Toile Card

Just another card I created as a tribute to Glinda. The size of this card is 6x6.

I used the Toile Stamp set from CTMH and the DS Bella Rose paper.

I happened to luck out and had some grosgrain ribbon and brads that almost resemble the Riding Hood Red ink.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Toile - CTMH
Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Other: Brads, Bella Rose DS Paper, Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by! ~Pat

Sympathy Card Swap

This is my contribution to maxiemom's swap at the Stamp Shack.

I found it really difficult to make sympathy cards as I always like to personalize them according to the family, but I guess having some on hand doesn't hurt either.


I started out with one colour that I normally would not use - Garden Green. I then matched it with Certain Celery using my SU Colour Wheel. If you don't have one of these, they are the handiest tool I have ever purchased!

I stamped the sentiment first on the bottom right hand corner. Then using my Leafy Branch Cuttlebug folder, I embossed. I gave the leaves some colours using my chalks in Certain Celery, Garden Green and Close to Cocoa.

I added two eyelets at the top left hand corner and mounted it onto Garden Green and then Certain Celery, and then onto my main cs with pop ups.


A fairly simple card!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Close as a Memory
Paper: Garden Green, Certain Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Garden Green
Other: Eyelets, Chalks, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

Tribute to Glinda

A fellow stamper from the Stamp Shack passed away and Tami put out a challenge to all Shackies to CASE a card of Glinda's.

Here is my tribute to Glinda and here is her card.

I stamped the bird on the pot in black ink and water coloured it - using my chalks. I gave the bird a little highlight using the GellyRoll Startust Clear glitter pen.

After colouring the image, I sponged Certain Celery and then Always Artichoke for the grass and Soft Sky and Night of Navy for the sky.

I am going to send a copy to her family!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Serene Spring, Bella Toile
Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Night of Navy, Soft Sky
Ink: Night of Navy, Soft Sky, Black, Certain Celery, Always Artichoke
Other: Brads, Nestibilities, Corner Punch

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

Splitcoast Challenge x3

This is my first ever Splitcoast challenge and I have already managed to mess it up.

I did however, combine 3 challenges together.

I had difficulty inking up the stamp evenly, and even managed to waste a whole sheet of So Saffron as well as tissue paper - needless to say, I only made one card!

The first one Featured Stamper - Barbara. That was the most difficult choice to make! Once I chose her card, I decided to check out the other challenges and thought maybe I could combine them all. I kept the layout the same, changed the ribbon, and add the two word window punchouts at the top. I hope that was enough.

The second challenge was for Monday, but I soon realized that it was for two Monday`s ago challenge - Faux Silk with a Pop.

The last challenge being Tuesday's Colour Challenge - Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron & Handsome Hunter.

All three challenges took some thinking out, but all in all, I think it turned out ok. I am pleased with with results!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Magenta
Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Bravo Burgundy, Handsome Hunter
Ink: Handsome Hunter
Other: Tissue Paper, Brads

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Tuesday. I hope I get some time to play with tomorrow's challenge.

~Pat

Gift Card Set for Boss

This is a gift set I had made for my boss, whose favourite colour is purple. Sorry for the washed out colours, but it is actually prettier in real life.

Purple is really not my colour and found it really challenging to match the colours.

There are 8 cards in total. Below are just samples of what the cards look like.

I used the two flowers from Heartfelt Thanks and the greetings from Sincere Salutations.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, Sincere Salutations

Paper: Perfect Plum, Lovely Lilac

Ink: Perfect Plum, Lovely Lilac

Other: Cuttlebug, Nestibilities

Thanks for stopping by! This is the end of my gifts!

~Pat

Owen's Card

My DS wanted to make a card using the Garfield paper. He's only 7 years old but he wanted to make a card on his own for his teacher.

~ Pat

Teachers' Gifts

Here are the tin sleighs packed of various treats for the teachers. They were a hit!

In it, there is a coaster, chocolates, a hot chocolate package, a candy tree and a gift card to Chapters.


Below are the individual pieces I made.


This is the front of the hot chocolate pouch. This is not my idea, I just borrowed it. I am sorry, but I can't remember who from.

I used a piece of 12 x 6 close to cocoa card stock and scored at 3" and then at 6".


I cuttledbug 3/4 of the white panel using the ornament embossing folder and adhered it to the front of the holder.

