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BLOG CANDY! I am challenging myself to create 100 cards in 100 days : ) Win my candy simply by commenting today!  See THIS POST for all the deets!  I have 84 cards left to complete in 82 days!

Today I have a simple card.  I'm not sure if it qualifies as a CAS card ... I guess I wonder that because it is a darker color LOL but clean and simple it is.  I used some Yummy! papers by My Mind's Eye called "Sunshine "Lovely" Plaid Paper as well as some solid Chocolate Chip by SU and a little bit of scrap paper.

My sentiment is an old old stamp from The Angel Company.  I created my little buckle from a Quickutz die and my star is from Spellbinders! easy peasy.

Oh and the woodgrain embossing folder is by SU. Speaking of that ... is it me or does your Woodgrain folder from SU cut way too deep?  I can't run it through my machine with a normal sandwich configuration - it is really sensitive!  

I can't thank you all enough for all the comments you've been leaving to cheer me on in my challenge ; ) Carole you are right you gals are definitely! my cheering section I can see the pom pom's waving! LOL 

That is it for today! I hope this finds you happy in your heart and getting inky!!

Patti

Make It Monday first there was one then there were four!

Before I start my post today I would like to welcome my newest follower, Paula owner of Precious Pages by Paula.  Thank you so much for following, Paula, I hope you will find some inspiration and a few giggles!! Please check out Paula's blog and tell her Patti sent you : )

CANDY anyone?? Please see THIS POST for all the details on how to win my blog Candy : )

 Erin Lincoln is one of the best designers out there right now as far as I'm concerned! Check out her blog "Procrastination Station" she truly is a gifted paper crafter. If I lived near her I would stalk her and try to bribe her to be my friend.  She is funny and playful and just... normal (in a good way!) LOL  Take this week's "Make It Monday" video.  Erin creates an amazing card giving helpful design and tool tips along the way - all the while you hear the voices of her kids playing in the background - I'm guessing it was her kids.  She doesn't fall apart like a cheap suit because she is being watched WORLD WIDE : ) and the kidos are making a little noise - she doesn't even seem to notice! I love it!! See what I mean? who wouldn't want to be friends with a gal who can work at home with such grace and style and talent!!!

Erin challenged us to create a card using heat embossing and two step stamping - then! cut out with a coordinating die.  She shows in THIS VIDEO the most amazingly easy way to handle these tiny dies.  My card is an A-2 size card and look at all the space I have around my EMBOSSED die cut flowers! The die cut is teeny but with Erin's suggestion it was a breeze.... ok a slight wind.

I admit I did have a few problems but I perservered and after only 2 or 3 hours! I had a card I liked so much I decided I better make two : ) It may be a "slight" exaggeration how long it took me. heehee

I like to decorate the inside of my cards too so I inked up the flower stamps and built myself TWO insides - because you remember now I have two of these cards made.  Well! much to my surprise when I went to tape my inside to the card I had stamped the flower in the wrong orientation! grrrr!!  

Part of my personal challenge to myself is to USE my stuff.  I just could not bring myself to toss them out so two more cards were born!!

 

And I think they are pretty darn cute! : )  I had completely run out of time so I did not heat emboss or layer the die cut but, even though it is not showing up well in my picture, I ran a zig zag stitch to attach my ribbon. : ) There are also a trio of sequins to complete my TRIANGLE! thanks for the tip, Erin!!

So one simple silly little card took all afternoon and turned into four cards - which is not so bad at all!! I loved the tips she shared and will no doubt use them again and again.

Please consider  joining the Make It Monday challenge! There is a nice prize too!! : )

These cards make my 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th cards completed in my personal challenge to make 100.  Only 90 more days to go!!!  Thank you everyone who is cheering me on! It's great fun to read all the encouraging comments!!

Have a wonderful day!

