Wishes for Bella Blog Hop - Week 4

Welcome to week 4 of the Wishes for Bella Blog Hop!

Before we get to this week's hop, I would like to say thank you to all who participated in the hop the last  3 weeks! A huge thanks to those who have created a card for Bella! We appreciate your caring and support!




The Wishes for Bella - week 4 hop will run until Noon EST on Monday, July 19th. Be sure to leave comments along the way and enter linky features for your chance at the prizes. And in case you missed our hop last week and want to know more about Bella, here is a link to her website, Bella Tucker. org.

You should have reached me via Rachel's blog. Here is the card that I created especially for bella.  I used patterned paper from My Mind's Eye, Be Loved Collection.  I really like the color combo and all the hearts, flowers and stripes.  I punched out the center of one of the flowers and printed my sentiment, "sending smiles" on it and then attached it with pop dots.  I added 3 little pearls to the flower center.  I decorated the envelope to match the card and they are now on their way to Bella. 

The next and last stop on this week's blog hop is... Erin. Please be sure to hop over to to see what she's created for Bella. Then after you finish hopping, if you decide to make a card for Bella, be sure to hop over to Erin's blog where the grand prize entry linky is posted. Remember you can enter up to 4 times if you make Bella a card for every week of the hop!

I will, also being choosing one name from the comments that I receive on this post for a special drawing.  I have put together some stamping goodies and would love to send them to you.




Please mail your card(s) to:

The Bella Tucker Fund
P.O. Box 199
Londonderry, NH 03053
USA



Thanks for stopping by this week! Thanks for joining us for our final blog hop for Bella!
Have a great day!
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Christmas Cards All Year Round Design Team

I feel very honored today to be the first one up on the Christmas Cards All Year Round blog.  They announced the new design team and are featuring each one of us each day.  You can go check it out along with this month's challenge, which is pretty much anything goes.  You just have to make 5 Christmas Cards and post them to be eligible for this month's prize.  No specific colors, layouts or designs...how easy peasy is that?!!  Go get busy and make those 5 Christmas cards and they can even be 5 of the same card.  Christmas will be here before you know it and if you start your cards today and keep up with the CCAYR challenge every month until December, you will have accumulated quite a lot of cards ready to be sent out.

Here is one of my cards that is posted on the CCAYR blog for July.  A little geometic design using lots of circles for a very contemporary look. 

On another note...tomorrow is the last Bella Blog Hop.  Lots of prizes to win and lots of great eye candy along the way.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you come back tomorrow for more.
~pat~

Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.  ~R. Tagore~ 

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Babies...

Just a short post to let you know that I have not completely forgotten about card making and paper crafts.  Here is what I have been busy making.  Baby burp cloths with matching bibs.  I found the cutest baby prints at JoAnn's.  It's their own line of fabric.  The burp cloths start out with a Gerber premium pre-folded diaper and have a strip of fabric sewn down the middle and some rick rack trim.  The bibs are made out of the same material with a flannel underside.  They are so absolutely adorable and almost....makes me want to have a baby...Just kidding!  They are posted in my Etsy shop and you can click on the link on the left hand side and check them out. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
~Pat~

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New Challenge Blog in Town...

There is a new challenge blog in town...or out in blogland.  Just giving you a heads up about the new 2 Sisters Challenge Blog.  Their first challenge will be posted on Saturday, July 3rd.  Each week's challenge will have a prize from the sponsor for that week.  The first challenge will be sponsored by Sew Many Cards and they are giving away 5 free digital images to the winner for that week.  How exciting!!  They have some absolutely adorable images. Not only do you have a chance to win, but a chance to win some great prizes!  The challenges will be posted on the 1st and 3rd Saturday every month and if it's a 5 Saturday month...Bingo...an extra chance to win.  Be sure and stop by on Saturday and check out the brand spankin' new 2 Sisters Challenge Blog.

Oh, and I am soooo....excited to be a part of their design team.

Thanks for stopping by!
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Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the father's out there.  I hope you enjoy your day!  Obviously, you can see what my Dad's passion is...fishing, but it's not a bad hobby to have.  The results are pretty yummy.

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy your Sunday however you spend it.

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Thank You Circles

This photo is not quite showing the vivid colors of the patterned paper.  Sorry about the poor photo, but I have been using my older digital camera and now I know why I love my new one.  I made quite a few thank you cards lately that have already been sent out. Don't you feel good when you get your thank you cards mailed?  Or when you receive a nice thank you note?

