TJE ~ cc159 on splitcoaststampers

Here's todays Color challenge on splitcoaststampers and if you're wondering what the A stands for it's my moms first name Alice. I was in such a mood to play with my ribbon too. Do you like? I went crazy with the black gingham, just a little. I had it going all sorts of ways. so fun!! I really wanted to make my Mom a Monogrammed Mothers Day card. I Loved using these colors. I don't have Basic Grey paper so I used basic black. Also I took my white craft ink over the CB tamplate to make it stand out more.

Here's the color challenge info.

My Recipe:

Stamps: Lovely letters alphabet, The happy mothers day is from All Holidays

Paper: Soft Sky, Whisper White and Basic Black all from Stampin up

Ink: Basic Black, soft sky all from Stampin up

Accessories: Black gingham ribbon, soft sky stitched ribbon, scallop punch, bothe the 1 1/4 & 1 gem brads all Stampin up 3/4 circle punches, white gel pen, , Textile CB template.

Technique: Dry embossing, Monogramming, omitting color.

Have a great day!! TFL~

Some note book spicing up!!

Here are two fun note books w/pen that I bought at Michaels. They were just a plain front w/no frills at all. I jazed them up with my two Easter sets from Stampin up. the top one is called a good egg (too cute). I just got that one and the bunny one is called bunny hugs It's from one of last years mini catalogs. I love them both. check out http://www.stampinup.com/ for the a good egg set. it's available now. The bunny hugs one is sorry to say retired.

My Recipes:

Stamps: A Good Egg
Inks: so saffron, yoyo yellow, green stazon
Paper:The Dp is from Last years Stampin up, whisper white and old olive
Accessories: oval scallop punch by Mauvy,
so saffron brad, crystal stickles,
Stamps: Bunny hugs
Inks: Green stazon, bareley banana, orchid opulence. everything is SU.
Paper : ? I've had it a while sorry. I think it's from SU but definitily retired.
Accessories: soft subtles green brad, oval punch by mauvy. snipped off petal for flower but used flower punch from Stampin up. and lastly I used stickles on her tail. Got to love Bling!!!!
Thanks for looking. It always amazes me how you can take a dull object and spice it up to be so fun. If I have time I may try to make up some more for my Daughters class at school.

Brag book and Journal for a moms night out

Good Morning!!! I had such a productive weekend. I'm gearing up for a moms night out this Friday. I'm going as a Vendor and I've been a busy bee preparing. The two projects above I plan to use at the event.

#1 is a Journal I bought at Michaels dollar spot and I'm going to be using it to have people sign in when they stop by my table. I also have a clear jar full of jelly beans that I'll have them wright their guess down on the journal too.

#2 is a matching Photo Album that I'll display my custom design photos in. It'll sit right next to the Journal. That's why I decided to make them match. The E stands for Earhart in Earhart Designs. Looks like I'm getting close to being ready. Here's the Tutorial on how to make the clear envelope brag book. TFL

My Recipe:

Stamps:Stampin up's Lovely letters Alphabet,

Inks: Garden Green SU marker for the leaves, Brown Stazon

Paper: DP is from SU afternoon Tea 12x12 http://www.stampinup.com/

Whisper white, garden green, groovy guava

Accessories: Su's gem brads, Groovy Guava stitched ribbon, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, white organdy su retired ribbon. white gel pen for around the scallop circle,

Technique: Brag book, journal

ic118 on splitcoaststampers

THis is for the inspiration challenge ic118 on splitcoaststampers. My fave of all the challenges. THis is a front of an address book. I needed to make something to add for a door prize I'm donating and I got inspired from todays challenge right away. The swirls in Barouque Motifis. The style from that set fits I think anyway. Where I got the blue I'm not sure. I just wanted to add a slash of it. TFL

My Recipe:

Stamps: Barouque Motifs,

Paper: dp courtyard flowers is from scrapbook walls, chocolate chip, whisper white, certainly celery.

