Blog Hoppin' Happiness

Well if this doesn't convince each and every one of you to do some 

blog hoppin' I don't know what will

Just before we headed out for a week's vacation in Colorado I went
hoppin' on the Scrapbook Steals June Blog Hop
yep, you guessed it, while in the high
Rocky Mountains I got an email from
Teresa Jay saying I was a winner!!!

Check it out here
This was an 'add on' gift from Teresa's blog.
For those of you that haven't blog hopped yet, 
lots of times not only will the principle blog 
that is hosting the hop give prizes
but lots of times blog stops along the way 
will also offer
their own personal RAK.
That means you have multiple times to win!

It's so fun to get inspired and also get a chance
at some goodies in your mailbox!

So get out there crafters and let your fingers
do the walkin'
along those blog hops, they are everywhere.

  

This is my RAK from Teresa!
Thank's Teresa so much!!!!

On a personal note:   We spent a fabulous week in Grandby, Grand Junction and Steamboat Springs Colorado.  What a gorgeous state this is.  So clean and beautiful.  Yep you guessed it, I'm missing my Pacific Northwest after seeing all that water, green and snow.  I'll be posting photos of our trip on my Reflections of My Year blog if you're interested in looking.  I may even do a photo video and post to YouTube this week.

I'll be back with more projects within the next couple of weeks, wow I have so many ideas swirly around and one almost completed.  I'll also be doing a mini for my Sister in Law and Brother (we met them in Grandby Colorado as they made their first leg of a trip from Washington State to Colorado, Tennessee up to Michigan over to Glacier National Park and back home again.  I can't wait to get all her pictures to start on this.  

Have a wonderful week everyone!   Patti

Tattered Angels Winner! Woo Hoo

Well if this isn't the week!  Tattered Angels had a post on Facebook this week to share how you'd use their Naturally Aged Paint Systems and then you were to tag your besty!  Julie Blake tagged me and we won!!!!!!

Taken from Facebook:

Tattered Angels, LLC

May 29

There's so many fun things you can do with the Naturally Aged Paint Systems, this one is Antique Hickory! I used it to get a fun faux wood effect on this die cut chipboard frame that is covered with our Brushed Cotton-White Mistable paper! Want to win a kit for you and a friend? Leave a comment telling us how you would use yours and tag your besty! Xoxo Marion Smith

 

(clicking on the photo will take you to Tattered Angels)

The winners of one of our favorite naturally aged kits are...

Julie Blake and her friend Patty Senter!  Congratulations ladies!

Thank you Tattered Angels 

and thank you my friend

Julie Blake

It Pays To Hop!

I followed a blog hop for Swirlydoos Kit Club the other day 

and found out this morning I'm a winner!!!

I'm getting the new Bo Bunny Trail Mix Collection!

Thank you Swirlydoos Kit Club!

Are you doing blog hops???? If not you should be.

Not only do you get inspired by any number of talented crafters

showing us their creations you often get entered into one or

more drawings for prizes just by leaving a comment.

So get out there and start hopping around today.

When I went to the Swirlydoos blog  to say thanks for my prize

I see they have

another hop starting today, the

PaperHaus Magazine Summer Delight Blog Hop

so what are you still doing here people, 

let's get hopping and have some fun, 

maybe you'll be a lucky winner like me!

Hop hop..... Patti

It's All in the Attitude!

It all started with an email!  A 50% site wide sale at Janlynn for 24 hours only.
I had to go look right???  Of course I did.
I had been drooling over these dolly mama stamps for eons
but was too cheap to pay full price.
When I went to look many of them had been marked to $3.00 then 50% off that!@#@!
Needless to say, I bought them all!

ATTITUDE that's what they're all about!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check them out and have some fun creating your own cards with ATTITUDE!

There are more cards and more photos in my video

Congrats!

I was looking for an image to make a card
for my Grandson who is graduating from 5th grade this week.
I found this Alien on coloring,com
isn't he something?

I printed him a couple of times so I could have
one inside and one out.
Added some Glossy Accents and a little Stickles
and then popped him up on some dimensionals.

 

 

Used a few stickers for the Congrats,
printed a sentiment on my computer
using a font called
Aliens ate my Mum!
Stuck in some money and he's good to go!

Prima Engraver - Masculine Mini

The March selection for the Swirlydoos Kit Club featured papers from Prima's Engraver line and Authentique's Peaceful Collection.  I had wanted to make a masculine mini and this was the perfect
pick of papers and trinkets to do the job.

I used Zutter's CoverAll for the book part, I love
the look of it covered in the wood paper.
This is a great idea of how to hide the
coils from my Cinch binding.

 I wanted the book to have lots of places to
put photos into designated spots.
Since this will be a guy's mini I wanted to
eliminate the bling and fuss and keep it
focused on the paper and photos.

Each page has some sort of frames to slip a photo into or onton

The filmstrips hold tiny photos, but how fun to capture
a whole experience on these pages.
The lighter filmstrips are cut from my Cricut using an SVG file from Elle's Studio
The darker filmstrips are from Graphic 45's Curtain Call.

I popped in some phrases and word stickers from
the Simple Stories Destination Collection
The arrows were cut from my Cricut. 