Pretty easy card to make and was a breeze to make a mass quantity of them in one sitting.  The patterned paper is from Recollections Friend Forever line and this design is My Clique.  I started with a Kraft card stock card base.  Absolutely love these!!  I added a layer of card stock by Bazzill Basics in Burning Ember.  I used the Curly Label punch by SU for the sentiment.  I stamped one of the card bases with the thank you stamp from the All Holidays set by SU in brown ink and then punched out the label.  It's always easier for me to stamp and then punch. You could either punch out another label from the Burning Ember and cut it in half or do what I did and just slip the card stock half way into the punch.  It was actually pretty easy to eye since their are the little points at the half way point.  A 1/2" circle punch from Bazzill Basics Curry Spice and a brad were added to the label.  The label was attached with foam dots.

I need to make some more Thank You cards to just have on hand.  Thanks for stopping by today!

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Published!

The magazine, Scrapstreet chose one of my cards pictured below to publish in their May issue.  Here is a link to ScrapStreet and another for the specific card.  It is in the section called, Pocket Full of Posies, featuring homemade flowers for your cards and layouts.  The white crocheted flowers was created by me.  Did you know if you crochet your flowers with white thread/yarn that you can dye them with ink any color you wish?   

Thanks for stopping by today!

~pat~

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Happy Mother's Day

I can't believe we are already into the month of May and Mother's Day is just a few days away.  The months seem to fly by and I don't know where they are going so quickly?!!  I wanted to share with you a little gift card holder that I made for Mother's Day. 

I used some SU patterned paper, Good Morning Sunshine to make my little gift card holder.  I don't have a picture of the inside, but the bottom folds up and makes a little pocket for the gift card to sit in.  I used a SU punch for the sentiment and a Martha Stewart punch for the top edge.  I made the crocheted flower with a brown button added to the center.  I know it's not typically Mother's Day colors, but I like the color combo and the yellow design reminded me of sunshine.

Thanks for stopping by!

~pat~ 

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Teacher Appreciation Week

It's Teacher Appreciation Week and here are some ideas to thank that special teacher. 

How about a pencil card?  Real easy to make by taking a standard card base (5.5" x 4.25") and rounding one end and cutting a diagonal on the opposite to make the pencil point.  I used my paper crimper (wow...it's been forever since that tool has been used!) and some silver paper to create the metal band.  A pair of jumbo scallop scissors created the lead of the pencil.  It was a fun shaped card to make.

This is a quick easy card to make.  I sell lots of these to a local school shop to resell.  The apples are made with a Martha Stewart apple punch.  I punched the apple twice.  Once in green and once in the red patterned paper.  I cut the leaf part off of the patterned paper and adhere it to the green piece with some foam tape.  A set of these would be a great gift for a teacher.

Last but not least is a card purse.  You can find all the details to make these on SCS and they come together very quickly and easily.  I made a few simple notes cards (6) to go with the purse.  The patterned paper is from DCWV. 

Thanks for stopping by!

~pat~

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February Paper Craft Gallery Challenge Winner!

Oh WOW...I am so happy right now.  I just happened to be checking out the Paper Crafts Connection blog and there it was...one of my cards that I submitted for their February Challenge Gallery.  I was #3 out of 3. 

#1 Andrea Vernagus  
#2 Julie Masse

#3 Me!

Here is the card with all the different textures, patterned papers and layering.  The patterned paper and the stamp is from Stampin' Up.  My very favorite part is all the real stitching on the card.  It reminds me of my cross-stitich days and I think it adds a homemade touch to a card.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy March to you!

~pat~

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Happy Mother's Day

I am really liking the tissue paper flower on this card.  Since I went with a bright, cheery spring design, I decided to go with a Mother's Day theme and I will be a little ahead of the game come May.  You could change the sentiment and make it a card for many different occasions.

I really like this paper from K&Co.  It was a little paper pack that I pick up at Wal Mart.  It has some really bright and cheerful designs in it.  Spring...Can it come soon enough??!!  I used about 20 plus layers of pink tissue paper that was cut out with flower shaped die cut.  The die cut is a flower die cut from Spellbinders and I used the leaf shape, too.  The loopy border is a Martha Stewart border punch.  I hope the colors will brighten your day.

That's all for me today.  Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat~

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More Card Purses

Here are some more card purses that I made and are now currently for sale in my Etsy Shop.  They are really very easy and fun to make.  I found the directions on Splitcoaststampers under resources.  Just by changing the DP, you can give them an entirely different look.  I kept all the note cards very simple so that they wouldn't require extra postage to mail.  I hope you like them!

