February 22, 2014 - Love of Pearls and Bling Aussie DT Challenge

Happy Saturday everyone.  Can you believe that February is almost gone.  WOW it seems like time is truly flying by quickly.  We have been enjoying the warm weather here in FL and looking at the temps around the country looks like some of my friends in the north are getting some pretty decent weather for a change.  Spring is just around the corner thank goodness.

For those of you who know me well know I love "bling" so this was a great challenge for me.  Throw in "pearls" and what a great combo.  :-)   I had so much fun designing this card for our Love of Pearls and Bling challenge and hope that you like the card.

I love this sweet "Bestie", IMG 175.  She looks like she is having so much fun and she puts a smile on my face.  You can find her on Sherri Baldy's Etsy page.  If you are interested you can find her Here

Supplies Used:

Tim Holtz Distressed Inks

Wild Orchid Flowers

Miscl Cardstock and Designer papers from AC Moore

Offray Ribbon

Bling

Spellbinders Scalloped Oval Die

Stickles on little hearts

Pearl Swirls were all together and I cut them to fit my design

We would love for you to join us in our Love of Pearls and Bling.  We would love to see all your lovely creations.  You can post your entries for the challenge by clicking HERE

I am entering this card in:

OutLawz Saturday, 2/22 Challenge  - HERE
Crafting When We Can Challenges - HERE

Thank you all for stopping by and I look forward to posting again soon as I have been invited as a guest designer so I will have a brand new card designed just for them soon.  -)

Happy Stamping and Coloring

Hugs and blessings to all

Pat

February 10, 2014 -My Besties Aussie DT Challenge - LOVE IS IN THE AIR

I am so please to share with  you all  our new Aussie Bestie DT challenge.  It is called Love is in the Air and we were challenged to use red, black and white. 

 I had so much fun designing this card for you and love the way that the inside becomes part of the outside when you bend the front and stand it up.  I don't know about you, but I love cards with different dimensions, folds, pockets, bends, etc..  :-)  And what a great time for our Love is in the Air theme, since Valentine's is just a few days away.  When I saw this My Bestie digi image, I knew she was the one for this challenge.  If you love her like I do, you can find her Here.  

Supplies used: 

Distressed Markers:  Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Worn Lipstick, Broken China 

Stampin Up Markers:  Real Red, Basic Black

Stickles on hanging hearts and ruffle on skirt

Dies:  Spellbinders Oval

Memory Box:  La Rue Fourish #98218

Sherri Ann Baldy My Bestie Dies - Here

Flowers  Wild Orchid, Prima

Here is my favorite part of the card, when it opens and stands up.  :-)  

Thank you so much for stopping by and looking at my card as I had such a fun time designing it.  Hope you like it and I encourage you to join us for this Love is In The Air challenge.  We would love to see all your wonderful creations.  Please go and check out all the other cards by our wonderful My Bestie Aussie DT.  You can get to the Blog by clicking Here

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
GlitterNSparkleChallengeBlog -  Click Here
My Bestie Norge Blogspot - Click Here
4KraftyGirlzChallenges - Click Here
AddictedtoStamps-Challenge.blogspot.com/au - Click Here
Heart and Soul Bloggers Challenge - Click Here
The Outlawz Challenges - Click Here
MarkerPop Weekly Challenge #37 - Click Here

Thank you again for stopping by and I would appreciate your comments below and please come again.

Happy Valentines Day to all,

Many Hugs,

Pat

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January 27 - My Besties Aussie Challenge - Bakers Twine and Charms

Good Monday evening to one and all.  Sure hope you are are doing well and I cannot believe we are getting ready for another round of wicked weather.  Seems like every time I post lately, there is a big storm getting ready to hit my friends.  So once again, I say.....stay safe and stay warm.

So our Aussie Challenge this time was using bakers twine and charms.  This was a great challenge, however, I did not bring any twine or charms with me on our trip, so I had to quickly make a trip to AC Moore.  Now you know that was a real chore, right???   LOL   NOT!!!!!   Going to a craft store is NEVER a chore.  :-)

I absolutely adore the image for this challenge.  It is IMG 156 2 and can be found in Sherri's Etsy Shop here.

