A Christmas Note

I am so pleaed to have some time here at Christmas to make this cutie and post. I was strapped to find anything left for the leftover card. Then I spied some wrapping paper from last year that I punched out and made into ornaments for a fun Christmas Thank you note.


It's a good life!
Terri E.

Less is More take 2

Last one of the day, then it is off to the parties LOL! Well, I wanted to give the Less is More challenge site another try. Apparently my last one didn't fit in with their objectives. It was pretty easy to make, but who knows :) This week the challenge was to make a card with only one word. Here is my card

I might try and take another picture. The colors aren't quite right on this one. Anyway, I took some soft stone and then embossed with the wood grain impression plate. The word peace was just what I needed today. Peace is a big prayer for our family right now. I pray that we can call down and enjoy this fabulous season with a sense of peace and calm.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Monday Tag

I am so excited to have the time to participate in the Make it Monday challenge. It was a ton of fun to play with Modern Basics again and make this cutie tag. I am super inspired for next year's Christmas, homemade tags galore! I also was inspried by the Color Q challenge. Such fun colors! I have no idea why my green galore looks odd in this picute, I still have that origional ink pad, oh well!

It is quiet time at our home, we have a fun Christmas Eve party this evening, so I am going to keep it quick. I have one more to do and then I am off for a while.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Runway Inspired

This is a fun one this week from Runway inspired. I really liked the colors and fabric pattern. Here is what I came up with.

This is the fist time I busted out Modern Basics from PTI and I am so glad that I did. It is going to be a new favorite! I can't get the colors to photograph correctly, it really is greeen galore, crushed curry and concord grape. Oh, well! I hope you enjoy it! The white embossing powder really helped everything pop.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

A little Christmas Note

Happy day off everyone!!! Okay it might not be a day off for everyone, but it is for me and that makes me happy :) I just stumbled upon a new to me challenge blog, less is more. As you know, this is right up my alley. Here was my creation for this music note challenge.

Hope you enjoy. I am also hoping to get up into my stamping room today for a little fun time. Even though I really need to be wrapping and decking, the need to create something is really strong :)

Have a Merry Christams if I dont' get back here before.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Sunday

Well I was super happy to get this done, but I did get it done. I must say I did emboss with clear embossing powder after all of the comments about the copics getting ruined, so it is not as crisp as other cards.

I have 125 Christmas cards to finish up, so I am going to make this very short.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Runway!!!

I am so excited to be able to particiapte in the new Runway challenge blog. I combined it with the papertrey ink Make it Monday challenge.

I was really inspired by the yellow and the glammer. I tried to have the banner element done with glitter and then I tried to stamp over it with staz on ink, but it didn't work out like it did on the video. I still had a great time with it.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Merry and Bright

I had some time to whip up a fun post today. I like the glitter on the tree tops. This is for the fun Simon Stamps anything goes challenge.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Free Sets?????

I made this cutie for the Simon Says anything goes challenge. Do you ever have a hard time creating with free stamps? I didn't think I would, but the stamp sets we got from PTI at stamp a faire are for some reason hard for me to create with.

Here is what I came up with. Katie if you are reading this, maybe you should give these sets away to Donna :) I would love to hear what you think about creating with free stamp sets? I am the only one who has a hard time????

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Follow your heart tag

I got some time and wanted to post this fun card that I made for the Unity KOTM challenge. All the stamps are from the February KOTM (I think for 2009, but not sure).

Here is a close up of the wings, they are very shimmery.

You can see the shimmer so much better in the close up shot. Have a fabulous day!

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Ruffled 5!

I am excited about the Make it Monday, so excited that I wanted to share here on Monday (crazy I know LOL). I made this cutie card for one of Izzy's fun friends.

I haven't ever really been the best at this technique, but it was fun to do. I do want to try it with wider ribbon, it might look better.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Sunday again LOL!

Well it is Sunday evening and I am just now getting my card for the make it Monday PTI challenge uploaded. I adore these challenges. I got this one done right before I had to work on more Christmas decorating.

The village is the next thing that needs to go up.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Fun challenge Thank You

I seem to be a weekend stamper no of days. I adore getting my creative mojo on, so I am trying to carve out some more time. This card is for the Color Q challenge and the Celebrate the Occasions challenge.

I used a bunch of distress inks on this water color paper, I used wild honey, ornage marmaliade, fire engine red and frayed burlap. I used the Mhendi Motif set from PTI and then spritzed with water. I really like the effect on watercolor paper, so that was a lot of fun.

For the celebrate the occasions challenge it was to make a thanksgiving card with a button. Of course Thanksgiving is over, so I went with a thank you card and added a scarlet jewel button for the darker red element.

