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2010 Christmas Card challenge week 2

WHEW!!
I have one more week to do and I am caught up with
this challenge...
The challenge is to use traditional colors, red and green.
Pretty simple and so very easy for me to come
up with something.
I actually had this image left over from this years Christmas
cards (is that cheating? I hope not) and lots of
scraps so, I decided to use them up and get them out
before I tear into some new Holiday paper.

Are you ready for the New Year?
Happy inking!!
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Christmas Card Challenge week 3

Happy Hump Day!!
So, I am working my way backwards to catch up on
the Christmas card challenge.
Whew!! I have been a very busy little stamper.
Here is the sketch...isn't it a good one!

Here is my card...I used up some scraps
from this years cards (great way to get rid of scraps)

I thought this sentiment was perfect for this image.
(sentiment is from CTMH).
Hope you all are having a great day!
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Christmas card challenge week 4

Happy Tuesday!!
I am back!! I am so happy to be creating again!! I have
missed my ink!!
I have so much to catch up on...one thing I am trying to
stay on top of is the Sparkle's Christmas card challenge.
I think making one or two Christmas cards a week is perfect.
This is this weeks challenge...use this picture for inspiration.
(I just want to eat them!!)

This is my card...I wanted to do something different.
I really love, love, love these colors together.

Here is the inside card (just pull it out)

The paper is really old...I've had it in my stash forever.
I will be crafting all day...I have
three more cards to make before Sunday to be caught up and
I have TONS of scrapping to do!!
Happy Crafting!!
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Knit Beanie and Scarf...

Sorry I have not updated my blog in a few days...
I have had a migrane for the past few days (ever since
I came back from my trip to Utah)
I hope to get back to creating...at least till Friday.
I am off to Mammoth on Saturday morning and will
be there for a week so, I don't think I'll get much crafting
done. I will however get lots of knitting and crocheting done!!
Speaking of which my son told me on Sunday he needed a
red beanie and white scarf by tuesday for his choir performance.
(this was all last week before I left for my trip on Wednesday)
WOW!! I got it done!!

I sometimes have trouble balancing my craft time...
scrap, stamp, cards, knit or crochet?? I want more
time in the day to do it ALL!!
Hope you all have a great day!
Pat
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Happy Mail!!

Happy Monday!!
It's been awhile since I've posted...it was hard to post
on my blackberry while I was away visiting my Grandmother.
I arrived home yesterday (after a 3 hour delay in Las Vegas)
I am sooo glad I missed the rain!!
Anyway, I arrived home to a great surprise!!!
I receive a package from my sweet blogger friend Sparkle.
Look at all these goodies!!
Thank you so much Sparkle you made my day!!
I can't wait to play with all this stuff.

I have so many challenges to catch up on....so, I will
be stamping and inking today in between laundry and
other household chores.
Have a great day and see you all tomorrow!
{{HUGS}}
Thanks again Sparkle for your generosity!!



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Utah 2009

Having a great time here visiting my grandmother. Yesterday I was at the airport in Salt Lake City and I saw Heid Swapp!!! She is a tiny little thingm
Today my sister and I will be on the mountain skiing and snowboarding (we are CRAZY it is 19 degrees outside).
I will be going over to Hobby Lobby this afternoon....they have copics!! Whoo-hoo!! I hope to get 50 more colors!! Merry Christmas to me!!
Have a great day and I will post some pictures of the mountain later.

Another Christmas card...

Here is another cute digital image from PCS.
I will be making at least one Christmas card
a day this week (I hope you don't get tired of them).
I have a few more to make and want to get them
out next week before I go on vacation to visit my
grandmother in Utah.
The paper of course is from my scraps and the sentiment
is from the dollar bin at Michaels.

Have a great day!! I will be very busy working
on my countdown book I will take pictures and
post hopefully tomorrow. I am working
on my Thanksgiving Day pictures too!
BUSY BUSY BUSY!!
Pat
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Mojo Monday...

Here is my card for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge.
This is a digital image from PCS.
The sentiment is from CTMH and the paper is from two years ago!!
I have decided at the end of this year any paper I have
not used I will be giving away!! I have so much old paper
I don't think I will ever use it up.

I am so excited to start my Christmas countdown book...
Today is day 1 - I will be hanging out with my friend
Cheryl today so...I should have some fun pictures to
put in my book...I have to remember to take my camera
with me every day for the rest of this month!
Have a Fantastic day!!
Pat
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Christmas wishes...

Happy "Cyber" Monday!!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday.
I know I did...I was busy with family and friends all weekend.
I did not have a chance to create until last night.
I made this card for Sparkles Sunday Christmas challenge.
Isn't she the cutest!!!
I got this image from my friend Sophia and couldn't
wait to color her. She really looks much better in person.

I used some scraps and lots of stickles (hehehe...can you tell?)
The sentiment is from Pink Cat.
Have a great day!!
I am planning on playing with my scraps and ink
all day today so, I hope to be back tomorrow with some
fun stuff!!
See you tomorrow.
{{{HUGS}}}
Pat
p.s.,
a BIG Happy Birthday to my Sweet Friend "PINKY"
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Riley...give thanks

Happy Hump Day!!
Here is my last Riley card for this week...
I just love this Riley he looks like he is having a good time
in the middle of the pumpkins.
I used up some scraps again.

