Oh Moxie Fab!

Don't you just love a good challenge? Well as always there are some great ones over at Moxie Fab World challenge. This is for the markers challenge. Needless to say, I just had to bust out my copics. They are not used as much as I would like, so this was perfect!
One of the fabulous ladies from church is in the hospital, so this is perfect for her. My 4 year old is the social butterfly at church and she is going to draw Dee a picture inside, so I am sure this will cheer her up. The button twine added jsut a little bit of fun to this cutie. I also added some fuzz to the bear. Izzy thinks this is now the best card she has ever seen LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Eighteen25 is having a picture challenge for the snapshots of life scrapbooks. This is us at 8:00 am. Izzy is ready for preschool and Cece is dutifully waiting until we are hitting the door. I am so blessed that Cece is much more laid back than Izzy! I am loving the challenge to take the POD at different times. It really gets me thinking about our every day. I think we are going to get some good family shots!
On to the card. I made this card for the Papercraft Stars challenge blog. It was a Simon Says challenge this week. Here is the challenge

Simon Says

Simon Says Make a Card
Base 4.5 x 5.5
Double Mat #1: cut at 3 3/8 x 4 5/8
with another color cut at 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Double Mat #2: cut at 2 3/4 x 4
with another color cut at 2 3/4 x 2 1/2
Add Ribbon
Add Button(s)
Add Punch or Die Cut
(Add anything else you would like to add)

Here is my card

I am in love with these little pure innocence images from MFT. They are yummy! My daughter was up helping me and she decided on the stripes. How fun tha we can do things together. I also wanted to add a little bling to her, so I used dazzling diamonds on the balloon and stickles on her shoes and dress as accents. The PTI dies are also something I am LOVING right now.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are PTI unless noted

Stamps: MFT Pure Innocense

Ink: Momento Black

Paper: SU basic grey, stampers select white, gkd pure innocense, basic grey oliva dsp
Accessories: Mat stack die #4, su dazzling diamonds, zyron machiene, satin ribbon, pink buttons, button twine, glue dots, stickles, glue pen, copic markers

Start your day with a wheeeee

I am so excited to finally get this fun post up. Why do I always wait until the last minutes to get everything done and up on my blog LOL! For this card I had two different challenges the sketch came from annabelle stamps blog
I also got to do this fun challenge from aspiring to creativity. It was to use this picture as inspiration and then also use something I haven't used before.

Here is my card

Okay for things I haven't used before. At CHA I got these fun stamps from My Favorite Things and I also had a new box of copics waiting, so this was the first time to put those things together. I have been eyeing this fun start each day with a "whee" set for the longest time. I loved the polka dots in the picture and hopefully it worked with this card.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are My Favorite Things

Stamps: Start your day with a whee

Ink: Momento Black

Paper: GKD pure luxury white, PTI vintage cream, cosmo cricket thrift shop

Accessories: Copics, SU butterfly embosslets die, su regal rose ribbon, su glue dots, su stampin dimensionals

CHA Make in Takes

Here is another CHA make in take installement. The first is a sketch book that I made at the Taylored Expressions booth. It turned out super cute and it is made with a new set that will be coming out in August. I ended up buying another new set there as well, but haven't busted it out yet. It is in the container LOL!
This is a cutie little robot candy box that we made at the My Favorite Things booth. I adore that we got to use copics there, but you did have to wait in a line to do their make in takes. I was glad to have this one done without a HUGE wait.

This is a fun card that I made at one of the booths, but I have no idea what booth that was LOL! It was cute so I did include some shots.

inside

the side view

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Building Character

This is a common phrase around our home. It has been since I was a little girl. Everything we did (it came out most commonly when we didn't want to do something) was always to "build our character". I have had this fabulous set from My Favorite Things that had that great quote, so I knew it was for me.

This is my second week with Color Q. I really like the great colors. Although I am on the later side of this challenge, check out the site as they will have another great one coming soon! Here is the color combo challenge.
Here is my card.