Using the Like it a Latte set, I stamped the cup and the foam part in Chocolate Chip. I then masked the foam part and stamped the straws in Real Red. To give it the foam, I used Liquid Applique and heated it up. Corner punched each corner and mounted it onto a scrap piece of real red cs. As I didn't have any white brads on hand, I used my white gel pen to make it look like brads.

I then stamped "warmest wishes" in Chocolate Chip from an old retired set - All Year Cheer I. I keep thinking I need to get rid of these sets, but I am glad that I still have them!


I then took a piece of the Riding Hood Red/Vanilla grosgrain ribbon and tied a knot in the middle, adhered the ends to the back of the white cs.
Here is what the inside of the of the hot chocolate holder. I had cut the end on a diagonal from the top corner to about an inch on the bottom and using a piece of sticky strip, adhered the end piece.

I attached the gift card to the other side of the hot chocolate holder.


Stamp the saying on a piece of white cs scrap and then mounted it onto real red.

Here are the litte gift bags I made to hold Icy Squares. Jut love these chocolates!

These were much easier to make than I thought.


Here are the dimensions:


Red CS (inside):

2 1/2 x 8 7/8", scored at 3, 4, 7 and 8" and at 1" for the candy holder.


Cut holder piece on scored lines on the short side, cutting the last small corner (1") off. Put together with d/s sticky tape.


For the vellum (outside):


3x11" piece scored at 5" and 6"


Stamp vellum using white craft ink and then the sentiment in real red, secure top on with adhesive or fasten with brads or ribbon or whatever you wish. Fill holder with candy and you have a sweet gift for someone special!


I also made a little bag like this for my nieces to put lip gloss in it as part of their gift!


Here are the Christmas Tree treats I made for one of my son's classmates as well as for the teachers, secretaries and the girls in the office.




Thanks to Andrea Walford's Tutorial.

I didn't make mine as big as hers and only used 3-4 pieces of candy on each skewer stick. I love the look of these together in a basket!

Here is a tree on its own. I did make bigger ones for the teachers.


Here are the final gifts in the sleigh.


This is the coffee coaster.










This the Garfield coaster I made for my other son's teacher, who informed me that she absolutely loves Garfield! I searched for Garfield stamps, but couldn't find one, so I settled for some paper I found at my local stamp store.



I cut out the Garfield and modge podged it onto the tile coaster.



Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed these gifts as much as the teachers did!



~ Pat

Gift for Piano Teacher

This is my Christmas gift for the boys' piano teacher. I usually make a set of cards for her and came across these stickers from the $$ store.

The cards are 4x4" in size. I made up the pizza box to fit 8 cards.

I saved the grand piano sticker for the coaster as I knew it would suit the perfect gift for Sue. She is one talented lady as she also teaches voice lessons as well.

I had put the box of cards and coaster in a metal sleigh along with some chocolates and a tree treat, wrapped and guess what, I forgot to take a picture of it! Bummer!

Here is a close up of the coaster. It may look a little blurry, but the sticker had a lot of prism to it and is much prettier in real life.

Below are a few examples of the cards. You can see that I scored the edges using my Score-pal. I then mounted it onto a piece of River Rock and then onto the black.

This is a close up of the box.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: PSX Tree, Winter Post

Paper: Black cs, River Rock cs, Whisper White cs

Ink: Black

Other: Stickers, Score-Pal

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

Non Traditional Christmas Card

It has been a long time since I've posted as I have been working very hard trying to get all my gifts made. This is my non-traditional Christmas Card using the Frosty Days DS paper. I wasn't quite sure about it in the beginning, but it seems to have grown on me.

This was also the first time I have made an origami tree and decided to teach this at my Hostess Appreciation Nite. The card was a hit!

I cut the top note in Very Vanilla. I stamped the skaters from the Winter Post Stamp set. Watercolour and then masked the skaters and stamped the trees in the background. As I did not have my Lovely as a Tree Stamp set so Iused another tree stamp (I believe it was PSX) I had that was similar. I inked the tree up in Garden Green and then using my Chocolate Chip marker, I drew in the trunk. Gave it a huff and stamped it a few times to give the effect that these trees were further back.

