November 10, 2014 - My Besties World DT Challenge - Shabby Chic

Good Monday morning my friends.  Here again with a wonderful new challenge at My Besties World DT.  For this challenge, we had to make a "shabby Chic" card.  Well I had no clue what shabby chic meant, so I chose my image and then set out to design the card.  I was very pleased on the final card, but wasn't sure if it was entirely shabby chic.  So we are calling this shabby chic with a touch of bling.  LOL   Well if you know me personally, you know I love my bling!!!!

Once again I decided to use one of Sherri Baldy's 3D Deco images for my DT card.  I am really enjoying the 3D images and if you haven't tried them, maybe you need to do what I did......bite the bullet and get one and start cutting.  LOL  My suggestion is to use a craft knife.  I found that I get closer cuts, especially in the tight areas, with my knife.  

So here is my card and I sure hope you like it.

Here is a closer view which shows a little on how the layers are added.

I just love using blues for Christmas and I love birds (I have two parrots) so this was a perfect image for me.

The neat thing about this image is that it comes in a digi or the 3D Deco sheet like I used here.  You can get the 3D Deco sheet by clicking   HERE

I have fallen in love with easel cards.  I used the large Spellbinders dies for this card.  My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (my favorite place to shop for flowers)

Would love for you to check our our DT challenge page and see all the lovely creations by our My Besties World  DT members.  You can visit our challenge blog by clicking HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you will come again.  I truly would appreciate your comments!!  I am going to enter this card in the 3D Deco DT challenge blog HERE

Happy stamping and card making everyone.

God bless,

Pat

November 1, 2014 - LET IT SNOW - Add Snowflakes & Glitter

Welcome back everyone and welcome to our new My Bestie Aussie DT challenge, Let It Snow (using snowflakes)    Well I definitely stepped out of my comfort zone to try something new this time and I hope you all like it.    If you are familiar with My Besties and shop in Sherri's Etsy shop, well then you have probably seen some of the 3D Deco Sheets of My Besties.  I have had some of these for a while but I just kept looking at them thinking how great they were and thinking that is gonna be some work to cut out.  LOL   So I just decided to bite the bullet and try one and guess what????   I love them.  Well now that I have found the secret,  I cut my first one out with very small scissors and it did take some time but I love the way it came out.  You can find the 3D Deco Sheets in Sherri Baldy's Etsy shop by clicking HERE.

Here is the side view.

I loved working with this image and let me give you a little hint.  I cut all the pieces out by using small scissors and they worked great, but when I had to get into smaller places, I pulled out the old trusty cutting blade and it brought back memories of me years ago cutting out many many many cut and pierced lamp shades.  I had gotten really good at using a blade and thought oh my it has been years and years since I have done anything remotely like that, but guess what, it all came back in a flash and I had control of that blade in no time.  To me it was easier and quicker to use a blade, but I guess it is a personal preference.  :-)  

The only thing I added directly to the image was to put stickles on the fur parts of her boots and hat.  I have several people say that you can use your markers or pencils to enhance and make areas pop.  I may try that on another image later.  

All my supplies were items that I had on hand.  CTMH and Stampin Up Cardstock,  SU glitter paper, Memory box snowflake die, Jolee's snowflake stickers, Sentiment was a freebie and I can't remember where I got it.  

Thank you all so much for stopping by and I encourage you to check out our blog and come and join us for this fun challenge. You can visit the other DT's blogs by clicking HERE.

Stay warm and safe my friends.  The cold weather has returned and so many of you are having snow.  Oh my......way too early for me.  

Hugs and blessings,

Pat

October 13, 2014 - Besties Challenge #21 Bling it up

Happy Monday!!!!  Hope you all had a great week-end and getting ready for the new week.  Well we hope that you will take time to join us in our new My Bestie World DT Challenge.  The theme of the challenge this time is "Bling It Up". Starting today for two weeks, you have the opportunity to enter our BLING IT UP challenge and  possibly win some great prizes.  

 Now....who doesn't like bling???  Well I love bling.  As I keep telling all my friends, the older I get the "gaudier and glitzier" I get.  Now I know those aren't real words, but hey they work for me.  LOL   So get those images and start coloring.  I want to see all  your lovely creations.  

The image I chose for this challenge is called Making Faces Cupcake and you can find her in Sherri Baldy's Etsy shop by clicking HERE

All supplies used were items I had in my stash and I certainly had a lot of "bling".  Even the butterfly had bling.  :-)  I used my distressed inks to color.  

Now don't forget to enter our challenge for a chance to win some great prizes.  You can enter by clicking HERE.  

Thank you all so much for stopping by again and I would love it you would leave comments.  They are all read and truly appreciated.  Until next month.  

Many hugs and blessings,

Pat

  

October 1, 2014 - Anything goes with a Bestie

Good day my friends.  Today is the day for our new My Besties Aussie DT challenge Anything Goes with a Bestie.  I just love this cute image and I decided to once again pull out my Distressed Ink Mini Pads and color her with them.  It has been a few months since using the distressed inks, and once I got into the coloring again I wondered why I stopped.  Well guess I just like to use a multitude of mediums.  :-)  I truly need to get back to my Copics, so you may be seeing something colored with them really soon.

I chose a beautiful image that is available on Create and Craft TV.

Well once again, I colored my image first and then went looking for the papers.  I was surprised at how quickly they all came together and felt pretty good about them.  :-)

I pulled out my Distressed Inks Mini pads and colored the image using a watercolor technique.

Hope you all like the card and once again invite you to join us in our Aussie DT challenge.  You can find the challenge by clicking HERE

Thank you all for stopping by and I hope your weather is as beautiful as it is here in South Carolina, USA.  Our leaves are beginning to turn and oh how I love autumn.

