Holding hands

Well I was finally able to get some challenges done. Not nearly as many as I have in my to do box, but some none the less. I combined some for this neat card. First is the Mojo Monday sketch that you see below. This was combined with the Stamp TV color challenge that uses pink and white only WOW!!!!
Here is my card

Here is a close up of the embossing

Isn't that a neat effect. It is a little hard to see, but there is a picture of two people holding hands that I embossed with clear embossing powder. It is a really subtle effect and goes so well with the saying and the intent of the card.

The other two challenges I combined were the stamping sisters in Christ challenge this week, which was to pray while stamping the card. I started my crafting time in prayer and remembered that I wanted to make a card for the TE dragonfly challenge. Taylor is doing a card drive for her local hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care nurses for familes who have lost babies. They use the dragon fly as a symbol, so the challenge was to make a card with a dragonfly in it. I thought that coupled with the great saying from GKD set holding hands and this card was set.

I used raspberry fizz, sweet blush and hibicus burst inks, papers and ribbon for all of the fun pinks. I was also able to bust out the dot spot set. I adore this background set and can't wait to use it some more. It was so easy and made such a fun and modern background.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: Dot Spot, GKD Holding Hands

Ink: Versa Mark, Raspberry Fizz, Hibicus Burst, Sweet Blush

Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Hibicus Burst, Stampers select white

Accessories: Heat gun, clear embossing powder, nesties, stampin dimensionals, raspberry fizz polka dot ribbon, sweet blush double stiched, hibicus burst twill, scor tape

KWerner Color combo is back!!!

Okay the color combo is only back for the moment, but it was so much fun. As you see below, she really went out of her way to challenge all of us! (Okay maybe not all of us, but a challenge for me for sure that is a lot of colors!) I also wanted to tackle the Mojo Monday sketch again. Can you even beleive it has been two weeks in a row? Super fun!!!

Here is my card.

Well what do you think? Now I must say that one of my favorite sets right now is the everyday button bits. I do have the new flower button set, but I haven't really busted that one out. Even though I use it a lot, this is the first time I have busted out the fun stems and flowers.

Okay I used baja breeze paper for the background and then heat emobssed the stems and the sentiment. Since I have already started the year off with late cards I thought a so sorry I'm late card worked well. Hopefully it will not be an ongoing theme, but who knows.

I then adhered the srip of punched dsp from basic grey and the berry sorbet double stiched ribbon from PTI. The yellow striped paper is from cosmo cricket. Hope you enjoy.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: Everyday button bits

Ink: Versa mark

Paper: su baja breeze, su so saffron, PTI stampers select white, cosmo cricket, basic grey

Accessories: white embossing powder, heat gun, white gel pen, berry sorbet double stiched ribbon, berry sorbet, scarlet jewel, lemon tart buttons from PTI, yellow button from basic grey, su ticket corner punch, apron punch, su stampin dimensinoals

Happy Anniversary

Is it cold where you are from? It sure is here in Illinois. Can you believe that January is one of my bigger anniversary month. Luckliy I had some great inspiration for this card. I used the Mojo Monday sketch and also the color challenge from SPCC.
Here is my card

I wanted to use some of my fun sheet music for this card, the black really gave a fun dimension. I used some of the scarp part of the page for the flag in the center. I didn't think this color combo was going to work for me at all, but it really wasn't bad to work with. I think what was so surprising to me was that rose red and melon mambo are so similar when stamped. It felt like I was using the same color.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: PTI Guidelines 2, PTI Damask Designs

Ink: Rose Red, Melon Mambo, Brillant Blue, Lavender Lace

Paper: Sheet Music, Melon Mambo, Brillant Blue, Lavender Lace

Accessories: Nesties, Threading water punch, rose red brads, stampin dimensionals

Just @ Note

Well I am so excited to finally get a challenge done and up in time. I missed one yesterday LOL! At least I will have some creations to share with you throughout the month. I started with the Mojo Monday sketch #120.
Then I saw Dawn's color combo and knew what I wanted to create.