Now to make the origami tree, you need four squares, cut to size as follows:

Folded Tree Directions

You'll need 4 pieces of DSP cut 1 of each size

3"x 3", 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", 2" x 2", 1 1/2" x 1 1/2", and 1" x 1"

Fold them all as follows: Fold in 1/2 open up fold diagonal open fold diagonal other way open up lay flat - now fold in the sides so you have what looks like a triangle fold left and right sides of the triangle in towards the middle -- repeat with other pieces. Stack on top of each other to form the tree.

I then tied a bow at the top.

This is just a close up of the tree.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: PSX Tree, Winter Post
Paper: Tangy Orange cs, Very Vanilla cs, Wild Wasabi textured cs
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Garden Green
Other: Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, Top Note Die Cut

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful Sunday evening!

~Pat

Lovely as a Tree - Christmas

Yesterday, I did a workshop and I demoed how versatile the Lovely as a Tree stamp set is and made three cards, the make and take being this lovely vintage Christmas card, a masculine birthday card and a feminine birthday card. Did I mention that this was one of my favourite stamp set! I absolutely love it!

See below for the other cards.

I borrowed this card idea and the masculine card from another fellow stamper.

I started with stamping the snowflakes all over the base card in chocolate chip and then added the striped ribbon to the middle of the card.

I stamped the skaters from the Winter Post first using chocolate chip onto Very Vanilla cut with the Top Notch sizzix die. I then stamped the skaters again onto a post it note and cut it out. I placed it over top my skaters to masked it and then stamped my group of trees in chocolate chip over top of the skaters. I then lightly sponged chocolate chip all over as well as edge the top notch piece with chocolate chip. This was then mounted on the riding hood red cs with pop ups.

I stamped the sentiment from Holidays and Wishes stamp set onto a Very Vanilla scrap of cs and punched out using the Key Tag punch, edged it and sponged with chocolate chip, mounted with pop ups.

See below for my other two cards.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Winter Post
Paper: Riding Hood Red cs, Very Vanilla cs,
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: striped ribbon, Key Tag punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Lovely as a Tree - His

This is my masculine version using Lovely as a Tree .

I stamped my group of trees in Garden Green onto whisper white and then layered using Prestwick DS. I then sponged the sky with bashful blue to soften the look.

Using the corner punch, I punched all four corners and mounted it onto Night of Navy cs with pop ups. I added silver brads in each corner.

I stamped the birthday sentiment from It's Your Birthday stamp set(retired), in Night of Navy, and then punched it out using the large oval punch. I also punched out garden green oval and layered it with the sentiment and then tied a piece of linen thread around and then mounted the sentiment using pop ups.

Lastly, I layered the night of navy panel onto bashful blue.


Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, It's Your Birthday (retired)
Paper: Whisper White cs, Night ofr Navy cs, Garden Green cs, Brocade Blue cs Prestwick DS
Ink: Night of Navy, Garden Green
Other: silver brads, linen thread

Check out my feminine card below.

Lovely as a Tree - Hers

Here is a feminine card made with my once again favourite stamp set, Lovely as a Tree. Using the group of trees, I stamped in Riding Hood Red onto whisper white. Although you may not be able to see it, I sponged Pink Pirouette around the trees just to take the brightness off and to create a pink sky.

I ripped a piece of ds paper (non SU) - one edge larger than the other and mounted the large one on the bottom and the smaller piece at top.

I then mounted the maine piece onto a Riding Hood Red cs. Tied a knot in the ribbon and wrapped it around the back. I stamped the sentiment onto a little punch in Riding Hood Red and then overstamped it with a leaf in Pink Pirouette. Using a silver cord, I tied it onto the rbibbon.

I then mounted the piece with pop-ups and mounted it on Pink Pirouette, and voila, here is your feminine card!

Enjoy and hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Fancy Expressive Phrases
Papert: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, DS paper (non SU)
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red
Other: silver cord, ribbon (non SU)

~Pat

Winter Post - His

Here is my "His" colour blocking card using Winter Post and Lovely as a Tree.

Using the colours River Rock and Brocade Blue and Les Jardins DS paper, you can totally change the look.

Rather than adding a ribbon to bottom right corner, I stamped the tag and punched out and adhered it to the Brocade Blue piece.

I absolutely love both of these cards!

