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Saturday, April 9, 2011

FOR SOME REASON THE VIDEO STOPPED WORKING SO I HAD TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY AND THIS ONE SEEM JUST FINE. I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.WOULD YOU LIKE TO WATCH. THEY HAVE A LIVE CAMERA ON HER 24 HOURS AND THE BABY’S HAVE BEEN BORN NOW BUT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING HER FOR TWO DAYS NOW AND IT IS SUCH A LEARNING EXPENIENCE FOR THE CHILDREN. THE NOISE YOU HEAR IS THE WIND. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS. I THINK IF YOU CLICK ON THE VIDEO IT IS ON YOU TUBE THEY HAVE A LOT OF VIDEO OF HER FEEDING THE BABIES ABD EVEN WHEN SHE GAVE BIRTH TO THE BABIES. THIS IS IN DECORAH IOWA.

JUST WAIT A LITTLE AND CLICK ON THE ARROW AND EVERYTHING WILL COME UP IT SO UNBELIEVABLE WATCHING THE MOTHER EAGLE. WHEN SEE STARTS FEEDING THE BABIES IT IS INTERESTING TO WATCH HER. I CAN WATCH FOR HOURS. I WANT TO KEEP IT ON THE TOP OF MY PAGE UNTIL THEY TAKE THE CAMERA OFF SO WE CAN KEEP WATCHING AND SEE HOW THE BABIES DEVELOP.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

A little Basket for Easter

It is time again For Fun Challenges and it starts today April 6th and ends April 12th at 11:59pm. I had this little basket, so I thought one of my grandkids would love it filled with a little bit of candy (Mon and Dad do not let then eat a lot of candy) so I will put some other fun things in the basket. I used two of Whimsie Doodles images called “Got Bunny Boy” and “Easter Greeting”. I used two ribbon around the bottom basket one with purple Polka Dots and I put the Lace on top of the Polka Dots. For the sentiment I used Stampin’ up 3/4x7/8 Oval Punch and the Scallop Oval Extra Large. I sponged around the small Oval with Brilliance Pearlescent Purple ink. I colored my images with copic markers. I also flipped the imaged so I had one going each way.

Prize:

Two (2) FREE Digital Images, of Winner's Choice, from the April release. (new images will be available in the What’s New page after April 5th: http://www.whimsiedoodles.com/whats-new.html)

Our Bio:

Whimsie Doodles (http://www.whimsiedoodles.com) is so excited to be sponsoring the new challenge! In March of 2009 Melyssa Connolly, artist and owner, began turning her whimsical hand-drawn images into digital files for sale online. Whimsie Doodles' digital stamp line features images that range from cute little boys and girls, to punny stuff, and everything in-between. We enjoy sharing lots of samples on our company blog (http://whimsiedoodles.blogspot.com), where we also post weekly challenges and tutorials.

Special Offer:

A special offer for For Fun Challenge Blog Fans - use the discount code ForFun10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from today.*

*30 days from the date challenge goes live.

We also have a guest designer this week. If your interested in becoming a Guest Designer contact Meera at her blog and she will set you up for that.
This week our challenge is "Bunny" anything with a bunny, not a playmate bunny either.
The challenge is for a card, scrap page or project as always.
This week we have a guest designer Jacqui McNeil. She made an amazing card. Super cute! If you would like to see Jacqui card stop by her blog guest designer Jacqui.

These are Prima (purple) Flowers and I added some rime stones in the middle of the flowers, the leaf is also Prima.

I used my Easy Bow and made my bow, it has four loops and I wrapped the ribbon around the handle.

Thanks for stopping. I hope you had a wonderful week end and have a great week.

Hugs,

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Life is to Short To Sit When you’d Rather Dance

Is that not so? I made this card for a challenge at CMC and it ends Sunday (today). We needed to use Primary colors with any kind of theme. I just love these chicks they are a stamp set that are from The Angel Company Called “Tail Feathers”. This is not all the stamps that come with the set. Are not these ladies Chicks a riot? The sentiments that come with the set are so funny. I colored everything with my copic markers.

It say shake those tail feathers. That is what she is doing.

The middle Chick looks like she is in shock but the Chick on the right is having a ball so I put a guitar on her and she is just rockin, singing and having a great time. So I added some music notes, these are all brads.

This rockin chick is rotten everyone on, Chick Chick Hooray!!! How good does it get.

