Happy Easter

Supplies: Stamps: Lawn Fawn Eggstra Special Easter and Happy Everything  Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Distress Ink tumbled glass Paper: Gina K heavy base weight white Accessories:  Copic markers, dimensionals, masking paper, blending brush, My Favorite Things square peek a boo window

Hello Stampers!  Today the Clean and Simple challenge on Splitcoaststampers is the theme: Think Spring.  So I made an Easter card.  The die cut makes this card easy to make!  I cut a panel of white card stock and die cut the peek a boo window.  Then I set the panel on top of the card base and traced the window gently with a pencil.  This helped me know where to stamp the bunny.  After this I erased the pencil marks, colored in the bunny, masked it off, and blended in some tumbled glass for the sky.  To finish the card I stamped the sentiment on the die cut panel and used dimensionals to pop it up.

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

Terri

Warm Wishes

Supplies: Stamps: SU Winter Wishes Paper: Tim Holtz watercolor paper, Gina K heavy base weight white Ink: Distress Inks: dusty concord, worn lipstick, and tattered rose  Accessories: SU winter wonder embossing folder and sequins

Hello Stampers!  This week's Featured Stamper on Splitcoaststampers is Anna-Karin.  She does a lot of fun techniques!  So I was a bit intimidated because inky techniques often end up in the garbage when I try them.  When I saw this card:

I thought I could try some ink smooshing, but use an embossing folder instead of acetate.  So I used the same color distress inks and inked up my folder.  Then I sprayed it with water.  I used a paint brush to soften the lines of the ink cubes, and ran it through my die cut machine.  I think it turned out OK.  To finish the card I trimmed the focal panel so I could have a white frame, added a sentiment strip, and added some sequins.  

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

Terri

Double Gate Fold Card

Supplies: Stamps:  Gina K Sketched Wreath Builder Stamp Set Ink: SU old olive Paper: old olive, white, SU Delightful Daisy DSP Accessories: 2 inch and 2 1/4 inch circle punches, linen thread, dimensionals

Hello Stampers! On Splitcoaststampers there is a sketch challenge today.  Here is a picture of it:

And since it is the second Wednesday of the month it is a double dare, to have you try the Double Gate Fold Card.  So I went for the double dare and tried this fun fold card.  I have been thinking Spring with this burst of nice weather here, so I got out my Delightful Daisy DSP and looked for a pattern that would work well for this challenge.  I went with the daisies, and I love on the front how it has a daisy on each side of the flap.  It looks like they are framing my sentiment.  I couldn't have planned for that to happen, I lucked out!  This was a fun and pretty easy fun fold card, I'm glad I tried it out.  It's really all about the paper with this one.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri

Relax, it's your day!

Supplies: Stamps: Amuse Relax it's your day Paper: sandpaper, ColorMates medium terrific teal, Gina K heavy and layering weight white Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Distress Ink tumbled glass Accessories: SU layering squares framelits dies, SU seasonal layers thinlits dies, Lawn Fawn stitched rectangles, blending brush, stamp a ma jig

Hello Stampers!  Today brings us the featured stamper challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  The featured stamper this week is Kim.  This is the card I chose to CASE.

To make the card I started with a white card base.  Then I adhered the teal layer and stitched white layer to the card base.  For the focal image I die cut the Adirondack chair in white.  Then I die cut the white square, and added some torn sandpaper to the bottom of the square.  For the sky I used a blending brush to add some color for the sky.  Then I was able to adhere the Adirondack chair to the the square piece.  I used liquid adhesive for the bottom of the chair and dimensionals to adhere the top of the chair, because the sandpaper added some dimension to the chair.  Then I die cut the scalloped square and adhered my focal image to it.  To finish the card I stamped my sentiment using a stamp a ma jig.  This was a fun card to make I just love that Adirondack chair die cut!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri

Buzzing By To Say Hi

Supplies: Stamps: Whipper Snapper garden buzz, Great Impressions sentiment Paper: SU Melon Mambo and Gina K layering weight white Ink: Memento tuxedo black Accessories: Offray ribbon, Copic markers, Spellbinders rectangle nestabilities, Stampin Up layering circle framelits, Simon Says Stamp detail petal plate, 1 3/4 inch circle punch, sequins

Hello Stampers!  Today on Splitcoaststampers it is the sketch challenge. Here is a picture of the sketch.

To make this card I started with a melon mambo card base.  The next layer I used the detail petal plate to add some texture to the background.  For the focal image I stamped, colored, and die cut the image, and matted it in melon mambo.  I stamped another bee from the image, colored it, cut it out, and popped it up with a mini dimensional on the focal image.  Next I added some ribbon, and then it was onto the sentiment.  I stamped it on white cardstock, punched it out with the 1 3/4 inch circle punch, and matted it with one of the circles from the Stampin' Up layering circle framelits.  To finish the card I adhered all of the layers together.

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri 

Exciting News!

Hello Stampers!!  I have been keeping a secret for a few weeks, and I am so excited to share my news!  I have been selected to be one of the Dirty Girls over at Splitcoaststampers!!!!  I am over the moon excited to be a part of this wonderful group of crafters!!

 Supplies: Stamps: Stampendous Holy Family Ink: VersaMark Paper: Park Lane gold foil and Gina K heavy base weight ivory Accesories: Hero Arts Infinity oval dies, Memory Box Pinpoint Snowflake Plate, Stampin Up Wonder of the Season ribbon combo pack, gold embossing powder

This week Gem is the featured stamper over at Splitcoaststampers.  I found this card in her gallery to CASE.

I loved all of the piercing on her card, so I used the Memory Box Pinpoint Snowflake Plate to add piercing to my background.  I changed the orientation of the card to be a top folding card.  For the focal image I also used an oval frame.  I used gold accents to mat the focal image and added some gold cording at the bottom of the card.  My supply of Christmas cards is getting pretty big, soon I will be done!!  That would be a record for me to be done so early with my Christmas cards!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Terri

Happy Halloween

Supplies: Stamps: Memory Box Paper: Paper Cut pewter, Gina K black onyx and white layering weight Ink: Memento tuxedo black Accessories: Quickutz spider and web, Doodlebug gray and white twine

Hello Stampers!  Today is the sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  Here is a picture of the sketch:

I thought of a spider web when I saw the corner circle on this sketch, so I made a Halloween card.  I die cut the spider and web and adhered them to the grey background.  Then I used my piercing tool to make holes for the twine.  Lastly, I stamped my sentiment and popped up the grey panel on the black card base.  Easy peasy!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri