Love Blooms

 

No challenge for this card.  I was just playing around with a older Woodland Park background stamp from October Afternoon and several colors of Tim Holtz distress ink. I also wanted to use a flower die from Heartfelt Creations that I picked up awhile ago and haven't had a chance to work with. It's called Arianna Blooms and I love it!

For the background I stamped the Woodland Park image with versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then inked the watercolor paper the six colors below below.

Here's a close up of the background and the flowers. I used Graphic 45's Bohemian Bazaar patterned paper for the flowers. This Arianna Blooms die is so versatile and can make so many different variations of flowers. I can't wait to play around with it some more. 

The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps called Bloom & Grow. 

I've been using my new MISTI and I love it! I think this will be very helpful for me because with my Rheumatoid Arthritis sometimes I have a difficult time stamping a good image. Just from trying it out with various stamps I think the purchase of this product was well worth it!

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The Glory of Christmas Challenge #49

Today my card is for the challenge The Glory of Christmas Challenge #49. Anything goes as long as it's Christmas. Christmas cards are my favorite cards to create. Thank you and sympathy cards come in second and third. 

I've been checking around to find challenges that do Christmas all year round. I think I've found a few so don't be surprised if you see more Christmas cards on my blog in 2015.

The patterned paper I used is Silent Night by October Afternoon. This paper is just so cute, I love it! I bought a couple of these pads when I went to the their warehouse sale. For my ornament I die cut the image using a set of dies called Ornament Dies by Sweet 'n Sassy. They have two different stamp sets that also coordinate with this die set. I then ran the die cut through my Big Shot using an embossing folder from Darice. I don't have the name of it. I had some snowflake buttons in my stash so I cut the shank off the back and adhered it to the die cut with a glue dot. My little bow is made out of jute. The sentiment is by Inkadinkado. I've used this sentiment a lot through the years. 

Believe it or not, I've made all these Christmas cards and haven't even sent out one yet and it's December 23rd! Anyone on my card list will be getting their cards late this year!

Be sure to stop by The Glory of Christmas and check out all the cards!

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Unscripted Sketches #250

This may have been the easiest and fastest card I've ever made! I think it took me about 10 minutes. I was happy about that because I've been exhausted the last few weeks and have barely even been in my craft room at all. The Unscripted Sketch this week is a very easy one with tons of possibilities.

I used a Heidi Swapp stencil and Tim Holtz Distress Ink for my background dots. The circles were die cut using Nestabilities circle and lacey circles.  The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and I used Rain Dots as my "bling". 

Be sure to stop by out check out all the other Design Team Members Blogs:

Adriana

Billie

Claire

Debbie

Henva

Kimberly

Michelle

Patty - that's me!

Rebecca

SarahKaye

Shir

Susan

Tammy

Tracey

Hope you'll join us this week with your take on the sketch above. All the details are on the blog post over at Unscripted Sketches! Thanks for stopping by!

Products Used For This Card:

Base Cardstock - PTI 

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress - Festive Berries, Ranger Archival - Jet Black

Gems: Cloud 9 Design Rain Dots - Red Rose

Stamp - Sweet 'n Sassy - Celebrate Today
Spellbinders - Lacey Circles, Standard Small Circles
Stencil - Heidi Swapp

Believe

I've made it a goal of mine to make cards with every stamp I have this year. I had so many sets that I purchased and only used once or twice. I went through them, weeded them out and sold them. I have a lot of new ones now and they're too cute to just let sit. I also have many embossing folders I've picked up and am going to try and use more. I'm so guilty of buying certain items and then they just get lost in my craft room somewhere. 

For this card I used a stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy called Celebrate Today. The patterned paper is from DCWV - The Old World Stack and The Paper Studio - Bella Bohemia. I know it's hard to see, but the black strip on the far left is a piece of fabric called Additions by Mark Richards. It's almost has a light burlap/linen feel to it. I die cut the edge with the Tim Holtz Alterations - Torn Notebook.  I die cut the oval with the Spellbinders Beaded Oval Die and then cut it in half. The Field Grasses die is from Die-Namites. 

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Thinking Of You Card Swap

I belong to a group of ladies called Scrappy Girls that do a lot of swaps. They swap tags, cards and books. Since I didn't join in the fun the last few months with the mini book, tag and the Christmas card swap, I thought I'd start the new year right and participate in a card swap in January!

We did a "Thinking of You" and "Birthday" theme. The card above is the card I created for the "Thinking of You" swap. I just received my cards from the swap yesterday. Below you can see all the "Thinking of You" cards I received.

I used a kraft base for my card with just a piece of red as my background, leaving an 1/8 of an inch border. I used my "new" Teresa Collins eBosser Sophisticated embossing folder with kraft card stock for my next background again leaving an 1/8 inch border.

