Butterfly Friend

I wanted to try more of the new In Colors and my new stamp set, so this is what I came up with. A quick & simple card with clean lines. I guess I like it OK.

Stamps: Simple Friendship

Paper: Dusty Durango, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, White

Ink: Dusty Durango

Misc: Soft Suade ribbon, pop dots

Last night SCS had a VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) and I played along for the first time. Wow! What fun. There were 4 challenges, and I did the first 3. I'll be posting the cards thoughout the coming week. What a blast!

Have a wonderful Saturday. I hope your weather is as pleasant as ours is here in Norther Virginia. Low humidity, slight breeze, 70 something temp. Very pleasant. Going to the deck to drink my coffee.

Happy Stamping!

Patty & Winnie

Birthday Daisy Picnic

This is going to be one of my favorite stamps sets! It has so many options, and is just such fun to color! This is the first stamp set I've bought from Papertrey Ink, but it certainly will not be my last! They also had very speedy service. I appreciate that!

Stamps: Vintage Picnic by Papertrey Ink
Paper: White, Cranberry Crisp, True Thyme, Marigold Morning
Ink: True Thyme, Close to Cocoa, Marigold Morning
Misc: Sizzix Bigshot, Sizzix texture plate, fiskars texture plate, brad, flower, Marigold Morning reinker to dye the large flower

I hope you like this as much as I have. You'll be seeing more of this stamp set in the near future! So stay tuned.....

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Good afternoon everyone. Finally I'm feeling a little better. Got up a little while ago & ate some toast & an ice pop. So far so good!

Today's card is another Martha Stewart bird. I don't like it very much because I didn't get any shading in the bird. I need to try another one.

Stamps: MS birds, unknown sentiment

Paper: white, Regal Rose, Petals & Paisley DSP, Old Olive

Misc: prisma colored pencils, baby oil, blending stumps, brads, kiwi kiss ribbon

Have a fantastic rest of the day!

Happy Stamping!

Patty & Winnie

Sick Riley Get Well Card

Isn't this the cutest Riley? I really love coloring the Riley stamps! Here's all the details:

Stamps: Sick Riley, Designer Lable (SU) & Sentiment from Technique Tuesday

Paper: Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Pacific Point, Summer Sun & white

Ink: Summer Sun & Pacific Point

Misc: Pacific Point ribbon, Designer Lable punch

I was very sick & had to stay home from work. I've had some kind of gastro intestinal bug, and it has been terrible. I still don't feel well at all.

Winnie got to see her "boyfriend" twice today. His name is Mr Bug, and he's a black & white Japanese Chin. He is absolutely the cutest thing. They just adore each other, and as soon as they see each other they go running to meet each other. When they play you can't tell where one dog starts and the other stops!

Going to close for tonight.

Happy Stamping!

Patty & Winnie

Blog Candy Alert

This is my second post tonight, so make sure you scroll down and look at the card I posted. But there is GREAT BLOG CANDY over on Priscilla's blog aka MMSC http://www.priscillastyles.blogspot.com/ They are giving away a BIG SHOT & BAG!!!!!!!!

This is one of the sketch challenges that I've been playing along with for a month or so. They have GREAT ideas, so make sure you add yourself as a follower or bookmark them, or better yet do both.

I hope I win!

Paty

Purple Bird Card

I'm going to have 2 posts tonight, so make sure you check them both out. This card is for the MMSC (Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge) that I've been playing on & off for a month or so. I really really liked this sketch, and as soon as I saw it last night I ran upstairs to make a card. I didn't photograph it until after work tonight and almost missed the cut off! (8pm ET). I got home & got it photographed, but then made another card, and then unmounted some more stamps. I just totally lost track of time I was having so much fun!!!! Anyway, I seem to be making a lot of purple cards, and a lot of bird cards. I wonder what that means????? If there's any phyciatrists out there, don't let me know. :0

Winnie is having so much fun with her daddy at home with her all day. She watches him work out, and then waits for him to clean up. Then they have their coffee and start their day.

Here's the details for the card tonight:

Stamps: MS Birds
Paper: Lovely Lilac, Lovely Lilac DSP, Almost Amethyst & White
Ink: Lovely Lilac
Misc: Fiskars border punch, prisma colored pencils, baby oil, blending stumps, lovely lilac ribbon, brads


Guess that's all for now. More tomorrowl

Happy Stamping!
Patty & Winnie

Sorry it's been so long!

Well, it took me a week to recover from vacation!!!! We had so much fun, but didn't stop the entire time. We had so many wonderful adventures, so I can't say which was my favorite. But some of my favorite memories was eating king crab on the side of the road in Juneau on the spur of the moment, the butterfly garden in Victoria, BC, Canada, the mother & calf hump back whale that we got to watch for over 1/2 an hour, all the Bald Eagles, and shopping for Russian eggs.

It really was a fabulous trip, and my dear MIL seemed to really enjoy herself also. We all had so much fun together. And it was nice having the butler so that we didn't have to go to the dinning room on the nights that we were too tired. He would go and bring us the menu for the evening, and that way we didn't have to use room service. That is the main reason we always sail Celebrity, because if you get a suite, you get a butler. Boy was I spoiled. He brought cappuccinos 30 minutes before he brought breakfast every monring. And every morning I had Eggs Benedict! Yummy!

I'll post some pictures later in the week. I have to get them off the other computer, so it will be a few days.

My card today was a lot of fun. I had colored it some time ago, but never made it into a card. Here's the details:

Stamps: Serene Spring, small butterfly above the sentiment is from Inkadinkado, and the sentiment (outside & inside ) is unknown acrylic stamps

Paper: Tea Party DSP, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Certainly Celery & White

Misc: SU Pretties 1/2 back pearls, Pretty in Pink ribbon, prismacolor pencils, baby oil, blending stumps, pop dots, stickles on butterfly wings

I will post again tomorrow, and try to get back into my routine. I hope eveyone has a wonderful week!

Happy Stamping!

Patty & Winnie