Hope

Good morning and Happy Friday!

Here are two more cards for the Gina K. Designs guest designer challenge for June - the challenge is to use masking techniques.

For this first card, the center image was stamped on the cardstock center, and then again on masking paper. The mask was cut out, and laid over the center image.  The image was then stamped again on the left and right, stamping right over top of the masked butterfly.  When the mask is removed, it appears that the center butterfly is flying in front of the others.  To ink, each color was applied with small sponge daubers, directly to the stamp.  I huffed to remoisten the ink, and stamped.

Supplies:  Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White Cardstock and 'Hope is Faith' Stamp Set, Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Dusty Concord, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

For this card, a strip of masking tape was put down directly on the cardstock, at the top and the bottom, masking the areas that were NOT going to get inked.

Using Peeled Paint Distress ink, the cardstock was sponged in between the two pieces of mask.

Once sponged, the images were stamped, and the focal panel was matted with black, and mounted onto the card front. Easy peasy!

Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White Cardstock and 'Elegant Florals' Stamp Set, by Theresa Momber, Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Peeled Paint, Gina K. Designs Black Onyx Premium Die Ink, Tombow Adhesive, Perfect Papercrafting Perfect Layers Mini Rulers (see sidebar for details).

That's it for today!

Off to start some supper for my handsome man!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Sending Birthday Wishes

Hello!

The second challenge for the guest designer spot is posted at StampTV, and I'm going to give it a shot!

The challenge is to use a mask.

Here's my first card for the challenge:

Supplies:  Gina K. Designs 'The Northwoods' by Theresa Momber, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White Cardstock, Dimensional Foam (Michael's).

To begin, a circle was punched out of the masking paper, and placed on the cardstock.  Squeezed Lemonade ink was daubered into the circle, and the outer mask was then removed.  The circle mask was added, and I then began using Peeled Paint, Old Paper, and Tumbled Glass to create the background.

Once the background was finished, the forward most trees in the lower left and right hand corners were stamped with "Peeled Paint". I made a mask of  each tree, cut them out, and placed them over the stamped trees. The next step was to stamp directly onto the mask with each tree, using "Old Paper".  Each time I stamped, I first sponge daubered a bit of "Rusty Hinge" on the tree trunks.
The two deer were stamped in "Rusty Hinge" also.

This is such a lovely stamp set, that I debated on embellishments, finally deciding to let the focal panel speak for itself.  The panel was placed on the card front with dimensional squares.

Thanks so much for dropping by!
Have a good evening,

Patti J.

Tickled....

Howdy folks!

I know...cheesy title.  Don't you get tired of trying to name your posts something non-boring?

Crafter's Companion 'Sheena's A Little Bit Sketchy' Stamps, Inktense Watercolor Pencils, the sentiment was from Shirley's stash - don't recall who's it was. Also used Perfect Layers Mini Rulers for black mat - love them and rarely create without them! See my sidebar for details!

So.....how many of you have surfed around, checking out other crafty blogs,

and ended up shopping for something amazing while doing so?

I'm guilty.  

As charged. 

Literally - the Visa is still smokin' hot!

A while back, I went to my friend Mary Dawn's blog, and saw this FABULOUS feather card, and HAD to have the stamp set!  Seriously, I don't even like feather stamps!  lol...

My friend, Shirley and I got together for a crafty day, and we made feather cards.

I pretty much cased Mary Dawn's card exactly.  I certainly couldn't improve on hers, as it was perfect!

See why I'm tickled?

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by to hear me ramble...

Patti J.

Operation Write Home Memorial Day Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog!
We are parents of an Air Force Major, and parents-in-law to an Army Captain, married to our daughter.
Both of these men have been deployed multiple times. Memorial Day is something that we take seriously.

Today, we are here to honor those who have served and given their lives for our country.
I feel blessed to be a participant in the 2014 Operation Write Home Memorial Day Blog Hop.
What a great way to say thank you to all of our service men and women, and their families.

Not familiar with Operation Write Home (OWH)?
It's a wonderful organization, dedicated to keeping our deployed troops in touch with their loved ones.
We card makers send in handmade cards, and OWH distributes those cards to troops who have requested them.  This allows our heroes to send notes home to their loved ones.  Please take a moment to stop by their blog to read about the many ways they support our troops on a daily basis, and how you can help!

