Hello out there!

 Hello friends!

Golly, I hope that you are all well, and that life is amazing!

We are holding our own here on the hacienda - we both have fall appointments to check on progression of our diseases, or hopefully lack of progression, right? Right now, every single day that we put both feet on the ground and everything works is a huge WIN!!!

I can't believe that it's been SO long since I was on the blog. Hopefully, I'm back! Going to give it one more try - see if anyone is really reading what I'm typing!!! 

I may resort to just sharing on Facebook - sigh...

Anyhow, I have OODLES of cards to share, so I will start today with some of the 'Bits and Bobs' cards that I've made the past few months. These are all leftover pieces, ephemera, stickers, etc.

Enjoy!

This one has a random card base, an ephemera left over from a kit, or pack, and a sentiment that I purchased at a really fun stamping store while in CO last fall and winter.

This is all leftover pieces of Stampin Up papers, etc.

This one is Stampin Up designer paper with an ephemera bicycle added. The seat and handles have a bit of Glossy Accents for shine.

This one is a random card base (maybe from a big box store?) and a Dollar Tree dragonfly sticker.

Lol....just something cute I saw posted on line, and had to put it on a card to bring someone special a smile!

Same as last card! Hope it brought a smile or two!

Card base uses a Stampin up 'lines' stamp, and a Dollar Tree sticker, along with a sentiment from the CO stamp store.

Dollar tree sticker, not sure about the rest. Probably S.Up dies and papers?

Another ephemera piece with bits and pieces from my bins.

Another of the fun sentiments I found in Colorado, and some Tim Holtz Ephemera, and and OLD Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Just some odds and ends. I think the Cactus pot was from a pack of S.Up Ephemera.

If you have questions about anything, just shout out - I'll try to jog my memory and find and answer!

Have a super blessed weekend!

Will try to get back here on Monday with another post of 'catch-up'.

Patti J.

Happy November!

Wow, another calendar page has turned! It's been a pretty fall, but not quite as colorful as some, due to the lack of rain.  Hope you are all well, and that you had a fun Halloween!

Here are a few more 'lost and found' items to share!

We have girl's day in, now and then, and we all bring a card kit for each person there.

This cute card was designed by my bestie, Shirley Hotop, and created by me!

Inside of card:

This one is from Crackerbox Stamps, I think! Isn't it adorable?

The next two were made one day, while creating at my bestie's house. She and I have a great time getting inky!  All Stampin' Up! products.

Stampin' Up! papers

Very quick Valentine's card. Hmmm....no memory of who, what, or where.

Thanks for popping in! I'm going to do my best to keep 'something' popping up here, while we are in CO getting hubby's radiation!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Oh my...it's been a minute!

So, here I am - needing to catch up again! 

I guess that's what my next few posts will be!!!

Seriously, thanks so much for being so patient with my non-posting, and non-commenting. Between a bit of traveling, and a WHOLE LOT of Dr. appointments, it seems I am spending less and less time in my girl cave - we have one more upcoming trip, then I hope to be back on a regular basis.

On a happier note - tomorrow will be our 50th wedding anniversary! Sheesh....can you believe anyone would put up with me for 50 years???  He is a good man, and I feel so blessed that God brought us together!  We are having a date night, and I'm hoping for a Lobster dinner!

Anyway, here are some more cards that I made in a class taught by my friend, Ruth. She comes up with some of the 'funnest' dies to create with!  Hope something you see makes you smile! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Tune in for catch-up, part 2 soon!!!

Hugs and blessings during this beautiful spring and Holy season!

Patti J.

Catching Up...

Hi there!

Well, I have a lot more catching up to do! Seems I am making very little these days, until I go to post what I've made! Then I realize I've created more than I thought!

Here are a few little treat boxes I made for a stamping day at Ruth's house:

I made a whole family of reindeer boxes, using the Stampin' Up Design a Treat bundle from this years mini catalog. Aren't they adorable?

Since Ruth was hosting, she needed double trouble, so I found this cute tutorial HERE, and made her a box for TWO reindeer treat boxes!

And last, but not lease, here is what is inside!

Thanks for dropping by today!

Will try to be a bit more prompt in my posting of creations, I promise!!!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Back again!

Hello again, fellow crafters!

I'm back with a few more of the last week creations that I finished but didn't remember to post!

A friend from church asked for 6 'cute' anniversary cards. She didn't want nasty, snarky, or profane, just cute. 

Here's what I came up with:

This one uses Stampin Up's Counting Sheep.

The sentiment on card and inside were computer generated.

Inside of card:

This card uses the old owl punch from Stampin' Up and a heart punch from Martha Stewart. The fence die is from Our Daily Bread Designs, and the envelope art is from a set I bought at Dollar Tree!

Sentiment is computer generated - pears are free clip art from the web, and the hearts on card and envelope are from the Dollar Tree set used in the owl card.

The beautiful adult beverages are from Stampin Up's 'Nothing's Better Than' set. The birds and waves are from Stampin Up's 'High Tide' set.

This one just used some pretty cardstock from my stash, and a piece of glittery paper from Hobby Lobby that I've had for a few years. The die cut frame is My Favorite Things, and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up, but I don't remember what set! I think it's an older Christmas set, but I'm old and forgetful, so who knows???

