Thursday, May 31, 2012

Piercing,Piercing,Piercing!


Good Afternoon!
Can you believe it.... 2 posts in 1 day! It's time another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps! This week we would like to see paper piercing... not to be confused with paper piecing !


I created a card with a matching envelope. My card base is sahara sand layered with very vanilla and MME Paris & Co dp. The focal image is from Easter Hope and the sentiment is from Whimsey flowers.
Be sure and check out the rest of the DT... they have some real beauties to share! You can find their links on my side bar!


About our challenges: - We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings). - Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Friday 10.00am so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge. - Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent). How To Play Along : - Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog. - Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or gallery. - Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new. - A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one. - You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation. - We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)

COF May Challenge...

Good Morning!
I hope all is well with you! It's the last day of the month and that means it's time for the Crafter's of Faith challenge. COF is a small faith based group who share their love of paper! This month I am the hostess! I chose to have a May flower theme. I built a few flowers with punches and dies! I then adhered them to ink pens! At my shop  my pens seem to walk away! Hopefully this will help them stay around a little while! Be sure and check out what the rest of the  COF members have to share, you can find their links on my sidebar! Have a super great day!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Sweet Stop Sketch...

Good Evening!s
I bet you thought you wouldn't see me today... I had this card ready for my post today only I didn't get a picture of it until I got home from work! It started with the Sweet Stop Sketch. Very little stamping was done ! I only stamped the doily from mixed bunch , punched it out and there you have it! I used pearls for the other elements of the sketch and the paper did the rest!
Have a super great evening!
Patti

Monday, May 28, 2012

Mojo 243

Happy Memorial Day!
I hope you salute the brave who have protected us and given us this glorious freedom we enjoy! I am truly honored to say my Dad served and I currently have a nephew defending our country. Thank You Paul Sweitzer and Jimmy Sperry!
My card today is for a granddaughters graduation! It seems kind of plain to me... it is what it is! I started with the Mojo sketch here
This is short and sweet! Have things to get done so I can play more!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Sunday, May 27, 2012

The Roses are seeing Purple!!!!!

Good Morning!
I hope all is well with you! This is the last Sunday of the month and you know what that means... yep it's time for the Rose's to share what they've been up to! This month Betty Rose is our challenge hostess! She wants to see hues of purple.  My card s pretty simple but I  love how it turned out! My card base is perfect plum layered with whisper white and dp from my scrap bin. The focal image is upsy daisy {retiring}! Be sure and check out the rest of the Rose's have to share, you can find their links on my sidebar! 
Have a blessed day!
Patti

Thursday, May 24, 2012

AnnaBelle Bling Sketch Challenge #050

Good Afternoon!
It's time for another fun sketch challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps!


How's that for a great sketch? 


My focal image and sentiment are from garden silhouettes
Be sure and check out what the rest of the DT has to share! You can find their links on my sidebar!


About our challenges: - We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings). - Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Friday 10.00am so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge. - Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent). How To Play Along : - Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog. - Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or gallery. - Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new. - A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one. - You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation. - We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Life is a Picnic!

Good Morning!
I hope all is well with you ! My card today is for our sister swap! Carol set the challenge for this month! She wanted a picnic theme! I'm not mailing these to you guys since you will be here at my house in just a few weeks! {can't wait, just a little excited} I dug through everything I had and couldn't come up with a thing! Then at the bottom of a pile back in the deep dark corner I found it.... lady bug picnic! PERFECT! I love these little whimsical images! Makes for a fun card! I even used some of my hoarded Washington apple dp, it's almost gone )0=
 Well that's it for me today!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Monday, May 21, 2012

Mojo 242

Good Monday Morning!
I hope you had a great weekend! All here is great... we have rain )0= I guess it's supposed to get nice by the holiday weekend! 
I made my 1st Christmas card of the year! The Mojo sketch is just perfect for this cute little snowman from snow much fun! The dp is a sneak peak from the SU catalog. That's it for me today!
Have a blessed day!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Sneak Peak @ AnnaBelle Stamps!

It's time for another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps! The challenge this week is color! I love color challenges! We also  have a small sneak peak to share with you today! 
First let's see the colors!

Now for me... this is a challenge! I'm not much of an orange person! That's what challenges are all about, make us put our creative caps on and step outside the box!


Now for the sneak peak.... Lil Monster's balloon now has a die! Yep no more fussy cutting this little guy out! The die will be released in the very near future! Be sure and check out what the rest of the DT has to share ... you won't be disappointed! All of the girls used Lil Monster and the new die! You can find their links on my side  bar! 

About our challenges: - We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings). - Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Friday 10.00am so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge. - Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent). How To Play Along : - Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog. - Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or gallery. - Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new. - A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one. - You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation. - We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Blossoms...