I'm going to challenge you all to take a stamp set and make a his and hers card. Link your cards to mine, so I can see what you've done!

That is it for me! It's time for bed and have a wonderful evening!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Winter Post

Paper: River Rock cs, Brocade Blue cs, Les Jardins DS

Ink: River Rock, Brocade Blue

Have a wonderful Friday evening and thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Winter Post - Hers

This has got to be one of my newest favourite stamps. I have been holding off on purchasing it, but finally gave in when I've seen all the beautiful cards made with it.

Colour blocking is a great way to make monochromatic cards.

I decided to challenge myself by making a his and hers card using the same stamp set but changing the colours. You'll see in my other post the masculine card.

I started out by measuring the middle piece with the group of trees from Lovely as a Tree.

The middle piece actually meaures 2" x 4". I started with the skaters from Winter Post and stamped it in Riding Hood Red Ink. Stamped the skaters again on a post-it note, cut it out and masked the skaters. I then stamped the group of trees using the Pink Pirouette ink. This way, you don't stamp trees over top of your skaters.

Next you cut your pieces for the top and the bottom. The dimensions will depend on where you want to place your middle piece. Using the Pink Pirouette ink, I stamped the reindeer on the top corner right piece and the snowflake on the left corner piece.

I tied a piece of pink taffeta ribbon around the piece on the bottom right corner.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Winter Post
Paper: Pink Pirouette cs, Riding Hood Red cs, Holiday Harmony DS (retired)
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red
Other: Pink Taffetta Ribbon
Have a wonderful Friday evening and thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Encouragement

Here is a card I made for a friend who was going through a very rough time in her life and needed a bit of cheering up and encouragement.

I brayered the sky and ground separately and used my favourite stamp set "Lovely as a Tree" and using the mirrored image technique.

The saying was printed on the printer on vellum.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree
Paper: Whisper White CS; Vellum CS
Ink: Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Marigold, Yellow
Other: Brads, Brayer, computer generated verse

Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

SU Designer Paper Pack Offer

Designer Paper Sampler Pack

Stampin’ Up has 20 NEW packs of 12 x 12 Designer Papers. (see pages 168-171 in the new catty) If you want them all (Like I do) but can’t afford to buy them all at once, this sampler is for you. I am borrowing this idea from another demonstrator.

Just a NOTE: If you are a customer who has a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator, please ask her if she would offer the same thing to you and her customers. I really don’t want to take business away from anyone, especially my Stampin’ sisters. If she (or he) says that they aren’t interested in hosting it, then I am very happy to get all this gorgeous paper to you!

SAMPLER PACK #1:DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
This is a Designer Paper Sampler that includes 120 sheets of our New Designer paper! The 20 NEW designs of 12 x 12 paper packs have sheets each of 6 double-sided designs. So I order them all and cut them into 6×6 pieces. The cost is only $35 for 120 6×6 sheets and $5 to ship it to you . Canadian only. Lots of designs for your paper crafting projects!

SAMPLER PACK #2:PRINTS
Stampin’ Up has 14 new Patterns Designer papers, which are on the right side of page 171 of our new catty. These are sold in monochromatic packs, so they are all one color with 6 different patterns. You will get 84 sheets, all 6×6 in size, of the 14 different colors listed. The cost is $25 plus $5 shipping. Canadian only.

The deadline to order my sampler pack is Friday, September 12th, at 6 pm (EST). All payments must be received before I will mail them out, of course. I want to get them ordered, cut and mailed to you before the 19th.

You can email me to reserve your spot, tell me which sampler(s) you would like and arrange payment at patguertler@shaw.ca or call me at 604.572.1450

I will be emailing you back with a confirmation number and an email about how to get payment to me. (credit card, pay pal, check or money order) IF you do not hear back from me, check your spam folder as I will reply to every email. If I don’t respond, I didn’t get it!

I will be posting names on my blog so you know when payment is received and so you can verify you are on the list!

Simple Wedding

On to happier things. This is a simple but yet elegant wedding card I made for my second cousin who is getting married this weekend. Her colours are pink, red and white.

I had this in mind and had originally wanted to use the set Dreams du Jour, but when it came down to picking something to go on the front, nothing seemed to fit.

I am not sure if you can see it, but I stamped the French Flair in craft white ink onto the pink pirouette textured paper.

