Fairy gold

Hallo,
  A quick post before I head off to work - busy day yesterday, doctors appointment in the am and then work. This am I went early to have lab work done and then had to do some paper work for work - cant believe that I have worked at this 'new' job for almost a year now. It has been a great transition for me - still loving having every weekend off and all the government holidays too!!! And am learning a lot of new things that I haven't done before - lots of types of surgeries that usually doesn't see the ICU.
  Todays card is a sweet little fairy stamp from Stamps Happen that I colored with watercolors.
 Edged the main panel with gold metallic pen and layered her to some pretty, sparkly gold paper from Paper Temptress.
  I added some purple rhinestones for accents and all done :)
  Well better get myself off to work - make sure the swimfins are in good working order with all this heavy rain - going on the 3rd day in a row now....
      Take Care
         Tera

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

Swingin kitty

Hallo,
  A warm, muggy and rainy day here in NW Florida and I have managed to put together about 25 Christmas cards - they should be the last on my send out list and then I will make a few more for local giving :).
  This last batch was done pretty simply - I used my cut-tuck and fold dies from Spellbinders and some new paper from Tim Holtz that has pretty colors on one side and kraft cardstock on the back so it made a nice contrast....backed them to Christmas DP and added ribbon for 'hangers' and done. I probably wont get pics of them due to the rain but they will go in the mail on Monday.
  Todays card is another stamp from Stamps Happen and this pretty much shows what my kitties would love to do with the tree and lights :) - and the puppy too BTW. I have to keep a water spray bottle handy this time of the year :)
   This is colored with prismacolor pencils and accented with a viva décor pen in gold .
    Well all for me today - heading off for my pre-nightshift nap here in a couple minutes....
   Have a great weekend!!!
          Tera

Angel blue

Hallo,
   Well I was trying to convince myself to go for a walk, while trying to convince puppy we could wait to walk until later because it is COLD out this morning but I guess puppy is going to win....ahh well the cold air will help wake me up....
  Todays card is another stamp from Stamps Happen - I did the angel in blues this time. She is colored with prismacolor pencils. She is such a sweet angel.
  Short one for today - had my last craft fair for the year yesterday and still have to unload the car - fortunately for me my DS is home from school today and I will make him help me unload :)
  All for now better get a move on - puppy is looking at me with those big sad eyes.....
   Take Care
        Tera

Meow Lights

Hallo,
   After staying up all day yesterday with no sleep - my butt is dragging today but I have one last craft fair today and hope I can give my sad little craft budget a lift :)
  Todays card started with this cute stamp from Stamps Happen and is colored with prismacolor pencils. The image is pretty good sized so I didn't do much in the way of layers and let the sweet image be the end all to be all so to speak :)
  Have a great day!!!
     Tera

Angel green

Hallo,
  Well my big decision for this am was whether to get 3 hours sleep or just stay awake all day after work....puppy was rowdy and its a bright and sunny morning (if a bit chilly) so puppy took me for a walk and I guess I am up for the day. I have plenty to do to keep busy but boy I am going to regret it by the end of the day.
  I have a mandatory class at work at noon and then this evening set up my stuff for the annual employee craft fair at my workplace (the local hospital...).
  Todays card is a stamp from Stamps Happen which I have had a few years . She is so pretty and I love doing her up in different color combos - todays is green :) She is colored with prismacolor pencils.
  All for now - gotta keep moving if I am going to stay awake :)
   Take Care
      Tera

Zebra Butts

Hallo,
Well I didn't get much going on my 'big' project yet - did manage to pull out stamps and do some initial planning so maybe I will get started tomorrow.
I did however get another cigar box altered. I found this one at a thrift shop with the felt lining already in it - it is a Zebra print so I went with that.
The Zebra on the cover is from Stamps Happen - www.janlynn.com
I colored him with copics - it is accually part of the stamp.
The other pattern on the cover is a stamp from Outlines Rubber stamps - www.outlinesrubberstamp.com which is also colored with copics in a gray striped kinda thing to compliment the zebra.


The little postage style stamp of 'Zebra butts" is an unknown unmounted - If anyone knows who makes (or made it) please give me a shout.
I stamped many of these and colored them with copics and put them all around the edges on the outside of the box.
The third picture shows off the 'zebra butts' better :) and features a stamp of mama and baby zebra from CHF - www.cornishheritagefarms.com - also colored with copics.
And more rows of the outlines stamp.


