Happy Birthday!!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up Cheerful Daisies and Go To Greetings

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, and Gingham Gala 6x6 DSP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Stampin' Up Cheerful Daisies Dies, Frosted Flurry Dies, Pink Fresh 1/4" round blending brush, Dimensionals

Hello Stampers!  I made this card for the Color Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  The colors are Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, and Parakeet Party.  I didn't have Parakeet Party so I used Granny Apple Green.  I really liked the card I made yesterday, and I already mailed it off to my niece.  So I thought I would make another one with the colors of the challenge to have in my stash.  

To make this card I started by making the floral arrangement.  Then I got the card base ready and added a strip of DSP and matted it with Highland Heather cardstock.  Then I adhered the floral arrangement onto the DSP.  Next I stamped and die cut the sentiment, and popped it up with dimensionals.  For the inside I added a strip of DSP, stamped and die cut the sentiment, and adhered the sentiment and daisy to the inside of the card.

Tomorrow is my first day with students!   Wish me luck!!  Unfortunately that means I'll be MIA until the weekend.  I imagine I will be exhausted at the end of the school day this week.  The first weeks are the hardest!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

Cheerful Daisy Birthday Card

 Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up Cheerful Daisies and Go To Greetings

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight

Paper: Gina K white, Stampin' Up: Mint Macaron and Country Gingham 6x6 DSP

Accessories: Stampin' Up Cheerful Daisies Dies and Frosted Flurry Dies, Pink Fresh 1/4 in. round blending brushes, Dimensionals

Hello Stampers!!  I'm sharing a card today that I made for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  It is their sketch number 600!!!  

For my card I started with the daisy.  After I die cut the pieces, I blended on some yellow ink for the the center of the daisy.  Next I adhered the DSP to my card base.  After this I arranged and adhered the daisy onto the DSP.  Then I stamped and die cut the sentiment.  I adhered it to the card with dimensionals.  For the inside of the card I adhered some DSP and added a sentiment.  I had an extra daisy cut out so I adhered that to the corner also.  And that completed my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri

Beautiful Season

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up Beautiful Season

Paper: Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive (inside) and Gina K Ivory

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black and Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler (inside)

Accessories: Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornament dies, Stampin' Up Timeworn Type embossing folder and Tasteful Labels Dies (inside), Offray Ribbon, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart punch (inside), 3/16 inch circle punch (inside), white gel pen (inside)

Hello Stampers!  I survived my week of inservice!!  We will start school next Wednesday with the kiddos!  Today's card is for the Featured Stamper challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  Here is the card that inspired my card:

For my card I stamped a bird image and die cut it using the ornament die cut.  Then I colored and blended with Gamsol to color the image.  I added texture to the ivory layer with an embossing folder.  To finish the card I adhered the layers together, and added a ribbon treatment. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

Happy Summer!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Happy Summer

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Gina K white, Stampin' Up basic black, and gingham from stash

Accessories: Copic markers and Stampin' Up Countryside Corners Dies

Hello Stampers!  I'm back with another card today!!  I made this card for two challenges: Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple: Picnic and Freshly Made Sketches.

For my card I started with the focal image.  I die cut a piece of white cardstock using the countryside corners die, added a picnic blanket, and then stamped and colored in the watermelon and ants. Then I added the strips at the top and bottom of the cardfront.  

Well I better start to wind down, 5:00 is going to come really fast tomorrow morning!! :(

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

 

Festive Christmas

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up Trucking Along, Cherish the Season (inside), and Endless Wishes (inside)

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Real Red and Pear Pizzazz

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up Pear Pizzazz and Real Red (inside)

Accessories: May Arts Twine, Stampin' Up Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Copic Markers

Hello Stampers!  It is my last day of Summer vacation...ugh!  I did have a lot of time in my scrapbook room this summer which I really enjoyed!  Now that school is starting there will be less time to stamp, and I will go back to being a weekend stamper.  Maybe as this busy time of year slows down a bit I will be able to stamp during the week.  Fingers crossed!  For my card today I used the Featured Stamper Sue's card as inspiration for my card:

For my card I changed it to a square card.  I stamped, colored, and fussy cut out the truck.  From there I worked on the focal panel.  I started by stamping the sentiment.   Then I partially embossed the top of the focal panel.  In order to ground the truck I added some twine and a twine bow.  Next I adhered the truck.  Then it was just adding some layers to complete the card.  For the inside I stamped the sentiment and then stamped a couple of snowflakes.  

Before I go I wanted to share about this new grip mat.  I recently picked it up at a scrapbook store and I was able to try it out this week.  This mat fits inside the regular size Misti tool, and it is wonderful.  The grip mat stays in place in your Misti because it has grip on both sides, and you don't have to use the magnets to keep your paper in place.  It simply adheres to the grip mat.  The paper does not move at all as you are stamping.  I was worried that the grip mat would be too sticky and warp the paper as I took it out, but that is not the case at all.  The paper comes off with ease.  