Happy stamping and blessings to all,
Pat

Sept 15, 2014 - International DT My Bestie Challenge - My Bestie with a Pet

Oh my goodness.  Can you believe it is already the middle of September.  Where oh where does the time go.  We have started having a few cooler days here in the south and believe me these days are really welcome here.  It hasn't been cool enough for the leaves to start turning yet but I'm sure that is just around the corner.  I love Autumn.....in fact Autumn and Spring are my two favorite seasons.  

From the title of my blog post you can see that our new DT challenge this month is a My Bestie image with a pet.  Well I knew right from the start which one of Sherri Baldy's beautiful images I was gonna use.  I have two parrots...PJ my sweet little Cockatiel and then Jabber, my sweet African Grey.  First let me tell you that Jabber is very appropriately named.  Just ask any of my friends who have been around him.  I have to chuckle when I think of a couple parties (Tastefully Simple and Pampered Chef) that I have had and when the consultants started their presentations, well lets just say that Jabber was trying to out talk/jabber them.  It was so funny, 'cause everytime the consultants tried to speak a little louder....well yep, you got it, Jabber just got louder too.  It was hysterical.  Everyone had a good time, even the consultants.   So My Bestie this tiime can be found on Sherri's Etsy shop HERE.   Sherri has some beautiful images with pets so I'm sure you will find an image that just fits you and your pets.    

Now Jabber doesn't really look like this, but in his honor I colored the tail red.   When I look at this, it just reminds me of holding my sweet boy.  :-)  

I used my Faber Castel Polychromo pencils to color with.  I love the soft look you can get with them.  All of my papers came from my stash and thank goodness I had colors to match my image.  I am getting a little better better about picking my papers first and then coloring my images, but I colored this one months ago when I saw what our challenge would be and didn't have a clue what papers I was going to use.  Believe me, it really works better to choose your papers first.  I try to keep telling myself that.  LOL  

My flowers are from Wild Orchard Crafts.  They are my first "go to" flowers all the time.  The round stamp is from Whimsey.  

Be sure and join the My Besties International DT challenge.  We would love to see your beautiful creations and see which "pet" you chose.  You can enter our challenge by clicking HERE

Wanted to include a photo of my boy so you can see Jabber for real.  :-)  

Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting my blog.  Please come back again and I would appreciate your comments.  

Have a wonderful September and I will be back next month with a brand new challenge.  

Happy Stamping and Crafting

Many Hugs and Blessings,

Pat

September 1, 2014 - New Aussie DT Challenge

Good Monday morning everyone and welcome to my blog and welcome to September.  Dang we are headed into Autumn very very soon.  I can't believe how quickly this year is passing by.  Hope you all are enjoying beautiful weather where you are.  It has been very sunny and pretty here.  Kinda hot still, but cooler weather is just around the corner for sure.  

Welcome to our new Aussie DT Challenge  - Anything Goes - Using a Bestie and Flowers.  Well that covers two of my most favorite things when I make a card.  Yeppers I love My-Besties and I love my flowers.  So that was a win-win situation for me.  :-)  

My card for this challenge once again served a dual purpose.  One for my design team card and then as a birthday card for a friend of mine who absolutely loves everything Lion.  So I knew immediately that I would use this image for Kaye and for the DT.  She is just adorable and you can find her in Sherri Baldy's Etsy Shop by clicking HERE

Another thing I loved doing with this card is using another of my favorite color combos which is using pinks and browns/tans.  I love her....well what can I say, I love all of Sherri's My Besties images.  :-)  

Supplies used:

MY Bestie Img 182 Click HERE

Cardstock - Close to My Heart

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Dies - Memory Box and Spellbinders

Embossing folders - Provo Craft

Decorative Paper - from my stash. 

Derwent InkTense Pencils

Sure hope you like my cutie pie above and that you will join us for this challenge.  I think everyone loves flowers and of course My Besties, so put your thinking caps on and create a beautiful card for the challenge.  When you do, you can enter the Aussie DT Challenge by clicking HERE

Challenges I am entering:
Anything Goes in  NL Scrapbook Stamp Society

Thank you once again for stopping by and please leave a comment on your visit.  Any questions, I will be happy to try and answer them for you.

Happy Stamping and Many Hugs,

Pat

August 18, 2014 - My-Besties International DT Challenge - Your Favorite Colors

Good  Monday morning my friends. Today is the start of a new challenge for our My Besties International Design Team.  We were able to use some of our favorite color combos and I have so many it was really really hard to decide which combos I wanted to use.  I made this card for a dual purpose, I have a friend who's birthday was coming up and also needed a card for my DT, so I decided to combine for the one card.  I know it is only August and I know that this is a strange design to use for a birthday card, but my friend loves Halloween and this just spoke her name to me and purples and greens are one of her's and  my favorite color combos so I said why not!!!!.  

So for this card I used one of the cutest images from Sherri Baldy's Etsy shop called Trixie Boo and you can find her HERE.

Now don'tcha know that you would love to have a cute little Trixie Boo coming to your home Trick or Treating?  :-)  Who could resist loading her up with all those candy treats you have waiting.  

Supplies Used:

Papers - Close to My Heart

Spellbinders Dies

Cherry Lynn Dies

LaLa Land Craft Dies

Faber Caster Polychromo Pencils

Black Cat - Halloween Confetti Mixture

Hope you like this sweetie and sure hope that you will join us in our challenge.  Please be sure to check out the creations of all our DT members by going to the challenge blog by clicking HERE.

Thank you once again for stopping by and checking out my latest creation for our challenges.  I would so appreciate any comments you would like to leave.  They are all very much appreciated.

So that's all this time, hope you drop in again sometime soon.  

Happy Stamping and Blessings,

Pat