Back to School....this post is for Lisa!

Well, it's back to school today in Farmington! Seems very strange to be sitting HERE while school buses are driving by! I am used to being AT school on the first day with kids in and out of my office all day! Sort of a sad day for me....


With 'back to school' in mind, I decided to play the Midnight Madness sketch challenge this week!




My BBB (best blogging bud), Lisa, sent me a care package last week. It contained some new stamps and some Basic Grey papers. Teacher Anya was one of the new stamps. Isn't she the most darling thing you've ever seen? Of course, the DP that I used on the background and on Anya's vest are Basic Grey! Thanks Lisa, in measures of oodles!!! You are so sweet!

Supplies: Basic Grey June Bug Paper Pack, Crystal Laquer, Great Impressions Sentiment, Versafine Black Ink, DCWV CS, Kooh-I-Noor Woodless Pencils and Low-Odor Mineral Spirits, Tombow Markers.

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This next card is for 365 Cards challenge for today. Today we were to use a Card Recipe! The recipe was:

4 x 7 card

glitter

5 blossoms

wet embossed sentiment

and

three different DP's!

It's been a while since I have wet embossed, so it was fun to drag out the old heat gun!

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I am also going to post this at Flutter By Wednesday's challenge! Pay special attention to the teensy little butterfly up on the Hello sentiment. Shirley's granddaughter, Megan, came to visit her for a week. I got to meet her last week, and she was a total sweetie! She was creating with Shrinky Dink and Punches, and offered to make me some very fun embellishments! When I left that day, I had a butterfly (shown above!) some flowers, and some birds! I think she did a beautiful job, and it was so much fun to get to meet her! So, Megan, if you are reading this, THANK YOU, and many hugs for your kindness!!!

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Supplies: Basic Grey June Bug Paper Pack, Versamark Dazzle Frost Ink, Judikins Egyptian Gold Embossing Powder, Glitter, Silk Flowers, Marvy Punches, Cuttlebug Paisley Folder, Core'dinations Black/Gold Cardstock, Shrinky Dink Butterfly.

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That's all I have for today! It's been a busy day - I've been working on announcements, and finally got the new bedding on our bed! Hope that you have all had a wonderful day! Have a great evening, and think happy thoughts!!!

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Patti J.

Try to learn something about everything, and everything about something. ~Thomas Henry Huxley

Fall is in the air...

Wow, what a great challenge this week over at Our Creative Corner. The challenge has a fall harvest theme, and is an art inspired challenge as well. Here are the inspiration pieces:

Aren't they beautiful? Please go check out the OCC blog, and read about these photo's, and perhaps play along! Their DT has posted some fabulous cards for you to see, as always! I know you won't be disappointed!


I didn't have any stamps that I could think of that depicted picking wildflowers...


However, I had a cute set by TAC that had a man picking veggies, and a cute wagon by Rupa, from Gina K. Designs that was full of apples.

So... I put some stems on the mans veggies, and made them apples!!! It's amazing what you can do with a sharp colored pencil and some stipple brushes!!! On glossy paper, I did some brayering and some masking for the background with the Kaliedacolor Autumn Ink Pad. I brought out the Heather Flower Soft for the field. The images are cut out and popped up with dots. I omitted a sentiment, as I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the card.


Hope you like it!

Here is today's card for 365 Cards...we were to use stars on our cards! And since this week is also glitter week, I blinged these babies up!!! Lol! Thank heaven for glittered cardstock, as it was 10:30 p.m., and I realized I had not even thought about this challenge yet!!! Cheesy but finished....relief!

By the way - here is TODAY'S view from the doorway at 6:30 this a.m.... God is good!!!

Patti J.
Time - the gift to give someone who has everything, or nothing...

Colorwheels... and a front porch view!

Before I tell about today's creations and adventures, I thought I'd post a photo of the sunrise today looking off of our front porch down into the front yard....this is why we love living where we live!!!

Remember the old colorwheels that we baby boomers' parents used to put on our "beautiful" silver tinsel Christmas trees? (ugh...) Well, today's challenge at 365 Cards, immedately brought to mind our old silver tree with it's colorwheel spinning for hours on end, lighting that tree up in hues of Red, Orange, Yellow, and Blue! The challenge for today was to use this color strip:

Dear friends, I am here to tell you that those new EK Success Punches make my life so much easier!!!



I punched & adhered stips of CS in the colors on the color strip with the Bubbles edge punch. I then stamped the sentiment, colored it, matted on black, glue dotted a ribbon and 'done'!


Stamp: Kolette Hall (Michaels $1 bin), Ink: Versafine Black, Tombow Markers, DCWV CS



Am working on some other things in between baby announcements, getting quotes on a pneumatic tank, and paying some bills, so hope to post again tomorrow!



We had Stamp Club today. Shirley led us in making faux felt flowers (too, too, TOO cute!), and I led with the making of a Pizza Box! We had a good time, especially after the chocolate was opened!!! (to fill the pizza boxes...really!!!)