Patti

Supplies used:
SU solid cs
Flower Fusion #6 Stamp Set by PTI with coordinating flower die
Stampendous "Detail White" embossing powder
American Crafts green ribbon and tan Baker's Twine

Something for Grandma

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Color me Happy! I have a new follower!! none other than the amazing Donna  Mikasa of three umbrellas blog!  Please join me in welcoming her!! : )

 I wanted to share this card that I make for my Grandma.  Actually both of my "real" grandparents have been gone for many many years but this dear 93 year old woman is a Grandma to many many people.  She is full of love and live and loves Jesus more than anything.  She is spry and healthy, lives on her own, and is one of the most remarkable women I have ever met. : )

I started with bright yellow cs from SU for my card base.  Next I cut a shape from the SU "Lattice BigZ" from the patterned yellow and white paper.  I glued it securely to a piece of white cs. Then I embossed it with a Anna Griffin embossing folder. ~ This folder is the one I grab most often when I want a vintage look or a quilted look.  One thing I LOVE about this folder is the size! It is 5 x 7" and has the opening in the top of the folder so you can slide your cs out the top for a continuing design if you need a longer piece.  Brilliant!! : )   Ok, I digress.... next I attached my white, embossed, cs to the yellow base and then added another shape from the same "Lattice BigZ" that I had carefully applied small foam tape to the back of..

I cut a couple of white "banners" and stamped my sentiment -the inside reads "Easter". Finally I attached a piece of pretty yellow ribbon and a pearl : )

The design for this card was based on the Unscripted Sketches challenge for this week. 

I switched things around a bit but according to the rules I think this is ok.  Loved the sketch!! Please consider joining this challenge which is made even more fun because it is the 5th Anniversary celebration of this great blog and there are even prizes : ) 

I guess I better get busy I have spent hours, literally, trying to get this post complete.  I had a very difficult time uploading my picture for today's post.  I actually started last night and found when I brought the picture in it was a hideous dark greenish brown color.  I tried several things before I called my hubs to take a look and we learned that in order to fix it I would be forced to join Google+ arrrr!! Oh how I wish I had selected a different blog hosting site in 2007 when I started my blog.  I don't think this picture still looks right but it is "ok" so I will continue to see if I can find out what is causing the remarkable change from how my pictures look in Photoshop until they appear on my blog. I prefer cardmaking to technology! LOL

Thank you so much for leaving a comment.  Please come back every day as with each comment comes another opportunity to win my BLOG CANDY!! : ) 

Have a great day!

Patti

p.s. guess what we are getting right now?....... 4 to 8 inches of snow!! : (  wahhhhhhh

Supplies.

Solid cs from Stampin Up!
Yellow and White patterned paper from SU International Bazaar Designer Papers
Stampin Up! Lattice BigZ die 
"Lovely" sentiment from PTI "Birthday Classics: February Stamp Set
"Easter" sentiment from PTI "Birthday Classics: April Stamp Set

Washi Bunny

 

Starting April 7^th I began a personal challenge to create 100 cards in 100 days! For a chance to win my BLOG CANDY!! come visit me each day and leave a comment.  See THIS POST for details.

I CASED the design for this card from the very talented Donna Mikasa.  See her card HERE .  Her card is so much better but I wanted a silly card for a silly friend and I remembered pinning Donna's great design.  I just love the simplicity of the design and the vibrant colored Washi tape she used.  It actually inspired me to begin collecting Washi Tape. : )   Please visit Donna's blog three umbrellas. You will be inspired by her wonderful CAS style.  Please leave her a comment and tell her Patti sent you! : ) 

When you click on the link to Donna's card you will see she had a wonderful pallet of Washi tapes to choose from.  I, on the other hand, own only 12 different tapes and FOUR of them are mostly black! LOL If my friend notices that the bottom portion of the bunny is snowflakes she'll simply write it off to a long winter LOL

I used the cutie patootie image from Papertrey Ink called Hippity Hoppity and cut it out with the coordinating die of the same name.  Even the little eggs are Washi tape covered cs - cut with the Hippity Hoppity die set.

