Holiday Stamp a stack door prizes 2008

THese were done again for the holiday stamp a stack I hosted this weekend. We raffled of one each session. The last frame I did for a craft fair I'm doing this coming weekend. I made extras of the others too. I used Ski slope Designer paper on all of them. Stamps used were holiday classics, to you and yours. Other paper used was riding hood red,( one of Stampin ups incolors for the year) Accessories: Ridinghood red taffeta ribbon, baja stripped ribbon, old olive 5/8 grosgrain ribbon, chocolate satin ribbon, white taffeta ribbon, silver cording, due drops, cuttlebug dots template, dazzeling diamonds, bigshot diecut words, snowflake diecut. I thinkI covered everything. Thanks for stopping by. Terry

snowflake foam favors

These were favors for the holiday Stamp a stack I just hosted this past weekend. We used Stampin ups new snowflake diecut and glittered them up and added silver cording to make them an ornament.
Fun and easy. We made about 36. We used spray adhesive to make it go even quicker. TFL Terry

My Holiday Stamp a Stack cards

I hosted a Holiday Stamp a Stack this past weekend. I hosted it with my upline friend and this year it was at my house so I designed two and she designed 3. We did 5 sets of 4 each. The card above I designed using the new Bigshot die and you can find it here We used Daubers with craft white behind the snowflake. The size of the card was different too, it measures 3 1/4 by 5 1/2. I bought the envelope from the dollar store but they sell them at Staples too. The snowflake is White foam. Fun!! We also used stampin up's glue stick to stick the foam to the card then we went over the snowflake with the glue and sprinkled it with some bling(dazzeling diamonds). I used the white taffeta ribbon and the ski slope designer paper from stampin ups holiday mini. The sentiment is from the to you and yours holiday set from stampin up. TFL
This card above was one that I designed. I got the cuttlebug dot idea from Rainy from splitcoast. She used lovely as a tree . THe house set is called to you and yours and it's in stampin ups main idea catalog. I was so excited to use basic grey in a christmas card. I used Basic Grey for both Paper and Ink. I put it with stampin ups in color for the year called Riding Hood Red. Again I used it for both INK and Paper. I used Whisper white card stock and for accessories I used the cuttlebug dots template for snow. Lastly the ribbon is the taffeta Riding Hood Red.

Coming up soon. I'll be uploading the door prizes( Hoiliday decorated Frames) I made for the door prizes. THe Stamp a stack was a success. It was a long two days but fun all the same. THanks for stopping by. Terry

Merry Match

Here's my Virson of the Memory game. I saw someone last year do a Monster Match Memory game and when I saw this hostess set I couldn't resist doing one. I thought naming it Merry Match would be a fun name for it. I'm doing a craft fair and I made this plus to sell. I bought the tin at a local store that was going out of business. I got them for 27 cents each. bargin right. I hope anyway. This was really fun to make and I did five sets throughout one day. Sorry for the top picture and not being able to see the bottom part of the tin but I had a hard time not getting a shadow in the picture.

I hope you like. TFL~ Terry

My Recipe:
Paper: Kiwi kiss, Holiday Designer paper, Whisper white, Baja Blue,

Ink: Red Robin, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Blue, close to cocoa,

Accessories: Liquid Aplique, Tin, Scallop punches, circle punches, xyron, white gel pen, Red grosgrain ribbon

Back from Disney

I'm Home!!!! We had a Great time. I have tons of pictures to go through but I do have some to share. I'm off from work this week too and it's going so fast. I'm preparing for a holiday Stamp a stack I'm hosting and I'm also making 25 christmas cards for a donation for a silent auction my DD's School is hosting. Plus I'm doing a craft fair the weekend after Thanksgiving. My brain has been all over the place so I've been stamping but nothing to upload yet.

I had a ton of fun but It's great to be home.
Up pic is of the children the first day at breakfast.


THis is my whole family that went. My Sisters and mine. We called it the CESMEHART's DISNEY VACATION. THis is at Epcot if you haven't guessed.

My Sister and I at Breakfast with Mickey and friends. Mini is so pretty isn't she.

Here's my husband Todd, Alexandra, my Daughter and myself the first day at the Magic Kingdom.

This was at Epcot at cartoon town I think.

On a sadder note when I got home and checked my e-mail I got some very sad news about a fellow stamper friend of mine. I want to post what I wrote in the splitcoaststamper forum.

Here's what I wrote:

Originally Posted by TERRORE3

Special card thoughts needed for a SCS friend. Hello Everybody,.

The unthinkable has happened to my personal SCS friend. Nancy H lost her son this past week. He was killed in a robbery in his home. They believe it was related to a gang initiation and totally random. I'm so saddened and as a mom myself I can't even imagine the pain she and her family have been facing.

Nancy is an avid Stamper. She is one of my upline Demonstrators. She hosts all our meetings and is so generous with everything. She always willing to help. She's been on a stampin up cruise and goes to the conventions and regionals alot. She loves making cards and I'm asking if it's in your heart to do, please send her a thinking of you card. I know it'll be a long time before she'll have a good smile on her face but I wanted to do something to make her feel good about herself. I know she'll be very honored to have the cards and display everything like she always does.

