New Sketchabilites sketch posted....

It's already been 2 weeks and it's time again 

for another amazing sketch from Karan and

lots of new pages to show off on the Sketchabilites Blog!

Here is the New Sketch posted:

and here is my take on it this time...

I joined over at CSI a couple of weeks ago .. )which

is totally up my super sleuthing alley) and used some

of the clues to create my page for today!  It's a blast 

and I love combining the two together.  This is a 

picture of my daughter at her dance recital last year and

the song lyrics "Baby you can drive my car" by the

Beatles was just perfect.  My journaling is hidden on

the left with a tag and I made the flowers with 

a Spellbinders Die and some brads from Basic Grey.

Sometimes it is really hard to get the right letters

so I often download fonts on my computer so

that I can change the colors and size to whatever

I want it to go with.. This font is called Eyewitness

which I thought was pretty cool seeing that it's CSI.

For my page I used:

Echo Park papers and stickers

Spellbinders Tags and Flags S5-095
Spellbinders Rose Creations S5-050

Me and My Big Ideas Chipboard

Zva Bling/ Basic Grey Brads

Thanks so much for stopping in and be sure

and check out all the other amazing pages

that the DT did on the blog and pop on over

to their blogs to see more...

Have a super amazing day,

Teresa

Card Club for April

We had a really fun Card Club on Friday and Sat. for april

and we used so many fun Spellbinders dies to create the cards.
I showed them all the beautiful Edgeabilites, Embossing
folders and dies available and what fun things we are
going to create in the months ahead with them...
I love seeing big smiles :)

Everyone really loved how easy it was to make
the flowers and how fun all the dies were
to use on both the edges, create labels and
 to do tiny pretty inserts on your cards...

 I got big smiles from Leslie and Helene,
it was a really fun 2 days of classes this month...

Favorite flower I think was the roses to make,
all of theirs came out really beautiful.
Thanks ladies for such a wonderful weekend :)

And so lastly today I have
 a new card I made to share today

that I did with some new papers that

dropped into my shopping basket again :)

(I love when that happens)

It's not too often that I can make a man card but

I really like the way this came out and the ribbon

looks pretty nice on it too.  I used 2 different dies

on this card.  One is Labels Twenty Two S4-346 

and the other is FancyTags Three  S5-031.

The papers for this are from Echo Park-Note to Self

it has some really nice prints and colors and I like

the numbers and music papers.  Really cute!

Don't forget the Spellbinders Spring Blog Hop
starts tomorrow and my day is this friday morning!
so have fun hopping and be sure to enter the contest so
that you can win some amazing products!!  Yay!!

Have a great day,

Teresa

Spring Flowers in the air?

Well it seemed like it was going to be spring but

the crazy weather we are having with snow in

places says a little bit otherwise I think.  But not to fret

because there is lots of papers out there with lots

and lots of flowers and a few jumped in my cart

again so I had to make up a few cards just to play

with my new Spellbinders dies!

I think my favorite dies to use are all the flower dies

that Spellbinders has.  You can make so many 

different styles and the paper choices make it

really fun to experiment with... and the flowers

match perfect so what could be better right? And did
you know that you can cut fabric and lots of other
fun materials with it too.. Seems like lots of fun
creative possibilites out there... love that :) 

These flowers are made with the Bitty Blossoms die and

I used a couple different prints for these and curled the

edges with my tweezers.  The papers for this card

are from Echo Parks new "This and That" paper line.

Isn't it just scrumptious! I so love the prints on this :)

There is lots of wood looking papers out there now and

i thought it would be fun to create an old fashioned

doily looking card with lots of layers of dies. I popped

them up with thin Scrapbook Adhesives foam dots.

The Spellbinders dies I used were Lacey Ovals S4-293

along with my Floral Doily Motifs S5-041. It's fun

to layer different ones because it gives you more

variety in creating.  The little tag that I stamped on

is from Label's Eighteen S4-310 and a Penny Black stamp.

Thanks so very much for stopping in

to see what new things are being created

on my blog and don't forget about the 

Spellbinders Spring Blog Hop that is going

to start this Monday!!  There is lots of prizes

and everyone has been working hard to create

lots of amazing things to show you all so 

don't forget to mark your calendars for the 30th!

Hugs,  Teresa

Pagemaps and a card

I got a few of the New Spellbinders Dies from Becky Fleck

to use and just thought I would do a few things to catch

up on my own pictures and join in the sketch this month

on the Pagemaps Blog.  Becky has designed some awesome

little dies that you are going to love to get for all the 

tiny little details on your pages and cards. 

