Feel Better...

Howdy!

Decided to spend a few minutes creating 'just because', and join in on the 'clouds' challenge

at Stamp TV.

Here's my card:

Supplies Used:  Gina K. Designs: Melanie Muenchinger's 'Fabulous Frame, Theresa Momber's 'Vertical Greetings 2', Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White cardstock, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Versafine Brown ink, Copic Markers, Kaiser Craft Pearls

Hope your week is going well!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Exciting News!

Good morning, and a happy Monday to you all.

I have been keeping a secret for a few days!  As of today, I can officially shout it from the rooftops!

Here is my big news!

I am going to be a Guest Designer for the Gina K. Designs June release!

This is so exciting, and I can't wait to work with the GKD Design Team. 

What a great group of fun and uber-talented designers!

Gina K. Designs was one of the first stamp companies that I found once I began papercrafting.  Theresa Momber, who has long since become a DT member and illustrator for Gina K. Designs was the first 'non-family' person to comment on my brand new blog.  She convinced me to enter my first challenge, and introduced me to Gina K. Designs.  Many years have passed, and the crew at GKD has grown a lot, but are still the most fun, friendly, and talented folks, and I am proud to be working with them this month!

Thanks Gina, and the StampTV DT for your daily inspiration, positivity, and amazing products!

I am looking forward to the end of June!

I hope that all of you will check back here, and over at StampTV later in the month for the reveal of the wonderful new stamp sets!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Gina K. Guest DT Tryout

I am so frustrated! I found out early this morning that Gina K. was having tryouts for a guest DT spot. She asked that we showcase our favorite of her technique videos. I immediately made this card. However, I've tried for all day to get this to post - Blogger problems, etc! So, now I'm late! lol.... my luck!

As you can see, my favorite of Gina's techniques is coloring with bleach! The entire card is heat embossed with gold. I've bleached the poinsettia's and the bows on the tree. Added some sparklies and gold pearls.

Hope you like it - thanks for stopping by!

Stamps are Gina K. Designs, by Melanie Muenchinger, and Theresa Momber.

Thanks for dropping by!

Hugs, Patti J.

Exciting News

Excitement at Patti J.'s house...

...DH and I bought a 32' camper yesterday! Wahoo! Hopefully, when he has to travel, we can travel together now. We are looking forward to spending some quality time together. Life is just too short for us not to spend as much time as possible together! We have to get a 5th wheel hitch put on our truck, have the brakes checked out, etc., so it will be maybe 1.5 weeks before we are ready to boogie! We are very excited!

I have a couple of fun cards to show today. The first card is for the color challenge this week at Stamp TV...yellow and green. I've chosen to use the free downloadable green and yellow papers from Stamp TV, and Theresa Momber's oh so fun set, "Hang in There". All coloring is with pencils and LOMS. Don't you just love this little frog?

I will also enter this darling frog at Craftalicious challenge: Cute Card

This next card was a birthday card for dear BIL. He turned 62 yesterday. The stamps are from Skipping Stones, and I think this set is just too cute. There are other sentiments included, so you will be seeing it here again! The fun hand is from a set by Pink Paislee, 365 Degrees, that I won in Stephanie Castro's fabulous blog candy last month! You will also be seeing more of these stamps - they are wonderful!





We also got one more row of tiles up on the wall last night - slowly but surely! Ugh...but I ate pizza. BIG honkin' slices of supreme pizza - TWO of them. Sigh.... but I've done better again today! And I'm not weighing here anymore at all - I'll do that only at W.Watchers on Thurs. nights.


The picture above is terrible, but it gives you an idea of what we are doing on the backsplashes.

That's all I have today! Hope your Tuesday is wonderful, and that you are finding lots of crafting time. I have some painting to do in the kitchen tomorrow, but will be back at some point in the day to check on all of you!

Hugs,
Patti J.

Food for thought:
Why do they call it a running back, when he is running forward???

The Baseball, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer Ball, Locker Card

Here is the card front with all three lockers closed.

Note the lockers are labeled 1, 2, 3 and at the bottom of each locker

is mom, dad, and baby's name) Sentiment is The Angel Company.

Here is the card front with the third locker open!

The balls on the left of the lockers are actually a tag. You pull the ribbon and the tag has

a Welcome Baby sign on the pennant. Since I don't know how to 'blur',

I just made a photo of the left and right of the tag.

This is the photo album.

I could not get a good pic of the inside. No matter what I tried, it looked pink.

Well, dear friends, there it is, the baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer ball, locker card! Hope you like it! I pretty much cased this one from Melanie. It's not totally identical to hers, but it is very close.

I had also cased a card by Theresa Momber while working up samples for my friend to look at. When she did not pick that card, I took the image, and made a new cover for a photo album I picked up at the Dollar Store. Hopefully, it will come in handy for something! (maybe baby pics?)

