Wishing you Peace this Christmas

Welcome to my blog today on this wonderful Saturday in November.  I can't believe that the time is going by so quickly and thank goodness we have had lots of time to share ideas with you to be ready for Christmas this year.  Today i did a quick card for all of you that love 6x6 paper pads and ephemera.  I had some left from another card i shared and got out the new A charming christmas " Postman Stamp and die set" and got to work.  

Since the postage stamp die cuts out windows i used it for a base on the pink gold paper and then arranged my ephemera pieces to the left of it.  To keep the look of the black tree mixing on the card i cut the postal die in black and tucked it under the ornament like you see above.  I added 3D foam dots to make it pop more and then created a layered back round to really set off the design. 

And it took no time at all so that part i really love.  And you use the die in a different way than it was intended so that is a good thing too.  Pink cards at Christmas are really pretty and i know the perfect person for this one...... lots more to make though!!

Have a wonderful weekend and have fun crafting!

Spellbinders dies used:

Christmas Postman Stamp and Die Set A Charming Christmas Collection by Becca Feeken

Paper by Kaisercraft

Tis the Season Christmas card to share

It's time again for another idea for your Christmas cards this year from Becca Feeken's newest set of Christmas dies.  This one is an ornament tag die and there are lots of interchangeable pieces in it so you can get lots of different looks from one set. For my ornament i cut out the bottom piece and then added another one of the pieces to the top to make it really ornate.  The papers are a luscious pink shade of champagne copper from Kaisercraft and all the papers match it perfectly in the set.  It's something fun and different and i know the perfect someone for this card this year.  

All the charms are super cute for this set... I really love the mitten and the reindeer!

And of course always get out all your other Becca Feeken dies when you are creating because they mix so well.  I used my "Hemstitch Squares" dies to create a nice frame with my ornament and one of the snowflakes from the newest set of A Charming Christmas dies to finish the top with the ribbon.  And all of it is just layered with lots of pretty holiday papers glistening just like a special card for a special someone should be.  

Thanks so very much for taking the time to stop over and see you this Wed

for a fun hop with all of our team sharing lots of brand new ideas with the new 

 "Charming Cottage Box Etched Dies"

Supplies:

Shapeabilities Charming Round Tag Etched Dies Etched Dies A Charming Christmas Collection by Becca Feeken

Shapeabilities Yuletide Snowflakes Etched Dies A Charming Christmas Collection by Becca Feeken

Nestabilities Hemstitch Squares Etched Dies Romancing the Swirl Becca Feeken

Papers:

Kaisercraft Christmas

Silk Ribbon, gold adhesive beads, 3D foam squares, white card stock

Adventures in life...

Today i have a post with a couple of cards i did with some of my favorite

papers from Kaisercraft.  This one if full of neat things about Adventure

and i so love it i am going to do a book for my National park Bucket list book.
We have been to 14 so far and i have lots of amazing photos and things to put in
it so i guess i better get started and make it a really big book since there will be
so many things in the future to put in it too.

I am hoping this year i can do lots of quick trips places to see some fun things

in our beautiful country and the sentiments on the cards pretty much say it all.

I love the colors and all the neat little bits that you get with this set.  Yep

i could go on and on about this one.....

Here is just a quick photo of the card and the papers.  The orange one

has a really neat world print embossed in clear on it.  I used a die from

Richard Garay to cut it out and pop it up.  And then i just layered some

fun pieces from the Kaiser set called "Wanderlust Collectables".

And here is the other card.  I love all the fun tags in this set... it's a fun

way to add ribbons and if you need any for projects this year be sure

and check out "Really Reasonable Ribbon"... lots of amazing ones

at really good prices.  

So thank you for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment so i 

can stop by your blog for a visit too.  I am hoping to have more time this year

to do other things and can't wait to meet all of you :)

Big Hugs and Smiles... Teresa

New Happy Birthday dies from "Quietfire Design" and ECD

All this week on the Quietfire blog our Design Team is sharing fun ideas

to use the new Quietfire Caligraphy dies by Elizabeth Crafts.  These beautiful

dies are Suzanne Cannon's own hand drawn images and are really gorgeous.