I wanted to play with my new scalloped punch and punched the real red base card. I also punched the pink pirouette and using my 1/8" punch, I punched holes in the middle of each scallop.

I then tied a white polka dot sheer ribbon and added the heart charm. This card is 3"x6" as I will be giving her the traditional red envelope! I hope she likes it!

I am very pleased with the results, as this can double for an anniversary card as well.

Here is the recipe:
Stamps: French Flair
Paper: Real Red, Pink Pirouette Textured CS
Ink: Craft White
Other: White Polka Dot Sheer Ribbon, Heart Charm, Scallop Punch

Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Sad Day

Yesterday was a really sad day for me. A very sweet and dear friend's grandpa passed away. It broke my heart to hear the news and to hear the pain in her voice. To not divulge too much of her personal life, she was also dealing with a very sick child and have been in and out of Children's Hospital the past few weeks. It's time like this, I wish I could bear the pain for her, or waive a magic wand and make all the stress in her life go away. I am honoured to have been the first person that she called as soon as she heard the news. I hope this card will cheer her up a little bit and I hope that the poem will bring some peace to her.

I never have any sympathy cards on hand as I always feel that depending on the situation or who the person is, I always like to make something new. I also find these kind of cards are the most difficult ones to make.

I cased the poem from somebody else, and am sorry that I did not note up her name. I printed it onto vellum card stock and adhered it onto the main card after stamping it. I then tied a ribbon around to give it a bit of an elegant look.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Garden Silouhette, Close as a Memory

Paper: Whisper White, Vellum CS

Ink: Kiwi Kiss

Other: Ribbon

~Pat

Reeds

I originally made this card to show my customers how to do the blackboard technique by stamping onto dark cardstock with white craft ink and then using your chalks to colour with.

Well, rather than using chalks, I used pearl ex powders. I even tried some old eyeshadow too - that works like a charm if you looking for a specific colour but can't find it.

I then decided to make this into a matchbook card as I needd to add a fastenator as an embellishment to the card - which I think worked out great!

I stamped the background onto the kraft cs, added the the chocolate chip ribbon, and voila!

I will probably use this card for my FIL's birthday if I have not have had a chance to make another card.

The flap at the bottom makes for a perfect place to put a gift card.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Great Impression - Reeds
Paper: Kraft, Copper cs; chocolate chip
Ink: Craft White, Kraft Ink
Other: Fastenator, Ribbon, Scallop Scissors. Pearl Ex Powders

Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Birthday Angler

Here is my second last birthday card! I am almost done! Woo hoo!

I used the Angler set and stamped onto watercolour paper. To get the two different colours, I used my markers, gave it a huff and stamped. I then used my aqua painter to watercolour the image just to blend it up a bit.

I cut the front flap off at 2 1/4", added my DS paper (retired Treehouse). On the inside, I used the fish stamp from Angler to make my background paper by stamping randomly the fish all over.

Then stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment in Night of Navy in the right bottom corner. I didn't have any SU "Happy Birthday" stamps to fit in that corner.

This is this the first time I have ever used water colour paper and absolutely love it!

I added the photo mount at the last minute just to hold the card closed. Otherwise, this was a really easy card to make.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Angler, Amuse

Paper: Night of Navy, water colour cs, Treehouse DS (retired)

Ink: Night of Navy, Creamy Caramel

Other: Photo Mount, Brads, SU Markers - Night of Navy, Creamy Caramel

Hope you had a wonderful Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

June Christmas Cards

Here is my card for June! It is a little late for uploading as I was trying to find some decorative brads such pink with green polka dots or vice versa, but no such luck (boo hoo!)

I love the look of the lime green and the pink together and makes it for a great non-traditional christmas card!

I added some dazzling diamonds to the snow flakes in the air, on top of the top hat, along the ground and the tree. It is definitely more sparkly in person!

This card is 5x5 in size.

Here is the recipe:
Stamps: Serendipity - Jolly Snowman
Paper: WW, lime green bazzill, pink plaid ds paper, pretty in pink, green galore cs
Ink: Black
Other: Brads, SU Markers, corner punch, dazzling diamonds

Well that is all that I have for a Monday nite! Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Xmas Turtles

Now onto my Christmas cards for July and August!
I absolutely adore Whipper Snapper stamps and wish I had more of them!