All for today - should do a bit of picking up before dinner. My DD is doing the cooking tonight :) - I am very glad some days that she loves to cook. I also cruely forced my kiddos to do some extras housework today so I could get some errands done - mean 'ol Mom.
I should have done yard work instead of errands however as it looks like it might try and rain tomorrow -
ahhh well - plentty of housework still to catch up on....
All for tonight - Take Care
Tera

Christmas Collage

Hallo,
Working again today....
Another one of my new stamps from 'Stamps Happen' - I really liked this collage stamp - eventually I plan to do a couple cards with this stamp cut up and rearranged but for today I left it as is and colored it with my copics.
You can find this great stamp here - http://www.janlynn.com/ - along with a ton of others!!!!
After coloring I edged the panel with red metallic pen and layered it to some Christmas DP along with a ribbon and some red stickles dots (I didn't have anything else small and red to add - stickles worked just fine - except it wasn't quite dry when I took this pic so had to reapply some to the one corner :).
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Simple Christmas

Hallo,
I will be back home as of yesterday but will have to work - so am going to prepost today and tomorrow. Friday is my one day off - which I will do more laundry and finish unpacking - maybe get some craft time and then I work again for the weekend.....
Playing with my new stamps from 'Stamps Happen' again. You can find these and a ton of other stamps here - http://www.janlynn.com/
I started by using one of my nesties labels and just embossed it onto the front of a few cards. Then I stamped Mr. Penquin and the trees with black memento ink and colored them with copics. They were a perfect fit for this label die.
Both phrases are from Gina K.
All for today - Stay Healthy (we always have more than enough business to keep us runnin'...!!)
Tera

Swingin' Christmas

Hallo,
Welcome to monday!!!! I hope you had a great weekend!!!
I am still up in South Carolina at a Nursing Conferance - the learning never stops when you are a Nurse!!!
Preposting a couple cute Christmas cards for you.
This crazy cat reminds me of my cats - my old one (18 years old now) used to love to climb the Christmas tree (she has mellowed some with age but still loves to hide among the presents under the tree. The 2 younger ones I am sure with still be a challenge this year again.
This stamp is from 'Stamps Happen' and you can find him here - http://www.janlynn.com/
I stamped him and colored with copics - then I went over him with an embossing pen and embossed with clear powder and sponged the backround.


I always seem to have to do 2 versions - so one kitty is orange and one is gray.
He's hard to see but there is a tiny mouse hiding by the lower pink light bulb in this one and by the purple bulb in the next version - soo cute!!!
All for this post - preposting as I am driving back from my conferance today . I hope to have something to prepost for you for the next couple days too as I work the next 2 (12 hour shifts don't leave much time for anything else).
Take Care
Tera

Christmas Trees

Hallo,
A quick little post for your friday am - some new stamps from 'Stamps Happen' . You can find this stamp and a ton more great stamps here - http://www.janlynn.com/
I stamped these cute little Christmas trees with black memento ink and colored them with copics. I cut the main image layers with my nesties and edged them with gold metallic pen.
The corners and phrase are stickers that I have had for awhile...
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Penquin Christmas

Hallo,
Just a short post today - have some errands to run, going to get my hair done (and boy does it need it!!!!), some craft time (trying to get enough done to prepost while I am away for my Nursing conferance) and then some pool time with the kiddos.....
Using my new stamps from 'Stamps Happen' - this penquin is so fun to color!!! You can find him here - http://www.janlynn.com/ in their holiday section - but don't stop there - they have a ton of great stamps!!!
I colored my penquins - for both cards - with copics. Layers are nesties edged with silver metallic pen.
The phrase (which is hard to see in the photo) is from Gina K.




Those baubles in the corner of this first one are really a light purple to match behind the penquin but for some reason I couldn't get them to show their true color in the photo.
I used this weeks Weekend Sketch for both the cards - WSC92.



I really like this second card better - the phrase is also from Gina K - I guess I just liked the browns better.
In other news - I got a complimantary copy of the Autumn Take Ten in the mail today!!!!! :)
I have 3 cards in this issue!!!! I came in the house waving my magazine and both the kids covered their ears......but I didn't get too noisy this time (learning to control myself a bit :)
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Gifty Bluebird