Both Theresa and Melanie's cards can be seen on the Stamp TV site. Just go into the gallery, and type in "Sporty Accessories" in the search box. I'm not at all sure how to link them up on my blog, so I will send you that way!

Hope you've had a good day. It's football weather in Mo. Chilly, windy, overcast or rainy, depending on the hour of the day! I survived a trip to Wal-Mart, so I guess all is well! As my DD reminds me, I am certainly happy to be healthy enough, mobile enough, and wealthy enough to be able to go there and shop for 'the finer things in life'. I am, indeed, blessed!

Thanks so much for dropping by! Have a great evening - hope to be back tomorrow with a challenge card or two!

Patti J.

Food for thought: I plan on living forever. So far, so good. ~Author unknown

Hang In There...

So...peeps! I went to the mailbox yesterday, and did the happy dance in front of too many people to count!

I had a package from Gina K. Designs, and it contained new stamps!

Ha! You all know how sinful it is to put new stamps away before inking them up, so I chose, instead, to put my ladder away for a while and 'play'!!!

With no further ado, Theresa Momber's newest set, Hang in There, accompanied me into my girl cave, where I nearly squealed with delight! How much fun these little critters are going to be!

I did this card today for Selma's 'Blast from the Past' challenge at StampTV.

The challenge called for paper piecing.

I pieced the frog with GKD's free (YES, FREE) downloadable green from the Timeless Solids package, and the tree trunk is pieced with the GKD free (YES, FREE) Wood Patterned Paper. The front is sponged with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Antique Linen, and the stamping is done with Colorbox Chestnut Roan and Olive Chalk Ink. The sky is sponged with Stampin Up's Bashful Blue. You can't see in the photo, but his eye is paper pieced from the 'wood' paper, and is covered with glossy accents, so it looks like a real glossy eye!

Well, dear friends, I hope this cute little pop up froggie gets at least one squeal or giggle today!

I think he's darling!

Looks like he's perched up on that tree looking for his princess to kiss!

WARNING: No post tomorrow!

My best ever stamping buddy, Shirley, and I are taking a class from Michelle Zindorf in St. Louis.

Gasp! Gasp! Gasp!

I'm black and blue all over from pinching myself!!!

Hopefully the next thing I post will be a sheer work of art that I make in class tomorrow!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great Day!

Patti J.

Breathing is Good!!!

Good morning! I haven't wanted to whine in public, so only a few of you know that I've had the creepin' crud this week! However, I woke up this a.m. able to breathe again through my nose!!! Amazing how little it takes to make me happy - breathing is good!

This card is one that I made for Selma's challenge at StampTV this week.

The challenge is "Blast from the Past".

Every Friday, Selma will focus on one of Gina's past video's and challenges.

This weeks challenge was 'partial embossing'.

I used Gina's Pure Luxury Ivory CS, the Cuttlebut Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder, my Scor-Pal, and Theresa Momber's set "Very Merry Christmas".

Hope you like it!

This next project is a gift bag that I made for a recent Gift Bag Swap. I cut down a lunch bag, and covered the front and back. The Ornamental Joy stamp is from The Angel Company. The slot-punch is from Stampin' Up.

I received some gorgeous bags in the swap - maybe I will showcase them tomorrow! It's so much fun to glitz up a plain bag!

Well, so far, we have been very lucky. It's been cold, wet, and windy here, but we've had no ice, and no snow. How about all of you?

Today's adventure will be to go to the store for 'necessities'. I haven't ventured out since the weekend, but today, I have no choice! There are things that I must have!

Hope that you have a wonderful day!

Patti J.

Food for thought: Slow down and enjoy the season! The Lord didn't do it all in one day - what makes you think you can???

Holiday Cards

Today was a busy day here!

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Little white furball had to be groomed today, it was Stamp Club Day, and three checkbooks had to be balanced. I made time to play a bit this evening, however!

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This first card is one of my favorites. I really like the way it turned out! CS was GKD Pure Luxury Ivory, and Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay. Ink and Ribbon were Stampin'Up Bermuda Bay. Stamps were once again, Theresa Momber's "Very Merry Christmas" set.

Hope you like it!!! I submitted it into a challenge at Stamp TV that was to make a 'kickstand' card.

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This card was made for the Cuttlebug Spot Challenge, which was to make a monochromatic card, and for sketch challenge STVSC33 at Stamp TV.. I used DCWV CS, misc. embossing folders, and Rupa Shvede's "So Grateful" stamps. Ink was Versafine Brown. Image was stamped on GKD Pure Luxury Ivory, punched out, and then stamped again. I colored and fussy cut the second image, and used pop dots to adhere it over the first image. Flower is Martha Stewart punch. Flower center is a scrap of embossed CS.

Hope you like this one too!

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Yikes! We get up at 4 a.m. tomorrow - must get some sleep!