I stamped the flower image using a Sweet 'n Sassy stamp set called  Celebrate Today. The image was stamped with Tim Holtz Festive Berries distress ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. For the sentiment I used a Hero Arts stamp set called Thinking of You. I lightly inked all the edges with Tim Holtz black soot distress ink.

Now for the cards I received! I can't give credit to all of the ladies because some of them didn't sign their card unfortunately. I've added the name of the person below each card if I know who created it. Update: I've now added the name of the each person who created each card.

Serena Repsold

Tina

Judy Stech

Tiffany Shuma

Melanie Swanson

Kim Russell

Briana

Marina

I'll share the Birthday cards in the next few days! Thanks for stopping by!

Unscripted Sketches #240

The patterned paper I used for this card is by Cosmo Cricket called Circa 1934. It's a few years old, but I still love it! I have plenty of sheets left and I know I'll be creating more cards with it. This is my interpretation of the Unscripted Sketch this week. 

I used the Tim Holtz Alteration On The Edge Die called Torn Notebook for the top edge of my paper.  I ripped the bottom edge. Then I inked the edges and ruffled the torn notebook edge.

The sentiment and image is from the Sweet 'n Sassy stamp set called Celebrate Today.

Please join us this week with your take on the sketch above. All the details are on the blog post over at Unscripted Sketches! You don't have to have a blog in order to play. If you load your creations to a gallery, just add the direct link to your project and be sure to give credit for the sketch to Unscripted Sketches. That's it!

Products Used:
Base Cardstock - PTI in True Black
Patterned Paper - Circa 1934 - Cosmo Cricket
Stamps - Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps - Celebrate Today
Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot & Festive Berries, Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Twine Cording by Maya Road in Blackberry
Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Die - Torn Notebook

Wishing You A Most Joyous Christmas!

Yesterday I had some time to play around with one of my new stamp and die sets from Sweet 'n Sassy. It's called Ornament Dies: Set of 4 and it coordinates with the Vintage Ornaments and Mod Ornaments stamp set. I think I have the Vintage Ornaments set. 

I used patterned paper from Recollections called Botanica Noel and PTI. The stamped snowflake is from the Hero Arts stamp set called Tree-mendous CL465. The gold cord and ribbon I found in my stash. I'm pretty sure the ribbon is from May Arts. I added some gold embossing powder and some pearl gems to the centers.

Products Used:

• PTI
• Patterned paper - Recollections - Botanica Noel
• Gold Embossing Powder
• Ribbon
• Gold Cord
• Sentiment & Diecuts from Sweet 'n Sassy 
• Snowflake Stamp from Hero Arts - Tree-mendous CL465
• Pearl Gemstones

I've linked this post to these parties: All Things Fee, Craft-O-Maniac Monday, A Round Tuit, Marvelously Messy, Made by You Monday

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Christmas Tags

I love creating Christmas tags for gifts! Maybe it's just the satisfaction of finishing something in a short amount of time. I used my Sizzix die to cut the tags. The deer were cut from Recollections Botanica Noel (below) patterned card stock and from Krafty Christmas (above) card stock from Canvas Corp.

The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy called Christmas Silhouettes. The deer were cut using the coordinating die.

For this tag I used patterned card stock from Recollections called Botanica Noel. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday called Jingle All the Way.

These tags also uses the same stamp set from Technique Tuesday. The stars in the center were covered with glossy accents and then covered with distress glitter from Tim Holtz. I really LOVE that glitter! I definitely have to get more colors. All card stock is from Paper Trey Ink. 

I'm hoping to work on some more tags and maybe some cards today. I'm so behind on cards this year. I'm not even confident that I'll have many handmade Christmas cards to send out. I might have to shoot for next year at this point. It's kind of sad really because Christmas cards are one of my favorite type to create. Who says you can't make them year round? There are no rules in crafting!

This post is linked to these parties: Bowdabra Saturday Crafty Showcase, Think Pink Sunday, Sew Darn Crafty

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It's Time For Another Giveaway!

I think it's for another giveaway! Here's another set of stamps and dies that I picked up from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps! I bought several products for giveaways when they were having a sale, so I better start giving them away!

This stamp set includes 13 stamps and the matching set of 4 ornament dies.

Check out my Pattitudes Facebook page for all the details on how to win! Good Luck :)

Stamp Set & Die Giveaway!

If you've stopped by my blog in the last few months, I'm sure you've noticed there hasn't been much activity. I've been busy packing and moving from Wisconsin to Minnesota. To celebrate the fact that my craft room is 95% finished I'm giving away two stamp sets with matching dies on my Facebook page. Above is the one you'll win and below is the one your friend will win.

Both sets are from Sweet 'n Sassy. They're not sponsoring this post, I just like their stamps! All you have to do for a chance to win is go to my Facebook page and share the post with a friend that talks about these stamps. Leave a comment with your friends name. Both of you have to "Like" my page in order to be eligible to win. I'll pick a winner on Wednesday! Good luck!