My journey continues

Today I visited Barb in Australia, and had gone across the pond to visit Paul several days ago, and I am using idea's from both blogs. Paul has been making wonderful tags using gauze for a softening touch, and Barb is using up ribbon scraps. I am so impressed with what she has done!

The ribbon I put on the bottom of the small tag is from Hobby Lobby, a gift from Lillian! The CS is Wild Wasabi from SU, the flowered paper and the ones on top of it are from Websters Pages. The sprakling brad is from my stash. The tag with the girl is something I have had in my stash for years.

Thanks for dropping in, and I hope yu let me know you were here. I love comments!
Hugs, Pat

ribbon scraps

I visited across the pond this week and found on Paul's blog (Artsiders) the use of gauze from the medicine cabinet, so decided I must do that! haha Today I went to Australia, I believe it was and visited Barb and saw the wonderful things she is doing with ribbon scraps. I just so happen to have 2 large containers of ribbon scraps, so here we go! haha

The CS is SU, the Seeds Catalogue is from K&Company, the ribbon unknown., I may add a few buttons or flowers on the ribbon, not sure yet.

Thanks for dropping in.
Hugs, Pat

Maya's 1st B.D. card

I could not find the stamps I wanted for Maya's 1st birthday card, so ended up using CS from my stash. Last year I had bought a fuzzy pink ribbon made of Teddy Bears, so decided I had to use that in some way, also.

The Hippo looks embossed and all glittery , so I cut that section out of my CS, and taped and glued it to the bottom layer, which has the white deeply embossed. The little flower on the top right is from the stash. One of the Teddy bears broke off, so I thought, wow, she just fits on the hippo's back! haha So glued her on, hanging onto the ear. I cut another teddy off the ribbon and glued it to the back of the card where I will sign and date it.

The inside I stamped "Little Princess" and Happy Birthday with cakes and candles and presents. The base CS is pink, from SU, so in order to color the candles, etc I used prismacolor pencils.

One thing about having mild strokes is everyday when I look at my stash I actually feel it is all brand new, never seen it before! haha That makes using it twice the fun. Maya is Great Grandbaby #8. I will put a Post It note inside and remind her not to eat the flowers or bears! haha

I hope you enjoy her card and will leave a message.
Hugs, Pat

EArly Spring!

Today I had to have sunny colors and daisies! I am glad I live in an area that normally has plenty of sunshine. I was looking at all the winter colors of CS, etc I have in my huge paper stash, and had to go for bright, instead!

The CS I used is PrintWorks Big Top Yellow Watercolr Stripes. The reverse is the small checks. The saying and the daisies are both from TAC, and as so many of my treasures, have remained "unused" for quite some time!

I colored mainly with Tombo & Dove blender, then found some Mica Gloss I had left in an watercolor 6 tub palette. Being in plastic, they were still damp, so used some of the gloss to finish off. The black is Callography pen, and the rhinestones are some of my stash! I feel I should have done something to put a layer between the yellows, but its a little late at this point. Are we ever 100% happy with our efforts?

Have a "sunny" week.
Hugs, Pat

C & S card

I love the clean and simple style of cards, and had never used this TAC stamp before. I stamped with SU ink, then colored small area's of the gown with prismacolor. Rounded the corners and sponged with a light pink on the white, so it would not look stark. I used the Scorepal and made 2 lines on the left, & in spite of how it looks, the rhinestones are straight, & between the lines.

Inside I placed a white pc os CS & used a Martha Stewart punch. Nothing looks as I had planned, but you know how that goes. The stamps inside are also TAC, one is a ladies face in a big hat, and the other is "I like your style". It is a C& S card even though it took all day! haha The strip of rhinestones is from Studio 18 Mary Englebreit accents.

Hugs, Pat

Birthday Mad Hatter

This is another of my favorite images from Mad Hatter series I downloaded last year.

This lady is going to a Birthday Girl, and is going to be a day or two late, so have to tell her not to peek!

The black around the image is a Calligraphy pen using a ruler to made the image pop and to give the illusion on another layer of CS. The green CS is SU, the punched white is from a friend, and I felt was what this layout really needed, The Rhinestones from my stash.

Thanks for dropping by, please come again! I love notes from you!

Hugs, Pat

Here, Kitty, Kitty!

The little blue bird seems to be taunting this kitty.

The kitty was colored with Prismacolor pencils, and blended with baby oil. I am unsure who made the image. THe little blue bird and paper were sent to me by my friend Lillian. The punched colored CS was done for me by my friend Karen. I ran a calligraphy pen around the image using a ruler, to make it appear to have another layer of CS under it.

This went to Lillian as a surprise. Anything that gets to the mailbox is a surprise, anymore! haha She happens to love Kitty cards.

Thanks for dropping in.
Hugs, Pat

Baby, its cold outside!!

Spud is on one blanket and under two, and the heat is on in the house, of course! However, unless he is on a warm lap in the winter he pouts like he is doing here!

Hugs, Pat

Using up scraps!

I found a partial package of color coded things that had been given to me, to make a card with. I used a confetti CS, which I wish I had upgraded, but thats what it is. Anyway, the fabric patch on the upper right has imbedded rhinestones, and is just a mesh. The paper scrap on the left is 2 shades of gray.

I used an EK edge punch, and some decorative Creative Charms, to dress it all up. They are like tiny mother of pearl buttons with a small pearl in the middle of each. It may not travel well! haha

Other than the confetti CS, I am very happy with the card. I seldom use fabric, but now I think I will try it more often. I am trying to use up scraps.

Thanks for coming by. I appreciate your visit!
Hugs, Pat

Mad Hatters

I love this image. I downloaded some Mad Hatters last year from geckogalz.com and have no idea what I had planned to do with them. Today while trying to decide what to do, I ran across them and fell in love with this image.

I have not decided on the inside saying yet. The black is something I embossed from my friend Barbies folders. It is an Asian image, but not sure who made it. Everything else is from my stash, and not sure who the CS is from.

I hope to do other Mad Hatters soon, and use up some of my stash! It is hard to just keep on trying to use it up, but someone has to do it! haha

Hugs, Pat