Tires and.....

Hello, and happy Friday!  The weekend is upon us - woot woot!

We are looking forward to a night out with friends tonight.

So, today, I'm sharing one of those 'just for fun' cards.  I've been pushed with many necessary deadlines lately, and wanted to make something just for the pure fun of it.

Bugaboo Digi, Want2Scrap Bling, Perfect Layers Tools, DP from Scraps, Colorbok CS, Glossy Accents

Now, I bet that you just had to smile!  This is a Bugaboo Digi Image, colored with Copics, with a little bling, and some DP embellies from my scrap pile. Her glasses have a tad bit of Glossy Accents for some shine, and the flags and focal image are lifted up with dimensional foam.  My Perfect Layers Tools were used for the nice even mats! What a quick and easy card!
I think I'll enter it into the Bugaboo July "Anything Goes" Challenge!

Have a great weekend - keep smiling!

Life is good :)

Patti J.

What If Wednesday...Sketch J112

Wow - I've posted three days in a row!  Don't be expecting this on a regular basis...lol!!!

Goodness, this week is already half over, come on weekend...

It's time for another What If Wednesday Sketch Challenge at the Repeat Impressions Blog, The House That Stamps Built!

Repeat Impressions 9010-W 'Watermelon', Flourishes CS, Amuse CS, Ribbon from Hobby Lobby, Glossy Accents, Spellbinder's Oval and Oval Scallop Dies, Stampin' Up corner punch, Dimensional Squares

This month is truly kicking my behind, so I decided to do another CAS card.  The image was stamped, colored with Copic Markers, cut with an oval Spellbinder die, and matted on a scalloped red oval, also cut with a Spellbinder die. The card is white CS, folded in half with a black and white dotted (yep, those dots again) piece of Amuse CS as the background.  The dotted piece was punched with a Stampin' Up! ticket punch.  The red gingham ribbon from my stash, was tied around the background panel and the panel was adhered to the card.  The Watermelon was then added with dimensional foam, and some Glossy Accents were applied for that juicy watermelon look.

I didn't flip the sketch, but I stretched it...I'm such a rebel :)

Hope your week is going well, and I'd love to see YOUR card in our sketch challenge at The House That Stamps Built this week!  The challenge details can be found there, as well.

I know that you are eager for me to stop jabbering so that you can go check out what beauties my fellow Rockstars have created for you, so without further ado...

Cheri     Dawn     Joy     Karen     Kecia     Lynette     Makiko

Have a great day!

Patti J.

Timeless Tuesday 'Sentimental' Challenge

Welcome to the Timeless Tuesday #177 Challenge!  Our Hostess is the talented Denise, and her challenge, is all about sentiments!  Denise is challenging us to make a card with a sentiment as focal point.  I checked out all of my sentiments, and they all seem to be short and sweet, so I chose one that would work on a card for my Chemo Card Angel lady.  I send something her way each week, and this seemed the perfect greeting.

Flourishes Classic White Cardstock, Flourishes 'Summer Blooms' Sentiment, Prima Songbird Collection DP, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink, Want to Scrap Bling, Ribbon and Trim from Flourishes, Dimensional Foam

This card began with a piece of Flourishes Classic White CS which was sponged on the outside edges with some Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink.  

The next layer is a piece of DP from the Prima Songbird Collection.  It was wrapped with a piece of Satin Finish Cotton Latte Ribbon, and then a piece of Laural Venise Lace.  Some Want2Scrap bling, finished of the panel.  

A Spellbinder Fancy Tag was cut  and distressed. The sentiment, from the Summer Blossoms stamp set, was stamped, trimmed to fit on the tag, distressed, and adhered, complete with two tiny pearls from the bling on the background panel.  

The focal panel was then adhered to the card using dimensional foam.

This is one of those cards that I wish you could all see in real life.  It's so much prettier than it looks on this little screen of mine!

Thank you for stopping by!  We hope to see your beautiful 'Sentimental' creation in our challenge this week! 

Please check out the amazing design team to see what gorgeous eye candy that they have for you today:

Amanda
Cindy
Heather
Makiko
Mona
Denise
Allison

Christine

Cindy

Jan Marie

Sharon

Silke

Stacy

Tammy

Have a good week - Patti J.

Dragonfly Deco

Good morning!

It's Monday, and that means a Stamp of the Week is featured at Repeat Impressions.  This week, the SOTW is Dragonfly Deco.  What a great image. Perfect for any occasion from thinking of you to sympathy.

