Another St. Patty's Day Card

Sorry, I've been behind on my posts.  Here is one of the cards I made at my Stamp Club meeting. 

This was easy and simple to make! Here's the recipe:

Stamps:  So Happy For You (SAB), Lucky Shamrock (Occs. Mini)

Ink:      Garden Green, Pear Pizzaz

Paper:   Garden Green, Pear Pizzaz

Other:   Pear Pizzaz ribbon, Polka Dot EF, scallop border punch 

Blessings,

Terri

SC 322

This sketch is actually last week's.  A new SC sketch came out yesterday, which I haven't even looked at it.  Whew!  They seem to be coming faster and faster.  Here is my submission:

Here is the recipe:

  Stamp:  Blessed Mother (from the spring mini)

  Paper:   Springtime Vintage DSP (also from the spring mini)

               Old Olive, Rose Red, B&W

  Other:   Vintage flowers (Spring mini too!)

I'm not really sure how I feel about this flower.  I think it's one of the harder ones to watercolor.  There are a lot of dark lines in the stamp, so unless you use very light colors, I think everything will tend to be on the darker side.  I don't know.  I'm not sure if I'll use this again. I think I bought the set specifically for the sentiment in the stamp set.  Sometimes, I wish you could buy these alacarte.  I think I would be happier.

Oh well.  It is what it is :)))))

I went to my Rapid Stamper's Club meeting this past Tuesday, so I have four new cards I'll be posting.  I'll see you then!

Blessings,
Terri

Happy St. Patrick's Day SC321

 Edit 3/8/11:  I forgot to let you know how I made the clover in the first square.  I used SU's small heart punch (Item #11793) and punched out three hearts.  I just made a small cut out for the stem!  Thanks!

Hi everyone.  I thought I would try my hand at a challenge, which I haven't done in a while.  This is Splitcoast's Challenge No. 321 (you can find it HERE).  Since St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner, I thought I would use that theme for my submission.  Here is my card.

This time, I even worked on the inside. Woohoo!  Here is my recipe:

Stamps: Blessed Mother, Circle Circus, Irish Blessing

Ink:       Old Olive

Paper:    Old Olive, B&W

Other:    Square, scallop punches, Old Olive Ribbon

              (one small M's stamp  it's the small clover)

 Considering I don't believe in luck, but rather God's divine plan, I didn't want to use anything about luck.  That's when I thought about using part of the stamp from Blessed Mother.  I took my Old Olive marker and colored only the words I Am Blessed.  It worked like a charm (no pun intended)
I also chose two of the stamps from Circle Circus because I thought they looked somewhat Celtic?  What do you think?
Choosing the Irish Blessing for my background stamp was a very, very, sentimental choice for me.  The college choir I used to sing in sang this blessing song to end the concert.  In case you don't know it, it goes like this (these are the words we used in the song):

May the road rise to meet you, 

May the wind be at your back,

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

May the rains fall softly on your fields,

And until we meet again,

Until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His Hand.

Amen

Until we meet again.........

Terri

Baptism Card for Gianna

Sunday, February 13, was the baptism of my great niece, Gianna.   And, unfortunately, due to my illness, it was the first day I felt like making a card.  I had to call my niece and let her know that it would be in the mail soon!  Being sick for so long had its drawbacks when it came to being able to make cards. Whew, glad I am better. Here is Gianna's card:

Here is my  recipe:

  Stamps:  Refuge and Strength, Vintage Vogue

  Paper:    Pretty in Pink, Patterns Love DSP, white

  Ink:        Pretty in Pink

  Other:    Pretty in Pink ribbon, 

               Oval and scalloped oval Spellbinders

              MS punch, SU Finial Press EBF

Technique Tips:

 - I only embossed the top half of the card.  The design of the embossing folder allowed me to place only half the card inside the folder. 
 - I stamped the vines from Vintage Vogue over the cross.  I ended up using the same color for the cross and the vines.  They did show up over the cross.  I had tried to use a darker color, but it didn't turn out as well.
 - I also sponged around the oval with Pretty in Pink
 Here is the inside:

Recipe:

  Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Patterns Love DSP, white

   Other:  MS punch, computer

         (I used my computer and printed out the verse)

I actually cased this saying from someone else.  I'm sorry I don't know who to give credit for it.  I had actually saved the image and there was no name on it.  But whoever originally supplied the verse, I thank you.

I hope you like the card.  I enjoyed making it.  I hope to have maybe at least one more card this week.  We'll see.  I don't have a lot of time to get ready for my trip.  Another down fall of being sick for so long.  Anyway, that's it for me right now!

Blessings,

Terri

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello everyone and happy Valentine's Day.  I have to tell you that I have been sick for the past two weeks with a wicked upper respiratory infection.  I have been totally out  of commission.  Needless to say, no cards were made. Argh!!  I didn't even have the strength to mail out the Valentine's cards I already had made.  I guess I'll have to use them next year!  But, I have today to finish showing what I made.  Here they are and in no particular order:
This is one I cased from Bon2Stamp, SCS user name.

 This is an original by me:

 This one I also cased.  I don't have a name I can share with you.

 This is another original by me.

 This is also an original.  We made these at our Stamp club

Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Blessings,

Terri

Simple Valentine

I made quite a few Valentine's cards over the weekend and hope to show them to you this week.  Here is my first one:

 Recipe:

Stamps:  Always, Tiny Tags

Paper:    Real Red, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink

Other:    Black Embossing Powder

 I wish you could see this in person.  It is so much prettier.  For a clean and simple card,  I think it turned out nice.  I hope you like it!

Blessings,

Terri 

A Valentine Case

Hi everyone.  It has been quite awhile since I last posted.  I can say that my Mojo has not been around.  I was recently perusing Splitcoast stampers for some inspiration and, THANKFULLY, I was inspired by Ms. Wendy Weixler.  You can find her original card HERE  and here is my rendition:

Here is my recipe:

Stamps:   En Francais, You and Moi, Baroque Motif

Paper:     Cherry Cobbler, Black, white

Other:     B&W gingham ribbon, white embossing powder, 

              Versamark, Acanthus punch (EK Success)

Technique tips:
  -  I used part of the Baroque Motif stamp as the swirls in my heart.
  -  En Francais was used as the bigger background stamp
  -  I used all the individual stamps from You and Moi to create the
      background for the section under the ribbon.

That's it for me today.  I hope all of you have a wonderful week.

Blessings,

Terri