Card Club

It's time for Card Club again and I am pretty happy

with all the cards this month we are doing.

I promised we would do everyday cards but I 

added a few Christmas and promised Linda I would

use the Gingerbread stamp so they get two extra

Christmas this month.  Yay!!

My favorite this month is this pop up slider card

that I found on Splitcoast Stampers.  I changed it up a little

but its a super cute idea for cards...

I used a flower stamp from Hero Arts for the 

backround and embossed it in white to add more

texture to it.  The coloring is with chalks.

 I used the stripe paper from BG on this so it

looked a little like candy canes and added a cake

doily behind his head for texture. The 

image is stamped on Bazzill Kraft and inked with 

chestnut roan chalk ink.  The white is a gel pen 

and the rest is done with regular chalks. 

 Don't your love his smile ?

Stamp is by: Penny Black

 Last favorite is this gate card made with 2 new Spellbinders

dies that I just got.  I wanted a lacey effect so I layered them

and popped them up with foam squares.  The pink dot

paper is by Bazzill and the adorable dot paper from

the Birthday collection from Doodlebug.

Thanks for checking in and seeing what's new

after Turkey Day!!  

Hugs,  Teresa

Basic Grey Sketch of the Week

The sketch this week is from one of the talented designers from 

Basic Grey ( Nancy Burke).  She did hers of her 2 gorgeous

daughters on the BG blog so I had to find the time this week 

to join in and do one for me too.  I picked papers from the

Mellow line to do this cute picture of my niece away at

college with her friends.  It had the perfect fall colors

and the perfect embellishments to do the sketch.  

I added an extra row of edge cutting on the bottom

and had to move the letters but it was fun and quick

and easy to do so thanks Nancy :)

I used both MS and EK edge punches and a W1 Copic

marker in grey to go around the edges of the flowers 

to make them more shadowed and pop a little more.

Thanks for stopping by,

Teresa

New Projects with Authentique papers...

We got 5 of the New Collections from Authentique

this week so I got to help create lots of projects for the store

to show off the new release of it for us... and was

it ever amazing paper to work with.  The quality

of the paper is outstanding and the colors and prints

are perfect for almost anything you might think of to

scrap or create something with...

My first project is a canvas I did with the Uncommom line.

I love all the pinks and rose colors of this line and 

it has big and small letters to work with. (love this :)

 The aquas, creams and browns of this line were really

fun to create with.  I made the lace doily on this by

cutting a circle with a plate and then by flipping a martha

stewart corner punch upside down you can punch all

around the edge and you have an instant doily!  Thanks

Debbie for the idea and hope all of you will try it soon!

 The flowers I made with a EK punch and layered some

roses on top of them.  I added punched leaves in with it too.

 This photo doesn't do this justice because the colors

are really beautiful together.  The huge orange poppies

on this really caught my eye and they were great to scrap

these fall photos of my niece at college.

Last for today is this quick card I made from scraps from

the page above.  It only took a few minutes but it is

really bright and happy and cute :)

Got to get back to creating again so have

a great day and take care,

Teresa

Bo Bunny Card Sketch Challenge

I just found this card challenge from Bo

Bunny yesterday and thought I would join in and 

make something fun. The Bo Bunny DT always make gorgeous 

projects for their blog, they are always amazing in case 

you want to go check them out, 

and I hope you all like what I came up with for it.

My papers and embellishments are from the "Welcome Home"

line from their last release...  I love all the colors of this line

and all the fun flourishes and goodies they have to work with.

For this card I also used 2 Spellbinders dies to give it

a more lacey victorian feel. (Fleur de Lis Motifs and 

Lattice Rectangles) I made my own stickpins by adding 

some crystal beads to the simple pearl ones I had 

in my stash.  I love the little saying "You make my heart smile",

It just seemed perfect for the title....  Hope you like it :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Teresa

Best Day Ever

 Here is a new page I did for the store today.  I am

using the New Basic Grey Little Black dress line

and is it ever fun to work with!  There are so many

patterns that you can mix and match and all the neutral

tones make it perfect for just about any kind of photo..

 I love the lacey patterns and flowers on this paper

and I am going to have to get more to do some other

projects I have in mind to do soon..

I am trying to use up my scraps by making

cards right away and here is just one of the cards I did doing

just that.  If you do them right away you don't have to store

more bits of paper and you can add another card to your 

box of ready to give away cards for everyone!!  Yay!!

Thanks for looking in on me and have a great day :)

Teresa

Fun Trip in North Carolina

I had a really fun week traveling last week to 

North Carolina on business with my DH

 and have some pictures to share today.  We spent

most of the time in Charlotte, Matthew's and Monroe

but got to travel to the Biltmore on the Vanderbilt Estate

for a couple of days. And was it ever fun!! 

 The timing was perfect for all the trees changing colors 

and even though we see some of it here it is nothing

like the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC.  All we kept

saying was Wow everytime we turned a corner :)

 I opted for seeing the historic sites of the town this

trip and found this beautiful old plantation nestled

among all these gorgeous old trees.  It was really neat

to see this up close and personal and it wasn't really what

I imagined from the history books I read.  My DH 

says there are more of the bigger ones in Miss. where 

his mom is from.  Sounds like another reason for 

a fun trip to visit relatives next spring...

This is actually an old estate that they saved and

made into a hotel.  It is the Duke Mansion and

was part of some amazing Victorian Houses built

for the wealthy aristocrats in the area.  I got to go inside

and look around and it is really beautiful.

 I am trying to take some time in life and drag my DH

to see some amazing things in the US and this is going

to be scrapped as one of my favorites!  George W. Vanderbilt

built this gorgeous 255 room home for himself and his 

family on 126,000 acres of forest.  He had farms, a dairy,

his own lake, a huge river running through his property, 

and the most amazing garden you can imagine with a green

house too.  Puts mine to shame actually :)  They had

flowers everywhere and the estate.... It always amazes me
to see these homes in the victorian era of our country
because they are all so beautiful!!

 This is the hotel on the estate so people can stay

over and have time to relax and do some of the fun

things they have on the estate to do.  The rooms

and the inside of it was just gorgeous.

This is me on the steps on the back side of the house.

 This is a picture of the place we ate for dinner.  

The cooks are amazing here and the food was sooo 

good.  It is called Cetric's Tavern after one of his

pet St. Bernards.  They loved animals and had lot

of dogs on the property.  

 This was my DH's breakfast and was delicious!

Cinnamon streusel pancakes with ham :)  Yummmm!

 I love old cars and they had this rare Motel C that

belonged to Mrs. Vanderbilt at  their winery on display.  

It fits 7 people but I am sure it was crazy windy

 when they went for a drive!! (No windows except 

on the front and back of the car)

My last photo was one of the trees in

the shops at the house.  They had just

decorated for Christmas in the Biltmore but we

were not allowed to take pictures sadly.  They

still have a big family Christmas with all the people

that work for them in the house and it sounds like

it would be fun to go to.  But back to my house I

am in the mood for Christmas now and am rested and

ready to have a fun holiday season!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Teresa