Another X-mas card

Hiya all ,

The Everybody Art Challenge for this week is to make a x-mas or wintercard ... here's my entry ..

For the background I used the spin and splash with Ranger's alcoholink .. stamps are from Stampingback ..

Thanks for looking !!

hugs, Patti

A card with Hermine's stamp

Hiya all ,

First i want to wish all my friends a very Happy Thanksgiving !!!

Hermine published an amazing book about stamping and with the book you get a wonderful rubber stamp .. Ofcourse i had to try the stamp :-)

Used inks are liquid watercolor Colorbox chalkink and StazOn , stamp is from Hermine .. backgroundstamps are from I brake for Stamps..

Thanks for looking !

hugs, Patti

X-mas cards

Hiya all

Actually i am not really in the mood for making x-mas cards , but when i saw this wonderful stamp from Artistic Outpost , i couldn't resist ...

The burgundy-pink one is made with alcoholink , and the other two are made with liquid watercolors ..all off them are having a bit of a metallic shining, but the scan doesn't show again .. Swirls are gold-embossed..

The Ave Maria stamp is from Artistic Outpost , alcoholink from Ranger , Swirl stamp and liquid watercolors are from StampingBack

Thanks for looking !!

Hugs, Patti

OMG a stitching finish !!

Morning all :-)

With all those fantastic cardchallenges in blogland i really neglected my stitching and knitting ..

but at least i finished one lavendersachet ...

I stitched it on 32 count Belfast with DMC perle #8 and Caron's Waterlillies .

On the backside I just sewed a lil piece of quiltingfabric and stuffed it with dried lavender .. I love that smell !!

Thanks for looking !!

hugs, Patti

Brown-Blue

Hiya ,

On Everybody Art Challenge , this week's theme is brown-blue .. this is my entry ..

The indian is one of my favo stamps and i allready nade i dunno howmany cards with it :-)

Stamps are from Brigitta and the ink i used is from Colorbox ..

Thanks for looking !

hugs, Patti

Pretty for Mum

On Crafty Creations , the challenge for this week is to make a pretty card for our mum..... As my mum doesn't like my weird stamped cards very much , I decided to make something else .. and what is the one and only way to decribe what i feel for my mum ?? yes , Love !!!

Thanks for looking !!

hugs, Patti

Blogcandy

Eline has some very yummie blogcandy , please take a look at her wonderful blogs !!
hugs, Patti

ATC swap november

Hiya all ,

This month my swap partner on the Yahoogroup Stampingfantasy was Joke S

We agreed to swap 3 ATC's with differen backgroundtechniques ...

This are the ATC's i have send to her , hope she likes them ....

And those wonderful ATC's she did send me .... I just love them !!! Sorry for the blurry scan , but she used thick embellishments .....

Thanks for looking !

hugs, Patti

An Award .... yippieeee

Caroline gave me this award .. Thanks so much Caro , I really do apreciate it !!!

I have to nominate 5 bloggers for this award but I am not sure if they allready got it... lol

* Hermine

* Dawn

* Sandra

* Jo

* Gaye

Acually I think all blogs deserve an award , I love to read them all :-)

hugs, Patti

Simple things

Hiya all .

On Stamp Something there is a challenge to make a card with just one single layer of cardstock ..

This is my entrance .. the background is made with Ranger's alcoholinks and the stamps are from Tim Holz ...

Thanks for looking !!

hugs, Patti

I've been tagged

Hiya ,
I've been tagged by Cindy ....OMG! I have to tell 6 random things about myself ..LOL
Okey here I go

1. My biggest dream is to emigrate and live in Chile ..
2. When i was young i have been in jail several times and i am proud of it !! ( no, i didn't kill someone:-))
3. I have over 25 shirts with an image of Che Guevara ... is that an obsession ? :-)
4. I can't bear the sight, smell or touch raw meat .. yuckkk
5. My favo book and movie are La casa de espiritus from Isabel Allende..
6. I allways think other peoples artwork is better then mine ...

The rules are as follows:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know your entry is up.
The people I have tagged so far are:

1 Sandra
2 Caroke
3 Carol
4 Beth
5 An
6 Caroline

Enjoy it girls !:-)
hugs, Patti

Simple cards

Hiya all ,

Yesterday, my stampingpal Sandra was here , and she let me play with her new stamps :-) Besides a lot of chatting and gossiping , I managed to make those 2 simple cards ....

The cards were stamped first wit StazOn , stamps are from Stamping Up, then I brayered all kind of colors over it , sprayed water over it and dried it with kitchenpaper ..

Thanks for dropping by !!

Hugs, Patti

Dawn's wee challenge and blogcandy

Dawn made us a challenge with some mysterious blogcandy , she wants to see our craftroom , a face by a name and our helpful furbabies :-)

As I told you all before , I just moved so my craftcave isn't ready yet , I still have to unpack some boxes , there are no decorations on the wall yet , no mess on the floor ... but I asked my DB to take a pic anyway ..

Next year , i will take a pic again , so you can see the difference... lmao !!!!

Dawn, congrats with the 20.000 visitors !!!

hugs, Patti

*note* the room isn't huge ... about 3 by 3.5 yards , but because it isn't a mess yet , it just looks big ..LOL

Blog candy

Juliet has some amazing blog candy , because her blog has reached 10.000 visitors...
Go and cheque out her fantastic blog !!
hugs, Patti

ATC swap october

Hiya all ,

Today i received the ATC swap from october from the Yahoogroup StampingFantasy ,...

This month my partner was Willy and we agreed to have the theme "Man"

This is what she has send me , and I love them .... specially ofcaurse the one with el Comandante Che Guevara , coz he has been my hero all my life !!!!

This is what I have send to Willy .... hope she like it !!!

thanks for dropping by ..

hugs, Patti