Hopefully you will see me back again today, I would like to get some more cards done.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

PTI Blog Hop!!!!

Where did December go? I can't even believe that Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is just around the corner. Here is the fun card for the PTI Blog Hop challenge this month.

I was very insipred by the holiday picutre and really excited to use the fun pointsettia die that I got for my birthday. I used basic grey paper on this cutie. The bling was just the right touch for the center.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Simon says red

The challenge this week was a fun picture of popies in the field. It had a lot of red, so that is what I went with.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Fall Pumpkin challenge

I found a new challenge blog and I am giving it a try called Celebrate the Occasion. This week it was to make a Fall card with a pumpkin. I was super inspired by Dawn's Gratitude set and decided to make a Gratitude Journal for all of the girls I work with. It will be a year in December and I wanted a way to thank them. Here is the cover

Did you notice how the sentiment hung off the edge of the card? I also incorporated the CAS-ual Friday challenge a well. It was to have a piece off the card. This was a hard one for me, but hope you like it.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Extra time.....

Well I must say that fall back is my favorite day! I love finding an extra hour. This morning, Izzy is singing at the church where she goes to pre shcool. I should be there and would love to be there, but Cece is upstairs sleeping LOL! So instead, I was able to finish up a card and get it posted here.

I made this fun background with Modern Basics. I decided to whip up another one for make it mondays. It came together easily, which was a lot of fun. This is also for the Simon says button challenge.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Monday take 3

I am so excited and I just have to come here and share :) I got 3 cards accepted into the latest Papercrafts Magazine. How amazing is that! Anyway, here is my latest card. It is for Papertreyink's Make it Monday challenge and also the Simon says button challenge.

I couldn't resist that all those cutie buttons! For my background this time, I used a sentiment. Not traditional, but I think it turned out rather cool.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Simon Says buttons

I just saw that the challenge this week at the Simon Says blog is to use buttons. Fortunately I had a project I have been working on to try and figure out. It is a spinner card inside the card. The buttons are tricky to see, but needed to make this beauty work. My girls are blessedly still sleeping so I had time to go up and finish this project.
Here is the inside, do you see the buttons on the top and bottom of the straw? The hearts actually twirl and move.

Isn't this fun? I got the idea from Split Coast Stampers.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Monday again LOL!

I have another beauty for you, this is for the Make it Monday challenge from Papertreyink. I love making background paper from stamps. For this one I wanted to recreate some pattern paper I noticed at Archivers.

Hopefully you enjoy.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

XOXO

Can you even believe a Make it Monday on Monday? Well, I am home unexpectedly early and had a little time. Nichole had a great one on making your own pattered paper. I love doing this, but really wanted to use my outline alphas, so this is what I have.


It's a good life!
Terri E.

Anything goes challenge

I got out the watercolor paper and my Izzy wanted to help out. Here is her creation. We are actually giving this to my Mom for her birthday. Who wouldn't want an Izzy origional.

I am hoping to get a few more fun cards uploaded. This one is going into the Simon Says anything goes challenge found here. Randy is on his outage right now, so my creative time is limited by far. I am also trying to get creative and submit some cards to some new calls. I haven't submitted in a few months and I really want to get some turned in.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

3 posts in 2 days what?????

I know, I know what is going on? I seem to have a little time at night and I need a break from the maddness that is pre school halloween time:)

I adore this saying. If only I would get this in the mail to one of my firends who could use it :) I made this beauty for the Simon Says challenge this week. It is anything goes, so it will be fun to see what everyone comes up with.

Hopefully I will get to get my paints out to play a bit.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Monday (not on Sunday LOL!)

Can you even believe I got this cutie done without waiting until Sunday? I might even have time to whip up anohter one. We will see. The challenge this week was to do a fun brayer technique. I'm not sure which side I was supposed to use, so I used the side with the indents pointing towards the back. It was a lot of fun and I already have an idea for another one.

I got this awesome color combo from the Color Q challenge. I can't wait to go and see all of the other creations.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

PTI Blog Hop

Welcome to another fun PTI blog hop. This was a tricky one for me for some reason. We are in full Halloween mode around here, so I wanted to try my Halloween set that I got this year. Then I thought that the challenge was more a Thanksgiving theme and I went with the pumpkin looking treat bag die.

