Birthday Wishes

I have been studying a certain blog by Andrea Ewen.  Her site is called Ewen Style   I love her vintage, girly, awesome cards.  The card I'll be showing you is one I cased from her.  You can find it on her Splitcoast Stampers gallery HERE  Of course, I changed it a bit, but kept the layout and a few of the embellishments.  Here is my card: (Click on any photo to see it larger)

 

Card Recipe:

Stamps:   Just Because by JustRite

Ink:           Pool Party, Soft Suede (SU)

Paper:      Attic Boutique DSP, Pool Party, White, Very Vanilla (SU)

Other:      Punches:  Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, Large Oval  (SU)

                 Daisy (MS), Heart Adorning Accents EF (SU)Ribbon for bow

                 (Offray), ribbon on front panel: Chantilly crochet trim (SU),

                 flowers by shabby chic, dimensionals, glue dots, scor pal

I see that I have lost another reader.  It makes me feel sad.  I understand though.  I know I have not been posting often, but I wish you would stick with me.  I would like to think that when I do post, that hopefully, it is worth the look.     

Blessings and thanks for sticking with me!

Terri          

Butterly Birthday

I was attempting to make a belated birthday card for my Sister-in-love, Julie.  I wasn't happy with the way it turned out, so, Julie.... this is not yours, lol!  Here is my card:

I was attempting to case a card from Ann Sheffer, aka Pickled Paper Designs  Here is a scanned copy of her card.  I couldn't find it on her blog and I searched page after page after page.  Sorry about the quality.

Now, you can see why I wasn't happy with mine, wah, wah, wah.  :)  I'll have to make a fresh start tomorrow on something new.  Sorry, Julie.  You're card us going to be a bit more late.

Blessings,
Terri

This Christmas Past

I know Christmas has come and gone, but I didn't get a chance to post the pictures of my cards.  I hope you don't mind if I do it now.  I only made two different designs.  Here is the first:

This is the card I made for my great nieces and nephews.  This is the card I made for the adults:

I made this card using a tutorial by Sandy MacIver.  You can find it HERE
That's it for me today.  Have a great weekend.

Blessings,
Terri

Happy New Year

Happy, happy new year to each and every one of you.  I am looking forward to seeing what God has in store for me this year.  I hope you are too!  I didn't make any new year resolutions.  If I had, it would have been to try and make more cards for posting.  We will see. Keep your fingers crossed! I hate making resolutions and not keeping them.

Since I've been so involved at Micah Ministries, it has been hard to keep up with my card making.  I'll try to get and stay organized this year.  Again... we'll see :)

Many blessings to you all,

Terri

Dad's Birthday 2011

I'm sharing with you today, a card I made for my father-in-law, whose birthday is in December.  Since I'll be leaving for Georgia the first week of December, I had to make this before I left.  I cased this card from the wonderfully talented Teneale Williams.  Here is my version: (Click on any picture to see it larger)

Card Recipe: (all items SU)

Paper:     Pear Pizzaz, Pear Pizzaz DSP, First Edition Speciality, Very Vanilla, 

                 White, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede

Stamps:   Lovely as a Tree, French Filigree Bkgrd

Other:      Chocolate Chip satin ribbon, Antique brads, dimensionals,

                 edge distresser

 Technique Tips:
      -  Center layers.  All layers were distressed and sponged with soft suede.  There are three layers: 

                    Top layer: very vanilla

                    Middle layer: newsprint

                    Bottom layer: very vanilla.
     - On the center piece I used dimensionals.

     -  The inside sentiment was stamped and cut out with the SU small oval and edged in soft suede.  The reason I had to use another layer was because I had ink on the inside of the card and had to cover it up!  Just making lemonade out of lemons, lol!  I think it turned out alright.

As usual, when caseing someone else's card, I never have exactly the right ingredients, so you can see where I adjusted the look to make it mine.

I hope you have had a wonderful weekend.  Until next time....

Blessings,

Terri

Happy Thanksgiving!

I can hardly believe it is Thanksgiving the time is flying by.  This year, for family, I made cards that were labor intensive.  I thought it was going to take me forever to make them.  Of course, I waited until the last minute, lol! I cased a card made by Candice.  You can find her card HERE
Here is my card:

 

I changed only a couple of items from Candice's original.  I changed the sentiment and used traditional colors for my leaves.

Card Recipe: (all items SU except where noted)

Stamps:  Gently Falling, Always Thankful, En Francais, Sandy Speckles,

                Give Thanks (Our Daily Bread Designs - inside card sentiment

Paper:     White, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, watercolor paper

Ink:          Black Stazon, More Mustard, So Saffron, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, 

                Early Espresso, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake

Other:     Antique Brads, Victoria Lace Ribbon, Sticky Strip

Technique Tips:
    - En Francais is stamped on the background watercolor piece with Crumb Cake.
    - Sandy Speckles was stamped on the sentiment panel.  I used the crumb cake and stamped off once before stamping on the sentiment panel (I used very vanilla for this, not watercolor paper.
     - All the leaves were stamped with Brown Stazon and were watercolored using ink pads and an aqua painter.
             (While the ink pad is closed, squeeze the top and bottom together a few times so that the ink deposits onto the lid of the pad.  Open the pad and swirl your aqua painter in the ink to wet it just a little.  I find this makes the ink last longer and spread better on the paper.)
     - Cut out a 1/2" circle to attach your leaves to.  I placed my circle where I wanted it and then attached the leaves.
     -Four leaves were fussy cut and attached to the1/2" circle. I used sticky strip to attach each leaf.  I wanted to make sure they really stuck! I used the smaller of the leaves to place on top of the larger leaves to "hide" where they had been taped. 
     -  The ribbon is 3 3/4 inches folded in half and with trimmed ends.
     -  I punched  a hole through the card. I actually had to get out my old fashioned ice pick to make the hole big enough for the brad prongs to go through.
     -  Fold the ribbon in half, slightly "v"ing the ribbon.  Slip the brad through the ribbon and then into the card layers.
     -  Attach to the card base and you are done.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.  John and I are not able to go home this year, but we are going to have a wonderful Thanksgiving with a very special family.  Micah has a special home, called Micah Respite Home.  It is for our homeless who need to recuperate from  surgery or an illness.  We will be going there tomorrow to make Thanksgiving dinner for its current eight residents.  It will be an exciting time.  Pray that God will be with us and that our lights will shine!

Blessings,
Terri

Birthday For Barb

Hi everyone!  Today, I'd like to share with you a card I made for my good friend, Barbara.  Her birthday was Nov 5.  I did get this card made in time.  In fact, I actually made it on the day of her birthday and took it to her.  That was a close one.  I've got to make more birthday cards and keep them in my stash.  However,  you could say that by making them just prior to the person's birthday, you are creating just for that person and it means something special.

This card is a CASE I made from Niki Estes who was the guest October muse for the Case Study website.  You can see her card HERE
Here is my card:

 

One of these days, I'm going to get all the lighting equipment I need, so my pictures will look better.  It will make such a difference.

I hope you like it.  Have a great weekend!

Blessings,

Terri