A Heartfelt Thanks

A happy, snowy Wednesday to you. It's been a long time since I have posted anything on my Blog. I thought it was time that I did so. I made this Quilted Heart card for my mother-in-law "Sharron" as a Thank-you to her, for helping me finish my "Tyler Quilt". I have been working on this quilt for over two years now.
The sentiment is from Stampin-Up's "Quilt Quip" set. The faux stitched triangle and squares on the heart quilt are from Clear Dollar Stamps "Build a Quilt" set. I saw this gorgeous Scrap Quilt card by Lisa Lara and I new I wanted to purchase the Build a Quilt set.

I used this weeks colour challenge from Splitcoast Stampers as my colour combination (Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red and neutrals of choice -white, vanilla, brown or black)

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs..Pat

FS222, C4C86, JUST FOR YOU

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Here is my card for today's featured stamper challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers. Jo (aka Reddyisco) has this weeks honor. Plus this is for the challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges - May Flowers. My image is from Clear Dollar stamps - Everyday jar-gon set and the sentiment is from Stampin Up's Fresh cut set. I cased this cute CAS card of Jo's. I tried to keep it a clean and simple card, but find it very difficult to do.

Thanks for stopping in,

Hugs Pat

FS221, You're Tweet

Happy Saturday everyone... :)

I made this card for last weeks Featured Stamper challenge #FS221. Susan (aka LateBlossom) was given the honour. Susan's gallery is full of beautiful CAS cards. I cased this beautiful MFP Greetings of the Season CAS card.

My image is from Clear Dollar Stamps - I water coloured the image with Tombow and Stampin Up markers.

Thanks for stopping in,

Hugs..Pat

Tweet Day

Here is a card I made for a few challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers. Queen for the Day (QFTD58), sketch challenge SC330 and the Free 4 All challenge (F4A62) - layers.
Anne (aka jdmommy) was passed the Crown - Here is the cute Owl card of Anne's that I cased
FS202 Owl Birthday.
My cute digital image is from Clear Dollar Stamps. I water coloured the image with Tombow and Stampin Up markers. Designer paper is from K&C company (checkered) and Stampin Up (green leaf).

Thanks for stopping in,
Hugs, Pat

MMTPT143, Wishing you a TWEET day

I made this TWEET card for Mothermarks teapot Tuesday challenge #MMTPT143. Our destination this week is to send our card to the person who is on the left of us in the Splitcoast Stamper teapot gallery.

My cute digi image is from Clear Dollar Stamps - called "A Tweet Day".
I coloured the image with Tombow and Stampin Up markers.

Thanks for looking,
Hugs..Pat

MMTPT131, Thinking of you

Happy Tuesday every... Here is my card for Mothermark's Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT131. This weeks destination is for Cindy's very own niece - Shari - who has been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. For details on this challenge go Here.

The Bowl of Cherries digital image is from a fund raiser by Jak Heath - for Katie Renz - who is battling Stomach cancer. The image was drawn by Kim Teasdale - Lovin from the oven.

The layout I used is from Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C71.

Thanks for looking,

Hugs.. Pat

You're Tea-rific, Judi Rose

Happy Sunday everyone. I hope you are all having a marvelous day... I made this card for a few challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers. Queen for the day #43 - jovialjudi (Judi Rose) was passed the Crown, next one is the Inspiration Challenge - "Nail Designs" - we were to choose from one of the beauitful acrylic nail designs - I chose nail #0101, and last but not least - I also put this in Mothermarks Teapot Tuesday challenge #MMTPT128 as it reminded me of the sweet little teapot she used as our inspiration piece.

I cased this sweet teacup card of Judi's, "CC246 Judi's Teacup" . I love the layout, pretty colours and pearl embellishments. Make sure to check out Judi's blog - "Paper Rose Petals".

This lovely digital teapot image is from Clear Dollar Stamps "Eclectic Teapots". I coloured the image with Tombow and Stampin Up markers and also with Prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. The pink designer paper is from Amuse.

Thanks for stopping in,
Happy stamping and creating,

Hugs Pat

MMTPT128 = Thinking of you = Katie

I made this card for SCS Teapot Tuesday challenge MMTPT128 - our destination this week is to Katie Renz - she is a young mother, wife and talented stamper who was recently diagnosed with stage four Gastric cancer... We are sending our cards to give her some love and encouragement at this difficult time in her life. One of Katie's stamping friends "Jak Heath" has gathered some talented artist together - in order to raise funds to help pay for some of Katie's medical expenses. For a donation of L15 (15 GB) you get a variety of digital stamps.

The stamp set I used to created Katies card is from Clear Dollar Stamps called "Everyday Jar-gon".

Thanks for stopping in,
Hugs..Pat

Casing LynniePoo

Just sharing another card I made last week. I made this for Splitcoast Stampers

CAS challenge to use gingham or checks and the featured stamper challenge FS194 - Lynette (aka LynniePoo). I cased her "Candy Cane Snowglobe" card.

The image I used is from Clear Dollar Stamps - from the Everyday Jar-gon Set.

