Last Post for Stamp a Faire and Blog Hop!!!!

 This is the end of the night photo.  Izzy is taking musical theatre class, which starts in a few weeks.  I asked if she wanted to act for me and this is what I got of exhausted, LOL!!!

 This is a beauty that was done with the salt technique.  I included a close up so you could see. 

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Let's Party

I am entering this one in the blog hop and also the sugar challenge.  The bling looks much better here.  I think this is the winner for Izzy's birthday party invitations.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Thanks

I omitted the portion at the top of the circle, but I think the card still has a lot of pizazz (an Izzy favorite saying right now).

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Happy Blog Hopping :)

I am so excited that I was able to get all 6 challenge cards done for the PTI blog hop.  There won't be much chit chat LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Salty blog hop :)

I don't think I have ever made so many cards!  This weekend has been crazy productive with fun cards.  This one was for the salt challenge and also for the PTI blog hop challenge. 

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Quarter Pint Gallon

Okay I used Jess Witty's card for inspiration.  She mentioned in her blog that it was gallon pint pint and I think I did the same thing LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Sugar Sweet

There isn't a lot of PTI products, the paper and the score tape used to make this, but Izzy did it for the challenge and LOVED it.

It's a good life!
Terri and Izzy

Scratch and sniff

Total love!  Izzy and I had a blast with this one as well.  I think we are going to make this for thank you notes for her party.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Limited Ingredients

I am in love with guidelines two again :).  it is hard to see here, but the darker image was gray a neutral.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Oven accents

Another fun card for this challenge. 

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Oven Accents

This was by far my favorite new thing.  I have never used shrink a dink, but it was a blast.  We used the heat gun, loved the tutorials on this.  I had trouble with the clear, but it became my favorite.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Rolled Dough

I never would have tried this.  Quite honestly, it was like working with fun foam, but longer drying time.  I made this cutie for Izzy's lunch box.

It's  a good life!
Terri E.

Sugar Coated goodness!

This was a big hit at our household with the girls.  Each made a card.  I will load soon.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

2 Sweet

That is how I feel about this fabulous weekend, too sweet!  It was so much fun carving out a ton of time to stamp.  I really don't know when the last time it is that I have done that.  It felt amazingly good to do so. 

This cutie is for the PTI Blog hop this month.  I have a TON more to upload and enter.  I actually got 4 done for the blog hop and all of the challenges done for the stamp a faire.  I can't wait to upload them and better yet, send them out to my friends and family.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Last post of the night!!!

It has been a fun and CRAZY day!!!  We LOVED all of the new ideas and techniques.  We will be stamping much of tomorrow as well.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Spray Mists

I liked whipping this up!  I noticed that if I stuck with warms and then cools I had better results.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Spray Misting Izzy

I must say this was a hit at our house.  Izzy went with her stand by cat sentiment LOL!  Cece has a spray card half done.  We will get it up tomorrow.

It's a good life!
Terri and Izzy

Koolaide Dying

I loved the coolaide tea dying techniques.  Izzy did it as well and has a card that I will share tomorrow.  She said this is just like dying Easter eggs, she was so right LOL!  We didn't have muslin, so I used cheese cloth.

 

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Cece's Bake and Take

It's a good life!
Terri and Cece

Cece's Bake and Take

You know Cece had to get in on the action. 

Here is her creation.  She loved the colors!

 

It's a good life!

Terri and Cece

Izzy's Bake N Take 6 years old!

It's a good life!
Terri and Izzy

Izzy's Bake N Take 6 years old!

Izzy was glittering all day.  She was glittering before it was cool LOL!  You can only imagine how excited she was with the sugar challenge.  It is the first one we are doing tomorrow LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri and Izzy

Izzy's Bake N Take 6 years old!

It's a good life!
Terri and Izzy

Izzy's Bake N Take 6 years old!

Izzy said I want to bring the Pizaz today LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri and Izzy

Izzy's Bake N Take 6 years old!

This was Izzy's first card and it is really what inspired me to embrace the beautiful bold colors of the cardstock.  There is nothing better than stamping with kids!

 

It's a good life!

