Bloom where you're Planted

Hello everyone.... I made this card for a few challenges - Splitcoast Stampers featured stamper, sketch #325 and Free 4 All F4A57 (hello sunshine). Elaine Hughes (aka Quixotic) has the honor this week. She has a most fabulous gallery full of beautiful works of art. I cased this adorable Magnolia card called "Tilda - Mon Amie".

I coloured the Magnolia stamp image "Tilda with Sunflower" with prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. I was happy to use up some very old designer papers and a chipboard sentiment that I have had in my stash for ages.

The Free 4 All challenge was to be inspired by the sun. Well sunflowers need sun to grow and they are one of my favourite flowers.

Thanks for stopping in,

Hugs.... Pat

QFTD46, Treat me like a QUEEN

Hello everyone... yeah - my work week is over!!! Now I have three days off - some family time and some crafting time. Hubby will be watching the Super Bowl tomorrow.

Here is a card I made for a few challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers. Queen for the Day -
Susan (One4Joy) was passed the Crown this week. She is Queen #46. Here is the fun card of Susan's that I cased "Ripped from the pages of the latest" . I used this weeks sketch layout, Monday's technique - heat embossing on dry embossing, the Free for All - mostly monochromatic and Ways to use it - Hearts. The fun image is from Bugaboo Stamps - Stella Sewing "Needle Queen". Image was coloured with Tombow and Stampin up markers. The red designer paper was dry embossing with Polka dot folder. Next I brayered Versamark ink lightly over the raised dots. Sprinkled on red Tinsel embossing powder and heat embossed. The sentiments is from Stampin Up - 2010 Summer Mini catalogue.

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Hugs.. Pat

Queen for the Day - QFTD42 - Foxy67

Here is a card I made for two challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers --- Queen for the Day (QFTD42) Pat aka foxy67 was passed the crown. Enjoy your reign - you deserve it...

Here is the humorous card of Pat's that I cased "Can't live without it". Kept the same layout and humorous theme. Plus this qualifies for the Free 4 all challenge #F4A46 - to use purple, pink and a heart on your card.

I used the newly released stamp from Totally Stampalicious called "Stupid Cupid".

Thanks for looking,
Hugs.. Pat

Thank you my Friend

Happy Saturday everyone... Well we had our very first snowfall last night... it didn't accumulate to very much thank god... It is supposed to get down to -7 tonight... Winter is definitely on its way....

I made this card for 4 different challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers... Queen for the Day - Maxell (Bev) , Ways to use it - to use browns on your card, Free 4 all - to make a thank you card and the Inspiration Challenge "Plaid Pony Vintage". Here is the owl card of Bev's that I cased and the Plaid Pony inspiration "Owl piggy bank".

I am also entering this in the Crazy 4 Challenges challenge - to have circles on your card or project, in your image, dp, circle dies, circle punches etc... My owl has circles in the stamped image.

The owl image is from Inkadinkado - "Patterned birds and bug" set and the sentiment is from Studio G. I stamped the image onto water colour paper twice with vintage sepia ink and clear embossed. Water coloured owl/branch with Stampin Up creamy caramel, close to cocoa, really rust and old olive. Cut out the owl image from one, embossed the back with a stiletto to give it dimension and placed it over top of other image. Sponged creamy caramel and close to cocoa around both of the water colour paper panels. Card stock is Kraft and textured soft suede. Sewed edges of two of the panels.

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy Stamping and Creating,

Hugs.. Pat

FS196, F4A37, Bugaboo, Just Thinking of You

Happy Sunday everyone.... Here is a cute Sock Monkey card I made for todays Featured Stamper Challenge and Friday's Free 4 All Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers, and Bugaboo Stamps Blog challenge - "Anything Goes". Tobi (aka jazzytobi) was chosen as this weeks Featured stamper #FS196. I cased this cute teddy bear card "MAY09VSNG"

The adorable digi Sock Monkey is from Bugaboo Stamps - called Sock Monkey Girl Sitting.
I coloured the image with Prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. I scored the creamy caramel panel every 1/8" going vertical and horizontally. I had some left over sock monkey fabric from a baby quilt I made for my grand daughter "Kaylee" which was perfect for the pleated ribbon strip. Sentiment is from Studio G.

This card qualifies for the challenge that is going on over at Bugaboo Stamps Blog - "Anything Goes". Plus the Free 4 all challenge at Splitcoast Stampers - to make a card or project with something that has a tail - critter, kite etc.