I feel like I'm finally getting my challenge under control.  There were a few days there where I was creating, photographing and posting all after breakfast! LOL I needed to get a bit ahead of the game and I'm feeling much better.  Tomorrow I will have more yellow and a sweet card I created for my 93 year old (adopted) Grandma : )

Thanks a bunch for cheering me on.  It really is working : ) I ONLY have 90 cards to go in 92 days! easy peasy *sigh*

Have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Patti

Giddy Up! Birthday Girl!

Starting April 7^th I began a personal challenge to create 100 cards in 100 days! For a chance to win my BLOG CANDY!! come visit me each day and leave a comment.  See THIS POST for details.

 I love this paper!! it is called Giddy UP! by Samantha Walker.  It's two sided - the bottom portion of this card is one side and the top portion has the reverse side of the same paper : ) Love it!! and it is perfect for a friend of mine who is a self proclaimed "Tom Boy" LOL She is only part "Tom Boy" and the other part... loves pink!!

I used the "One Liners: Happy Die" from Papertrey Ink.  Because we are meeting my friend and her husband for dinner I felt the liberty to use some of my chubbiest buttons - knowing it is not going in the mail : ) 

It's a simple card for a simply wonderful friend!! Can't wait to see them : )

This is my 9th card but if you have been keeping track you probably have realized  I've been messing up with my day count LOL I have 93 days left to go.  I have marked my calender now so none of us gets confused *wink*

Thank you so much for stopping by to cheer me on! You are the best cheering section a girl could ask for!! 

Happy Monday!

Patti 

Paper Piecing

Starting April 7^th I began a personal challenge to create 100 cards in 100 days! For a chance to win my BLOG CANDY!! come visit me each day and leave a comment.  See THIS POST for details.

I would like to extend a warm welcome to Helen owner of HandmadeCards by Helen blog and Linda my newest followers.  Linda, if you have a blog would you be so kind as to leave a link so that I can post it link and come pay you a visit!! : )   Check out Helen’s beautiful and bright creations! Her style seems to be inspired by the beautiful state she lives in! : )

 When I saw the challenge this week from the talented gals at "Shopping Our Stash" I knew I was going to have fun!! I especially love the fussy work of paper piecing.  However! I wish I had not waited so long to create my card this week because I've been under the weather today and this card is not my best effort : ( dontcha just hate that!? 

I stamped my basket of eggs on kraft paper and then again on white cs.  I trimmed up my image cutting it carefully up to the basket handle and using an x-acto knife cut out the small area at the top of the handle.  I added a little color o the basket for added dimension.  Next I colored the eggs with prisma pencils and shaded the coloring with Gamsol. I then cut the eggs out and placed them over the stamped image on the kraft cs. Finally adding a little bit of green shading under the image.

For the top part I embossed the pink paper with SU Clouds embossing folder and finally cut a bunny from the PTI Hippity Hoppity stamp set and die combo.  I also paper pieced the cheeks and inner part of bunny's ears. Before attaching it all together I took a "bite" out of the bunny's ear!

This card will go to my Dad and he will think the bite is the best part! : )

This is card 8 - with 92 to go : ) on my way to my personal challenge of 100 cards in 100 days!! : ) Thank you so much for cheering me on! I LOVE reading all the wonderful encouraging comments : )

Have a wonderful Sunday!!

Patti

Supplies:

SU card stock

Eggs and Basket Image by The Angel Company

Hippity Hoppity bunny and die combo from Papertrey Ink

Clouds embossing folder by SU

April Showers

BLOG CANDY! All you have to do for a chance to win is comment on today's post.  See THIS POST for all the details!!

Before I start my post for today I would like to welcome my newest followers, Dido from Inkyfingers blog alllll the way down in Tasmania - Australia!!( Isn't it amazing how small the world is today) And Kristie from KreativeKristie blog. It is so great to have you! I hope you will find inspiration and a few smiles while you are here.

