Mini Cards...

Here are some really simple hybrid cards. I just opened a new 4" square canvas in my photo-editing program. I brought a digi patterned paper onto that canvas (using the Marks Paper Co digital kits), then I brought in the outlined floral graphic. I changed the color of the floral graphic, I made it white on the brightly colored cards and brown on the neutral colored cards. I added the greeting digitally.

To print, I assembled all four of the card design onto one 8.5"x11" canvas rather than printing them all individually (this saves paper). I wrapped some color coordinated craft thread around each card, then glued each to a 4x4' white card base.

Finally, I added a small felt circle and a button to each flower. Nice and simple!

Thanks for stopping by today! Patty


Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Felt Circles: Unknown; Buttons: Autumn Leaves; String: Prism Craft Thread. Digital Products: Patterned Paper: Marks Paper Company; Font: Ribbon.

Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Felt Circles: Unknown; Buttons: Autumn Leaves; String: Prism Craft Thread. Digital Products: Patterned Paper: Marks Paper Company; Font: Ribbon.

Still time to get Good Marks on Your Blog...

Just a little reminder that the Get Good Marks Blog Challenge for this month is almost over. This month it's all about flowers. Just create flowers using MPCo paper on a scrapbook page, altered item, home décor item, mini album, you name it! The winning project will be featured on the MPCo blog and in their monthly newsletter. And there is a fabulous prize package: the grand prize winner gets both the paper and digi versions of the August and Old Fashioned Courtship Collections plus some cool products from Short Cuts. You can check out all of the details here or click on the image below. But hurry... deadline for submission is midnight (EST) April 29, 2009.

New uploads on the Marks Paper Company blog...

Marks Paper Company has been uploading new projects on the blog every Wednesday and Sunday. Today there are two fabulous hybrid projects: one is a great wall hinging from Pamela Young and the second is a super cool trinket box from Cindy Gilchrist.

Last Wedesday, the blog featured two of my hybrid cards. They are shown below. If you visit the Marks Paper Co blog, you can download the tutorials to make these cards.

Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Flower: Prima; Buttons: Autumn Leaves; String: Bazzill; Ink: Clearsnap. Digital Products: Patterned Paper: Marks Paper Company; Font: Dutch.


Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: Offray, Creative Imaginations; Gems: MAMBI; Rub-on: Stampin’ Up; Ink: Clearsnap. Digital Products: Patterned Paper: Marks Paper Company.

Have you seen this yet?

Marks Paper Co released a sneek peek of a the new spring collection - called English Garden. I think it looks great and can't wait to see this rest! It's due out in May sometime.

Marks Paper Co 'Grow a Flower' Contest...

The first "Get Good Marks Blog Challenge" from Marks Paper Co is starting! In honor of the spring season, the theme is “Grow a Flower”. All you need to do is create flower(s) using MPCo paper on a scrapbook page, altered item, home décor item, mini album, you name it! The winning project will be featured on the MPCo blog and in their monthly newsletter, and of course, you'll get some great MPCo goodies! Check out all the specific details on the MPCo blog (details will be available on the 15 April) and to get you thinking... Patty Schaffer has a tutorial up on her blog for a fabulous paper flower she created. I can't wait to see what you all create!

And I get to show you full images for few of the MPCo hybrid cards that I showed you a sneak peek of a few weeks ago. The rest from that sneak peek should be up by next Wednesday.

Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Flower: Prima; Gems: MAMBI, Darice; Rub-on: Crate Paper; Ink: Clearsnap. Digital Products: Patterned Paper: Marks Paper Company.

Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Felt Flower: Prima; Button: Autumn Leaves; Brads: Queen and Co; Craft Thread: Bazzill; Chipboard Letters: Making Memories; Felt Circles, String. Digital Products: Patterned Paper: Marks Paper Company.

Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: Offray; Beads: The Robin’s Nest, Halcraft USA, PaperSource; Studded Swirl: Prima. Digital Products: Patterned Paper: Marks Paper Company; Font: Dutch.

Thanks for stopping by today! Patty

Happy Easter...

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday! Just wanted to stop in and share my Easter egg decorating story. I went out yesterday and bought little pieces of lace to decorate eggs with this technique I saw on on Martha Stewart's website. I did see a lot of comments from people saying it didn't work very well, but I thought that's them, I'll be skillful and careful, and it will work for me. Well, not so much. She was using food coloring not those little egg decorating tablets they sell every year, so maybe next year I'll try that. Last year I embellished the dyed eggs with a lot of scrappy supplies, so I was going for something different this year. Anyway, my fall back was the old standby of half-dipping and then I decorated a few of them with a Sharpie pen. They are definitely not the beautiful intricate eggs I was going for this year, but I think they turned out cute. Hope you are having a Happy Easter! - Patty

Cuttlebug Color CAS Challenge

I created these cards for the Cuttlebug Color CAS (clean and simple) Challenge that was posted on 6 April at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog. You could use only black, white and kraft colors and keep it clean and simple.

Not sure if this one below would be considered so clean and simple, but I got the colors right! ;) I made the felt tree by cutting apart and piecing together a Prima felt mattie.

