Amazing Grace SC 332

Wow!  I can't believe it's been ten days since I last posted.  YIKES!  It seems life gets in the way.  I have been in my yard almost every day this week, trying to get rid of the weeds and lay down mulch.  You know what I mean.  My friend Barb and her husband were out walking yesterday and dropped by.  She said she definitely would rather be in the house making cards!  I laughed.  I really do like to work in my yard almost as much as making cards.  During this time of year, I feel compelled to get my yard in order for the season.  Anyway..... Here is my card.  This is for this week's Splitcoast Stampers sketch #322.  I really love this sketch.

 

Stamp Recipe:

    Paper:    Black, white, Night & Day DSP (Retired)

     Ink:         Black

    Stamps:  Music Expressions, Music Notes Wheel

                   Amazing Grace by Our Daily Bread Designs

    Other:     Dimensionals

I used dimensionals on the panel where the violin is and also on the violin.

This card was eazy peazy.  Again, I really like this layout. 

That's it for me today.  I've got to take my dog Max to the vet.... again!  Life happening here!

Blessings,

Terri

Mother's Day Cards

I told myself, "Today, I have to get Mother's Day cards made."  So, I did and they are even in the mail, YAY!.  I cased a card made by Sandee Shanabrough.  You can find her card HERE   Here are the two I made:

The card recipe is going to be a bit long.  I used stamps from three different companies.
 Stamps:
       Roses:  Rubber Stamp Tapestry
       Blessed Mother:  Stampin Up
       Mother:  Kitchen Sink Stamps
Paper:    Certainly Celery, Pear Pizzazz SU)
Ink:         Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
Other:  Spellbinders Label Seventeen
            Spellbinders Petite Ovals small
         Ribbon: Pretty in Pink
         Square Lattice EF, dimensionals
Technique Tips:
   -  The first layer of green is the certainly celery.  The second layer of green and which I used the Spellbinders Label Seventeen is Pear Pizzazz.  I also used dimensionals to pop this up.
   -  For the roses, I stamped once directly from the ink pad, and then stamped off twice more to get the color variations.
If you visit Rubber stamp tapestry's website (noted above) you can get great visuals on how to do this! 

That's it for me today!

Blessings,

Terri

Back from Georgia

Hi everyone!  I am back from Georgia.  I had a wonderful time.  I went home to attend an Alumni weekend with my fellow choir members from Brewton Parker College located in Mt. Vernon, GA.  There were over 300 choir members in attendance.  We actually performed a concert on April 9.  Here is a video link of one of my favorite songs we sang.  It's called Expression of Gratitude.  Expression of Gratitude

Here is a picture of my BFFs from college:

That's me in the middle, on the floor,with the purple on.  The blonde on your right is Sherri Kicklighter Cooper; she was my roommate my sophomore year.  We had such a great time getting together.  We picked up as if it were yesterday and to think it has actually been 30 years.  I can hardly believe it!  We are going to be getting together again in June.  We'll be road tripping it to FL for some beach time and more catching up!  I can hardly wait!

I hope by Monday, I'll be back in the card making business.  I have two new sets I'd like to try out and show you!  I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend.

Blessings,
Terri

Easter Blossoms

    Happy Monday everyone.  I'm starting on my Easter cards before I leave for GA tomorrow.  I'll have to finish when I get back.  Here is the card I want to show you. I cased this card from Laurie Zoellmer.  You can find her card and website HERE  I varied it just a bit.

Card recipe:

Stamps:    Easter Blossoms

Paper:       Pink Pirouette, Going Gray

Other:       Going Gray satin ribbon, Tulip EF, White gel pen
                 Pink marker, Black Stazon
Technique Tips:
      - I used the black stazon ink to stamp because I wanted to make sure the ink didn't smear or run when using the white gel pen.  I'm not sure if it would have, but better safe than sorry.
      - I used the white gel pen and colored in the petals.  I didn't take the time to be meticulous about it, I just used circular motions in the petals and got about 90% of it.  I didn't want to totally do away with the black shading marks. 
      - I used a pink marker and just dabbed the inner part of the flower to make it pop.
      - I didn't have any white ribbon like Laurie's and the Happy Easter stamp is much bigger than the Sending Springtime Smiles stamp.  So that would have made both ovals much bigger and would have taken up too much space.  I decided on just stamping directly on the card.  If I had known I  was going to do that, I would have given myself a little more room on the card by stamping the tree limb differently.
      That's it for me right now.  I'm going to be in GA for two weeks visiting family.  I have a friend and fellow SU demonstrator there, who I may be visiting and making cards with.  I hope I have the time.  And hopefully, I may have some new posts for you while I'm gone!

