Give Thanks!

I am thankful to be stamping today! Cece has been sleeping great in the afternoons, so Izzy and I had some good stamping time tonight. What a fun day! This beauty is for the Vival La Verve and  ColorQ challenges. 

Okay just looking at the stack of unloved stamps has me using some of these. I really don't want to list all of the unloved stamps I have LOL! I think this fun circle background stamp from PTI might be a new favorite of mine, look out LOL!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Verve goodness

I am so excited to break out some stamps. It has been too long. This little cutie is for the Verve challenge.
I am going to give this one to a coworker. It is his birthday on Friday.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Blessed

I have a fun card to share today. I made this a while ago and I am so happy to be able to share it here today. This is for my bible study girls. It is my mission to give each of them a card that has my special prayer for them.
This card if for Kim. I am hoping by sharing my mission here I will actually get it done and out to them. My next one is Julie and I am hoping to get her card made and out next week. I would love to hear if you have any special group of women that you meet and pray or study with? Do you do anything special for them? I am always looking for new creative ideas for them.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Lovely Day!

Who doesn't love a good black and white with a pop of color challenge? This one is from Playdate Cafe.
Here is my creation

I don't ever get to use the striped ribbon or really I don't ever think to use it LOL! I thought it worked well with this card. The frame was made with lots of PTI dies. This card is on another addition of using the signature serries butterfly set from PTI. I have a few more, but I am submitting them for magazines, so I won't be sharing them for a while.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are PTI unless noted

Stamps: PTI signature serries: Butterfly, Verve background set

Ink: Perfect Plum, Momento Black

Paper: SU Basic Grey, SU going grey, Stampers select whtie

Accessories: PTI Mat stack #4 die, Fillable frames die #8 (I think) and the signature serries butterfly die. corner rounder chomper, striped ribbon, perfect plum button

Color Throwdown

Look at this cutie color combo from Color Throwdown. I just couldn't resist!
Here is my creation.

I have another "thing" I am trying. After reading some new years type posts from other bloggers there is something that really stuck with me. I have tons of stamp sets around my room that have never seen ink. One of those was this fabulous butterfly set from PTI. I mean how stinking cute it this? It really got me thinking. One fellow blogger said she challenged herself to use every stamp set she had. WOW!!!! Not only every stamp set, but every stamp in that set. (I think she said not all of the sentiments needed to be used, but still WOW!).

So my take on this challenge is to use one stamp set for a whole week. Now I have no issues using other sets with it, but it is going to be the main guy in the card. As you guessed it this week I will be using this fun Signature serries:butterfly set from PTI. Hope you enjoy! I am also making myself hold off on ordering more until I have a specific need (Cece's 1st Birthday is my next thing I am creating for). Hopefully I will get some use out of the sets I just "had" to have before I add more to my stash!

It' s a good life!

Terri E.

You're so fabulous!

I am was loving this curtain call and knew just what I needed to do.
Here is my creation

How much fun is this? this card is 8 1/2 long and 3 3/4 high. Hopefully it will fit into a business envelope. Guess I should have measured before creating LOL! I used the same background image from a fun Verve set with vintage cream ink on each of the color pannels. Hope you enjoy!

I used a Verve sketch, but it was past the deadline by the time I got it up here LOL! I do love those sketches.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Never do this

Okay you know I never put a ton of challenge pictures in one post, but we are leaving for vaca tomorrow and I HAVE to get these little cuties entered LOL! Loving all of the Verve sneak peeks.

Sketch 1

Sketch 2

Sketch 3
Sketch 4

Sketch 5

It's a good life!

Terri E.

I will get all of the deeps uploaded when we get back.

My shield and glory

Confession time! Okay this card was started back in August for one of the Viva La Verve challenges! It has been on my desk half finished for quite some time. Clearly I didn't make the August deadline, but then I saw the new challenge on the Verve blog something old and something new. I knew I could finish off this card and make it work for that, but I also wanted to share my inspiration, LOL!


Here was the picture of the bedroom I picked.

The sketch for that week

Here is my card

Okay, a few things here. I wasn't able to get any of the new stamps from the last Verve release, so this is a set from my lateset order (new to me:) and then a set that I already had. The Palsm 3:3 verse is one of my new sets. No one does verses like Verve. They are my go to company for that and I can't wait to add more to my collection. For my "old" set I used Kindred Spirits. It is such a fun set with great elements that can be used as focal points or as background builders as I have done here. to finsih off my card, I used some black bling to fill in some of the white space.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are PTI unless noted

Stamps: Verve Psalm 3:3, Verve Kindered Spirits

Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Basic Black, Stampers select whtie, su dsp