I also added some ribbon, layered the card with several different layer of color card stock and added a couple green stars, red flowers and blue hearts. I have this silly card done.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have had a nice week end.

Hugs, Patricia

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Can I dance?

Here is my card for For Fun Challenge Blog this week and the theme is Christmas. Our Sponsor is Rich St Dennis. The challenge started today and ends on March 29th at 11:59pm. Remember you need to add your card to the For Fun Challenge Blog.

We have a fantastic sponsor this week, Rick St Dennis.... Here is just a little about Rick St. Dennis MFA

Designer of over 100 theatrical productions, Rick St Dennis (Donald McAfee) is also the author of 4 books on decorative painting and contributor to at least a dozen national magazines on crafts and art. He has taught design at the college level as well as seminars and classes across the USA and Canada. He is one of a handful of designers to have designed TWO productions of AIDA, Verdi's massive Egyptian opera spectacle. Currently living in the quiet beach community of Seal Beach, California he writes restaurant reviews and theatre reviews between assignments for web designs, logos and creating art for local shows. Rick has appeared on such TV shows as Home Matters with Susan Powell, Aileen's Crafts and others. He was Crafts editor for Country Folk Art Magazine and sells his artwork nationally through galleries and shows. Among numerous awards he won a presidential commendation in 1976 for his contributions to the bicentennial year including the design of the west coast premier of William Grant Still's opera BAYOU LEGEND. His drawings and paintings are in the collections of Diana Ross, Sandy Duncan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jacqueline Onnasis amongst others.

Wow... what credentials! Rick is providing a very generous prize for our challenge winner this week! The prize includes the three images our DT has created magic with, as well as at least three more gorgeous images! Do go visit his blog here, and his Etsy shop here...

My image is called “Dancing Elf” and it you stop by his shop you can see all of his images. I wanted to make him really festive because he is an entertainer, enjoying himself. He needs all kinds of fancy things so I put earring rime stone (yellow) in his ears red ones on his jacket for the berry. Also I wanted to try and color him in rich colors like reds, greens, purple and gold's. He want to fleshy and sparkle. I used the Gelly Roll Pens Line Star, Red Star, Grape Star, and Gold Star. I punched out on the button with the Fiskers border punch “Snowflakes” and added some gold stickles to where the snowflakes came out. Used Spellbinder Labels Ten 2 of the sizes and layered then. Sponged around the inside oval with Brilliance Mineral ink, the gold color one.

This is Spellbinders Fancy tags and the other little swirl you see is from Doodle Parts. I used and stamped happy holidays (sorry do not know where I got the stamp from) as you can see I put some red and gold dots on the cards also. The paper I used was all Pearlized Card Stock from Paper Studio.

I used a Christmas gold ribbon I had here and also some gold snowflakes from Trim a Tree section at Hobby Lobby at Christmas.

Here is the close up of my image. Almost forgot I added stars in gold color to his skirt, they are from Stampendous. I want to tell you what copics I used YR24,Y11,Y15,Y00 and that was to get the gold color. E11,E00 for skin. E13,E19 for hair. R39,R37,R35,R32,R20 for the red. V20,V25,V17 for the jacket and the green G21,G24,G28,G29.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY. I hope you enjoyed my card. I know it is wrong time of year and everyone wants to think of spring but you will have a Christmas done for next year.

Many Hugs, Patricia

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Pierre and Ernest take a Ride.

Meet Pierre and Ernest, they are not going to let life just go by they are going to enjoy life so they decided to go for a bike ride and do they look like they are having fun? It is time again for Cards for Men Challenge.

Start Date: 28th March
End Date: 11th April
Theme: Embossing: I do want to point this out my card is embossed but you can not see it. I embossed the grass area with a Quic Kutz folder called “Plants” and you can not see the embossed area. I think it works best if you emboss something that has no design on the paper.
Sponsor: Paper Pretties
Website: http://www.paperpretties.net/
Blurb: Paper Pretties is a full-service online crafting store. They have many exclusive stamp lines, from elegant to whimsical, sweet to clever; there is something for every stamper in our Prettie Boutique!
In case you haven't heard yet, Paper Pretties has a BRAND NEW owner, Heather Lee-Reppen. Now located in Madison, Wisconsin we are pleased to offer you amazing customer service, faster and cheaper shipping, and a wider variety of stamping "must have" products to go along with all of our fun new stamps!! All orders are shipped within 24 hours. Did you see she is in Madison Wisconsin that’s not to far from me.
Prize: Clear Stamp

The image that I used is called “Pierre and Ernest” and I do have the link above to Paper Pretties if you would like to check out the images they have. The sentiment I used is a Stamp from The Angel Company. The Paper Shapers Punch is what I punch it out with it is the Scalloped Square. The Butterfly is Martha Steward Punch called Monarch. I punched it out twice, I did use sparkle white and yellow paper but it is hard to see and added some yellow rime stones.