Blessings to you all,
Terri

Spring Blossoms

 Spring is Blossoming from now through April 30th, 2011.  This is a sneak peek promotion offering products from the upcoming 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog (available July 1, 2011). You can get these brand-new products in one of two ways: 
          Spend $20* on any Stampin' Up! products and become eligible to purchase both the Four Frames Set and Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper. 
          Host a $350* workshop and get the Four Frames Set and Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper for FREE!      
           Here are some wonderful samples using the paper and the frames: This card is by Mary Fish.

A simple, yet elegant card by Sharon Berkart:

Another great card by Sandy McIver:

And one more elegant, simple card by Lee Conrey:

As you can see all four use the frames stamp set and two of them use the Paisely Petals paper.  I wanted you to see how you could use the frames stamp set on all different types of cards.  They are really beautiful and easy to use.  They also fit the new Designer punch.

Four Frames Stamp Set
W: item 123440 | $20.95
C: item 123442 | $15.95

 
 








 Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper

item 122367 | $9.95

 

 

Think about hosting your own Spring Workshop and get your hands on these exciting, new products in April--three months before the debut of the new Idea Book & Catalog!

  Email me to book yours today!!!   southern_princess77@hotmail.com  


Blossoms and Blessings,
Terri

Flores Suaves SC324

     Happy Wednesday everyone.  Only two more days until the weekend.  My DH and I are going to see a hockey game this weekend.  The Buffalo Sabres are playing the Washington Capitals.  It will be hard to know who to root for since John is from Buffalo.  Considering we'll be sitting among mostly Capital fans, we would probably be safer to root for the ol' Caps.  Besides Ovechkin is back in the game. 
     Ok, enough already with the hockey.  Here is my card for today.

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Flores Suaves

Ink:         Crumb Cake, multiple SU markers

Paper:     Very Vanilla, Rose Red

Other:      Dimensionals

Technique Tips:
      -  I used markers directly on the stamp, then I used my blender pen and filled in the white spaces.
      -  I added a little color to the body of the bee and darkened down the body with black, again, using my blender pen.
      - I sponged the crumb cake along the sides of the panel where the script is and all over the face of the sentiment, just to soften it.  It was WAY too bright left alone.
     - I used dimensionals under the bee (which was cut out) and under the sentiment.
I wanted this card to be soft and muted.  I wanted it to have somewhat of a "dreamy" effect.  It didn't turn out too bad.  I hope you like it!

      This sketch is from Splitcoast Stampers, SC324, which you can find HERE .   This set, Flores Suaves, is from the Hispanic Catalog.  I fell in love with it a while back after seeing it used on SplitCoast, but kept forgetting to order it, until recently.  I hope to use it again soon.
      I hope you've enjoyed my card for today.  Happy creating!

Blessings,

Terri
   

Hello New Baby!

On March 23, I became a Great Aunt again! My 7th time!  woohoo!  Her name is Myla Rose Frank and, of course, she is beautiful.  I get to see her in June when we travel to Buffalo.  (That's where all of my husband's family lives!).  Here is the card I made for her Mama!

Card Recipe:

Stamps:   Baby Tees, Tiny Tags, Fast & Furious (sentiment)

                 Wedding Sweet (inside background)

Paper:     Pretty In Pink, Early Espresso, Pink Polka Dot

Ink:         Early Espresso, Pretty In Pink

Other:     Tiny Tags Punch, Small heart punch, 

                 scalloped edge punch, Tulip EF, 

                 Square Lattice EF,  Polka Dot EF, 
                 Satin Ribbon: Close to Cocoa
                 Pretty in Pink
The sketch for this card is this week's splitcoast challenge No. 325. I cased Sue Robertson's card which can be found HERE   I used the all white background and the same embossing folders, but changed the rest.  I thought the all white layers as well as the particular embossing folders she chose were just perfect.  Why mess with perfection!
So, that's it for me today.  I hope you have a wonderful week.

Blessings,

Terri