I also combined this with the MFT challenge to use book paper or music sheets. Isn't this fun? I really like how this card turned out. I bought an old book from a local antique shop and ripped out a page to run through the big shot. I then had to do some weathering with my new distress ink and foam applicator. I also used this on every layer of the card.

I first colored the main image with copic markers and then cut it out and poped it up with stampin dimensionals. The border punch I used on the new leaf section was a apron one from fisckars. I added the fun hibicus burst twill ribbon and buttons to finish this card off.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supples are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: MFT I {Heart} Books

Ink: GKD momento black, ranger distress ink antique linen

Paper: New leaf, hibicus burst, GKD pure luxury, old book text

Accessories: Hibicus Burst twill ribbon and buttons, su stampin dimensionals, mft copic markers, jute twine, top notes die, foam applicator, apron border punch

Think Pink

Good Morning! I am waiting for Diva to get up so that I can go and set up the shower for my cousin Katie. It is always fun when the day arrives and all of the projects die down LOL! There will be tons of pictures, so I will be sure to share with everyone the fun cupcake boxes. Although I did have a dream last night that the cupcakes didn't fit in the box at all, which will be tragic LOL!!!!!

I made this card for a challenge that was to create a smaller card. A good friend of mine, Kim who is 34 got diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and she had her first chemo yesterday. My thoughts and prayers have been with her all day yesterday and I imagine most of the day today as well. She has 2 small children (4&6), so any prayers you could send up for her would be so appreciated.
The background is a fun polka dot trasparency from Stampin Up. I like the sheen it added. The library clip detail was a lot of fun as well. That is just dmc floss tied in a bow as an accent. I colored the ladies in copics. I finally feel like I am getting some where with the coloring LOL!

The inside said we are in this together and although I am not physically going up with her, I think prayer warriers are important and needed. So for now, that is my role.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted
Stamps: Think Pink MFT
Ink: Momento Black
Paper: Mambo Melon, PTI Stampers select white, basic black, transparency
Accessories: Copics a&b boxes, library clip, pink floss, stampin dimensionals

Claire's Card

Well I think I shared that Izzy had her first friend birthday party on Saturday. Wouldn't you know that was a tough day for her so we weren't able to go. We ended up making Claire's card right before ballet class. I used this sketch from CPS.
Here is our card

Okay I must add that we have had rain, rain, rain here and I also took this in my car as we were heading to ballet LOL! The glitter looks much better in real life and it was Izzy's contribution LOL!

The best part was the other Mom said she likes to make cards as well. Isn't that fun! Now we will be diving into that at the next ballet class while the kids are in the room. I am so excited to meet a new to me crafter.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: MFT Fairy Princess

Paper: Mambo Melon, Razzleberry dsp, PTI White,

Ink: Baisc Black

Accessories: GKD Glitter, GKD glue pen, mambo melon ribbon, white gel pen, 2 way glue pen

We're in this together!

Well I have a fun card to share with you today. I saw this sketch from CPS, so that was my starting point. I have been thinking about the Verve encourging challenge and also the JUGS paper piercing challenge. After thinking about all of those for a few days, here is what I came up with.
The card

Isn't that fun? I really liked being able to switch up the clothes for each woman. It really does fit the idea I was going for. I reallly like the idea of women helping each other and I am always amazed at how different we can be and yet how supportive and loving we can be. I paper pierced the gal on the left and the gal on the right was colored with copics. Add a little stiching and there you go.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: MFT Going pink

Paper: Thouroughly Modern dsp, Soft Suede, GKD pure luxury 120 lb white

Ink: Momento Black

Accessories: White gel pen, glue pen, pink flock, copics box A&B, Crushed curry ribbon, stampin dimensionals

From everyone

Well I am finally back up in my stamping room! There is some major organization happening, so it has taken quite a bit of time and I am only half way done. My little Izzy wants her own table in the stamping room, so I am making that happen. It really was way past over due. I haven't cleaned out in 4 years and as you can imagine it is a mess! It has also been quite fun going thought things I don't use and putting them into Izzy's stash. I have decided she is the perfect fit for all of my retired colors! What a great use. I won't feel bad if the ink pad gets wrecked and she will have "real" things to use. This was all started from the Papertrey ink blog hop challenge to use Mytimeless Templates. I do have before (and hopefully) after pictures to share for the blog hop.