They are super cute and very fun to use!! 

so....Here is her sketch this time

Here is my take using Authentique papers...

I used her Tags and Flags S5-095, Whimsy S4-361 and

her Tags and Labels S5-094 to make the tag, buttons, 

scalloped borders and the cute little butterfly on the page.

I love, love, love to make my own flowers-- so for these I 

layered the Spellbinders Blossom Two S4-232 in different

colors and prints and crunched them up a little. For 

the centers I added paper buttons and a Basic Grey brad.

Normally i ink everything but I wanted to keep 

this page clean and crisp and put the attention on the flowers

and the beautiful embossing on them.

The circle border at the top was made by cutting out

the circles on the paper and sliding them under the 

sticker border from the paper line and then I added the leftover

piece of Becky's scalloped border die.  I liked that it

was embossed and gives the page a little more dimension.  

and I always try to use the leftovers to make a card and

i was playing with one of my Edgeabilities Die Sets 

Spellbinders Classic Decorative Inserts Two E8-010 

and Spellbinders Classic Edges One E8-007 and when

I cut 2 pieces at one time in this thick paper the top cut and

embossed and the bottom only embossed.  Since the paper

is really thick-- I got this neat effect for the border.

I didn't put a sentiment on this yet because sometimes you want 

a quick card and I can have this to save for my card box and

have it ready to give and put a sentiment in when I find

the perfect person to give it to!!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure and stop

back in again, there is always something fun in the works!

Hugs,  Teresa

Trying new things..

Trying new things is good.  Stepping out of your comfort

zone and using something new can be both fun and

challenging at the same time.  It makes me think

outside of the box and maybe try new products in a 

new and different way... So the rest of this year

I am going to try lots of new things and hopefully

i will have lots of fun ideas and new ways to do them

to share with all of you stopping by.... 

 Today I am sharing a card I did with a new stamp

I got from the Stamp Simply Ribbon online store from

Just Rite Stamps. I always do these cute little characters

on my cards so I thought I would step out and give

 these gorgeous victorian looking stamps a go...  

So here is my card..

To start I used papers from MME and their Howdy Doody

6x6 paper pad that I just got.  For the sentiment I used

a Vintage oval labels stamp CL 02100

along with my Spellbinders Labels 13 S4-248 #6.

 I stamped it with embossing ink

and then used seafoam white powder so that it would

match with the papers. (Note to self next time: use 

a dust buddy to wipe off the card before so that the

powder doesn't stick everywhere I don't want it to)

Thankfully the bits weren't too much and the

intricate gorgeous design of the stamp stands out

so beautifully and really makes the card.  

To create the bottom edges on my card 

I used my Spellbinders 

Edgeabilites Classic Triple Scallop E8-003.

  If you haven't gotten any of these edges you are in

 for a real treat because they mix and match so well 

and you can cut an entire edge of a card with them. 

 I love using them and I will have lots of ideas

on these coming up to share..

Thanks so much for stopping by

and hope you have a wonderful day!

Teresa

New Sketchabilities Post up today

The Newest Sketch is up at Sketchabilites today (#69) and 

I decided to do my page of my wonderful niece and her

trip to Greece this spring.  She got to go for a week

for college and really loved the whole experience

and loved the fabulous old ruins everywhere.

So being that I am putting together lots of pages

for her to remember the fun things she did at college

this is one more to add to her book.

So here is the sketch we got this week #69

and here is my take on it----

For my page I found this really neat old looking papers 

in gray, greens and cream that went perfect with her photos

she sent me.  They were in Thessalonica and the picture

where she is looking up is her thinking about where

the crepe store is up the street.......she loves good food!!

and for a small town USA girl this was one amazing trip...

So this photo is a closeup of 2 dies I used from Spellbinders.

They are Twisted Metal Tags and Accents S5-071
and the border from Damask Accents S5-080

and I added purchased flowers and pearls to match it.
I left the tag blank so that my niece can fill in with
her words about some of their favorite things she did there.

My favorite thing about Karan's sketches is how much

fun it is to add details on your pages no matter what you

decide to use for that spot.  Each sketch she does
 every 2 weeks has lots of detail and
is really fun to work on. She's amazing!
For the page I cut the flags like the sketch had them 

and added these fun pieces from the die to make it look

more Roman/ Greek looking.  And adding the 

embossing on the dies gives it that much more dimension.

Hope this gives you a few fun ideas and be sure and check
out all the other layouts on the blog this week and
you can even do your own sketch and win prizes!

