Doves - sketch challenge

 Hallo,
   A quick evening post as I head off to work - I managed to finish my errands in time today to take pics of the cards I finished over the weekend. I have used up all the stash of colored Christmas images that I did over my Thanksgiving trip - so I will be showing those over the next week or so.
  Todays card is one that I did for the release challenge over at Flourishes which is a sketch this time - 2 sketches actually, I chose this version for today and will have 2 more for you tomorrow.
  The stamp is from Flourishes of course and I colored with prismacolor pencils. I thought the blue with the doves looked good with the red berries so I found some blue paper with holly on it and layered it all with red and then used red accents done with a tulip fabric pen.
  Check out the challenges here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
   Okkay dokkey time for me to head off to work!!!
Take Care
      Tera

Jingle Mice

Hallo,
  Another chilly morning here, slept late and got puppy her walk.....today I plan to finish up on the inside Christmas decs and head into the craft room - I have several errands to run tomorrow and wont get much craft room time due to that work thang interrupting....sigh too bad I cant manage the budget very well without that work thang :)
   Another House Mouse Christmas card today for their current challenge - www.housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com

I colored these guys up with prismacolors and cut them out/layered them with Speelbinders dies.
  The main panel is Neenah ivory from Paper Temptress of course :)
  The red pearl drops are done with tulip fabric paint.
  All for today - time to get busy!!
    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

Sweet Pea Stampers - 'Baby its cold outside'

 Hallo,
   Its time for another challenge over at Sweet Pea Stampers blog - http://thesweetpeastampers.blogspot.co.uk/
  Our challenge this time is 'Baby its cold outside' I used Katerina Koukiotis's 'Home for the Holidays' and colored her with prismacolor pencils.
  This is such a sweet image and with her rosy cheeks it does look a bit chilly outside :) The background paper has snowflakes on it and I used a ribbon with snowflakes and snowflake stickers too  :)
  If you ever wonder what paper I use to color - someone asked me this recently - I use Cryogen White cardstock that I get from the Paper Temptress ( http://papertemptress.com/ ) for the majority of my coloring, as todays is - my next favorite is the Neenah cardstock - ivory and desert storm (kraft colored but smooth to color on) also from Paper Temptress.
  The Cryogen White is very smooth, takes color beautifully, doesn't bleed and it has a sparkly sheen to it that just adds a subtle pizzaz that I really love :)
  Make sure to check out my fellow DT members blogs as they have some really pretty cards to show you, play along with us and you could win some free images from Sweet Pea Stamps!!!
  All for me this am as I am off to spend the day with my Chief Craft Enabler as we make the rounds of the craft stores over in Pensacola :)
  Take Care
      Tera

Beading Mousy

 Hallo,
   Well this week sure has gone fast - I still have a long to do list to get done - both house and craft projects. Got some cleaning done and a bunch of Christmas shopping and today I finished off about 5 cards and started a wedding box for a friend.
  I am working on the stash of cards I colored over the week of Thanksgiving at home in Nebraska.
  I haven't played along with a House Mouse challenge in a long time - mainly for a serious lack of time, but I love their Christmas stamps so I have a few colored up .
  I colored this sweet House Mouse stamp with prismacolor pencils and layered it to some brown cardstock  and some pinecone ribbon and some pretty dark green DP.
   Check out all the great HM Christmas cards over at the challenge blog here - http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/
  All for tonight - need to figure out something to make for super tonight.....kinda late to start planning which means I have no clue what I am making....ah sigh....I really don't like to cook :)
   Take Care
         Tera

Peace on Earth

 Hallo,
   A quick note this evening  - I didn't get a chance to play in the Tuesday challenge over at Flourishes last week as we were out of town the week of Thanksgiving and I didn't get anything put together in time.
  I had stamped up a bunch of Christmas images to color when we were home - went to a craft fair with my Mom one day and sat with her in her booth, so between that day and some evenings, I managed to get about 8/9 images colored - now I just need to get them all put together.
   Both these stamps are from Flourishes. I colored the main image with prismacolor pencils and embossed the phrase in copper. The challenge this week at Flourishes is for 'stitching' so I added some faux stitching to the main layer, the brown and the base layer of DP.
  Check out the challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
  For the maim image - the cardstock I used is Neenah Desert Storm from Paper Temptress. This is a great cardstock - kraft colored but smooth and takes both pencil and copics perfectly - it is one of my 'go-to' cardstocks (along with Neenah ivory and my top fav Cryogen White) I get my coloring cardstock here - www.papertemptress.com  - but watch out she also has a ton of beautiful specialty papers that are very hard to resist (trust me I  KNOW - I just placed a large order this week :)
   All for tonight - time to get some super and then relax with the DH on the couch :)
         Take Care
           Tera

Porch predictions

 Hallo,
  I am running a bit late with todays post so will make it quick - I did this card for the current (for another hour - slightly less...) challenge over at Impression Obsession, which is for 'Inspired by a quote' Check out the challenge here - www.mitrafriant.typepad.com
  I used 'Framed window' #D1748 and 'Predict the future' D1383. I colored the window with lighter copics and then embossed the phrase over the top.
 I can just imagine a lot of futures being imagined/predicted and planned for on a summer evening on the porch :)
  We got back from our Nebraska Thanksgiving trip Saturday noonish and I worked sat and sunday nights - had a tummy bug that tore into me sunday afternoon throughout the night and most of the day Monday but thankfully am feeling better today because I have a ton of stuff to catch up on - did some house cleaning today and started making room  for the Christmas tree....one card done.... :)
  I am hopeful that tomorrow I will get a big pile of cards done as I have a bunch colored up for Christmas cards...
   Better go now so I can get this linked up in time :)
          Take Care
               Tera