Wow! TWO posts in a day!

Yumm-o. Enough said. The craftin' bakin' jive is flowing again, and I sprang out these cupcakes today. Milk chocolate cakes in hoatie-toatie gold foil wrapper. Originally I was going for the classic Pink & Brown look, but I could only find my purple coloring paste. The frosting is tinted Buttercream with a few pastel sprinkles.

I found myself with a few spare moments to work on a swap and this is what I came up with. This card was created for the Square card swap hosted by Shurlyjean on the PCMB. I stole the general idea from a card I had recieved about 2 years ago. The sketch was simply, clean, and had a WOW! factor. For the card base I cut 5.5x11 rectangles, and folded them in half for a 5.5 Sq Card. The designer paper is from the Costco Stack that I bought a whole lotta years ago (good designer paper never goes out of style!). Using the Petal Prints set from SU! I stamped the large flowers in Groovy Guava with Only Orange centers. The small flower is stamped in Bayou Blue. I also stamped the "delight" rectangle in Groovy Guava and "delight" was stamped in Bayou Blue. I used Whisper White as the bases for these images. The ribbon I found at Michael's on clearance for $1.00 a spool. I love the color- I think it matches River Rock nicely. The ribbon is Satin on a 10 yard spool- what a deal!
Alright- thanks for peakin'!

PS I got a few more projects up my sleeve that will be comin' along.

She's Alive!

Yup, Im still around. Its been a busy busy month again.. but I do have some cards to post... hopefully I'll get 'em up tomarrow!

I've Got that Bloggin' Feelin'.....

Patty's got her groove back. I've been workin' like a mad man trying to finish up on wedding invitations and completing lots of swaps. April about did me in. Let's not repeat that. I'm trying my best to restrict myself from signing up for too many swaps and getting into that *crazy* place again. And yes.. I was that person that everyone loathes- I was late on alot of swaps. I promise I will do my best on gettin it in on time again!!! I promise, I really do!!!

Here are a couple of cards that I completed recently...
I bought a whole bunch of Clear Cling stamps at JoAnn's when they were having a 50% of sale. This is one of Amy Smythe's sets. This card is for a PC Pro Swap- For the Birds, hosted by Alisa B. The birds were stamped on water color paper and carefully colored with watercolors. I prefer to use Whispers Dye Ink for stamping with my Clears because the SU Classic ink always beads up on me (and Staz-On is to hard to clean). I was going for Boho look with card, I'm not sure if it turned out that way though. Oh well, live and learn. The deets: White and Brown Cardstock from PaperZone, DP from My Mind's Eye (I think), scallop scissors from Dollar Tree, Watercolor paper from Canson, Black and Crimson Ink from Whispers, Watercolors created from Whispers Markers, Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink, Ribbon from SU!, Adhesive from Scotch ATG.

This card was created for PC Pro Sue's Flowers Card Swap. I wanted to use some new paper I found at Sam's Club, a giant paper stack from SunBurn Designs. The colors are so fun and bright- just in time for spring and summer!! I dug through my stash of cards and selected these red 5.5 x 5.5 Sq cards for my base. I then cut the pink floral base to 5.25 Sq. The green polka dot is 5.25 x 2.5. The yellow stripe is 1 x 5.25. I tied matching sheer ribbons around the paper bands and attached the tag to that. The deets: Card base is from DCWV, DP from Sunburn Designs, Sheer Ribbon from Craft Warehouse, White Cardstock from Walmart, Friendship Blooms stamp set from Stampin' Up!, Adhesives from Scotch ATG.
Thanks for looking today- and hangin' on when the days where s-l-o-w!
-Patty