Products: Card Stock: Bazzill; Ribbon: Scrapworks, Creative Imaginations, Offray; Felt Diecut: Prima; Rub-on: Deja Views; Acrylic Drops: The Robins Nest.

I used some paper piercing on the card below to add some interest while still keeping it clean and simple.

Products: Card Stock: Bazzill; Ribbon: Michaels; Rub-on: Deja Views; Acrylic Drops: The Robins Nest; Ink: Clearsnap; Embossing Powder: Stampendous; Cuttlebug, Paper Piercer.

There's a lot going on over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog. They have a really big event coming up on May 1-3, it's a Cuttlebug Challenge Spa Weekend! Jennifer Mcguire, the Celebrity Guest, is creating an exclusive challenge for the event! There will be lots of great spa-related and scrap-related prizes!!! You can check out all of the details here.

Tattered Angels Featured Artist...

As I mentioned in a earlier post, Tattered Angels asked me to be this months featured artist on their website. They posted several of my projects and I answered some fun questions (I even managed to work in a photo of my pretty cat Hanna), you can check it our here. Here are some cards I made last week using Tattered Angels products (some of these are shown in the feature also).

This card shows how you can make any stamp you own into a quasi Glimmer Screen. Just heat emboss a stamped image with clear ink and clear embossing powder, spray Glimmer Mist over the image and then dab/wipe the Glimmer Mist off the embossed portion of the image. In this card the flowers were stamped, embossed and then sprayed with blue Glimmer Mist. The stem is made by using one of the Blossom Glimmer Screens as a stamp. Finally, I added some detail by paper piercing around the flowers and the stem.

Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Spray Ink: Tattered Angels; Ribbon: Offray; Buttons: Basic Grey; Rub-on: Deja Views; Stamps: Making Memories; Mask: Tattered Angels; Embossing Power; Embossing Ink; Paper Piercing Tool.

Another version of this resist technique is sort of a double emboss resist technique. This is where you heat (wet) emboss over a dry embossed image. Take a dry embossed graphic (either one that you make or one that was bought pre-made) and rub clear embossing ink onto the raised parts of the image, add clear embossing powder and heat emboss. The rest of this technique works just like the stamped version, spray with Glimmer Mist and then dab the image, the mist will wipe off the raised embossed portion of the image.

The two examples below use embossed paper that I bought. I sprayed these cards with multiple colors of mist to create a nice rich composite tone.

Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Embossed Paper: DCWV; Spray Ink: Tattered Angels; Ribbon: Chatterbox; Tulle: Bazzill; Chipboard: K&Company, Prima; Flowers: Prima; Stud Swirls: Prima; Embossing Power; Embossing Ink.


Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Embossed Paper: DCWV; Spray Ink: Tattered Angels; Flowers: Imaginesce, Prima, Creative Imaginations; Leaves: Offray; Diecut: K&Company; Rub-on: Crate Paper; Metal Flower Brad: Nunn Design; Embossing Power; Embossing Ink.


These next examples use embossed paper that made with a Cuttlebug. The butterfly on the first card is made from flower petals, a paper bead, and two beaded pins.

Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Spray Ink: Tattered Angels; Flowers: Prima; Paper Bead: Martha Stewart; Beaded Pins: Making Memories; Rub-on: Deja Voews; Ribbon: Offray; Gem: MAMBI; Embossing Power; Embossing Ink; Cuttlebug.


Products: Blank Card Base: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Spray Ink: Tattered Angels; Flowers: Prima, Bazzill; Fabric Brad: Hot Off the Press; Beaded Pins: Making Memories; Rub-on: Deja Voews; Ribbon: Offray; Embossing Power; Embossing Ink; Cuttlebug.

More news...all good this time!

OK - So I get to spill my exciting news today...Marks Paper Company, a new paper company that debuted at January 2009 CHA, asked me to be on their new hybrid design team! I'm so thrilled and honored, have you seen their products, they are fabulous! And look at this list for the rest of digital/hybrid team:

Maggie LaMarre - Marketing Director
Michele Ciola
Cathy Pascual
Deanna Kroll
Cindy Gilchrist
Pamela Young

These girls are very talented, I'm lucky to get to work with them! And it gets even better... below is the list of girls who were already on their DT for the traditional paper side of the products.

Patty Schaffer - Design Team Coordinator
Beatriz Jennings
Ching Tan
Jennifer Davis
Mimi Leinbach
Molly Peckham
Pam Callaghan
Tracy Polacheck

Again, I'm so honored to be on the team with all of these girls! I've linked up their names with their blogs, check them out, they will inspire you!

And be sure to check out the Marks Paper Company blog and website. Throughout April there will be fun things happening to celebrate the addition of the new Digital/Hybrid Team... starting with a Digital Template Giveaway and 25% Off All Digital Kits from April 1st through the 7th! Check out the details here.

Ok, there's still a lot more to tell you about this company, but I'll save some for later, it's already after 2:00 in the morning here on the east coast. I would love to show you some the hybrid cards I made using their digi kits, the papers are so nice, it's very easy to make great cards. But I'm not posting here until they are uploaded to the Marks Paper Company gallery. But I don't think they will mind if I show you a little sneak peek. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Patty