Here is my card

and a close up of the main image

I decided to use my label 1 nestie instead of circles. I also wanted to use some fun buttons. The stiching around the card tied the aqua mist double stiched ribbon as well. It also now works for the JUGS stiching challenge as well. Love it when everything comes together. I love the bottom border on the chocolate chip as well. I used my SU curvy label punch to make that edge.

I good friend of mine who is 34 found some lumps in her breasts and they had to do a biopsy to see if it is cancerous. She was told origionally it was not, but now they think it might be. I can't imagine how scarry this must be for not only her, but her young children as well.

I was reading my bible for a study and came across some things I wanted to share with her and just needed the right card to do that. I am happy to say this is the card for her.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: Polka dot basics 2, take note, vintage labels

Ink: Aqua mist, su cholcoate chip, lemon tart, versa mark

Paper: Vintage Cream, aqua mist, su chocolate chip, bitty boxes lemon tart dsp

Accessories: clear embossing powder, heat gun, su stampin dimensionals, aqua mist double stich ribbon, aqua mist, lemon tart and choclate buttons, su glue dots, su curvy label punch, label 1 nesties, su large corner punch
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Mojo Birthday

I am so excited to finally have this card together. I got this fun Basic Grey dsp pack a few weeks ago and it had been sitting there just waiting for me to crack it open. When I saw this Mojo Monday sketch, I knew it was time LOL!
Here is my card

Aren't those colors stunning! Love the bird as well. It is the perfect Birthday card for my good friend Nicole. She is a sweetie and we don't get to see each other nearly enough. The scarlet jewel button accents add such a fabulous element. I so rarely put a card together with just stickers and paper and NO stamping, but this paper pack is stunning and made it so much fun.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Paper: Basic Grey dsp, Crushed curry, bravo burgandy

Ink: Crushed curry, bravo burgandy

Accessories: PTI scarlet jewel buttons, glue dots, stamin dimensionals, bravo burgandy marker, basic grey stickers

Season's Greetings

Well, I was so glad to have the chance to play with the Mojo Monday sketch on Monday this week. I am still on a Moxie Fab World challenge kick, so it is Christmas crazy around here LOL!
My card

It was so hard to get this photographed this morning. I just couldn't get it to look right. I will try and update that later today. When I thought about vintage and shabby, I thought of these topiaries from PTI and decided to give it a try. The button holes are filled with gold liquid pearls. I also have some faint gold dots around the card as well.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: PTI Take a bough, PTI Everyday button basics

Paper: SU dsp, Kraft, PTI Vintage Cream, PTI Scarlet Jewel

Ink: PTI Scaqrlet Jewel, PTI Ripe Avacado

Accessoreis: PTI Scarlet Jewel buttons, liquid pearls gold, threading water border punch, glue dots, stampin dimensionals

Enjoy the ride

Well, I am so excited to get to play along with the Mojo Monday sketch this week as well. Isn't it interesting? I was really drawn to the ribbon on the side. Here is my creation I have been playing around with this ribbon treatment that I saw in the Stampin Up catalog. One of the things I am so excited about is really pouring over my catalog. For some reason now that I know it is going to be around for a year I am taking more time with it. Weird I know LOL! I really like how this one turend out with the DMC floss to tie it off at different intervals.

Another thing I am working hard on is actually using the stamps sets I get more than once LOL! I really want to explore a set fully before I move on the the next latest and greatest. Everything Button Bits is one of those sets. I adore this saying Enjoy the ride and I have been using it a ton on Anniversary cards. Wouldn't you know I have more Anniversary cards to do.

I just got my new Stampin Up order in the mail today. It had among other things tons of new dsp. These colors came from the new Halloween collection. It is in the mini and will be available to purchase for everyone on September 1. Isn't it fabulous!!! I really like the splash of red. It really sets the whole card off.