Anyway, I was really excited about the My Favorite Things idol challenge this week. I really have fallen in love with masking and one sheet cards, so I had a great time. My strech was finding a MFT stamp to use as the background. I love polka dots and there was a great stamp in the Let's go for a walk stamp set. I also realized that Stamp TV color challenge was up and it was to use four or more colors. How perfect for my little project.

Isn't this so much fun!!! I really went out of my norm with the bold brights, but I loved how it turned out. I was going for Urban sheek here, so we had road and sidewalk. Normally I would have put some grass in there, but there is no way that hip lady would be walking on grass with those shoes LOL! I had no idea people would want to see all of the details, I did have my first draft laying around, so I took some shots for some more explaining.

This was the first step. I ran a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 piece of paper and a transparency through the big shot with the top notz die. I then cut the clear sheet at the preferated edge all around. I then had my outer mask, the top notz white die and the clear sheet. The next step is to lay your white top notz cut die down on your real 8 1/2 X 5 1/5 half sheet of white. I took the dots and stamped what would be the outer edges of the card.

When I took off the center top notz die you can see how my center would be white. This is my first attempt, so I had the red from the next step started, but you get the idea.

I then put the outer "waste" from my cutting of the top notz die. I also put the transparency sheet down and then spounged real red for my fake border. you can see the 1/4 I had already done and the part that would still need to be spounged.

Can you believe this is all one layer? I had a great time coloring. I used the top notz die as a template for my framing. I got the idea from Patty's blog. There is some fabulous talent in our blog world! I would love to hear what you think!

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All Supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: MFT Let's go for a walk

Paper: PTI Stampers Select White

Ink: Staz on black, Soft Sky, Going Grey, Basic Grey, Real Red

Accessories: Top Notz die, transparency, real red, yoyo yellow, only orange, tempting tourqoise, basic black, blush blossom, really rust, going grey, creamy carmel markers, aqua painter.

Going on a Chick Hunt!

Well as you might have guessed, I didn't get into to the MFT Idol contest. There are some fabulous stampers over there, but I had a good time trying. One of the things they have are challenges for the judges. This is the week 2 challenge, which is masking. I was thinking and thinking and then BAM! Izzy loves animals and she loves scavenger hunts, so I made her a Where's Waldo version of an easter card.

Before I get to that, while I was in the stamping room working on her card Izzy decided to help Mommy stamp. She wanted to make a card for a friend who brought her some "special purple juice" (gateraide) while she was sick. She piced out which animals, helped stamp and then colored them in herself. She then decided which colors to matt the card with as well. When she was all done she set up the white background papers I use to take pictures and then set her card up and said "take picure of my cad Mom". Who can refuse that?

Here is my go at masking and making a fun card that I think Izzy will love.
I am also going to submit this for the Stamp It! weekly challenge. One of the categories was to create a scene, so this is my try at that. Isn't this fun? It is acutally all on one page the only dimension is the flock I put on the chicks. I really think Izzy will get a kick out of this. All of the coloring was done with Stampin Up markers. I don't have any copics yet, so this was the best I can do. If you would like to learn how to mask, a link is found here with really good directions and pictures.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Deets: All Supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: MFT Hanging With My Peeps, MFT It's a Jungle out there

Paper: Pure Luxury heavy base weight 120lb.

