Faux Leather Technique

I saw a faux leather technique and needed a swap card this week, so thought I would give it a try.  Instead of creating my own embossing lines, just used an embossing folder.  Embossed a piece of craft card stock and used the back of it, so the lines are dented in, rather than raised up.  Debossed!!!!   I really liked the coloring that Sharon Fields used, so I went with those same Stampin' Up! classic ink colors of More Mustard, Pumpkin Spice, Soft Suede and Chocolate Chip.  Sponge patches of these colors all over the card avoiding pressing in the lines.

Here is the link to the original tutorial!!!  Thanks to Sharon for sharing it!!!!  Great color combination!
http://createdbyu.blogspot.com/2010/04/faux-embossed-leather-tutorial.html

Wanted to focus mainly on the technique, so didn't add much, but I've added some Stampin' Up! punch pieces and faux brads using Crystal Effects to make them shiny.  The words are a SU Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp.

We are always looking for masculine cards and this is a great technique to add to those!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy every day!!!
Patti Jo

It's All About Sports Blog Hop

In the land of 10,000 lakes, we certainly think fishing is one of our favorite sports!  I've been wanting to use this Tilda Gone Fishing and the pretty little Stone Pathway images for a while so thought it fit right into our theme and the season.

If you are following the "It's All About Sports Blog Hop" with the design team from Magnolia-licious Highlites and came from the very talented Suzanne Dean's blog - Scrap Bitz, you are heading in the right direction! If you stopped by on your own, you'll find the hop order and all the exciting details how you can join in on the fun at Magnolia-licious Highlites.

Of course my wonderful images plus the border and butterfly die are from Magnolia-licious!  Be sure to check out all the new items Diana has in stock besides the wonderful Magnolia things!
3000 TILDA GONE FISHING
505 STONE PATHWAY
19 MINI ZIG ZAG AND SCALLOP BORDERS DOOHICKEY DIE
27 MAGNOLIA TREE DOOHICKEY DIE - Butterfly

The mini zig zag and scallop border dies are so nice to add just a little design to the edge.  The butterfly dies that come with the magnolia tree branch are the perfect size to add to many projects.

Just had to make Tilda's galoshes a bright yellow!!!  Did you have those as a kid???  They were great for sloshing around in mud puddles!!!  The images are colored with ProMarkers and I also cut out the butterflies in white and colored those with the ProMarkers too.  Hard to see, but I've added some purple flocking to the flowers and added an organdy bow with a Hero Arts birthday wishes stamp in punched out circles.

Just a note that Diana is offering a fantastic deal on the Mini Stamp Storage Binder right now too!  I sure love how nice it is to have all my minis stored and organized in these binders.  Here's a picture of a page in the binder.  It is a great set up to use!!!!

Now be sure to continue on to awesome Angie's blog - Scrap Girl to see what wonderful project she has created!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you will join in on the challenge!!!
Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Special Stamp---Stamp Tilda

Had some pieces left over from another project, so decided to add #01 Stamp Tilda to it.  Oh she is sooo sweet!!!  She is a special stamp that John from the Magnolia booth gave me at CHA and I'm finally getting around to using it.  Diana at Magnolia-licious does offer this one plus there are two more special cuties now available also.  Check them out HERE.  Stamp Tilda would be a great image to use on the back of your cards with your signature!

Have also used a Cheery Lynn butterfly die and the rest of the dies, the word stamp and the embossing folders are from Stampin' Up!

Tilda has been colored with Promarkers and Touch Markers.

Thanks for stopping by!!!   Enjoy every day!!!
Patti Jo

Tilda and the Beanstalk

Thought these two stamps would be so fun to color and they were!  I've colored them with Promarkers and Touch markers.  Kept it simple since there is so much going on with the images anyway, but did add some 3D work.  I've cut out Tilda, the feather, flowers and leaves and popped them up to get a little dimension.

Happy May Day everyone!!! The most talented Suzanne Dean as hostess for this month's project for Magnolia-licious Highlites May 1st challenge has chosen Summer Theme with Twist of Colors!  Figured my summer theme was gardening and used blue, orange and yellow for my summer colors.

These are from Diana at Magnolia-licious:
3045 BEANSTALK TILDA
456 BEANSTALK
23 ANTIQUE LACE BORDER DOOHICKEY DIE

Diana offers a special price and a store credit!!!!  She has also put these two together with a really special price in the mini size!  Be sure to check them out and all the other great products she has at her store!

Hope you will join the challenge with your own Summer Theme project!  All the details are at Magnolia-licious Highlites.

