Woodland path

Hallo,

  I love fall and the leaves, the crisp air - nothing better than a walk in the woods in fall!!!

  8 by 10 inch encaustic painting. The background was done with brushes but the trees, leaves and foreground are all done with a hot pen stylus.

   All for this batch  - several paintings in the works so hope to have more to show you soon.

   Take Care

      Tera

 

StampTV Inspiration Hop

Hallo,
  Welcome to another Gina K Designs CSS blog hop. This time around we are using this beautiful fall picture as our inspiration.
   You probably came to me from the Fabulous Miesje http://miesdf.blogspot.com/2013/09/css-inspiration-blog-hop-9-10-2013.html  where I am sure she had something wonderfully creative for you.
  I love fall and the love the colors of fall best, so  that is what I used as my inspiration this time. I used the grid from the set 'Inspiration Mosaic' and patched in scraps of DP in fall colors.
  I used a phrase from 'Poster board Sentiments' on top in some matching papers. I edged the edges with a gold metallic pen and used some gold sticker corners for accents.
   A quick card in my favorite colors and my very first card in my new craft room - almost done moving stuff (have a few things to find homes for yet) I should have the finished pictures later in the week for you - maybe tomorrow (I work tonight  - speaking of which I had better get a move on :)
  I am last on the hop list tonight so I hope you had fun along the way!!!
      Take Care
        Tera

Happy Thanksgiving

 Hallo,
   Welcome to my first day of 2 whole weeks off from work!!!! Yippee!!!! I didnot get called in to work so I stayed up late in the craft room and then tucked into bed for the rest of the night . This morning was a quick walk for me and my Kyna puppy and then off to a photography class I am taking. Some lunch and now the rest of the day will be for the craft room!!!
  I finished off this card for the last of the release challenges over at Flourishes - this one was to 'go natural'. Check out the challenges here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
   For my card I used stamps from Flourishes - colored with copics. I cut all the layers with Spellbinders dies and edged them with a copper mettalic pen. The dark brown layer I ran through a wood grain texture folder but it is hard to see.
  I used some wallpaper that has a stone grain look for the next layer and a ribbon made of natural fibers.
   Ok, thats all from me today - back to the craft room I go :)
   Have a great weekend!!!!
        Tera
  
 

Kitty Halloween

 Hallo,
   Just a quick little shout out this am - puppy has taken me for my walk and now I will get this typed up while she settles down so I can sleep (yup - worked last night...)
   Another wreath for you today - The main image is another one from Impression Obsession - colored with copics - LOVE this kitty scene!!!
  The letters from the banner are from Flourishes again - colored with prismacolor pencils to match the main image. I really love these letters - so simple and easy to make match anything!!! I have only one other letter set and almost never use it, but this one I know I am going to use!!!
  I already have in mind a wreath with a Christmas theme!!!!

 To get the low down on how I made this - see yesterdays post :) I am off to sleep as I work again tonight!!!
   Take Care
        Tera

Happy Halloween

 Hallo,
   Happy Halloween!!!!
I finished off a couple Halloween wreaths yesterday and this is one of them :) I just love fall and Halloween!!!
   I first took a wreath of sticks that I got at JoAnn's on sale and  then pulled out the batch of leaves that I did last year at this time and never used up (I took out all my scraps of yellow, orange, red and brown cardstock and any scraps of DP with those colors and/or a Halloween/fall theme and cut leaves like crazy with Spellbinders and sizzix leaf dies. Then I ran the plain cardstock one through different texture folders  - I really made ALOT - I did 2 wreath projects last year and 3 now this year and still have enough leaves left to do one more....)  I hot glued the leaves onto the wreath - that was fun!!!

 The scene is a stamp from Impression Obsession and is colored with copics - I edged it with a copper mettalic pen and then cut a frame from some copper colored mettalic paper. (can you find the kitty ?)
  The banner is a set of stamps from Flourishes that I stamped onto the smallest die cut in a labels die and colored with prismacolor pencils in fall colors to match the picture. I hot glued the letters to a piece of twine to make the banner.
  I really had fun making these - both will be up on my Etsy shop this afternoon and I will show you the other one here tomorrow.
  Well puppy Kyna (key-na) has informed me that I need to hurry because she wants her walk!!!! :)
   Take Care
                                                                                                                Tera

Fall Flowers

 Hallo,
  Well I am up at on the run this am - I didn't get much done around the house or in the craft room yesterday but I did get some crafty time.
  I am taking an encaustic wax painting class which is very fun and cool - encaustic wax is definitely my next addiction!!!! In this class we are using irons and a hot plate - griddle and painting  onto mostly glossy paper at this point. Next class we will be trying a clay board.
   I have a while pile of pieces that I need to sit down and play with - love how some of them have turned out!!!
   I worked sunday night so got only about a three hour nap before class yesterday and didn't accomplish much later in the day - so that means today I need to do some cleaning and a bit of yard work - although my puppy has just informed me that I need to hurry up because she wants to go for her walk !!!!
   I have actually had this card made for a week or so and was just waiting for a 'Fall' challenge to share it :) - and guess what, the challenge over at Flourishes this week is for 'fall'. Check out the challenge here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
    The stamps are from Flourishes of course - colored with copics. I cut them out and the next layer with Spellbinders dies and edged them with a copper metallic pen.
  The ribbons  are a colorful rainbow type one with fall colors separated by a soft brown ribbon, and I added some copper accents with a fabric paint pen from tulip .
   Ok - all for this am, off for our walk.....
    Take Care
        Tera