Ink: Chocolate chip, White Craft, bashful blue,

Accessories: The green ribbon is Fairytale from Stampin up, Chocolate chip is from SU but it's retired. Both oval punches from SU, the scallop circle from SU, eraser and stick pin to pierce around the scallop edges, and the lovely liquid pearl for the center of the flowers. I got the address book from http://www.stamponthis.com/

Believe it or not but this picture is only a half mile from my house. It's the bridge that leads from Frenchtown Nj to Pa. It's such a pretty place to live. I cross it often as my parents live about 20mins down the delaware river I just came accross this and wanted to share. enjoy the view and TFL~

For my Daughters Coahes

I was approched by my Daughers Basket ball team to make the cards for the Coaches. I decided to do the cards just a little different from eachother. The one looks like the man in the dp (designer paper) is dribbling and the other looks like the basket ball is going into the net. That's what I was my hoping for anyway. I don't have a basket ball stamp(image that) I've always borrowed my sisters in the past so I used my cuttlebug dry emboss folder called bubbles. I ran the cardstock through my big shot(diecut machine) and punched out a circle then drew the lines on with my stampin up black marker. What do you think? TFL~

My Recipe:

Stamps: Stampin up's sellebration set called lots of thoughts. You can see the mini catalog in my side bar.
Paper: I got the designer paper from a store in PA called http://www.memorylaneink.com/ I'll get back with the exact name of the paper. I need to locate some in my pile. I made these a week ago, Pumpkin pie SU, basic black su,
Ink: stampin up's Black marker, black stazon.
Accessories: bigshot, cuttlebug template called bubbles, 1 3/4 SU's circle punch, black brads from SU, black grosgrain ribbon from SU
Texhnique: Dry embossing

More 40th birthday gifts

Oh how I loved making these gifts. These are for my dear friend Val for her 40th birthday. It matches the Name Frame that's below. I always love giving these paper books so that guest can sign good wishes in them. It just has blank paper inside.

Here's the recipes:

stamps: Embrace life, tres chic, classic small numbers from SU retired,

Ink: Black Stazon, Really Rust,

Paper: So saffron, really rust, basic black, Dp, I'll get back with the name.

Accessories:

daisydspaper, Black grosgrain ribbon, Prima flowers, build a brad mixed with a brad accessory from Michaels, paper bag, crop a dial for the holes, Apricot appeal grosgrain and white organdy retired Su. TFL~

A frame for a friend

This frame was for a dear friend who turned 40. This was her gift. She had a big bash to Celebrate. She has a Yoga business above her garage and this is her business name. Dear Val once again, "Happy Birthday".

The story behind the felt swirls: Originally I bought a beautiful black felt scroll design. that would go accross the frame and when I went to use it, I took off the tape backing it stuck together and was ruined. I was so bummed but I decided to go back to the store and get another but not take off the tape backing this time. Needless to say, they were all out. Bummed again but just as I was leaving the woman at the counter mentioned trying the die cutting some black felt. I was able to buy the felt from them and use their die cut machine. Happy once again:) TFL~

My Recipe:

Stamps: The T is a retired stamp from Stampin up, Letterpress Alphabet is from Stampin up and it's also retired, The computer helped for the phrases I added (park your mind ~ drive your body ~ tune your spirit), Val found the OM, 3' and the buddha stamp at a store in NY.

Inks: Black Stazon, computer ink, really rust and so saffron from SU. creamy carmel marker to color in Buta

Paper: daisyds and I can't remember the name of the other DP with the yellow in it. I'll find out and add it, Basic Black SU, Very Vanilla SU, Really Rust SU.

Accessories: Felt die cut Swirls, Brads are Deja views from Michaels crafts, Big black frame is from Wal-mart, dimensionals.

