25th Anniversary Party

Hello everyone.  I just wanted to leave a quick note to let you know where I have been.  My husband and I traveled to Buffalo, NY, this past week to visit his family.  My wonderful Sister-in-love Julie, planned a 25th Wedding anniversary party for me and my husband to celebrate with all of his family.  It was wonderful.  Here is a couple pix:

This is me and my wonderful hubby of 25 years.  The veil and hat were my sister-in-love's idea.  Isn't it too cute!  I loved it.  Here is a pic of us with John's brother and his brother's wife Julie.

You can't tell they are brothers can you? lol!  We spent four wonderful days with them.  It was awesome.  Julie went to a lot of time and trouble to do this for us and we appreciate it so very much.  We were also blessed that all of his family who attended our first wedding party were in attendance this time.  John has a few uncles in their mid 80's.  Praise the Lord they were all there!

The actual wedding anniversary was Feb 14.  Yes, Valentine's Day.  The four of us (above) went to Cancun and celebrated.  That was way fun! 

So, I just wanted to let you know where I have been.  My next card project is going to be Thank you cards to send to everyone.  I'm sure they are going to be all the same for mass production!  Be on the look out!

Blessings to you all,
Terri

Mojo 200 Love & Care

Happy Monday everyone!  Today is Mojo time and here is a look at today's sketch:

Here is my card: (click on any pic to see it larger)

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Love & Care (SU) Picasso quote(Dawn Houser)

Paper:    29th Street Market by My Mind's Eye

               Elegant Eggplant (SU), Very Vanilla (SU)

Ink:         Elegant Eggplant, Rich Razzleberry, 

               Always Artichoke, Crushed Curry (R)

Other:     Ribbon by American Crafts (no color stated)

               Dimensionals, Nestie circles
               Double Scallop punch (MS)
Technique Tips:
     -  The flower stamps were colored with SU markers directly onto the stamp. I mixed both of the purple colors on the petals.
     -  The patterned background paper has yellow mixed in with it, so I used the Crush Curry to lightly sponge both the quote and the flowers.   
     -   Dimensionals were placed under the quote layer.

That's pretty much it.  Eazy, Peazy!  How's your Mojo today?

Blessings,

Terri

SC 341

A big first for me yesterday.  I made a card after 8:30 pm last night.  I can't believe it. Usually, I'm just way too tired for that, but my craft room was calling out to me.  I think it was all the inspiration I had yesterday.  A couple of my friends who also love to create cards, visited me yesterday and, of course, we talked about card making to include all the goodies: techniques, stamps, paper, etc.  I had a great time.  The card I made is for this week's Splitcoast Sketch challenge which you can find HERE

     Card Recipe:

     Stamps:  Fast and Fabulous, Itty, Bitty Backgrounds (this line edited 4:03 same day)

     Ink:         Poppy Parade SU marker 

                    Daffodil Delight SU marker, Black

     Paper:    Rock-a-Billy DSP (retired), black & white

     Other:    dimensionals

Technique Tips
     -  the only tip I have for this card is in using the dimensionals.  I added dimensionals to the top  layer because the other two layers were too thick for it to lay down properly.  By adding the dimensionals, it sits level over the other two layers.

That's it for me.  Have a wonderful Thursday.

Blessings,
Terri

Casing Myself!

Good morning everyone.  To start off with anyone who has ever left me a comment and received an email notification "no such address", I have finally fixed the problem.  I didn't even know I had a problem until someone told me.  Thank you Tui!

My card for today is another Thank You card I made for my neighbor.
Here is my card:

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Autumn Days (this is one of my Favs!)

               Because I care (sentiment)

Paper:     Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, 

               Sweet Pea DSP (retd)

Ink:         Early Espresso

Other:     Square Lattice EF, dimensionals

The title of this post is "casing myself" because I used a sketch I had previously used when I made this card:

I remembered this layout and just knew that it would work for the pheasant stamp.  See, you don't have to reinvent the wheel.  At least I keep telling myself that, lol!
 
