Too Cute

As I mentioned before, here is another scrapbook page featuring my niece, Addi. Please ignore the glare on the middle picture.

I used the designer paper, Autumn Spice, and the stamp sets, Day of Gratitude and Elements of Style. I stamped the medallion in old olive and cajun craze using the rock and roll technique, and put an antique brad in the middle.

Don't forget tomorrow (Nov. 30th) is the last day to sign up as a demonstrator for the low price of $87.50. It is also the last day of the Online Spectacular sales event.
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Patty Mickle
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Happy Baby!

It has been a long time since I posted.  I have been going through some difficult times the last two weeks, but things are getting better.  I have really missed crafting.  Keep me in your prayers.  I have fibromylagia  and chronic fatigue syndrome and sometimes these conditions try to get the better of me along with depression and anxiety,  BUT I can do all things in Christ, and I will get through this difficult time.
Below is a scrapbook page I made awhile back of my great niece.  Just looking at her picture makes me happy.  I took her to the park one day and got a lot of really cute pictures so expect to see more of them.  She was so happy and funny that day.  We had a great afternoon!


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Patty Mickle
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Blog Candy Winner and a Teeny, Tiny Tutorial

The winner of the mini album that I showcased during the blog hop is Marisol Gutierrez! Marisol email me your mailing address, and I will get the album in the mail to you ASAP.
I promised to show you how I changed my whisper white satin ribbon to a pacific point ribbon. It is very easy. All you need is an ink pad, a sponge and the ribbon you want to dye. Place the ribbon on the ink pad and hold it down with the sponge in one hand while pulling the ribbon through with the other. Dye both sides of the ribbon this way, BUTonce you have it the color you want it let it dry before attaching it to your project. It may not feel wet, but it is. I found out the hard way. I attached my ribbon to my card as soon as I colored it and by the next morning it had bled into my card. So let your ribbon dry before attaching it to anything.

 

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Patty Mickle
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Royal Blog Tour

Hello and welcome to my castle. I would like to introduce you to the stamp set, Party Hearty.  I chose this stamp set, because it is a very versitale group of stamps.

To show you some of the things you can do with Party Hearty, I created a paper bag album using the mini lunch sacks in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  I simply left them flat and bound them at the ends.  Also because the sacks are brown, I used white paint and painted all of their edges brown.

For the cover, I used the pieces of  chipboard that came with the lunch sacks, and covered them with card stock and designer paper.

I used the designer paper, Celebrations, to decorate the album, and I used the cupcake image from Party Hearty, as the main focal point on the cover.  It is hard to tell in the picture, but the icing in the cupcake is covered with glitter.
Below you can see the inside of the album.
The banner on the first page was created using the party hat stamp.  I simply cut them out and turned them upside down.

The red circles on these two pages are the inside circle on the b is for birthday stamp.  I used a real red marker to ink up just the circle and then cut it out with the 3/4 inch circle punch.



                                       

Below are  the tags I made to go inside the paper bags.  You can use them for more pictures and/or for journaling.

Notice the blue ribbon on the red tag.  Stampin' Up doesn't make that color ribbon, but they do make white ones.  Come back onTuesday the 9th, and I will show you how I changed the ribbon from white to pacific point.

Blog Candy!!!!!!

I am offering up this album as blog candy!  All you have to do is email me your name and email address and leave me a comment below.  I will let you know on Tuesday who the winner is.

Thanks for visiting my castle and enjoy the rest of the tour.

Clue # 5

3rd and 4th Clues

2nd RBT Clue

Card for Stamp Club

This is the card my stamp club made this month.  I have seen a few versions of this, but as far as I know, Doris Denman was the first to create this acorn using the ornament punch.  Yes, I got this idea from Stampin' Connection.  It is a great place to go for inspiration, but like I said before you have to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator to be a member of the site.