Technique: Paper piecing and Die cutting

Ic117 on Splitcoaststampers

Happy Saturday everyone!!! I went to bed early and woke up early. I'm feeling pretty refreshed so far. I got up and looked at the Inspiration Challenge on splitcoaststampers and couldn't wait to play. This is what I came up with. I hope you like. TFL~

My Recipe:

Stamps: SU Sell-e-bration set Merci

Paper: SU Bashful Blue and Whisper White

Ink: SU Bashful Blue and Brown Stazon

Accessories: Stampin up's Scallop circle punch, slit punch for the scallop strip, double rectangle punch for the ribbon to go through, white gel pen, crystal stickles for the center of the butterfly, bashful blue marker

Technique: monochromatic coloring!

A Name Frame for me!!!

Well I finally did it!!!! I made a name frame for myself. I'm always so busy making things for others that I don't take the time to make myself things. I guess I can't say that anymore now huh.
I started doing more custom work too this year and with trying to get Earhart Designs going more I decided to do up some postcards to hand out. This frame will be on the front of my postcards.
I'm also involved with my daughters school PTA who's hosting a moms night out in March. They're having home business based moms come as vendors so I signed up and I'm going as Earhart Designs. I will showcase my name frame there too. TFL~

My Recipe:

The Frame is from Wal-Mart.

Stamps used: Letterpress alphabet from Stampin up, Barouque Motifs from Stampin up
Ink: River Rock SU, Tempting Turquoise SU, Black Stazon,
Paper: River Rock SU, Basic Black SU, Spring Silhouettes SU designer paper and Very Vanilla SU
Accessories: Prima flowers, flower brad is from http://www.dejaviews.com/, The charm letter D,
I bought from Joanns Crafts, large oval punch from SU, I used the computer to print out the word on the oval punch. The heart is from the Hodge Podge hardware SU, Black grosgrain ribbon, Theater ribbon from SU.

Thanks for looking!!

Check this out!!!

here's a video that I thought was hilarious. Believe it or not my mother in law sent this to me and I couldn't resist sharing it. I'm not totally there yet but things in here are starting that's for sure. Enjoy!!!!

Terry

What's a greeting card?

Hi Everyone, While I was lurking around splitcoaststampers today, I came accross this note on a thread. It was just a really cool read and reminded me why I love to create the cards in the first place.

Enjoy,

Just thought I’d share

What's a Greeting Card?Author Unknown.

It's a little piece of paper
That tells someone how you care;
It can be a ray of sunshine --
It can be a wish or prayer.
It can simply say, "I love you"
Or just say, "I understand"

It can be a little visit,
Or the clasp of someone's hand.
It can be a word of comfort
When somebody's heart is sad,
It can be a smile or chuckle
Making someone's heart feel glad.
It can keep folks close together
Even though they're far apart

It can show someone you're thankful
From the bottom of your heart.
It can travel any distance
In all kinds of weather, too.
And it has the "magic something"
That some "big things “never do.
Yes, it's just a piece of paper
And it costs no big amount,
But it proves that old, old saying;
It's the little things that count."

A combo challenge on splitcoaststampers

This was done for the color challenge154 today and I thought the colors would work perfect to do the technique challenge from yesterday. The tlc156 was to make This envelope pouch. Making this pouch was a blast. I have a workshop coming up and I just might work it into that as well.

My Recipe:

Stamps: Happy everything

Ink: Pumpkin pie, certainly celery, orchard opulence. Black was my neutral color

Paper: Whisper white, certainly celery

Accessories: White envelope, scran wrap for BG of envelope, Oval scallop punch from mauvy, grosgrain ribbon, primas, stickles and build a brad from Stampin up and last I used the computer for the easter letters. I couldn't find my small letter stamps.

Technique: Envelope pouch

TFL~Have a wonderful day

Featured Stamper # 54

This was for todays Featured stamper challenge on splitcoaststampers. This is a great challenge to do because you get to case an Awesome stamper. Todays FS was Betty aka gbedwright on splitcoaststampers. She has a wonderful talent and I really enjoyed going through her gallery. It was so hard to pick just one but that's all time would allow me today.