Here is my school theme gift set.  The DP is from a DCWV pattern pack.  I included a jumbo paper clip and 6 note cards to each set.

I guess this set is pretty in purple. 

I love the stripes on this one.  The DP is from American Crafts.




That's it for me today.  Thanks for stopping by.

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Just Because

This card was created around the darling pink floral/Strawberry themed DP by K & Company.  How can you go wrong with pink and strawberries?!! I kept the card on the simple side as to not distract too much from the DP.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and layered it.  To add some interest to the card I used a square die cut and a scalloped square, layered and then cut at about 1/3rd and added 3 big yellow brads.  I kind of like the way it looks like the scalloped borders wrap around the card from the back.  The felt flower is from SU.  I just love those felt flowers (more pink :)!  Pretty easy and straightforward.

I hope you are having a good Tuesday.

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Baby Blue

I just love  new born babies.  They have that new born smell about them.  Here is a card that I created for a sweet newborn boy.  It was actually quite simple to create.  It all started with a white card base.  A piece of bashful blue cardstock (SU) cut a little smaller than the card base and corner rounded, was then embossed with the swiss dot embossing folder by Provo Craft through my Cuttle Bug, but only about the top 1/3rd.  A piece of K & Company DP was added to the bottom 2/3rd's.  The plaid reminds me of seersucker fabric. I printed the sentiment on the computer and die cut it with a rectangle Nestabilities.  I used white sheer ribbon with a button added to the middle of the bow.  Sheer ribbon makes me think...sweet and delicate, just like a newborn.  The star is a Martha Stewart sticker.  I added the sentiment piece with pop-dots.  This is a easily reproducible card if you needed to make a lot,

I hope you are having a wonderful day!

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Happy Mother's Day

Just foolin'...it's not Mother's Day or even close, but I did want to show you this little gift card holder I made and decided to go with the Mother's Day sentiment.

I used the Good Morning Sunshine Collection DP from Stampin' Up as my card base.  I love SU's DP, as it is 2-sided and has a nice thickness to it.  The brown loopy border is a Martha Stewart punch with some more of the DP.  I do love the combo of golden yellow with brown.  The little crocheted flower is a product of little ol' me.  I have been making these little crocheted flower like crazy in every color imaginable.  Instead of yarn, I have been using embroidery floss that is just sitting here from my cross-stitch days.  Crafters never throw anything away and that is just proof of it right there!!  The sentiment was created on the computer and punched out with a SU punch and backed with brown cardstock that I carefully trimmed.  A brown button tied with yellow embroidery floss finished off the little flower.  I used a little piece of velcro to keep the top flap closed.

I hope you are having a sunshiny day!

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Congrats...Graduate!

Yes, I know it's just a little early for graduation cards, but this is another one I made for a publication call that didn't make the cut.  It was a fairly easy card starting with a black cardstock card base and a piece of graduation paper from The Paper Studio.  The glossy "graduate" word, stars and graduation hat are stickers from Soft Spoken.  I will be set when Graduation season is upon us later this year.

I hope you are staying warm today.  I think the whole US is in a deep freeze right now.  I have to admit though, the snow is very beautiful today...big, fluffy flakes!!  I do love snow, just hate the bitter cold that usually comes with it.  Take care, stay warm and be safe.

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Happy Hello

Another publication reject.  That's the way the game is played...they either like it or they don't.  Not to worry, I will still keep designing cards just for the fun of it. 

This card uses some DP that I have had forever and not sure who makes it.  It was quick and easy using my oval nesties and some stickers from K & Company.  I added some real stitching around the border of the oval.  I love real stitching on cards, as it gives it a real homemade feel.  An assortment of brads and a computer generated sentiment complete this card.  A bright, cheery, happy hello to all my blog readers.  You are very much appreciated!

Pat

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Happy New Year!

Wow...I can't believe the holidays are over and we are quickly moving into 2010. Hopefully my postings will be a little more frequent as I get myself organized this year. ORGANIZED is my main goal. No more late cards! What is my excuse anyway since I love making cards??  I need to learn to be a little more easy going and not such a perfectionist when making a card for someone. Are you like that? I want the card to be just right and then I never get it done on time and there we go again...a late or never sent card.