Enjoy the hop.
Have a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend.
Remember our heroes.
And write that 'Any Hero' note today, and send it to OWH!

If you get lost along the way, just click on the photo at the top of our posts - it will take you to the OWH blog and you can start where you left off!

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My cards today feature OWH sketches.
Each of the OWH sketches is fun, challenging, and perfect for cards that you might wish to mass produce for our military men and women.

Tiddly Inks Image, Colored with Copic Markers, Amuse Studio Cloud Cardstock, Colorbok Blue Cardstock, Bazzill Red Stripes, sentiment is a Stampabilities from Hobby Lobby, Perfect Papercrafting Rulers for blue mat. See sidebar for details!.

Amuse Studio Image 'Touch of Nature' and sentiment 'Thank You Mix', Colorbok Navy Cardstock, Bazzill Red Cardstock, Perfect Papercrafting Rulers for beautiful mats - see sidebar for details!

Great Impressions Sentiment 'B193S  So Thankful for You', Bazzill Striped Cardstock, Colorbok Navy Cardstock, Star Stamp from 'Stampland' (convention stamp - not sure of full company name), Perfect Papercrafting Rulers for nice straight mats - see sidebar for details!

Card #1 follows an OLD sketch - number SIX, and a sketch for Sketch Saturday.
I've entered it in the Sketch Saturday challenge.
Also entering in the challenge at Tiddly Inks "Head in the Clouds"

Card #2 uses OWH Sketch #186.

Card #3 follows OWH Sketch #223.  I had to put the upper cording on the right side, due to the image being pretty tall.

Thanks for stopping by!
Patti J.

Violet

Good morning!

I'm off to work the church office today, but wanted to share this card.

The challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs this week is a sketch.

Here's what I made, using 'Violet'.

Here's the sketch.

The beautiful sentiment set 'Flourished Verses' had three fun swirley stamps.  I decided to use one of them, rather than paper borders...love the way it turned out, and so quick!  And look at those beautiful layers! Couldn't do that without my trusty Perfect Papercrafting Rulers!  See sidebar for details on how you can get your own and save money!

Still time to enter - hurry over!  I actually won this stamp with my last challenge entry!  Remember...the one I was afraid to enter?  lol...SO glad I did!

Have a great day!

Check back tomorrow for the Operation Write Home 2014 Memorial Day Hop!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Lined Envelope Project - Gina K. Designs

Hello!

You may recall a few months ago, when I tried out for a guest designer spot on StampTV for Gina K. Designs.  Well, I didn't make it that month, and things have been a bit too hectic to try again, until now.

The challenge for the June Guest Designer contest, is to make a matching lined envelope to go with your card, following Gina's video.  I used a darling stamp set by Tami Mayberry 'Lighthearted Wishes', and some digital papers 'Double Dots & Plaids', also by Tami.  Here's what I came up with:

Used my Perfect Papercrafting Rulers to get the beautiful, straight mats!  Check out my sidebar for full details!

I think there's still time to get something submitted for this contest - hope to see YOUR creations in the gallery!

Thanks for stopping by,

I'm off to link up my card!

This one's going to our church secretary, who is in the hospital for a few weeks.

Hugs,

Patti J.

Word Art Wednesday - just in the nick of time!

Hi again!

Wow - two posts in one day?  Sometimes, I amaze myself! lol...

I spent a wonderful time with my friend Shirley today. We literally locked

ourselves in her girl cave for HOURS, and only came out for food or restroom breaks.

What fun!  Thanks, Shirley - not sure which one of us needed that the most!

Mr. Mojo has returned.

Here is one of the cards we made.  We've been seeing these cards made with the Stampin'Up! Scallop Tag Punch, and since we both own one, we decided to give it a try.  The paper is also a new paper from Stampin'Up! The sentiment is a stamp from Hobby Lobby - don't remember who makes it.

Used my Perfect Layers Rulers to create the beautiful mats - check out my sidebar for details!

We both love the way it turned out, and I'm going to squeak this in to Challenge #132 at Word Art Wednesday, JUST in the nick of time!  I think it closes in about 6 hours.

Have a good evening,

I'm on my way to see what you've been up to!

Thanks for looking,

Patti J.