Birthday Bouquet

 Hallo,
   Trying to get back into crafty mode, this summer has kept me busy and I have taken the weeks since my daughters wedding to..... well,  not do much of anything except go to work and a few other essentials - not much crafting or studio time.....
   Between getting a knee replacement the end of march, having an appendectomy mid june, wedding mid july and the week after the wedding the hubby having a knee replacement the crafting mojo has been a bit lacking…..hopefully that is turning around now.
  I made this card this week for my Mom for her Birthday.
  The image is from 'Power Poppies' and I colored it with polychrome pencils onto cryogen white cardstock. The gold die cut was done with a Spellbinders die and used a gold sparkly paper. The base cardstock is a sparkly turquoise paper(left over from the wedding invitations) - all the cardstock is from Paper Temptress.
  All for today - going to pop my head back outside and see if its cool enough to take the pups for a walk....
    Take Care
        Tera

Wedding samples - third set...

Hallo,
  Well here is the last batch of samples I made for my daughter to chose from for her wedding invitations - this is the style she ended up choosing but I wont show you hers until the invitations have been sent.
   Her colors are teal and copper and I used  some yummy papers from Paper Temptress.
   The light teal (lagoon), copper and the white (pearl?or crystal) are all from PT Mica mettalics line and are beautifully sparkly/shimmery. The darker teal is from the basics line.
  I used 2 Spellbinders dies and embossing powder in copper and 2 shades of teal.
  All for this morning - I have 2 pups to brush, a house to clean, bottles to spray paint and wedding invitations to make.....
   Take Care
      Tera

Set 2 - wedding Invitation samples

Hallo
  Just a quick post this evening with another batch of wedding card samples. I cant remember who made the stamp but I have used it a lot over the years.
   I used some really wonderful papers from Paper Temptress. The copper, pearl and lagoon(light teal) are from the 'mica mettalics' line and are a nice heavy base cardstock with a wonderful sparkle to them - BONUS this line is even on sale right now, so if you NEED some I have a link to Paper Temptress is my sidebar. I also used a darker teal from the basics line which is a really rich teal - love it.
  I used a Spellbinders die and embossing powders in copper and 2 shades of teal (the darker teal embossing powder just by luck perfectly matches the teal paper!!! - ah the simple joys in life :)
   All for now - need to get some dinner on the stove I guess.
    Take Care
       Tera

Invitations - wedding set 1

Hallo,
  Short post on my way out the door for work today. My daughter is getting married and I volunteered to do the wedding invitations (and the tables décor, and the bouquets, and...)
  So I did several batches of samples and this one is the first.
  The paper is all from 'Paper Temptress' and is so yummy!!! Coper and pearl from the mica metallics line and teal from the basics line.
  The stamps is from Flourishes, and the die cuts are Spellbinders.
   Off I go
   Take Care
        Tera

Noel - 3D card

 Hallo,
    Just dropping in for a quick post today before I head to work....I didn't get Christmas cards made to send out this year and horror of horrors had to send out store bought!!
   The card I did this am was started last year at this time.....ah hem....yup...
   The base for this card is a lovely 3D die cut from Accu Cut that was designed by my friend Vicki Chrisman as is the bow die on the front of the card. Really makes this kind of card easy to do!!!!
  All the patterned cardstock on the inside is part of the die cut also.
  The middle panel is highlighted by the front of one of last years Christmas cards that was too pretty to throw away - I cut the picture out of the card with a Spellbinders die.
   Cutting already done from last year, all I had to do was fold, glue, tape and add pretty pretties too.
   Have a Great day!!!
     Tera

Valentines - Sweet Pea Style

Hallo,
  Well I managed a bit of crafting time this week mainly on Thursday - I worked sunday and Monday with 4 days off after. I had hoped for more crafting time but didn't quite get there - house work needed to get done and I still had the hanging on of a nasty head cold which had me a bit tired and lazy....I played in the craft room most of the day Thursday though and it was soooo nice!!!!
  I set up another table in my craft room and set up all my stuff to do some encaustic. While my wax was melting in the am I finished off a couple cards. This one will probably be the DH's Valentines card :)
   This is a Sweet Pea digital image from Charity Dauenhauer called "The Vintage Heart"
I colored her with copics and then cut her out with Spellbinders dies.
  I am entering her into the monthly challenge over at 'One Sweet Challenge' - the theme this month is Valentines/Love :) Check out the challenge here - www.onesweetchallenge.blogspot.com
  The last 3 pics are what it looks like in my craft room with the extra table set up and my wax stuff - a bit cramped but still doable (maybe someday I will win the lottery and be able to build myself a really cool studio  - until then I will have fun any way I can!!! :)
       I will show you some wax creations soon - I am hoping to get another day to play with wax this week....
  All for tonight - headed off to work...
    Take Care
         Tera

