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.

Snow Much Fun!

Make it Monday's are just that, snow much fun LOL! Every time I actually sit down to participate, I adore the challenge and my end result, but time doesn't allow me to do it every week. Oh, well.

Here is my latest creation. I am not sure that this one makes a lot of sence, LOL! A baby onsie with a snow man? Oh, well I guess it really would work for a Christmas in July theme.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Make it Monday

Hello, it has been a long time LOL! I am so excited to get to play in the Make it Monday for this week. It was all about coloring with white ink.


Isn't that a cutie? I haven't busted out this stamp set in ages and now I am wondering why LOL! I used Made of Snow from PTI, isn't the pattern paper a fun touch as well? Hope you are having a good one. I have one more to share with you today along with some pictures of what has been keeping me so busy as of late.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Taylored Expressions Blog Hop

I am so sorry this is late! We have had no internet here yesterday and today. How crazy is that? Luckily I am back in business! Here is my creation. I thought about fun summer parties and little hostess gifts that go along with it.

I used the fabulous Chillax stamp set. I have the perfect party hostess for this beauty! Here is my set Here is the bag

and the card

A fun close up of the card

I can't wait to go and check out everyone's fabulous creation.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Elegant Congrats

How are we doing this week? I am having a great one. Wishing I had more time to craft, but that will come hopefully tonight! Here is my first card of the day.


It is a fun one that I whipped up and thought it should be entered into the Moxie Fab World Stampin Challenge. I have one more that I will be uploading today. They are going to be sick of me over there LOL! I used my new Congrats from PTI, loving the bigger sentiments in that series and fancy florishes from PTI as well. I added a little bling just to give a little more umph to this one layer card

It's a good life!
Terri E.