unofficial for me- Sketch Frenzy Friday 01/31/14

Hello to all my blogging friends. I hope this post finds you all well and happy!

Problems solved and I will officially be back posting for the group next week!! YIPPEE!!!!!

I could not load MDS on my new system with out creating and adding a virtual machine on to my new system. For time and ease sake I loaded MDS on my Laptop downstairs. The other problem I have is that I can not get into my blog to operate on my laptop??? Which frankly is a pain in the butt! I will have to get some help getting that fixed??? So between the two computers I can blog again. This is a good thing! I'll just create card templates and MDS creations on the laptop. I wonder if what I create in MDS will transfer to my blog???? My head is swimming! Enough of this


Lets see this weeks sketch

Here is this weeks sketch (lets see if it works???)

Well how about that!!! It worked! Cute Hugh! I believe Marisol created it. Great Job Marisol.
I love red white and black I think it is by far my favorite color combination! The heart on the front is just in time for Valentines Day too!

This is what I came up with. I am so out of practice it took me all day to make these two cards. Well not really but it did take some time. I had to sort through all my paper, stamps and embellishments because in the move everything got all packed together - new and discontinued items. I guess it is always a good thing to look through all my stuff and see what I had to have that I have never even opened lol. I placed a small order today so I'll have a few new goodies to play with soon. I love SAB - Sale-A-Bration don't you!

I hope you find time to create this weekend. I need to work on a card club project so I should be getting my fingers inky.

We would love to see what you come up with just post it on the Sketch
Frenzy Friday Blog here http://www.sketchfrenzyfriday.blogspot.com/

Chat soon and thanks for stopping by!

Patrice

Hello Blogging Friends

Hi there blogging friends, I hope this post finds you all well and happy!!!!!

This is my first post with my new computer. I am so jazzed!

Soooooo much has happened since July. We bought a house/log cabin that was built in 1890 knowing we would have to do a ton of work on her. She is a work in progress for sure but she is home to us now. I got a new computer it had Windows 8 (What an awful system. What were they thinking???) I am learning to use a Lenix system  called Umbuntu. Somehow during the summer I lost access to my blog. My computer was giving me grief Our children came in from CA, The Holidays were wonderful and I got a new dog There is  more but I can't remember it all. 

Our new home has two bedrooms, 1 & 1/2 baths, two story colonial with a fireplace on a little under a half acer, a hug two car detached garage and the property is totally fenced in.  We are just on the edge of the City of Martinsburg so we have city water and city sewer and paved roads. The city has a snow removal crew that servicing the roads . We are in heaven. Having lived on a dirt road and having had well and septic, I prefer semi city living lolol.

I have two huge areas for gardening so I can have a veggie garden and I will be able to create a formal garden as well. I am going to take a Master Gardener class some time in the early spring. I'll keep you posted on that too.

We had to totally redo the up stairs paint, flooring, bath fixtures, phone lines, lighting... The craft room/office is completed now and I am so happy. I was able to move all my crafting supplies up  last week so now I can start to stamp again.

My pictures of all the before and after house and garden are in the old computer. Jeff is working on retrieving that and he will put everything on an external hard drive so I can use those photos too ????

I finally decided to get a new dog. We adopted him from a Lab Rescue two months ago. He is a beautiful Black Lab mixed with Hound. He is about two years old and such a sweetie. He had Heart Worms so we had to take special care of him. He is well and active as ever
I have a picture of Cole and Marley. Let's see if I can download it now???? Fantastic that worked!!!
I still miss my Bear, but Cole is a funny guy, full of energy and has lot's of love to give. He has a serious Lab Lean that almost knocks you over. He is staring to show us a smile too.

There's my boys! Also take a look at my new floor, fun hugh.

Well my friends lets see if this post flies.
I am looking forward to chatting with you all again real soon. I will start posting with Sketch Frenzy Friday by the end of the month so stay tuned for some long overdue card making. 

I hope you find some time to stamp and or do something creative.

You were all missed very much. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.

Fondly, Patrice

Sketch Frenzy Friday 7/19/13

Hello to all my blogging friends, I hope this post finds you all well and happy!


This week Tammy F. came up with our sketch! I love it when a sketch lets you whip up a card in under 10 minutes and this one did the trick! Great sketch Tammy!

This is what I came up with

I used Whisper White for the card base, which I ran through the Big Shot using the Chevron Embossing Folder. Melon Mambo for the focal image background matte piece. Then another piece of Whisper White  for the focal image that I had fun making by using the Color Spritzer Tool and Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise and Melon Mambo Stampin Write Markers. This tool makes great backgrounds and or distressed  stains and it is really easy to work with. I made a Tempting Turquoise banner and stamped the sentiment "change of address" from the All Dressed Up stamp set on a scrap piece of WW card stock. Super easy and very clean and simple.

Here is a peek at the inside

I used the large sentiment "hello" from the My Friend stamp set

This is a really short post today because Jeff has a Dr's appt tomorrow and we need to get up super early to be in Fredrick MD.

Please give this sketch a try and show us your work we would love to see it http://www.sketchfrenzyfriday.blogspot.com/

Chat soon,
Patrice

More Garden Photos

Hello to all my blogging friends, I hope this post finds you well and happy!

I just wanted to share some of the vegetable garden photos with you as promised. I can't believe how big everything has gotten. I harvested about one dozen  of those Anaheim Chilies today, so I am going to make Chili Rellenos tonight for dinner I'll share my super ease recipe and pictures with you later this week.