Good Morning!
I have a new love... pool party! Don't you just LOVE this color? I know it's been out for a year now... I've just started playing with it! My inspiration for this card came for non other than the lovely Dawn Easton! I CASED this card of hers! I did change the focal image and the ribbon. Other than that it's pretty darn close to hers! Have a super awesome day!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Monday, May 14, 2012

Mojo 241

Good Monday Morning!
I hope everyone had a super awesome Mother's Day! I know I did! Made a quick card for the Mojo challenge this morning! My card base is whisper white layered with not quite navy and beyond the garden dp. The focal image is from mixed bunch . The sentiment is a sneek peak to the new catalog! It's called itty bitty banners and has matching dies! How cool is that! 
That's it for me.... outside I go!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Sweet Stop...

Good Afternoon!
I hope everyone is having an awesome Saturday! I take one Saturday a month off and today is that day (0= I went to a few yard sales and scored 7 stamp sets! This is one of them. It's a 2001 SU set called groovy! I had to ink it up as fast as I could! My card started with the Sweet Stop sketch! I should have been a hippi! My card base is rose red layered with tangerine tango. My dp is from the scrap bin! The little sprinkles are from AnnaBelle Stamps!
Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Cute Cute Cute
ABC - O is for Orange
Crafts and Me - Punches and Dies
Do You Stack Up - Flowers
That's it for me today!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Say it With Stitching....



It's time for another fun challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps! Fun,fun challenge! 


I tried to create a quilt block! My image is from fanciful flowers! After I stamped it I pierced very carefully around the flowers and ran my pink marker over it to create faux stitching. I then ran it through my big shot and embossed it. Well I have to tell you the embossing smashed out my piercing )0=  Soooo I pierced around the edge of the card and zig zagged my stitching! Either way I like how it turned out... nothing like I had planned when I started the card! Be sure and check out what the rest of the DT has come up with! You can find their links on my sidebar! 

About our challenges: - We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings). - Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Friday 10.00am so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge. - Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent). How To Play Along : - Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog. - Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or gallery. - Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new. - A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one. - You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation. - We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :) 
Have a great evening and I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Patti

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

COF Mini Challenge!

Good Afternoon!
I hope all is well with you! Our faithful leader Kelly has issued a mini challenge for the faith based group I belong to! She would like to see....
Use the colors Purple, yellow, and/OR green in any combination and any hue!
Include something floral!

This is what I came up with! I needed a birthday card so I used my go to birthday sentiment from well scripted! My card base is whisper white layered with rich razzelberry and misc dp from the scrap bin!  
Have a great evening!
{{{Hugs}}} 
Patti

Monday, May 7, 2012

Mojo 240

Good Morning!
The sun is shining and it's a beautiful day! I hope all is well in your neck of the woods! Well since I got all my work done yesterday I will be playing most of today (0= 
This card was created using the Mojo sketch challenge! My card base is marina mist layered with very vanilla and MME paris & co dp. The focal image is from delicate doilies and the sentiment is from AnnaBelle's all things grow! 

I even have a few challenges to pop this into!
Pixie Dust Studio flowers
Crafting for all Seasons handmade flowers
Creative Mondays anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge ribbons
 Delicious Doodles bingo gems dies flowers
Aud Sentiments Challenge anything goes
That felt really good! Have a super awesome Monday!
Blessings
Patti

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Things are Bloomin!!

Good Afternoon  Morning!
I've had a really productive morning! My laundry is done, bedding changed, carpets shampooed and a card PHEW! I've been up since the wee hours! I am totally stocked with the way this card turned out! I had to look around to find some inspiration so I CASED this card! I pretty much followed the layout and changed colors and images! My card base is whisper white layered with certainly celery and beyond the garden dp. The focal image is from Unity's moments in bloom and the sentiment is from SU's sweet little sentiments. Well I think I need to go play some more! Have a super Sunday!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Say it In~



Good Afternoon!
It's time for another great challenge from AnnaBelle Stamps! A totally awesome color challenge! 


This card was created using Fanciful Flowers! My card base is whisper white layered with kraft . The background was created by randomly stamping flower images from Fanciful Flowers. I then embossed my panel and added the sentiment! 
Be sure and check out the rest of the DT's wonderful creations!

You should also pop over to Stamp,Embellish Create and check out the monthly challenge!





About our challenges: - We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings). - Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Friday 10.00am so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge. - Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent). How To Play Along : - Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog. - Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or gallery. - Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new. - A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one. - You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation. - We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)
Have a great evening!
{{{Hugs}}}
Patti

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Mojo's Makin a Come Back!!!!!

Good Afternoon!
I'm thinkin the ole Mojo may be on it's way back! I actually went into my craft room and whipped this up pretty quickly! I had the flowers sitting on my desk just begging to be used (0= My card is a 4x4 square card for the Mojo sketch challenge. Card base is whisper white layered with in the garden dp. The sentiment is an old SU single. Pretty easy p ~ easy but I'm happy with it! That's it for now! 
Toodles
Patti