March 23 - Using Ribbon -My Bestie Aussie DT Challenge

Hey Everyone, well this has been a very stressful time for my family, as my husband's mother passed away  on March 20 and it has been a sad time for us all.  I had my image colored, so all I had to do was design the card layout and put it together which was such a blessing to me in two ways, one the image was colored, and two, it took my mind of off things while I was working on finishing it.    

As I said, the challenge this month for the My Bestie Aussie DT is using ribbon.  Let me give you some advice (LOL) do NOT buy ribbons that are not the same on both sides when you want to make a big bow.  I found this beautiful purple ribbon that was glittery and thought ohhhh that is exactly what I want to use and I do love the way it finally turned out.  However.  making a bow with this ribbon was a challenge in itself.  Trying to twist the ribbon to make sure the glitter side was always showing took me forever to do.  I kid you not when I tell you it took me a good hour or more with many restarts to get the ribbon tied correctly.  It usually takes me a couple of minutes or less to do a ribbon.  Sooooo no more ribbon for me that design or glitter is only on one side.  LOL  

I was pleased with how the card turned out and I hope that you all like it too.  

This cute image is a Sherri Baldy image and is called Banna Pie Pom Pom Girl and can be found HERE.

I absolutely adore her as I of course do all the My Besties images.  LOL  It is so hard for me to pick a favorite.  

Image was colored with Distressed Ink Markers and papers were  from some of my on hand stash.  

Flowers are my favorites of all - Wild Orchid 

I hope that you will join all of the DT members and enter our challenge this month using ribbon.  You can join our challenge by clicking HERE

I am entering this card in the following:
http://artesaniasmyfavorites.blogspot.de/ - Anything Goes

Thank you all for stopping by for a visit.  I really appreciate it and would love to hear your comments.

Happy Stamping and God Bless,

Pat

March 9, 2014 - Aussie DT Challenge Tag with Flowers

Hello from warm sunny Florida.  We have certainly enjoyed our time with friends and soaking up this beautiful sun.  Our time is quickly passing by and we will soon be headed back to our home state.  Looking forward to seeing all my friends and especially my crafty friends.  :-)  Can't wait for our week-end get a way at  Scrapbook Creations.  :-)

So our DT challenge this time was make a Tag with Flowers.  I have to say that this was a real challenge for me and a real stretch.  LOL  When I think of how many years I have been stamping and coloring, I can probably count on may 3 or 4 fingers the times I have colored a "boy" image.  But I thought this Bestie image was the cutest thing and after all baseball is just around the corner, so I decided to color him.  So this is for all of you who are baseball fans.....me not so much, but who can resist such a cute fellow.  :-)  If you love this little fellow like I do you can find him HERE   This is My Bestie IMG 211.

Materials used:

Distress Ink Markers

We R Memories Crop a Dile Corner Scallop

May Arts Ribbons

Miscl Cardstock and Design Papers

Whimsey Ticket Sentiments and Die

Wild Orchard Flowers

Martha Steward Border Punch

We would love for you to join us in our challenge this month.  Step out of your comfort zone to and get creative.  You can join our challenge HERE

Thank you for stopping by my blog and I truly welcome and appreciate all comments.  

God Bless and Happy Stamping,

Pat

March 2, 2014, New Card and Exciting News

I am so excited to share with you that I was recently invited to be a Guest Designer on the My Bestie Norge blog.  If you have never visited their blog, you must go and see all the beautiful cards there.  I am always blown away by the creativity.

This is my card that I designed for them.  I sure hope you all like it.  I so enjoyed making the card and am honored to be asked to be the Guest Designer for their current challenge.  Please click HERE to visit the Norge Blog.

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