Welcome to Your New Home!

One of my clients just moved into a new house, so I made this card to send to her.  I had so much fun making it!  I can't believe I didn't stamp anything on it!  WOW!  I stippled using Wild Wasabi ink  for the grass and Blue Bayou for the sky.  I cut out the tree branch with the bird house using the Winter Frolic cartridge & my Cricut.  I cut the fence out of Whisper White using my Martha Stewart fence border punch.  The flowers and bunnies are from dies by Impression Obsession.  I put tiny pearls in the center of the flowers along the fence.  I used my Fiskars cloud punch for the small clouds.  I used a strip of small pears for the butterfly body.  I hope she likes the card!  I really had fun making it.

Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's in your life!

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

No Stamping Butterfly Card

 

This is a card I made today for the Featured Stamper challenge over on SCS.  I'm not sure I've ever made a card that I haven't stamped on!  But I really love how this turned out.

Stamps:  None
Paper:  Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy Cat Black Linen, Brocade Blue
Ink:  None
Misc:  MS wide butterfly punch, SU sm butterfly punch, flowers, pearls

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my card today! 

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Cricut cards

Here are 2 of the cards I made for the mini VSN that we had last night over on Split Coast Stampers. The top card is called "Red Mittens". The relay runners who carried the torch to the opening ceremonies all wear red mittens with white fluff around the cuff, so that is where I got the idea for the card. The challenge was to use red & white, and something fluffy on the card. So I used glittery yarn around the card & liquid applique on the mittens. I also glittered the button & put it in the middle of the yarn.

The 2nd card was for the opening ceremonies. We were suppose to choose the colors of a flag from a participating country. Of course I chose Old Glory, and thought that the torch that I found on the Cricut cartridge entitled "Stand & Salute" was the perfect embellishment for my card.

My DH may be home tomorrow! I can hardly wait. It seems he's been gone for so long, although it's only been 2 1/2 weeks. We haven't gotten to speak to each other very often (only a couple of times) so that makes a big difference I think.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, We got 6" of snow yesterday. YIKES!

Happy Stamping!

Patty & Winnie

No Stamping Card, but I like it anyway!

There really isn't any stamping on this card, but I really do like it a lot. I may make a few more of these. I used my new Cricut Expression to cut the Happy Anniversary, and my Big Shot to cut the butterflies. Can you tell I'm really into butterflies right now??? I also used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the 2 larger butterflies.

Stamps: NONE!
Paper: Bella Bleu DSP, Not Quite Navy, Bordering Blue, Very Vanilla
Ink: NONE
Misc: Cricut Expression, Big Shot, SU Butterfly Die, MS Butterfly punch, CB embossing folder

I got an email from my DH today that he felt the aftershock in Haiti, but that he & his entire team are OK. They have been very busy, and he is actually sleeping on the floor in the US Embassy. He also said that the civil unrest that is being reported on the news is greatly exaggerated! There is still an over whelming task ahead, but he feels they are making a diference.

I hope everyone's week is going well.

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Flower Pot Card

I found this flower pot card on SCS today. I thought it was adorable. So I rushed upstairs to make one without looking at all of the examples that they had. Now, I don't like this one too much, so I'll probably make a few more & post tomorrow. Tell me what you think, what should be added, deleted etc????

Supplies:

Stamps: Perfect Ending & Warmest Regards

Paper: Dark Brown texture (I have no idea where it came from), So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery & Almost Amethyst. (The 2nd card below also has Bella Rose DSP)

Ink: Certainly Celery & Basic Grey

Misc: Paper Shaper butterfly punch, MS butterfly punch, scallop punch, various fern punches, McGill flower punches, ribbon

Here's the link to the tutorial on SCS http://sluman.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/01/25/flower-pot-pocket-card/

I'll try to post tomorrow & give some hints on things that I did a little different. And I have some ideas for how to jazz up the flowers!

Happy Stamping

Patty & Winnie

P S Winnie & I didn't get a lot done today. We got up, ate breakfast, then looked around on the internet most of the morning. We then took a nap, and after we woke up we tried to get caught up on 24. However, we're still 3hours behind!!!! Maybe tomorrow...........