Hammer Sweetness

Hallo,
Just a quick little card today - I accually made about 4 cards today but several are for a fucture event :)
I had this sweet little Phindy's image paper pieced and colored for awhile now (back when Phindys had their PP challenge). So I decided to use her today for this weeks sketch challenge...
As you can see I paper pieced her shirt and pants - the rest is colored with copics.
I used the same papers for the backround along with some paper flowers and green dodads.
I used distress tattered rose on the edges of all the panels and the flowers (spritzed with water).
I couldn't resist the little screw brads for the flower centers - see the screwdriver in her back pocket :)


Make sure to pop over to the Phindy's challenge blog to see what everyone else did with this sketch - www.phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com

All for today - I teach up at work the next 2 days but have something lined up for you ....

Take Care

Tera

Oma's Flowers

Note to self - don't try to stay up after working 12 hour night shift just to get a card done for a challenge......
Hallo,
As you may have guessed I stayed up after getting home from work this am to finish off this card for this weeks challenge over at Mo's Digital Challenge - www.mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com
I had the paper piecing already done from that Mo's challenge a few weeks ago (Oma's shirt, skirt and Opa's jacket) so I colored in the rest (or at least attempted to) and finished it off with some DP and buttons.
I hadnot planned on cutting this sweet couple out but had some blobs in my coloring due to sleepy nods of my head......
Ah well - finished card, took phots and got them loaded on the computer because it was sposed to rain today and then went to bed.
I got myself up a bit later than planned but with just enough time to shower and write you all a bit of a note before heading off for another night of work.....
All for today - see you tomorrow - AFTER I sleep....LOL

Take Care
Tera

What's Cookin'

Hallo,
Well welcome to friday morning - 'runners take your places'....' bang' ....off and running this am....
I hit a bit of a wall yesterday and came home after work intending to sleep a bit and get up and get errands done - alas no errands, all sleep - slept till 330 and back to bed at 10 pm and slept ALL NIGHT - I guess I must have needed it because I am ready to go this am!!!
My town does an 'Art Walk' on friday evenings down on the strip of little shops on the main drag, and I have decided to set up tonight and give it a try (the best of the craft fairs for me in the fall is scheduled on my weekend to work this year - and I am no longer allowed to take vacation time on my weekends to work sooo......). In addition to gathering to set up at the Art Walk tonight, I need to get groceries and clean house......
These 2 cards today turned out really cute - I thought so anyway - as usual I couldn't chose which backround stamp I wanted to use as 'wallpaper' so I ended up with 2...


The backrounders are both from Cornish Heritage Farms - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
This first one is called 'ornamental borders' and the second one is 'sophisticated swirls'. I embossed them with white embossing powder onto the teal base cardstock.
The bottom portions of the card is a Technique Junkie terchnique called 'faux painted paneling' and is really easy to do. First you cut the white base to size - in this case the width of the card and however high you want. Then cut 1/4 inch strips the same height - and one 1/4 inch strip for the width. The strips are then glued onto the white base at 1/4 inch intervals.
I then used a gray copic marker to edge all the panels to give the impression of a shadow and a bit morre depth....
The main image and phrase are from Gina K designs and I paper pieced the aprons, coloring the rest with copic markers. www.ginakdesigns.com
The 'teal' colored rhinestones were colored to match with a copic marker.



All for now - time to 'shake a leg'
Have a great day!!!
Tera

Home Sweet Granny

Hallo,
Just a fun little card I did yesterday to send to my Mom. Mom is doing very well after her knee replacement but I couldn't resist making her this card. Mom is still using a walker and the white hose Granny is wearing are the compression stockings they have to wear for a few weeks after surgery.
My Mom looks much younger than this Granny does by the way!!! And yes I colored her slipper pink to match Mom's favorite slipper from a couple posts ago (although Grannys look in alot better shape than Mom's :).