I punched some 1/2 inch circles from some silver dsp to add to the center of the wheels. I really liked the little punch that added. I finished off the card with some white gel pen faux stiching around the large black backing. I like how it ties in the ribbon.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stmapin Up unless noted

Stamps: PTI Everyday button bits

Paper: Basic Black, PTI Stamper select white, SU Halloween dsp from the new mini catalog

Ink: Momento Black

Accessories: Real Red & Basic Black markers, dmc floss, 1/2 circle punch, circle nesties, label 1 nesties, PTI Black buttons, PTI Black stiched ribbon, white gel pen, silver creative memories pen, paper piercer

Don't Fret Dearie

I am sure out of the swing of things for sure! I need to get my stamping room picked up again. How can it get this messy when we were gone? It couldn't be that I left it that messy could it, LOL!!!! Anyway I have my new fun GKD and Stampin Bella orders to play with it. One of my favorite things I did was buy some dsp as well as stamps. I didn't realize how much I would love all of these new goodies. Anyway, I paired this with the Mojo Monday sketch
Here is my take

I love this cosmo cricket early bird paper. It is so much fun and it is really different than my stampin up paper that I have on hand. I loved the fun colors and the shabby sheek feel it has. Super fun. I thought it went well with the PTI set Scattered Showers. I stamped the umbrella on the dsp and I really liked all of the different patterens together. I am normally not this bold, but it was super fun! The fun stiching details were tons of fun and I thought it worked with the ribbon.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Papertrey ink unless noted

Stamps: Scattered Showers

Ink: True Black

Paper: Vintage Cream, SU Kiwi kiss, Cosmo Cricket early bird dsp

Accessories: White gel pen, aqua mist saddle stich ribbon, SU crysal effects

Oh Baby!

Hello everyone!
One of my good friends is having a boy. She just found out, so there is a while to go yet, but I am so excited for her that I had to make a card LOL! I'm not sure if she will get this one, but it made me feel good making a baby card. I am going to put it in the stash and if it is still there when her little one is born then it will be hers LOL.

I combined the Mojo Monday sketch #92 found here and the Potluck Friday challenge at Stamp TV here. The sketch is below and the potluck Friday was to get inspired by mint chocolate chip ice cream. No problem there as they that is my favorite for sure, who am I kidding I like every flavor of ice cream LOL!
Here is my take on the challenges

What do you think? I got some chipboard letters that have adhesive on the back at Hobby Lobby and I am just starting to play with them. I like the look on the card, but not sure I like the product yet. The letters came unstuck and started falling off the page they came on. No problem yet with them coming off the card, but I will keep you posted.

I also used some of my Papertrey Ink buttons. These are spring moss. As I was putting the last 4 colors I ordered away in the square trendy tubes I noticed there was no purple???? Maybe that will be coming next month :) I thought the card needed a little more and I was going to dot where I ended up stiching, but that was too many dots for me. What do you think?

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: SU warm wishes, Polka Dot Basics

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip

Paper: Kraft, Spring Moss, Grid dsp, SU Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Stampin dimensionals, gel pen, brown polka dot ribbon, spring moss buttons, glue dots

SU only almost :)

Izzy had an idea of her own this morning and I went with it LOL! She got out all of her books and read "by myself" for over an hour. Although we are now off on our schedule by an hour, it was too stinking cute to pass up. It was also too cute to not take a picture of LOL!
Here is when she spied me.
Hello everyone! I am working on my July Birthdays right now. With our vacation over the 4th, I really want to be ahead. I really haven't been feeling the best for some reason, hopefully it will pass soon. I have also been dying to go up and use more of my new SU colors and paper. I combined this with the Mojo Monday sketch

Here is my take

This is for my brother in law Ricardo who will be 37 LOL! He is married to Amy who is a my one and only down line with Stampin Up, so I try and make cards that are SU only for her. Wouldn't you know it the thickers felt root beer alpha is a perfect match for soft suede, so I had to use that as well. Since SU doesn't have that I figure what the heck LOL!

I am loving the new colors and dsp. This is Razzleberry Lemondae and it is yummy! I did a post earlier that was all gril and now I really like how the same paper can be all boy. Actually there is some of the new pink (can't remember the name sorry) in the background dsp, but with the other manly colors, I don't think you can really tell. I did some spounging since I kept everything else nonfrill.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Happy Birthday

Ink: Soft Suede, Current Curry, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Soft Suede, Current Curry, Razzleberry Lemondae, Confetti White

Accessories: Stampin Dimensionals, spounge daubers, Michaels root beer thickles felt alpha

New SU in the house!!!

