CardMaker - Ellison/Sizzix Blog Hop

Hello!

I'm excited today, to be part of a fun blog hop!  

Sizzix and CardMaker Magazine have joined together to bring you a wonderful variety of cards, and other inspiration and ideas featuring some amazing dies by Stephanie Barnard.  Each designer on the two teams, will be featured on one day of the hop. Each day from June 1-13, you will find inspiration, as you hop along with us!

I'm happy to share some fun things with you today!

Thanks to the folks at Sizzix, I had some incredible new products to create with! I am still pinching myself - what fun! Thank you Sizzix!

It was unbelievable, just how easy this card came together!

The products I used for this card were:  

Sizzix Big Express Machine, cutting pads, and Multipurpose Platform

Happy Birthday Step-Ups Framelits Die Set

Blue card stock, white card stock, sequins, adhesive, baker's twine

Here's a view from the side - just look at that fun die!!!

I decided to use some of the die elements to create a fun Birthday card!

Hope you like it!

I also used Stephanie Barnard's stamp set 'Back2Basics Set #1. This was the series premier in 2009, and I've nearly worn it out!

Be sure and check out the next person on the hop tomorrow!  

Mou Saha has something wonderful to share with you, and will have the next link to the hop!

Leave lots of love along the way, because to thank you for taking the time to follow along in our hop, Sizzix will be giving ONE LUCKY WINNER a Sizzix Big Shot Machine, their choice of 3 Stephanie Barnard dies from her latest cardmaking Sizzix collection, as well as a YEAR long subscription to CardMaker magazine!!!  All of the details for the giveaway, and how you can enter for a chance to in can be found on the Sizzix site!

Thanks for stopping by!

Patti J.

Great Impressions June Challenge

June? Seriously?

Yep!
And here we are with a new monthly challenge at Great Impressions.

Our challenge this month is 'Anything Goes'.

For my card, I used F570 Teddy Bearing Flowers, and C477 Coming Your Way.

Peerless watercolors were used for the background. The bear and flowers were colored with Copic markers. The bear was then smooshed with a piece a towel with some colorless blender, for a raggedy effect. He was adhered to the card front with dimensional foam. Flowers were stamped a second time, colored, fussy cut, and adhered directly over the stamped image.

Hope you like this little guy!

Now....create something fun, and link up to our Anything Goes challenge!

We hope you will use your Great Impressions Stamps!!!

If you do use GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery HERE. 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store HERE and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Patti J.

CardMaker Celebrate and Decorate, AND Born to be Wild!

Good morning, everyone!

I'm up again today on the CardMaker Magazine Blog!

My assignment for today was to create a non-card project for the

'Celebrate and Decorate' category.

My project celebrates sisters (especially mine!) and decorates her new apartment with a fun creation. I had a LOT of fun with this - hope you will pop over, check it out, and leave
some nice words in case dear sis reads the post - thanks!

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Now, it's time for my Saturday post on the Great Impressions Stamps blog.
The new stamps are so much fun to create with - hope you like today's card...
I'm pretty sure this is me and my friend, Shirley. (She's the skinny one :)

I used these Great Impressions Stamps today:

C478 Wild
J117 Mable & Vera Cruzn'

I'm pretty sure that Shirley and I are headed to a stamp show in a neighboring state, and that we are in a bit of a hurry to shop before someone else gets all of the bargains - what do you think?
Loved creating with this one - sorry the photo is so bad. Hard to capture with all of the glare of the glossy parts!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Repeat Impressions Color Challenge

Hello! Are you ready for a new color challenge at The House that Stamps Built?

We have a fun color combination today.

This is another one that I had to really think about - all I could see was Halloween with these colors.

SO....a big step out of my comfort zone!

Here's the colors we are challenging you to use:

And, here is the card that I made, using Repeat Impressions 9009-F Butterfly (sm), and Repeat Impressions 8606-E Happy Birthday.

The butterflies were repeatedly stamped in green and purple, on cream card stock, and

voila!  A card front was born. The sentiment was added with some foam dots, and it's ready to mail.

If you notice the terrible trimming around my sentiment, you will understand why I use my

Perfect Layers rulers to do my matting! (see my sidebar!)

Have a great day, and don't forget to see what my fellow Rock Stars have to share today

using this beautiful color combo!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Karen     Kathy     Melissa

Have fun!

Hope you link up your card this week at The House that Stamps Built!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Great Impressions sponsors House of Cards

Hello!

Great Impressions is proud to be sponsoring the House of Cards Challenge this month.

They chose this fabulous inspiration photo for us to use.  Oh my, what a luscious room!

I used Great Impressions H251 Tall Tulips for my project.

When I saw this beautiful inspiration photo, I didn't see a card...I saw a Home Decor opportunity!

So, I created this lovely box framed project that can be placed on a shelf or mantle, OR....

it can be used as a greeting card!

Now it's your turn! Grab that beautiful inspiration photo, create something wonderful, and link it up in the House of Cards Challenge! You could be the winner of some Great Impressions goodness!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Have a great week!

Patti J.

Friends...

Good morning - Happy Saturday!

It's my day to post for Great Impressions Stamps, and today's card has such a special sentiment.

I'm blessed with many good friends. Some are on-line friends, that I've met since beginning

my blogging adventure, and some are friends nearby, that I'm lucky enough to get

together with for a cup of tea or coffee on a regular basis.

So...this card is for ALL of you - you are indeed, many of life's nicest perks to me!

Great Impressions stamps used today:

F189 Nicest Perks

F263 Tea for Two

Don't forget about the GI challenge!

There will be a new challenge up soon!

You don't have to use GI stamps, but we'd love it if you did!

If you use GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery HERE. 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store HERE and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Have a great weekend,

Patti J.

Other supplies used:

White Hammermill 100# Card Stock

Pink Colorbok Card Stock (Wal-Mart)

Blue Colorbok Card Stock (Wal-Mart)

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins - Springtime Mix

Best Gifts...

Good morning!

It's time for a new challenge at The House that Stamps Built.

It's sketch time! I love working with Wendy's sketches...

I used Repeat Impressions 111-O Wedding/Anniversary Border,

and Repeat Impressions 8615-E Best Gifts for today's card.

Here is today's sketch:

And, here is my card:

Hope you are having a great week!

Now, let's hop along and see what my DT sisters have created!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Karen     Kathy     Melissa

Have fun!

Hope you link up your card this week at The House that Stamps Built!

Hugs,

Patti