Have a wonderful day,
Teresa

Cardabilites Card Challenge

Thankfully our house is back to normal this week

and everyone is well and I am getting lots of things

made but some I can share and some I can't yet...

but I am having lots of fun and my crafting mojo

is being good to me... so today I am 

sharing a card I did for the Cardabilites post

this week.  My printer was acting up so I 

created a card but the pages are going to go up pretty soon.

so here is the sketch for this week

and here is my take on it

To make this I used printed cardstock from

MME a Happy Heart 6x6 pad and changed

the backround by breaking it up into 3 pieces

instead of 2.  I used my Spellbinders Lacey Circles

for the 2 back circles and Lacey Ovals S4-314

for the Gracias sentiment.  I also created the flower

by die cutting and layering my 

Spellbinders Carnation Creations (Donna Salazar)

with a brad from Basic Grey.  And last but not least

I tucked in a few whispy pieces of greenery from

the Foliage die S4-328.  The tiny check ribbon is

made by Creative Impressions.

Thanks so much for stopping in today

and hope I inspired you to create a few fun cards today!

Hugs,  Teresa

oooo la la it's going to be a fun party...

Today I finished up with some invitations I was doing

for a very special young lady I know that is having a 

Sweet 16 birthday party coming up.  

She is having a Paris themed party so I created these fun 

little invites with the Eiffel Tower, flowers, bling,  & fuzzy yarns 

and put them all on a slider made with 2 embossed Spellbinders dies. 

I used Floral Doily Motifs S5-041--- it is one of my favorites!

They are going to put in the words for the invite on the

black and white card you see with the stamp at the top

and add a few more rhinestones around the Eiffel Tower

but they are ready to go for them (Yay!!) and I just thought 

I would share a little something that has been keeping

me busy this weekend!  

Have a great day and thanks

so much for stopping by,

Teresa :)

Keeping Busy...

It's been a busy week here at our house with 2 people

out with a nasty case of the flu and me with my back

out but as the week ends we are all almost back to normal

and I have a fun card to share with a Whipper Snapper stamp. 

I used a little bit of MME paper and some from a

Teresa Collins mini book I just picked up so that

I could mix all the bright festive happy colors together!

I used Spellbinders Labels Twenty-five S5-077

for the sentiment and chalked around the inside to give

it a little more color.  And I just got Spellbinders new 

Postage Stamps die S4-348 and played with

it for a piece behind the image.  I have a fun birthday

mini book in mind for this die too so I will post that 

later this week.  Something that I don't often do

and really makes stamping fun is to double stamp

the image and then cut pieces out to pop up and

match with the papers in the card.  I stamped and

cut a piece for the balloon and for the dirt on this

card.  And lastly tied a huge red bow.  I love all

the little characters on their stamps and they always

make me happy to create with them!!  

So that's all for today and hope all of you that

stop by for a peek have a wonderful Easter!

1st Official Day...

Today we got our official notice that we are starting

a brand New Year on the Spellbinders DT.  It is going

to be such a wonderful journey this year with them and
all the talented members of this team.. I am so happy!!!
I really love using their products and have even more things
 to share and create with you now... Whoo hooo!!

So... I made a few new cards to share with a few stamps

I just got from Whipper Snapper.  I needed to get my

Easter cards done so the first one is made with a mixture

of bright spring colored papers from Bo Bunny,
Bella Blvd and Doodlebug.

I used Copic pens, chalk and colored pencils to shade
and color the little bunny and chicks. 

My Spellbinders dies for this card were:

Edgeabilities Decorative Inserts E8-010 Insert C

Shapeabilities- Foliage S4-328 Tiny Leaf

Lacey Circles S4-293 #4

My next card I used an MME Honey Cake 6x6 pad
and layered lots of little pieces of the different prints
and stamped this cute little mushroom fairy
from Whipper Snapper stamps.
I colored her with Copics and colored pencils.
I used my Spellbinders Edgeabilities E8-010 to cut out
a design in the bottom edge band and also my
Blossoms Two S4-328 # 1, 2, 3 to create the flower
and added some leaves from Foliage S4-328.

My last card is from a paper pad I got from Glitz Design
and their stickers that go with it.

For this I created the medallion to put the sticker
on by layering 2 dies Picot Edge Circles S4-345 #2
and Foral Doily Motifs S5-041.  The border on
the side and the little piece on the top are also
made from the same die set.  I love the colors and the
prints in this set.  Pinks and browns always look so pretty
together.. especially with polka dots!!

  Thank you so much for stopping by and seeing
what's new in my part of the world!

Lots of Hugs,  Teresa