Vintage Cards 2

Happy Thursday everyone!  Here is the other 3 cards

that i am doing for my class tonight.  I try and chose

lots of different colors so that we have fun using lots

of brands and styles each time.  I think my favorite paper

to use was the middle card which is from Authentique.

The papers are so high quality and have such cute tiny patterns

for card making.  And--- there is lots of stickers you can 

use too.  It's all so much fun and creating with my 

Spellbinders dies makes them come out that much better!

 On this card I use 3 different dies and layered them

and I think it works because the colors are super

subdued. The dies are Parisian Motifs, Scalloped Squares,
and Fleur de lis Squares... I stamped with coffee Archival
 ink for the Happy anniversary and added a flower and ribbon

edged in gold to antique it up a bit. I used thin foam

squares from Scrapbook Adhesives on all the cards 

between the layers to pop it out and give it more depth.

 I love the idea for this card and don't ever 

borrow from others but I had to redo this and

show the girls in the class how fun it is to

use flags on a card.  It's super easy and I just

added some layered Spellbinders tags and a ribbon.

Last card today is using some of the new Bo Bunny

Tea papers.  I love, love, love roses and the pretty 

pinks and peaches of this card are just gorgeous.

For this I layered the papers and added a ribbon and

made a medallion with 3 dies and stamped in the center

of the top one.  The ribbons are some of my favorite 

from Creative Impressions and I think I bought every

color they had just to have it on hand :)  Crazy me!!  

So....That's all for today to share.  I hope you

liked them and I always love comments...

it keeps the inspiration coming to make new things.

Thanks so much for dropping by,

Teresa   

Vintage Card Class

Today I just wanted to share a few of the cards I am

doing for a Vintage Card Class this week.  I am doing 

5 in all and they have lots of flowers and Spellbinders 

on them and they were really fun to make.

 The backround for this card is the new 

Spellbinders Labels Twenty eight.  I think it's going to

be one of my favorite shapes to use too.  It's 

very versatile and great for mixing with other dies

and for stamping on because of the sizes you get.

I used the New line from G45 for these 2 and

Bo Bunny and Authentique for the others that

I will share tomorrow. One of the papers has cute

die cuts of very old fashioned ladies and would 

make up the cutest cards!  So I better go and finish

my class prep now and thanks so much for stopping 

to visit and get inspired!  Have a wonderful day,

Teresa 

LOTV friday

It's friday everyone and hope you all are doing 

something fun for the weekend!  I have one more card

to share from my new stamps I got from LOTV. I still

have more to stamp but at least I have a few to give

away now for upcoming birthdays and such :)

I brought out one of my favorite dies today from

Spellbinders, Lacey Circles.  The stamp

has a circle on it so I thought this would be perfect 

to frame it.  The package on the stamp is a bit big so I

 cut around it and put the die underneath to cut and emboss it.

I colored this card with chalks too and added a little 

bit of colored pencils.  And for my bow I got a big

piece of the Twinery's twine in brown and made a 

big loopy bow to finish it.  Oh and I forgot to say

that I distressed up the edges and chalked them with

Colorbox chalk in Chestnut roan... my favorite!
This cute little stamp is from their new release and
the wheelbarrow full of gifts is just so cute!

That's it for today.. I've got to get back to cleaning 

up my scraproom but I hope you liked the cards

this week and maybe picked up a few ideas

and be sure and stop back for some fun

things with the new dies from CHA!  

Have a very happy weekend....
and I always love comments to hear
how I am doing with my creations :)

Hugs and Smiles.....Teresa

LOTV day 4

I can't believe it's Thursday already... I am redesigning my

scraproom and there is lots to do and things to clean up

so I guess the days go fast when you are busy.  But it's

going to be worth it and I think it is going to be really pretty 

when I am all done with cleaning.  I even ordered some pretty pink

 rose fabric to make some pillows and cushions... Can't wait to be done!

So this is my 4th card this week and for this card I used the same

die in different sizes and prints, layered it and changed the positions.

I found some Prima paper with sunflowers to go with the stamp

and used my Leafy Squares die from Spellbinders.  The stamp

today is called "Blooming Lovely" and is just so cute!

And instead of using Copics I got out my favorite chalks and 

colored pencils and blended them all together.  I really love

chalks because they cover a big area and blend really smoothly.

To finish the card I added a bit of vintage lace and a bias bow

and that is all.  I couldn't quite figure out where to put 

the sentiment so I just put it on a tag with a bit of 

colored paper behind it on the inside of the card.

  It says "Have a blooming great day!"

So one more card and one more day and then 

lots of fun starting with CHA....

Hugs and Smiles,  Teresa

LOTV Day 3

Here it is day 3 of using my adorable new stamps

and today I have a cute little ballerina stamp

called "Wish upon a star" that I used to make a fun 

birthday card to send to my daughters friend this week.  

So everyday I am trying to think outside 

the box and maybe use something a different way-

so for this card I stamped and embossed the image

and cut and embossed her out with a flower die from 

Spellbinders called Blossom Four.  And they also have some

brand new dies for cardmaking that I used to create

the 3 rectangles in the back round.  They are Matting Basics

and you will be able to get them in stores really soon!!

All of them are going to be so amazing to use 

so be sure and check your LSS or online to get them.

 but enough with my commercial and back to the card right?....

I colored her with both Copics and colored pencils

and used some chunky glitter to add onto her wand!

