everyday.....this dog makes us smile.

Seriously. Every single day. He is so funny & smart!

The painted chipboard has brown color box chalked edges, applied w/a cotton swab.

Zip dry makes making small jute flowers easy.

Happy scrappin' ~

patti

{a card for carrie}

I share my office with Carrie. She is, without a doubt, the world's best listener.

I *heart* and appreciate her. This card is going on her desk this morning. I'll let ya know if she likes it. ;)

Happy Friday, all!

hugs, Patti

Use It! challenge #3

Heidi Van Laar (a favorite card maker of mine) has posted a challenge at the new Use It! challenge blog. She is challenging everyone to use 1) eyelets, 2) something at least one year old, and 3) something w/polka dots on it...just for fun.

Tonight I painted some eyelets. These were originally orange. Bright orange. Once they were dry, I added them to the Scenic Route chipboard. Then I covered them w/glossy accents by Ranger and immediately added the gems to the centers. The cardstock is Kraft & s*e*i, the patterned paper & die cut are also SR. American Crafts makes the thickers & ribbon. There is also a rub on by Autumn Leaves.

{click image if you would like a nicer view}

Eyelets - check.
Polka dots - check.
Something a year old - check, check, check. LOL!!

Thank you, Use It! girls for this fun challenge.

~patti

2 new babies!

Within ten days, my sister Karin became a grandmother twice!

She already had one grandson, now she has three. I had this Mrs. Grossman's album on hand and thought a "grandson album" would be the perfect thing for her.

I made 2 cards and the album w/this one sheet of Prima pp. Love that!

thanks for coming by,

~patti

{tags are sweet}

I don't care who you are. When you receive a gift w/a handmade tag, you're gonna smile & it will make you feel happy.

I made these two cute little tags, just for fun. Ran some acrylic through the cuttlebug for the overlays. Sweet, huh?

~patti

using the stash...

Over at the site http://useyourstash.blogspot.com/ they're having a challenge to use eyelets on a lay-out. My father-in-law (one of my very favorite people in the whole entire world) had his 77th birthday celebration this past week-end. I had to tell him 3 times to shut his mouth before I could get a good shot of him. {He is a riot!!} Anyway, this is the lo I came up with while using my stash.

{As always, click any image for a larger view.}

I pop dotted the scalloped edge cardstock w/the eyelets and also used my Heidi Swapp distress tool on the edges of cs & pp. (Love that look!) Then, just for a little bit of manly sparkle, I added golden rod stickles on top of the Scenic Route stickers.

thanks for stoppin' by,

~patti

...it's groovy, baby.

That's how this card makes me feel. LOL!

My mom and I checked out our new Hobby Lobby last Friday and I spied this trim and had to have it! It reminds me of something you would've seen in the 70's....and those were some fun years! {wink, laugh}

I used some new and some old Basic Gray paper and the rubs are from Creative Imaginations little Sonnet booklet.

thanks for comin' by and stay cool.

~patti

a pretty lay-out to share...

This lay-out reminds me of how wonderful it is to be away on vacation w/the hubs.

We were at dinner @a restaurant called "Marandi's". The evening was perfect in every way. We sat at a corner table w/a gorgeous view. The music was soft and the candles provided our light once the sun set. The service was impeccable and the food delicious. Now I have this lay-out to help me always remember this special night.

thanks for stopping by,

~patti

Me, the model. In the apron.

LOL!! I made this apron at Marti's crop yesterday. While everyone else was scrapping, I was sewing. A special "thank you" to Marti for settin' me up good.

Just for fun, here is a close-up of the button embellished apron pocket.

...and just for the record, I see myself and I see my mother. When did I become an old lady? OMG!!

sprinkle the sparkles ~

I sprinkled the sparkles, alright. You should see my scrap table. There is glitter everywhere. LOL! This was a wicked cool challenge, given by Spike, over at the Cuttlebug challenge blogspot.


I used a Zig 2 way glue stick & some Doodlebug glitter on the wrong side of my embossed cardstock to make the front of this card sparklyicious.

That's a Traditions natural gallery bead, on a Heidi Grace stick pin. No sentiment...I just couldn't bring myself to cover up any of this pretty glitter pattern.

So, a big shout-out thank you to Spike for teaching me something new. If you're interested, here is her tutorial. http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/02/burnished-velvet-on-cuttlebug-challenge.html

thanks for comin' by,
~patti

a cards storage box ~

This new blog, 365 cards, started their site w/a challenge to make a card storage box. I thought "why not?" While at Walmart this morning, I picked up this shoe storage box for $1.74, thinking it was the perfect size for a card box. I wanted a box w/a lid to keep the dust off of the cards. Really glad I took the time to make this box because...while inserting the dividers w/my cards, I found some I had forgotten I had made. LOL! And, I have realized that I do not need to make any birthday cards for a while!

thanks for stopping by!

~patti