White Space Scares Me...

Finally nabbed a few minutes in the old craft room!!! I have a very quick and simple card tonight.

The challenge this week at Simplicity, is "overlapping".

We are to overlap the sentiment and image.

Susan doesn't care where on the page we put it, but we need to overlap.

OMG... do you realize how much WHITE SPACE that leaves on an A2 card? Why am I so stinkin' scared of white space? lol....

Anyway, above, is my card for the challenge. The sentiment is Stampabilities,

the roses are Inkadinkado.

I used pink and green Colorbox Chalk inks for the coloring, and actually colored them using a waterbrush. Fun and fast!

I am also going to enter this at Creative Card Crew. The challenge there is Pink & Green - I think this might fit!

I hope that you and your family are having a wonderful weekend.

We are planning to visit the graveyards tomorrow, bearing flags, flowers, and prayers.

I will probably see you on Monday!

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs to all!

Patti J.

Garden Angel

I love time in my flower garden more than just about anything that I do.

This year, due to some issues here, we were unable to plant anything.

It's been so sad, walking outside, and seeing my normally beautiful garden look so bare!

DD brought me some hanging baskets for Mother's Day, so I am pampering them like crazy! They are a beautiful shade of purple, and were my inspiration for the colors on this card.

This is something that I made for a non-on-line contest. The stamp is an old one, and there is no company name on it...sorry!

It's a shadowbox card, so the back is actually the inside of the card. The image was stamped and fussy cut several times, so that the fence and flowers could be extended. I'm not sure if it is visible in the photo, but the face and hands were stamped and cut out of quilting muslin. I found the satin roses at The Red Rooster (you can check them out on Facebook) yesterday, and the Lavendar sprigs at Ivy and Twigs, both local gift shops here in Farmington. Scrapper's Floss is the 'ribbon' used.

Thanks for dropping by - hope this little angel brightens your day!

Patti J.

FBW!

It's Wednesday! We are halfway through the week, and here comes a three day weekend! Wahoo! Hope you all have plans that include rest, relaxation, and fun!

It is also Flutterby Wednesday! It's been hectic here, so my card today is very quick and simple. The stamps are all Basic Grey. I'm doing a workshop at a LSS next month, using this stamp set, so have been doing a bit of experimenting. As many of the participants are beginners, the projects have to be easy. Pink and green inks are Colorbox chalk, and the blue is Tempting turquoise SU. I also used some Glossy Accents on the flowers and butterflies to give them a bit of texture. Let me know what you think - what else does it need?

Will enter this here as well:

Cas-Tastic Challenges - A touch of green

Thanks for stopping by - hope you have a great Wednesday! Off to do a bit of housework...

Patti J.

Food for thought: What do you get from a pamperd cow?

Spoiled milk!

Phoenix, Az., and Happy Birthday Stef!

Just wonderin'..... I may possibly accompany DH on a biz trip next month to Phoenix. Do I have any peeps in Phoenix that might want to 'play' during the day????? Won't know for a week or so if I'm going, but thought it would be fun to shop or crop while DH is in meetings :)

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Now, onto really important things! The infamous Glitterbabe is having a birthday on Thursday! Look at the birthday present she will be giving someone! Can you say WOWZERS?!?!? Folks, we could have some serious fun with this! Hope on over to Stef's blog, and wish her a Hippy Bathday (oops...)!




Back later today with a card...gotta get dear doggie to the groomer's!



Hugs,



Patti J.

Joy

Oh, the JOY of paper piecing!

This has to be one of my favorite techniques! I was at Michelle's blog (if you haven't been there, you need to go - CUTE blog!!!) a little while ago, and she had created an adorable paper pieced card for a Christmas Challenge! How much fun is that?!!!?



The Christmas Stampin' All Year Long challenge #51 is to use paper piecing on our project. I used Christmas scraps, and this adorable JOY stamp by Stampendous.



The best part about this card is that I have one Christmas card made, and it's only May!



It's Friday! Have a great weekend - Patti J.



Food for thought: Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance...

CAS and Joyfully Sing...

Hello!

Fast forward a few hours....WHAT DOES SUNSHINE LOOK LIKE??? Sigh.... I'd like the rain a lot better if I were a duck!

I have two cards this morning. The first card is for two challenges.

The challenge at the Simplicity blog was to make a one-layer card that incorporates a faux embellishment in some way.

My main image is the Papertrey Ink's Everyday Button Bits set. I chose to use the hot air balloons. Of course, we couldn't use 'buttons', so I had to stamp some! I found three circle stamps of the right size to make the balloons. The two smaller stamps were from the $1 bin at Michael's, and the largest circle was in a cute little stamp set that my good friend Olga sent me for my birthday last month. The bottom was sponged on, using the edge of a border that I had cut out and didn't need. Coloring is done with Tombow Markers.

I will be submitting this card to the following challenges:

1. Simplicity: Faux Embellishments

2. Cas-Tastic Challenges: Make a one layer card.

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The second card is for the challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ. Their challenge this week was to make a card or project that depicts music or singing, or other joyful praise. The sentiment stamp is an Angel Company stamp. The bird is another $1 stamp. The DP is a scrap from my stash...sorry! Coloring is done with colored pencils, and sponging is done with Tim Holtz distress ink, Old Linen. I've added ribbon from my stash, some brown pearls, and a bit of Scrapper's Floss.

I hope you are all having a wonderful Thursday. The weekend is almost upon us! It will be a working weekend here!

Take care - see you soon!

Patti J.

Food for thought: The only time the world beats a path to MY door is when I'm in the bathroom.

A Post of Celebration!

Mornin' everyone!

I am in celebration mode today. Why, you ask?

THE SUN IS SHINING!!!!! The birds are chirping.

It is NOT raining! It is not even cloudy (yet)!

Here is what I've created in celebration of the sunshine! Hope you enjoy it. I had fun putting it together. Took my mind totally off of housework AND the two CAS challenges I'm trying to psych myself up to enter! lol...

As you can see, this card is NOT a CAS!

Supplies: Martha Stewart DP/CS/Butterfly & Flower Punches, Rectangle Nestabilities, Tombow Markers, Stampin'Up DP, Kaiser Craft Pearls,

Ribbon, charm, and roses from my unused and forgotten stash!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

1. My Time to Craft: "Under the Weather"

2. Papertake Weekly: "Say it with Flowers"

3. ABC Challenge: "Unused Stash"

4. Stamp & Create Challenge #1: "Use ribbon & a stamp that is carried in their store"

5. Flutterby Wednesday: "Use a butterfly, angel, or fairy on project AND flowers"

6. Crafty Ann's Challenge: "Anything Goes"

7. Stamp Something: "Celebrate Something" (Celebrating putting the umbrella away!!!)

8. Crafty Catz: Suzi's challenge is to use Petals & Pearls

9. Creative Inspirations Challenge: Cheryl challenged us to use "Punches or Die Cuts"

10. Ooh La La Challenge: "Bright and Cheery"

11. Pollycraft Monday: Joanne challenged us to use "Summer Blooms"

12. Cupcake Craft Challenges: "Blooming Charming" (Use flowers and a charm)

13. Practical Scrappers: "Patterned Paper"

14. A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge: "Cute and Girly"

15. The Cuttlebug Spot: "Favorite Flowers"

Whew...I think this is a record for me! Thanks ladies for helping me understand how to accomplish this!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Food for thought: Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?