Technique Tips:
     -  I sponged around the center image so it didn't scream "WHITE"
     -  After looking at the end result, I think my sentiment should have been on white paper also.
     -  Instead of using ribbon, I just cut out more Early Espresso cardstock and used that for my ribbon.  Eazy Peazy!

That's it for me.  Hopefully, today, I'll be able to get started on my Splitcoast Sketch challenge.  I have something in mind!  And don't forget, please leave me a comment on my blog.  Not only do I enjoy reading them, but I'll definitely receive notification and you won't get a rejection email!

Blessings,

Terri

Weekly Favorite

I am so excited and I just had to share with you.  Monday morning, I was looking through my email and I had received two email notifications from Splitcoast Stampers letting me know that someone had left a comment on one of the cards I had uploaded.  I went to SCS and took a look!  Whew! was I blown away.  There was not one, but there were two notifications that this card:

had been chosen as a weekly favorite in two categories:  Clean and Simple Favorites and the General all round Favorites!  I was in shock!  I still am.  This is the first recognition I have ever received for any of my cards.  I know I'm blowing my own whistle here, but I just can't help it!  I hope you don't mind!  If it ever happens again, I'll try not to be so excited, lol!

Blessings,

Terri

Mojo 199 On the Grow

The image I used on this card has been sitting on my craft table for weeks now.  I couldn't decide what paper to use or how to use it until yesterday's MOJO came out. Well, I still wasn't sure what paper I was going to use.  After looking through ALL of my paper, I finally decided.  I hope you like it.

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  On the Grow, Watercolor Trio (sentiement)

Paper:     from my local craft store

Ink:         various SU markers

Other:     Chantilly Lace (SU), pearls, dimensionals

               Spellbinders circles and scalloped circles

               sticky strip, MS punch

Technique Tips:
     - For watercoloring, I took my SU marker and scribbled on one of my clear acrylic blocks.  Then I took my watercolor marker, swabbed it in the ink on the block and colored.  It is easier to me than using the tops of the ink pads.  I also get the color lighter if necessary.
     -  I used dimensionals under both the picture and the sentiment.
     -  I used sticky strip and ruched the ribbon.
     -  The sketch suggested using a bow, but with my ribbon being ruched, the bow didn't look right, so I opted not to use it.

That's it for me!  Have a wonderful Tuesday.

Blessings,

Terri

Muffin Labels

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend.  I was busy all day Saturday.  A "labor of love" actually.  Yesterday was my and John's turn to bring snacks to our Sunday School class. No problem. I decided to make muffins.  So, I made 12 blueberry, 12 Banana nut, and 12 apple cinnamon.  All for a class of  13 but only ten of us were there.  I knew I was making way too many, but I decided to leave them in the office for the staff to snack on the next day.  The baking was the easy part.  The time consuming part was this:  (I'll explain all at the end of the pictures)

 

 

 

Tadah!  These are the labels I made for each muffin.  Was I crazy or what.  I punched 216 times!  144 circles, 36 scalloped circles and 36 holes for the ribbon! The only part of the labels I stamped was the apple.  The rest are computer generated.
Here is the recipe:

Stamps:      Apple from the now retired Tart n' Tangy.  

Ink:              Real Red and Old Olive

Computer:  banana, blueberries, verse.  The fruit are clips from

                   Microsoft clip art.

Paper:        Real Red from SU and the other colors are from

                   the craft store.

Ribbon:      1/8" white also cut 36 times :) and tied in a bow

Cellophane:   Green is all I had.  I probably got it for some 

                       other holiday; perhaps Christmas?  Torn 36 times. 

Whew! can you see why I was so pooped at the end?  But, I enjoyed doing it and as I said, it was a labor of love!  Now ask me when I'll be doing it again? lol!

Blessings,

Terri