I originally started out with approximately 24 images of these cute turtles, but wounded up with only 20 completed cards as I had messed up 4 of them. I coloured the turtles with copic markers - which I have recently just learned how to use them and am very pleased with how they have turned out.

The next time I decide to make 20 of the same cards, it will not involve any colouring at all! LOL, this took me forever to get all 20 coloured!

I added dazzling diamonds to the white parts of the santa hats. It is way cuter in person as you can see the sparkles on the santa hats!

I added the green and red brads at the top along with the ribbons as I thought it needed a little something more!

This is what the inside of the card looks like. As I hate wasting any size of paper, I decided to decorate the inside as well with some DS paper and a sentiment. I rounded the right side corners just to give it some definition.

Here is the recipe: Stamps: Whipper Snapper, Many Merry Messages; Paper: Real Red, WW, DS paper; Ink: Black Other: Brads, Ribbons, Corner Punch, Copic Markers; Dazzling Diamonds

This card is 6x6. Now all I have to do is find some envelopes!

I hope you like this card as much as I do! Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Sock Monkey Birthday Card

Happy Monday!

Here is my birthday card for my youngest DS who absolutely loves monkeys - Curious George that is! Red is also his favourite colour.

I cheated with the balloons and rather than stamping the balloons and then cutting them out, I used my balloon punch that has been sitting in my drawer for ages. I outlined the balloons with a marker.

The whole monkey is paper pieced using some retired Stampin UP DS paper from a few years back. I'm beginning to like paper piecing as it does not require any colouring, although the cutting out takes some time!

I guess when you're under the gun, things get done! Two down, two more to go, plus a wedding card!

Here is the recipe: Stamps: Sock Monkey, Sincere Salutations; Paper: Real Red, Cutie Pie DS paper, retired SU DS paper, WW, bashful blue, wild wasabi; Ink: Black

Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

"DUDE"

This is one of my series of birthday cards that I will be posting. My DS turned 10 this month. I made 2 versions of this card and asked DH which was his favourite. He picked the card on the right.

The card on the left, you can pull the ribbon out to reveal the word "Dude". See below for more details.

The stamp set is from Close to My Heart. The card size is 5x7.

Using the skateboard, I stamped the background using onto the Basic Grey cs. Stamped the skater boy and masked him. I then stamped the skateboard. Masking part of the skater boy made it look like he was holding onto his skateboard.

I coloured him in using my copic markers (I stil require a bit more practice), but loved the effect.

I then punched out a large star and a smaller star and mounted them both together with a star brad. The DS paper is from SU Spring-Summer Catalogue.

Stamped "Dude" onto a white scrap of cs and punched either side and then threaded the red ribbon through and added the brads on either sides.

This was my second version of the card, only it is the standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. I added the red ribbon on the side so you can pull out the tab. Otherwise, it is pretty much the same card.

I would love to hear your comments about which card you like best and why.

Here is the recipe:
Stamps: CTMH
Paper: Basic Grey, Real Red, WW, SU DS paper, Blue Bayou
Ink: Black
Other: Star Eyelet, Diamond Brads, Real Red Ribbon, Slot Punch, Star Punches (large and small), Copic Markers

Have a wonderful Monday and thanks for stopping by!!
~Pat

MIA

Hi everyone!

My sincerest apologies for not keeping my blog up to date. I am not sure how everyone else does it, but if anyone has any ideas, please let me know. Life has been busy, and is only going to get busier. I will try my best to post some new ideas and projects that I have been working on. I have several birthdays this month that I must desparately try and get those cards done up and will post those soon too!

Thanks for continuining to visit my blog! Pat

3x3 Monogram Cards

Here is a little set of 3x3 monogram cards I also made for my niece. I thought it would be a great idea to start her off with a set of cards that she can call her own and send to whom ever she wishes.

I just absolutely love making 3x3 cards as they are sooo quick and easy to make up! Plus you can get 4 cards out of an 12 x 12 sheet of cs!

I also made a little box to hold 6 cards and envelopes.

This is the box.

Here is an up close picture of the monogram card.

Easy peasy!

Have a wonderful evening and thanks for stopping by.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Whimsical Lower Case (retired), Frames with a Flourish

Paper: WW cs, Berry Bliss DS, Purely Pomegranite cs