Flower challenge - Sweet Pea Stampers

Hallo,
  Well how is everyone's new year going so far!! We are pretty much back to 'normal ' here - DD went back to college on the 10th, all the Christmas decs are down and put away for the year...still have a couple Christmas projects that I am determined to finish before stashing away all the Christmas cardstock, DP and doo dads until next year....and I am still working on finishing off projects for the card coloring class I am teaching starting next week with our local volunteer adult learning center.... 'normal' is relative :) and busy is good :)
  Time for another Sweet Pea Stampers challenge and this time it is for 'flowers - flower power :)'
  I know I used this image for the last challenge too but I colored her up a couple different ways when I pulled her out last month and I really love how this one turned out!!! This beautiful mermaid is from Elaine Cox and is called 'Kiara' - she is available as a rubber stamp and a digi.
  I colored her with Koh-I-Noor and prismacolor pencils. She is cut out with and layered to Spellbinders dies. I added some edging with a gold metallic pen, some gold mesh ribbon, some gold pearl drops with a Viva décor pen and some beautiful paper flowers.

Sweet Pea Stampers - Anything goes

Hallo,
  Welcome to the first Sweet Pea Stampers challenge for the new year!!! It is a pretty easy challenge this time as 'Anything Goes' Play along with us on the Sweet Pea Stampers blog here - www.thesweetpeastampers.blogspot.co.uk/
You could win some Sweet Pea images just for playing along - if you use a Sweet Pea image you get double the chance to win!!!
  Make sure to check out the rest of the Design Teams projects as there is a lot of creative ladies and great inspiration to feast your eyes on :)
  For my card today I used an image from Elaine Cox called 'Kiara' and colored her with Koh-I-Noor and prismacolor pencils.
  I cut her out with a Spellbinders labels die and the next layer is Spellbinders also, some matching DP, silver metallic pen, silver pearl drops with a tulip fabric paint pen and a silver ribbon and all done :)
  This Sweet Pea image is available both as a rubber stamp and a digi BTW.

  I am back to work after a couple days off for the New Years Holiday (its rare that I didn't have to work!!) just 2 days and then the weekend off...then I guess the old normal routine will start. I do have my DD home with us from collage for another week which is really nice!!
  I have lots of things lined up for 2014 - crafts and art and classes and DS's graduation and then off to college....its going to be a busy year and I like that!!!
   Have a great weekend everyone!!!
         Tera
  

Sunshine and tulips

Hallo,
  A cool and rainy morning here in NW Florida - had pretty good thunder boomers last night which I love!!!
  I got in a lot of craft room time yesterday and hope for a bit more today (after a couple errands :)
  One more card for the current challenge over at Flourishes - this time it is to use some vellum. Check out the challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
  Both stamps are from Flourishes and the main image is colored with Koh-I-Noor pencils. I used some OMS and blended the background a bit...
  I used a Spellbinders label die to cut out the image and edged it with brown ink and embossed the phrase onto the vellum with white embossing powder. Lastly I used a Viva Décor pearl pen for the pearl drops in bronze - I use the bronze one ALOT!!! - just love the color....
  All for this am - Take Care
         Tera

Holly

Hallo,
  A chilly Saturday morning here in NW Florida - Yah yah I know, in Nebraska this am its -2 and in Wyoming its -24ish but when its 80 one day and 54 with wind chill to 40 the next, its cold!!!! My puppy sure loves to walk when its cold though, its like she gets and energy boost (and she is already pretty energetic!!).
  I have a project to finish in the craft room today and I am going to try and get the Christmas decs down from the attic and get the tree up today too...then tonight is a Christmas party with my work crew which I hear is always interesting (I usually don't go but got talked into it this time).
  My Chief Enabler Pat and I went to Pensacola yesterday shopping - found me some New Balance shoes on really good sale - hard to find in my area especially in a wide size and at a decent price to boot!!! I also found some pretty good deals at JoAnn's (they have a super store in PSC) and at Hobby Lobby too - both of us did and by the time we went to both of those we decided we had better stay out of Mike's as both of us had spent more than we planned.....
  On the way to lunch we passed a new Flea Market near the mall which is really awesome - its a great mix of antiques, craft items and art - and its huge!!!! It will defiantly be added to our must stop list for our rare trips over yonder....
   Well todays card is another for my Christmas stash - only about 20 to go (I may need to simplify!!)
I used a Flourishes stamp and Neenah Desert Storm paper from Paper Temptress and colored it with prismacolor pencils.
  I used some faux stitching around the edge of my Spellbinders die for the current Tuesday challenge over at Flourishes - www.flourishes.org/blog/
  I had better get a move on this am - my 2 big project to finish off and then its release week again over at Flourishes with the first challenge being a sketch, so I need to get to work on that too!!!
  Have a great weekend!!!
     Tera

Flourishes Tuesday challenge

Hallo,
  Boy am I getting some Christmas cards done this week!!! I am up to about 15 total done so far this year (I have a lot more to make, as I usually send about 60....)
  The Tuesday challenge at Flourishes is another Christmas one but the catch here is to make it mostly flat for mailing. Check out all the Birthday challenges and the Tuesday one too here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
  I had some small pieces of cardstock left over from the threesome challenge a couple days ago so I decided to use them today - I made them 2 by 2 inches and stamped them with holly and colored them with my copics.
I edged the small panels with red copic and backed them with some of the same green DP that I used on the threesome cards too and then to some holly DP from my Christmas stash and then to brown cardstock base.
  I embossed the phrase (also from Flourishes) onto red cardstock in gold and cut it out with a Spellbinders fancy tag die.
  I added a couple corner stickers and that's all there is to that - and nice and flat to mail too :)
  All for today - sleeping and working for me today :)
    Take Care
        Tera

