Monkeying around

Hello everyone... here is a cute card I made for a few challenges yesterday. For Splitcoast Stampers colour challenge - So Saffron, Bermuda Bay or Tempting Turquoise and Basic grey, Teapot Tuesday's challenge - Brutus the Bunny thinks he's a dog, Fan Club Dirty Dozen theme - all creatures great and small, Twisted Sisters Challenge to case one of JamiePTs cards - Here is the cute card I cased called "Monday Morning". And this works for Sew Many Challenges blog - to use punches. I used this cute little monkey "Miki" who's dressed in a bunny suit. I coloured the image with Prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. I used the Stampin Up border punch on the yellow and blue long panel. Added the large white butterfly grommet embellishment and attached a large pink brad over top. Sewed all edges of each panel. Assembled card,, attached the little flower brads to complete the card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs... Pat

This Eggs For You

Happy Monday everyone.... I am so happy to be finally playing with my House Mouse images again and making a card in honour of my sweet Splitcoast Stampers friend "Pat Smethers" - she was chosen on Saturday to be "Queen for the Day". We were to case one of her cards - it is kind of intimidating because she makes the most beautiful cards. I cased this adorable card "Tea for Lindsay" . She used a super cute House Mouse image on her card - she loves her HM images. I wanted to use one on mine as well. I chose to make an Easter card - this works for the challenge over at House Mouse and Friends - Easter theme. It has been awhile since I coloured up a House Mouse image and I do so love to colour them.
Another challenge at Splitcoast Stampers - today's Technique challenge was to finish the inside of your card... I try to do this when I've finished the card - but most times it doesn't happen. I must try to complete the card - inside and out - then it is ready to use... The fan club theme this month is "All creatures great and small"... Well my little old House Mouse is perfect for their challenge.... :)

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy Stamping and Creating,

Hugs... Pat

Road Hawg and Hanna's Adventure

Below is the inside of my card - I finished the inside of card for today's technique challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers - to finish inside of your card. Most people only do the outside and then are scrambling to finish the inside when the special occasion occurs... I know I am that way.

This weeks challenge at TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS is to use any Totally Stampalicious stamp or digi image. If you do not have one there is a FREE digi coffee mug image from the "Coffee Brawd" set for you to use on your card or project. Please make sure to check out what the DT have come up with to inspire you. And there is a Totally Stampalicious DT call - make sure to check it out - you could be the next Guest designer.

On my card I used the biker Hawg, big puffy clouds and the sentiment in the lower left corner from the Totally Stampalicious "Road Hawg" set. I paired him up with biker Hanna from Hanna stamps Route 66 set. The sentiment in the right hand corner "Escape - Adventure" is from Scrappy Cat. I created a desert scene for them to ride through. I loved driving and riding in Utah - love, love, love the red rocks and desert. I coloured the images with prismacolour pencil crayons and gamsol and water coloured in the sky and clouds. Clear embossed the red parts of the motor cycle and Hanna's hat. Sponged edges with black ink. Sewed image panel to black base card.

I completed the inside of the card as well. The Adobe houses are from My Heart Stamps for you - Southwest set. The mesa and gecko are from Hanna Stamps - Route 66 and the Journey - Vacation sentiment is from Scrappy Cat. I left room on the left side to add my sentiment.

P.S... this could be a picture of my dear husband Rob and I riding our motorcycles through

the southwest USA.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Stamping and Creating.

Hugs.. Pat

Celebrating Easter

Happy Sunday everyone.... I have created a multi challenge card today... Challenges from Splitcoast Stampers - Featured Stamper FS164 "Beedubya", Ways to Use It WT263 - Let's Celebrate (I'm celebrating Spring and Easter", Technique Challenge - TLC265 - childhood memories ( I have wonderful memories of Easter Egg hunts with my brothers and sisters),

Limited Supply challenge - Colour Basket - use Perfect plum, barely banana, certainly). Sew Many Challenges - to use punches, Cuttlebug challenges #76 - inspired by Easter.

I cased this cute bunny card of Brandi's aka "Beedubya". My Easter basket image is from Sew Many Digital Stamps.