We are enjoying some April showers today!  We are excited especially because it is helping to melt some of the snow!! Spring is in the air : )   I created this card for a good friend of ours with an April birthday.  We do not have very many friends or family with birthday's in April but I still could not resist this $5.00! stamp set from PTI. I hope to collect every set in this great monthly birthday series.

 Today's card is my take on this weeks "Freshly made Sketches Challenge"  

I have wanted to use my new "Strip Stitch" die from PTI.  Asha, I don't know HOW you do all that stitching on your cards!!! It does take some work LOL.  I stitched all around my die cut and then sewed the "button Stacks" flowers on top. The flowers are faux buttons from PTI.  I wanted to use tissue paper with several layers but I didn't have any tissue paper so I used some coffee filters! It was an even better result than flimsy tissue paper.  I inked every other layer with blue ink and highlighted the centers with a pearl : )

Please consider joining the wonderfully talented group of crafters at Freshly Made Sketches! 

Thank you for your comment and for cheering me along in my 100 cards in 100 days challenge! SEVEN completed and 93 to go : )

Have a wonderful day!

Patti

Supplies:

Solid cs - SU 

Patterned cs from Imaginisce "Baby Powder*Bubble Bath

Strip Stitch Die - PTI

Flowers - Button Stacks from PTI

Sentiment - Birthday Classics: April Stamp Set PTI

Fishy Wishes for Emma

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Before I start my post for today I would like to welcome my newest followers, Manuela from elasdistrict blog and Cornelia from Stempel Spass blog.  I "met" both of these talented ladies through PTI's Make it Monday challenge.  Please check out their beautiful quilts and be sure to tell them Patti sent you : )

Please don't forget to make a card for Emma!If you have not yet heard about the Card Drive - it is for a little girl who is fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia  Kelly, from Kelly's Place blog has organized a card drive for Emma.  Please follow THIS LINK to read all the details and how you can help!!

I hope to brighten Emma's day when she receives this CRAZY CARD! When she pulls the tab....

there is a surprise waiting for her inside!!

Most people have probably seen this type of "crazy card" before.  The card is folded and secured shut.  The recipient pulls the tab and the inside slides out.  The "crazy" look is that the uncolored fish suddenly appears brightly colored surrounded by friends! : )

I stamped the largest fish on a piece of acetate.  Then I stamped the entire scene on a piece of white cs and colored it.  Next you line it all up so that the clear acetate image and the white cs image line up perfectly.  Then before the card is secured shut you attach a "slider" and wedge a piece of solid white, un-stamped, cs between the acetate and the colored image.  Emma will pull the tab and the only part that will come out is the colored cs and the stampe acette leaving the center wedge in the card base (on the left in this pic) and revealing the Fishy Wishes on the right : ) There is a "stopper" so that the right side of the card is never entirely removed from the card and can easily be slid back and forth many times to keep the fun going!

This card is not included in my count of 100 Cards in 100 Days because I created it before April 7th but I wanted to be sure to showcase it as a reminder that there are still more cards needed for Emma.

I am busy today, though, creating new cards for the coming week's posts.  My personal challenge to create 100 cards in 100 days is well under way and I'm having a lot of fun!!

Thank you for cheering me on!! Simply leave a comment to have your name included in a drawing for a chance to win my BLOG CANDY. : )

Have a great day!

(((Hugs)))
Patti

Supplies used:

Crazy Card from The Paper Cut
Images by SU "Fishy Friends"
Sentiment: "The Angel Company"
Swirls Embossing folder by Cuttlebug
Bakers Twine from Doodlebug Design's Incorporated
Pretty purple bow created using SU 1 3/4" x 7/8" oval punch (scrap paper)

No-Sew Quilted Cards

BLOG CANDY!!  I am having a little trouble with getting my links to stick today... try looking at THIS POST to see the full details on my Blog Candy : )

Before I start my post for today I would like to welcome my newest follower, Ardyth from MASKerade blog.  She has a wonderful clean and simple style that I am coming to love more and more! : ) Please take a minute to blurf over to visit her and don't forget to leave some love!! All we need is love : ).

