Treasured Memory

 Hallo,
    A short post today to show you a sympathy card I made for our Neighbor/Friend who just lost his Father.
  I used a stamp from 'Stamps Happen' that I stamped onto watercolor paper and water colored with Koh-I-Noor watercolors. I attached that image to a beautiful black shimmery cardstock from Paper Temptress called onyx metallic (you can see it better in the last photo).
  I used a vellum overlay - also from Paper Temptress and stamped/embossed a phrase from Prickley Pear in gold. I edged the top of the vellum with gold metallic pen as well as the corner with the pretty flourish on it - which is also from Paper Temptress.
  All for today - trying to finish off some projects in the craft room today....
      Tera

For every tear....

 Hallo,
   Just a quick post this am - headed for a nap after work and then maybe lunch with my boys (DH and DS).
   I lost one of my Uncles last week and this is the card I sent to my Aunt and the family. Really wanted to be home for them but I guess that is one of the big disadvantages to living so far from the rest of the family......
   The flowers are from Flourishes - stamped onto watercolor paper with ink and then I used Koh-I-Noor watercolors to paint them.
  The phrase is from Prickley Pear - embossed in black.
  I cut the main panel with a Spellbinders die and edged it with a silver metallic pen and added some silver drops with a tulip fabric paint pen.
  All for me this am - nap, lunch, then yard work and craft room - maybe some house work but as it is sposed to rain on Monday - I will probably wait till then and get the yard work done :)
   Have a great weekend!!!
        Tera

Prayer journal

Hallo,
  Well I was going to save this project to show you another day but haven't got anything else to show you this am and don't feel much like moving outta my chair here in front of the computer just yet....soooo....I finally got all the Christmas decs down on sat am and the boys DS and second son Austin put them back up in the garage attic yesterday for me but I am fighting a major head cold, cough, sore throat the whole whiney shebang so I may not get much done today.....I even called in sick to work last night which is unusual for me (it has been over a year since I called in sick...)
   My house really needs cleaning, puppy wants a walk (too cold this am - maybe this afternoon), we could use a few groceries and there is a ton of stuff to do in my craft room.....ah well we will see how much energy I can muster in a bit...after all the house, craft room and puppy will still be here tomorrow.....
   I finished off this little project end of last week...I took a journal and altered it  - the base is a white core cardstock that I dry embossed and sanded off - I used this for both the front and back covers and edged the edges with metallic gold pen.
   The main image starts with 'anemones' from' Flourishes' - stamped once in black memento and twice - once to either side - with gray (London fog) memento inks and colored with Koh-I-Noor pencils onto cryogen white cardstock.
   I embossed the phrase from 'Prickly Pear' with black and then added the beaded frame and some gold corner stickers.
  The blue ribbon was a last minute thought - pretty and I left a long tail to use as a bookmark.
  All for this am - I am almost finished with another locker hook rug so I think I will work on that for a bit and let the cold medicine take a hold before I attempt some cleaning.....boy I am such a whimp when I am sick..... :)
   Have a great day!!!
          Tera

P.S. This journal is up in the Etsy shop......

A prayer of Thanks

Hallo,
  Another shaped project for you today for the current challenge over at Flourishes. I decided to make a little hanging plaque today and took a couple pieces of chipboard and cut them and paper to cover them, and the other layers all with Spellbinders dies.
   Check out the challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
  I first stamped the 'anemones' from Flourishes once in black memento ink and once to either side with memento London fog(gray) and then colored them with koh-i-noor pencils and then stamped and embossed the phrase from Prickley Pear over the top.
  I edged the middle blue panel with gold metallic paint and edged the other 2 panels with blue ink and added a matching blue ribbon.
  Well we had the good luck of my DD being with us one more night - first her plane yesterday was delayed, then rescheduled and finally rescheduled from the airport in Pensacola - an hour away - and no connecting flight into Omaha last night so she opted to take a flight out today instead....the fog was pretty thick here yesterday but seems lighter this am so hopefully it all burns off by noon - good thing she doesn't really need to be back till sunday ( classes start again Monday...)
   All for this morning - I really do need to do some house work today - I still haven't taken my Christmas decorations down.....nasty head cold kicked into full force yesterday afternoon so we will see how much I can get done.....
   And then I work tonight....
        Have a great weekend!!!!
              Tera

Silent Night

Hallo,
This card is one I did for today's release week challenge (wednesday) over at Flourishes. The challenge was called 'night and day' and we were to show a time of day in our project .
I had only recently gotten this set so was determined to use it.....this was the third attempt as the first 2 attempts were waaaayyy off not only my mark but any mark whatsoever :) - one of those days.....
I stamped the Bethlehem scene in brown memento ink and colored with copics. I added some stars with a white gel pen and then stamped and embossed the stars from this set and the both phrases in white.
The bottom phrase is from the same Flourishes set and the top phrase is from Prickly Pear stamps.
I kept the rest of the card simple to highlight the main image (ya that's right to highlight the main image :) - not cause I couldn't find the right background paper, or embossing folder or ANYTHING.....sigh...like I said, one of those days.... :)
For details of the release week challenges and waaaayyy more inspiration than my little offering today :) - and prizes - check out the Flourishes blog - www.flourishes.org/blog/
All for now - off to straighten out my wonky mojo :)
Take Care
Tera