Hi… I’m Carole Anne Patterson and I love crafts, sewing, and creating quilts. I’m a longarmer who loves making quilts come to life.

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Category: Cards

  • Spring is Coming

    Spring is Coming

    Yes, it’s another Challenge Card! This one if for the Paper Players PP287 Clean-and-Simple Celebrate Spring!  It’s a clean card because it’s raining in the card 😉 When I won the Bear Hugs Stamp Set at On Stage I didn’t think I’d ever use it and boy…was I wrong!  I purchased the matching Framelits Dies and the…

  • CASE-ing

    CASE-ing

    These three cards were inspired by Aly Shilling, Billie Moan and Tami White. I changed things up a bit and added my own touches. I was so pleased I used them in my last class.  Ready for my closeup.       This chick is ready for Easter. Love the colors and I tied a…

  • A Men’s Only Class

    A Men’s Only Class

    Yes, you read it right…this class is for the guys only but really it’s for the ladies in their lives. I thought this was a good idea to do a class for Men Only to give cards to the wonderful women in their lives. Just wanted to let you know so I could share how…

  • Down to the last second…GDP027 Chocolate Chip Thank You Card

    Down to the last second…GDP027 Chocolate Chip Thank You Card

    I really wanted to enter Global Design Project #027 and it’s in the last few minutes that I’m getting my card on the GDP site! I had the card made but then I went to pick up my son at the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station. He was at a Latin Convention in Los Angeles…yes, Latin…

  • Sale-A-Bration Countdown….Ideas?

    Sale-A-Bration Countdown….Ideas?

    Here are a few ideas from Stampin’ Up! How easy and adorable are these!!! Put in an order FAST or these products are gone… The Perfect Pairings Stamp Set is more than meets the eye—it’s nine pieces, but you can mix and match the greetings for endless possibilities! This set is awesome! Why? It’s great…

  • Craft Project Central Guest Designer…it’s ME!

    Craft Project Central Guest Designer…it’s ME!

     Yeah! Yippie! Hooray! I am sooooo excited to have been asked to be a Guest Designer at Craft Project Central in the month of March!!!  I’ve whipped up a very special group of projects and I called it “It’s All in the Punch” and you’ll figure out why when you hop on over to Craft Project Central…

  • The Adventure Begins — Global Design Project #GDP026

    The Adventure Begins — Global Design Project #GDP026

    I love entering card challenges and this is a particularly interesting one. I wanted to keep the clean design in Teneale Williams’ sketch as well as keep the vertical design. For me, I don’t exactly have a set “style” of card making. It’s like my taste in music, or clothes,  I tend to be classic…

  • My FIRST Exploding Card…

    My FIRST Exploding Card…

    I kept seeing these beautiful cards on the sites that I follow and of course on Pinterest.  I decided to try one and I won’t lie, on the first try it was not so good BUT on the second try it worked! Now I want to play around and see what other ideas I can…

  • Merry Christmas & Paper Pumpkin

    Merry Christmas & Paper Pumpkin

    Merry Christmas Everyone!  I am in Canada for the holidays this year and it’s a very very green Christmas in Nova Scotia…it’s the same in my part of California. Our little family of four is cozied up in one hotel room with two beds and one bathroom. Yep, two teenagers in small quarters who are…

  • Silver on Black Elegance Awaits…

    Silver on Black Elegance Awaits…

    I decided to enter this card into the Paper Players Color Challenge PP270.  At the bottom of the post, you can see the original design in Cherry Cobbler. I attended a stamping retreat in beautiful Lake Tahoe over the weekend with four other demonstrators–we had a wonderful and creative few days and nights.  My friend Sharon…

  • One of these windows is not like the other…

    One of these windows is not like the other…

    You’d think this is my only stamp set but if you saw my stash you’d know it isn’t BUT…I just love this happy stamp set called “Snow Place and matching framelit set called “Snow Friends” so here’s another card entry for the Global Design Project GDP101. I know it’s a cutie pie style of card but…

  • This cute card received a Top 3 Pick with Connie & Mary Challenge CCMC379

    This cute card received a Top 3 Pick with Connie & Mary Challenge CCMC379

    I’m so excited…my card received a Top 3 Pick with Create with Connie and Mary challenge CCMC379.  Thank you so much!!! I LOVE all of the projects, stamps and accessories in the Holiday Catalog “Handmade for the Holidays” and lucky for everyone it’s order able until January 4, 2016! One of my favorite stamp sets is…