White Believe

Hallo,
Happy Friday morning to ya'll. I am at work today so will leave you a little something to look at....
This is an 8X10 picture to frame. I started this from a challenge in the MFT forum over at Splitcoast Stampers and had the stamp sets, cuttlebug folders, and nesties all picked out and then was stumped - good thing I had a great sketch from my friend Vicki just waiting for me to put it to use.
Pop over to Vicki's blog to see what everyone else did with this great sketch - http://www.vickichrisman.blogspot.com/
The challenge at the My Favorite Things forum was to use mostly white and stamps from MFT. I don't have any MFT Christmas or winter stamps so I decided to use one of my mostest favoritest sets called 'We're in this together.' You can find their great stamps here - http://www.mftstamps.com/
The base of this picture (on top of heavy weight chipboard) is white cardstock embossed with 4 different cuttlebug folders and then lightly brushed with embossing ink and glittery gold powder.


Next I cut several nestie labels layers and ran them through the cuttlebug folders, and edged all with gold mettalic pen.
I cut a ribbon slide also, edged with gold pen and stamped on it and slide some pink ribbon through it.
There are 3 different white and cream ribbons, a couple cream flowers, and some pink rhinestones.
The MFT stamped layers are colored with copics and some pink spica glitter pen for the ribbons on their shirts.
The poem is one I really love from Cornish Heritage Farms - called 'Cancer is so Limited' and you can find it here - http://www.cornishheritagefarms.com/
Whew - lots of typeing today.....I really like how this turned out!!!!!
My Mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer 2 years ago - had surgery but they caught it early so no chemo or radiation. 2 years and counting!!!!!!
Have a great weekend!!!!!
Tera
P.S. This was accually sortof a second attempt as I did another one with more pink on the bottom layer but liked this one best for the challenge. Will show you the pink version on Monday.....

Flourished Sepia

Hallo,
I am at work today but managed to get something done yesterday to show ya - I decided to do the challenge over at Flourishes from tuesday - FTTC40 - you can find it here - www.flourishesnewsletter.blogspot.com
The challenge was to use neutrals and a colored image. Well this challenge was perfect for a technique from my last months Technique Junkie called Sepia technique.
Chose my image easy enough but then couldn't decide on which cuttlebug folder to use and then couldn't decide which ink to use - white or brown - soooo I did 4. 2 with brown ink on the cuttlebug backround and 2 with white, and I used 3 different cuttlebug folders.
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Oriental Box

Hallo,
Just a quick little post today - another cigar box, this one a long and narrow one. I used some more of the oriental Faux Desinger Paper I made using that technique from Technique Junkies.
I had planned something different but while scrounging around my desk I found the leftover piece of black felt sticker and the little red dominos and they looked perfect just as is....



I am making a few long narrow cards to fit inside which you have seen 2 already and should have a couple more to come....
All for today - chores and craftin'....
Take Care
Tera

Hip Hop Blog Hoppin'

Hallo,
I got this done in the nick of time last night - got it posted to Splitcoast but didn't get time to blog it :)
This was done for this weeks 'So you think you can stamp' challenge in the My Favorite Things forum over at Splitcoast - the challenge was Hip Hop pop - hoppin poppin colors for me and of course she is Blog hoppin on the couch after work just like yours truely... :)
All stamps on the card are from MFT.
The backround is done with the Burnished Backround technique from Technique Junkies and I also used a little paper piecing on the skirt.



I burnished the backround with Adarondak inks - carmel, stream and current.
The focal image is colored with copics and a little spica glitter pen.
I made a couple faux layers with a my black copic and edged the label die from Spellbinders with gold mettalic pen.
All for today - I have a few chores to do this morning and then I am going to try and get another challenge done for this months Guest Designer challenge - also found in the MFT forum on Splitcoast.
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Flourished Waterlily

Hallo,
Wow last week really got away from me - I had hoped to do this challenge on friday but ended up going into work (in exchange for Sunday off :) but even so 4 - 12 hour shifts in a row just slap wore me out!!!! I didn' t do a whole lot but lay around yesterday - walk the dog with my DH, out for lunch, nap, and a bit of craft table time.
This will be first of hopefully 2 posts today as I had this challenge and one other that I had wanted to do and the other one is due today too....



This challenge - FTTC39 - was hosted by Flourishes and it was to use a border punch.
The backround is stamped with a technique called Faux Designer Paper from Techniques Junkies - www.patstamps.com
and it uses stamps from Inkadinkado, Another Stamp Company and a couple unknowns.
The focal images are all from Flourishes. I gold embossed the phrase and the waterlily anf goldfish are stamped and colored with copics and then I added spica glitter pen on top - and a little white gel pen for the lily. The border punch is from EK success.
You need to check out the Flourishes blog - lots of great inspiration to be found!!! www.flourishesnewsletter.blogspot.com




All for now - I have some yard work to get done and a couple errands before I can head to the craft table....
Take Care
Tera

My Favorite Waltz

Hallo,
I accually managed to get one of these done :) !!!! This was done for the "So you think you can stamp" challenge for week 3 over at the My Favorite Things forum on Splitcoaststampers. ANd its not even last minute - its 3 pm and I have until midnight ...... :)
This is made on mattboard to fit a 5X7 frame.
All stamps are from MFT. I did some paper peicing but kinda in reverse as I stamped/colored the girls and paper pieced them onto the DP instead of the usual other way around.
I colored them with copics and then went over them with spica glitter pens to make their dresses a little sparkly for their night out on the town dancing......


I think you may be able to see the glittery effect on the last 2 photos the best.

We had such beautifully cool weather the last couple days - finally getting a bit of yard work caught up on. I have been pulling weeds and digging up whats left of my iris plants.
I love iris but they just don't grow well here in our Florida heat and they hardly bloom at all. My Mom is coming down for a visit in a couple weeks so ( they are driving down) I decided to give what was left to her because I know they will do great back home in Nebraska.
I am headed back to my craft room for a bit so all for today.


Take Care
Tera

Choose Thoughts - gold

Hallo,
Another short post today - when I went to pull out paper for yesterdays journal this goldish paper jumped out and said 'me too, me too' so I did 2 journals instead of one. I have one more craft fair in Novemeber and I need to use up some of my stash anyway.....
The butterfly is from Inkadinkado and colored with copics and the phrase is from Cherry Pie stamps.
Have a great weekend!!!!!
Tera