I will leave you with this card I made for a publication call, but I guess it wasn't what they were looking for.  Sending you sunshine in the new year.  I hope all your hopes, dreams and wishes come true!

EDIT:  Never give up on a card.  This just goes to show that just because one publication call didn't choose this card, another did.

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Card Purse

Wow...I am really liking this card purse pattern that I found over at Splitcoaststampers.  What a great gift!  I have been making them like crazy, as they are so quick and easy to make.  I added 6 fairly simple cards with envelopes inside.  I am keeping the cards on the simple side so that they don't require extra postage to mail.  I think card makers are the only ones that don't mind paying a little extra to mail our cards...You know what I mean?!!  Non-crafters don't always understand us.

The directions are very easy to follow and I even added a coordinating jumbo paper clip.

EDIT: I reshot the photos and they are much better!

Here are the cards.  Sorry that the picture is so yellow!  You can see by the first photo that the cards really are not yellow at all.

I hope you have a great day and YIKES...it's only 15 days 'til Christmas!

~pat~

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CCAYR December

Oh my!  How can it be December already??!!  It was a very busy last few days with Thanksgiving falling right at the end of the month.  Lots of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, cranberry salad, corn pudding, homemade rolls and some really yummy pies.  It was all good...the food, the company and the weather!  Here is the card I came up with for the CCAYR December Challenge. 

The challenge was to use a 1 word sentiment, 2 embellishements and 3 layers.  The yummy DP is the Christmas Mint collection by SEI, Cocoa Clusters.  I love the brown, red, green. white and silver combo.  Snowflakes always catch my eye.  I used the sentiment from See-D's Happy Birthday set.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment is brown ink on a piece of red cardstock.  A piece of white cardstock with one scalloped edge was place under the red strip.  The silver snowflake is by Imaginisce and the red one is by Stampin' UP.  I layered them and attached to the card with a brad.  That would be 1 embellishment and the 2nd is my brown button added on top of the snowflakes.  I chose to keep the card rather simple and show off the yummy DP.

Stop over and check out all the wonderful designs using the new challenge for December at the CCAYR Blog and maybe you will get inspired to start or finish your holiday cards.

I hope you have a wonderful December and enjoy every day of the holiday season!

~pat~

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Winter Wishes

Here is the card that I made for the Just Us Girls Wild Card Challenge.  You had to use a photo on your card/creation.  I choose to use a winter photo that I took last January during an ice storm.  Everything outside was covered in snow and ice and it was so pretty!  I cropped and printed the photo, and added it to my white card base that had been embossed.  I added a layer of brown cardstock behind the photo and attached the whole thing to the card with stampin' dimensionals.  The red bird is from the Sentiments stamp set by American Crafts.  I stamped the bird with red ink and carefully cut him out and attached him with stampin' dimensionals.  Some red ribbon, a brown button with red embroidery floss and a sentiment that I created on the computer finished off this card. 

Winter wishes to you...

~pat~

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CCAYR November Challenge

Ok...all you one layer card people, this challenge is for you!!  A one layer card was the challenge for November over at CCAYR.  The bottom line was, one layer besides the card base and then any amount of embellishements...ribbon, brads, etc...  I don't know about  you, but this was quite the challenge for me.  At first, I thought, no problem, but then I kept wanting to add layers and that was a big NO NO!!  Here are the 2 cards that I came up with.

The first card used a technique that I have been meaning to use for quite some time.  You know how you get lots of store bought Christmas cards from other people during the holidays?  Well, I have seen where other papercrafters have used those cards to create a brand new one.  I loved the color combo of the black and silver on this card, but it was just a little too plain for me.  Sooo...I trimmed the card down to fit on my black card base and added some black ribbon, a little silver brad for the i dot in "wishes" and the awesome silver snowflake that I found at Wal Mart the other day.  I am really pleased with the outcome.  Now, I wish I had some more of these cards.

Here is the 2nd card for the challenge.  I can't tell you how many time this card almost ended up in the trash.  For some reason, I just kept thinking it was not a lost cause.  I stamped the christmas tree image from the Christmas stamp set from Recollections.  I used my Scor-Pal to emboss the rectangle around the tree.  I colored the tree with copics and colored pencils and added tiny gold brads for the balls.  The balls were many colors, that didn't do it for me, before I finally added the brads.  I created the sentiment on the computer and added a gold brad to each side.  Finally some green ribbon and mounted the whole thing on a green card base.  Whew...this poor little card almost didn't make it, but now that it is finished, I am really liking the simplicity of it.

