Thinking of you....

Good morning!  What a beautiful morning it is in Missouri!

Today is going to be another short post.  I think I mentioned that I'm doing two workshops for a Women's Wellness Weekend at a YMCA about an hour from here on Saturday.  Well, you know what that means!  My craft corner would scare the socks right off of you!  I'm busy cutting and scoring and packaging kits.  LOTS of kits!  Tee hee....

Anyway, back to business here!  I took my friend Shirley some lunch last week, when she was too sick to get out.  Lo and behold, she had the above project ready for us to create after lunch.  Shirley is an A muse demonstrator, so it's always fun to visit and look at her fabulous new 'stuff'!!!  Edited:  I think this technique is in this month's Technique Junkie....   This technique was shown on an Amuse video.  We used four colors of ink, and some small finger daubers.  The leaves were stamped normally, by pressing the stamp into the green ink.  The butterfly, however, was inked using the daubers.  We daubed the yellow first, then the red, then the brown, and stamped.  Isn't that a beautiful way of shading an image?

There is an inspiration photo at Flutterby Wednesday today, that I think captures the colors in this card beautifully, so I'm entering this card in their challenge!

Hope that you all have a delightful day - back to the grindstone for me!  DH has some more surgery at 11:30, so can't waste any time!

Thanks for stopping by to say hello!  I don't know about the rest of you, but Blogger's newest form of word verification is kicking my butt.  Sometimes it takes me 5 or 6 tries to read the words and retype them.  If I'm in a hurry to get someplace, I may have to just stop trying.  That is happening a lot.  If you are noticing a decline in your comments and visitors, it may be worthwhile to complain to Blogger!  Just sayin.....

Take care, friends!
Blessings,
Patti J.

Hope Perches...

Hello, and happy Thursday to all!

So, have you ever had a card that totally just fell together? This card is one of those. I spent the afternoon with my friend Shirley yesterday, and we literally crafted ourselves into exhaustion! We tried several fun new things, a couple of which are on this card. I brought all of the pieces home, as just that - pieces. I intended to make a few cards. When I dropped them on my workspace last night, they just went together so well, that I decided to make ONE card with all the pieces!



The background is from the StampTV video that Gina K. had up yesterday. It uses a brayer and rubber bands, as well as heat embossing and distress inks. We had a lot of fun experimenting with this technique - we'd used brayers, rubber bands, and ink before, but never embossed with them! Head on over to StampTV and Gina will tell you all about it!

Shirley also wanted me to try a new technique that was in our Technique Junkie magazine this month. She had already done this technique, but wanted me to try it. I will be using it again and again! I love it!!! The stamp set is "Hope Perches", by the Angel Company. (Shirley is a TAC demo if anyone needs stamps or catalogs!!!)

I used her Nesties Labels Eleven to cut and mat, and cut one of the birds a bit outside the 'box'.

I used several colors of Tim Holtz Distress Inks, and I can't remember them all! The gorgeous ribbon is StampinUp! binding ribbon, that was sent to me by my good friend Amanda! Be sure to check out Amanda's blog - she is very talented, and I'm sure she'd help you if you needed some products too!!!

Hope you like it! Thank you for stopping by.

I also have an Itty-Bitty Blog candy winner! The last question was whether or not you listen to music while you craft, and if so, what type. The answers were:

80's
Country
Enya
No music
Christian
Josh Groban
Christmas
Television
Glee
Quiet - no music except for the birds chirping and singing
Television - NCIS marathons
60's
Classical
Michael Buble
Lady GaGa

How's that for variety? Me, I have a STACK of CD's. They range from all of the above, to Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Ozzie Osbourne, Sarah Brightman, and many, many more.

The winner, by random 'names in a hat' is: Sue from Oregon! Congrats Sue! Email me with your snail mail address, and I'll get your Itty-bitty, Teeny Weeny candy out to you!

Hugs,
Patti J.

Food for thought: Humor is the WD-40 of relationships, which stops the creaking and groaning almost immediately!

Bright and Warm!!!

What a wonderful day it is in Missouri today! The sun is shining, and I think it must be in the upper 40's again. Sheer delight! Don't forget to go here to leave a comment and have a chance to win my Nesties!

Above is a trio of cards for you today! I purchased the Sprin Florals kit from Gina K. Designs, and it came with a free card kit, by Jessica Fick! How exciting is that - I love, love, love FREE! This set comes with the following sentiments: Deepest Sorrow, Easter Blessings, With Gratitude, Birthday Wishes. I didn't know who I would be sending these to, so for now, I didn't add a sentiment. That will be added prior to mailing!

I am entering these cards here:

Sunflowers and Dragonflies: Use the Wisped Frame Technique that is featured in the February edition of the Technique Junkie newsletter. If you don't subscribe to this, you really should! It is a fabulous resource! Beth would love to have you participate in the challenge this week!

Other Lovelies: Since it's been an unseasonable and unreasonable winter, Suzanne wants us to brighten and/or warm our projects this week. Be sure to jump in and play in the challenge this week!

Lexi's Creations: Anything Goes - great challenge blog - give it a try this week!

I hope that these beautiful cards make you feel all warm and fuzzy! I wish I could take credit for them, but the credit goes entirely to Jessica! I simply, stamped, colored, and assembled what she designed!