Quilt style locker hook

 Hallo,
    I finished off this rug last night - I took a quilt pattern that I have seen and tried to do it in the locker hook. I thought it turned out pretty good - I do need to fine tune just a bit where the points meet in the center but overall I like the pattern.
   The finished size is approximately 28 by 34 inches and this one took me 59 and 1/2 hours to do. The last one this size had a smaller pattern and more switching of colors and took me about 10 hours more work to finish.
  I have 2 rugs that I want to do for Christmas presents that I will be starting next and I plan to use this pattern - I am going to try and cut the fabric in 1 yard increments so I can keep track better of how much fabric goes into one of these rugs.
  I took some time and played with wax again today  - wont have a good block of time again for wax until next week so I will put it all away tonight so I can have a bit of elbow room in my craft space. I am planning on cutting fabric tomorrow for my next 2 rugs (they will use the same pattern and fabrics ...but I will vary which colors are the triangles though)
  All for tonight - Take Care
         Tera

Valentines card

 Hallo,
   Well - I am glad puppy made me go for a walk this morning because by the time I caught a bit of sleep after work this am I have lost the sunshine - clouds have moved in and it looks like its fixin to rain (that's southern for - It looks like it might rain :)
  Well I have another Valentines card to show you today - had the image colored up and just put it together this morning before I crashed for some sleep after working all night.
  The stamps are from Flourishes of course and colored with prismacolor pencils.
   Check out the  current challenge - "love and red" here www.flourishes.org/blog/
     Ok - so now I am going to try and get up the ambition to do a bit of housecleaning....wish me luck!!!
   Take Care
        Tera

Monday, Monday....

 Hallo,
   Well I got to see a bit of sunshine this morning - worked sat/Sunday nights and slept through the beautiful sunny day yesterday so when I got off work this am and it was sunny I was very happy!!! Puppy took me for a walk and then I finished off 2 cards - already had them colored , just put them together.....and now (after this quick post) its time for a bit of sleep :)
  I did this card for the current challenge over at Flourishes - the challenge being a love and red theme :) I needed to get a couple Valentines done anyhow :) Check out the challenge and also a great sale (that is if you call the end of Flourishes as we know it great - sniff, sniff ) here - www.flourishes.org/blog
  The stamps here are from Flourishes of course and I colored the flowers with prismacolor pencils. I kept this very simple  - edged the main panel with fired brick distress ink and used that to stamp the phrase too - 2 little gold sticker corners and the base cardstock in red and all done. I stamped part of the image in memento black and then a second time in memento London fog and colored them darker and lighter to create a bit of depth.
  All for now - if I wake up in time I will show you the second one this afternoon :)
     Take Care
         Tera

Steampunk

Hallo,
  Well I haven't been posting as much the beginning of the year - I am hoping I am over that hump a bit and can get back in the swing of things :). I am hoping to have some encaustic wax creations for you soon but as I work this weekend  - not yet :)
  I have another Sweet Pea card for you today - she is a digital image from Charmaine Flannery called 'Clara' and I colored her with prismacolor pencils.
  The background paper is kinda a purple/gray color so I used a purple layer under the main image and then the base paper is gray. Then I used a gray and a purple ribbon and some purple dots (for some reason they look more bluish here).
  I really love the eyes on this image - they just seem to pop!!!
   Alrighty - its off to work I go again - Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!! The weather here in NW Florida is absolutely beautiful today - If you ever need to know when the weather in NW Florida is going to be great just ask me when I work (work all night, sleep all day, barely get to see the sun at all....)
  If anyone lives near Panama City there is a new store open in downtown on Harrison that is a market for all handmade arts and crafts  - it is defiantly worth checking out sometime soon!!! Yup I do have a booth, but lots of talented people besides me too :)
  All for now - Take Care
    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

Harley photoshop 12

Hallo,
  Well I finally squeezed a bit of time to really play with some photos and the new Photoshop Elements 12.
I was using Photoshop 6 and had been thinking of upgrading for a long time and when I found it on sale at Office Depot - combined with a coupon from their rewards program - it was too good to pass up. AND I am taking a class at CLL (Center for Lifelong Learning - an all volunteer organization that sponsors  2 sessions a year with a wide variety of classes from local talented and knowledgeable individuals :)
   So the very first picture is one I took of the hubbys Harley - straight up with no edits and the rest are a wide variety of edits - the second photo being a simple balance fix, and I cant remember which ones are which but I have used black and white, sepia, old photo, vintage photo, sketch, noise....and maybe some I don't remember.
  Basically I just played with all the different filters and effect and saving the ones I liked - the ones I did list above were the ones I used most often. I took a boatload of close-ups of DH's bike and did similar as I did with this one with about 15 of them :) - its pretty easy to get pulled in an lose a few hours time LOL :)
   All for tonight - Take Care
      Tera

Flourishes purple challenge

 Hallo,
  Finally got some time in the craft room the last couple days and I got a couple cards made - I had a few images colored up from Christmas break watching marathons when it was so cold and last week when we were iced in and just had to put them together.
  This stamp is from Flourishes and colored with prismacolor pencils in purple to match this weeks Tuesday challenge.
  I added some purple trim and lacy ribbon and some purple doo dads to the corners and she is ready to go :)
   Check out the challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
And also check out the awesome sale they have going on in the store too!!! Lots of good stuff!!!

  I have been priming some boards with encaustic gesso these last couple days too - I have 4 days off in a row this next week and one of them I have no classes, no appointments and no mandatory classes at work so its high time I had a chance to play with my wax - I am really looking forward to it!!!

 Well about all for tonight - need to finish getting ready for work....
  Have a great night everyone!!!
         Tera