Last is this one using stamps from Ink Blot Shop and Our Daily Bread Designs. I did actually post this one last week!

Thanks for putting up with my hit or miss posts! I really am trying!

Next on my agenda is to purge! I have WAY too much stuff!

Thanks for popping in!

Hugs and blessings galore,

Patti J.

Behind once again!

Hi friends!

So, here I am, behind in posting again! How can I get so busy that I forget to post what I've been creating? Does that happen to any of you, or am I just an utter fail? Lol...

Anyway - here are some things I've been doing in the past couple of weeks:

This is a pretty card that we made at Card and a Cuppa with our good friend, Sally. She's a Stampin' Up demonstrator, and several of us meet with her at Panera's twice a month, hang out, have yummies, and make a card. I love this one! You all know me and plaid, right? Thanks, Sally!

My bestie, Shirley, found this die, and grabbed one for each of us. It makes some beautiful backgrounds! Easy mass produced cards! Thanks, Shirley!

So, a while back I purched some UBER-fun dies and stamps from My Favorite Things. I joined a 'verseless' swap, and thought these dies would make fun cards! So I made one to keep and send, and six to swap. Gotta love dies that create such beautiful scenes!

Last for today, I needed a fun quick gift box to send to a lady in Michigan. I am a 'Senior Angel', and the lady is my senior. I write to her every week, and try once a month or more, to send a small gift. I created this matchbox type box with ready made boxes from Stampin' Up that I got last year. The rest was easy! The ghosts and white boo shadow, from Memory Box, were cut from some glitter paper that I find at Wal-Mart. It cuts beautifully! I just cut a black panel, die cut all the goodies, and attached them. Filled the box with Hershey and Twix mini candy bars. Thanks, Pam, for the adorable Boo sentiment!

What fun it is to have made such good friends doing what I love to do! Thanks to all of you!!!

Hugs and grins,

Patti J.

Back soon with another LATE post! lol...

Hey there!

Howdy

I stamped up a new Stampin'Up stamp set, and wanted to share with you, how cute it is! This is one of the two-step sets, and I think he's adorable!!!

Hope your week went well!

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop

Hello Blogging Friends!!

Welcome to the "It's A Girl Thing: Turner Syndrome Awareness 3rd Annual Blog Hop! For this year we have added a Card Challenge so that more people can play along with us!

Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder where a female is born missing partial or all of her second X chromosome leaving her with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities.  This condition occurs one in every 2,000 female births worldwide, but is more common among pregnancies that do not survive to full term.  That is why Turner Syndrome Females are considered MIRACLES!

Prize Winners will be announced on March 13th, 2021.

23 Caring and Generous Sponsors and 12 Design Team Members are offering prizes to a commenter and card makers and they are helping bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public.  For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's TS home page.  Thank you for learning about Turner Syndrome.

Blog Hop Sponsors

One lucky winner from MY blog will receive a $30 gift certificate to shop at Technique Junkies!

My TS related projects are inspired by this TSF Mood Board (graciously created by Jan Mahew):

First up is this sweet card, created with a Digi Set that Jan Mahew designed just for the TSA Blog Hop! If you've never shopped for digi images at Jan's store, please do yourself a favor and go look! She has some of the best digi's I've seen, and many, like this one come in both black and white, and pre-colored images!

To create this card, I printed the image once on white cardstock. I took some rectangle cutting dies, and cut out 2 rectangles from the image. These two pieces were matted with cardstock matching the card base. Beginning with the largest piece, each piece was adhered over the other, being careful to line up the image. The sentiments were printed onto white cardstock, and also matted with the green. These were popped up with foam dots. Last step was printing and fussy cutting the single pink butterfly, and adhering it with a teensy tiny glue dot.

Next up, is a card that I made with NBUS (never before used stuff). I had won a box of goodies from Susan Opal last year, and this stamp set 'Tropical Chic' from Stanpin' Up was in there. I thought it called out to be created with the colors from this amazing mood board, so here it is!

The leaves and flowers were all stamped and fussy cut. I stamped on the little gray 'whispies'? and layered the pieces over top of the gray. The flower on the bottom was glued to the card front, the next one was popped up with a tiny (low dimension) foam dot, and the last flower was popped up using a deeper dimensional foam dot.

This last card was made with stamps and patterned paper from Lavinia Stamps. They have beautiful silhouette images, and I felt this card was perfect for today's blog hop! The sentiment and image were stamped with VersaFine Black Ink onto to patterned paper. I went over the fairy dust and wings with an Embossing pen, then heat embossed in silver.

Here is how to win a prize from the Blog Stops:

To be eligible to win a prize from one of the Card Designers Blogs

You have to leave a comment on each of the Designers Blogs. You could possibly even win at more than one blog.

To be eligible to win a prize for the Card Challenge:

You have to make a card, write a blog post that includes the details and supplies used to make your card, something you learned about Turner syndrome (It can be just one sentence) and link your post back to the “It’s A Girl Thing” Turner syndrome Awareness Card Challenge. Cards should be feminine and have an uplifting or encouraging message.

The Blog Hop and Card Challenge starts on February 1st at 6:00 a.m. EST and ends at midnight EST on February 28th. Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 13th.

Hope to see you creating a card, and linking it up! What fun!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to leave a comment - you could be a winner!

Patti J.