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs.. Pat

Art of life painting

Just wanted to share this with you. I made this earlier in the week for three challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers. Queen for the Day - honouring Grace (aka scrappigramma2), Ways to use it - paints and Free 4 All - something you collect - but it could not be anything to do with stamping. Here is the card of Grace's that I cased "SC177 Art of Life". I coloured the back of my stamp with Acrylic paints and stamped onto Linen Paper. When image was dry, I punched out the two corners. Matted image with Always artichoke and black card stock, attached the ribbon and sewed edges. Punched out the butterflies, once with red card stock and then from vellum. Glued butterflies together and added white liquid pearls to the body. Made base card panel, assembled card...

Thanks for stopping in..

Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs.. Pat

Live with passion....

Happy Sunday everyone.... I made this card for several challenges... I used Our Creative Corners sketch for my layout. This is also for Splitcoast Stampers Featured stamper challenge --- today we are honouring Nikki (aka NCSUnikki) here is the beautiful card of Nikki's that I cased.

I used Michelle Zindorf's technique on my card - here is her tutorial that I used to colour/stamp my flower. I used three different Stampin Up stamp sets to make my card - Inspired by Nature - sentiment, Baroque Motifs - background flourish and the flower is from Fifth Avenue Floral.

Thank you for stopping by,

Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs... Pat

Two embossed vellum cards

Hello again.... Here are two cards I made today using the technique challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers - we were to emboss vellum - dry or heat embossing.
On the card below - I used the Upsy Daisy stamp - I coloured the back of the stamp with Stampin Up markers and then spritzed water on the stamp - the stamped onto water colour paper. Matted the image with black and a square scalloped Old Olive mat. Used Martha Stewart fence border punch, sponged Really Rust on the top of the pickets. Attached my green ribbon and brad. My base card is 5"x%' white card stock. I ran a square piece of Vellum through the cuttlebug with the Floral Screen embossing folder and a sentiment border "With Love". Matted Vellum with Old Olive card stock. Sponged edges. Sewed edges. Attached butterfly brad and assembled card.
I cased this beautiful card of Cathleen Torina (ctorina) - she had the honor of being chose as Queen for the Day last week.


For the card below - I water coloured the Iris's with Stampin Up reinkers. The flowers are from a retired Stampin Up set "Long Stemmed Flowers". I cut out the image and the scalloped frame using Spellbinders. Pierced the scallops. I ran the orange and white Vellum through the Cuttlebug with the Textiles folder. I layered the white vellum over top of a panel of orange vellum. I cut a smaller piece of embossed orange vellum for the bottom section. Matted the vellum with chocolate chip. Placed the flower panel underneath the brown polka dot ribbon. Sewed the edges of the Vellum Panel and ribbon. Made the bow and attached. I stamped the "Mother" sentiment on white, cut out sentiment with Stampin Up's word window punch, sponged edges. Coloured a wooden tooth pick with Orange marker - attached sentiment with glue dot and attached to card. I thought it looked like a little plant marker.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs... Pat

For You

Happy Sunday everyone. Here is a card that I made last night.. Trying to catch up on some of the Splitcoast Stampers Challenges. Last Sundays' Featured Stamper - Gloria "GloriousGreetings", the Inspirations Challenge "Jazz it Up", Fridays' Limited Supply - celebrate May day - with flowers and it qualifies for the SCS Fan Club - make it Vintage.
Here is the card of Gloria's that I case. Please check out here amazing SCS gallery - full of beautiful works of art and her blog "Gloria's Greetings". Gloria I hope you enjoyed your week in the spotlight... you are one amazingly talented lady and so deserving of this honour.

Here is the Jardin Boheme Coaster set that also inspired my card.
I used 5 different Stampin Up stamps - from 5 different sets to make this card. Inspired by Nature, Embrace Life, Fresh Cuts, Long Stemmed Flowers and Itty Bitty Backgrounds.


Thanks for stopping by,
Happy Stamping and Creating,

Hugs... Pat

Happiness Is....

Happy Friday everyone... Here is a fairly quick card I made this morning.. The Happy Harmony flowers and sentiment were stamped along time ago.. I was so very happy to use it this morning. This week over at Splitcoast Stampers the challenge today was to celebrate May Day and use flowers/blossoms on your card. This also qualifies for Our Creative Corners challenge to use blossoms. I used the Sketch from Splitcoast Stampers #SC278, plus Thursday's challenge was to use chipboard. My faux button is made from chipboard and I covered it with the red SU designer paper that I used on my card. All edges were stitched - I think it looks like a quilt block. Sewed on the gingham ribbon and faux button.