I hope to get an early start making Holiday cards next year.
I think I will be ok with Christmas cards this year...
I ran out of time for Thanksgiving this year!! (sad face)
I wish I could've sent one to every single person I know.
I am Thankful for all my blogger friends out there!!
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Mojo Monday - Riley

Are you counting down the days...
I am!! and propbaly because everyone will be at my house!
I will have about 25 people here (family from both sides)
I enjoy entertaining and having family over...
Here is my card for this weeks mojo monday challenge.
This sketch was a little difficult for me.
I do like the way it came out I think I should have
used a darker brown. What do you think?

Have a great day!!
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Happy Thanksgiving card

Happy Monday!!
(do I say that every monday?)
I hope everyone had a great weekend...
Now the count down begins...before you know it
Thursday will be here and we will all be surrounded by
family and friends eating lots of yummie food!
Here is a card I made yesterday. My friend
Sophia came over on Saturday (I haven't seen her in forever!!!
so, it was nice to spend some time with her...catching up)
We decided to check out the pink catwebsite
and found a couple cute digi stamps...so, we got them.

I just love this cute little girl riding the turkey.
Again I used up som scraps.
Hope you all have a great day!!
With Thanksgiving on Thursday...what are you "Thankful for?"
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Happy Holidays

This weekend went way to fast!!!
Here is my card for Sparkles Christmas card challenge.
I just got this image yesterday...isn't she cute!!
I got a few others too...can't wait to play with them.
I am using up lots of scraps to make these cards.

The sentiment is from the dollar bin at Michael's
(my favorite place)
This card is really super cute in person...I don't know
why the picture is not picking up the true colors.
Anyway, hope you all had a great weekend!!
I am off to the Laker game again tonight!!
(We had a great time at Friday's game...they won!!
I sure hope they win again tonight!!)
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Thankful for you

Another Thanksgiving card...
I think I am almost done...now to get them in the mail so they
arrive on time!!
This is another stamped image I received from Sparkle.
I am having fun coloring all these Riley images. Just wait...
she even sent me some for Christmas. They are on the top of
my pile to color and make cards with. (Thanks Sparkle!!)

The paper is from a paper stack I got at Michaels
(I've been there a lot lately)
Have a great weekend see you all tomorrow.
{{{HUGS}}}
Pat
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Bellariffic Friday

Happy Friday!!
This weeks bellariffic friday challenge is to use any bella.
This is one of the images I got from my bella sistah Pinky!!
The paper is from my scraps and the sentiment is from the
dollar bin at Michaels (I cut and pasted...can you tell?)

I used some bling I got from the Expo a couple of months ago.
Of course I colored with copics.
Have a great Friday!!!
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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More fun finds at Michaels

Happy Thursday!!
Here are a couple of the other cute little note books I found
in the dollar bins at Michaels.
This cute little ginger bread man before he found his way
into my scraproom...

and here he is after I got a hold of him...
I colored him with my tombow markers, used lots
of ribbon, his eyes are black brads, I used some stickles
on his bow tie and a couple of buttons.
Isn't he cute?!

and here is a snowflake note book...
I don't have a "naked" picture to show you...
I thought I purchased two of these...
I need to go back and get another one.
I used my tombows lots of stickles, the
white snowflake is from target and the
sentiment is from SU!

(this soooo makes me think of you Sparkle!)
Have a wonderful day of creating!!
I am off to get some color in my hair (yikes kinda scared)
and then my hubby and I are going to dinner at LA live
and then going to the Laker game!!
whoo -hoo!!
See you tomorrow!!
Pat
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O Christmas Tree

Happy Hump Day!!
Can you believe this week is almost over.
I found these cute little wood note books in the dollar bin
at Michaels...
This is the before...

This is the after...
I used some misc. ribbon, the star is a button, I used
some liquid applique and some red bling.

I used my tombow makers to color in the tree
(my copics didn't work very well).
This is really look much better in person.
I have a couple more to color I even have
a ginger bread man!! I hope to get to him
this week and I will post.
Have a great day!
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Toad-ally cool Christmas

Here is my card for this weeks mojo monday sketch challenge.
I got these stamps at a LSS a few weeks ago and have finally
inked them up. Isn't he cute?!
I used up som scraps...I am soooo loving my scraps.

I really like this sketch!! I may use it a few more times.
I colored him with my copics and used a spica pen to color
in the box.
Have a great Tuesday!!
See you tomorrow.
Pat
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Happy Monday!!

Happy Monday!!
I hope everyone had a great weekend.
I didn't get to create much this weekend...
We went to the USC game on Saturday...they lost!
and Sunday was just a very lazy day!
I did make it to Nordstrom...I had to get my UGG's...they were on sale!
So, of course I couldn't decided between black and brown...so, I
got them both!! can't wait to wear them!
I made this Halloween book about a week ago and just took pictures
so, I thought I'd share it with you.
For some reason when I uploaded the pictures they uploaded in
reverse order?!
This is the last page...the first page is on the bottom.
The pictures are from our office party.
Group picture...all the office personnel and agents.
I was the "good" witch!

Some of the goodies we ate that day.



and finally the front of the book.
I used a paper pack I picked up at Michaels and a few embellishments
from the clearance bin.
Have a great day!!
Hope to be back later with my Mojo Monday card...if not
I will have it up tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by.
Pat