You might know that I am a Stampin Up demonstrator. Basically I love getting information first and love getting product first. Now in the past 4 years, there have been times when it seems like everyone else knows before the demonstrator does. This year they kept the colors pretty hush hush! I must say at first I was not happy, but in retrospect, I LOVE IT!!!!!

Needless to say I rushed my order and it is here a mere 2 days after the sneak peaks came out. They also sent demonstrators the catalog with their first order. YUMMY!!!!!! So, I quickly made 2 new cards and then have been pooring over the new goodies. The first card I made used the Mojo Monday sketch for the week
Here is my take on the card.

Now let me first say I LOVE the new in colors. Feel free to keep in mind I don't really sell SU. I have my family and a few friends that get some goodies, so this is just my opinion not any type of selling tactic, LOL! They really are fabulous.

On that note, I really didn't think I was going to like the new dsp I ordered Razzleberry Lemonade. Boy was I wrong. It is delicious!!! I think it is my favorite dsp all year, no kidding. The other thing that was a real puzzle to me was my first card ended up purple and pink??? What is that? I really am not girly like that and BAM, here it was. The dsp is a shabby sheek look and feel that is really so lovely.

The other nice surprise was the ribbon (yes I got all 6 colors LOL). It is a polka dot ribbon on one side and the other is just a plain gingham. So, for this card I got a great look and I feel like I have double the use for this fun ribbon. It is now worth every penny to me LOL!

I couldn't resist the bling after making such a girly card. Really in real life it is not overwhealming with the grily bling. I also added the button and stiching to tie things in. The other thing that is odd for me is that I only bought one of the new sneak peak sets, so I decided to go with just words on this one. Crazy I know.

Oh and Izzy has been catalog surffing with me and she already wants one of the new sets LOL! It is a pony set that really looks like My Pretty Pony and "it is my favorite" she says. That by the way is her most used phrase right now.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Full of Life

Paper: Razzleberry Lemondae, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo markers, Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon, PTI white button, nesties, stmapin dimensionals, white gel pen

Mojo Saturday???

Okay I am so late on my Mojo Monday, but I got it done yeah!!! This was also a challenge at the Stamping out Alzheimer's site. You all know me, this will also work for this month's Gina K release challenge to make masculine card.
Here is my take on the challenge

It ended up really monochormatic, except for the gray and brown on the main image. I added the brad, ribbon and stiching as fun details. Hopefully it won't be too much for a male card. This is for my cousin Chirs who lives in Hawaii. I think he will like it and the nautical theme will work for him.

I acutally won this set, Guiding Light from a Stamp TV challenge. Isn't that the best? Gina is fabulous and I adore this set. Wahooo!!!

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: GKD Guiding Light and GKD Tag Lines

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy dsp

Ink: Staz on black, Basic Gray, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Stampin dimensionals, Silver brads, White twill ribbon, white gel pen

Mr. Fix-it

Hello everyone!!! I am so gald to be back stamping. The potty training is going fabulous, knock on wood, LOL! We are leaving for a trip down to Flordia next Friday and we busy packing and getting ready. It is an early start, but I have to get my business and family together, so I try and start early.

There was another realization recently. Father's Day is less than a month away and I have NO cards done! I have 6 cards to make, so I need to get on the stick. To be honest, I have a hard time with masculine cards so I put them off. I LOVE the newest Stamp TV epsiode on Embossing Foil. Yet another thing I love about Stamp TV when you see a new technique, they have a challenge that you can enter to win a stamp set just for using the new technique! Here is the challenge thread for embossed foil. I also have to brag a bit on Gina K. I was lucky enough to win a color challenge and she had my free set in my hot little hands just a few days later!!! I was so impressed by her speed and generosity.

I have never done this before, but it sure got my creative juices going for Father's Day. I have had the set King of the grill since last year and it remained uninked! Can you even believe that LOL! I also thought it would work really well with the Mojo Monday sketch #86.

