House Mouse Challenge

Hello!!!

Wowzers, talk about a challenge! House Mouse has the most incredibly cute images, and I've only done their challenge a few times. I decided that I would give it a shot today! Janneke's challenge this week is to use a HM image on a double pocket bag! Thank goodness that a tutorial was included!

Here's what I cooked up this evening... I thought about putting make-up in the bag since the image is busy getting her cheeks nice and rosy for her date with Mr. Mouse... however, most of the make-up that I could find to go in the bag is as old as I am! So... I decided what better use of this adorable bag than to hold some adorable greeting cards!

As usual... my image is colored with colored pencils and low odor mineral spirits!

Thanks for stopping by - hope you like it!

Have a great week!

Patti J.

Food for thought.....He who laughs last, thinks slowest!

Happy Birthday Jesus...

This little cutie is an ornament that I made for the Inky Impressions Challenge this week, which was, of course, to create an ornament!

Thanks to Maria, I will also enter it in the Saturday Spotlight challenge, which is also an ornament challenge!

The image, is a sweetie from Inky Impressions. (Thanks to a great friend!!!)

I just hand wrote (I'm SURE that's obvious!) the sentiment out to the side.

She is colored with TomBow Markers.

I took an old ribbon spool, took one cover off, and decorated the rest.

The image is covered with Crystal Laquer for a glossy look.

I couldn't get the camera and the gloss to cooperate, so it looks like it's got lumps and bumps, but that is really just camera fussies and stubborness!

Her legs were attached to the back, (I remembered how cute those lil' 'shelf sitters' used to be!

I certainly hope that your week is off to a good start! It's going to be busy here. DS is flying in from the west coast (YIPPEE!!!), it is monthly report time (UGH!!), I have tons of grocery shopping to do, a gift bag swap to start and finish, business trucks and trailers to be inspected and licensed this week.... if you don't see me, you'll know where I am!!!

Have a great day, and if you missed the blog candy winners, please go to my last post!

Patti J.

Food for thought:

If you woke up breathing today, congratulations! You have another chance!!!

Blog Candy Winner!

Thanks so much to everyone that dropped by to leave nice comments, and to enter the drawing for some yummy 'candy'...

I am happy to announce the winner of my blog candy! The lucky name that was drawn was Linda, from North Carolina! Congratulations Linda! I will be emailing you for your address! You can check out Linda's blog here!

Don't leave yet! I also have an unexpected 'surprise' for Chris, from Alberta Canada who was lucky enough to sign up to be my 100th follower! Chris, I will also email you! You can all check out Chris' blog here!

Drop by and leave them both a little love and a big CONGRATULATIONS!

Gosh, this was so much fun - we'll have to do it again sometime very soon!

Have a wonderful week! Congratulations Linda and Chris!!!

Patti J.

I'm so excited!!!

I am SO excited to be a part of the StampTV Member Blog Hop, featuring the new sets! As soon as this was posted, I knew it would be a lot of fun!

Melanie's Festive Frame is the beautiful set that I chose to use. It is so versatile, and different from any set I have owned!

As you can see, I made a set of five cards, plus an A-2 size box (details on SCS). I also snuck the beautiful tree from Theresa's 'A Very Merry Christmas' set in the center of one card, and versamarked snowflakes from that set on another! And...Gina K.'s sentiment from her Comfort and Peace set is included as well!!!

I hope you like these! Let me know if you need any information on anything shown here!

It's very difficult to see in the photo, but the 'white space' in the card below is full of beautiful Versamark Dazzle snowflakes...


The poinsettia's in the card below were bleached to give them this transparent look. This CS is actually a navy blue - I just couldn't make it LOOK navy in the photo! lol...



This green CS is from The Great Outdoors, free downloadable CS at Gina K. Designs.

Card box from the side showing edge.

Card box from the top. Used Crystal Laquer to make it pop a little... cut center out with my trusty exacto blade, put a sheet of acrylic on the back.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I love having visitors. Hope you saw something you liked!