Recipe:

Stamps - Stampin Up - Happy Harmony
Paper - Stampin Up designer paper, whisper white, real red and black
Ink - real red, basic black
Accessories - sewing machine, Cuttlebug, Sizzlet button die cut, chipboard, Diamond Stickles, pop dots, piercing tool.

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

Chicky Friends

Happy Sunday everyone.... I haven't stamped in a week - so I have combined three challenges in my card... The featured stamper, limited supply and Teapot Tuesday challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers.. Today's featured stamper is Judi Rose (aka JovialJudi) - she has an awesome gallery - so check please make sure to check it out. The limited supply challenge LSC260 was to use a border punch and ribbon and for the Teapot Tuesday challenge they were headed to New Orleans - check out Mothermarks story here on what is happening and what we need to do.

Here is Judi's card that I cased - called "Stampingbellas". She used four stamping Bella's, I used four Party Hardy Chicks -- they are down on Bourbon Street in New Orleans - taking in the festivities.

My fun image is from Penny Black - called "Chicky Night". I water coloured the image with Stampin Up Reinkers. Used Stampin Up Water Colour Minis to make the grass and flowers and their new scalloped border punch. DP is from DCWV - Sweet Matstack. I purchased the sweet little ribbon and pearl flowers from a Fabric store - I added the green ribbon for the leaves. Pink textured card stock is from Paper Co - colour is peppermint.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Stamping and Creating.

Hugs... Pat

Framed Iris's

Happy Tuesday everyone... I combined several challenges in this one card. Today's Splitcoast Stampers colour challenge (chocolate chip, sage shadow, really rust or dusty durango) and last weeks Limited supply challenge - I've been framed. Mojo Mondays sketch challenge #125, Mothermarks Tuesday Teapot challenge, Double Dog Dare - frame it, SCS Dirty Dozen January Monthly Theme - floral, feminine and flirty.

I stamped the Iris's from Stampin Up "Long Stemmed Flowers" set. Water coloured with SU really rust, sage shadow and summer sun reinkers. I stamped the Medallion using sage shadow on white card stock. Cut around the bottom section and sponged edges. I cut out the center of the medallion with circle spellbinder. Placed a piece of acetate behind cutout. Cut out the chocolate chip scalloped frame and popped it up. Attached the Sage ribbon on top and lower sections of the circle. Placed the flowers behind medallion panel. I used the SU topnote die to make the sage shadow reverse scallop at the bottom of the medallion. Put the textured checked dp behind medallion panel. Matted with chocolate chip. Sewed edges. Made the bow/brad embellishment and attached. Assembled the panels behind image panel.

Thanks for stopping by...

Happy Stamping and creating..

Hugs. Pat

CAS - Happy Birthday

Happy New Year to each and everyone of you....

This card only took me 15 minutes to make.... Over at Splitcoast Stampers - today's challenge was to make a 15 minute card, use at least one new item you recieved over the holidays and to limit it to an Annual event.

Image was stamped with stazon jet black onto water colour paper (twice). I only coloured the owl/circle on one. I used my stampin up markers and reinkers. I received the Spellbinder curved rectangle dies for Christmas from my DH. Sponged edges with basic black and night of navy. Added Diamond Stickles to the stars. Popped up the circle - "Spotlight technique".

Owl image from Impression Obsession - Night Owl and sentiment from Stampin Up - It's your Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Creating

Hugs - Patricia Rose

Introducing Totally Stampalicious Snowmen

Congratulations to Christine (aka chrisations.ink) for being this weeks Featured Stamper on Splitcoast Stampers.. I thoroughly enjoying checking out all of your cards. I chose to case two snowmen cards. I have been asked to design at least three cards from this fun, cute newly released "Snowmen" set from TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS.


Rak for Noah Biorkman - a 5 year old boy who is loosing his battle with cancer. He loves Christmas time and his one request is to receive lots of Christmas cards. Check out this page for more information.. Here is the card I cased of Christines...
Below is the first card I made for today's Feature Stamper challenge on Splitcoast Stampers.
Here is the card I cased.