Repeat Impressions 4405-W, Dragonfly Deco, Repeat Impressions 4009-W, In all Things..., Colorbok CS, White CS, Sweet Stamps Fine Detail Embossing Powder "Medieval Metals", Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Daubers, Recollections Dimensional Foam (Michael's), *Perfect Layers Tools

I stamped the image three times with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed using Sweet Stamps Medieval Metals. The coloring was done with a TomBow blending pen and Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  Sponging was also done with distress inks. Sentiment is adhered with dimensional foam.

Please visit my fellow Rockstars to see what they've done with this fun image!

Cheri     Dawn     Joy     Karen     Kecia     Lynette     Makiko

And don't forget - for Repeat Impressions Readers, you can get this stamp for 50% off this week!  Details are on the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Patti J.

*You can use any rotary cutter or craft knife with the Perfect Layers Tools!  Check out the video on the Perfect Papercrafting website for a video tutorial!

It's Those 'Dots' Again!

Howdy folks!  

So...does anyone else out there keep thinking that today is Monday?  Sheesh!  

I am a creature of HABIT, and when DH is home on a Wednesday, it scrambles my brain.  

Hope that your holiday was enjoyable.  Ours was very quiet!

I'm on my way to get a much needed haircut, but wanted to share this card with you first.  Yup, it's those dots again.  Can't help myself - I love them!  This card was actually created for a challenge at Stamp TV, but I missed it....card was done several days in advance, but didn't get posted.  

As always, I'm a day late and a few dollar short :)

Gina K. Designs Friendship Blooms (image) & Block Greetings (sentiment), Amuse CS, Stampin'Up! Ribbon, Yellow CS Scrap, Copic Markers

 The challenge was to use my favorite GKD rose.  When I went through my stamps, I only had ONE stamp with a rose on it, so voila!  No decisions here - just used what I had!  

This card will go to someone I know that is battling cancer, and has surgery on July 9th.

Have a wonderful day, dear friends - the weekend will soon be here...

Smiles,

Patti J.

Fun with Greens and Purples...

Good morning!  

I wish you all a Happy 4th! 

As you celebrate the birth of our nation, Independence Day, I hope you will take a moment

to remember the troops that are fighting to preserve our freedom, and to keep war 

away from our beloved United States.

Today is a new Designer's Choice Challenge for Repeat Impressions!  Lynette is our challenge hostess, and she has challenged us to create with a color palette of greens and purples.  Well...when I saw green,

I immediately thought of these darling frogs!

Repeat Impressions 7120-W Underpants Frogs, 7007-W May the Light..., Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Ribbon from my stash, Baker's Twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon, Copic Markers, Colorbok Cardstock, Spellbinders Dies.

We would love to see you create a card for this challenge!  Drag out those fun greens and purples, and head over to the Repeat Impressions Blog, The House that Stamps Built, and link up!  You might be

the lucky winner!  You don't have to use RI stamps, but if you do, you will be entered in the

random drawing twice!

Check out the fun creations that my fellow Rockstars have created...

Cheri     Kecia     Lynette     Karen     Joy     Makiko     Dawn

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs and blessings galore...

Patti J.

Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!
Samuel F. Smith

All About Summer...

Hello, friends...

I am so excited to share with you, that I was invited to be the guest designer for the 

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge for the month of July!

What an honor to get to work with these very talented ladies - this has been a delightful secret to keep!

Today's Timeless Tuesday Challenge hostess is the amazing Makiko, who has chosen "All About Summer" as her theme for this week.  Makiko has challenged us to make a card or project with a summer theme. 

"On the Porch" was immediately my choice for this challenge.  

It's one of my favorite Flourishes sets, and certainly make me think of summer.  

A CAS easel card seemed the perfect fit for this wonderful image!  

The image and sentiment were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink, on Flourishes Classic White Cardstock.  The image was colored with Copic Markers: Y08, Y11, YG61, YG63, G21, C00, C1.  

Prima's beautiful "Songbird Collection" 6 x 6 Paper Pack, and black cardstock scraps were used to mat panels. A bit of Gelly Roll Stardust Pen was used to give the ice cubes some sparkle, some gloss was used to give the image a shiny, realistic look, and some Want 2 Scrap Bling was added as a perfect finishing touch.  The image was stamped a second time, and the lemons were colored and fussy cut, to use as a brace for the front panel.  The lemons and the focal panel were given some dimension with foam squares.

Take a look at what the fabulous Timeless Tuesday Designers have created for you today!

Allison     Amanda     Cindy     Denise     Heather     Makiko     Mona

I hope we see your card posted in this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Perfect Layers Tools were used for perfect matting!
You can use any rotary cutter or craft knife with these tools! Check out their
website for a video tutorial!