Here is my project

I have to admit I am a little dissapointed with this one. It looks like a tomatoe to me. What the heck. I tried to have different patterns in my pumpkin like the inspiration photo and that part I did like. I think it was the shape that didn't wow me. Anyway we are deep in the throws of pumpkin carving, so I need to go.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Sunday

It is make it Monday around here, but as always I am able to get it done and up on Sunday. Acutally the sad part is I usually have them done on Tuesday, but I don't seem to have time until Sunday to get them here.

I just got this stamp set from the buy/sell/trade section at the PTI fourum. I have sold some unloved sets there and I have found some great buys there as well. I was able to pick up grunge me and it was so much fun to see that cutie show up at my door.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Sunday

As tradition holds, this is a Make it Sunday kind of challenge for me. I adore PTI and love the video challenges they have been doing. I just can't get enough! My only "regret" is that I don't get to them quicker in the week. Here is my creation

Now I must say Nicole's idea about making wasaibi tape was FABULOUS!!!!! Really she needs to bottle up that geneious and sell it to the common people LOL! My issue is, I don't have the thick score tape or white tissue paper oh the horror!

But, you can't keep a good crafter down, so I called on Izzy for some help. Recently she used some colored tissue paper to make some pretty flowers and she had some extra in her crafting basket. She graciously shared with me. I then applied the color tissue paper to my 1/4 in score tape and then used the half and half stamps to add PTI goodness to the tissue paper with fresh snow ink.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Color Q

I feel like it has been forever since I was able to play with the colour Q challenge. I finally had some time today. I had to also share Izzy's card that she created with some of the challenge colors as well.

We are totally cat crazy around here after she earned her baby kitten for her birthday, so that is the only one that made it to the card for her LOL! Here is my card

This is the first time for me using a lot of these little cuties. I am loving this set in a major way! I can't wait to create more for Izzy's kids this year with this fun set. LOVE IT!!!!

We are getting ready for church, so I need to scat, have a wonderful weekend!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Simon Says sparkle and bling

There are certain cards that I crea and then I'm just not quite sure of them. I was thinking halloween and bling for the simon says bling stamp challenge and this is what I came up with.

The colors are Halloweenie and the bling is there, but I just don't know. Suggestions would be welcome for improvement :)

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Simon Says anything goes

My goal is to upload for a few days in a row. I am not sure that this will be accomplished, but everyone needs a goal :)

I am trying to decide if I should keep this stamp set and die from PTI, for some reason, I have a hard time working well with it. This was one of the cards I made in an attempt to use it. This is one of my submissions for the Simon Says Anything goes challenge.


What do you think? Do any of you have this set or love this set? If you could leave a link to a card you made with it, that would be wonderful!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Simon says use punches

I have another beauty for the Simon Says challenge. After taking the Inspiration Showcase class with Jennifer McGuire I am loving getting inky and all of those fabulous techniques. This is another 2 of them.

What do you think? I first dry embossed the background and then smeared ink all over it. The baloons were stamped onto water color paper and then I applied distress ink and spritzed with water. Tons of great color movement and fun.

It' a good life!
Terri E.

Wishing you....

2 posts in the same day? I know it is madness LOL! This is for the Simon Says challenge I used dies on the flower, they are from papertreyink. I cut them out of the sticky pack canvas and then painted them with claudine helmouth paint. LOVE that!

Have a fabulous day!

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Make it Saturday

I am a day earlier than I normally am and it is fabulous! Do any of you make cards for different challenges and then not get them uploaded/posted in time? That seems to be a theme of mine lately. The beneifit to that is that I have a stack of cute cards LOL!

I made this beauty for Make it Monday, frosted images challenge and the Color Q challenge. I LOVE that one, but don't get to play along as much as I would like.

Didn't the frosted technique turn out fun? I took the technique class from Jennifer McGuire recetnly and I must say I have a new love of smearing and getting all kinds of inky when creating. This technique lent itself well to that also, so it was a blast. I used the soft stone paper for the center piece and like the subtle results I had with the frosting.

I stamped all of my flowers from PTI in the challenge colors and then stamped fresh snow right over it and then smeared. It really was so easy and fun.

Hope you all get time to create today!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Sunday LOL!

Who am I kidding, I am glad I made it at all! I have been watching the inspiration showcase by Jennifer McGuire, WOW! If they offer it again or any other class run to sign up, it is that good people!!!!

Okay for this week I combined the Papertreyink Make it Monday challenge from last week about stamping with paint. I also did one of the resist techniques that Jennifer taught. Super fun.


I'm not going to to into all of the supplies for the card. All of the inks are ranger distress. That is one of the things I love about Jennifer, she makes getting inky and messy not only okay, but a whole lot of fun. I also like that after Izzy's 5th birthday party on Saturday I was able to go upstairs and play and make tons of backgrounds that I already have tons of ideas for how to finish.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Ps, I am going to start working on an update post for later this week. To say it has been a hectic september would be an understatement in our household.

