Card A Day Blog Post: Patchwork Jack

It's my turn to post a card for the Card A Day blog.  The theme this week is Halloween.  I have to admit I've never really been drawn to the gory side of Halloween as far as decorating goes.  (However, I do like scary movies!) So for my card I went the cute route.  I'd like to introduce you to...Patchwork Jack.

I used one of the first files I created for this cute  little card.  I chose various pattern papers to fill in the image which reminds me of a patchwork quilt.  So thus Patchwork Jack is born!  I didn't have any Halloween sentiment stamps so I just used the "just 4 you" stamp from Studio G.  I think this would be adorable paired with a treat for your favorite teacher.

You know it's amazing how much we taken things for granted until we don't have them!   Our refrigerator broke last weekend.  It wouldn't keep things cool.  So we trucked a bunch of things to our friend's house to store for us.  But we needed some things to eat so we stored food in coolers.  Buying ice every day just to keep the food cold was a pain!  The fridge finally got fixed yesterday..we went to the store and I was soo happy to be able to put food in a working fridge.  I'm soo glad we no longer have to eat out of coolers!  We've been trying to eat healthy since hubby's heart attack and eating healthy is difficult when you have a cooler for a fridge.  On the plus side now our fridge is clean!  I'm very thankful for modern appliances! 

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Color Throwdown #261

I needed a quick card for a good friend who is going through a rough patch lately.  Papertrey ink had a blog hop yesterday.  The theme was wreaths so I used a wreath.  But drat I wasn't able to post yesterday so I missed the hop.  I also looked to Color Throwdown for their latest color scheme.  Just love these blues mixed withe yellow and green!

I pulled out Papertrey Ink's Guide lines two and stamped the background.  This is the perfect stamp set for color challenges.  It was fun watching the patterned paper take shape.  I definitely will be using these again.

Supplies:
Papertrey Ink Stamps:  Guide lines two, Turning a New Leaf, Honey Bees, Mehndi Medallion Mini,  Sentiment: Fiskars??
Momento Ink:  Bahama Blue, Cantaloupe, Danube Blue, Bamboo Leaves
Ribbon and small pearls

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Color Throwdown #260

I needed a quick sympathy and didn't have to time fuss with designing a card from scratch.  So I decided to case one of my own cards which was originally cased by a wonderful card by Betsy Veldman.  You can find it here.  For the color scheme I turned to Color Throwdown's latest color challenge.  I just love the mint green instead of the darker green traditionally used in Fall color schemes.

Stamps:  (All Papertrey ink) Rosie Posie-Background Basics:  Spots and Dots-Everyday Classics (Anniversary Set)
Ink:  (Momento) Tangelo and Sweet Plum, (Papertrey ink) Aqua Mist

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments about my husband's heart attack!  I so appreciate your support!  He is doing well and we are getting accustomed to healthier eating habits.  Now if we can just get our fridge fixed so we have someone to store our food!

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Card A Day: Kiddie Card and PTI MIM #132: Layered die cut borders

It's my turn again to make a card for the Card a Day blog.  The theme this week is Kiddie Cards.   Once again I got this done at the very last minute.  I do have a good excuse this time though.  But..before I get into some personal matters I want to share my card with you.

 close up of Stickles

I loved Kristina's One Cool Kid card here.   I pinned it knowing one of these days I must case it.  Well today was the day!  I also loved the scalloped layered borders Dawn used in her latest PTI MIM #132 video here.    So I decided to substitute the straight diagonal strips with the scallop border strips instead.  It's a little busy but kids tend to like bold prints.  I couldn't resist adding some glittery sparkle to this fun card on the main star using multicolored Stickles.  I cut the title out with my digital cutter using vinyl so I didn't have to worry about lining up the individual letters.  Font used was MFT Skinny Jeans.  PTI stamps used: Patterned Stars: Everyday Classics (anniversary), "You're": Paper Tray , Small stars after You're: Let Freedom Ring.

Okay now for what has taken my time lately.  Last Wednesday my husband had a heart attack.  He is 39!  We were totally shocked!  They put a stent in and placed him on a ton of medicines and thankfully he is doing great.  But..boy we sure were worried!  Heart problems do run in his side of the family so that has one thing to do with it but we also need to make an effort to eat better and exercise more.  So if any of you have any good recipes suitable for a heart healthy diet I sure would appreciate you sharing them!

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