I water coloured the basket and then coloured rest of the card and over top of the basket with Prisma colour pencil crayons. Clear embossed the eggs. Added diamond stickles to the flowers, butterfly and patch on the ribbon. Gingersnap background was embossed with the Cuttlebug "Tiny Mosaic" folder. I sponged the edges of the image panel with Stazon Purple, matted with eggplant, old olive and barely banana card stock. I used the Stampin Up scalloped border punch on the bottom edge of barley banana panel. Sponged edges of CB gingersnap panel, matted it with barely banana. Sentiment is from Studio G - stamped in Stazon purple, sponged edge. Sewed all panels and sentiment. Assembled card. Added the wooden miniature bunny.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Stamping and Creating,

Hugs... Pat

You're Tea-rrific

Happy Tuesday everyone... Here is my Splitcoast Stampers Teapot Tuesday and Colour challenge card. See the story for my Crossword Teapot card here. Plus I used today's colours - Really Rust (dusty durango), pretty in pink, creamy caramel, nuetrals of choice, plus the desert option - if you used leaves you were to colour them. I traced around a teapot magnet onto crossword printed paper and cut it out. Matted with Really Rust card stock. Printed the teapot words onto teapot image. Coloured int the leaf. I modpodged the teapot and the crossword bg. On the background paper I painted over top with some white acrylic paint very lightly and modpodged again. Matted background with black and really rust. Made the frame from creamy caramel. Sewed edges of crossword bg. Stamped the flower with pretty in pink and really rust. attached with black gingham brad.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy stamping and creating.

Hugs.. Pat

TSMONDAY21 - LET ME EXPLAIN

Happy Monday everyone... We have a new challenge over at Totally Stampalicious - use Ribbons and Polka dots on your card or project. Make sure to check out what the DT have come up with to inspire you. Plus Totally Stampalicious is having a Guest Designer Call to help out with their next new release. Check out the details HERE.

I used this fun stamp set called "Willameana" for my card. I stamped the images on water colour paper using Stazon Jet Black ink. I stamped Willameana again onto patterened paper. Cut out her PJ's and hair band. Watercoloured her head only. Paper pieced the pj's and headband. Coloured in her collar, pockets and zipper. Coloured the teddy bear and present. Assembled my card. Sewed edges. Added Diamond stickles to her pj's, teddy bear, present and brads.

Recipe:

Stamps: - Totally Stampalicious - Willameana
Paper: - water colour, old olive, white, Heidi Grace, Bo Bunny
Ink: - Stazon jet black, rose red, pretty in pink, creamy caramel, really rust, blush blossom, soft sky
Accessories: - sewing machine, Diamond Stickles, Martha Stewart border punch, Velvet ribbon, white gel pen, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders, pop dots, matt pack, brads

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy Stamping and creating,

Hugs... Pat

Take it Easy - it's your day

Hello everyone... Here is a card I made for today's featured stamper and last weeks Queen for the Day - Cathy aka "Mutnik" over at Splitcoast Stampers. We are to pick a card or project and case it - but you have to change at least two things... I changed the image and sewed on my card. I kept the same theme... Here is Cathy's card that I cased "hang in there". Check out Cathy's amazing gallery... so full of her wonderful works of art.
I just purchased this adorable Penny Black image "uplifting occasion" last week - this was the perfect occasion to use it.... The kitten and clothes are from the Penny Black stamp. Images were water coloured with Stampin Up reinkers. I created the scene behind them... Stamped on the cow and pig, sponged in the sky and grass. I stamped the fence, and cut it out with an exacto knife. I cut the clothes off the clothes line and sewed on the string, popped up the clothes. Stamped the sentiment (Studio G), cut it out, sponged edges and placed on card. I made the checkered border, that is one of Cathy's trade mark frames she used on many of her cards.

This card also works for CRAZY FOR CHALLENGES #C4C29 - To make a spring card.. I think mine has a spring feel to it, butterflies, clothes and a kitty on the line, pretty flowers in the field..

Thanks for stopping in,
Happy Stamping and Creating,

Hugs - Pat

Hi Sunshine

Happy Sunday Spring everyone.... I made this for a new challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers. It is called Queen for the day. Peggy Elms aka "marilynprestonn" is the Queen. I made this cute Magnolia card in her honour. Here is the cute card I cased "Hello Sunshine". I changed the image, layout and colours. I did use a little girl and ric rac and the same theme. Hope you like it.... Check out Peggy's fabulous gallery - here. She call her cards - her heart songs.

