Happy wishes

Well, I have been a little lax about uploading fun Izzy pictures lately and I have the perfect ones to share with the card today. My cousin Katie is having a baby and she is due 6-7 weeks before me. Izzy and I have been working on a big project for Katie's baby shower.

We are going to be giving individual cupcakes as take home gifts for every attendant who comes. I will share more about this fun project when we get closer to the day, but Izzy has been helping along the way. A few days ago, I decided to put everything together since the shower is 1 1/2 weeks away. Izzy came down the stairs the next morning and saw in her words "the most beautiful sight in the world". Isn't that a hoot? You would have thought it was Christmas morning with her reaction. I must say it is nice to have a little one that impressed by stamping things, it does make you proud of all the work you have done LOL!!!

Anyway here are our 6 in the morning pictures of the boxes. Oh, did I mention I got a fabulous Christmas gift this year. My hubby got me a Nikon D5000!!! Wahoooooo!!!! I have been wanting a camera upgrade for some time and I must say I am not disappointed. Even with little knowledge the level of my pictures has increased so much already. I am now on the hunt for a good online class to develop my skills. I have a few ideas, but if you have any suggestions, fell free to leave them in the comments below.
This is the best smile I get at 6 in the morning LOL!

Finally onto the card. I made this for a few challenges and have been waiting to show you as it was Katie's birthday card and I didn't want her seeing it before it got to her, LOL!

Isn't this a fun card? I adore the way the mittens turend out and I am really looking forward to pulling them out again soon. The background was something fun, just some punched out squares with roughed up edges. I liked how it added just a little bit of dimension without overtaking the whole card.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: PTI Warm wishes

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Bermuda Bay, GKD momento black

Paper: Basic Black, PTI Stampers select white

Accessories: 1 1/4 square punch, nesties, bermuda bay ribbon, glitter, glue pen, floss, 1/8 circle punch, stampin dimensionals

Love You

Have you checked out the Stamp TV challenges? If not, you really should. Not only are they tons of fun and 5 days a week, but every challenge they give away a free stamp set to a random winner. Can you beleive how generous Gina K is??? All you have to do is stamp and you have the chance to win some great sets. LOVE IT!!!!! Okay enough gooshing LOL, here is the sketch for the last week.
Here is my card.

Isn't that little monkey the cutest? I colored him in on GKD pure luxury 80lb cardstock. I am still learning my copics, but it is getting a little easier to work with them the more I do it. There is hope for the average colorer LOL! I used floss for the balloon strings and it really seems to add some dimension.

The fun polkadot ribbon is from PTI, the stiching just seemed to tie everything in. This is one of my 8 cards going to the cards for kids drive. I think I am going to be missing the Jan drive, but it is on going, so hopefully I can hit next months group and send them some fun valentines day cards.

In the midst of all of this, I realized I haven't made Izzy's or my hubbys cards yet. I need to get on that quickly. I am done with their shopping, but still need some goodies.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are GKD unless noted

Stamps: Just so Hippy

Paper: Pure luxury 80lb, su chocolate chip, basic grey autum dsp, su kraft

Ink: Momento black

Accessories: Copics Box A&B, PTI satin polka dot ribbon, white gel pen, threading water punch, nesties, brown floss, su stampin dimensionals, su glue dot, su large corner rounder punch

Wool you be mine?

It's that time again! I haven't been able to play with the blog hop for a few months, but I am so excited to have something to share tonight.
The challenge was to create a card that was decorated on the inside and out. I usually stamp a sentiment on the inside, so this was fun to take it a step further with some decorating as well. It was a challenge to photograph this well. Here is the front

The card sitting on it's own

The inside

It worked out great that this was also a Moxie Fab challenge, so I will be submitting this beauty on that blog as well. I really liked the way it all came together. For the sentiment I used a coluzzle to make the circle cut out.

This card is part of a group that I am working on to send to the cards for kids drive found here. We are going to have them off by Wednesday, so I have 6 more valentines cards to make. I am so glad to have set this goal as it seems I have quite a few qutie valentines sets that don't always see a lot of love. I can't wait to play more with this fabulous set.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

All supplies are papertrey Ink unless noted:

Stamps: My punny valentine

Ink: SU Going grey, momento black, ripe avacado, real red marker

Paper: Stampers select white, SU basic grey dsp, real red dsp

Accessories: Mat pack, paper piercer, coluzzle

Nuts for you

Well this is my last big push to get some fun cards made for the cards for the cards for kids campaign. The deadline is for the end of the month. There are 8 kids and I want to send fun valentines day cards to each. I have 2 made right now and hopefully I will get the other 6 made by Wednesday. That is my deadline in my head.