Ink: Basic Black, su Pink Passion

Accessories: PTI Grid lines impression plate, black bling, stampin dimensionals

Blessed

I recently won a Verve $30 give away. How fun is that? Needless to say there was more than that in my cart and one of the sets is the one you see below, Just for You by Verve.
I made this for a one of last months Viva La Verve challenges. I really have a lot of fun with Verve. They make some of the best setniments. It is really hard for me to use markers on clear stamps. I have found that if I stamp them in versa mark first then apply color with my markers I can do some highlighting. As you can see, it is not fool proof, but it works for me.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted
Stamps: Verve Just for You
Paper: PTI stampers select white, night of navy dsp
Accessories: Stampin dimensionals, corner rounder chomper, PTI white grosgrain ribbon, pti orange zest button, only orange and night of navy markers, nesties, dmc floss

I know the plans I have for you

It's Viva La Verve time wahooo! I really like this challenge and I am committed to it every week, hopefully LOL. Here was the picture
Here is the sketch

My card

This card was made for baby Logan. I adore my cousin and her little one was baptized this weekend. I thought this card was perfect. As I have mentioned about a billion times Verve is the best with great scriptures and classy fonts. Yet again they came through. Isn't that verse perfect for a baptism?

I stamped the verse with black and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder and put ink over the cross. The effect worked so well for this card. The satin ribbon was a fun element and I broke out my SU silver flower and brads. They have been sitting on my desk for a few years. Can you tell using my supplies that I have is a current theme of mine LOL!

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are SU unless noted

Stamps: Verve Jeremiah 29:11
Paper: PTI stampers select white, su dsp, PTI dsp, basic black
Ink: Basic black, versa mark, kiwi kiss
Accessories: pti white satin ribbon, filigree hardware, silver brads, stampin dimensionals, mat pack, spounge daubers

Anni-Verve-sary Blog Hop!!!!!!

Welcome to the Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop! Verve turns three today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! If you've already been hopping along, you arrived here from Susan's blog. If not, head on over to Julee's Blog (owner of Verve), for all the info on how to win prizes (after all, what's a party without presents?), and to start hopping from the beginning. If there's a hiccup along the hop, you can always head to the Master Hop List to get the full list of links.

Here is my card

I am so excited to play with some more new to me Verve!!! It arrived just before I left for CHA, so I only got one set inked. It was my pleasure to add a TON of verses to my collection. I really love that I can not only get fun images from Verve, but that they fill my soul as well!

We have been going over words in our bible study and the effect they have on everyone around us. When I saw Meditations I knew it was perfect for our group and what we are all focusing on. I am going to make each of the girls this card and send it out to them throughout the week. The sketch for this card is from CPS. I thought it worked well with this stamp set.

The rest of supplies are new to me as well (some of my fun purchases from CHA). All of those details can be found below. I am off to see all of the wonderful creations made for this FABULOUS company and blog hop!

Thanks for hopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Angela’s blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are PTI unless noted
Stamps: Verve Meditations
Ink: SU Cookie Crumb, PTI ink duo, SU so saffron
Paper: Kraft, dotty biscotti, stampers select white
Accessories: Bling, su stampin dimensionals, elelet border die, harvest gold felt, tombo multi glue

Good times

The baby count down is nearing an end. I have 2 more days to go LOL! One of the things that has been fun in an odd way is that my feet are so swollen that I am camped out inside and my hubby has had some time off, so I have had some great stamping time. It has been fun getting some projects done.

I was inspired by all of the great summer projects over on the Verve blog for their sizzlin' summer fun release. They challenged everyone to make a summer project. Well, my only projects have been my cousins wedding or new baby, so it was fun to pull out some bright colors and summer it up. I never seem to have a thank you card for hostesses when I need them, so I thought this would work out so well.
I combined this with the sketch from the Paper Crafts Connection blog.

Here is my card

Simple, but sweet. I have been really inspired to let the dsp shine. I have a tendancy to keep adding and adding, so this has been a fun little challenge for me to work on. I am not sure of the name of this paper, but it was the pack that I won from the Colour Q challenge. It came right from Stampin Up and it is Fabulous!!!!

Hopefully everyone is enjoying a wonderful weekend with family and friends.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Verve Party Time

Ink: Versa mark

Paper: PTI stampers select white, dsp Stampin Up

Accessories: 1 1/4 punch, dmc floss, white embossing powder, heat gun

Reuse

I have 2 posts today. This is for the fun Verve Spring Fling re-cycle, re-use and re-purpose challenge. This is a hard one for me, but as I as stamping away yesterday, I saw an organizational need and then I was good.
Here is the project

Another side

Of course, Izzy's contribution

Isn't this fun? Of course my favorite part is Izzy's flower. She put the bling on herself. I needed a place for all of the buttons I pick up that are not Papertrey Ink. They were stashed away and therefore not used by me much.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Verve unless noted

Stamps: Beautiful You

Paper: GKD Pure luxury 120 lb

Accessories: Socre tape, bling, copics, crayola maker

Dude, You Rock!

I am so excited to let everyone know about a fun new color challenge site called Pretty Little Palettes . I am sure by now you all know I adore inspiration in many forms and challenges get me up into my stamping room because of the needed deadlines LOL! This is the first challenge, I am so excited! Here is the inspiration piece
The color challenge
Here is my creation

I also added the fun Verve Spring Release challenge that was to make a quick and simple flower card. Can I just say it was all I could do not to keep going and adding. On a positive note, my daughter loved the little flowers and she had to make 2 pages of fun flowers to color. It is so much fun to be creating together.

