February Card Club

Our class theme this month was Butterflies and I got to use some

New stamps from Hampton and Stampendous and a couple

of really cute butterfly punches.   It was a little to early

to use the new paper from CHA but I came up with a few

ideas for new cards and we made those way to cute rolled 

up flowers for one of the cards. Everyone loved making them...

  It was fun to catch up with everyone since last month 

and.... I already have some great ideas to do for the next one in March......
Can't wait - it should be fun!

Oh yeah and we got lots of snow here in the mountains
last night.  We had a really cold rain and it was so
gorgeous when I woke up this morning. I will post a
photo tomorrow to show you all.
Have a great weekend!

Hugs,  Teresa

A little bit of G45 today

I bought this mini G45 pad of paper a while back and was going

to create a mini book but i got inspiration to do a few cards last night

and kind of got on a good roll.  I love the colors and they went

together really fast so i was really happy about the results :)

I think I like it so much I am going to have to go out

and get more for the mini album too!

Hugs,   Teresa

Reflection of me

Sometimes an idea comes to your head to use

a very special paper that you have in your stash

for a project you have in mind and sometimes

you get lucky and it comes out just the way you wanted it to.

I was goofing around taking lots of pictures of

everyone one day and accidentally got this one of me. 

I usually hate my photos so I am not in many of

my books but thought I better get something in

about me so that when I die at 100 years old my

family will have at least one of me in there :) funny me!

The paper is from my coveted Basic Grey Valentine stash

and a lace doili to frame it and some flowers i purchased

and also some that I made myself.  This was really fun to make and

hopefully I will do more in the future........

Happy Valentine's Day

I just wanted to share a quick page that I posted on Best Creation with
their beautiful Valentines papers.  I love anything with hearts so you
can just imagine that this is my very favorite holiday... LOVE  IT!!!!

I thought I would make this page and put it in a frame to give to my daughter
 to remember a very special person in her life.
 She liked it alot when I gave it to her...

I hope you had a Wonderful Valentines Day!

Hugs,  Teresa

Fun New things I made for the CHA show

Our blog hop was so much fun and it was fantastic seeing
all of the flowers our team came up with to share
with everyone and now I can share some more of the

things I got to make for the CHA show today.

 I just love the way all the colors go together for this 

paper line and I used it for this photo of my son's

first birthday and his first time with balloons.  He was

so excited and just kept bouncing them all around!!

 This Brag Book I made from a 12x12 piece of paper cut in 3rds

and then layered pieces from the Safari baby boy papers
for the front of the book with foam dots

and added lots of pockets in the pages for photos.

 I spent way to much time putting in lots of details

on this little door hanger but babies are such precious

things and it is worth it to create cute things for them right?

 This is a fun Disney Birthday book to remember each

birthday that they had and I made it by cutting pieces from

 chipboard and clear acrylic.  The size is about 9"x 4" and I

put it together using a zutter and used the new birthday papers 

and stickers from Best Creation to make all the pages. 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Best Creation Flower Blog Hop Starts Today

We are having our First Blog Hop of the new season today and our theme is 

"Creating Handmade Spring Flowers"

 On each blog you will find lots of incredible projects

 and ways to create and use spring flowers that you can make yourself!

In order to win our Grand Prize be sure and collect the kinds of flowers

 made on each blog and send the list to teresa@bestcreation.us. 

Also be sure and leave comments along your way on each of our DTs. blogs

 and especially on the Best Creation blog at the end of the hop

If you are hopping on the right track you should have 

arrived from the talented Tracey Taylors Blog on over to me :)

The flowers I am creating today are Roses made with

Punch Bunch punches and some others from

EK Success & Martha Stewart.  These take some time

but they turn out really gorgeous and are lots of fun

to decorate with.  I made this Victorian Bird feeder with

a wooden frame that I purchased and painted

and added lots of ribbons, lace, netting and pearls.

My paper flowers are made from the Bella and Jubilee

paper collections from Best Creation and added some pink

dots paper flowers in there too. 

 I love the punches from Punch Bunch because they

are easy to use and you can also purchase a full color

guide to making all their flowers. I have tried all of
them and they are easy and fun to do!

I got out all of my old punches and just punched lots 

of flowers and inked them and layered them so that

I had plenty of extras to fill in gaps on my birdfeeder.

 To make the roses you need about 5-6 of each size

petal.  You will ink them around all the edges first

and then gently knead the centers of each with a bone

folder to create a kind of bowl shape in each.  The eraser works much

better than the recommended mouse pad because the paper

doesn't tear so easily .  With the pointed tweezers you

are going to roll back the tops and sides of each petal 

away from you like they are blooming.

Starting with the circle put a little bit of glue under 

each petal and start going in a circle and add one 

petal at a time until you get to the center and take the

last 3 petals and roll them slightly and cut off the bottom

and glue in the middle of the rose. The key to success
on these is to use a quick drying glue and just use a little
at a time and let it dry as you go.

Favorite glue is Helmar 450 quick dry adhesive

and this amazing product called Scrap dots!

If you want glittery ones you can spray a fine glitter 

mist when they are dry. Just add them into your project 

whatever it may be and wha laaaa you are done :)

I hope you liked my roses and since I am the very last one on the list be 

sure and hop over to the Best Creations Blog and leave a comment

and email me with your answers!  Happy flower making to you!!

Hugs,  Teresa

I love the New Travel line.....

I am just posting a few of my favorite things from

the New Travel Line by Best Creation.

  I love the colors and all the prints and love

all the cute tags and stickers that go along with it too.

 I have so many trips that I need to catch up on and this paper

totally fits the bill... Love it :)

This paper is the perfect thing to do all my distressing

and inking with my Tim Holtz products.  I am 

a messy kind of painting gal and any chance to

make something old and distressed I am in :)

My 2 funny girls had us in stitches when we were

traveling through Indiana last winter with their

licorice smiles :)

All the chipboard pieces were great to punch holes

in and hang as tags on this altered notebook that

I created to use as a travel journal to keep notes 

in of my next getaway...  Can't wait to go now!

 BC has some new 6x6 pads that are great for cards.

 You can whip them up in no time at all and I am

really starting to love brown and turquoise alot.

We are having a really fun blog hop with Hand Made Flowers

starting this Monday with Best Creation so be sure

and stop by.... 

Hugs,  Teresa