Happy 4th of July!

A 4th of July card I made using minimal supplies. The DP is Coco Berry Bubbles by The Paper Studio. Using my cuttlebug, nestabilities, some navy, red and white cardstock to create the circle and my computer for the sentiment. The stars were hand cut and the red one was embossing with the Swiss dots embossing folder. Some paper piercing and pop dots for the stars finished this card. Very red, white and blue!

Wishing you all a wonderful day celebrating our nation's independence and a great big THANK YOU to those serving in the military and their families.

Thanks for stopping by!
~pat~

July Christmas Cards All Year 'Round Challenge

Here is the July challenge for Christmas Cards All Year 'Round Blog. Being July, it's a red, white and blue Christmas card. Mine was quite simple to make taking advantage of my cuttlebug with embossing and die-cutting. The sentiment was computer generated. I hope you like it and go check out the CCARY blog to get in on the fun and try to win the July prize. There are lots of wonderful design ideas from all the other design team members to get your inspiration going.

Thanks for stopping by!

~pat~

Sweet Baby

This is a quick and easy baby card that I made in an assortment of colors to have on hand. I started with the base color and added the white embossed (Birds & Swirls) as my next layer. I created the Sweet Baby sentiment on my computer matching the color of the print with the base color of the card. I used my rectangle nestabilities to cut out the sentiment and the scalloped layer and added it to the card with stampin' dimensionals. Some sheer white ribbon and a flower punch and white brad complete this card in very little time.

Thanking for stopping by!

~pat~

Wow...and good news!

Wow...I can't believe it's been 3 months since I posted on my blog!! I do have some great news to announce and I have been keeping this a secret since I found out, but now, I can spread the word. I have been chosen to be a part of the design team for Christmas Cards Year 'Round challenge blog. I will be doing a Christmas card according to the challenge each month. I will start designing on July 1st. I already have my card done for July, but I can't show it on my blog until then.

Go check out Christmas Cards Year 'Round and get a head start on the holiday season. If you do 5 cards in one month there is a great chance that you could win a prize. It's fun and what do you have to loose? You love to make cards and you know you will need lots of them for the upcoming Christmas season, so it's a win-win situation.

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will get some cards posted this week.

~Pat~

Page Plans Week 48

It's Sunday and time for another Page Plans card sketch. This week's theme was a monochromatic green theme and it was a challenging sketch by Chris. Well, green and March makes me think of nothing else but St. Patrick's Day. I used a heart punch to make the shamrock and ran it through the cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder. Green pretty much explains this card. Green buttons, rick rack, brads, ink and gemstone add interest to the one color card. I freehand pierced the shamrock stem and sewed it with green embroidery floss. The DP is by DCWV, green with embossed white polka dots. This was really quite a challenge for me using only one color, but then it's always great to have a challenge.

~pat~

Page Plans Week 47

This was a great sketch by Lesli. Go check out all the other designers over at Page Plans and give it a try! I started with a red cardstock base and a piece of white cardstock that was embossed with the Numbers embossing folder (Provo Craft) with my cuttlebug. The number background seemed to fit well with the apple theme. I used a piece of apple DP by DCWV that I trimmed and used with a strip of red cardstock that was scalloped on the bottom edge. I used the Martha Stewart apple punch and various pieces of DP by DCWV and green cardstock for the apples. The middle apple has the sentiment, "a happy hello", stamped on it. This was a really quick easy card to make.

~pat~

Page Plans Week 46

Woo Hoo...it's a new month over at Page Plans and some new "Springy" cards coming up this month. This is a really great card sketch by Chris Ross. Being a new month and wanting to get away from all the red and pink from Valentine's Day and not wanting to dwell on winter any more, I went with some nice pastel colors. I started with the chick stamp by Imaginisce. They are cute little 99 cent stamps. I colored the chick with my Stampin' Up markers and blender pen and then cut it out with die cuts. The polka dot paper is from DCWV (Nana's Kids) and the plaid strip is from Image That. Some die cut flowers, assorted brads and white rick rack (I am loving the rick rack on cards lately) pretty much finish off this card. Just a hint...I buy my rick rack in the sewing section instead of the papercrafts section. It is cheaper and you get more!! The little stamp, Happy Spring is a stamp set from some blog candy (Hi Krystie!!) that I won and it didn't have a brand name on it. It a really cute set with flowers and lots of little bitty sentiments. I hope you are having some spring like weather where you live.

~pat~