Stop by the CCAYR blog and check out all the one layer designs.  You might win something if you care to create your own and link it to the site or if nothing else, you might come away with some great ideas for your own cards this year.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy November to you!

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Happy Boo to You!

I need to get all my Halloween cards finished as it is getting very close.  I think, I have them all made, but just need to post them on my blog before the holiday is here and gone.  Then, you would be like...uuhhh...a little late there Pat!! 

On to the card...a white cardstock base with the two bottom corners rounded.  A piece of patterned paper by The Paper Studio and orange cardstock that was embossing with Swirls by Provo Craft.  I generated the sentiment, "happy" on the computer and used the Halloween clear stamp set by Recollections for the pumpkin and "boo!".  I colored the pumpkin or should I say, Jack-O-Lantern, since he is carved, with the few Copic markers that I own.  I cut out the image with the circle die cuts, layered and added a big black brad to the top.  The image was mounted on the card with pop dots.  That all there is for this card. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a Super Sunday!

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My Favorite Pumpkins

I made these cards for my 2 favorite pumpkins, my granddaughters.  I started with a square card base (4.25").  I fell in love with this adorable pumpkin patterned paper by The Paper Studio (Jack-O-Lantern) that is cheerful and not frightful at all.  I am not a great fan of Halloween and never have been.  I like the cute and not the scary.  My next great find was the puffy epoxy stickers by Recollections that I found at Michael's.  They are a great find at 99 cents and even better if they happen to be on sale!!  I created their names on the computer and then cut them out with my square Nesties die cuts.  I added the sticker and some orange brads to complete.  Sorry that the picture is a little washed out.  I think the shine on the epoxy pumpkin stickers made it hard to get a good pic without being washed out.

Here are 2 little treat containers that I picked up at Michael's on sale for 99 cents.  They may be cheaper now as we get closer to Halloween.  I just added the circle die cuts and another 99 cent sticker by Recollections.  The containers will be filled with all kinds of yummy Halloween treats for 2 special little girls.

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy Friday to you!  Have a great weekend.

~pat~

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Thanks So Much!

The patterned paper was the inspiration of this whole card. Amplified Bandstand by American Crafts...love their paper as it is cardstock quality and 2 sided with a coordinating color or pattern. I used the back side of the paper to make the scalloped border at the bottom, The stamp is from Eight Great Greeting by Stampin' Up. I inked it up with Almost Amethyst (SU) ink and it was a pretty good match. After die cutting the image, I left the die cut on and sponged the edges. Some red brads to bring out the red in the patterned paper were added and the whole image was attached with stampin' dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~pat~

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More Thanksgiving Blessings

The same sentiment as yesterday, but only a little bigger. I have fallen in love with this patterned paper, Cinnamon Stick by Cloud 9 Design. All the flowers are embossed and they remind me of fall mums. I cut the sentiment out with my oval Spellbinder's die cuts and add a leaf cardstock sticker by K & Company and some jumbo brads. I kept the card on the simple side to showcase the great patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Thanksgiving Blessings

I found this freebie sentiment online by Digiments and decided to use it on a card. I printed a whole page of these sentiments in various sizes. The great thing about the digital images is being able to make them the size you want. How great is that?!! I am stuck on Old Olive cardstock right now. I started with a card base and added the Old Olive cardstock that was embossed with the Houndstooth embossing folder and a piece of a great fall stripe paper by K & Company. A strip of brown cardstock in the middle and added the whole piece to the card base with some stampin' dimensionals. I cut out the sentiment with the oval Spellbinder's die cuts and added some brads. Thanksgiving will be here before you know it. YIKES!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~pat~

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Make a Wish

The card was so easy I am almost embarrassed to post it.





A cardstock base, a piece of patterned paper, a border punch and a couple of stickers and waa laa...you have a really quick and easy birthday card. The patterned paper is by KI Memories, the stickers by Recollections and the border punch by Martha Stewart. That is pretty much it for this card.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Little Monkey Birthday

When I saw these adorable monkey stickers by Recollections, I had to have them. They match perfectly with the patterned paper by DCWV, Nana's Kids. The patterned paper has some sparkly glitter on it and the money sticker has googlie eyes. I embossed a circle with the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder by Provo Craft. The sentiment was created on the computer and a green brad finished off this card.

Thanks for stopping by!