5" square card

 My cards today were inspired by the amazingly talented Dawn McVey!  She is a senior design team member for Papertrey Ink.  This week Dawn presented the challenge for Make it Monday. The challenge - to create a "No Sew Quilted" project. This was easy for me as I have done this technique in the past and LOVE the results!  What I have never tried before, though, was to use a PTI cover plate to create my "quilt blocks" I wish it were this easy in real quilt making!! 

 I simply ran some coordinating papers from SU's "Twiterpated Designer Paper series through my big Shot using the PTI hearts cover plate.  Then I cut the "template" that was left after the hearts popped out and cut it to the shape I wanted as shown above.  I laid the stencil over my paper and taped it down with Washi tape to keep it secure.  Next I selected different colored heart shapes, applied some glue and set them in their, perfectly lined up, spots within my tenplate!  Next I carefully removed the template and as you can see in my first picture I was left with perfectly lined up heart shapes.  I ran that through my Big Shot and embossed it with a lovely quilt like folder by Anna Griffin for Cuttlebug. I did some cs layering, added a PTI sentiment called "Fillable Frames #4" on Spellbinders dies and finally embellished my plain white ribbon with a pearl.

5" square card

When I saw the resulting  "template" that this gray paper made I knew I had to use it layered over white paper!! So this time instead of filling the heart shapes I left them unfilled allowing the white cs to simply show through.  I love this look too.  I ran this one through the same embossing folder and it also looks very much like a quilt only slightly different than the first one. I added a sentiment, cut from a Spellbinders die, from the same PTI sentiment stamp set.  I used a Silver Leafing Pen by Krylon around the edges of the sentiment and finally three itty bitty pears on my solid white ribbon.

 Anyone who knows me knows how much I love the products at Papertrey Ink! This is one of the reasons why.  Not only do they give you wonderful ideas as to how to use their products they offer "continuing education" with the Make it Monday challenges!  There is still time!! why not join the fun...there is a prize!!

 Thank you so much for stopping by to cheer me on in my personal challenge to make 100 cards in 100 days Challenge : ) So far so good - six down down!! 94 to go!!

I hope you are enjoying your day and getting inky : )

(((Hugs)))
Patti

Get Well Soon!

BLOG CANDY!! see this post for more information!  All you need to do to qualify for a chance to win is to comment on this post!

Before I start my post for today I would like to welcome my newest follower, Kim M from Art Keeps me Sane blog.  I love her CAS style!! Please visit her blog and tell her Patti sent you! : )

 I created my cards, last night for today whew! I'm gonna get this! LOL, for the Mojo Monday Challenge this week.  I knew as soon as I saw the sketch this was what I wanted to do but.... it didn't occur to me it would look like Sadie here was falling over backward! LOL 

I have been trying to learn some more advanced techniques for coloring with my colored pencils and Gamsol.  I did a search to find out which pencils would work best for dark completions.  It is harder than I thought it would be.  She was looking either jaundice or like the self-tanning lotion had burst on her face! (remember that stuff?)  This link will take you to Mo's Digital Pencil you can see what Sadie is supposed to look like! : )

I actually colored three images but made two cards.  One is for my good friend who has recently had surgery and the other I decided to keep for my stash for future coloring comparisons. I hope I will improve but I think I need more than U-Tube can give me. There are several artists in my family surely someone can help me! heehee 

So!! did you notice anything different about me in the past two days???  I will give you a hint!

Lisa is amazing and I HIGHLY recomend her.  She is so sweet and super talented and FAST!! Please go see Lisa and if you decide to update your watermark I hope you will tell her Patti sent you!

Thank you so much for stopping by to cheer me on!! I am having a good time! feeling confident and trying to plan ahead! Four down!! 96 to go!!

Have a wonderful day! I will see you tomorrow : )

Patti

Circle of Friendship

 BLOG CANDY!! see this post for more information!  All you need to do to qualify for a chance to win is to comment on this post!