I stamped the image on Kraft card stock using Versafine onyx black ink. Coloured image with Prisma colour pencil crayons and gamsol. Cut out image, one plain white oval and two red (front and back of tag) scalloped ovals with the Cuttlebug and Nestabilities. Sponged edges of Kraft oval using chocolate chip ink. Made the gingham and raffia bow and adhered to card. This is small enough to be a gift tag.

Thanks for stopping in,

Hugs.. Pat

How's everything on your end Mothermark

I'm a little late uploading this fun card... I made it in honour of Cindy aka Mothermark who was crowned Queen for the Day - QFTD22 on Splitcoast Stampers. Here is the fun card of Cindy's that I cased -Bless your little Hiney. Cindy is an amazingly talented lady, with a heart of gold and an incredible imagination for story telling.... As most of us already know - Cindy does love her POLKA dots.
The adorable little horse and sentiment is from Clear Dollar Stamps - Charlie Horse line..

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy 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

CAS - Thinking of You (Spring CAS DT call)

There is a call out for the "Spring Clean and Simple (CAS) design team on Splitcoast Stampers". We were to pick two CAS challenge cards from Dec. 2009 until now, plus two CAS non CAS challenge cards and then pick one CAS previous challenge and make a new card. This is my new card.

When I arrived home from work yesterday there was some happy mail - I won this cute stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps called "Everyday Jar-gon". I couldn't wait to use this set - this is what I came up with for my NEW CAS card. I use used the CAS26 challenge - to use stitching - real or faux. I stamped my images (first the jar, next the flowers and then the bee) onto water colour paper with Stazon Jet black, Coloured with markers and SU reinkers. Matted image with gingersnap and barely banana paper. Stamped the sentiment onto white panel, Matted with barely banana. Sewed all edges. Image panel is popped up. Added Diamond stickles to the flower centers and bees wings.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy stamping and creating

Hugs - Pat

Just Singing in the Rain

Happy Sunday everyone... just wanted to share another card with you today... I managed to combine three challenges in this card.... Today's Featured Stamper challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers - FS154 - Anne - known as "jdmommy", the colour challenge at "Our Creative Corner" blog - green and blues and the sketch challenge at "Clearly istamp".
Here is the card of Anne's that I cased.

I had purchased this adorable Clear Dollar Stamp - called "Charliene April Showers" awhile ago and have never inked it up... when I saw this cute card of Anne's I knew this was the time to use my Charliene stamp....

Thanks for stopping by..

Happy Stamping and creating.
hugs - Patricia

p.s. and it is raining - seems like it has been raining for weeks

Wishing you a Beautiful Birthday

Happy Sunday everyone.... I just love this adorable Charlie Horse image from Clear Dollar Stamps. Image and sentiment are from the "Charlie Daisy" set. Over at Splitcoast Stampers today's challenge is one of my favourites "Featured Stamper challenge". Wendy aka "WeeBeeStampin" is this weeks FS. Here is the card I cased - called "Knotty Birthday".
We were to change at least three things - I changed the image, colours and made mine a feminine card. Plus I omitted the four oval tabs at the bottom and used my large flower BRADS instead. Added the pearls to the brad centers and daisy flowers under Charliene.
I water coloured my image with Stampin Up reinkers.
This also will qualify for the challenge over at Clearly iStamp - challenge #C1C4 - Let's get Bradilicious. And lucky me this also qualifies for this weeks challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges - Birthdays... Challenge #C4C19

Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Charlie Daisy
Ink: Stampin Up - close to cocoa, chocolate chip, regal rose, old olive, more mustar, Stazon jet black
Paper: Stampin up - close to cocoa, non su vanilla, textured pink, Debbie Mumm - creative imaginations, Water colour
Accessories: sewing machine, jumbo flower brads, pearls, Cuttlebug - curved rectangle Spellbinders, piercing tool, pop dots, aquapainter

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy stamping and creating.

Hugs - Pat

FS129, WT227, DTGD09, Celebrate Life

Well I have been stamping for a good part of today... I love Splitcoast Stampers Blog .. and the Featured Stamper Challenge is one of my favourite challenges. Today was a bonus day because Lori Barnett is today's FS129... She and I are on the House Mouse and Friends Design Team... plus I love Lori's work and she is such a sweet, fun lady... Check out her Blog "Stamp Scents".
I have made three cards in Lori's honour.

For the card below - the image is a RAK I received from Sue (aka coffeestamper on SCS) - It is from American Art Stamps - called "Margarita". Here is the card that I cased, called "Do the Math". I love this humours card of her's.



Below is the second card I made - here is the sweet card I cased "Little yellow Giraffe".
I also combined six SCS Dirty Girl challenges in this card - Cindy Haffners sketch, BevMoms - sewing, Lauraly's - Tie one on - Ribbon, Craftycaro - anything but average - my card is 5x5,
Deborah Lynnes - Taken with texture, PickleTrees - born to be wild (giraffe), Becca Stamps, punches and die cuts.
My adorable giraffe stamp is from Clear Dollar Stamps - call Patchpal Giraffe. I stamped image with stazon jet black ink and water coloured using Stampin Up Reinkers. I pleated and sewed the ribbon for the vertical and horizontal strips. Used Nestabilites to cut the plain and scalloped circles and for the scalloped corners. I sewed the x's on the giraffe's cheeks.