Taylored Expressions Birthday

Does it get any better? New goodies go on sale today, so hurry over to Taylored Expressions around 10:00 CST to get a peek at what is in store.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

School Time

Well I am back with another one today LOL! Isn't that crazy, a huge drought and then two in one day. This is super fun. Okay, I am not sure how I found this great challnege, but here it is Unity KOTM Sketch Challenge . Okay you get to pick out a free KOTM and 100 free Unity stamps as well, can you say CRAZY FUN???? Here is my take on the sketch.

It opens up, so I took another picture without me holding it shut.

I am planning on giving this to Izzy's new teacher for the new pre school year. It really turned out perfect for that. All of the stamps are from the August KOTM, not sure from what year, but not this one LOL! I stamped the trees right onto the blue paper and then colored it with my copic markers. I also added a little glitter gel pen to add a pop of fun with the bell in the school house.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Sunday again!!!

I first and foremost need to appologize, I think Sundays are about the only for sure time for me to post. I LOVE creating and still do it quite a bit, but posting is a whole other thing LOL! Thankfully I have been able to work on the Make it Monday challenge. Here is my card

There was something really freeing about purposely coloring outside of the lines. If you have never tried this, I would recommend this greatly!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Sunday LOL!

I am so happy to have had some time to make a fun card and get it uploaded as well. I have no idea why, but I kept getting really odd angles with this card when I was taking pictures with it, Oh well.

I made this for three challenges this week. It is for PTI's make it monday challenge, CASual Friday/Clean and Simple sketch challenge and the color challenge from Colour Q. Does it get any better?

I really like how the colors just popped off the page with this one. I then added 2 of the hand colored ribbons and the button as a focal accent. The ribbon was made by coloring with copic markers. The only thing I realized is that I don't have a plain old ruler in my craft room. Really, how could that be when I have every other gadget under the moon LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Cupcake Cutie

Well, it seems my little cupcake cutie card is all the rage LOL! I was blessed to have it spotlighted on the splitcoast stampers facebook page. Here it is

I started with a die cut baby onsie from the PTI die. I then took cupcake liners and cut the round portion off and then cut the top part in half. I used score tape to attach the cupcake liners to the onsie. I attached the ribbon and then made the little flower accents out of the liner as well. I added the rinestones as fun accents.

Oh, the sentiment was done with versa mark and white embossing powder. It added a nice touch.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

CASual Fridays finally LOL!

I have no idea why I don't get to this fabulous challenge more often. I think it is more my lack of stamping time than my lack of love for this great challenge!

I cheated a little, I used tons of fun glue dots to make this colorful and sparkly card. I also used some score tape to add sparkle and glimmer to this cutie.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Make it Monday teamwork

Yet again, we are Making it Monday on Saturday LOL! For this one I combined a few challenges and I had help from Izzy. First and foremost, I used the Make it Monday challenge from Papertreyink. This week we were challenged to use diminishing appetures (I am sure that is not spelled correctly, but I will link PTI's site up.). I combined that with the Clean and Simple sketch challenge and the Dirty Girls challenges that are going on right now. Crazy huh!

Without further ado, here is my beauty

Can you see where Izzy helped out? She colored the background and had a blast doing it. I used the limitless layers lager size dies to cut out the center piece. My only thing I am working through with this technique is how my cutting plates are leaving lines on my paper. If anyone has any tips on that I would appreciate it.

Also, if any of you ladies knows a stampin up demo in the Coal City area, I would love to have their info.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

It's a girl!

No, I didn't have a girl, but my sister had anotehr babay. My new niece is named Caroline Grace and she is a cutie. I do have to admit that I haven't even been shopping for the new little lovely yet, but we do have the card made LOL! We are going over there as a family later this week, so we will have it together by then.

This is a pretty easy card. I just punched a bunch of patterned paper pieces and then die cute the center element. The writing is my own and the sticker letter and paper ar all from Basic Grey.

I thought I would also share some of our summer fun as well

Here we are ready to go to our first soccer practice. "Coach Terri" and Izzy, yeah you read that right I am now a soccer coach :) Needless to say the stamping time has been limited. Hoping it will help my waist line in the 100+ degree heat.

Lastly, I was blessed to get a ticked to Stamp a Fair with Papertrey Ink a few weeks ago. My cousin and I went and had the best time! When I came home, here was my little unpacking helper LOL! Someone was apparently wanting to check out all of the goods.

It's a good life!
Terri E.