Pink Christmas Poinsettia

 Hallo,
   Well its a relaxing Tuesday afternoon here - hot and windy this afternoon. Would have loved a bit of a breeze on my morning walk - it was fairly cool when I went out at 7 am,  but by 745 it was blazing and no breeze, so the last half hour of my walk was quite hot - even puppy was glad to get back in the house.
   I did this card for the 'Christmas in July ' challenge over at Flourishes - they are doing a whole weeks worth of challenges to celebrate their Birthday - check it out here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
   I stamped this beautiful poinsettia stamp onto a smooth craft colored cardstock and colored it with prismacolor pencils. I cut it and the pink layer with Spellbinders dies and edged the image panel with metallic gold pen.
   The DP is red but the images on the DP are pinkish so it matches pretty well. I used a kraft cardstock base and accented with some gold pearl drops with a viva décor pen.

 Speaking of Christmas - I have uploaded all kinds of great Christmas goodies back onto my Etsy shop. Just in case you want to start your Christmas shopping - here is a coupon code for my shop for 20% off  - XMASJULY13
The link for my Etsy shop is over in the sidebar towards the top :) - or here is its easier - www.stampqueen.etsy.com
   Take Care
         Tera

Summer flowers

 Hallo,
  A quick little post this afternoon - just under the wire for the Tuesday challenge over at Flourishes. The challenge this time was for something that reminded you of summer and to use a sheer ribbon. Check out the challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
  I had this image colored up - some summery orange and yellow and used 2 ribbons - the sheer gold and a multi-colored ribbon to bring out some of the colors of the image. I used prismacolor pencils  and cut the main panel with a Spellbinders die.
  We had family arrive last night for my DD's graduation so we went to lunch today on the beach. More family arrives each day with graduation on Friday night and party on the beach on Saturday.
   All for now - Take Care
      Tera

Owl friendship

 Hallo,
   Well it is Monday and it sure feels like a Monday - I guess I will get my nap early today. I really shouldn't be tired after having the weekend off but I didn't sleep well last night and I need a nap before working tonight anyhow....
   Puppy took me for a long walk out on base this morning. It has been over a week since we went and she was rowdy. We had company in the fields today as a military group was out there doing an exercise but they said they were doing anything 'too crazy' and gave me the thumbs up to head out. We met up with them again about half way through our walk - Kyna had scared up a deer and was deep in the woods and then with the noise the boys were making (which really wasn't much) she had trouble finding me again....it was only about 10 minutes total but I was beginning to worry....it didn't phase her at all(she probably found a couple squirrels to chase on her way back from chasing the deer....)
  Well today's card is for the current challenge over at Impression Obsession and calls for 'something to be thankful for'  - I am Thankful for all the good friends in my life :)
   I used the 'Owl be Thankful' set (#CL293) and  'CAC Scratches" (#CC044) - I used the cover a card for the background and  2 images from the Owl set and colored them with copics. I used an out-of-the-die technique for the owl and phrase and then partially colored another owl and popped up the tummy portion of the owl for a bit of dimension.
   I cut both image panels out with Spellbinders dies and edged them with a bit of walnut stain distress ink.
   Lastly I added some bronze colored pearl drops with a viva decor pen.
  Check out the challenge here - www.mitrafriant.typepad.com
   Have a great week!!!
          Tera

March Gina K CSS hop - sparkles

Hallo,
  Welcome to this months Gina K CSS Alumni blog hop - our theme this time is 'Simplicity Sparkles' to make a clean and simple card and use only embellishments that sparkle.
  Make sure to leave some comments along the way because we will be drawing one random commenter to win a grab bag of Gina K design products!!!!
   If you are following along the hop then you came to me from the very sweet and talented Miesje  http://miesdf.blogspot.com/2013/03/css-simplicity-sparkles-blog-hop-3-26.html  and I am sure she had some great eye candy!!

Also part of the challenge for this time we are using sets from releases from September 2012 through Februrary 2013.
I chose the 'Beyond Baskets' set combined with the older 'Holiday Baskets' set. I did a small bit of masking and then colored with copics. I cut the image out with a Spellbinders die and used an out-of-the-box technique and then edged it with a gold mettalic pen.
  I colored over the top of the flowers with yellow glitter pen and then added more glitter with some clear stickles.
  In 2 of the corners I added some gold pearl drops with a touch of stickles over the top after they dried for some sparkle.
  Next I send you on to the very talented Vicki  http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/2013/03/stv-css-hop.html where I am sure she has some great sparkle for you too!!!
   I am at work again tonight and then have 3 days off!!!! Yippee!!!
        Take Care
            Tera