I just love this set. When I went looking through Betty's gallery I spotted her card right away. I really loved that she used this bird for a baby card and I will be sure to use it for that in the future. I didn't need a baby card so I changed it to be a birthday card. Other things I changed were the designer paper, the colors, the sentiment, the center strip and the flowers in the corners.

The Recipe:

Stamps: Stampin up's spring solitude and the birthday stamp is from SU's happy everything.

Ink: Stampin up's really rust, old olive, chocolate chip.

Paper: Really rust, very vanilla, chocolate chip basic grey perhaps.

Accessories: Su's spring 3 flower punch retired, paper ribbon in middle is from K&Company, oval punches from SU oval scallop punches are from muavy and the coluzzel lastly the 1/4 circle punch from SU.

Thanks for looking everyone have a great day.

ic115 on splitcoaststampers

This was for the IC115 challenge at splitcoaststampers. Here's the inspiration piece picture. My inspiration from the picture was to use the bird somehow and the colors. I added in the stripes too by adding ribbon.

I also want to welcome SmilynStef. She's our New Hostess with the mostess and I want to say so long to kthaman, I'll miss your wonderful picks for the challenge. Best of luck. The ic is one of my Favorite challenges of the week and I usually can't resist playing.

My Recipe:

Stamps: spring solitude with wheel to match from Stampin up, I used the weathered bg from stampin up to make the tree.

Ink: Chocolate chip I used for the tree and branch and the bg on the choc chip cs. really rust, garden green I used on the bird plus the garden green on the branch.. I used the garden green over the choc chip to make it look darker some., brown stazon was used for the sentiment because it's darker, brown micron marker for the line down the side of the tree, and last white craft for the bg.

Paper: Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla, Chocolate chip.

Accessories: brads from Miichaels crafts, chocolate chip thin grosgrain ribbon now retired from Stampin up and for the piercing I used an eraser with a stick pin. I used my fiskers score blade for the scored frame and the scoring along the bottom of the card, dotted ribbon is from michaels crafts too. I used my thin wheel for the bg and lastly I used my dimentionals to raise the picture up from the base.

Technique: paper piercing, scoring,

Thanks for looking everybody and have a great Saturday!! :)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know this isn't at all as good as Chocolate would be but I'm class mom for my DD and they are having a Valentines Breakfast party and I thought Fruit would work nicely. I almost dipped the strawberries in chocolate but our school passed this rule that if the first ingreadent is sugar then we can't have it at the school. Bummer huh. I know it's better for the kids but it's a hard rule to get used to. I'm glad my DD's teacher went with a Breakfast party .It did make it easier. Have a Great Day and TFL~

Well the the calm after the storm is here.

Well the the calm after the storm is here. I hosted an all Occasion Stamp A Stack this past week and things are very calm today. I still have some things to catch up on but I'm not feeling rushed and I think I might have come down from the natural high I was on.My SU upline Chrys and I hosted the SAS together. We really work very well together. We had 32 people come between the two sessions and we were definitily hopping both days. WHEW! We did 4 sets of 4 All Occasion cards. I Design two, one was an Adult Birthday and the other was a Thinking of you/Sympathy and Chrys Design two, hers were a Kids Birthday and a Thank you. There were a total of 16 cards made. Chrys did the favors. We did the pin wheels using the scallop punch and putting a peppermint patty in the middle and I did the door prizes which were coaster calendars. We put a red circle label on the bottom of 2 of the patties and whoever picked the favor with the red dot won the door prize. We raffled off 2 each session. Check out below for Pictures and more info on my creations for the SAS. Thanks for checking in. :)

Door Prizes from the Stamp A Stack I hosted

Here's the three door prize choices I did. It's a coaster calendar. I got the coasters form http://stamponthis.com/. For the one in the middle I took two square coasters and covered both sides with a piece of 4x4 Spring Silhouettes DP. I ran the Dp through my xyron to make them stick. I sanded the sides with my Stampin up sanding block. and used my crop-a-dial to make the holes for the ribbon to go through. I found the calendar info here: 2008 Calendar