Before I start my exciting! albeit  tardy post for today I would like to welcome my newest follower, Diana from Creations for a Star blog. She is a talented papercrafter who "enjoys getting inky and throwing scraps on the floor!" - my kind of girl : ) Please visit her pretty blog and be sure to leave her some LOVE!

Today's card is about friendship. And it is in response to Asha Martin's post on her Sunny Summer Crafts blog post of March 20th.  Like Asha I have created my card for a special friend.  I will be sending it to her and I hope, when she receives it, she will put it up on her blog and link it to this post. When she's done that, I'll reveal her name and link this post to her blog. And as Asha said "so the circle of friendship is complete".

You can imagine how blessed I was this past Saturday when this card showed up in MY mail box! all the way for Portugal!  and had some very special treats tucked inside too!

Oh Asha how blessed I am by your friendship!!And I must admit it was not until THIS AFTERNOON! that I finally figured out "the clue" LOL Even though my business partner Diane and I racked our brains - neither of us could figure it out! heeheehee.  The bike!!

My card today is inspired by the challenge blog, One-Layer Simplicity, OLS. I cannot remember the last time I created a strict one layer card.  (It may have been last month but I can't remember it!) LOL

This is the first time I've joined the challenge at OLS. I found this great blog thanks to the playful Darnell Knauss from the djkardkreations blog. See her take on this challenge in this post.

I am finding my 100 cards in 100 days challenge a bit challenging already!  I really must get a few cards made ahead to post so that I'm not scurrying around at 8:00 p.m. to get my daily post up.  Today I had an appointment... and then I dropped a jug of water on my kitchen floor thus transforming today into the day I mop the floor! LOL and then there was something about the dog eating my homework?? jk I don't have a dog.  All I know is I better get ahead or I will need more than a cheering section! but here is card # 2 only 98 more to go!! woo hoo!!

Thank you so much and please be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win my blog candy!!

(((Hugs)))
Patti

Faux Postage technique

 BLOG CANDY!! see this post for more information!  All you need to do to qualify for a chance to win is to comment on this post!

My post today has been a bit delayed because we are getting ready for a new release and SALE at neckStyles™ this week!! which is always a busy and fun time of the month!

Even though I am barely squeaking in under the wire for the deadline on this SOS challenge doesn't mean I have not been thinking about it.  The challenge this week is to use a "faux" technique on your card.  I had to do some research to even know what some of these techniques were.  I became interested in the faux postage technique so I went looking at Split Coast stampers as the gals at SOS suggested.  I found a faux tutorial by Beate Johns.  I have been a big fan of Beate's tutorials since the day I began papercrafting!

As you will see this technique is a bit fussy to prepare but once you get the template done it is actually quite simple.  Beate offers a downloadable template which I downloaded and updated in Photoshop.  I changed some of the postage amounts to different amounts and also added some "Forever"  stamps as well. : )

With my template masked off I chalked the inside of each "postage stamp", green at the bottom and blue at the top.  Then I stamped my little eggs in each opening and colored them with my Prisma colored pencils.  I was having some trouble with my black Memento ink smearing so I decided - especially in lieu of how late it is getting- to NOT use my Gamsol to blend the pencils.

Just for fun I want to point out that I did not cut into the original size of any piece of paper except the white cs base : ) I used scraps!! for all the papers used! How's that to shop my stash!??! : ) LOL

Ok, I'm gonna stop typing and get to posting this my FIRST of !)) cards in my 100 day challenge!!

Please have a look at what the other participants have created for this challenge here on the Shopping our Stash Challenge Blog!

Thank you so much for stopping by to cheer me on!! Oh! and by the way cheering me on does NOT mean you have to say nice things about my cards LOL Feel free to leave a comment to tell me how you REALLY! feel! : )

Happy Monday!

Patti

BLOG CANDY - 100 cards in 100 days!

