Cross

Hallo,
  Long weekend  at work - not too much sleep .....
Another in the reading card series... a very simple one that I really like how it turned out.
  This was done on watercolor paper - I embossed a stamp from 'Our Daily Bread Designs' with distress embossing powder in a bronze color and then used some glimmer mist spray on it.
 I edged both layers with gold metallic pen and used gold corner stickers as an accent .
 The back layer is a gold shimmery paper stamped/embossed with stamps from Papertrey Ink.
  A bit of sleep this am and now trying to get my butt in gear and get a few things done....its a rainy afternoon so all I really want to do is head for the craft room :)
  All for today - Take Care
      Tera

Glimmer basket

Hallo,

Just a quick little project today....a little basket. I used the second largest Grand Labels 4 die and then spritzed it with glimmer mist and a screen/stencil from Tattered Angels.

Using my scoreboard I scored 1/2 inch on either side of the middle point and again at the first scallop and it folds easily into this little basket.

The flowers were done with a Technique Junkie technique called 'Taffata flowers' only modified because I have no taffata ribbon (amazingly enough with my large stash of ribbons and trim - No Taffata....). The handle was done with strips of the same 2 ribbons as the flowers.

Worked last night on low sleep (the teens decided to surprise DS with a late - thats the surprise part - birthday bash and after several rounds of putt putt golf came home and got in the pool). And yes the pool is still a bit cool so there was even more screeching than is normal with a group of teenagers..... :)

All for today - off to sleep..... BTW - not sure if this will accually have the paragraphs that I typed in.....blogger has been running them all together lately.....

Take Care

Tera

Lace and teacups

Hallo,
Another quick back post for you this wednesday afternoon. Well I got my booth set up at the flea market so we will see how it goes - the space rental is alot of $$ - but I have always done a couple craft fairs each year too and this booth fee equals what 4 - one day craft fairs would cost me and its for the whole month.....
I did this card for a challenge over at Flourishes blog - www.flourishes.org/blog/ and the challenge was for lace. I used the same piece of glimmer lace technique from Technique Junkies and cut it with my new spellbinders die called wonky squares...

All for now - I worked last night an haven't slept yet (and probably won't till bedtime tonight - normal bedtime anyway not night shift workers bedtime :).
I will have to go get my DD from a HS after school meeting about 4 so will try to get more of my cards priced to put in the booth tomorrow....
Take Care
Tera

Lace Fairy

Hallo,
Well it is wednesday am and I am back posting for when I had origionally planned to post some of these - first I ran out of space on the blog and had to buy more and then for some strange reason my lap top wireless is not picking up for me - I have it hard wired for now to catch up a bit... And I had to work... and I have been trying to get stuff together to have a booth at a local indoor flea market for a couple months ( I hadnot expected space to open up for awhile yet....). ANYWAY - I have both our little pick-up and the van loaded and need to get to it - guess I needed bit of a blog fix first...
I did this card for a challenge over at Sweet Pea Stampers - for lace and pearls. The backround is a technique from Technique Junkies called glimmer lace - I sprayed glimmer mist over a piece of lace and then I used a piece of lace in a similar color and bronzy/coppery colored pearls that I won from Vanessa - www.lovinlifescrappinit.com over at Sweet Pea Stampers.





The Sweet Pea image is colored with copics and edged with copper mettalic pen.
All for now - going to try to catch up on the rest of the week :).
Take Care
Tera

Glimmer Christmas

Hallo,
In addition to finally resolving a tiff with DD that started yesterday (tuesday accully but came to a head yesterday) - (ahhh the joys of teenagers sometimes - I guess I have gotten the Mean-ol-Mom-of-the-year award so many years running I had to make sure I had it all wrapped up once again....) - I did manage to get some cards done.
The first 2 I did I wasn't happy with - normally I would show you anyway but I just don't have the energy to take the photos, edit them and post them so am going to just show you the 2 I did like.
I did these both for this weeks 'Summer Fling' - focus on thier ATC (All Things Considered) line of stamps over at Cornish Heritage Farms this week. I only have one set from that line - Haute Conture. Check out the details on their blog - http://www.becreative.cornishheritagefarms.com/

Both these cards started with white cardstock that I sprayed with glimmer mist - juniper and gold for this one and a bright red (can't remember the name) and gold for the next one.
On this one I stamped the frame and phrase with navy ink and then cut it out with a Spellbinders label die and embellished with some pearls. I kept it simple because it really show off the glimmer - which doesn't show up well in the photos.