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs... Pat

Freedom

Happy Tuesday everyone... I combined four challenges in this one card. Three challenges from Splitcoast Stampers - colour challenge (old olive, rich razzleberry and orchid opulence), Technique challenge - Dp by me - I made the high healed shoe bg, Teapot Tuesdays challenge - Flat Footed Bobby Ruby - read about it here. I used the sketch design from Stamp TV #STVSCVD02 .
The chick is from Penny Black (there are actually four chicks on the stamp - I used only one). Coloured the chick with prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. Cut out the chick and layered over the white square panel. I stamped on water colour mini flowers from Stampin Up. Sponged plum chalk ink around image. Clear embossed the drink and earrings. Matted image with old olive and a scalloped RR square. Pierced holes in scallops. Stamped the high heeled shoes (Studio G) onto plain pale plum dp. Coloured the shoes and dotted them with a black marker. Sponged edge of dp. Matted with Rich Razzleberry card stock. Attached the ribbon. Sewed edges. Made the corner tabs for the image panel. I cut a scalloped circle into 1/4"s. Popped up the image on base panel. Attached the flowers and sentiment embellishment. Stuck on the pale plum pearls.


Thanks for stopping in,
Happy Stamping and Creating,

Hugs - Pat

Thinking of You

Here's another card that I made today. Splitcoast Stampers technique challenge was to make your own Designer Paper and the Clean and Simple challenge was to use Green and Brown. I used the sketch from Bugaboo Stamps Blog. This also qualifies for Crazy 4 Challenges challenge - to make a masculine card.

I stamped the white bg panel with the Sanded and Canvas backgrounder stamps in chocolate chip. The old olive leaves were randomly stamped and the edges were sponged with chocolate chip. Matted the panel with chocolate chip and sewed around card. The tree image was stamped in Stazon timber brown and water coloured with Stampin Up reinkers. Sponged edges and matted image. Stamped leaves onto the old olive strip. Punched out scalloped strip. Sewed all edges. Stamped on sentiment (from Bird on a Branch) in chocolate chip, attached the three corner brads.

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy Stamping and Creating.



Hugs - Pat

TSMONDAY20 - ESPRESSO YOURSELF GIFT CARD

Happy Monday everyone.... the challenge this week over at TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS is to use a Coffee Theme (TSMONDAY20) on your card or project. Make sure to pop on over to the TS Blog and see a few cards and projects the DT came up with to inspire you. We would like you to use Totally Stampalicious stamps but if you don't have any you may use what you have. Also if you play along with us this week - one lucky person will win 1 digi set of choice.

The TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS BLOG HOP was a success and all the winners have been posted over on the TS Blog - head on over there to see if you WON....

I made a gift card holder for today's challenge - My Totally Stampalicious Coffee Brawd is a digi image. I coloured her with Prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. I stamped the "java" sentiment onto Close to Cocoa Stampin Up card stock, added some tiny dots with marker and also stamped some tiny swirls for Stampin Up Fresh Fillers set onto the CC. Here is a tutorial on the Hero Arts blog on how to make this gift card holder.

Below is the inside of my gift card holder.. I stamped the coffee cup onto Close to Cocoa card stock and cut it out. Attached it to the middle panel. I really like how this turned out. Hope you do to.
The sketch I used for the outside is from "Lord Have Mercy" blog. Mercy's Tuesday Sketch challenge #64 (MTSC64). It was perfect for my card layout.

Recipe:

Stamps: Totally Stampalicious - Coffee Brawd, Stampin Up - Fresh Fillers

Paper: Stampin Up - Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, non SU textured brown, DCWV - Sweet MatStack, Bubblegum

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Sewing machine, computer, Matpack, brads, Stampin Up scalloped border punch, pop dots, Prisma colour pencil crayons, gamsol and blending stumps.

Thanks for stopping by my little piece of the blogging world.
Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs.... Pat

You haven't had enough coffee until ----

Here is my card for Our Creative Corners colour challenge - to use yellow, pink, green and brown. Also for today's Feature Stamper challenge FS162 over at Splitcoast Stampers. Kristen aka "mommylvs2stamp" is today's FS. Here is the cute, yummy card of hers that I cased called "Bakery Window". The mugs are from the newly released stamp set "Coffee Brawd" from Totally Stampalicious, plus I used the words from a sentiment in that same stamp set. I redid the sentiment on my computer to fit my card layout. This new stamp set has so many fun sayings and I love the Coffee Brawd image....

