Friends with Flair

Happy May Day!

I'm popping in this afternoon with a quick post - trying to get into the

Friends with Flair Friday challenge at Unity Stamps.

Here's what I made:

My friend Carol and I have been dear friends since we first met in 5th grade.

We're both now into our sixties, so THAT's how long we've been buds.

In the past few years, she's lost both a daughter, and recently her husband.

(We were married exactly one week apart, in 1973)

Anyway, I love her dearly, and this card is going to her!

I don't think she reads my blog, so I should be safe...

I used a Unity grab bag - GB5 sentiment for this card.

Hope you like it!

Heartfelt Creations Arianna Blooms papers were used. The sentiment was

stamped on one of the frilly rectangles. I took the second rectangle, and fussy cut

all of the blooms, popped them up with dimensional foam, and a card was born.

Have a great evening, and weekend!

Thanks for dropping by,

Patti J.

Anything Goes at The House that Stamps Built!

Oh my....Wednesday again!

It's time for a new challenge on the Repeat Impressions' blog,

The House that Stamps Built.

This week, the challenge is EASY PEASY!!!

ANYTHING GOES!

Did you know that Repeat Impressions has a category called 'Funny Bones'?

I love some of the fun, and a bit sassy sentiments and images in this

category.  A few weeks ago, I posted a card using the Deja Bull.

Today's card uses Repeat Impressions 8019-I Housework, and 

Repeat Impressions 2617-D Tiny Bird (flight)

Well, today, my card is about something that we ALL love like have to do...

housework!

Isn't it fun when you have just the right patterned paper to create an awesome 10 minute card?

* * *

Now it's YOUR turn!

Come join in our challenge!  

Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, 

but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your RI orders!

Now, it's time to see what my DT friends have created!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Karen     Debbie     Kathy     Melissa

Happy Hopping!

Hope you link up your card this week!

Hugs,

Patti J.

P.S. - look at my gorgeous mats!  I used my Perfect Papercrafting Perfect Layers Mini Rulers and cutting mat to achieve these nice even lines.  Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your own Perfect Papercrafting tools!

Greetings!

Greetings, my crafty friends!

I needed a fun, but simple card to send to our son and his wife, after

they had honeymooned in Paris.  What better set than this

A Muse Studio 'c'est la vie'?

I love the sheer simplicity of this one. I created it while having a crafty day with

my dear friend, Shirley!

I'm going to join in on the challenge at Blessings Ink this week, which is

'Anything Goes', using A Muse stamps.

Inks, cardstock and stamps are all A Muse products.

Hope you are off to a great week, so far!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Blog Candy Winners!

Annie's Crafts - Product Review

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Elyse, the Video Classes Assistant, at Annie’s Crafts, asking if I would like to do a product review on one of their on-line classes. 

The class that I reviewed, is ‘Learn to Make Interactive Cards’.

You can read my review HERE if you missed it!

Elyse generously offered one class as blog candy for a lucky reader of my post.

The winner of this class is:

***GAIL***

Congratulations Gail!!!!!

Please email me at:  mamagilliam at gmail dot com with YOUR full

name and email address.  Elyse will download your class!

***

Next, I have an itty bitty blog candy for one lucky person who commented

on my CardMaker post last week!  That post is HERE if you missed it!

I showed what a few of the things that I use my scraps for...

The winner of my itty bitty blog candy is:

***Joan VanCourt***

Congratulations Joan!!!!!

Please email me with your name and mailing address, so I can get your prize out to you!

Thanks everyone for stopping by today,

Have a wonderful week!

Patti J.

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello!

Well, here I am with my Saturday morning post for Great Impressions...

where did the week go?

This week, the Great Impressions' Design Team has been showcasing some beautiful projects for Mother's Day. I had fun this week, stamping, coloring, fussy cutting, and creating with some wonderful GI stamps.

Here's what I made:

To begin, I used Great Impressions B150 Happy Mother's Day, and Great Impressions E576 April Showers Bring May Flowers.

I stamped the sentiment directly onto the patterned paper. The image was stamped onto a piece of white card stock, colored with Copic Markers, and die cut with some nesting dies. I tied a ribbon around the card, and added the layered focal panel with foam squares for some dimension.

A few pretty sequins topped this card off perfectly.

For my next project, I used Great Impressions H251 Tall Tulips.

Here is a front view of the card.  

This view from the side gives a much better perspective of how many tulips there are in this box card!

The back of the card has white card stock, to enable a message to be added.

Here, I am beginning to collapse the box.

This view shows the card completely flat, and ready for mailing.

I found the box card template at Splitcoaststampers, and liked it because it is larger than an A2 card, which allows for a whole LOT of tulips! There are A2 measurements with the directions, but I chose to go with the larger dimensions. The tulips were stamped, colored, and fussy cut about 6 times, to make this beautiful bouquet. I hope the recipient likes it!

If you haven't checked out the GI Blog this week, be sure to go back to Sunday, and see what yummy projects my DT sisters have shared. You will be SO inspired!

Don't forget - about the GI challenges!

A fun challenge for April is still going on.

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?! 

That's it for today!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

CardMaker Magazine Blog Post

Hey there - Happy Thursday!

I have a post up today on the CardMaker Magazine blog!

My assignment for this week was 'Scrap Treasures'.

I hope you will pop over to the CardMaker Blog to see how I

put my scraps to good use!

No need to comment here, but for one lucky person who comments at the CardMaker

blog, there will be an Itty Bitty Blog Candy!  Hope you will leave me

a few kind words there :)

I'll post the winner tomorrow (April 24th) morning!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Patti J.

Repeat Impressions Sketch Challenge - Have a Ball!

Hello!

It's Wednesday again, and our challenge at the The House that Stamps Built

is one of Wendy's amazing sketches.  I love working with a great

sketch - what a fun way to use scraps, and stamps that fit into the sketch

'just right'.

Here is Wendy's sketch:

For my card, I used Repeat Impressions 9702-O Gumball Machine,

Repeat Impressions 9710-I Gumballs, and Repeat Impressions 9703-F Have a Ball.

Here's my card:

One of the things I love best about Wendy's sketches, is that I can print them off in exact A2 size, and am able to measure each piece, so there is no

guesswork.

I thought this card turned out so well - it will be a delightful greeting for someone special!  If you click to enlarge it, you'll see the Wink of Stella

accents, and the wee gemstones in each corner of the polka dot panel.

Hope it gave you a bit of a smile!

Get your MoJo going, and come join in our challenge!  

Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, 

but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your RI orders!

Now, it's time to see what my DT friends have created!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Karen     Debbie     Kathy     Melissa

Happy Hopping!

Hope you link up a card this week!

Hugs,

Patti J.

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