Recipe: card #1 - rak for Noah Biorkman, FS144

Stamps - Totally Stampalicious - Snowmen

Ink - Stazon jet black, Real red, Bashful blue
Paper - Paper Pizzaz - snowflakes, real red, pacific point, Bristol vellum, textured white

Accessories - sewing machine, Icicle Stickles, mat pack, white fun flock, pop dots, mini brads, prisma colour pencil crayons, gamsol, blending stumps

Recipe: card #2 - FS144

Stamps - Totally Stampalicious - Snowmen

Ink - Stazon jet black rose red, tempting turquoise

Paper - more mustard, taken with teal , Recollections - Mom's Diner - salt, Mustard corelations, Bristol Vellum

Accessories - sewing machine, mini brads, Diamond Stickles, white fun flock, pop dots, gold metallic marker, Martha Stewart glitter pens, Prisma colour pencil crayons, gamsol and blending stumps, Snowflake brads

Thanks for stopping by...

Happy Stamping,

Hugs - Pat

Hello

I combined two Splitcoast Stampers Challenges - Ways to Use it (patches) and the Limited Supply Challenge - to make a girly girl card but you could used no designer paper unless you made it yourself. I coloured this adorable Magnolia image with prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. I made the pinwheel quilt design for the background. Tied on the ribbon and heat curled the ends. Tied on the sentiment tag.


Recipe:

Stamps - Magnolia - Tilda with Rose, Stampin Up - Itty Bitty backgrounds

Paper - Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose, Non SU pink, water colour, white

Ink - Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Stazon Jet Black

Accessories - Cuttlebug, Tag die cut, ribbon, heat gun, sewing machine, Prisma colour pencil crayons, gamsol, blending stumps, foam pop dots



Thanks for stopping by.
Happy Stamping


Hugs - Pat

Merry Christmas to You

Congratulations to NancyRuth on Splitcoast Stampers on being today's Featured Stamper.... Please take the time to check out her amazing gallery. This is the beautiful card of hers that I cased.
My adorable stamp is from PSX stamps - called "Winter Robins". I water coloured the image with Stampin Up reinkers. Masked image and sponged on the clouds.

This card also qualifies for the Splitcoast Stampers Dirty Dozen Fan Club challenge - Theme - Winged things and this weeks Limited Supply Challenge LS239 "S.O.S".


Recipe:

Stamps - PSX - Winter Robins
Paper - K&C company (thanks Carolyn), whisper white, black, green, water colour
Ink - soft sky, stazon jet black, riding hood red, old olive, certainly celery, more mustard, really rust, creamy caramel, chocolate chip
Accessories - Cuttlebug, Swiss dot embossing folder, oval nestabilities, Diamond Stickles, fabric, button, red cording, pop dots, TopNote die cut, piercing tool

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy Stamping,

Hugs - Pat

You & Dessert

Happy Monday everyone.... I combined three challenges in this card. Today's Clean and Simple #27 - Bling, last weeks Limited Supply Challenge LSC232 - Food or Beverage as your main theme plus only to use papers and colours with edible names (ie: Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Caramel, Barely Banana etc) on Splitcoast Stampers and this weeks Our Creative Corner Inspiration Challenge - Harvest Time.

Recipe:

Stamps - House Mouse - Pumpkin Pie and matching sentiment (Thanks Nicole - ButterflyEars)

Paper - Textured Vanilla, creamy caramel, very vanilla, Harvest, ATD Wildflowers

Ink - Black, Close to Cocoa

Accessories - sewing machine, rhinestone hearts and round gem, prisma colour pencil crayons, gamsol and blending stumps, pop dots, Stampin Up scalloped border punch, piercing tool.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping

Hugs - Pat

Sweet Dreams

For this adorable House Mouse Card I combined four challenges from Splitcoast Stampers.

Sketch challenge #SC237, Limited Supply #LSC189 - use your School colours or Wedding colours and also use clips, photo turns or staples - I chose my wedding colours - red, white and grey, Ways to Use it #WT227 - Seeing Double - I used two identical photo turns and brads and this weeks Inspiration challenge #IC189 - Tracey Porter's website.

I scanned in this adorable House Mouse image "Morning Kick Start" into my computer and printed it out onto white card stock and onto designer paper (the images are a little bigger than the original stamp size). Coloured the mouse with prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. Paper pieced the mug and mouse over base image. Doodled in the lines. Stamped on the flower and painted with white acrylic paint. Drew in the red lines and center on the flower. Sponged edges. Matted image with basic grey and sewed edges.

Happy stamping

Hugs

Pat

FS123, LSC226, Thinking of you

I'm late posting this card... have been on holidays and am trying to catch up on everything. I made this for two challenges on Splitcoast stampers - Featured stamper #FS123 - Sumtoy and the limited supplies challenge #LSC226
I love this Stampin Up wolf image..
For more information on this card - here is the link to my SCS gallery.

Happy Stamping.
Hugs.
Pat