Apple Note Pad/Pen Set

I am back as promised with a notepad/pen set to match the card I made yesterday.

I used the same DP and materials as the matching card and made a little notepad and matching  pen.  The RSVP pens from Pentel are great for adding DP inside the barrel to match your projects. 

A peek at the inside:

I buy the legal size pads and have them cut into 1/4's at my local office supply store.  Just make sure to use some strong adhesive to attach the pad to the card stock base.

Fun gift set!  

You could change the theme to fit any occasion.

Sunshine and Smiles to You!

~pat~

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Apple Thank You

I was just messing around with some of my punches that don't get used quite often enough and came up with a cute little apple thank you card.  Would make a great Teacher Thank You card!

I absolutely love the "chalkboard" DP that is quite old and no longer available that I know of.  I am sure there is something similar to it out there in the paper world that would work as a replacement.  I made a center rectangular panel to add the punched apples and the sentiment.  I actually pulled out my Versa Mark ink and clear embossing powder to give the sentiment a deeper value.  The red DP is from a fall kit of papers by Imagine That and they are really old.  The center panel is added to the card base with foam dots and the red part of the apple is also added to the green apple base with foam dots.  A little black ribbon, a red button and some black hemp finish off this card.  Be sure and stop back by tomorrow and check out the matching gift set I made using this same theme.

Recipe:

Stamps - Sentiment (Hampton Arts)

Paper - Chalkboard DP (?), Fall kit (Imagine That)

Misc - Black ink, Versa Mark ink, Clear embossing powder(SU!), Apple punch (Martha Stewart), Corner Rounder (EK Success), Black ribbon, red button, Black hemp (SU!) 

 

Challenges for my card:

Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

Ooh La La Creations - Thank You

The Crazy Challenge - Add a Sentiment

There's Magic in the Air - Less is More

Di's Digi Designs - Emboss It! 

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes 
Celebrate the Occasion  - Thank You
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes
Stamp n Doodle - Embossing

Sunshine and Smiles to You!

~pat~

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Cupcake Wishes

A great big CONGRATULATION TO Doreen from Doreen's Dream for winning a free digi of her choice from the Designed 2 Delight March Reveal and Blog Hop!  Enjoy your new digi, Doreen!  Choose the digi of your choice and then contact Faith.  Thanks to all for the sweet comments and hopping along with us!

"Cupcake Bakery"

What a yummy image!  Who doesn't love to go to the local cupcake/Bakery shop and pick out a yummy treat?   After coloring the Cupcake Bakery, I found some DP that matched perfectly with all the pink, purple and yellows.  I added a piece of really wide striped pink ribbon and a crocheted flower.  The sentiment was the finishing touch with an added gemstone to the dot on the i. 

Recipe:

Stamps - Cupcake Bakery (The Stamping Boutique). Sentiment (Studio G)

Paper - Itsy Bitsy Baby Girl (K & Co.)

Coloring - Copics

Misc - Rectangle dies (Spellbinders), Apron Lace Punch (Fiskars), Ribbon, Crocheted flower, button, floss, purple gemstone

Challenges for my card:

My Time Made Easy Pretty Palette - Color Challenge

Card Makin' Mamas - Buttons

Crafty Ribbons - Birthday

Craft Us Crazy - Religious/Easter or Something Sweet

Pixie Dust Studio - A Few of Your Favorite Things (Cupcakes, flowers, button and bling!)

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Let Them Eat Cake!

Crafty Creations - Photo Inspiration 
The Crazy Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Sunshine & Smiles to You!
~pat~

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You are the Best!

"Raincoat Pixie"

Woo Hoo..lots of layers going on here!  Paper-piecing, too!  I admire everyone else's paper-piecing and decided to dive in.  It's fun and really makes the image.  Because of the paper-piecing, there was very little coloring.  Just the hair, the umbrella and the buttons. I am so proud of my crocheted flower and need to sit down and make some more.  I think, I used a record number of buttons on my card! 

It was a rainy day all day yesterday and this card fit in perfectly with the weather.  We really needed the rain to wash away some of the pollen in the air and cool things down.  High 80's is way too hot for March!  

Recipe:

Stamps -  Raincoat Pixie (?), Sentiment (Hampton Arts)

Paper - Quite Contrary (My Mind's Eye)

Coloring - Paper-Piecing and Copics

Misc -  Buttons, Crochet Flower, Floss, Rectangle dies (Spellbinders), 1" circle punch (SU!), gemstone.