So here is my card for this challenge.  I used mostly the Tim Holtz Distressed markers, but also used one or 2 of Stampin Up and Close to My Heart markers.

Here are two more views so you can see how it looks from the side.  So enjoyed making this style card.

And a view from the other side.  -)

Flowers are from Wild Orchard.  Love love love those flowers.

Please visit the My Besties DT blog and join us in this challenge using bakers twine and charms.  We would love to see your creations.,  You can enter your cards on the blog by clicking Here

I am entering this in the following challenges
Delightful Digis - http://myshericrafts.blogspot.com.au/
More Than two Folds Bestie Challenge
Created With Love



Thank you one and all for stopping by and spending a little time on my blog.  I truly appreciate your visit and ask that you leave a comment and let me know if you are enjoying my posts, my cards, and if there are any suggestions or requests, please let me know.

Happy Stamping and hugs to all.
Pat

January 13, 2014 - My Besties Aussie Challenge

Well it is a wonderful Monday here is sunny Florida and I hope and pray that those of you who have been affected by the bad winter weather are having some better days.

I am excited to share with you all my very first card as a Design Team Member of the My-Besties Aussie DT Group.  Our challenge this time was Anything Goes - Butterflies.  Since butterflies hold a very special place in my life, I was very excited about this challenge. 

The name of the image is "Tina Tatters", IMG973 from Sherri Ann Baldys Etsy Shop. To purchase this image Click Here

Image: My Bestie IMG 983
Hair: DM (Distressed Markers) - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo
Skin: DM Scattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Worn Lipstick
Clothing:  DM  - Shaded Lilac, SU Pear Pizzazz
Eyes:  DM - Broken China
Flowers:  Wild Orchid
Dies:  Spellbinders, Memory Box, Ellentina
Sentiment:  Hero Arts
Punch - Stampin Up

I so enjoyed watercoloring this precious image and I hope that you like it.  We will have another challenge coming up the end of the month.

Please go to our Aussie DT Blog and see the other DT Members creations.  We would also love for you to take this challenge with us.

To go to the Aussie DT Blog  Click Here

That's is for today.  Thank you for stopping by and visiting my blog.  I truly appreciate everyone of you coming by and would appreciate your comments.

Happy Stamping!!!
Pat

Brrrrrrr.....Baby It is Cold Outside

WOW it has been wicked weather lately,especially the last couple of days, and I sure hope that all of you are staying warm and healthy.  I think most everyone is "over" this weather and wanting Spring to hurry up and come.

I promised last time that I had a very special announcement to make and I am here today to do it.  I am so excited and honored to have been asked to join the Aussie Bestie Design Team.  If you have never heard of or seen the Besties  designed by Sherri Ann Baldy, I'm sure you will fall in love with them the first time you see them....just like I did.  I have been a great customer ever since I saw my first digital image.  Yes these images come in digis along with rubber stamps, and much much more.  These "big eyed" Besties  will just sneak into your heart and if you are like me, you have to have them all.  LOL  Check out Sherri's FB page.  There are some beautiful card examples there and Sherri has some great sales from time to time.

So the other day Sherri shared a new image with her Design Teams and asked us to color the image and I wanted to share the card  I just finished.  I don't think she has a name yet, but I call her Ms. BunnyLuv.  :-)  Most of you know that I absolutely love to watercolor and love the watercolor look.  So yeppers, I pulled out my trusty markers and went to work.  For this image I used mostly the Distressed Markers, but I also used a couple of Stamping Up and Close To My Heart markers.  They work really well together.  I also use Canson W/C paper and print the digis on my ink-jet printer.  One hint....I was having problems with the ink running and put a question out on one of the FB groups I belong to on how to watercolor using digi images without the ink running.  Thank goodness some kind soul responded to use a hair dryer, set on high, and heat set the ink.  Guess what....IT WORKED!!!!   This made me a happy happy gal.