Hallo,
I got some new stamps in the mail the other day from 'Stamps Happen' and just love this little gift birdy so had to play with him first.
I stamped him and colored him with my copics and then went over him with my spica glitter pens. The panel is cut with my nestabilities and both panels edged with red krylon pen.
You can find this cute stamp here - http://www.janlynn.com/ - in the holidays section.
I used DP from Basic Gray, ribbon from MFT, and the little bling button thingys from Bellastamps....
The phrase is from Gina K.
Today starts a little over a week off for me !!!!!!
I have 3 days to play here at home and then thursday I drive to Savanah Ga. for a weekend Nursing Conferance over the weekend (in Hilton Head). The kids and I still have to decide on something fun to do the next couple days as it will be the last stretch of time before they start back to school.
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Happy Bluebird

Hallo,
Preposting this for ya for tuesday as I expect the DS and I will still be working on his room.
This stamp is from Stamps Happen and you can find him here - www.janlynn.com
I colored him blue this time - you may remember the red one from last week sometime.
I like him as a bluebird and I am thinking I may have to try him as a robin - we'll see when I get to it....
He is colored in with my copics and the backround layer is called 'veined marble technique' from Technique Junkies which you can learn more about here - www.patstamps.com
All for today - hope to tak a little time to stamp today so I have stuff to show you the next 2 days while I have at work.....
Take Care
Tera

Friendship Cardinal

Hallo,
As I am hybernating inside today I managed to finish off a couple cards and one picture made for a 5X7 frame. I colored this and one other image while watching TV on the couch last night and put them together today.
It is waaaayyy too hot out for me today - had planned on doing some yard work but when I got back from my walk (at 7am mind you) I had sweat dripping off eyebrows and earlobes so I decided that even the weeds wouldn't grow THAT much in this heat....



This pretty cardinal is from Stamps Happen and you can find him and alot more great stamps and craft items here - www.janlynn.com. AND they are even having a sale this month so go check them out.
I colored him in with my copics - I am loving my copics for images like this - still need to practice on the more detailed images (as you will see tomorrow).
The phrase is from Cornish Heritage Farms - 'Friendship Centers' and you can find them here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
And yes I managed to get the phrase just a smidge crocked.....
All for today as I want to get preposted for ya for the next couple as I work the next 2 days - and I plan to take DS to the pool out on base today so he can do laps (he wants to stay 'up' for swim team this year...)
Take Care
Tera

Friend Giraffe

Hallo,
Can you tell I liked this weeks sketch from CPS? This is another card I got finished this weekend and am preposting for you as I work today...
Ckeck out this week's sketch and what everyone else has done with it here - http://www.cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/
This is a stamp from Stamps Happen that I haven't inked up in awhile. I really have fun coloring this line of stamps - all the shadows are drawn in so it makes it easy to color. I colored it with my copics. You can find this stamp and a ton of other great stamps here - http://www.janlynn.com/ - and even better they are having a HUGE SALE this month so you REALLY need to pop in over there and check it out!!!!
All for tonight....
Tera

Hello Zebra

Hallo,
I finally found some time to play with my new copics!!!!!! This took my longer than I expected to color - and ALOT of different colors....I kept trying this one and that one till I found the shade I wanted, then added a little here, and a little there...
This stamp is from Stamps Happen from http://www.janlynn.com/ . You need to check these folks out as they carry alot of craft items as well as rubber stamps - Stamps Happen - AND they are haveing a huge sale this month too!!!!!
Anyway as I said I colored the image with my copics - Do ya really want the color list? Well as long as I remembered to write them down this time - here goes - 100, C-1,C-3, C-5, C-7, E35, E37, E43, E47, B00, B02, B05, B28, B29, B39, B63, BG09 and the colorless blender.....whew....
I then layered the image with black and black/white DP cut with nesties in my cuttlebug.
I did have to finagle the layers a bit to make them long enough for this image.



The B/W DP is the largest long rectangle plus another 1/2 of a long rectangle - just lined them up for the length I needed. The bottom black layer is a scalloped square cut 3 times and again lined up to make the rectangle as long as I needed it to be.
I added some black faux rhinestones, black ribbon, and a small 'flower' made from thin dotted black ribbon with a black sequin in the middle.
The phrase is embossed with white and is from Cornish Heriatge Farms.
I did manage to get out for a walk this am before the rain came but didn't get any yard work done....I do so love being in the craft room when its a rainy day outside!!!!
I made this yesterday as I am working today - will prepost for friday too and then see you again on Monday.
I am off the weekend but it will be a busy one - we have our local Pirate Festival this weekend, saturday is the "Landing" of the Pirates as they take over the city.... and then on sunday we are going to go see at least one movie - there are several out we haven't seen yet!!!


All for now - hope the rest of your weeks goes well and have a fun weekend!!!!
Take Care
Tera