~pat~

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TESC86 Give Thanks

I took the plunge and decided to try Taylored Expression's Sketch Challenge #86. I always have great intentions of doing some of the blog challenges, but then my ideas don't always go along with the sketch or color challenge. I end of going my own way and doing my own thing. But if nothing else, I did get some great inspiration. Today, I did it!!

I started with some Old Olive cardstock and a piece of K & Company patterned paper is a great fall colored stripe. The tree stamp is a great little stamp by Studio G...found in the $1 bin at Michael's. Can't beat a great stamp for only a buck!! I used my stampin' spots to add all the color randomly on the stamp, hoping for the best and I love the way it turned out. I added some sparkle to the leave with my Stardust gel pen. I did create the sentiment on my computer and cut everything out with my rectangle Spellbinder's die cuts. A strip of Old Olive cardstock scalloped and embossed with the Swiss Dots embossing folder by Provo Craft. 3 little antique brass brads were the finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~pat~

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Garden Poems

Garden Poems...What a sweet name for a sweet stamp. If you can't already tell, I am a flower addicted stamper. I love flowers all of kinds, stamps and real. Here is a card I designed using the Penny Black stamp, Garden Poems.

This card screams ME....flowers, yellow and polka dots. I started with the main image and colored it with my Prismacolor pencils and OMS. I added fine glitter to the center of the flowers. The patterned paper is by SU, part of the Good Morning Sunshine collection. A big brown button and some green polka dots ribbon were added to the layered image. I left off a sentiment and may add one later when I decide how I am going to use this card...for a birthday? think of you? get well? or just because I like you?

Thanks for stopping by today!

~pat~

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Trick or Treat...

Trick or Treat...Smell My Feet...I thought since we are quickly making our way through the month of October that I'd better get busy making some Halloween cards before the holiday is here and gone. Here is a little card that I came up with.

I started with the patterned paper by The Paper Studio. I love the orange, purple and lime green mixture. It screams Halloween to me!! The stamp in by Recollections and all I did was stamp the image in black ink and just color in the stripes on the socks with an orange glittery gel pen. It's hard to see the sparkle in the photo. I added some black rick rack and embossed just the top of the card with the Spots and Dots embossing folder by Provo Craft. That's it...quick and easy peasy!!

A question for you....Why don't my photos enlarge when you click on the photo? They used to and I don't know what happened?? If you can help me with this issue, I would appreciate it.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~pat~

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Happy Belated World Card Making Day!

ETA:  I am adding this card to the OWH's Midweek Throwdown Challenge.  A fall card with no sentiment.  This card is perfect and it is still sitting here in my stash.

Happy World Card Making Day to you just a little bit late. I didn't get much done on Saturday, but Sunday was a great day to make lots of cards since it was raining much of the day. Not a great day to take pics though. I am hoping the sun comes out today so that I may get some photos of all the cards I made. Here is one of the cards that I made....





I went with a fall theme with this card and didn't include any sentiment. I think the card speaks for itself. I picked up the cutest fall cardstock stickers by K & Company a few weeks ago and have been itching to use them on some fall cards. Pretty easy card...some patterned paper by The Paper Studio, an embossed strip of pumpkin colored cardstock, some brads and the pumpkin and leaf stickers. I checked out all the challenges out there for WCMD, but ended up doing my own thing in the end.

I think Fall is here to stay now.
I will be posting the rest of the cards soon.
Thanks for stopping by today!

~pat~

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CCAYR October Challenge

It's October!! EEK! Where in the world are the month's going so fast? The challenge for October over at CCAYR was to make a Christmas card using the color pink and a ribbon in honor of Breast Cancer month.

I used the snowflakes embossing folder by Provo Craft to create the background paper. The sentiment was generated on my computer and cut out with my oval die cuts. A scalloped edge that was paper pierced, faux stitching, snowflakes punches, a pearl stone and some pink ribbon all add a special touch to this pink Christmas card.

Why is it when you have specific elements that have to be implemented in a card, other ideas always pop into my head instead of what I need to do. I have to admit that I really struggled with this challenge and I really don't know why? Pink and a ribbon? How easy can that be?

This card was the inspiration of the patterned paper by DCWV. Quick and easy...some snowflake punches, brads, sentiment and some sheer white ribbon completed this card in record time once I decided on my embellishments. A little different, a little contemporary and I am liking it a whole lot! I hope you do, too!!

Check out the CCAYR blog and see what exciting designs the other design team members came up with. Don't forget if you do 5 cards using this challenge in the month of October, you can be the winner of of great prize!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~pat~

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