Sweet Pea - lotsa flowers

Hallo,
Its a Sweet Pea morning!!!
I finished up this card yesterday afternoon - went so quick too. I had done alot of coloring a few weeks a go and so have a small stash of images all ready to go. It makes it quick when you can easily find DP to match what you colored....I often color after I pick out the DP but in this case had just did a bunch of coloring and got lucky that the first paper pack I picked up had what I wanted for DP!!!

This beautiful Sweet Pea Stamps image is colored with prismacolor pencils and cut out with a Spellbinders labels die - using an out-of-the-box technique.

I did her for 2 challeneges - first is for the 'flowers' challenge over at Sweet Pea Stampers - http://www.sweetpeastampschallenge.blogspot.com/



The second challenge was for In A Sweet Pea Dream challenge for 'lots of bling' http://www.inasweetpeadreamchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

I had had these flowers for awhile - hoarding them - but they matched nicely and I used almost all of them :)

All for now - look for another post from me later this evening :)
Take Care
Tera

Flourishes thurs cx

Hallo,

Well blogger was being uncooperative on thursday but I can always backpost right!!! :)

Thursday was a good day , a bit busy , up early to get DS to an off school site test and then was at the car dealer first thing to get a side mirror fixed only to find they painted it the wrong color.....so I went and got groceries instead. Then I headed over to hang out with my local stamping buddies and play for a bit - I just brought some things to color (we often do more talking than stamping :).

This weekend is my Chief Enablers Birthday - Happy Birthday Pat!!! So we celebrated at our stamp group day - (she's not only my Chief Enabler - she enables most of the group because she teaching stamping classes at the local learning center...).

Around lunch time I had to run and puick up DS and a small group of his friends and I ran they out to the beach - ran back to get them later in the afternoon.


OK on to todays card - I did this card for thursdays challenge with Flourishes release week. The main image is from FLourishes - colored with prismacolor pencils. I colored it at stamp group and then finished later in the afternoon.....

Thursdays challenge was a sketch . I also used a background stamp from Flourishes on all 3 panels. I inked it with versamark and then antique linnen ink for the main panel , versamark and tea dye ink for the back panels and embossed them with clear powder.

The embossing is hard to see on the main panel but looks really neat IRL - kinda like a subtle flocking kinda thing.....

The ribbon is also from Flourishes - I love this ribbon, have used up my stash and bought more a couple times now.

Check out all the release challenges here - www.flourishes.org/blog/

All for me today - Take Care
Tera

Double 3 in a row

Hallo,

Late night, second post of the day for me - you would think that with only 4 hours sleep today after work that I would be tired......almost midnight so I think I will try to hit the hay after this - my kids are getting me up early to take them out for breakfast.....a rare treat....

This card is for todays release week challenge over at Flourishes - check it out here - www.flourishes.org/2011/05/lets-get-3-in-a-row/

I finally managed to get out of bed about 130ish, but while I should have done some house cleaning and such all I really had energy for was the craft room (because it always GIVES me energy - especially a good challenge!!!)

This card had a life of its own and is a bit more layered and blingy than I often do. I started the 3 in a row challenge with the first row - button, bling and die cut but somehow this card insisted on lace and pearls too so I added the bottom row too for a double 3 in a row.

The buttons are 3 from my stash of old buttons, one ended up with a pearl on it.....


The bling is a layer of clear microbeads covering the main image - which is of course a Flourishes image, colored with prismacolor pencils.

The die cut turned out to be 5 die cuts - one for the main image, one for the frame and 3 for the tag phrase - would have been 2 for that part but I accidently smeared the embossing on the phrase and had to do it over - hence another layer....

The lace started as one row and went to 2 so it would show up more....

And lastly the pearls - they were white but I colored them with copics to match the roses (one of my fav tricks - I almost have quit buying anything but white pearls).

Well I guess that is all for me tonight - tons of errands to run tomorrow and MUST squeeze time for tomorrows release challenge too....better get some sleep!!!!!

Take Care
Tera

Peach Roses

Hallo,

Welcome to wednesday am - well it is about naptime for me, worked last night and then decided to take my pooch for a walk this am before sleep...and of course I have to get something pretty up here for you all to see but then I need a nap.....

I did this card for this months release challenge over at Flourishes - 'words for Mom'. Check it out because they will be doing a bunch of release challenges starting today also....I am going to have to get up early this afternoon so I can play!!!! check out all the fun here - www.flourishes.org/blog/

My card also fits for this weeks Timeless Tuesday challenge also at Flourishes because it is 'anything goes' this week.

All stamps are from Flourishes - the roses panel was colored with prismacolor pencils. As this is one of their stamps that match Spellbinders dies, it is cut out with its matching die and edged with gold mettalic pen.

I stamped and embossed the phrase onto vellum.



Well I had better get to bed and catch a few winks :)
Have a great day!!!!
Tera

Sweet Pea - deer flowers

Hallo and goodnight/ah morning,
But for me nighttime/sleeptime :)
Showing off one of my Sweet Pea stamps today.
She is colored with copics, cut out with a Spellbinders labels die, edged with copper mettalic pen, layered to some yummy matching BG paper and embellished with lots of flowers .....whew
I am entering her in 2 different challenges - first is for In A Sweet Pea Dreams bling challenge - see lotsa eye candy here - http://www.inasweetpeadreamchallengeblog.blogspot.com/


Second challenge is from the Sweet Pea Stampers blog for 'flowers' . Check out their challenge here - http://www.sweetpeastampschallenge.blogspot.com/

All for today - I am off to sleep.....

Take Care

Tera

Flourishes Iris

Hallo,
Well it has been a great Monday so far for me - how about you?
I ran a couple errands but then took a bit of time and treated myself to a pedi - ahhhhh just the massage chair alone is soooo nice :)
Then I spent a bit of time in the craft room - got a total of about 5 cards done. All the cards started with images I already had colored so things went a bit quicker .
And I had a great challenge or 2 to lead the way!!!!
Todays card is for this months release challenge over at Flourishes - www.flourishes.org/blog/
The challenge was "Words for Mom"
And yes my Mom is the total bomb!!! I am truely blessed to have her!!!! She taught me everything I needed to know - courage, honor, work ethic, love, and how to have fun!!!!



Check out the Flourishes blog - join in the challenge fun for a chance to win all the stamp sets in the upcoming release - how cool is that!!!!
All for today - my nice relaxing day is over as I am working tonight!!!!
Take Care
Tera

Chicago river front

Hallo,
Well the last of my pics for you (I took a ton more but decided to just show you a 'few' :).
And again I loaded them backwards - this first picture was Clark street where I cut off from the river and headed north back to my hotel..... but you get the idea......
I got home yesterday without event . Today I am doing laundry and a bit of house cleaning, sent my Mom her Mother's Day package (sorry Mom - going to be a bit late :).
I am planning on heading to the craft room in a few minutes - I brought all kinds of craft stuff to do while in Chicago but between walking and taking pictures and classes all day - I never managed to do any of it....
All for now - Take Care
Tera