
What an adventure for her (she was SO proud of herself) and a scare for us :)

I have a card today for a challenge at the Stampendous blog. This is Challenge #38, and is a sketch challenge, hosted by Geny Cassady. I used the 'Narcissus' set from Stampendous. Narcissus' were one of my dear mom's favorite flowers - oh how she loved Narcissus and Clematis! If she were still with us, this card would be on it's way across town to her!

All coloring is done with Copics, Ink is Memento Tuxedo Black, CS is Bazzill, and the white CS is PaperTrey Ink. Butterflies are punched with Martha Stewart Punch, and the butterfly DP is a Gina K. Designs Free Digi Paper.


I think I will enter this at the 1st challenge at The Craft Room as well! The theme is anything goes, and this is anything!

Have a great week! I'll be back for the Doodle Pantry Blog Hop on June 3rd!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles...

Patti J.

Food for thought: Worry is like golf stokes - those that have the least are the winners!

Already?

Okay, so I'm just wondering - how in the world did it get to be Wednesday already? Sheesh!

Hello to all, and Happy Wednesday! As it is Wednesday, it's time for another great challenge at Flutter by Wednesday's Challenge Blog!

These girls are SO much fun! I am very much enjoying my month with them!

Today I bring you a wonderfully fun sketch by our Danni, and an equally fun CAS card! I absolutely love these type of balanced sketches! It's Danni's first sketch, so be sure to drop by and leave her a few angel {{{hugs}}}!

Here is the awesome sketch:

And here is my take on it:

DCWV makes it SO easy to cutesy up a card with their coordinating matstacks! It was simply a matter of choosing two that I liked, coloring (Copics) the darling snow angel (Stampendous), sparkling it up a bit (Spica Pens) and doing a bit of matting.

Did I mention that I loved this sketch?

Hope to see you join in the challenge this week! You have your choice of an open challenge that includes an angel, butterfly, or fairy, or, you can use this wonderful sketch with your angel, butterfly, or fairy.

Have a great Wednesday!

Hugs,

Patti J.