Here is my card.  Hope you like it.  I certainly enjoyed coloring the image and designing the card.  I am entering this in the first ever Fantasy Stampers Challenge.

http://fantasystampers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/our-first-challenge-ever.html

This image is one of my favorites from Sherri Baldy, My Besties IMG 2062.  Here is link for image 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SherriBaldy

I am also entering this in Summer Fun with a Bestie Stamp at www.bestieschallenge.blogspot.com

Keep warm my friends.....I will have my first DT challenge card coming up soon.
Hugs and blessings.
Pat

A New Card

Good day my friends and fellow bloggers.  Well I keep saying that I am going to do better about posting and life just seems to get in the way.  :-)  But I am trying to get myself organized and one of the things that I have always been very bad about is writing down what colors I used where on my images.  Sooooo I now have a dedicated notebook that is beside me when I color and I am doing my best to keep it up to date.  I will have some cards that I finished before I got "smart" LOL.   I did not keep a list but at least I can tell you the markers I used.  :-)

First, can you believe how "wicked" this weather has been this year.  We have been cold here in the south, but some of you have just had so much snow, ice, etc.  Dang it, I'm looking forward to Spring soon.  :-)

OK the card I am sharing today  was for a friend's birthday and I think she liked it a lot.  I have parrots and she loves to come see and talk to my African Grey, Jabber.  Now this is not a parrot, but a cute bird and it made me think of her when I was coloring it. 

My image is a Penny Black stamp called Good Friends and I used Tim Holtz Distressed Markers for coloring.  I have loved the Distressed Inks and used them for several years but found that the Distressed Markers work very nicely and are easy to travel with.  I also blend with a "waterbrush".

Colors used: 
Umbrella - Mustard Seed and I shaded with Spice Marmalade.
Hearts on umbrella, scarf and flowers - Spun Sugar shaded with Barn Red.  I also touched up the black between the hearts with Black Soot.
Dress and Bird - Tumbled Glass shaded with Salty Ocean
Checks on bird - Worn Lipstick
Grass and Leaves - Mowed Lawn
Shoes - Pumice Stone and Black Soot
Strawhat - Squeezed Lemonade and shaded with Mustard Seed
Apron - Barn Red
Sunflower on Sleeve - Squeezed Lemonade, Spie Marmalade and Barn Red
Skin - Tattored Rose shaded with Vintage Photo
Cheeks - Worn Lipstick.

Whew.....Lots of colors.  One of the things that I love about the watercolor effect is that you can blend so nicely. If you cannot find a color that matches to shade, then let the area you just colored dry and then go back with the same color and darken where you want shading.  I hope that Tim adds the entire line of Distressed Inks to his Distressed Markers.   And hoping that he adds more new colors.  :-)

Another thing that I am bad about doing, is coloring my image first and then going on a hunt in my craft room to find papes that match.  I am paper "poor" as I imagine a lot of us crafters are.  So I can definitely "shop" in my room and never have to leave the building.  LOL  So I used a little of this and a little of that but I think it turned out nicely.  Hope you think so too.

I  used a Martha Steward Lattice punch that is one of my all time favorites.  I cut a strip a little larger than I wanted, punched down one length and then turned it around and punched the other length to make it look like lattice work on both sides.  I love that look.  My flowers are from Wild Orchid.  Love Love Love their flowers.  :-)  The scallop mat was with a Spellbinders Die.  Dang it, gotta start writing down the names of those things too.  LOL  The sentiment was from Stampin Up.

Got some exciting news to share and I'll try to get that information out to you all this week. 

Hope that you all are staying safe and warm and enjoying good health during this special time of the year. 

Thank you so much for stopping in to visit with me for a bit.  I promise you will be seeing a lot more of me soon.  That is part of my exciting news.  Don't you just hate when someone gives you just a little tease of what's to come.  :-)  I will tell you SOON.