The sentiment is stamped onto the tiniest piece of the

Splendid Circles die S4-354. It's a great die to use for

almost anything and has great details on it. The papers

I used are from MME and I used May Arts ribbon.

Hope you like this one and I still have 2 more to

share so see you back tomorrow and thanks

so much for stopping in to get inspired! 

Hugs and Smiles,  Teresa

LOTV Day 2

It was so much fun making cards with all my new stamps

from LOTV and today I have a card to share with

one of my favorite New releases from Spellbinders too.

On our hop we previewed the new Grand Deco Ovals

and I love using them!  You can use these amazing oval shapes 

for so many different things like cards, pages, mini books,

mixed media projects and so many more things too.

My favorite part of this die is the intricate designs on the edges

 and I made a shaped card today by cutting it on the top edge 

with a folded piece of paper. Then I covered it with another

 cut and embossed piece of pink. With the next smaller size die 

I cut 2 pieces and layered on and then stamped on the other.  

I stamped on the print to see if I could make a scene with it

and I think it worked well.  I colored her with Copic pens

and added a little bit of shimmer with diamond stickles.

The sentiment is done on tiny Labels 20 die and I finished

it with a bias tape bow and a lovely little white rose.

The papers I used are from Prima.

These are the new dies... don't you just love them?

Next week is CHA so you will see lots of new things

and be sure and check out our blog for updates too!

Have a great day and see you tomorrow,

Hugs and Smiles....Teresa

1st day of Lotv week

This week I want to do something fun with the

Lily of the Valley stamps that I just got so I had an idea

to make some fun cards each day and share... and of

course using lots of Spellbinders dies with them.....LOTV has 

some of my favorite stamps to use and nothing beats the sweet

and adorable little figures and animals that they create!!

...So today I am sharing a card that i did using

 Milly Flower Power.

I love sunflowers so I picked these papers from  MME

"So Sophie" to use with yellows and purples.  I used Copics

to color her and added a little glossy accents in the center

of the flower to make it glisten. And-- for the flower

I stamped a coordinating piece of yellow paper and

cut around the flower and popped it up with foam dots.

This takes time but is a really fun way to add extra prints to 

your stamping and a little less coloring.

 For the sentiment I am trying to 

get in the habit to use the tiny Spellbinders dies.  They

have the cutest shapes and make the perfect accent to 

add words on.  And I tried stamping her on a bit of printed

card stock which I really like.  I love to try new things and

I have lots more to share all week so be sure and check

back to see more adorable new stamps!

Materials List for this is:

MME So Sopie, Spellbinders/ Teardrop Circles, Ranger 

Archival ink in Coffee, Superfine Detail Clear Embossing

Powder, Bias Ribbon, Glossy Accents, Distress Ink-Dusty

Concord, Copic Markers, button, Versa Magic Purple Hydrangea.

See you tomorrow,

Hugs and Smiles...  Teresa

Life is good...

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July and if you

were like alot of people is So Cal we discovered going

home from Dana Point last night that lots of people went

to the beach to hang out with friends and to watch all

the fireworks shows out on the barges.  The winds were good

this time and the fireworks were beautiful!! 

 It was a really great day :)

And today I have a few new cards to share. I have so 

many fun stamps and I ordered a few from LOTV with

bears so I thought I need to work on some to put in my box.

These papers are from MME and the stamp from

Studio G's new release and I used 

some of my Copics to color it for a quick 

and easy card.  I didn't blend much but to 

be creative you don't always have to follow

rules.  Sometimes it's just fun to try new things :)

For this card I just layered a few shapes and 

cut and embossed a border with my 

Spellbinders Edgeabilites die to put at the bottom.

 I stamped the Happy Birthday from a Penny Black 

 stamp on my circle die and layered that on the 

Picot edge die on top of another circle. 

 I am kind of lovin the lacey edged dies and there is lots

 of neat things coming out for CHA if you love them too!!

To finish my card I added ribbon and a few tiny seed pearls

 and it's all done.  Sometimes it's fun to do really fancy cards

and sometimes it's great to do quick ones you can have

ready and in the mail to loved ones :)

So that's it for today but always check back because I

have lots on the scrap table to share from the

new dies once CHA hits the Chicago floors!

Hugs and Smiles,

Teresa

July Pagemaps from Becky Fleck!

I can't believe it's July already and it's time for

new Pagemaps from Becky Fleck!  And the good

news is I got to do a page this month!!  It was

such an honor and I was doing my happy dance

the whole day when I got the email.  Very happy news!

So here is my map for July...

and here is what I did with it...

There are some brand new papers out from 

Little Yellow Bicycle for summer that are just

beautiful and I did another page of Nicole's

day at Sea World.  The title is "Smile little fish"

and seemed just perfect for the two of them. I 

changed the direction of the photo on the map

and did a circle picture instead but that is the

idea for the maps too.  You can customize them

to work for what you have and they give you great

inspiration and help in getting lots of pages done!

The line comes with lots of acetate stickers so I used

lots of them for water splashes and the sun in the 

back of the photo... and like everything I do I used 

a few Spellbinders on the page!!  Becky has lots of

dies with Spellbinders that are super cute to use on 

both cards and layouts and if you click here you can

see some of them.  I also used a Spellbinders circle die to 

cut the photo out.  Since they are open in the centers you can 

line them up perfectly and you can emboss them.

I hate circle cutters but these work just perfect!

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure and

stop over and see the new maps up and get

caught up with some pages this summer! There is

some amazing papers out right now :)

Hugs and Smiles,  Teresa