Here is a close up of the foil embossing detail on my card. Isn't that fun! I am loving this look and I think it is really fun for male cards.
Here is my full card.
My hubby is actually handy, but it does seem like we have lots of opps moments before we have a whaooo done. He also has a really good since of humor, so I think he will like it. I embossed the foil with one of the stampin up embossing folders. I used the regular aluminum foil weight. Gina suggested the heavy duty, but I didn't have any of that on hand. I found it worked just fine, but I had to put a piece of paper under it so it didn't cut through rather than embossing.


Izzy thought this was BEAUTIFUL!!!! She quickly took my first try and put it on her desk for one of her cards, so I am sure it will be on her card for her Dad as well. My goal is to have most of my Father's Day cards done before I head off to vacation.


Oh, does anyone have any suggestions on how to work the car seat and the rental car. I would assume you take your car seat with you, but do you check it like checked luggage or do you bring it with you to the gate? Do you have special seats that you can roll (I saw it once and haven't been able to find it, but it looked fabulous). Do you have a cover so the car seat won't get beat up? I really need some help LOL!


It's a good life!
Terri E.


Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: GKD King of the grill

Paper: Basic Grey, PTI Stampers select white, PTI Smokey Grey

Ink: GKD Momemto Black

Accessories: embossing folders, stampin dimensionals, Michaels punch Threading water, foil

Butterflies

I had the hardest time with the sketch for some reason and I am finally happy with my end result. It only took 3 tires LOL! I have been crafting since 03 and I am just now getting to the point where it is okay to try new things, it is okay to "waste" paper until I get it right and it is okay to cut more ribbon than I "need" so that I can make a fabulous bow. It has been quite wonderful not to have to scrimp and save every little inch of ribbon. The odd thing is, I haven't gone through any more of my supplies than normal, I am just able to be easier on myself than before and it is now tons more fun as well.

Anyway, I am so glad I have my Mojo Monday #85 sketch. I missed it last week, so it was nice getting back to it. I even used some Verve!!!! This is was also made for the Cardvarks challenge to use a quote or verse as a main image.
Here is my take on the sketch

What do you think? This is another card for my Bible study girls. I was looking back through my prayer request list and it is amazing how much growth is happening for everyone in the group. I am so grateful for this wonderful group of women that I can ask questions and dig deep into what we all believe and why. It is awesome.

Our lilacs are out, so I have been seeing so many beautiful purples that I just had to use them here. The dsp is all from Papertrey Ink. I also love the bling in the center of each butterfly. I think it really makes the card.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: Beautiful You Verve

Paper: Stampers Select White, Plum Pudding, Guide Lines dsp, Polka Dots dsp

Ink: Plum Pudding

Accessories: White Button, Satin Plum Pudding ribbon, Bling Michaels, SU stampin dimensionals, mat pack, paper piercer, scallop border punch

Happy Birdie

This is for 2 challenges. The Mojo Monday Sketch #82 and the April Verve release week Color challenge. How stinking fun is this? You will be seeing a lot of Verve from me this week. I am so excited to ink these stamps up.

Here is my version. I am so sorry about this picture. It has been very rainy and downcast here. We are supposed to have fabulous weather for the rest of the week, so the pictures will get better!

This is for my father in law. His birthday isn't until the end of May, but I am working ahead. I am in love with the Papertrey Ink free anniversary set. It is fabulous and the bitty dots make me smile.

I loved the polkadots so much that it quickly became a theme. I stamped white polkadots on the lemon tart paper, used the swiss dots dry embossing folder and then my punch for the bottom 2 layers has fun dots punched out as well. To top it all off I paper pierced around the center 2 pieces. It really ties everything together. I also tried to make a bow with the button center like Nichole showed us how to do on her blog. It turned out good for my first try.

I really like the look of Aqua Mist and Lemon Tart together. It is rather pretty if you ask me LOL! The soft brown was a challenge for me. I ended up stampin off the close to cocoa to make it look softer.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All Supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: Everyday Classics

Paper: Stampers select white, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist, SU Close to Cocoa

Ink: SU Close to cocoa, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist

Accessories: Aqua painter, swiss dots embossing folder, lemon tart twill ribbon, edge punch, SU latte button, dmc thread, SU stampin dimensionals

Mojo for my hubby!