If you are interested please pm me for her address. Thank you in advance~
Terry AKA Terrore3

Thank you for stopping by If anyone sees this and wants to send Nancy a card you can e-mail me for her address. My address is on the right side of my blog. :) Hugs~ Terry

Going to Disney!!!

Well I'm Off to a well needed Disney trip tomorrow. I can't wait, It's been a very long time since we've gone on a real vacation. My Sisters family is coming too so my daughter will have a blast I'm sure having all her cousins around . Well I have get finishing packing so I'll catch up with you all when I get back. Have a great week stamping for me.

hugs Terry

Saturdays Ic151

Steph what fun choices for the ic151. Can you guess which inspiration piece I did?


My Recipe:

Stamps: Friendship Blooms

Ink: Brown Stazon, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose

Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Paper Prints DP,

Accessories: 7/8" So Saffron Poly-Twill Ribbon, Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Cuttlebug swirl template, Pretties Pearl, Pink Liquid Pearl,

Technique: Stamping on Ribbon

Thanks For Looking Terry

Quick gift cards covers for customer

These are gift card holders I made up for a customer. She'll be making something herself and wanted ideas. these can be changed easy to fit what she has to work with.

I'll be back later with the recipe. I've got to run for now. Thanks for looking. Terry

WOW two ic150 cards

Wow I looked at the challenge on splitcoaststampers today and came up with two ideas. They were quick cards to make too. They are the ic150 for today. I bet you can you pick which two I did.

My Recipe:

Stamps: bottom card: Always, Friendship flowers, the top card I used close to my heart stamps.

Ink: Bottom card: Groovy guava, kiwi kiss, Brown stazon. Top card: Tangy Tangerine and Brown stazon

Paper: Bottom card I used Groovy guava, Shimmery white. Top card I used fabrianos.

Accessories: Bottpm I used Orange stickles, Striped ribbon from Michaels. Top I used Copper cording and Vanilla taffeta ribbon .

Have a Great Day. Thanks for stopping by Terry

Birthday Cupcake for my sister

I hate that My stamping is few and far between. There has been some big adjustments for me. I'm working and I haven't worked in about 10 years. It's only 3 hrs a day but it's right smack in the middle of the day. I take my daughter to school and get a few things around the house done then it's time to leave and then when I get home My brain is too tired. Hopefully I'll adjust and I'll find more time. This card is for my Sister's Birthday. I love this cupcake from Visual Verve
TFL

My recipe is: Stamps: Cupcake affair, Happy everything

Paper: Pale plum, Shimmery white, Urban Garden DP.

Accessories: Liquid pearl, Wite wide organdy ribbon, Large Scallop punch

Ink: White craft, Lavendar lace, perfect plum,

Todays Ic148 On splitcoaststampers

This is for todays Ic148.
I was so thrilled to make stamping time today. It's been a while. I hope you all like. Here's the inspiration piece I picked. There were three choices.
I did a bookmarker to match. I've decided to send these to a dear friend for her birthday. TFL

Me? the Featured Stamper

WOw !!! I was named the fs86 yesterday on www.splitcoaststampers.com. Here's the gallery of all the Beauty's made. What a fun surprise to wake up to. Thank you Beth. I'm very Honored. I didn't get to play myself because I wasn't home most of the day but I wanted to thank everyone who did. I will do my best to comment on all of the Beauty that was made. Here are two beauties that got sent to me. One is from Mothermark
The other is one is from jovialjudi
They both are Terrific, be sure to check them out.

Thank You again~ Hugs ~ Terry

Slate Project for customer

Whew, I'm done.
This took a while but I'm thrilled with the out come. This is only the second time I've ever stamped on slate and this time it worked out a ton better. This time I sealed the slate with a clear finish then I painted it with an ivory acrylic paint. I still have to write the customers name on it and it's still needs to dry more. I used craft ink to stamp and colored the flowers in using a blender pen believe it or not. The blender pen worked Great. TFL

Stamps: live your dream, sunflower from michaels, Eastern Influences,

Paper: none

Ink: craft and acrylic

Accessories: blender pens, slate, clear sealer,

Techniques: stamping on slate,

Yeah I got to do the ic144

It's a day later then I wanted but I was just thrilled I found time. I did this for the ic144.

My inspired picture was the top left picture. I borrowed this cute little owl from my sister and I had the background behind him from an expo I went to last year. Also I went with blush blossom just because I thought it flowed with the owl color. I got to use my new scallop punch from stampin up too. LOVE IT!!!! If you look close you'll see that I went over the eyes with a gel glaze pen to give them an embossed look. (It's hard to tell though at first. I used the dots template for the bg layer. It went with the owls eyes. I colored the owl using creamy caramel and blush blossom. The picture is soft and I wanted to keep my card soft too. This will be great to give someone for any kind of accomplishment. It would even be good for a new welcome card for a baby girl.

it was so nice to stamp again. I currently working on a custom slate piece. I really want to get to the featured stamper challenge today. Thak s for stopping by.