Have a great night - rest well!

Patti J.

Happy Fall, Ya'll...

I think that fall is in the air! It's been a little chilly in Missouri! Today was beautiful, but crisp. A very fitting day to work on a 'fall' card! I chose to work on the Cuttlebug Challenge this afternoon. The theme was to make either a 'fall' or 'Halloween' card. As I currently am in need of a masculine card, I chose to work on the 'fall' card!

Starting with a piece of pumpkin colored cardstock, I just sponged various shades of greens, oranges, browns, and yellows. It's actually more of a medium green overall shade than what it seems on the "tv", not an orangy color... I then used the Cuttlebug embossing folder "Bird Call". After embossing, the embossed areas were chalked with green and brown.

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Next, I inked up Theresa Momber's newest set for Gina K. Designs, "Very Merry Christmas". What a beautiful set! The image was stamped on Gina K's luxury ivory (thanks Shirley!), and colored with Kooh-I-Noor pencils. The edging was done with a Krylon Gold Paint Pen. The red CS was the sparkly cardstock that TAC sells. After coloring, little accent dots were added with a Sakura Starburst Gelly Roll Pen. I liked the way that the dots gave the image a velvety look.

Hope that you like these. I have so enjoyed Theresa's Merry Christmas set! I actually won this set playing on the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge a few weeks ago! It is wonderful!

Have a great night!

Patti J.

Did you know...a dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

(go ahead and count them, you know you want to!!! : - )

Pretty in Pink...

Isn't she the most adorable little lady ever?

Meet Lili! Lili is shown with her very own Awareness Ribbon! Lili is an Inky Impressions stamp that I purchased last week, and have had in hand for a couple days and have been SO anxious to ink up! I know that when you see her, you are all going to want her, so let me sweeten the deal! If you purchase this Lili, a portion of the proceeds will go the the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and also to the American Diabetes Association. See??? Sweet deal...! You get a darling stamp, and help someone in the process!

What I really like about this is that you can color her ribbon in any color to reflect whatever cause you like!

My card today, featuring Lili, is for three challenges. First, I am using the Mojo Monday sketch for this week.

Secondly, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness this month, the challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot is "Pretty in Pink". I think Lili is definitely pretty in pink!

Third, the challenge at ABC is "E is for embossing". As you can see, I used the Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder on the pink rectangles.

Recipe: Cuttlebug Argyle Embossing Folder, Inky Impressions Stamp, Pink Ribbon DP by Stemma, Ribbon from Wal-Mart, Pink Starburst Gelly Pen, Kooh-I-Noor Pencils, Tombow and Sharpie markers.

Hope she brought a smile to your face! I'm off to change a load of laundry, and then to come play with the new set I got in the mail yesterday! A couple of weeks ago, I was the winner at the Saturday Cinema Challenge, and the sponsor was Gina K. Designs. I got to pick out a free set! I chose Theresa Momber's newest Christmas set, and I cannot wait to sit down with it!

Happy Tuesday!

Patti J.

The greatest competitor is faced every morning, gazing back from the bathroom mirror!

~Peter Reese

Short 'n Sweet Post...

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope that you all enjoyed WCMD yesterday - I sure did! There were TONS of great things out on the web to see and do! Thanks to all of you for inspiring little old me!

I decided to do a scrapbook challenge today! I know, crazy, isn't it? I have stacks upon stacks of photo's that I could so easily start putting in books! that was actually the 'plan' for retirement. Yikes, haven't touched any yet! Well, I have touched ONE!!!

The challenge was offered on Stamp TV, by Theresa Momber. Theresa is an amazing, talented lady, that I have come to 'know' through the blogosphere. If I had just as much talent as is in that girl's pinky finger, I'd be on Cloud Nine for the rest of my days!!! You need to go check out her blog - she puts a wonderful tutorial up with every card she posts! Really!!! Today's post features her newest Christmas set that she illustrated and designed for Gina K. Designs, as well as a sheet full of tips on how to use each of the stamps!

Here is Theresa's sample page (sketch) that she had us CASE.

Here is my page. I used an OLD photo of DD. She was in high school (she's been out for over 10 years!). I versamarked the background, as I couldn't find any DP to coordinate!

Looking at it on the "big screen" I see lots of things I'd change the next time! That's why they call it a challenge, and also why we always get another chance, right???

Recipe: Gina K. Designs, "Friendship Blooms" for versamarked background

Gina K. Designs, "Comfort and Peace" for flower vase

Rupa Shevde's "So Grateful" for Sentiment

Versafine Black Ink for stamping

Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay Ink for distressing, and Bermuda Bay CS.

Tombow Green marker

Gina K's luxury white CS

Checked CS from my stash (I stamped the vase of flowers a second time on this checked CS, and cut the pieces out for the vase and flowers)

Have a wonderful evening!

Patti J.