That's all for now, thanks for stopping by!!

Terri

Monster Mash

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsession Monster Mash

Paper: Gina K White, Stampin' Up Basic Black, and Jillibean Soup: Apple Cheddar Soup

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Copic Markers, Waffle Flower Nesting Circle Dies, Stampin' Up Deckled Circle Dies, and Deckle Scissors

Hello Stampers!  I'm here to share a card that I made for the Clean and Simple Challenge on Splitcoaststampers: Use orange, and the Free 4 All Challenge on Splitcoaststampers: Monsters Everywhere.  I started the card creating the circle.  I die cut the circle out of patterned paper, and then I used the deckle circle die to mat the circle in black.  Then I started on the monster.  I stamped and colored in the monster.  I matted the focal image with black and broke out the deckle scissors to create the deckle edge.  For the inside I stamped the sentiment and matted it with black that I edged with deckle scissors.  

That's all for now, thanks for stopping by!!

Terri

Wicked Halloween

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up Happy Scenes and Wonderfully Wicked

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Distress Inks: Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed

Paper: Gina K White and Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Stampin' Up Brick and Mortar embossing folder, Hearth and Home Framelits Dies and Trio of Tags Dies, Pickett Fences blending brushes

Hello Stampers!  Today's Ways to Use It challenge on Splitcoaststampers is black cats.  One of the cutest cat stamps I have is from the Stampin' Up Wonderfully Wicked stamp sets, and that is where I started with this card.  I die cut the window frame and put a pieces of paper behind it.  I traced the inside of the window frames so I knew where to stamp the cat and the spider web.  After I stamped these images and let them dry, I erased my pencil lines.  I put it behind the window and I felt like it needed some color.  I blended carved pumpkin into mustard seed to add a glow to the inside of the house.  I adhered the two pieces together and then I went on to the window box.  I die cut some little jack o lanterns and adhered them to the back of the window box, and then I adhered the window box to the window.  Then for the background I embossed it with the brick and mortar embossing folder.  To finish the card I stamped a sentiment and black cat on the inside of the card, and I had a few extra jack o lanterns and adhered them around the sentiment.  And that completes my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri

Sunflower Birthday Wishes

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Birthday Wishes

Paper: Gina K white and Stampin' Up Basic Black

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Stampin' Up: Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Accessories: Stampin' Up Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks, Studio Katia: Majestic Confetti, Pickett Fence blending brushes, SSS stamp and stencil mat

Hello Stampers!  I am sharing a card that I made for the Freshly Made Sketches Sketch of the Week:

I started my card by stenciling on the sunflowers.  This was my first time using a multi layer stencil.  I enjoyed it, I like the dimension you can create without having to color the image.  After I was done stenciling I found a birthday wishes stamp set that I could put in the middle of the sketch.  For the inside I stenciled another sunflower and stamped a greeting.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

Farm Fresh

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up Trucking Along

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Seaside Spray

Paper: Gina K white, Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie, and Pebbles Spring Fling 6x6 paper pad

Accessories: Copic markers, Silhouette Studio pumpkins, May Arts Twine, Pickett Fence Blending Brush

Hello Stampers!  I'm back with a card I made for the Free 4 All challenge on Splitcoaststampers:  On the Farm.  I went with the theme of a pumpkin farm.  I started with the truck.  I stamped, colored, and cut it out.  Then I decided I needed some pumpkins for the back of the truck, so I went on Silhouette Studio and I had some pumpkins that I could use.  I added some detail to the pumpkins with a Copic marker.  Then I cut out my focal panel and stamped the sentiment, and did some ink blending for the sky.  On top of the sky I stamped and fussy cut the clouds.  Next I added some May Arts twine, and adhered the truck.  To finish the card I added some layers and adhered them to the card base 4.25 x 4.25.  For the inside I die cut some larger pumpkins an added a strip of the gingham brown paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

Celebrate

Supplies:

Stamps: American Crafts (Ice Cream Cone) Honey Bee: Birthday Wishes (inside)

Paper: Gina K white, Stampin' Up: Cherry On Top 6x6 DSP, Watermelon Wonder, Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay, Bazzill Vellum

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and VersaFine Claire Nocturne

Accessories: Martha Stewart Ice Cream Punch, Stampin' Up Twine, Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Celebrate die cut (unknown), Dare 2B Artzy: Rectangle Framelits, Waffle Flower A2 Layers Die

Hello Stampers!  I made this card for the Free 4 All challenge on Splitcoaststampers: Let's Chill.  I chose to use an ice cream cone as an example of a way to cool down in the summer.  I wanted to create a twist cone, but I couldn't find a nice shade of brown with my Copic markers.  So I got out my colored pencils and I was able to find the colors I was looking for.  I colored my image with colored pencils and blended them with Gamsol.  Then it was a matter of figuring out the layers.  I started by die cutting the ice cream cone, and matting it was a vellum layer.  Then found a patterned paper and matted it with Bermuda Bay and adhered this to my card base.  To finish the card I die cut and adhered the word celebrate, and added a twine bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