Well, as you know we just celebrated our 6th anniversary. I am always looking for fun ways to keep our marriage strong. So many of you shared such wonderful tips I am so appreciative. This year I was blessed to go to the national Hearts at Home conference. It was a blast. One of the classes was Red-Hot Monogamy. It was a hoot. Of course I had to get the book Red-Hot Monogamy Making your marriage sizzle by Bill & Pam Farrel. I just started reading it a week ago and it is so much fun. It has a chapter to read and then tons of fun ideas.

Well here was the first idea I decided to try. I thought it worked out really well with my passion of making cards.

"23. Creat a serries of thank-you notes. Send one a day for as many days as you can think
of something to thank your spouse for. "

I am also doing a study on the charactics of God. I really like digging deep into character qualities and thinking about the attribute. BAM, here came my idea. I am going to creat a card every week and really dig deep into a part of my husbands character that I love and admire about him. This will really give me time to think, pray and rejoice about the great things my husband brings to our marriage. It is also gives me time to create a fabulous card to go along with the theme. When we are all done, I am giong to put them in a scrapbook so he has them all in one spot. Dosen't that sound like fun?

Well here is my first card. I was really inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch this week. I also used some retired goodies from Stampin Up. I love digging out some of my favs and giving them some love.
Here is my take

I loved this dsp that is now retired. The Balance and Memo are both from that paper. I decided that my husband's giving spirit was something that I wanted appreciate first. He is always the first to help out a friend or family member without quesiton of personal toll it might take. Randy has a shift swing job, so at times he will sacrifcie his own much needed shut eye to help someone out. Isn't that a wonderful quality.

Anyway, on to the card. My sewing machiene and I don't seem to be on the same page with the zig-zag stich, so this was all done by hand. I really liked what it added to the card. I also loved the spiral punch and how it looks like the memo was just torn out of a book. I thought the library clip and the funky paper clip added just the right finishing touch to my project.

What do you think? Thanks for looking and sharing all of your ideas. I love hearing from you and I enjoy reading every comment.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All Supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Office Accurment

Paper: Certain Celery, Kraft, Whisper White, retired su dsp, Chocolate chip

Ink: Certain Celery, Chocolate Chip,

Accessories: Tempting tourquoise marker, Chocolate Chip marker, stampin dimensinoals, 1 1/4 square punch, 1 3/8 square punch. paper piercer, mat pack, library clip, paper clip, tempting tourquoise ribbon, dmc chocolate floss, needle

Mojo on MONDAY!!!

Don't forget about the chance to win Papertrey Ink's Background Basics: Retro. Get the details here.

I am so excited to say I got to do the Mojo Monday sketch on Monday. It never seems possible for me LOL! Another good thing about a little one is that sometimes the babysitter can't watch her at the last minute. That is what happened today. Yahooo!!!! A real excuse to stay home and stamp. I got 4 projects finished today. I am going to share 2 tonight and more the rest of the week.

Another thing that helped me today was I had time to clean (neaten) up a bit in my stamping room. I found this wonderful piece of left over background paper that I made that needed to be used. This post will show you how I made this delicious homemade dsp. Here is Mojo Monday Sketch 80.
My take on the sketch

Didn't that paper really pull this card together? I am still loving that paper and I think it does look different on this card then my other creation. I did a lot of paper piercing on this card, but it is a little hard to see. The melon berry paper is stamped in white with damask designs. This card is for Izzy's Sunday school teacher.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: Everyday blessings, Everyday classics, Tags for Spring, Damask Designs, Faux Ribbon

Paper: Stampers Select White, Melon Berry, Srping Moss, SU Chocolate Chip

Ink: Spring Moss, Fresh Snow, SU Chocolate chip, versa mark, melon berry, lavender moon, sunrise surprise

Accessories: Chocolate satin ribbon, SU paper piercer, 1 3/8 circle punch, scallop circle punch, mat pack, clear embossing powder, heat tool, GKD small white button

Congrats Marie!