I stamped the mug onto three different patterned papers (DCWV - Sweet Matstack and Mary Engelbreigt DP) and cut them out. Coloured the base and rim with chocolate chip SU marker. Punched out a SU scalloped border strip and sewed on my sentiment. Attached the coffee cups with jump rings. The pink buttons were attached with mini white brads.

Base card is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 acrylic paper. I cut a piece of the striped dp (Cloud 9 Design - Baby Girl Stripe) and used the SU ticket corner punch. Sponged edges with chocolate chip. Matted panel with chocolate chip.Attached the mini white brads to the corners. I cut a 2 1/2" piece of white acrylic paper and matted it with CC. Placed over Dp panel and sewed lines across white panel. Placed the sentiment and mugs over top. Mugs are popped up and is the main DP panel. Applied gold stickles to dp.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Stamping and creating.

Hugs - Pat

Thinking of You

Here is a card I made last week for Splitcoast Stampers Colour challenge and Teapot Tuesday challenge. I used a retired stamp from a Stampin Up set - Best Borders. I coloured the teapots with markers. Matted the panels with pink and blue and then black. Sewed all edges. Coloured an extra panel and cut off the three teapots for my sentiment tag. The sentiment is from Clear Dollar Stamps - Everyday Jar-gon set. Used a large scalloped border punch for the bottom edge of base card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stamping and creating.

Hugs... Pat

Coffee Shop Blog Hop

Welcome to the "eighth" stop of the Coffee Shop Blog Hop!!!

This is Totally Stampalicious's very first Blog Hop and we are so excited that you've decided to come to the party!! Our guest of honor this evening is our newest addition to the Totally Stampalicious Family...

Coffee Brawd!!!

(*applause * applause*)

Available at MIDNIGHT EST Thursday, HERE!

So we thought it would be way too hard to pick just one or two winners so we will be letting out DT choose one lucky winner from EACH of their blogs!! So that means we'll have 12 WINNERS!!

Wanna know what we're giving away?

6 - $5 Gift Certificates

3 - $10 Gift Certificates

2 - Coffee Brawd Stamp Sets

*Grand Prize* - 2 Stamp Sets and 2 Digi Sets - WINNER'S CHOICE

Pretty cool huh? All you have to do is make sure you leave a comment on every DT Members Blog and YOU could win!!! The Blog Hop ends at 9PM EST Friday March 12th. Winners will be announced on Stampalicious Monday the 15th.

So if you have arrived here first you need to go back to the Totally Stampalicious Blog -that will be the first stop of the Blog Hop.

Second stop is Frances - StampOwl

Third stop is - Cindy

Fourth stop is - Monique

Fifth stop is - Lynnor

Sixth stop is - Laurie

Seventh stop is - Becky

Eight stop is - Patricia (Me)

Ninth stop is - Joycelyn

Tenth stop is - Vicki

Eleventh stop is - Stacey

Twelfth stop is - Sue

Here is a fun project I made using this fun new stamp set..

I made a coaster box. My "Coffee Brawd" images are Digi images. Coloured with Prisma Colour pencil crayons and gamsol. I purchased some coasters at Michael's ($1.50). Covered both sides of the coasters, used my large corner rounder - perfect match with the coasters - punched the corners before adhering. Punched holes with crop-o-dile. Ovals were cut using Spellbinders. I sanded the edge of the brown oval. Placed Coffee Brawd on oval and adhered to coaster box. Tied coasters together. Here is a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers to make the coaster boxes. I put some fine wood fibers in the bottom of the box. Bagged up some coffee beans, tied on the ribbon and "Espresso Yourself" tag.

Below is the second project I made - I altered the coil bound journal using this fun stamp set.
Here is a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers on how to alter and cover the journal/notebook.

I used the digi images for this - I used the coffee cup, cropped Coffee Brawd and the sentiment to fit inside the mug. Image was coloured with Prisma Colour pencil crayons and gamsol... I recover the inside and outside of the book... I am very pleased with how both of these projects turned out... I have lots of ideas for this fun stamp set...

Make sure to stop by all the DT blogs and leave comments... There are twelve prizes to give out...

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy stamping and creating.

Hugs... Pat

Totally Stampalicious Sketch Challenge and !!!