 Edited to Add the winner of my BLOG CANDY randomly drawn on July 16th is Beth F. of Beth's Beauties blog.  See THIS POST for the whole story! Congrats, Beth. Thank you thank you to everyone who cheered me on in my goal! I appreciate YOU!


I'm not certain of the exact flow of things whether it was my recent craft room OVERHAUL!! or my friend challenging me to use up my stickers or the introduction of a few blog challenges encouraging participants to USE our stuff! but I have decided to challenge myself to make 100 cards in 100 days! : )

I know that is a big goal so I am going to need some help : ) That is where you come in.  Get your pom poms out and get ready to be my cheering section : )  At the end of my 100 day challenge I will randomly draw one name to receive all this! 

Multiple chances to win.

 All you must do to be entered is to “cheer me on” with a comment in my daily posts The more days that you comment - the more chances you will have to win because with each post your name will be entered in the drawing.

The deets:

One comment per post please

International friends are welcome

Winner will be selected in a random drawing

Drawing will be held on July 16, 2014

The fine print:

Shipping is free up to $15.00.  Winner must pay any additional shipping.

Just a note to my faithful sister who comments on my blog... my family is not eligible to win : ( sorry! If  your name comes up in the random generator I promise you will get a very special prize but just not the BLOG CANDY.

Cards made before April 7th will not be included in my count.

I would love it if you would follow me but that is not a requirement.  I would love it if you would share the link to my blog candy on your blog but that is not a requirement either : )

You might consider following me via e-mail.  You will receive updates when I post instead of having to pop in to see if I have posted but that is up to you : ) 

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Look great while you are papercrafting with a neckStyles™ infinity scarf made by me! : ) Your prize includes a $25.00 gift certificate to my Etsy store where we have over 400 scarves to choose from!

Pebbles Inc. Pearlescent Chalks

House Mouse 3” x 4” wood mounted rubber stamp entitled “Flower Raft”

Two rolls of American Crafts Ribbon

Darice embossing folder “”Large Petals”

Maple Leaf “cut and emboss” duo from Cuttlebug

Queen and Company “Just Peachy” Rhinestones

Creative Café  Teal Rhinestones

Sticko dimensional heart stickers by EK Success!

One ounce pack of assorted sequins

Thank you for cheering me on in my goal!! I appreciate you!

Patti
 

A Sticker Challenge and a BIG announcement!

My Friend Theresa said that she was going to challenge herself to use some of her stickers!  I enthusiastically decided to join her! I am something of a sticker-aholic! and the funny thing is I rarely use them on my cards.  That might change in the next 100 days!  Be sure to read to the bottom of this post to learn my BIG announcement!

Check out this cutie patootie!! this card makes me laugh.  It fits an A2 envelope but is cut to a finished size of 3.5 x 5.5" leaving room for the rocket to hang off the side of the card. I didn't want to make these cards for kids specifically because I know of a few...ahem... adults who love Sock Monkey too! (you know who you are!) so I selected sentiments that would be more appropriate for the "big kids".

This sentiment is from The Angel Company.  The red shapes peeking out from under the blue cs are simply one of the red chevron zig zag shapes that was cut to fit underneath the blue cs. 

I used a Chevron Cover plate from PTI on each of my cards in this set.  This one was cut from white, red, yellow and blue cs.  I simply replaced the three shapes with the bold shapes! easy peasy!!

Showing the inside of the card.

 I wanted to think of a sentiment to highlight the monkey sky rocketing toward space : ) so I thought the sentiment up and printed it off on my computer.

Text Block: Birthday die by PTI.  Sequins and red ribbon bow from my stash.

If you look closely you will see that on this card I cut the Chevron cover plate from SU's Pacific Point cs and then glued it to a  "Tempting Turquoise" card base.  I did not fill in the Chevron zig zags on this one for a slightly different look. I wish I would have selected a different color for the birthday sentiment but I was trying to match the sticker series.  It's ok but if I had to do it again I would have done it differently.

