Hooray - Make a Wish!

  Good morning!

I'm sharing a fun birthday card today that I have created with new stamps, Sparkling Celebration and a fun new sentiment, Hooray, from Technique Junkies. 

Here is my card:

Clean and simple! This was stamped with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed with purple embossing powder. The panels were trimmed, matted, and adhered to a purple card base. 

I hope you're all well, and I'm so glad you stopped by my blog today!

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Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

People Our Age...

 Good morning!

I'm sharing two cute cards today that I have created with some fun new stamps Older than We Are, Champagne Birthday, and Inside Out: Young at Heart, from Technique Junkies. 

Here are my cards:

For this card, the stamping was done on white cardstock, then distressed with some gray ink. A bit of glossy accents was added to the champagne glasses for a 'glass' effect. A panel of woodgrain paper was cut and adhered to a gray card base. I cut a square of burgandy colored cardstock, and created two triangles, one a bit smaller than the other. The triangles were adhered to the woodgrain panel, and to finish off the card, the stamped pieces were popped up with foam squares.

The next card was fun. I die cut a whole bunch of black numbers, and set them aside. The next step was to stamp the sentiment panels onto gold cardstock (it really IS gold, not yellow), and mat them with black cardstock. I set them aside and began adding the numbers randomly onto a gold panel. I just used a wet glue for this. When the glue had dried, I ran the panel through an embossing folder, and put my card together. Love these Inside Out sentiment sets that Technique Junkies has!!! You should really go check them all out!

I hope you're all well, and I'm so glad you stopped by my blog today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Older Than Me...

  Good morning!

I'm sharing a fun birthday card today that I have created with a new stamp, Ribbon Celebration, and a fun new sentiment set Inside Out: Young at Heart, from Technique Junkies. 

Here is my card:

Easy peasy! This was stamped with a Keleidacolor Ink Pad, the pieces trimmed and layered onto some dark pink cardstock/card base.

I hope you're all well, and I'm so glad you stopped by my blog today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Rock Star

  Hello Friends!

I'm up today on the Technique Junkies blog, and am sharing some cards using stamps from the February release.

Today, I chose to work with Slimline Band Border, Rock Star Birthday Sentiments, and Slimline Candles.

Here's what I made:

The first card was stamped onto white cardstock, using Catherine Pooler Midnight Archival Ink. Some Grunge dots were stenciled onto the panel using Ink Blending Brushes and Distress Oxide Inks.

This card was created exactly like the first card, but the stenciling was done with the Falling Stars stencil.

The last card was stamped onto patterned paper. The Slimline Candles was stamped onto white cardstock, then again onto patterned papers. The patterned paper candles were paper pieced over top of the white panel, and popped up in front of the band image.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Slimline Candles

 Good morning!

I'm sharing some birthday cards today that I have created with new stamps, from Technique Junkies, Slimline Candles and Rock Star Birthday Sentiments.

Here are my cards:

For the first card, I smeared some watercolor markers onto my craft mat, spritzed them with water, and smooshed the card panel (big enough for the candles and sentiment) onto the wet mat.  After it dried, I stamped the candles and sentiment onto the panel, trimmed them to size, and assembled the card. It was completed by tying a small Baker's Twine bow around the sentiment panel, which was popped up on dimensional squares.

This card uses the slimline candles as well, but was trimmed to fit onto an A2 sized card. Each candle was colored with Alcohol markers, and a bit of Stickles was added to the wicks for some sparkle. The candle panel and sentiment panels were trimmed and adhered to a black card panel, matted again with a green panel, and purple panel, and finally adhered to the card base.

I hope you're all well, and I'm so glad you stopped by my blog today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Hugs, Kisses, and Birthday Queen

Good morning!

I'm sharing two pretty cards today that I have created with some beautiful new stamps 'Birthday Queen' and 'Kisses and Wishes' from Technique Junkies. 

Here are my cards:

These were both quick and easy creations!

For the first card, I found a piece of a watercolored panel, and stamped the sentiment a bit to the right, and added some gold Washi Tape to the left. The gold heat embossed sentiment and the gold Washi tape worked so well together!  I will reach for this stamp a log - such a great idea for a last minute card! (I'm sure YOU don't do this, but I'm notorious for being ready to run out the door for church on Sunday morning, and realizing I need a birthday card...)

For the next card, I found a piece of patterned paper that had a teensy dot on it. A panel was cut to size to fit on the card base, and the stamping was done directly onto the patterned paper. I then die cut a 'frame', adhered it over top, and used some gold stickles to bling up the crown a bit. Ta-da, Ta-done!

I hope you're all well, and I'm so glad you stopped by my blog today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Being Your Sister

  Good morning!

I'm sharing a fun birthday card today that I have created with a new stamp, Sister Birthday, from Technique Junkies. 

Here is my card:

To create this card panel, I smeared several colors of Distress Oxide Inks onto my craft mat. After spritzing the inks with water, I smooshed my card panel down onto the wet ink. I did a bit of turning the image and smooshing again, until I got it the way I wanted it to look.  The Image and upper sentiment were stamped onto the panel, and the Happy Birthday stamp (from the same set) was stamped repeatedly at the base of the panel. After stamping was complete, the panel was adhered to a teal card base. To finish things off, I stamped the cake and Happy Birthday onto the envelope.

I hope you're all well, and I'm so glad you stopped by my blog today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.