Terry

I'm still around

Hi Everyone,

I'm still around!!!

It's been a while since I posted and I just wanted to check in and let everybody know I'll be back stamping soon. Schools in and I'm thrilled. It was a great summer but I love routine like I'm sure most of us do so getting back into school will be great. Oh and I started a New Job too so I haven't been able to stamp anything lately. It's been 11 years since I've worked a real job so it's taking a little time for me to fit in the extras. (Like stamping) but I will so don't worry. (I'm addicted).

See you soon
Terry

Verve cupcake for DD's friend

Good morning!! I'm still playing and having fun with my new Verve Stamps. This is for my Daughters friend. Party is today at noon so I had to be quick. Which is hard for me. Thanks for stopping by have a great holiday weekend.

My Recipe:

Stamps: Verve, Noteworthy from stampin up

Ink: pretty in pink, only orange, chocolate chip white craft put on with a dauber over pink for frosting look.

Paper : Whisper white

Accessories: Liquid pearl, Ribbon from Michaels, cuttlebug happy birthday template

Technique: Daubing, dry embossing

sympathy for a friends family

I always get sad when I have to make these kind of cards but if you have to make them using these Verve stamp sets it'll work great. The Cross is the prettiest I've seen around. I just got a bunch of Julee's stamps. I'm looking forward to playing with them. This card is made from two of the Verve sets. ! is called Note of Prayer and the other is called Artful Elegance. You can find them here if you want to buy some for yourself.

This card got started because of the ic142 and this is the one it's based on. I changed the blue though to the sage because Verve sent me the pretty ribbon for an order thank you. How nice was that. My inspiration was the color and the the scroll leaves. I didn't use leaves but it's similar in my eyes.




My Recipe:

Stamps: Verve stamps

ink: Brown Stazon, chocolate chip, whisper white

Paper: Chocolate chip, whisper white ancestory designer papr,

Accessories: Scallop square punch, Verve satin ribbon, dew drops
ticket corner punch.


Have a great Sunday everybody
Terry

Inspiration challenge thank you

Today I've been wanting to stamp all day. I wanted to make a teacher at my daughters school a thank you. She did something really nice for me. Also she's getting married this may and told me she loves hearts and roses. I'm thinking of making a bunch more for her to be able to write out on her own for thank yous. She also has been tutoring my daughter this summer so I've started thinking of what to give her at the end. This may be the ticket.

This also fits as todays ic141.
which picture below, do you think I picked as my inspiration?



My birthday is tomorrow so I hope to check in again Monday.
Thanks for stopping by. Terry

My Recipe:

Stamps: Always

ink: Stazon red

Paper: Whisper white and Bella Rose designer paper from stampin up.

Accessories: organdy red dotted ribbon from Michaels, dots template fro cuttlebug, liquid pearl for the center of the flowers in the heart.

Technique: dry embossing

Blog Award

Blog Award...

Today I had a pleasant surprise when I got on my blog. I found out I was awarded a Blog Award from Dawn Mercedes Amusing Musings & Things . This week has been the best. Thank you Dawn for Brightening my day!!!



RULES:
I have to pick 7 of my favorite blogs and…
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog
2. Link the person you received your award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.


So here I go:
#1 The karma Garage
I love vals blog because I get to hear her Sing and she has some insightful posts.

#2 Ashleys creative corner
I always enjoy browsing Ashleys Blog. she's so very talented

#3 Chick n scratch
This lady always has a ton of Tutorials and I have gotten so many ideas from her. You're A great Talent.


#4 Just give me stamps
Is an amazing talent.

# 5 Freckled fun
is fun and talented.

#6 Mothers little Helper
A talented lady

and # 7 is: can you say addicted to stamps
YES!!! I'm right there with you Jessica. You're a super talent.

Thanks for stopping by have a great day!!

I can't believe I went through with it

I can't believe I got a tattoo!! I'm turning 41 next Sunday and I wanted to do something totally out of character and unpredicable for me. I'm really conservative with everything usually. I do need to blame my dear friend Susan though. She got the idea rolling. Okay okay Don't laugh!!! My face totally gives my pain away. It did hurt but it only took 15minutes to do.

I did design it myself. I omitted the center of this kind thoughts stamp then added the flower that's with the set. I originally had just the stem as the flower going down but I wanted to put my daughters name in the design so when I went to the tattoo place Mr Billy redrew my picture with my daughters name in. He was amazing. A very talented man.

I'm still as sweet as I've always been and I won't be getting another. So don't worry. One in a life time is plenty for me. It's been 2 days and I still like looking at it and it's in a spot that can be covered easy and shouldn't bother anybody. My husband didn't mind either way which surprised me. He liked that I designed it. My parents think I'm crazy but I think I'm definitely less predicable. Thanks for stopping by. Terry