I almost didn't show this card because I messed up on his cheeks, but at least I knew what to tell my club girls how NOT to do them.  I usually always keep my mistakes to show them so they'll know what to not do.
The two main colors in this card are more mustard and cajun craze.  The leaves are cajun craze, more mustard, old olive, riding hood red, and early expresso.  The large acorn is made from soft suede and early expresso.
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Patty Mickle
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Stamp Club Scrap Page

This is the scrap page that my stamp club made this week. I cased it from Anita C. Haines on Stampin' Connection.
This is not a very good picture. It looks much better in person. The colors are much richer than they show here.


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Patty Mickle
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Stinkin' Cute Halloween Card

I just love this card.  It is so stinkin' cute if I do say so myself.  I must admit that I cased almost the entire card from fellow demo, Holley Smith.  I did add an extra pumpkin and changed the sentiment, but other than that everything else is pretty close to the same as hers.
I love Stampin' Connection.  That is where I saw her card, and I knew right away I had to create one of my own.  If you are not a demo, you need to click here and get signed up right away so you too can visit Stamping Connection.  It is a great place to get  ideas, answers, and all kinds of information relating to being a demonstrator.

This card shows how versatile the owl punch is. Here it is a bat and a ghost.  Every thing on this page was created using  some kind of punch.  I also used the big shot on the background piece.  I don't have a single sheet of Halloween designer paper, but I didn't need any to create this cute Halloween card.
This card front would also go great on a scrapbook page. Hmmmm.  I may have to do that.
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Patty Mickle
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Scarecrow card - my version

Ever since I first saw Doris Denman's scarecrow card on Stampin' Connection, I have been wanting to try one myself.  I just couldn't figure out how to recreate certain parts because I don't have some of the stamps that she used.  Then yesterday I ran across Monika Davis' blog and her scarecrow box and she had figured out how to do some of the things that I couldn't figure out.  Therefore, my scarecrow is a compilation of ideas from Doris Denman and Monika Davis.    

I like my card, but I feel he is missing something.  I should have stamped his hat, but I am really tired and didn't think of that until it was too late, and I am too tired to change it now.  Oh, well after I post this I will finally realize what else he is missing.  It often takes me seeing it online to see what I should have done or to see on what I made a mistake.  When I figure out what else he needs and/or  after I fix his hat, I'll repost him to show you the difference.
Until then, thanks for stopping by and please leave me a comment,
Patty Mickle
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Create Amazing cards, Beautiful packaging, and Cherished gifts this holiday season!

From October 19-December 16, choose from several different holiday bundles containing gorgeous Stampin’ Up!® products—perfect for creating cards, gift packaging, and gifts—and all at 20% off!

 

Bundles at a glance:

Vintage Christmas Card Bundle

Contempo Christmas Card Bundle

Gift Packaging Bundle

Simple Adorned Gift Bundle

Tags Til Christmas Bundle

Frame Gift Bundle

 

French Foliage 3D

I cased the base of this card from  Charlene Boyachek  on Stampin' Connection, a website for Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  I just love the stamp set, French Foliage.  I love how realistic you can make the leaves appear.  The secret to making realistic leaves is 1)stamp onto very vanilla card stock and 2) fill in the white areas with some color after cutting out.  After I did that with my leaf I put it face down on my Versamark ink pad and covered it with the ink.  I then sprinkled it with clear embossing powder and heat embossed it.

Because this card is a 3x6 card, I used Stampin' Up!s small open end envelopes (107286 p. 171)  I like making cards that aren't the typical 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

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Patty Mickle
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Another scrapbook page

I am still at the scrapbooking.  Instead of stamping on this page, I stencilled.  I made a stencil  when I die cut the flower with the daisies #2 die and the bigshot.  I used the stencil and whisper white ink to created the flowers across the top of the page.

On the title, it is hard to tell in the picture, but I layered the letters on top of each other with dimensionals to create a 3d effect.

Expect to see more layouts with that same sweet baby in them.  I took several pictures of her the other day, and now I am scrapbooking a set of them for her mother and a set for myself. (They are niece and my great-niece.)
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Patty Mickle
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