A couple of pockets house additional photo mats

By adding a flap on a couple of pages you get a
four page spread

Final touch the magic year of his graduation.
Wow I'm ahead of myself
this must be a first!!!

 

  

Basic Grey Out of Print Bead Bound Mini

I have so much paper and decided I needed to 'use the stash'.  It's so easy to just buy as each new collection comes out, we all love that paper don't we (and bling and flowers and embellies  and... and... and...) I found it's much easier when I have a whole collection to work with. Paper, stickers, chipboard, stamps, flowers, bling.  It's so much harder to hunt and peck and find what looks good together. But it's a nice feeling when you're done knowing that you didn't hit the local scrapbook store or Michaels once during the process!

Most papers are Basic Grey, the Out of Print 6x6 Paper Pad
I added others to fill in from just what I had in supply.
You'll see Prima on the front and lots of K & Co Die Cuts,
For some reason last year, or perhaps the year before, I really went
crazy buying these, not sure why but decided now was the time to
put them to good use.  That's what started the mini, wanting to use
up these cardstock and acetate die cuts.
Next was finding paper that would work will with these colors.

I used Laura from Following the Paper Trail's 
Bead Binding to attach the pages with pony beads as
spacers, these are multi colored and pick up whatever
colors are nearby.

Many pockets, tags, flip ups and outs

The larger tag on the right is strips of leftovers, glued to a backing
paper and then cut to fit the mat.  I like the striped look don't you?

Large mats go into each end pocket, three have double backed
Martha Stewart flowers and the other three have pull tabs.

I did an extra flip out on this page to give a little extra room

The sunflower on the left is a large cardstock die cut which
I added Martha Stewart glitter glue to the center, looks so
nice when you're up close.  It actually has magnets behind that lift
and reveal a larger mat behind

Pockets, envelopes and mini books stashed here and there

The bird on the left is a fold out revealing 3 spots
for photos (I took an old Starbucks gift card holder for the basic pattern)
I love the look of the pocket on the left.  I fussy cut the paper
and then cut more of the flowers weaving them into themselves

A look at the larger pocket mats.

Congratulations and Thank You

Congratulations to the new Graphic 45 2013 Design Team.  And thank you Graphic 45 for putting my name on the list with the top 30.  I would have loved to have been chosen one of these final 16 but I know that Graphic 45 has picked an outstanding team to showcase their 2013 line.

To everyone that has sent emails and posted messages on my blog and YouTube I want to give a huge thank you!  I am just amazed at the out pouring of love and support that surrounds the crafting community.

Have a wonderful crafty day my friends!  Make something new to brighten your day and put a smile on your face.

Hugs, Patti

PS -  If you haven't checked out the new design team and videos of their submissions then jump over here and do it now.  You will no doubt be inspired by each and every one!

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Graphic 45 2013 Design Team Final Audition

Well everyone I've created my projects and my final video so now it's in the hands of Graphic 45 to pick their  team for the 2013 year.  I hope I'm on it, but if not I'm sure they'll have a fantastic team of crafters whomever they pick from the 30 finalists!  Each one on that list has a unique talent and style.  I am so honored to have been listed with them!

Here's my video recap of the three projects I made to showcase my style of crafting

You can find the File Folder Date Book blog post here 

The 'Leftovers' Box and Cards here

and finally the Bird Song Mini Album with Bead Binding here

Graphic 45 Bird Song Mini Album with Bead Binding

Oh how beautiful is this paper line, and so outside my norm.
Amazing how as I worked with the paper
I began to love it more and more.

There are six pages, each page separated by black beads.
The beads are strung from cord through the back and
tie in the front securing the book together.
(See links to how I learned this type of binding
at the end of this post)
Large mat inserts pop into each side pocket.

It took a bit to remember how to make a fan
which now becomes an easy way to hold my
folded photo holder in place.

Here the blue butterfly mat tucks under the strip on the
left once pulled out it reveals other photo mats behind.
The two girls are intertwined together and glued
along the right edge and bottom to form a pocket.

Each two page spread is matted with the same background
papers.   The front and back insides are also matted alike

I tried my hand at lots of fussy cutting.  In this case the birds
in the top right act as a stopper to hold the mat from moving about

The circle alphabet is from a previous Graphic 45 Collection
The birds come untucked from the little flap
to hold photos or jouranling

All six book pages are standard 8.5"x11" paper folded gatefold
style.  Over the top matting is placed to about 1/8th inch of the edge
then the decorative elements are added

The center folds up and down behind the umbrellas

Don't you think the twig branch works well over the windows.
Lots of cut out flowers.  Behind the windows the larger
photo mat tucks in quite nicely

Here on the left is a Waterfall, you can check my YouTube

Playlist under Page Insert and Tutorials for a link to how

I made it.

I drew the lanterns on black paper and then paper pieced
them from the collection, added cording and a back piece
to sandwich it together for strength.

Check out my video to see all the pages and many more photos.

I used ideas for the bead binding from
Laura at Following the Paper Trail 
and Debbie Hemsworth

SVG cuts (Pagoda and Symbol) were from
The Frugal Crafter