Fishin Sunset

Hallo,
Just a quick rainy morning post this am - what a great day to sleep (after working all night :). I do love sleeping on rainy days!!! And if it rains all day I will get to sleep a bit later than yesterday because the DD's softball game will be postponed.
I did the sunset background with ink pads direct to paper.
All the stamps are from Gina K.
The pier and the man and boy are not normally silhouettes, but I wanted them, to be so I just colored them in with a black sharpie :)
All for this am - off to my nice soft, warm bed :)
Have a great day!!!!
Tera

Mo's Bingo

Hallo,

A quick post this am - finished this card off yesterday evening and took a couple pics when I got home from work, and here I am to hello and goodnight :)

I did this card for the current challenge over at Mo's - www.mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com

The challenge today was Bingo - and the row I chose was die cuts, dry embossing and brads.

I used a Spellbinder die cut for behind the main image and used a texture folder on both the die cut and the background (the background was sanded to reveal the white core) and the little buttons are actually brads.

The main image is of course from Mo's and is colored with prismacolor pencils.

I used some dimensional fabric paint from Tulip for the corner accents.

All for this am - off to sleep and then up early to catch my DD's softball game (if its not raining...) and back to work tonight.....

Take Care

Tera

Flourishes FTTC on 2-14

Hallo,

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!!!

I am back for another Timeless Tuesday challenege this am. Beate is our challenge host today and she asked us to make a card for someone you love and to use the color red.

I was finishing up some Valentine cards when I made these and used one of my newer sets from Flourishes as well as one older set.

On this first card, I stamped the roses in tattered rose distress ink all over the front of the card and then stamped the big heart over it with memento black ink.

I colored the big heart with copics and then embossed the phrase and corners with black. and finally edged the card with a red copic.

For my second card - I stamped the heart onto white cardstock and colored again with copics and embossed the phrase with black. I cut it out with a Spellbinders matching heart die and then edged it with mettalic gold pen.

The background is coredinations paper run through a texture folder and sanded off. I added some gold sticker corners and then mounted to a red card base.

Make sure to check out what the Design Team has for you this am and if you play along and link to the Flourishes blog you could win some spending cash at the Flourishes store!!! :)

Check it out here - www.flourishes.org/blog/

CHALLENGE RULES
HOW TO PLAY: Everyone can PLAY and anyone can WIN! Each week Flourishes draws one lucky name for a $10 gift code to the Flourishes store! Here’s how you can win…
Create a new card or paper-crafted project fitting the challenge and provide a direct link using the Inlinkz widget provided below.
Include a link back to this challenge in your blog post or gallery upload.
If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use keyword FTTC155.
Deadline to enter is next Monday at 6:00 p.m. EST.
One random winner will be picked from all of the entries to win the weekly prize!

All for this am - got home after work yesterday am and got about 3 hours sleep and then woke up and could not sleep anymore....good thing I didn't have to go back to work last night...so I ran a couple errands....did yard work...cleaned house....late in the afternoon I sat down to write my post for this am and fell asleep on my computer....

The kids woke me up when they got home after softball practice and I stumbled around the house for a bit trying to wake up ....ate supper and gave up and went to bed ...ahhh the joys of working night shift......good thing I slept good because I just got talked into and extra shift tonight....heavy sigh....ah well the budget could always use it.....

All for this am - errands to finish and some craft room time hopefully.

Take Care

Tera

MFT sketch

Hallo,
It has been awhile since I got a sketch card done for the wednesday challenge with My Favorite Things - not only got it done but on time this time, if barely :).
All the stamps are from My Favorite Things and colored with copics.
I ended up with very similar colors with both - feeling a bit like spring :)
The rose on the first card started out white but I dadded on some of the matching copic marker and then spritzed it with a bit of alcohol to blend the colors a bit (the alcohol works better than water to blend the copics...).
Well am posting this for Monday which is when I had ointended to get it done.....but my sleep got all messed up yesterday and, well, it didn't get done until today....and after being up most of the day yesterday, even though I slept good last night - it usually takes me a day to recover from an "all dayer" (opposite of all nighter for you day shift folks :). And to make it more fun - I got talked into an extra shift this am (tuesday am.....backposting...) so I am going to try and get a good long nap early, as late day just hasn't been working lately.....blah, blah, blah.... :)
Take Care - I might get some craft time after my nap so I can post in real time wednesday am before bed but we will see....
Tera

Shiny Bots

Brrrrrr Hallo,
It is cold in NW Florida this am!!!!
A quick post before I take myself off to bed this am....
I did up some ATC's for the stamp convention I went to last weekend - the contest was a 'robot' themed.
The stamp is from My Favorite Things and is embossed with silver onto black cardstock, cut out with a Spellbinders die and edged with a silver mettalic pen.
I layered him to silver shiny cardstock that I ran through one of 2 texture folders and then highlighted the texture with black ink.
I then went back and highlighted spots on the robots with mettalic pencils - some silver and some gold .
All for today - Take Care
Tera

Spring Nest

Hallo,
Well my week off work comes to an end today as I work tonight but it has been so very nice - started with the stamp convention last weekend (met lots of great people and got lots of new goodies to play with :), then I managed to get alot of yard work done and a little house work, and alot of quality time in the stamp room :) All good things come to an end.....
It was too cool out for much yard work this am, and windy to boot so I didn't do too much outside, went for a walk with my pooch and cleaned out some of the rain gutters....
Finished off the am with some house work and then went to lunch with my DH. The teenagers were out of the house by 8 am - DD for a softball fundraiser and DS to march with ROTC in one of the local Mardi Gra parades. They both go in about 2ish and DS was off again to spend the night at a friends.
I am headed for a pre-night shift nap here in a couple minutes.....
I did this card for this weeks challenge over at Outlines - www.outlineswithkathy.blogspot.com which is a sketch this week.
I used papers from Blue Bunny and My Minds Eye, a die from Heartfelt Creations (one of my stamp convention goodies) and of course the stamp is from Outlines.
I stamped the image onto some of the DP from one of the packs and then did a bit of light coloring with copics. I will have to say the sketch had me stumped for a bit but the pretty papers made it soooo easy - once I got started!!
All for today - gotta get a nap or 3 AM will be a headbanger (as in bang head against wall to stay awake :) hee hee.....
Take Care
Tera

CSS Febr. Inspiration Hop

Hallo,
Time for another Gina K CSS Alumni blog hop!!!! This time we are using an awesome photo for inspiration.
The photo reminds me of Italy - especially down along the southern coast, and I love the colors too.
I get to be first on the hop tonight but if you want to check out the entire list or the hop announcement go here - http://www.stamptv.ning.com/
I used the boat from the 'Lazy Days of Summer ' set and the mountain from the 'Happy Camper' set.
I colored the scene with copics and prismacolor pencils and cut out the main scene as well as an additional boat.
Every time I think of Italy, I think of all the traveling that we did while we were stationed in Germany and that I would love to go back and spend more time in Italy, and France, and England, and OK well everywhere :).....that is how I decided on the background paper :)
While you are out and about in blogland make sure to leave commnets along the hop because we are drawing names on Tuesday am the 14th for a HUGE grab bag of Gina K stamps for one lucky commenter :)
Next up on the hop is the very talented Sharri - http://istamp4u.blogspot.com/2012/02/css-inspiration-hop.html I know she has something awesome to show you!!!


All for tonight - Take Care
Tera