Have a good Tuesday night! See you tomorrow!



Patti J.

Humor is the WD-40 of relationships, which stops the creaking and groaning almost immediately! ~Peter Reese

Living Inspired...

I got the nicest blog candy on Saturday from Heather over at Oz-Somestamps. Here is what was in the box...


1. The cutest little 3 x 3 album to put together. Heather had included all of the instructions and pieces - I just had to put it together! It is so cute! (It's in a little shiny album, so I don't think it will photo well).


2. A Starburst Gel Pen, and I go through those like crazy!


3. A cute set of TAC stamps, with sentiments. Today's 'Living Inspired' is one of them!


A big thank you to Heather!


Today's challenge at 365 Cards was to use a masking technique. Since I usually do what I'm told, I created a card using a masking technique! (No time outs for me today!!!) I also used Heather's sketch (posted below) for the card. All stamps and DP are TAC.







Hope you have had a good day! I'm working on the order for 110 birth announcements this week, so will be very busy! If I don't get around to your blogs, I promise to make up for it somehow!


Good night all....sleep well!

Patti J.
~A little kindness colors a whole relationship like a single drop of food coloring tints an entire jar of water...

There is Magic in the Air!!!

Meet Orson!

Orson is Nina's very cute creation! Nina has a new blog - "There is Magic in the Air", (see my link on sidebar!) and will be featuring her very own creations for purchase! Orson was a freebie until Monday, and will then be available for purchase. On Monday morning, she will post another new image!

This card is for Nina, and uses the Sunday sketch over at 365 Cards! Hope you like it!








I printed out the image, cut it out to fit on my red CS. I then used the Scor-Pal to create the diagonal lines, and dotted them with an outlining marker (hoping for a quilted look). I used red stickles for the glitter, and computer generated the sentiment! Ink is Versafine Black, and Orson was colored with Kooh-I-Noor woodless pencils and low odor mineral spirits.


Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is well - I have lots to do today, so I will chat more tomorrow! Take care...


Patti J.

~Honor. A gift anyone can give, no matter what the occasion. I received this honor from my friend Pat, in the UK. Be sure to check out her blog! She's UBER-talented, as is her daughter Sarah! Thanks Pat!

A Two-Fer

Well, as Barb F. would say, my card today is a "two-fer"!

Fer the 365 Cards Challenge today, the orders from headquarters were to do a Cool Collage, and not leave any blank places on our cards!

Using the sketch from the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #13, I came up with the following card.

The little blank places between the squares, I sponged, so technically, they aren't blank any more! Hope you like it!!!








Stamps: Inkadinkado Inchie Stamps, Hampton Art. Ink: Versafine Black, ColorBox Chalk Ink, Charcoal. CS: DCWV

I can't believe we are halfway through a weekend already! They go by entirely too quickly for this old gal!

I was asked to make 110 birth announcements this week. So...today, I went back down to O'Dear's and picked up 56 pieces of CS, some ribbon, adhesive, etc., and I guess that next week will find me buried in baby things! Can't get any more fun than that, in my humble opinion! My friend Shirley went to Hobby Lobby while in the city today and picked up the DP that I still needed, so thanks to her and her handsome manly man, I don't have to make THAT trip this week!

Have a great night, and we'll catch you later!

Patti J.
~Anger is only one letter away from danger...

Crop till you drop, and Lace!

Good morning!

I happened to get a couple of challenge cards done, and thought I'd take a minute to post them!

The challenge at 365 Cards for yesterday was so much fun, but also very difficult!

We were to create an "Inside Scene" on our cards! Well, I just couldn't think of a thing! I was at my friend (Super Angel) Shirley's yesterday, and remembered a set that she had gotten at seminar a couple of years ago. She let me borrow it, and voila!

If you can't read the sign, it says: "Free Make & Take Projects 1:00-5:00 p.m., Crop Till You Drop - 5:00 p.m. - Midnight, Sponsored by: 365 Cards.blogspot.com, Register here!!!"

I couldn't get the look of the walls the way I wanted, but that's okay! You can look at it yourself, and decide whether the border is baseboard, and the blue is the floor... or if the border is chair rail with two different wall colors!!! Lol...

Stamps: The Angel Company, Tombow Markers, Kooh-I-Noor Woodless Pencils, Computer Generated 'sign', Versamark Fine Black Ink, Stampin Up Wild Wasabi Ink.

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This card is for 365 Cards challenge today, which was to use lace on our cards. I think the photo

is self explanatory!

Stamp: Inkadinkado, DP: Heidi Grace, Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink, Chestnut Roan, Flower Soft (Heather)

That's all I have for today! It is a beautiful day in Missouri. I am headed back to the hallway to hang some pictures! Hope you are all having a great Friday!

Patti J.

~A bumper sticker I saw yesterday: Honk if you love peace and quiet.