Sunny Thoughts

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up Trucking Along

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gina K Kraft, VersaMark

Paper: Gina K White and Kraft, Stampin' Up Basic Black

Accessories: Stampin' Up Trucking Along Builder Punch, Stitched Circle Die, Loose Daisy Embellishments, Dimensionals, Concord and 9th Quilted Card Front Die, Copic Markers, Brutus Monroe Alabaster White embossing powder

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for the Clean and Simple challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  The theme for the challenge is to follow the directions, use one circle and one rectangle and keep it CAS.  Challenge accepted! :) For my card I started by stamping, punching out, and coloring my truck.  Then I added some flowers in the truck bed.  I decided to use my circle for the focal image, so I die cut the stitched circle.  I stamped the ground for the truck on the circle, and then adhered my truck to the circle.  For the rectangle I made a long skinny one for my sentiment.  After laying the pieces on a white card front I decided I needed some color.  So I cut out a kraft card base and die cut the card front.  From here I could adhere my circle and then pop up the sentiment.  I still was feeling like something was missing so I stamped and fussy cut the clouds and adhered them to the card.  For the inside I left it blank because this card could be a birthday or thinking of you card.  I stamped and colored the truck in the bottom corner and that completed my card.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

Happy Birthday

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up: It's Your Birthday, Anthony's Paper Craft: Thinking of You (inside)

Paper: Gina K White and DCWV Metallics Mat Stack (copper)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Spellbinders Cattails Die, Stampin' Up Nature's Thoughts Dies, 1 3/8 in circle punch, 1 1/2 inch circle punch, Dimensionals, May Arts twine

Hello Stampers!  It is Featured Stamper Sunday!  Today's Featured Stamper is Cindy and this is the card I chose from her gallery to CASE.

For my card I die cut the cattails in copper cardstock and adhered it to the decorative rectangle.  (If you have this Spellbinders die cut I would recommend adding a layer of wax paper then your cardstock when you die cut it.  The die pops right out compared to just using cardstock.)  For the strip of paper going across the bottom of the card, I used twine instead.  For the sentiment I used circle elements like she did, but I put them at the top instead.  

Thank you so much for stopping by!  

Terri

Festive Christmas

 Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up Trucking Along and Cherish the Season (inside)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Stampin' Up Seaside Spray, Sahara Sand, and Old Olive

Paper: Gina K white, Stampin' Up Old Olive and Basic Black

Accessories: Copic Markers, Titanium White Acrylic Ink, Stampin' Up Evergreen Border Punch and Trucking Along Builder Punch, Pickett Fence Blending Brush, My Favorite Things: Stitched Fishtail Sentiment die cut, Stampin' Up Linen Thread and Dimensionals, and White gel pen

Hello Stampers!  Today's card is for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  Here is the Inspiration Picture that I found:

For my card I started with the red truck.  I stamped and colored in the red truck and then punched it out.  Next I stamped the tree for the back of the truck and fussy cut it out and adhered it to the truck.  From here I decided to cut out my focal panel.  I stamped the ground under the truck with sahara sand ink.  Then I punched out the Evergreen Tree border punch and added snow with a white gel pen.  I figured out where I was going to put the evergreens and made a mark on the focal panel.  I did this so I knew where to stop blending the sky.  After the sky was blended I used the acrylic paint and a bit of water mixed together and flicked on some snow (I masked off the bottom of the card when I did this.) Next I worked on the sentiment.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment strip, and I added some twine with a bitty bow.  To finish the card I adhered it altogether.  

That's all for now!!  Thanks for stopping by!!

Terri

Graceful Snowflake

Supplies: 

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings

Ink: Stampin' Up Petal Pink

Paper: Gina K white and Stampin' Up Petal Pink

Accessories: Gina K Stencil Graceful Snowflake, Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings Dies, Honey Bee Clear Gem Stickers, Stampin' Up Bitty Banners Framelits, Pickett Fence Blending Brush

Hello Stampers!  Todays card is for the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  Here is a picture of the sketch:

For my card I started by deciding to make a pink card.  My sister has been requesting that I make her a pink Christmas card.  So here it is!  I love the color petal pink so I started by blending on the snowflake using the graceful snowflake stencil.  This stencil is so dainty I just love it!  Then it was on to the sentiment I stamped and die cut this sentiment, and die cut a few layers to pop the sentiment up a bit.  For the elements in the upper left hand corner I die cut some itty bitty banners and added a gem to them.  To complete the card I added some gem stickers and adhered my layers together.  For the inside I stenciled the graceful snowflake again and stamped a sentiment.

That's all for now, thanks for stopping by!!

Terri