Challenges for my card:

My Mum's Craft Shop - Let's Get Digi

Paper Pretties - New Technique (Paper Piecing)

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Friendship

Papertake Weekly - Bingo (Gems, Die Cut, Flowers)

Love To Create - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Use Some Green

One Stop Craft - Handmade Flowers
C.R.A.F.T. Challenges - Handmade Flowers
Pixie Dust Studio - Your Favorite Things (buttons, crocheted flowers and cute images)
Sassy Studio Designs Dare to Be Sassy - Paper-Piecing

Sunshine and Smiles to You!

~pat~

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ladybug Polka Dots

Same image as yesterday and still working with Kraft card stock, but a little different design.

"ladybugs"

Keeping it clean and simple.  I used my copic markers this time instead of colored pencils to add color to the image.  I added a much hoarded piece of hardware from SU! with a piece of "ladybug ribbon" attached.  Because the ribbon is red with black dots, it reminds me of ladybugs.  I have tons of metal hardware that is sitting unloved and it's time to start adding them to my projects!  Since I reorganized my craft room, I can finally find all those hoarded items.  That's a good thing!!

Recipe:

Stamps - Ladybugs (D2D)

Paper - Black and White Polka Dots (The Paper Studio), White, Red and Kraft card stock

Coloring - Copics

Misc - Rectangle dies (Spellbinders), Metal hardware (SU!), ribbon

Challenges for my card:

Freshly Brewed - Dots

My Mum's Craft Shop - Use a Digi

Bearly Mine - Dots

Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - Anything Goes 

Scrappy Frogs - Seeing Spots

2 Sisters - Spots and Dots

Crafty Emma - Kolouring on Kraft

Just Some Lines - Spring Cleaning (metal hardware, ribbon, all papers)

Sunshine and Smiles to You!

~pat~ 

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Ladybug Sunshine

"Ladybugs"

Loving this adorable image from Designed2Delight and yes, it was one of my cards in the D2D March Reveal and Blog Hop that is going on right now.  There is still time to join in on the fun, see some great Spring inspiration and possibly win some free digi's!! I love the look of printing/stamping on Kraft card stock and coloring with colored pencils/OMS.  The sentiment is from the new, "Drenched" set from D2D, too!  I kept my card very simple and clean.  After coloring, I added two red glittery flower brads. 

Recipe:

Stamps - Ladybugs, Drenched (Designed2Delight)

Paper - Kraft, red and white card stock

Coloring - Colored pencils/OMS

Misc - Flower brads and black brads 

Challenges for my card:

Get Hippity with Ippity - Things with Wings

Incy Wincy Designs - Things with Wings

Paper Creations Ink - Things with Wings

The Pink Elephant - Get Krafty

Crafty Emma - Kolouring on Kraft 

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Things with Wings and a card drive

DRS Designs - Clean and Simple

 Creative Belli Challenge - Clean and Simple 

 

Wishing you Sunshine!

~pat~ 

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Designed2Delight March Reveal and Blog Hop

Welcome to the Designed2Delight 
March Reveal and Blog Hop.

You should have arrived here from Debbie's Blog.  She started us off with some great Spring inspiration.

If not, you will want to start at the beginning.

* All new release images will be 20% for 3 days--sale ending at 7      AM Friday, March 23.

* I will be giving a New Release image away to someone that leaves a comment on my blog.  I will choose the winner on Friday, March 23 at 7 AM (EST).

I used the new March image, Ladybugs.

 I used the printing on Kraft card stock and coloring with colored pencils technique.  Simple card with some embellishments.

 

I went a little more detailed on this cards and also, used  a piece of the Pure Love striped DP by Designed2Delight.  A lot more detail on this card. 

My third and last card is a very simple card.  Again, I printed the ladybugs image and the sentiment (included with the new "Drenched" set) on Kraft card stock and colored again with colored pencils.  I finished the card with some flower brads.

I hope that I was able to inspire you and show you that one image can be used in a variety of different styles. Faith will be offering 20% off the new March releases until Friday morning (7am EST).

Your next stop is Peggy.  She is sure to wow us with her designs!
Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a free digi!

Sunshine and Happy Hopping to You!

~pat~

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Gator Happy Birthday

Just a little heads up that tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20th is the D2D March Reveal and Blog Hop.  You won't want to miss a chance to check out all the new designs and inspiration from the design team.