God bless you all my friends. 
Many Hugs,
Pat

A Very Special Post

Hi Everybody.  Well today's post is a very special one.  Why???  Well I am going to post a very special card that I received for my birthday.  Many of you know and probably follow Suzanne J. Dean's blog (ScrapBitz) and know what an awesome artist she is.  Well I am very blessed that she is one of my best and dearest friends.  I met Suzanne on line a few years ago and absolutely fell in love with her Copic coloring.  At that time she was giving a few classes in her home and then thank the good Lord, she decided to develop an On the Road Copic Class and I was very blessed to be able to take one of the first ones in Greensboro, NC about 3 - 4 years ago.  Suzanne and I had been chatting back and forth for a while on FB and via emails.  When I saw she was gonna be in Greensboro, I said, hey you don't need a roomie do you and guess what.....she said yes. So I met her in NC for the very first time in person and that was the beginning of an awesome friendship. We talked way into the night and laughed until we almost peed our pants.   If you have seen her blog, you have seen some of the funny things that we get into with another one of our BFF's (Dana Shaw) when we get together.  We could write a book for sure.  Now why am I telling you all this, well I received a belated birthday card and a gift that I will tell you about in a minute.  Now this birthday card is one of the most beautiful ones she has ever done....ok that is my opinion, but I'm sticking to it.  LOL  When Dana, Suzanne and I were in Naples this past March, Suzanne gave Dana and I a private kick in the butt....get your Copics out....mini refresher class.  LOL  We were coloring a lot of digis and Suzanne of course knocked one out before Dana and I had barely colored the skin and hair.  LOL  I was drooling over the one that Suzanne did. Well guess what......she made that one into a card and sent it to me.  I was texting to her the other day and she said she knew when she colored that one it was gonna be for me.  That was so sweet and it means all the world to me. I have this sitting on my kitchen counter so I see it many many times a day.  :-)  Sooooooo here is my beautiful birthday card.  I know that you will love it as much as I do. .....well maybe not 'cause I don't think anyone could love it as much as me.  :-)  Sorry my photograph of the card is not as good as Suzanne's.  Not only is she an beautiful artist, she is an awesome photographer too.  Guess that will have to be my next class Suzanne.  LOL  The diamond glaze on her eyes make it look like there are stickles on the eye but there is not.  Of course she did use bling on the headband, dress and bows around her ankles.  We BFF's are all about bling don'tcha know??  Ummmm we are kinda all about Coach purses too. 

 

 

Now for my very, very special gift.  Never in a million years could I have guessed what was in the package she sent me.  All I can say is that I LOVE LOVE LOVE it and she knows me very very well.  :-)  Ok I'll fess up, I was and STILL am a devoted ELVIS fan.  I like to kid and say that I spent my anniversary with him one week-end.  LOL  Well my hubby was with me and I had gotten tickets in Atlanta, Ga. for a friday night, a saturday night and a sunday afternoon concerts.  So see I did spend my week-end with him.  As far as I was concerned, he didn't even have to open his mouth to sing.....just so I could sit and look at him would have been good, but his voice and music was the cherry on top of my cake.  I was lucky that I got to see him in many concerts in Macon, Georgia and in Atlanta at various times.  One of the last concerts I attended, was near the end of his life and I know he didn't look as good as he did in the past, but I still loved him.  After the concert, I made the after the concert trip to the potti (cause we can't get up during the concert LOL)  and while I was in there a group of young girls (probably around the age of 13) came in and they were sooooo excited.  One of the girls looked at the others and said and I quote..."you know, he may be fat......but he's the sexiest fat man I have ever seen".  I had to smile and say YOU GO GIRL!!!!  'Cause that was exactly the way I felt.  LOL  So here is what Suzanne sent me.  One of the limited edition collections of a Precious Moments Elvis - in the Jailhouse Rock suit and stance.  He is standing on a black record.  Don'tcha just love it?  I do, and it has a special place with my collectibles in my bookcase.  I just smile everytime I walk past it. 

 

Hope you have enjoyed my special post today and see a little into my personal life.  I am so truly blessed in so many ways.  Thank you for stopping by and letting me visit your home for a little while.