Victorian Wedding

Hallo,
I was a total slacker today and spent almost the entire day in the craft room!!! - no housework, no yard work, didn't get groceries, my poor pooch didn't even get a walk.....like I said - LOL
I had 2 goals in mind for todays card making - a wedding card for my DH's niece - Don't look T!!!! and to get a few extras done to prepost the next couple weeks. I am going to New Orleans the end of next week for a week long Nursing conferance - its one of the biggest and best learning opportunities that you can go to. And with 10,000 plus Critical Care Nurses in one spot at one time it is very motivating and a real charge!!!!

The card I am showing you today starts with a backrounder from Cornish Heriatge Farms called 'Victorian leaves' and you can find it here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
I stamped it with distress peeled paint on a white 5X7 card base.
The stamp is from Another Stamp Company and I embossed it in white on vellum and then layered it to 3 layers/ 3 different shades of pink cut with nestabilities in my cuttlebug. The vellum layer is cut to match the top layer with a little bit 'out of the box' for the train of the dress.
I used pink glimmer mist on the paper flowers and all layers are edged with gold krylon pen.


The green ribbon was in my stash and lucky for me it matched :)
All for today - I have a few posts to line up for you as I work the next 2 days (and again monday through wednesday.....I leave friday for New Orleans...)
Take Care
Tera

Beautiful CPS

Hallo,
A couple more cards for this weeks sketch at CPS - www.cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com



I used stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms - Fiery Floral scrapblock and the phrase from the 'Beautiful' set. You can find both here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
I used distress brick red and embossing ink and powder for the base cardstock and then sprayed it with walnut ink. The main image was also stamped and embossed with walnut stain and embossing ink, and the 'Beautiful' in brisk red and embossing ink. Then I sprayed it with glimmer mist - pomegranete I believe.


I cut the layers with my newest nestabilities - labels 4 and edged with gold krylon.
I finished the first one with a brown ribbon and the second with a red ribbon - I am always pleased to see such a differnce in 2 cards just by changeing 1 simple thing can change the look of a card.
All for today - Take Care
Tera

#3 Oriental DP

Hallo,
Last one I promise to move on to another technique soon - going to try and get some stuff done with all my DP's this weekend.
Same stamps, same inks, no black this time and more of the white embossing so it looks lighter....
Take Care
Tera

#2 oriental DP

Hallo,
Preposting for ya today.
I used the same technique, stamps and inks except instead of tattered rose ditress I used antique linnen.
I liked the color combo of this one with the antiqiue linnen but didn't like how I ended up placeing the lady - should have paid more attention.....
ah well....
Take Care
Tera

Oriental - Designer Paper technique

Hallo,
I did manage to finish these today - not yesterday like I intended. I did however manage to get the last of my Christmas packages mailed, my Christmas cards signed and mailed also, as well as several other errands and a little housework.
Didn't manage much time at the craft table today - needed to finish up some Christmas shopping for the kiddos while they were in school - I work the next 2 days and then the kids are off school for the holidays starting friday.....
This is the first of 3 to show you - more of the Faux Designer Paper technique from Technique Junkies.
This one was done with a variety of oriental stamps - Inkadinkado, Another Stamp Company and Stampland (I think). I used distress inks - tattered rose and brick red for the base and walnut stain and soot black for some of the overstamping.


All for tonight - Take Care
Tera

Red with white geometric

Hallo,
Last card in this series, another small change or 2.
Pretty much the same card as the last 2 days but with 2 chnages. First on the backround I stamped with distress tea dye ink instead of the lighter ones used on the backround. And second I used white stazon on the acetate on this one .
The white accually shows up a little bette here in the pic than real life unless you catch it in the light...
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Craft brown owl

Hallo,
Last but not least - another owl card - last one for now :).
The stamps are from Inkadinkado. Again on craft cardstock - this time with distress walnut stain ink.
Cutting it short tonight - another busy day at work.....
Hope to have something new and non-owly for you tomorrow :)
Take Care
Tera

More CHF Christmas

Hallo,
I didn't manage to get as much done today as I wanted, but I do have a couple things to show you. Tomorrow you are on your own for blog surfin as I haven't got anything saved to prepost - I hope to get some stuff done this weekend!!! (after tomorrow I have 4 days off !!!! - and I am not getting conned into working extra....)
The first card today is a variation of yesterdays - instead of white on the craft cardstock I used 'Not quite navy' from SU - and that is the only difference. I ended up liking the white better but the blue looks nice too - so I did a few like that too. The stamps I used are all from Cornish Heritage Farms - 'victorian leaves' backrounder, 'We three kings' and a phrase from 'Christmas expressions. I love my CHF stamps!!!! I just got another order from them today - I got the newest Thomas Kinkade' and another set from the Rumage bin. Look here for great stuff!!!! - http://www.cornishheritagefarms.com/
These next 2 cards are along the same theme as the last couple but I used 'sophisticated swirls' backrounder, 'Three wise men' and a phrase from 'Christmas expressions - all also from CHF. The only difference in the cards is the ribbon I used. I couldn't decide which but I had only a little of the red so when I ran out I used the gold.....
The inks I used on these are the distress inks - brick red and walnut stain. I edged them with gold metallic pen.
All for today - Gotta get a couple other things done before I start super for the clan.
Take Care
Tera

Coffee tag and card

Hallo,
Showing you a tag and a card that I made to go with the coffee jar from yesterday. The tag was easy to see with the bottle yesterday but I thought I would give you a close up...
I used a regular 'Office Depot' tag and grunged it up with distress inks - tea dye, walnut stain and antique linen, and then added some SU 'elegant eggplant'. The stamps are from 'Flourishes' and I paper pieced them onto DP using Distress black soot. The round tag is also from 'Office depot' - had a silver rim but I used my gold krylon on it 'cause I liked the gold better with this paper.
The fibers I used are pieces of yarn left over from a rash of knitting scarves last year and the brown on the bottom of the tag is some I found at A.C. Moore and have been using alot - need to find more !!!
On the card I used the stacked cups as a backround on kraft cardstock and paper pieced the big cup and another stack of small cups - then cut them apart to use as 'hanging' cups off the ribbon - more of that great brown trim...
Then as I thought the card needed something I took on cup in the 'backround' and outlined it with a brown sharpie, colored it in, and then put a layer of 'chrystal laquer' over it ti make it stand out a bit.
All for today - Take Care
Tera