Terri and Izzy

Breakfast Bake and Take

This was another unexpected favorite.  Do you think I can give this to a friend of mine who is having a boy?

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Breakfast Bake and Take

This was a hard color combo for me, but I love how graphic this cutie turned out.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Breakfast Bake and Take

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Breakfast Bake and Take

Oh my goodness this is going to be a lot of posts in the next few days! The girls and I loved our stamping day and we will be having another great day tomorrow. I am going to keep these posts super short due to the huge amount.

I thought it would be fun to show you how we started our day.  Izzy and I went through each color combo and pulled all of the colors so that we had strong visuals for the challenges.  I must say doing this with Izzy was a hoot.  I will post her cards next, but it really pushed me to let the paper and colors shine.   

 

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Stamp a Faire Good Morning!!!!

Izzy and I are totally ready!  Cece was cuddling with her Dad this morning, but she will be up today as well.  I can't wait to start all of the fun.  The 24th is our lucky day!  We are so excited to be stamping together in our home in Coal City, IL.  Izzy is right now at the Saturday morning breakfast with my Mom, we are trying to get her to stamp with us today as well.  She is just getting into PTI, so I am sure she will be full force by next year LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Mama Elephant

I am excited to have had time to make and enter this card for the Mama Elephant inspiration challenge.   They have such a fun and edgy vibe to their stamps.  I feel young and playful when using them.  Below is the inspiration photo.  I was stuck by the bright pops of colors and the graphic black and white pillow, also all of the white!

Here is my card.  I used this for our nanny Hannah.  Yesterday was her last day for a while.  She is going to school to be a teacher, so she was rather perfect for our family.  I thought this was such a fun card for her and if you knew my children, they really are like a gang LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

PTI recipe remix

Well, I can't express how excited I am about this weekend! Izzy and I are going to be in the stamping room all day. Cece I am sure will be in and out. Randy knows he is on call for any restless little ones because it is stamp a faire in the house, LOL!

Nicole just posted a recipe mix up submission challenge.  You are supposed to find a card that could use a little help and submit it for the PTI gals to give it some love. 

I pulled this card out for a few reasons.  I made it for a MIM pearl ex challenge and that was something that I had issues with.  I also am having a tough time making this AWESOME stamp set work for me.  Hoping to get some good advice for the fix.   

It's a good life! Terri E.

Love you

Last one of the night. This is for the Simon Says Stamps monochromatic challenge. I took the online card course from Jennifer McGuire about different inking techniques. I made a TON of backgrounds and really haven't used them yet. This was the prefect time to bust out this card.

I added some bling letters and my own handwriting. Izzy will love this sparkly cutie. It's a good life! Terri E.

Monochromatic card

I am back at it again. Izzy is great motivation LOL! This is another card for the MIM crayon resist technique. On a side note, have you spied the fabulous blog challenge from PTI this month? I am totally digging it. I must admit that last month I did every single color combo challenge and I never uploaded them LOL!

This is also for the Simon Says stamps monochromatic challenge.  Izzy LOVES yellow, so I had to bust it out.  I used the crayon to accent the medallion.  This was the best resist I got all week. 

I have one more to bust out this week.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Colour Q

It has been ages since I have made a creation for the colour q challenge. I am so excited to have this cutie entered the image was super inspiring to me. It is another in my Izzy lunch box quest. I have 4 lunch box notes to make and send this week if she remembers to write back. We will see how it goes :)

I used this for the PTI MIM one as well. The white resist is hard to see, but it is there.  The best part about creating for Izzy is that she is a fellow stamper so she totally appreciates the cards and effort.  Cece is starting dance class this year, so I will be leaving her little notes as well.  I can't wait!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Have a great Day!

It is a great day! Izzy started school on Friday with her first day in 1st grade. She said to me, "Mom, I loved the four notes you left in my lunch box last year. Just think, this year I will actually be able to read them on my own. Can you make me one every day." Okay she totally knows how to melt my heart. This is going to be my mission this year with PTI challenges. My goal is to make Izzy's lunch box cards for the challenges. I will see how it goes, but that is the goal.

This was for this weeks MIM using crayons as resist. I painted over the crayons and was left with this cutie. As always, I have a few more to share all in one day. It's a good life! Terri E.