Happy Anniversary to Us!!!

Thirty-eight years ago yesterday,

I married my best friend and forever soul mate!



I cropped off the bottom of my card photo for DH, sparing you the mushy, personal stuff, but wanted you to see this totally fun image!!! It's a Stamping Bella image, 'Young Love', by Mo Manning. Really, just how much fun is this? (All coloring is Copics)


Mid-afternoon, the dogs (we have Rosie this week!) let me know that someone was coming up the drive. Sure enough, these were delivered from my handsome man!
There are 4 white roses, and 8 red.
Very beautiful!!!
He's such a sweetie!
(I'm thinking I'll keep him!)


Hopefully, you are looking forward to a relaxing weekend.



Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs and smiles,
Patti J.


Food for thought:
We all know why women my age don't have babies - they would put them down someplace and forget where they left them!!!

Hats Off To You....

Sometimes, a card is created, and it actually turns out exactly as I planned it! This is one of 'those' cards!

I'm excited to announce that I am on the Creative Team at Doodle Pantry for the April through August term! Those of you who have followed me for any length of time, have seen me work with Laurie's beautiful Doodle Pantry images many times! These PRE-COLORED images are from one of Laurie's new releases, Floral Hats, that you can find here! The tiny border is actually fussy cut from one of the DP's in the set. I cut out and popped up about 3 layers of flowers on the hat. All flower centers were dotted with Glossy Accents, and voila!

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You still have several days to participate in the current Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge (DPDC11)! All you need to do, is create something using a Doodle Pantry image! All challenge participants will receive this beautiful Spring Day Digital Paper Pack absolutely FREE!!! In addition, one randomly selected participant will win a $10 gift card to the Doodle Pantry store! If you don't have any Doodle Pantry images, check out Laurie's 'Freebie' section! Hope to see your project in the challenge!!!


One more thing! It's Laurie's birthday week, and she has a special sale for all of her fans! From April 5th - April 10th, you can receive 40% off of all product purchases (excluding gift certificates). Use the coupon code: HBDP4U at check out! You can see all the details here!



I think I'll enter this in the Challenge at Joan's Gardens, as it calls for a 'white' card!



Thanks for dropping by today! Hope you are having a great day, and looking forward to a beautiful weekend! DD is running another 1/2 marathon on Sunday, so we'll be quite busy!


Hugs and blessings,
Patti J.


Food for thought:

You know what's so great about each new morning? You have one more chance to start over!!!

Birthday Candy Winner!

Oh my goodness! I totally forgot to post the winner of my birthday blog candy!!!! Drum roll please..... the winner is Scrapaddict! Please e-mail me at: mamagilliam@gmail.com and I'll get your mailing info!!! Congrats to Scrapaddict!!! Thanks to all of you for your sweet comments and birthday wishes! I have such wonderful friends! Hugs! Patti J.

Little Frieda & Lulu - Mischief!

Good morning! It's a beautiful day in Missouri -
havin' the March winds in April, but that's better than the January snows, right???

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Here's a bright and cheerful birthday card, made especially for my friend Ted, at Happily Ever Crafter. This is Ted's birthday month, and he's turning the big 4-4. For Ted's Happily Ever Challenge #16, he's asked for four of something, a purple and green combo, and a birthday card!!! If you want a chuckle today, go check out Ted's Challenge!!! By the way, Ted, the inside sentiment says "Have a Great Birthday!"



For my card, I've used another fun image from The Craft's Meow store. Little Frieda has a friend with her today - meet Lulu! This stamp is called Little Frieda & Lulu - Mischief, and you can find it here. Be sure to check out Lisa's store - OMG, what cute stuff!!! All coloring is Copic markers. Oh...and of course, my bird is a CARDINAL!!!


Thanks so much for stopping by today, and Happy Birthday Month to Ted!


I'll be back tomorrow with my first creation as DT member for the Doodle Pantry! (Woohoo!!!)

Hugs and smiles,
Patti J.

Food for thought: If you grasp tomorrow with faith, you know the handle won't fall off!!!

Little Frieda's Daisy...

Hello and Happy Monday!

I want to introduce you to someone special!
Meet Frieda!


This sweet little gal is just one of the darling images to be found at my friend Lisa Hjulberg's new store, The Craft's Meow. She was so much fun to color, and to paper piece! I can't wait to ink up the other images! If you have not been over to check out the goodies at The Craft's Meow, be sure to do so! There are kits, inks, stamps, and much more.



I hope Little Frieda on her twisted easel card makes you smile!


She's paper pieced with DP's from Adorn It, and all coloring is with Copic markers. The pearls on the sentiment were colored with Copic's as well. I used Nesties Labels 18, flowers from Petaloo, and everything else is from my stash.

Have a wonderful week, dear friends! I'll be back on Wednesday morning to post my blog candy winner! Hope to see you then!


Hugs and smiles!
Patti J.


Food for thought: The frog has it SO easy - they can eat what's 'bugging' them!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Happy Birthday to my good friend, Dawn Lotharius! Hope you have an awesome day, my friend!

So, today is MY birthday too! My 29th birthday, actually!

Lol....it's so much fun being the same age as all of my friends!

Since it is such a 'special' day, I have some Birthday Candy to offer up!!!

I have the current issue of Stamper's Sampler magazine to send one lucky reader!

You do NOT need to be a follower to leave a comment, but you will be entered twice if you ARE a follower!!! Just leave me a comment telling me which magazine inspires you the most!

A winner will be drawn at midnight on Tuesday!

Good luck to all - Happy Sunday!

I'm spending the day with family who will spoil me rotten!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Blog Candy Winner!

Hello and Happy Friday!!!

Today's post is for a challenge at the Doodle Pantry Challenge Blog. The challenge was a sketch challenge. We have the option of using the fancy or more simple sketch. Well, you know me - nothing is ever easy! I decided to make a set of cards, and to use both sketches!

Here is my card set. I used the fancy sketch for the card box lid,
and the more simple sketch for the note cards.

Digi image on all pieces, and sentiment on box lid from The Doodle Pantry - image found here.
All coloring is with Copic markers. Sentiments on cards are Hero Arts. Butterfly punch is Martha Stewart

Here is a close up of the center of the lid. Note that the petals and leaves are curled for a bit of a 3-D look.Box side view.

I hope you like them!



A few days ago, while in sunny Florida, enjoying LOTS of ball games, I posted up some blog candy! I asked for you to list your favorite ball team when you left a comment. Thanks to all of you who commented! Since I am not computer savvy enough to figure out random org., I simply put your names in a hat and drew! If you were a follower, you were put in the hat twice!


Drum roll, please.....


The winner is:


Becky Dunham, who wrote:



Oh, that is easy - LA Dodgers! Have loved them since the 4th grade when my teacher made us watch them in the World Series during school :) I am a follower of your sweet blog already :)



Congratulations Becky! Please email me at: mamagilliam@gmail.com so I can get your $20 gift card to The Craft's Meow to you!!!



Speaking of The Craft's Meow, if you haven't been to the shop today, you should go! The site has been revamped, there are new stamps, AND....through April 5th, everything in the shop is on sale, 20% off!!! Woot woot! What a bargain!



That's all I have for today, but am working with a darling image from The Craft's Meow, for my next post!!!



Thanks for stopping by!
Patti J.



Food for thought: Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
(Proverbs 24:10)