Enjoy every day!!!  Thanks for stopping by!!!
Patti Jo

Another Caboodle of Cards

MINI 3010 TILDA WITH DAISY
MINI 545 TILDA'S HEARTFLOWERS

MINI 3010 TILDA WITH DAISY
MINI 545 TILDA'S HEARTFLOWERS

MINI 3046 SOCCER TILDA
MINI 539 SOCCER BENCH
MINI 122 SOCCER EDWIN
MINI 544 GOAL BACKGROUND

MINI 601 WAGON WITH EGGS
MINI 396 TILDA w NEWLY HATCHED EGG

MINI 255 ROSE SCENT TILDA
MINI 539 SOCCER BENCH

MINI 356 TILDA LOVES FLOWERS
MINI ALOTA 10 FRONT DOOR STEPS

MINI 133 EDWIN WITH LIZARD
MINI ALOTA 5 PET SHOP

MINI 117 EDWIN WITH STOLEN HEART
MINI ALOTA 9 38TH AVENUE HOUSE

MINI 268 LITTLE BUNNY TILDA
MINI 452 TWO EGGS

MINI 334 BROTHER AND SISTER
MINI ALOTA 12 FRIENDS CLOTHESLINE

MINI 166 SHERWOOD EDWIN
MINI 468 TREES IN A ROW

MINI 164 CAPTAIN EDWIN
MINI 558 BARREL AND SKULL

MINI 239 TILDA WITH LOLLIPOP
MINI ALOTA 8 GILMORE STREET HOUSES

MINI 141 CHEF EDWIN
MINI 516 ROLLING PIN

Been working on these for a while and wanted to make some cards focusing on combining the mini images.  Some turned out okay and some a little funky, but hopefully it still gives the idea of how you can put these together and a layout design.

All water colored with Distress Inks.

Of course all these wonderful minis are from Magnolia-licious.  Here is a list of all the ones I used:
MINI 3010 TILDA WITH DAISY
MINI 545 TILDA'S HEARTFLOWERS

MINI 3046 SOCCER TILDA
MINI 539 SOCCER BENCH
MINI 122 SOCCER EDWIN
MINI 544 GOAL BACKGROUND

MINI 255 ROSE SCENT TILDA
MINI 539 SOCCER BENCH

MINI 601 WAGON WITH EGGS
MINI 396 TILDA WITH NEWLY HATCHED EGG

MINI 356 TILDA LOVES FLOWERS
MINI ALOTA 10 FRONT DOOR STEPS

MINI 133 EDWIN WITH LIZARD
MINI ALOTA 5 PET SHOP

MINI 117 EDWIN WITH STOLEN HEART
MINI ALOTA 9 38TH AVENUE HOUSE

MINI 268 LITTLE BUNNY TILDA
MINI 452 TWO EGGS

MINI 334 BROTHER AND SISTER
MINI ALOTA 12 FRIENDS CLOTHESLINE

MINI 166 SHERWOOD EDWIN
MINI 468 TREES IN A ROW

MINI 164 CAPTAIN EDWIN
MINI 558 BARREL AND SKULL

MINI 239 TILDA WITH LOLLIPOP
MINI ALOTA 8 GILMORE STREET HOUSES


MINI 141 CHEF EDWIN
MINI 516 ROLLING PIN

I really enjoyed the Alota accessory stamps for the backgrounds.  You can check all of the different ones out HERE.  So many of them could be used on their own too!

Always appreciate you stopping by and would love to hear what your favorite combo might be.

Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Faux Patina Field Flowers

Great technique posted at Splitcoast for doing Faux Patina.  Loved this technique and the directions are easy to follow.  Fun to do for one card, but did them for a swap and made eleven!   Lots of sponging!!!

HERE is the link to the directions and followed them with all the same colors, except used Very Vanilla card stock instead of white.  Used the Field Flowers and the Tiny Tags stamp sets along with the Jewlery Tag punch.  Inked the seam binding with the Marina Mist ink for my ribbon and tied the tag on with the linen thread.

Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo

Luscious, Lovely, and Lacy

I hope you are enjoying the Lots of Luscious Lace cards that the Design Team is doing for this months hop!  I'm sure you saw something gorgeous from Angie if you are coming from ScrapGirl. If you came own, you can start at the beginning at Magnolia-licious Highlites!

When I heard the theme, I knew I wanted to get out my DooHickey dies and then chose Circus Tilda because she has all the lovely lace on her dress to match the dies!  So I nestled her amongst the lacy flowers and dragonflies!

All these are at Magnolia-licious:
#367 CIRCUS TILDA
#8 DOILY FLOWERS DIE
#9 DRAGONFLIES DIE
#18 ROSE LEAF DIE
#22 VINTAGE FLOWERS AND LEAVES DIES - Leaves
#23 ANTIQUE LACE DIE
#24 DREAM TAG DIE
#34 WILD STRAWBERRY AND FLOWERS - Flower 

Tilda has been colored with Promarkers.  Tried a number of times to get the color correct, but the peachy color is pretty close, but the gray is really more of a soft brown gray color.  It is Sahara Sand for the Stampin' Up! aficionados!!! 

Can you tell I'm kinda addicted to dies!!!  Added half pearls for the centers of the flowers.

Please check out Diana's store Magnolia-licious for all Magnolia products and also she is offering a variety of other wonderful dies.  Fantastic service and fantastic people!!!  She also carries a couple of real unique products which are the No More Shims Embossing Mat and the Stay Put Craft Mat.  I use the No More Shims mat not only in my Cuttlebug for my embossing, but also use it as a stamp mat.  Really helps to get a nice clean even image.  The Stay Put craft mat is different from the regular ones out there because it has a rubberized coating on the back that keeps it in one place and helps keep it from curling up on the edges.  Love it...ink and glue wipes right off and you can use it for heat embossing too!

Now you will want to hop on along to visit Cabio at Cabio's Craft Corner!!!  She is the sweetest little gal and so very talented too!  She will have something pretty and lacy for you to see!!!  Hope you will join us in the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy every day!
Patti Jo