Ink:Momemto Black Ink

Accessories: GKD Glue Pen, GKD Doodlebug Glitter 12 pack , More Mustard, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Carmel, Sahara Sand, Going Grey, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Blush Blossom markers

Size Matters

Wowziers! This has been the best stamping weekend ever for me. Here is another 2 challenge card. This layout is from Stamptv Sketch Challenge

I flipped it and combined it with the MFT March Ambassador Challenge #2 . The challenge was Paper Piecing, Pumpkin & some Bling. I am not usually a pumpkin pie kind of girl, but I gave it a whirl. Discovery #2 of the day was the Xyron machiene. I have seen it before and during my trip to Michaels yesterday I picked it up. It made the bling the easiest thing ever!!! Here is the card

How stinking fun is that? I am embaressed to say that these sets had gone uninked too long. I love the fabulously glittered ice cream. YUMO!!!

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: MFT Here's the scoop, Twisted One

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Washington Apple dsp

Accessories: stampin dimensionals, ridinghood red striped ribbon, xyron machiene, dazzling diamonds

No Black, No Flowers, No problem

Well I had every intention of going to the Verve release party and then I got lost in stamping. We have had tons of rain over the past two days, so I was sure no good pictures could be taken as I don't have anyway to light other than natural light. In comes Discovery #1 - Hello my camera settings can help me a ton. I never played around with it, but I have night time and indoor settings. It is definately not the same as natural light, but it worked for my rainy day. I combined 2 challenges for this card the first is a sketch challenge from Stamps and Smiles SASSC5. Mercy does them and she is just the bomb!!!

I combined that with the March Ambassador Challenge #1 from My Favorite Things. One of my favorite bloggers/stamp designers ever Melaine Muechinger was the hostess, so I had to play. The challenge is to make a spring card. The restrictions are NO FLOWERS, and NO BLACK! Here is my card Can you say wowziers! I didn't realize how much I used black and flowers come on cards when I think spring. Luckily I have been leaving lots of comments on blogs and seeing lots of great ideas and this stamp set is getting a lot of love right now from others. Since I have only used it one other time, it was the perfect fit. I am really going crazy with the fun flock around here and he now has a fuzzy orange beak. More scoop about the MFT VIP package, the ribbon bundle that was included ROCKS. There is so much of each ribbon and it is yummy! I would definately order that again.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: A good egg

Ink: Basic Grey

Paper: Delicate Dots dsp, kraft, certain celery, whisper white, so saffron

Accessories: Cuttlebug swiss dots, stampin dimensionals, My Favorite Ribbon Pack - Soft Spring green satin, GKD Glue Pen, GKD Doodlebug Flock 12 pack

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

Love Ya

First I am shocked that I have posted so much today. It was rainy here and we got so much. This was my Izzy today. She had her princess dress and crown on all morning. My Mom is a kindergarden teacher and she suggested putting a mirror down so Izzy could see herself. Apparently that is something a 2 1/2 needs to do, not sure about that, but Izzy LOVED it. I am sure you will see this in a scrapbook format at some point soon.

There are so many fun challenges out there that I miss most of them because I don't always have the time to find them or to make the projects in time. Today I found a fun challenge from My Favorite Things. Buttons!!!!

Since I "won" with this CPS sketch, I decided to use it again and I also thought it would be fun to make a butterfly out of buttons. As I have been buzzing through the cards today I have noticed that butteryflys are hot, hot, hot. I really like the homemade button butterfly. All of the buttons are from PTI along with everything else on this card. Don't you love all of the different shapes and textures. I am so excited to see what their new colors are for the month and if there are any more buttons coming. I would love some chocolate and black. Well I am off to organize my ribbon.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: Everything is from Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Handwritten Notes, Retro Background Basics

Ink: Vintage Cream, New Leaf

Paper: Vintage Cream, Melon Berry, New Leaf

Accessories: Stampin Dimensionals SU, Scallop edge punch, Luxe Satin Ribbon
1/2-inch wide, New Leaf, Melon Berry, White & Cream Buttons