To follow the weekend-long blog, please go to Gina's blog!

Have a blessed weekend! Patti J.

Digi's... who would have thought???

When I decided to try my first digi image, it was under much duress! Really! I only digi'd at first because it seemed so big, so fast, that I thought I should learn in case my rubber stamps become obsolete like 8-track tapes.

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Now, oddly, I find myself very much looking forward to the new digi releases!

They are in your possession immediately, you don't need to wait for them to be shipped, and you can resize them - how cool is that? There are some folks that are even savvy enough to know how to color them via computer and never pick up an inkpad! Anyway, that being said, today's post features two digi images!

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I sort of had the urge to play with pop-up cards last night, so here's what I did!

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Monday's challenge at There's Magic in the Air featured this darling penguin on ice skates.

Kim was the designer in charge (lol) this week, and her twist to Nina's cute image, was to use metallic or shiny paper, cardstock, etc.

Well....I have had this glittery self-stick stuff for-evah!

I decided to use it to create a frozen pond.

A little white fun flock around the edges, and this sweetie was skating her heart out!

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The snowperson image is another of the SO CUTE images from The Digi Kitty.

I printed out Mr. Snow, and took the liberty of adding a little bit of ruffle and hat extension to give him the love of his life, Mrs. Snow! As you can see, they are quite happy!

(Whew...sure am glad that you can't see where Mr. Snow's hand is!)

(Guess Mrs. Snow should have had some rosy cheeks - I'm sure she's embarrassed!)

There is a Digi Kitty challenge on Paper Craft Planet, that I will probably enter this in.

Well, that's all I have for you today! I hope that these brought a smile to your day.

Patti J.

~Food for thought...When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. It is easier to eat crow while it's still warm!

Mr. Willy Melt and Ms. Betty Will...

Tee Hee.....

The card above was made using a set of free digi images from The Digi Kitty for the Digi Kitty Challenge. The images were individual images, but I decided to put them together.

The story is that Ms. Betty Will asked Mr. Willy Melt "does this suit make my butt look big"??? Well, you can only imagine why she is firing snowballs at him!!!

Lol...

That one was just for fun! Gotta smile, right???

Here is another one of Nina's fabulous images from There's Magic in The Air. This week our twist was that it had to be a monochromatic card! I used Crackle Accents on it to distress and age it, but it's hard to tell in the photo's....

Patti J.

Hmmmm.....Funny how opportunities always look bigger going than coming!

Don't forget to sign up HERE for blog candy! DH says it IS going home with SOMEONE on the 20th!!!

Gobble, Gobble....

Whew...the craft fair is behind us. Thank goodness! What a bummer of a day we had! In all of the years I've gone to this fair, I've never seen foot traffic so incredibly non-existent. No one was selling much of anything. It was a 9-3 function, and we thought the clock would NEVER get to 3:00. We actually packed up at about 2:15 and called it quits. Anyway, hopefully, I can get back to a regular routine now!

The challenge at Stamptacular Sunday, is called "Turkey Time". We are to create a card or project for Thanksgiving time that includes a turkey! Having a turkey is not mandated, but a person gets credit for TWO entries if they include a turkey! It's hard to turn down a two-fer with one card, so here is what I came up with!

Since I still had some basic supplies from my masking workshop on Tuesday, I just used what I already had cut out. I found these great Inkadinkado stamps on my rack, and decided to ink them up with Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink. I added a few brads, a handful of pop-dots, and a ribbon from Hobby Lobby, and voila - a "Turkety Time" card!




Okay, off I go to other places early this a.m.! Have a very safe and blessed Sunday, and I hope that you all find a bit of stamping time today!

If you haven't yet signed up for blog candy, do so here!!! Drawing will be held November 20th!

Patti J.

Food for thought: Middle age is when the broadness of the mind, and narrowness of the waist change places!