This one might be my favorite : ) I am planning to send it to one of my sisters who is a pilot and a skydiver! I think she will giggle when she sees it.  I generated the sentiment on my computer

This is a shot of the inside of the card.  I wanted to show, again how the Chevron zig zag shape works so nicely as an altered feature.  Have I mentioned how much I LOVE the PTI cover plates!??! heeheehee

Here they are all together.  See how nifty stickers can be? This pack of stickers retails for $3.99.  I used all or a portion of 6 pieces of cs.  At SU prices that would be about $1.80 making each of these four cards actually cost about $1.45 each! Can't find great cards like these at Hallmark for those prices! : )

My BIG announcement:

I'm not certain of the exact flow of things whether it was my recent craft room OVERHAUL!! or my friend challenging me to use up my stickers or the introduction of a few blog challenges encouraging participants to USE our stuff! but I have decided to challenge myself : ) to make 100 cards in 100 days! : )

I know that is a big goal so I am going to need some help : ) That is where you come in.  I have purchased a treasure trove of LOOT!! also known as BLOG CANDY!! to give away at the end of my 100 day challenge.  All you must do to be entered in the RANDOM drawing is make a comment to "cheer me on" on my daily post : ) That's it!! The more days that you comment - the more chances you will have because with each post your name will be entered in the drawing.

I will write out the details clearly when I post the BLOG CANDY pictures.  I am hoping to post on Sunday or Monday please stop by again.  You might consider following me via e-mail.  You will receive updates when I post instead of having to pop in to see if I have posted but that is up to you : )

Just a note to my faithful sister who comments on my blog... my family is not eligible to win : ( sorry! If I happen to randomly select your name I promise you will get a very special prize but just not the BLOG CANDY.  International friends are welcome! but I can only commit to paying $15.00 of the shipping cost.  If it runs more I am gonna need a little bit of help. I hope you'll understand. Only one comment per post please.

So that's it!! Get your pom poms out and get ready to be my cheering section : )

Good for you! for making it all the way to the bottom of this post! whew : )

Have a wonderful Saturday!!

Patti

12 x 12 Pet Theme Shaker layout

Before I begin my post please join me in welcoming my newest follower, Darnell of djkardkreations blog. She is a talented cardmaker but that's not all! She is friendly and funny and a make you laugh out loud! writer.  Please visit her blog and tell her Patti sent you : )

I created this scrapbook layout for my friend, Barb's store.  I actually created two  - one for dogs and one for cats.  There is a shaker card inset in the lower half of the page. 

Let me re-build it from the bottom up so that you can get a better perspective of what you are seeing : )   The bottom layer is a 12 x 12" piece of tan card stock. In the center is a 6 x 11" piece of aqua cs taped flat on top of the tan cs. On the bottom portion of the aqua cs is a piece of clear acetate printed with words about cats in a soft gray color.  I separated the acetate from the aqua cs by running foam tape all around four sides creating a box.  Before I taped the acetate down I enclosed some flowers that I had punched out from paper scraps from this layout.

This shows a different angle when the flowers are scattered around in the shaker box.

I placed a long floral border down the left side and a thinner strip of cs on the bottom and right side of the aqua cs to concealed the foam tape. 

The top of the shaker box is actually concealed underneath the photo frames : ) Neat huh?

The "tickets" are just  1 x 2" strip of paper with the corners punched out with my SU ticket punch.  The sentiment banner "Best Friends" is only a piece of the acetate cut out and layered on top of aqua cs.

The photo color is really off! I had photographed this layout using the wrong setting on my camera and they were too far off to be able to adequately fix them in Photoshop.  I'd already given the kits to Barb before I realized my error so I was unable to re-shoot the picture.  But! I wanted to share the layout so I hope you will overlook the icky brownish green coloring.

It is snowing out right now and they are "promising" up to 18" in this two day storm! But I refuse to be bothered with it!! I know spring is coming! We've even heard reports that the black bear are beginning to wake up and move around (poor dears it is going to be hard finding food around here for a while! : )

Have a wonderful Friday!! and thank you so much fro stopping by!

Patti