"Alligator Balloon"

Just a cute little birthday card for a boy.  No flowers, bows or girly touches!  A little silver bling and some crystal effects on the balloon and the alligator's belly and tail.  Keeping it simple and boyish.  I am liking the orange, green and yellow combo.  It's very colorful and happy to me!

Recipe:

Stamps - Alligator Balloon (Bugaboo), Sentiment (Heidi Grace)

Paper - Boo to You (My Mind's Eye) Yellow, white and green card stock.

Coloring - Copics

Misc - Square dies (Spellbinders), Crystal Effects, Silver gemstones, black ink 

Challenges for my card:

Birthday Sundaes - Animal Birthday Card

Gingerloft - Happy Birthday

Sentimental Sundays - Metal

Allsorts - Three in a Row

Crazy 4 Challenges - Green

Sunshine and Smiles to You!

~pat~

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Bunny Love

"Spring Hat Bunny"

Wow...it's only 3 weeks until Easter and you know what that means?  I need to get a move on my Easter cards and projects.  I found this Whimsy & Stars Studio digi that didn't get any love last year in my stack of colored, but waiting for some love images. I used my 2 very favorite colors, pink and purple.  I added polka dots to bunny's hat with my Copic markers.  

Perfect for an Easter card! 

Recipe:

Stamps - Spring Hat Bunny (Whimsy & Stars Studio)

Paper - Pink Gingham (The Paper Studio)

Coloring - Copics

Misc - Circles, Lacey Circle and Long Rectangles dies (Spellbinders), Swiss Dots embossing folder (Provo Craft), ribbon, flower button, floss.

Challenge I entered my card in:

Di's Digis Designs - Pastels 

My Sheri CRAFTS - Easter

Totally Gorjuss - Spring

Craft Us Crazy - Religious/Easter or Something Sweet

Do You Stack Up - Favorite Color (Pink, with purple close behind!)

Crafty Ann's -Spring/Easter

Simply Create Too - It's Spring???

Little Darlings Challenges - The Colors of Spring

Digital Tuesday - Think Spring

Papertake Weekly - For the Girls or Mum
Dream Valley Challenges - Easter
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Something related to the new season

Sunshine & Smiles to You!

~pat~

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CAS Lucky Me

This is my take on a really Clean and Simple card.  These cards are so much more challenging for me than one with lots of layers.  I always feel like I need to add more.  With St. Patty's Day right around the corner, I was going with a different spin on a card for the one I love.  The sentiment says it all for me.  I am so LUCKY to have found the most wonderful man that I call my husband.  Don't get me wrong, neither of us are perfect, but we are perfect for each other.

I wanted to try a chevron pattern and used my zig zag punch to create that pattern.  I used a die cut and couple of  circle punches to make the sentiment.  A little green bling is the finishing touch.

Recipe:
Stamps - Sentiment (Studio G)
Paper - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and white card stock, Amber Autumn (DCWV)
Ink -  Bamboo Leaves (Memento)
Misc - Zig Zag punch (ek Success), Label Four dies (Spellbinders), gemstone crystal bling.

I entered my card in the following Challenges:

Lollipop Crafts - White with a splash of color

Paper Pretties - Stripes

Card Caravan - Lucky Green

The Squirrel and The Fox - Love

Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration

Simply Create Too - I'm So Lucky

Our Craft Lounge - Photo Inspiration

CropStop - Rainbow of Colors

Sunshine & Smiles to You!

~pat~

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Congratulations

I guess you can call this a scrap card.  I used things that  were laying on my work table to create this card.  I was needing a Congrats...on getting engaged card for a wonderful couple I know.  My inspiration was the strip of DP from the Citrus Stack by DCWV.  Perfect Spring like colors and so cheerful.  It's pretty simple card and was easy to pull together.  I don't know about you, but I have a basket full of odds and ends pieces of ribbon that are too long to throw away, but too short for the spool that I keep on my work table and always look there first, before cutting into a spool of ribbon.  Now this card is ready for the mailbox and on it's way to Illinois.

Recipe:

Stamps - Sentiment ?

Paper - Citrus Stack (DCWV), white card stock

Ink - Memento Black

Misc - Mini flower punch, mini brads, Birds & Blooms embossing folder, Scallop punch (SU!), ribbon

Challenges: 

Charisma Card Challenges - Ribbon, Ribbon, Ribbon 

Shopping Our Stash - Embossing or Meljens image 

Catered Crop - Ravenous about ribbon 
CAS-ual Fridays - CAS sentiment as the focus 

Sunshine & Smiles to You!