Blog Candy.....
Here is what you can win. Can you believe all of these awesome goodies you could win. Every single stamp set - (to date) and some other fun goodies that you can see. Be sure to check it our Here for all the deets. The contest ends on April 11th and the winner will be announced on Totally Stampalicious Blog on April 12th. And Totally Stampalicious will be hosting its First ever Blog Hop in celebration of their newest release. The blog hop will start Here on the TS Blog at 9:00 pm EST Thursday March 11th and will run until 9:00 pm EST Friday March 12th. Every DT member in the Blog Hop will be choosing one random WINNER from their comments .. that means lots of chances to win.

You will love what the DT have come up with using the new stamp set.

This week over at the Totally Stampalicious Blog we have a sketch challenge (see picture below), Blog Candy and a Blog Hop announcement. Please make sure to go on over to the Totally Stampalicious blog and find out all the details and check out what the other talented DT members have come up with to inspire you from this weeks sketch. I absolutely love the "Old Brawd" stamp set... I have designed with it many times - I do have many old brawd Sisters and Friends to share this image with.... I stamped the image with Stazon jet black ink onto water colour paper. Water coloured image with Stampin Up reinkers. I stamped on the tiny flowers (Stampin Up - Fresh Fillers) with Sage Shadow ink and then dotted it with a White Gel Pen. I drew in the lines on the hat - for a straw hat look. Framed image with Sage shadow and Chocolate Chip. Pierced three corners using SU Mat pack template. Base card is 5 X 6 1/2". The designer paper is from Stampin Up. Matted dp with Chocolate Chip and the base panel with Sage shadow. Sewed all edges. Stamped sentiment with Chocolate chip, cut out oval and scalloped oval with Nestabilities. Attached the three plum brads and the flowers and leaves. These were button embellishments, I cut off the button loops. I also applied Diamond Stickles to the flower centers and candle wick to give it some sparkle.

This card will also work for the Crazy 4 Challenges challenge #C4C28- paper piercing.

Thanks for stopping by..

Happing stamping and creating,

Hugs... Pat

Thinking of You

Happy Sunday everyone.... I finally got to play today..... I combined a couple of challenges... The Featured Stamper challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.... "Vera" is today's FS - #161 and so deserving of this honour... Plus I used Our Creative Corners sketch for my layout. Here is the adorable baby card that I cased. The adorable giraffe image is from Clear Dollar Stamps - called "Patchpal Giraffe". I water coloured the image with Stampin Up reinkers. Cut out the image, made the background from the dp. Matted all panels with real red. Rounded corners on large red panel and dp panel. Used large scalloped border punch for the middle strip. Attached cream coloured ribbon and red brads. Sewed all edges. Sewed on the red heart button flower. Added Diamond stickles to the dp. Stamped sentiment (Fiskars - Just between Friends) on lower left panel in Real Red ink. I made this for Clear Dollars Stamps challenge C1C8 - Be square and Crazy 4 Challenges - paper piercing... I pierced all four corners of base cream coloured card.

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy stamping and creating...

Hugs - Pat

Oh Johnny Boy

Happy Tuesday everyone.... Lucky me - I was able to get FIVE challenges in this one cute card... Mothermarks Teapot Tuesday challenge - "That's the Madd Hatter? I thought he'd be Fatter!!!, Totally Stampalicious - this weeks colour challenge - White, Black and Wow - one colour that pops (mine is RED) and their last challenge - glam, glitz - Vegas Style, Mojo Monday's sketch challenge #128 and Crazy 4 Challenges - textures - C4C26 - use three different textures ( I used two different embossing folders - houndstooth on the b/w dp, the herring bone behind Glam kitty, sewing plus I pleated the black strip, added all the rhinestones and her top-hat)...

I coloured this fun image "Glam Kitty" from Totally Stampalicious with Prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. I made her top hat - (she wanted Johnny Depp to notice her at the "Alice in Wonderland premier). For more on the Teapot Tuesday Challenge check here.
Card size is 5 x 6 1/2. I ran the houndstooth dp through the Cuttlebug with houndstooth EF and the white circle with the herringbone folder. Matted the dp with real red and black. I cut out the white and red circles with Spellbinders. Pleated a strip of black card stock. Sewed edges of dp panel, circle and sewed the pleated dp and red rectangles onto base card. Made the two red corner triangles. Popped up the circle panel and Miss Glam Kitty. Added the rhinestones and applied Diamond Stickles.

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs... Pat