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

Please someone just take me out back...

I am so freakin sick, it aint even funny. I havent been this crazy sick for a very very long time. Someone please put me out of my misery.

Job Fair Time and a Match Made in Heaven...

Oh to have some peaceful stamping time. Stamping time is getting as rare as rice at Costco. Today I am sitting at my cute little booth at a college job fair. {Since when did Marketing Director=H.R. Recruiter??!!} Anybody want to live in Central Washington and have a RN. LPN, or CNA license??? I WANT YOU! Hopefully this shindig wont take to much of my time and I can sneek away and finish my cards!!!!!!
Some joyful news, my brother is getting married!!! This was a long time coming- definately. The goober is getting married on May 10. Another thing to add to my schedule......

A quickie..

Here's a quickie card that made as a make up for Leslie's Walk In My Garden Swap. Most likely, I was being stupid and forgot to make them and send them- funny thing is I crossed it off my list, and deleted all relating email- basically I've lost my mind. For this card I used a new set and some new cardstock. I recently acquired the Garden Whimsey set from SU, which I loved from looking at the samples in the cattie. This card is cased from SCS galleries- I do not know who the orignal stamper was. The tulip is stamped on watercolor paper using SU Classic Inks in Cameo Coral and Old Olive. After stamping, I "smudged" the ink a little to make it look like it was watercolored. The sentiment is also stamped in Old Olive. For the background, I used Chatterbox DP and Cameo Coral Cardstock. The Cameo Coral CS is embossed with an Cuttlebug folder- Im not sure of the name, but its the one of the new ones with all the fancy flowers on it. Also on the tulip panel, I added "life's too short" on the bottome corner. Its stamped in Cameo Coral ink and punched out with the Word Window punch. For a quickie card, this sure did turn out well. Enjoy!

Hey all- sorry I haven't blog'd for awhile. Life has been crazy busy. I got some many things going on I dont know Monday from Friday. This month is turning out to be one of those crazy moments in life. I just want some time to craft- just for me. Life seems to be about deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. I wish I were still in school, this past week would have been spring break. I miss SPRING BREAK SO BAD!!!

Just a' testin'

Just checkin' out how to use my new signature. What do you think?

New Embossing Folders!

Let me just start out by tooting my own horn. *Toot-toot* I wanted so badly to experiment with my NEW Cuttlebug A2 Embossing folders, and this card series turned out real swell!!!! For these cards, I started with a colored cardstock base- make sure your CS is not White cored. I then inked up my folder with Stampin' Up's Classic inks before I layed down my circle cardstock. I experimented- I inked up both sides to see which one worked best for this design. All the cards are slightly different as far as the inking goes. On the Guava card, I inked the raised image, rather then inking the folder. All the cards are unqiuely differnt, and definately worth the time to fiqure this stuff out. The colors I used, in order of appearance are: Bashful Blue, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, and Groovy Guava. After all the inking was finished, I stamped "So Very" and "missed" in Walnut dye ink over the embossed image. In hindsight, I would have stamped the stentiment first and then embossed, but it still turned out okay. I've been challenging myself to dig out all my "cool" tools and use up my supplies. I used Fastenator Staple Bars to bracket the sentiment. On th Guava card, the metal corner is from Club Scrap (from a long, long time ago). The brass stars are also from Club Scrap. The ribbon was left over Christmas ribbon that I got at Michaels. Thanks for looking! {and lettin' me ramble}.