~pat~

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Have a Sunny Day

 "Ocean Paradise"

This is one of the images that I chose from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps for winning one of my challenge entries.  I would love to be sitting in that chair, listening to the sounds of the ocean and feeling the gentle breeze blowing.  Looking at this card just relaxes me and a little ocean paradise is my favorite thing to do. I used coordinating papers from the Citrus Stack by DCWV.  The glittery brads have been in my stash for far too long.  The stamped sentiment is from The Stamps of Life.  It was perfect for my beachy card!

Recipe:

Stamps: Ocean Paradise (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Summer4Fun (The Stamps of Life)

Papers - Citrus Stack (DCWV), Sand paper (The Paper Studio)

Coloring - Copics

Misc - Circle dies (Spellbinders), Apron Lace punch (Fiskars), Brads (Spare Parts)

Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. - Inspired by a song (Summer Breeze by Seals & Croft) 

Crafty Creations - Stripes

Divas by Design - Favorite Things

Skipping Stones - Sketch Challenge

Sunshine & Smiles to You!

~pat~ 

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Easter Wishes

I couldn't resist making another card using this adorable image from Whimsie Doodles.

I used this sketch from Eat Sleep Stamp to create my card.

 

Very pastel...  This was an easy card to put together since I already had the sketch to follow.  I used some older DP from American Crafts, Colored Eggs.  The colors matches my colored image perfectly.  Another Easter card down!

Recipe:

Stamps - Special Easter

Paper - Colored Eggs (American Crafts), Lavender, Pink, White card stock.

Coloring - Copics

Misc - Oval dies (Spellbinders), Lattice Deep Edge punch (Martha Stewart), Crocheted flower, felt brad. 

Challenges:

Eat Sleep Stamp - Sketch

Shopping Our Stash - Embossing 

Lollipop Crafts - Clean and Simple 

The Pink Elephant - Let's See those Layers 

A Gem of a Challenge - Perfect Pastels 

Fussy and Fancy - More than Words 

Polka Doodles - Polka Dots, Stripes or both 

 

Sunshine & Smiles to You!

~pat~

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Best of Luck Teddy

Is this not the cutest little teddy ever?!!  

He is just in style for St. Paddy's Day.

*Awarded Hybrid Chick's Favorite Peep 

I used the new March sketch from Craft's Meow to make my card.

 "St. Paddy's Day Teddy"

The adorable teddy is a freebie from Whimsy & Stars Studio FB page through 8pm (EST) tonight.  A big thank you to Mabelle for the freebie and for continuing to design such adorable images!  I am nabbing all the freebies that I can find to replace all the digi's that I lost when my computer crashed a month ago.  A BIG HINT....Back up, Back up and Back up your files and especially all those digi's.  

 On to the card...All my DP came from the Lemon Flower Matstack by DCWV.  WOW...first time I used any paper out of that stack and I am loving all the designs and colors included.  I colored and fussy cut my teddy.  I even tried a new technique.  After coloring with Copics, I used some colorless blender on a old washcloth and blotted the image to give teddy's fur some texture.  I have seen this done zillions of times, but had never taken the time to try it myself.  Lots of fun on this card...SU felt flowers, loopy border, the curvy edge of the strip that hangs over the card and a little bling on the shamrock. 

Recipe:

Stamps -  St. Paddy's Day Teddy (Whimsy & Stars Studio), Sentiment (? not sure)

Coloring - Copics, wash cloth/colorless blender technique

DP - Lemon Flower Matstack (DCWV), yellow card stock

Misc - felt flowers (SU!), loopy border punch (Martha Stewart), green gemstones 9recollections), square dies, label 4 die (Spellbinders), yellow brads

Challenges:

The Craft's Meow - Sketch 

Colors Me Creative Copic Challenge - Fuzzy Wuzzy Furry Animal Antics

Secret Crafter - Green for Go

Card Makin' Mamas - Green

Crafty Catz - Punches and Dies

Simply Create Too - I'm So Lucky

Annabelle Stamps - Color Challenge 

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes made with paper

Paper Play Challenges - Something Old/Something New (new digi, technique/ old stamp, felt flowers)

Inky Impressions - Wish me Luck

Sisterhood of Crafters - Getting Digi with It

The Perfect Sentiment - Anything Goes with a die cut
Paper Sundaes - Green or Good Luck
The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - Lucky Green

Sunshine and Smile to You!

~pat~ 

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