Emily's Harvest

Happy Friday!

I found a new digi site yesterday, The Digi Garden.  Oh my goodness - they have such cute images! If you like to color, you'll have to give them a try!  I nabbed their freebie off of Facebook, Emily's Harvest. Here is what I created with her...

The Digi Garden (Emily's Harvest), Simple Stories (Generations & Harvest Lane), Spellbinders, Dimensional Squares, Bazzill Basics Cardstock for base, Copic Markers, Tim Holtz White Distress pen

All of the background papers, and little embellies are from Simple Stories.  They are becoming one of my favorite paper lines.  My perfect lines are made using my Perfect Layers Tools.

I'm entering this in the customer challenge at The Digi Garden.

Hope you have a nice weekend planned!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Patti J.

Clean and Simple Fun

Mornin' peeps!

Today's share consists of two very easy cards.  One is for my Chemo Card Angel lady, and one is for a very sick little girl that has recently been diagnosed with leukemia.

This first card was one that my friend Shirley had picked out for us to try at one of our 'play' days!  We take turns with ideas, and it's always a lot of fun to see what the other finds to CASE!

Amuse CS, Ink, Washi Tape, and flower die.

This card uses all Amuse products (Shirley is a demo if you need any product...).  We die cut the shape, put patterned paper behind it, a wee strip of Washi tape (also Amuse), and a button finished it off. Can you say easy-peasy?  Woweee!!!
 
This next card was fun, too.  The last issue of CardMaker, had a card by Michelle Woerner on the front cover.  She used all sorts of Washi tape on her card.  I didn't have any, so I used some randomly cut strips from a pad of patterned papers that I got free in a copy of an Australian magazine, Cardmaking and Papercraft.  Added a quick sentiment and a bit of bling!  As I didn't want to have to take a chance on a crooked sentiment, I stamped first, and adhered paper strips second.

Cardstock, Kate Knight "Totally Tropical" Summer Papers, Want2Scrap, Repeat Impressions "Thinking of You"

Ta da!  Two very quick cards!  I doubt that either card took more than 15 minutes to create. I've always been a bit afraid of CAS cards, but it's a style that is SO growing on me!

Hope your week is going well, and that your weekend holds some fun!  DH has three days off, and we are so excited!  That doesn't happen too often, and we are looking forward to some time together.

Thanks for stopping by - I'm off to see what you've been up to!

Hugs,
Patti J.

Flowers

Good morning!

Welcome to the Repeat Impressions Designer Choice Challenge!  

Today, Lynette is our hostess.  Her challenge theme is to use flowers on our projects.  It's been so dry in Missouri this summer, that flowers have not been plentiful, but I found one of Wendy's gorgeous flowery stamps!  Here's my take on the challenge:

Repeat Impressions Spring Blossoms (1320-W), Dragonfly (102-W), Special (8608-W) Black CS, White CS, Copic Markers

So sorry for the washed out photo - don't have a clue why I couldn't get the colors to be more vivid!

The image was stamped, then trimmed into three pieces, matted with black CS, and that panel was then adhered to the white card base.  Voila!  Very quick card!

We would love to see YOUR take on the challenge, so drag out those beautiful flower stamps, create some magic, and link up to our challenge!  Check out the challenge details at the RI blog, The House that Stamps Built.  You could be the lucky winner!

Stop by to see what my fellow Rockstars have to share with you!

Cheri     Dawn     Joy     Karen     Kecia     Lynette     Makiko

Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Ghosties...

Hi there!

I don't know about you, but I think these little Neat and Tangled Halloween ghosties are as sweet as can be.  I just couldn't wait to ink them up again :)

Neat and Tangled, Tim Holtz Distress Marker, Kraft CS, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Ribbon from my stash

Who can resist Kraft, black, and white?  The clouds were 'colored' with my Tim Holtz white distress marker, which I am loving!  Stamped the fence at the top and bottom for some fun borders :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today...

Hugs,
Patti J.

Old McBarn Winner!!!

Good morning!

Happy Saturday, my friends!

Just wanted to announce my winner from the Creations  by AR Old McBarn Blog Hop...

Drum roll please....

According to Random Dot "Draw a name out of a hat", the winner

from my blog is:

JULIE S.!!!

Congratulations, Julie S., of Elves in the Attic!  You have won your choice of the

Old McBarn, or the Old McBarn card!

Please email Adela Rossol with your choice to templates, and she will

get them right out to you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!

Patti J.

Neat & Tangled

There is a new stamp store in town!  

Danielle Walls' new line of stamps is called Neat & Tangled, and you can find it here.

I created 'just for fun' today.  I had some time, and just wanted a clean and simple

Halloween card.

I used the Neat & Tangled "Halloween Scene" to stamp on different colored blocks

for a very easy and quick card.  I'm thinking of all the fun ways to paper piece the haunted

house and bats, so be watching for this set to come back soon!

Neat & Tangled is also having a Design Team call, until Tues., Aug. 28th, so if you are interested,
check it out!  Looks like an incredibly fun team to be a part of !

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by today - be sure to check out Danielle's cute new stamps!

Have a great weekend,

Patti J.

Old McBarn

Good morning, and welcome to our new release hop!

Adela Rossol, of Creations by AR, has been very busy, creating a fun set of templates.

The first template is Old McBarn - what fun!

Barn Closed

Barn Open

 

Next is a matching card - called Old McBarn Card, of course!

Card Closed

Card Open

My barn and card began with plain white cardstock.  I left the windows, doors, and trim white, and sponged the other pieces with Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink.  After I had it evenly sponged, I then scored lines to hopefully resemble siding.  Once the 'siding' was done, I sponged again, but with Antique Linen Distress Ink, allowing the score lines to be a bit more pronounced, and the barn to look older.

The barn roof comes off to hold items of your choice.  Mine was filled with yummies!

The card is adorable - the doors open in front to reveal one of Laurie Wilson's adorable Doodle Pantry pre-colored images, Quirky Donkey.  I sized, printed, cut to fit back of card, and adhered. Voila! The card actually opens on the back for your message...too much fun!  Not only that, but check it out - it folds flat for mailing...tee hee!

Card in A-2 Envelope!

Be sure to check out the rest of the Creations by AR team - they have some great projects to share! As you hop, be sure to leave a comment.  Each of us will give away one of the new templates!  Check back Saturday to see if you are the lucky winner!  Happy Hopping!

Adela

Amy

Julia

Lisa

Lyn

Magdalena

Patti J. (that's me!)

Sue

So, I have to share that my hero for this hop was my teamie, Sue.  She was so sweet, and offered to cut my files and mail them to me! (If you follow my blog, you know that I use my scissors :)  I had her just cut everything in white, not knowing how I would decorate them.  When the envelope arrived, and I saw all of those windows and doors, I was happy dancing at the post office - no kidding!  The cuts were all straight, so I could have cut them by hand, but it was nice not to have to do so!

So thank you, Sue Kment, you rock :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Patti J.