On the handle bars of the bike, I used yard to make the tassels for the handles.Of course their has to be some flowers in the grass, so I added just a few.

I do think they look like they are having fun. This is the close up of my images. I added some wiggly eyes two both Pierre and Ernest. I added Diamond Glaze from Jude Kinz. I’m sure you can tell I cut the image out, I’m sure you are thinking I can’t believe she even said that. I was trying to think of a background for the image and I thought this would work perfect.

So I hope you had a wonderful week end. I want to thank you for stopping. I do hope you enjoyed my card.

Hugs,Patricia

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

CUBBY BEAR

For the For Fun Challenge #48 this week it is going to be “GREEN” The challenge starts today and ends March 22. This weeks sponsor is Meljen Designs- due to technical difficulties not all images are Meljens. As you can see. Here is where you can go to see Meljens digital stamps. The challenge this week is another you get to pick.You decide if it is a green monochromatic card or a St. Patrick’s day. We all can do a green card, Right?

We are also looking for someone who would like to be a guest designer. It would be for a week or 2 and we would love anyone who would like to do this apply. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! You need to be able to make a card or project or scrap page to go with the challenge. If we have a sponsor that week you will get the image to work with also. So leave a note in the comments and Our GDT coordinator, Meera, will contact you. Thanks!

Let me tell you a little about my card. The image is from Stamp Fairy. He is called “Cubby #3”. I cut Cubby out with the Spellbinder called Pinking Circle. Touch the ends with Brilliance ink yellow. The paper is a designer paper but I can’t remember where it is from. Sorry! The border punch is from Martha Steward. I got the buttons from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I tied then with Scrapper Floss color line. Added a charm I had, some ribbon and the little ducks are bottoms. Add some real tiny little yellow brads.

Here is my close up. The copic colors I used are. BG0000, BG10, BG01, E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, Y08, Y11, Y13, and Y15.

Thanks for stopping. I hope you enjoy the card.

Challenge:

Really Reasonable Ribbon- Card for a boy

Stamp Fairy- Show use green

Hugs Patricia

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Dahlia are so Beautiful

I just love this Dahlia it was a FREE image from Glitterbabe Greetings at one time. Right now Stef has a FREE image on her blog if you want to stop by. I guess I was in left field when I picked up the Dahlia image because I was sure she was going to have a challenge. So I left her a comment on her blog that I finally got her card done and it was before the challenge ended and it was going to end March 15. So Stef comments back to me and tells me that she has NO CHALLENGE GOING ON. Oh well!!! I was always late for her challenges anyway. You should stop by Stef store and see what she has just

Here is a close up of the butterfly it is a sticker from Jalee’s Boutique EK Success. The little lady bug is also a sticker from Busy Kids, Kids Camp. I added some rime stones, pearls, ribbon, designer paper from DCWV, Die Cuts with a View.

Here is the close up of the Dahlia. I’m sorry I did not keep track of the Copics I used. I did color the image with Copic Markers. I do hope you enjoy the flower.

Thanks for stopping and have a wonderful Sunday.

Challenges:

Little Clair's Designs-Flowers

Crafty Catz Weekly- Green and Yellow

Hugs,

Patricia

Good night little one, sleep tight.

Is she not adorable? The image is one of Digi Doodle images and is called “Sleeping Baby”, even the sentiment is from Digi Doodle it is called “Fun with Birthdays”. They have some Free sentiments at their store right now. Having a 25% off sale on all birds and animals for the month of March. Also have a blog and the challenge for now is Pearls. Sorry I did not put any pearls on my card. Their challenge blog is here.

I did my baby girl card for a challenge we have in The CMC Copic Challenge Group at Color Creative Classroom. The card also had a color inspiration.

