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I originally made this card to show my customers how to do the blackboard technique by stamping onto dark cardstock with white craft ink and then using your chalks to colour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