So I did add black to the challenge, but I think that is allowed LOL! I made this card for Jeff's upcoming birthday. I still am having a hard time getting all of these beauties out in time, but at least my loved ones are being thought of.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Verve Feeling Groovy, PTI Signature greetings

Ink: GKD Momento Black

Paper: PTI stampers select white, Ballet Blue, Black & White speciality paper

Accessories: Silver brads, corner rounder chomper, more mustard, ballet blue, not quite navy and so saffron markers

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

Celebrate

Well, I am glad to have time to jump on and write about this fun and cherry card. It was for a Verve challenge a while back.
Aren't the colors so much fun? I love how the stiching ties everything together and the bling was fun as well. I must say stamping on designer serries paper is a lot of fun. It went from something I never do to something I think about readily.

We have a big day tomorrow, so I don't want to stay up too late.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted
Stamps: Verve feeling groovy
Paper: Night and Day speciality, basic black, PTI stampers select white
Ink: Basic Black, PTI Fresh snow
Accessories: only orange, pixie pink, real red, summer sun markers, PTI raspberry fizz ribbon, modern label punch, fire bling, stampin dimensionals, GKD white gel pen

Faith

Don't forget about my two BIG Blog Candies found here.

I am so excited to share another fun Verve release card. The party is at the split coast stameprs site. Here is the sketch challenge for this release. I also combined this with this fun color combo from SPCC.

Here is the sketch

Here is the card I made

Well isn't this fun. I forget to highlight my verses at times. I really like the look of this card as whole and I love sending these encouraging cards. I used a lot of heat embossing and spounging on this card. I did change out dusty durango for really rust. They are similar and I have ribbon for that one.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Verve Bountiful Backgrounds, Verve Verse

Paper: PTI Bitty Dots, SU Dusty Durango, Basic Black, PTI Stampers select white

Ink: Versa Mark, Dusty Durango, Basic Black

Accessories: Clear embossing powder, black embossing powder, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, dusty durango ribbon, nesties, spounge

Hold your hand

Hi everyone! The fun challenges are Moxie Fab World are over and man were they fun! I am thankful to have a break from Christmas! Well, I have started my Christmas card design, so I am mass producing my cards for this season, so not quite a break, LOL!


This is a card I made for a Verve sketch a while ago. I am happy to report that my hubby is back at work! I adore Julie's sketches and always find them such inspiration.
Here is my card

It was so much fun to make a card for my hubby. So often I forget to make him fun cards. He really likes getting them and he even now knows to make a big deal out of the cards LOL! I used a Cosmo Cricket craft pack to create this card. It is from Mr. Campy and it is really a fun color collection.

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Feeling Groovy Verve

Paper: Kraft, Feeling Campy Cosmo Cricket

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Sewing Machiene, Scallop punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, threading water border punch, so saffron ribbon

Feel Better soon!

Check out my side bar, I was honored with another top card in my challenges! Isn't that fun. It has been three mentions in the past month from three of my favorite challenge sites. Isn't life good!

I made this card in for a clean and simple challenge over at the Verve forum.
Life is good, but it is not always great. My family and extended friends have had some doozies with health this summer. Tom who is my first cousin's husband was rushed up to Chicago with a heart problem. I don't know all of the details, but it is very serrious and they gave him a 50% chance of making it. Tom and Julie have two girls in high school and prayers would be greatly appreciate. I am going to get this in the mail right away so the family knows we are thinking and praying for them.

I dry embossed with the swiss dots folder on the top and bottom and then stamped with Verve stamps. I used feeling groovy and feel better soon sentiment set. I colored them with copics in the cool color family and then used the same cool colors for some fun bling accents.

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Deets:
Stamps: Verve Feeling Groovy & Feel better soon
Ink: Momento Black
Paper: PTI Stampers select white
Accessories: SU Ice bling, copics box a, swiss dots embossing folder

Verve August Release tonight!!!

Although Ihave made more cards with my Verve goodies, I will be posting them later. This is the last sneak peak before you can get these goodies for yourself. I used another sketch for this release. You can find all the details and many other opportunities to win goodies here.
Here is my card

Isn't that fun? It is hard to see, but I have a flower in the background of the saying. It really is such a neat effect in real life. I also love these big brads. I usually can't figure out where to put them, but this sketch made it easy on me. I did some fun paper piercing and that is about it. I have to get going to a showing appointment, so I can't write a ton today. Thanks again for looking!

It's a good life!

Terri E.

Deets: All supplies are Stampin Up unless noted

Stamps: Verve Enjoy, Verve plain jane

Paper: SU going grey, certain celery, pretty in pink, PTI Vintage Cream, dsp

Ink: Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Certain Celery, PTI Vintage Cream

Accessories: Pink twill ribbon MFT, SU large cream brads, nesties, paper piercer, mat pack, spounge