Below is the first card I cased of Lori's. I just love these adorable House Mouse images. This imase is called "Sweet Music". Here is the darling card I cased "House Mouse Christmas Love".
Image was stamped on water colour paper using Stazon jet black ink and water coloured with Stampin Up reinkers. I clear embossed the candy cane and trumpet. This card also qualifies for last weeks SCS Ways to Use it challenge WT228 - use charms. The "Celebrate" sentiment is a pewter charm.




Congratulations again, Lori.....

Happy Stamping
Hugs, Pat

I'm So Happy .......

Happy Tuesday everyone.... I made this adorable Charlie Horse card, late last night... the Colour challenge at Splitcoast Stampers was up loaded early - so of COURSE I had to make a CC card before I could go to sleep. Colour challenge #CC227 ( lavender lace, black, white, going grey and barley banana). I just purchased this adorable Charlie Horse Image from Clear Dollar Stamps called "Charlie Daisy" and wanted to use it for today's Colour Challenge, I also Incorporated yesterday's technique challenge #TLC229 - faux grid and this weeks Our Creative Corner challenge - use pets or any other animal on your card/project. This is what I came up with... I so love this happy prancing "Appaloosa" Charlie....

I made the faux grid panel 4"x4". Stamped on Charlie, the larger daisies, the flying butterflies and clouds. I used my Zig marker to darken in the faux grid lines. Next I water coloured the barely banana squares with reinkers, the lavender squares and the butterflies with prisma colour pencil crayon and gamsol. Charlie is water coloured with basic black. I stamped on the black dots and used white gel pen for the white dots. The going gray dots that are at the bottom edge and stamped lighter over the rest - I used a stamp from Stampin Up's Itty Bitty set. Sponged edge with basic black. Matted with white, black and lavender lace. Sewed edges. Attached the ribbon and pewter sentiment slider. Main card is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4. I sewed 1/4" in on the Going Gray base card. Added the Diamond Stickles to the butterflies and the flower tops.

Recipe:

Stamps - Clear Dollar Stamps - Charlie Daisy, Stampin Up - Itty bitty backgrounds, Hanna Stamps - Route 66 (used the clouds and dirt specs)

Paper - Stampin Up - going grey, lavender lace, whisper white, Non SU black and white cardstock

Ink - barely banana, basic black, going grey, old olive, Stazon jet black

Accessories - brads, piercing tool, Diamond Stickles, Olfa Rotary grid mat, sewing machine, pop dots, sponge, ribbon, pewter sentiment hardware (Dollar Store), Zig black marker, ruler, white gel pen

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stamping,

Hugs

Pat Rose :)

A new hand to hold

Happy Sunday everyone... Congratulations Kelly (aka Schirmcat) on Splitcoast Stampers for being this weeks Featured Stamper... I love your fun filled gallery.... enjoy your time in the spotlight. I just purchased this adorable image from Clear Dollar Stamps called Patchpal Giraffe - is it the cutest little giraffe you ever saw...
I combined three challenges in this one card - FS127, IC188 and Our Creative Corners Challenge - Pets or any other animal.
Here is the card of Kelly's I cased called "Good Luck".
I kept the same layout, but added the bottom scalloped strip. Changed theme to new baby instead of Old Bird.

Recipe:

Stamps - Clear Dollar Stamps - Patchpal Giraffe, Stampin Up - Full of Life

Paper - watercolour, more mustard, non SU green, My Minds Eye - 29th Street Market, K&C Company

Ink - stazon jet black, barely banana, more mustard, old olive

Accessories - cuttlebug, scalloped and plain circles, sewing machine, acetate, gingham ribbon, Stampin Up corner rounder and scalloped border punch, pewter baby booty charm, flower buttons (thank you Pat Smethers)

Happy Stamping,
Hugs
Pat

How's everything on your End?

Happy Wednesday everyone.... For this card I combined three challenges... Splitcoast Stampers sketch challenge #SC234 and their technique challenge TLC226 (faux denim) plus
Our Creative Corners challenge - use stars.

The stamp set I used is from Clear Dollar Stamps - (Charlie horse and the sentiment), the foliage is from Stampin Up's Water colour mini's set...

Happy stamping... Thanks for stopping by..

hugs, Pat

FS120, TSC0515, Hows's everything on your End ?

Happy Sunday everyone - I cased another card of today's featured stamper on Splitcoast Stampers blog - Mercy (aka mkstampin74) "FS120" - Here is the adorable card I cased "Happiness".

I also combined this card with another challenge - Twisted Sisters Challenge TSC0515 - to case Pat Smethers - here is her card that I cased "McKenzies Pal". I stamped this Charlie Horse image while visiting Pat - earlier this year. Pat also uses the SU Water colour mini's to create the flowers around her images... I love this effect and Pat also loves horses and handsome cowboys :)

I hope I did justice to both of these very, very talented ladies.

Happy stamping... Thanks for stopping by and checking out my little piece of the blogging world.

Hugs..

Pat