Mojo found! I was having a hard time finding time to stamp this week. Izzy was sick with the flu, so she kept me with her. I think I have seen every Mickey Mouse Culb House made. Thank goodness for DVR. She is on the upward strech today, so that is a blessing. Here is the Mojo Monday #78 sketch.
Here is my take on it.

One of Randy's cousins in North Dakota just got engaged. She called and asked Randy to be an usher and Izzy is going to be a flower girl. How fun is that? When I said something to Izzy about getting to wear a princess dress, she said "I be princess". Wow this is going to be an adventure. Anyway, Marie's colors are black and gold, so that is where the colors are coming from. It is really hard to see, but I did get some new rinestones and that is what is on the ring. It is such a fun punch of bling. Let me know what you think.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Blingabella Stamping Bella, GKD Tag Lines

Paper: Basic Black, Urban Oasis, Gold, Stampers Select White

Ink: Basic Black, Going grey, sky blue

Accessories: Paper piercer, Mat Pack, stampin dimensionals, aqua painter, Blush Blossom & Creamy carmel markers, True Black Luxe Satin Ribbon 1/2-inch wide, Paper Piercing Templates

One of those days!

Well I have definately had a "day". So there is a new baby in our neighborhood. I am really not in the neighborhood as I live on a big farm across the street, but I have no other neighbors so I have adoped them wether they like it or not, LOL. This cute cupple Kristy & Christian had a baby. There was a fun sign with a baby buggy and a big pink heart. The name was small, so from the road I deducted it was a girl and that her name was Claire. I then looked around and there was a really fun Color challenge from GKD StampTV. The challenge was to use red, pink & black. Red & Pink is not my normal pick for colors so I looked for some dsp and a sketch for inspiration. Love the Mojo Monday sketch #77, so I was off.

Here was my take using papertrey ink's punny valentine set. I don't get it out nearly enough. I LOVE animals, so this needs some more attention.

So I finish the card. When I am all done, I decide it really needs more black to stand out. I am out of time, so I went with it as I still liked it. So I get the meal made with dessert and all and head over to wish Claire a welcome to our neighborhood. I pull up and get a better look at the sign it is welcome Charlie. What??? Who puts a boy on a big pink heart? Okay I quickly take the card out and decided I will re-do it and mail them the card. Wowziers. Anyway, I watned to get this up. Needless to say I will be making another try at the Mojo Monday sketch and hopefully I will like it even more.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless otherwise noted

Stamps: PTI My Punny Valentine

Ink: Cameo Coral

Paper: Cameo Coral, Rose Red, Basic Black, Rockabilly dsp, Raspberry dsp, Whisper White

Accessories: 1/2 circle punch, coluzzle, black brads, stampin dimensionals, paper piercer, cotton ball, packing tape

What's Chirping Idol Fans???

I am loving all of my new My Favorite Things VIP sneak peek stamps set I got this last week. It is fabulous and just what I needed for a fun spring boost. It is called hanging with my peeps and it is delicious! I used it for my entry in the MFT Idol contest. Can you even believe how creative they are over there. I mean really an Idol contest too much fun. I started with this fabulous sketch Mojo Monday #76.



Here is what I whiped up

Isn't this fun! I even made my own background paper so it matched the chicks with a glue pen and yellow fun flock. Didn't it add quite a bit of dimension to that layer. It ended up with quite a bit of paper piecing to add some interest and dimension. The black, yellow and white seemed to really make this card pop. Can you see the pearl necklace. LOVE IT!! My daughter was the inspiration on that as she is all about the bling LOL! She is just 2 1/2 and already she is giving me fashion advice.

The competition side of this is so nerve wracking! All of the entries are ROCKIN! I am just excited for the opportunity. Well, we are off to church soon. Thanks for looking.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: Stamps Hangin' with my Peeps MFT

Ink: GKD Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Paper: SU Urban Oasis dsp, Basic Black, Basic Grey,PTI Lemon Tart

Accessories: SU paper piercer, basic grey taffeta ribbon, bashful blush marker, PTI Black Satin 1/2 inch, GKD Quickie Glue Pen, Yellow Flock, Peral Stickles