Fall Wreath

Hallo,
  It is a beautifully COOL morning today and my puppy is antsy for her morning walk....but I know its going to be a busy day so am going to get this up to show you before I get out for a walk, then yard work and then hopefully the craft room!!!
 Last fall I took all my fall colored scraps ( brown, orange, reds and yellows) and spent an afternoon cutting out leaves with die cuts and then embossing the plain cardstock ones with texture folders - needless to say I had a boatload of leaves that I am still using a year later :)
  I bought 3 of these twig wreaths at Jo Ann's and spent an afternoon glueing leaves to them :).
  This wreath is the first that I finished off. I colored up a stamp from Impression Obsession called 'Jack with house' #H1838 with copics and framed it with a copper frame and tucked it into the side of the wreath.

I added 2 banners made with small Spellbinders dies and stickers - it says Happy Halloween :)
   I am using this for the current challenge over at the IO blog which is 'Nature inspired' - Fall is my favorite season and I love all the color of the leaves (too bad we don't see much of that here in Florida....)
   Check out the challenge here - www.mitrafriant.typepad.com
  Well I had better get a move on as the puppy is wearing a track in the carpet running in circles  from the living room through the kitchen and back around the other side ...LOL
    Take Care
                                                                                                                Tera

Bright fall sketch

 Hallo,
   A quick post today - first day off, took puppy to the vet for puppy shots and then a walk and then a few hours sleep. Getting some house cleaning done this afternoon, but did manage a bit of time to finish off this card for the current challenge over at Flourishes for their Tuesdat challenge which is a sketch this week. Check it out here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
  The stamps are from Flourishes of course, colored with copics and cut out with a Spellbinders die and an out-of-the-box technique. The scallops on the brown layer was done with a Spellbinders die and the blue layer with a die from MFT - My Favorite Things.
   I added a but of ribbon and yarn 'tied' in a bow 'around ' the jar

 All for this evening - time to finsih cleaning and get a bit of super made...
   Take Care
       Tera

GinaK CSS Aug. blog hop

 
Hallo,
  It's time for another  Gina K CSS Alumni blog hop!!! This time we are using the inspiration photo for inspiration.
  I am the end of the hop this time - if you are following the hop then you came to me from the very talented Miesje - www.miesdf.blogspot.com/2012/08/css-inspiration-blog-hop-8242012.html
  If you want to start at the begining go here - www.stamptv.ning.com
  As you follow along the hop be sure to leave sweet comments along the way because on Tuesday 8/28 we will be drawing from all the comments for a huge grab bag of  Gina K stamps for one lucky winner/commenter :)
   For my card I used all Gina K stamps colored with copics. The dorrway is from 'The Journey' and the pumpkins from 'Fanciful Fall'
    I used a Spellbinders frame to frame the doorway and then accented the frame with bronze viva decor pen. And then I used a kraft cardbase edged with walnut stain ink.
   All for tonight - I hope you have a great weekend!!!
   Take Care
     Tera

Pumkin Shaker

Hallo,
  Just a quick hallo and off to sleep this am.
  I did this card for the current challenge over at the Impression Obsession blog which is to use dies - I used their new die made to fit over the shaker boxes - talk about an easy way to make a shaker card!!! This die cut a cover for both the large and small square shaker boxes - which are self adhesive BTW and between the 2 make it super easy  and quick to make a shaker!!!
  The stamp I used is  'Jack with house' #H1838 and I colored him with copics.  I layered the main image to a Spellbinders die and then used the IO shaker die on top - and decorated it with a viva decor pen in bronze, and then added a couple leaf shapes made from shrink plastic. The base cardstock is kraft embossed with a leaf pattern and sponged with walnut stain distress ink.
   Check out the challenge here - www.mitrafriant.typepad.com
   All for me - Take Care
      Tera

Kick back

Hallo,
One more prepost for ya - teaching ACLS classes at work today. Hope to be out early but just in case will get this up for ya'll.
This is an image from Mo's Digital Pencil and I used this weeks sketch from CPS again. I cut the circles out with circle nesties and my cuttlebug and then colored in the center one. Kinda a modified spotlight kinda thang......
The phrase is from Flourishes.
Colored with copics.
All for now - hope to see you on monday - I am off the weekend but have family in town so may not get much crafting time...
Take Care
Tera