On to the pretty pictures lolol

#1 Looking at the garden from the back yard

#2 Cabbage #3 Zucchini #4 Anaheim Chilies

#5 Cucumber #6 Eggplant

#7 Crookneck Squash

#8 Corn Stalks #9 Watermelon #10 Cherry Tomatoes #11Salad Tomatoes #12 mixed Vines #13 Jalapenos #14 Green Beans.  There are double pots of everything I think the only thing missing are the carrots.

Well That's it for today I have more but I think this is enough for now. Have a great day and try to create something fun!

Chat Soon,
Patrice

My How You Have Grown

Hello to all my blogging friends, I hope this post finds you well and happy!

I was out in the garden yesterday and took some update photos for ya.

These beautiful hanging baskets are on either side of the entrance to our units. I made one for each of us. Lisa is a great neighbor so I let her choose which color she liked best. The first basket is on Lisa's side and the second basket is on my side.

This is the focal garden at the front of the house, the gladiolas are blooming now.  A bird or the wind broke a red flower stem off one of the corner pots, so I cut it and put it in the kitchen window. I didn't think it would bloom out all the way but it did. I just kept clipping off the dead blooms and trimming the stem it has been in that glass jar for a week already. I got lucky! The photo of the orange one was extra pretty so I took a close up.

The Hollyhock and the Hosta bloomed too.

This Poppy is what I call a surprise flower. I bought one of those $12.00 Wild Flower Rolls that stated you will have a whole 10' patch of wildflowers Ha! Don't waist your money. I got 2 plants I think are flowers and about 5 more I don't know if they are weeds or what lolol. But this Poppy id really a beauty all by itself.

I also have a double hanging basket planter in the back that is coming along really nicely.

There are 3 buckets on the bottom that have Day Lilies and Astura Lilies (?) blooming.
I counted 4 different colors of flowers so far, here are two of them.

The Gazebos flowers are really going to town too.

The birds pitch in and do some random planting for me from time to time. I have sunflowers growing all over the place lolol.

There are Sunflowers in about 6 of the pots and on my lettuce row on the balcony too. Thanks for the free pops of color birds.

I think this is enough for today I will show you the vegetable gardens progress tomorrow!

Enjoy your afternoon and find some time to play!

Chat soon,
Patrice

Sketch Frenzy Friday 7/12/13

Hello to all my blogging friends. I hope this post finds you all well and happy!

Is it really Sketch Frenzy Friday already??? Where has this week gone to? There is a lot going on at our little patch of dirt lately so no wonder I am out of it. I will have a surprise for you in the next couple of weeks. But, until then we are going to check out this weeks fun SFF sketch.

 Kimm Innis designed this weeks sketch. I love the simplicity of the sketch. It was really easy to work with and can be altered to make so many different card fronts from it. Great job Kimm!

This is what I came up with.

I turned the card on it's side and did an oval instead of a rectangle. I chose bright bold colors to work with; Tempting Turquoise for the card base which I ran through the Big Shot using the fun Honeycomb Embossing Folder. I die cut two ovals from the Framelits Ovals Collection. The outside in Basic Black and the center piece in Melon Mambo. My Daffodil Delight border strip was punched out using the Scallop Trim Border Punch I really do love this punch. I used Daffodil Delight Satin Ribbon to make a fancy three loop bow.
The sentiment was stamped in Basic Black from the Oh Hello stamp set.

Here is a look at the inside.

Fairly clean and simple.

I hope you all have a great week and find some time to create something fun too! This is a great sketch and again the best part is that it is easy to work with.
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Chat soon,
Patrice

Sketch Frenzy Friday 7/5/13

Hello to all my blogging friends. I hope this post finds you all well and happy!

We have another terrific sketch for you this week. I know you are going to just  love it! Jennifer W. conjured it up for us and I am really glad she did. I had such a good time making my card today.

Here is Jennifer's sketch

This is what I came up with

I used Whisper White for the cardstock base and an additional piece for a decorative layer. The additional piece I ran through the Big Shot using the Lace Brocade Embossing Folder. I hand colored the focal image with SU Markers in Crushed Curry, a splash of Real Red in the center and Garden Green for the foliage. The focal image was mounted on a scrap piece of Real Red. The decorative strip on the bottom of the Real Red piece was punched with the Scallop Trim Border in Crushed Curry. I added a tag stamped with Friends from the Tiny Tags set (oops now retired I thought I marked all my stamp set retired?) I Added two small pearls for fun and there you have it.

Here is a look at the inside.

Note the Real Red Matt on one of the pieces of the Apothecary Accent Images. How did you do that you ask! First off, I stamped the sentiment on a scrap piece of WW cardstock and heat set the Basic Black Ink so it wouldn't smear. Note that you have to position the sentiment slightly offset to the left to get the final image centered. Then ran the sentiment piece through the Big Shot with the Die. Next, I ran it through again so that I could even out the right side (the left side will be shorter) Finally, I trimmed both top and the bottom of this piece down with my cutter so that it would allow the matt the show up. Then I made an original (not altered) Real Red die cut piece. I hope that makes sense!
I colored a floral image just like the front image on the front and mounted the die over the floral image.

I really like how this card turned out. It is a great sketch and I will use it often. Thanks Jennifer! We would love to see what you come up with so please show us.

http://www.sketchfrenzyfriday.blogspot.com/

Have a great week and I hope you find some time to create something fun!
Chat soon,
Patrice