I found some little charms I had so I thought it was perfect for this card. I added Star dust stickles around the edges to give some sparkle. Some soft flower, a couple little yellow Teddy's from some ribbon I had. I punched the baby out with the purple punch from Marvy Uchida. Used Stampin up embossing folder “Petals-A-Plenty” and for the sentiment I used Stampin up punch “Modern Label Extra Large”. I sponged around The embossed flower and the baby with Brilliance ink called Orchid. Also used some At You Spica Pens, Olive, Pink,Sand and Yellow.

Here is my close up of the baby and these are the colors I used R20, R81, R83. R85. G02, E40, E41, E42, E00, E01.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week end.

Challenge:

2 Sisters challenge Blog- Oh Baby

Hugs, Patricia

Thursday, March 10, 2011

A PARTY AT GILLI’S HOUSE AND EVERYONE IS INVITED.

I’m so EXCITED! and let me tell you why? I was asked to be the GUEST DESIGNER AT THE HOUSE OF GILLI CHALLENGE BLOG!! Everyone is unbelievably nice and so helpful. So if you would like to join in on the challenge just click on the link and it will bring your right over to the blog. The Challenge is GREEN. You do not need to use a Gilli girl stamp but if you do, you get extra points. Their is even more great news they have a store, you can find almost anything but most of all you can find Gilli’s Girls Stamps and they are the best. So if you click right here it will bring you to the store and you can see All Gilli’s Girls Stamps designed by Anary, She even has some NEW ones since the last time I was their, Cowgirl Gilli Stamp, Duty Gilli Stamp and Celtic Gilli Stamp their is even more NEW ones. So I put my order in and if you put your order in you will have a Gilli Girl Stamp and get double points. I’m really happy with the way the Stamps are made. They are red rubber and deeply etched so you get a nice clear image every time. For the door handle, lock and mail slot I used Smooch color Silver.

Here we go, I’m going to try and tell you about my card. It is 5 1/4 inches by 5 1/4 inches. The doors are the same. I made 2 strips for each side 5 1/4 inches long and 3/4 inches wide, then scored each 1/4 inch 3 times. It kind of makes like a hinge so the doors can open and close. I hope you understand. I do have to tell you the doors are a stamp that I found on line and I copied and paste it in Microsoft word so I was able to enlarge the door to the size I wanted then to be. Now if you want to try to make the card, no promises, you need to let me know you want the door so if you leave a comment leave your email address and I will send the doors to you, remember it is in Microsoft word so if you will have a problem with that then it will not open. Also the windows are not cut out I cut the windows out and used Acetate and glued it to the back of the doors and to my surprise the glue did not show after it dried. The glue I used was Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.

See how nice the Acetate held and you see no glue. You also can so a little of the hinge of the door so you can get an idea.

Here is a picture with the doors wide open so you can see how everything looks. The 2 stamps I used are called Victorian Gilli Stamp she is on the left and Fairy Gilli Stamp is on the right. I did cut Fairy Gilli Stamp wings off because this is a party for just regular people. Copic Markers I used on the doors are E99, E53, E59, E25 and E33.

I do want to tell you about the wreath I have on this door. My really good friend Holly crochets and she will send me some flowers and last time she sent me these shamrocks. What a perfect place to put then. So I made a little wreath and put a little metal bow on the front with some scrappers floss colors line and green to tie everything together. I do want to say a BIG THANK YOU AGAIN TO HOLLY BECAUSE I LOVE ALL THE THINGS SHE SENDS. I have Arthritis in my hands and I can not crochet anymore. That why I say Thank God for Copics.

Her Wallpaper is from Made by Memory Box paper called Brioche. I think Gilli did a wonderful job fixing up her house for her party. I did use copic markers. On Victorian Gilli she is the one on the left for her dress the copic I used are G20, YG63 and YG67. Her hair E35, YR20 and YR21 and skin E11,E02, E00 and R21. Then for Fairy Gilli Her dress G00, G02 and G05. Her hair E11, E15 and E17. I added some dots on her dress with At You Spica Pen color Olive.

This is a button I found. I thought it would look nice as a wall ornament. I punched out a small shamrock and put it on the button and added some Stickles glitter glue color green. Sorry I do not know who made the punch, no name on the punch.

Here is the table of course. I punched out two Color Crayons it is a punch from Emagination for the legs of the table. Cut some card stock in half at an angle and added some 1/4 inch Christmas ribbon for the edge. Punched out another shamrock on the tablecloth to help it look festive.

Yes we have to have something on the table. What better then flowers. I made then with Flower Soft. Colors yellow/orange, yellow,light blue and purple. The leaves are from Martha Steward punch called Frond.