On the second one I stamped with brick red distress ink and cut it out with a different Spellbinders label die and embellished with rhinestones and backed it with some DP from Basic Grey.
All for now - going to head back to the craft room for a bit and then venture out to the pool to lay around a bit....
Have a great day!!!
Tera

Fiery Dragonfly

Hallo,
More playing with glimmer mist and resist technique today.
All the stamps are from Cornish Heritage Farms - 'Fiery Floral' scrapblock and a phrase from 'Friend Centers' and you can find them here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
I used a bunch of glimmer mist - the first layers were done with - patina, sea foam, juniper and golden terracotta. Then I stamped the scrapblock and embossed with clear powder. The top layer of glimmer mist is 'coffee shop' .
All the glimmer layers are spellbinders cut with my cuttlebug. The vellum layer was syamped with black memento and then torn.
I have been using my CHF stamps alot lately as they are in the middle of 5 weeeks of challenges - this weeks you may have guessed is for resist technique. All for now gotta get running - planning on a little craft time later today - if I can get errands done.
Take Care - Have a great weekend (I work all weekend)
Tera

God's Shadow

Hallo,
Errands done, dog walked, some house cleaning done.....'Stampin' Time!!!!!
I finished this one up last week as I was doing alot of coloring for this weeks challenge at CHF. I finished off 3 projects but could only submit one.
I had a hard time choosing which one would be the one I submitted - I had to ask everyone's opinion - my stamping buddies Pat (aka Cheif Enabler/enablee) and Fran, asked me DD and DS, asked my Mom, even asked the DH.....
Anyway all the stamps are from Cornish Heritage Farms - main image is from the Thomas Kinkade collection and the others are from the 'Ornamental Beauty' set.
You can find these great stamps and info about the Design Challenges going on over at CHF here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com

The main image is colored with prismacolor pencils.
I also used some chipboard pieces, some old ribbon, glimmer mist, and brads....
All for now - have to get working on the next 2 challenges as we are going on vacation next week and I want to have them all ready in my laptop to 'load and go'
Take Care
Tera

Wedding or Prom

Hallo,
So another version in green and pink for you today - but this first one could easily be for a prom or a wedding (that is one of the reasons I got this stamp as it would work for both).
The backround is a stamp from 'Flourishes" and is stamped with peeled paint distress ink.
The stamp is from North Woods stamp company and is embossed with white onto vellum.
All the layers are cut with nesties in my cuttlebug with the vellum layer left a little 'out of the box' for the rest of the dress.
I edged the main layers with gold krylon. The flower was sprayed with pink glimmer mist.
I did 'cheat' a little with the pink layers - 2 different ones but after cutting them in the cuttlebug I cut them in half and glued them behind the circles so the layer would be just a bit bigger....
All for today - Take Care
Tera

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

Cancer Is So Limited

Hallo,
Another couple of my experiments - I think the last in the Lighthouse series - need to do some with this same poem and flowers next.
The Lighthouse is from Stamps Happen.
The poem is called 'Cancer is so Limited' and is from Cornish Heritage Farms - as is the flourish on the main image (from the 'Beautiful' set).
You can find those stamps here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
These are both made to fit a 5X7 frame. The main piece started out with watercolor washes with a layer of clear gesso, stamped the lighthouse and then colored it with prismacolor pencils, added more stamping with the flourishes in ink and the purple flowers in acrylic paint, edged with gold krylon pen.
The poem was stamped with purple staz on - onto vellum - both layers cut with nesties/cuttlebug - and again edged with gold krylon.
The chipboard pieces are from Tim Holt and sprayed with Glimmer mist.
All for this week - see ya'll on da flip side....
Take Care
Tera

Chipboard CPS 106

Hallo,
Another busy weekend at work - so glad to have a day off!!! So glad to find time to play in the craft room, and had lunch with my DH today too - BONUS!!!
Another sketch from CPS today - I had forgotten how much I really loved to do sketches.
This is Sketch 106 - go take a look at what everyone had done with this sketch - www.cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com
These 3 cards were all done with a stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms called 'Cancer is so limited' - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
I also used some chipboard that I had sprayed with glimmer mist. Also some felt and paper flowers with dew drop centers.

Fot this pink one I used the same white spotted flowers from the first only sprayed them with glimmer mist - pomegranet I think, and added pink dew drops.

The centers in this one are buttons......

Well all for today ya'll - more prettys tomorrow.

(that is after walking the dog, getting on my mean ol' excersise machine, doing some yard work....)

Take Care

Tera