Stamps: Embrace life

paper: Spring Silhouettes DP, Whisper White and computer white

Ink: Soft sky, Blue bayou and Black Stazon

Accessories: Blue bayou stripped ribbon, liquid Pearl, 2008 calendar, crop-a-dial, sanding block, staple, pop up glue dot, 4x4 square chipboard

Technique: Watercoloring, cutting, coaster calendar

For the one on the left:
Stamps: Time well spent.
Paper:Ginger Blossoms DP, whisper white CS, white computer paper
Ink: Grean Stazon for flowers, prisma pencils for flowers, ruby red for the heart on the calendar.
Accessories: Groovy Guava Stitched ribbon, pop up glue dots, 2008 calendar(see above), crop-a-dial, square 4x4 chipboard, sanding blocks
Technique:coaster calendar.

For the one on the right:
Stamps: Embrace life
Paper: Ginger Blossom DP
Ink: Green Stazon, Prisma pencils for the flower top, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon, Groovy Guava Stitched ribbon, 4x4 square chipboard, crop-a-dial, "2008 calendar(see above) and crystal effects over the flower to give it a raised look.
Technique: coaster calendar

Thanks for looking & have a Great Day

Stamp A Stack Cards

Here's a close up of the cake!!

These are the SAS Cards I designed. The first one is the Adult Birthday. I decided on making it a feminine card this time around. I used the Eat cake set from Stampin up and to make it look more Feminine I used the faux shaving cream technique on the cake part.
I got these instructions from Beth the host on splitcoaststampers. It was from the tlc110 we did a while back. Thank you Beth.
Here is how to do it:
Ink up a solid stamp, either with your brayer or just by tapping it on the ink pad. Take a small stamp (1/2" to 1") and touch it to the inked surface of the solid stamp and then twist. Repeat the touch and twist motion all over the solid stamp. "Huff" (breathe) on the solid stamp to remoisten the ink if necessary and then stamp it on your cardstock. The result is a beautiful mottled look.Variation: ink up the smaller stamp with a contrasting color before touching/twisting. This will introduce another color into the swirls. I also used the crystal effects, I made a line going through the center of the cake and put micro beads on the top. What a cool look. I was really pleased the way it turned out. lastly I want to tell you about the scoring I did too. I took the White piece and using my fiskers cutter. Using the scoring attachment I scored 1/4 inch all the way around the CS to make it look like a frame I then did my paper piercing in the corners. I also did the scoring on the bottom of the card. The lines are 1/4 inch apart.


The Second card is the Thinking of you one I did. This one is really an easy card to put together. I tapped off the leaves stamp and then stamped the flower on top. I watercolored in the flowers using the blender pen. to Make the vase, I took Stampin up large oval punch and after I punched out the oval I cut off the bottom of the oval to make it flat and then used the ticket punch on the top. Last I sponged all over it to give it a real look. I was really plesed with this one too..

Birthday wishes recipe:

Stamps: Eat Cake, sincere salutations.
paper: Groovy Guava, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper white.
Inks: Elegant Eggplant, Groovy Guava, White craft for the BG on the base part of the card.
Accessories: Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon, micro beads, crystal effects, dimensionals, Score blade from my fiskers cutter and a 1/8 circle punch.
Technique: Faux shaving cream, scoring and paper piercing.

Thinking of you recipe:

Stamps: Embrace Life( great set and I've used it a ton.), curvey verses
Paper: Very vanilla, chocolate chip, spring silhouettes DP,
Ink: Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Brown stazon.
Accessories: Chocolate chip grosgrain, liquid Pearl for flower centers, blender pen to watercolor in flowers, Large oval punch, ticket punch, Liquid pearl is from Jaann's Crafts
Technique: watercoloring, Vase making and sponging.

Thanks for looking & Have a Great Day