Granny, the walker and the Home Sweet Home picture are all from Hanna stamps and the rest of the stamps are from Papertrey Ink.
Granny, the walker and the pictures are all colored with copics. The wood floor I drew in and colored with prismacolor pencils.
The couches are paper pieced, and the pictures on the wall and Granny are all stamped on white paper and layered on top - Granny with foam tape to pop her up a bit.
Last but not least I went with a challenge from Flourishes this week to create a scene. See what everyone else has done here - http://www.flourishesnewsletter.blogspot.com/




All for tonight - Have a great weekend!!!!
Tera

Missing You

Hallo,
Another quick post today - working again but then I have Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day off which when you are a Nurse it is rare to have both of them off!!!!
This is a quick and cute little card using a new set of mine from My Favorite Things - called 'Flurry of Love'
I paper pieced her coat and then pulled out copics to match and colored the rest of her and the accents on her coat.
Thinking ahead to the 2 weeks I will be out of town to stay with my Mom when she has knee surgery here the first part of Jan. - I think I will stick this in to send the Fam while I am away - (it will match me pretty well more than likely as I am way more used to Florida winters than Nebraska winters!!! - I am sure I will be a bit blue with cold...)


All for today - hope to get some play time tomorrow but we'll see.....
Take Care
Tera

Little bit o everythin

Hallo,
Did these 2 cards yesterday on my 1 day off - when I should have been doing chores....I was tired and had a slight sore throat, and plugged up head, and I didn't wanna (picture a grown woman stomping her foot like a 2 year old :)....
Anyway back at work today and tomorrow and then I get a couple days off to catch up on chores...and maybe play some more :)
I did this card for 2 challenges - first was for My Favorite Things Guest DT challenge and to help me along I used this weeks CPS sketch.
I used several TJ (Technique Junkie) techniques - including cuttlebug highlights, paper piecing, and out-of- the-box (or in this case out of the circle...).
All for today ....
Take Care
Tera

Birdy Friends

Hallo,
More paper piecing for ya today - another with the birds from a couple days ago but with better results :)
A little less cluttered this time around.
All the stamps are from Cornish Heritage Farms - birds from the Kim Hughes collection and the 'Hello Friend' is from Mona Lisa Moments 'Friend Centers'
You can find these and a ton more stamps here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com


All for today - Take Care
Tera

Pastoral Mom

Hallo,
I am preposting most of this week - may have some photos from home later in the week.....(Nebraska that is...)
This is one of the 2 paper pieced projects that I am debating between for submission to the challenges at CHF this week - I will show you the other tomorrow.
Also this is the last in my 'Pastoral Woman' series.
This is done on a piece of mattboard for framing. Her dress is paper pieced and then her hands/apples are pieced on top of the dress. I shaded on the dress some with a light gray copic marker. The rest of the main image is colored with prismacolor pencils.


The main image is layered to purple cardstock, then to a piece of old ribbon (from my garage sale stash), then onto a layer of the same DP that I pieced the dress from, and finally to the mattboard.
Both the main image and the phrase are from Cornish Heriatge Farms and you can find it here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
All for now - Take Care
Tera

Pastoral Victorian

Hallo,

Back to my creations with paper piecing this 'Pastoral Women' stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms.

I paper pieced her dress and the hands on top of the dress. The hands/apples and the rest of the stamp is colored with prismacolor pencils.

The backround stamp is also from CHF - 'Fine Finials' (which I think is retired).



The old ribbon is from my garage sale stash.
All for today
Take Care
Tera

A clutter of Birds

Hallo,
Thought I would break up the run of 'Pastoral Woman' for a day with this silly little card. I had something in mind when I started but it went just a little 'birdy' LOL
I dug through my DP scraps, stamped and spent about an hour cutting and when I started putting it together it just needed 'more' so I added more, and more, and more, and pretty soon it was positively cluttered.
Ah well back to the drawing board - hee hee.
This is a really cute stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms - Kim Hughes collection. You can find it here - www.cornishheritagefarms.com
I am preposting most of this week as we are headed, mini van loaded for bear :) road trip to Nebraska.
Take Care
Tera