I used the Verve challenges in January to make 4 different valentines day cards that you will be seeing throughout the week. The Viva La Verve challenges this year are all going to have a picture of the home and a sketch. This is the picture I piced out for this week.

The sketch that goes with it

My creation

Didn't that turn out fun? I really like how the buttons went throughout the card. I think this little cutie can work for any age child. I hope they like it as well. Oh, this was for a Stamp TV color challenge as well. It was to have colors of winter that inspire you. I don't know about you, but in the winter we are inside a lot. My bedroom is so cuddly with it's chocolate chip, kraft, red and vanilla, that this really worked for me.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted

Stamps: My Punny Valentine

Paper: Vintage Cream, Jilly Bean dsp, SU real red dsp, SU chocolate chip

Ink: Chocolate Chip, colorbox chalk que

Accessories: Chocolate polka dot satin ribbon, nesties label 1, white gel pen

80!!!!!

I am so excited to share the card I made for Randy's grandma Avis who just turned 80. We just got to see her right after Christmas and she is quite a doll! I only hope I have as much energy when I turn 80.
This is a fun card and it was just as much fun to make. It has a black base that I embossed with irrodecent embossing powder. I wanted it to look like a fun stary night. This was made with the Finally Friday challenge in mind as well, which was to use black on the card. I know it isn't a normal way to use it, but it I think it turned out fun.

The ice berg that our hippo is on is also all kinds of sparkly. Thank goodness we can be creative in a card, because I am really not that sure when a hippo would ever be on an ice berg, but he is now LOL! I also loved the floss detail on the balloons. It really added a neat element.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted
Stamps: GKD Just so Hippy, GKD Just so sporty
Paper: Basic Black, Tempting tourqoise, PTI stampers select white, GKD Pure luxury white
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: 3/4 circle punch, irrodecent ice embossing powder, heat gun, copics, blender pen, dmc floss

Trust the Lord

I have been having fun creating these past few days. I got all of the Verve release challenges done, but couldn't upload them at Splitcoast for some reason. Oh well! So this used a Verve sketch and the SPCC that you see below.
Here is my card

Now while I was thinking about this sketch and that bright orange, I watched Kristina's Finally Friday video and knew I needed to do a fun flower. I had watched Dawn's video on her fluffy flowers and wanted to give it a try for some time, so this worked out really good.

I used kraft and brown as accent colors, so I hope that is okay. I have just started spounging with my nesties and I really like the fun border it gave. Don't look too hard as it is my first try in a long time and my frame kept slipping.
I also wanted to show you an up-close shot of the flower. I stamped and spounged on the back of PTI designer paper because it is white on the back side. I wanted to make my own dsp, but I didn't want to have white showing with the back of the flower. As you can see I have the brown star patteren.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Verve plain jane, PTI text style

Ink: Only Orange, So saffron, chocolate chip

Paper: Only Orange, PTI Vintage Cream, Kraft dsp, PTI brown stars dsp, so saffron dsp

Accessories: PTI Orange Zest ribbon and button, PTI jute, stampin dimensionals, glue dots, nesties, spounges, scallop circle punch

Hugabug

Oh my has it been a busy weekend. We had a celebration for my friend Kim who has breast cancer at age 34. My heart goes out to her and her family.

I was also able to make a card based on a CPS card sketch that you can see below and a challenge from JoAnne. You can find JoAnne challenge here. You could use all of her favorites or pick a few. I think this will also work well for the GKD color challenge this week.
Here is the card

I busted out my watercoloring supplies after seeing her fabulous tutorial on it. I must say letting it dry completely was the key. Can you see what happened when I got really impatient? Yes the little hearts at the side of the image had color that went out.

Hence the pink hightlights on the outside of the hugabug. Another thing you could add was stiching. I have no idea why I am not busting out my sewing machiene, but I went for the faux stiching. It was also tons of fun to pick out some buttons to finish off the sketch.

It's good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Hugabug stamping bella

Paper: Rose Red, Pink

Ink: Blush Blossom, Pink, Rose Red, Regal Red

Accessories: White gel pen, buttons PTI, glue dots