For the papers i used a 6x6 Kaisercraft pad and the new "Happy Birthday" 

sentiment that you can get online here.  I thought that white would really

stand out alot on the pretty floral backround papers and I think it did just that.
For the rest of the card i just layered simple squares and used the pieces in
the pack to add more shape.  It was super easy and all i needed was to
add a ribbon to finish it. Be sure and go see all the other dies on the
 Elizabeth Craft Website that they carry for Quietfire Design, you will love them!!

New Victorian Cards with Kaisercraft...

Happy Monday to all of you and i am so happy that you stopped over today

to see what's new.  It's been a really busy week for me at Disneyland and a

really fun one with all the festivities going on with the 60th celebration. The 

parades and fireworks are amazing and as always all the wonderful and sweet

guests that come to have fun really make it great for all of us.  

So between all the fun--- i had a chance to get a few cards done with a new paper pad 

that i bought so i wanted to share them with all of you.  

I really love the papers for this one with all the deep greens and the pretty gibson

girl oval that i put in the middle.  The new Oval Floral die from Spellbinders was

the perfect lacy touch to layer around the outside and i added a few pearls from

Want 2 Scrap and the flower is from Ruby Rock-it. I know the perfect person to

give this one too and i think she is really going to like it :)

And then i got all inspired to do this other card with this cute paper with the

clocks on it.  The tag that comes in the set was perfect to use with it and i layered

a few other dies and popped them up with 3D Foam dots.  It really makes all

the pretty layers pop and the papers are so pretty and vintage looking.  I love thi

one alot.  Oh and the paper pad is from Kaisercraft and is called Betsy's Couture

and there are lots of tags and borders and other fun things in it to use.

That's all for today to share and as always thank you for taking the time

to stop over and see what's new.  I so love being inspired by all the 

amazing things that all of you share each and every day from your heart too!

Big Hugs and Smiles... Teresa

Victorian Butterfly card

Today i have a really quick post to share using another of the Spellbinders

Victorian dies that i got from them.  I adore all the detail on this die and I

really love the way that simple layering really made the dies pop.

The die for this card is called Victorian Medallion Two.  I used a paper pad

from Kaisercraft that has lots of beautiful shades of aqua and brown to blend

with the ivory paper that i used.  The stamp is from Fun Stampers Journey

and i colored it with Copic pens to match the papers.  And of course the ribbon

i got from Really Reasonable Ribbon.com and it comes in lots of other colors.

Well that is all for today again... hope you loved this die as much

as i do and hope you are getting all your holiday things done too!

Happy Holidays,  Teresa

Xmas Cards?

I wanted to just make a few cards today and play

which I haven't done for awhile and as I picked up papers 

close to me I ended up today with 2 christmas cards! LOL!

I guess if you go where inspiration leads you-- you never

know what you may end up with!

So today my first card is with one of the prettiest dies

out from Spellbinders called Venetian Motifs S5-119.

 I love the intricate design of this die and with all the tiny 

pieces you can really have fun and create something gorgeous.

For me this seemed perfect to create an ornament adding a

little bit of our silver foil and a few tiny pearls and ribbon.  I used the 

new Card Creator Rectangles to make an embossed backround

for my card and layered the die and added a pretty white bow

onto the top of the ornament.  I don't think my picture really does

this justice but I think this might be in the running for my cards this year.  

The stamp I used is from Penny Black (Christmas Cheer) 

and it's wonderful set because it has so many sentiments to chose from.

My next card was quick and simple and is from

a Christmas Kaisercraft  mini pad of paper.  The patterns are

super cute and it even has tags and borders in the back!  Sometimes

that can be a gift if you are wanting to make something quick!

One of my favorite dies is Spellbinders Lacey Oval and it

was perfect to frame this sentiment in. The rest I just

layered the borders and added a couple of ribbons

tied in a bow and added a couple of stick pins to make it glisten.  

Thanks so much for stopping over today and I 

have lots more to share so be sure and stop back soon.

Hugs and Smiles!

Journal Mondays

Wow its Monday already and I thought that I would

post something new that I did yesterday with some

fun papers I got from Kaisercraft Check in Collection.

Since my kids are older and I finally get to travel more I 

thought I would create a bunch of different journals so that

I had a place to record my memories and put bits of tickets

and things I collect along the way.  You see I am so guilty

of not scrapping them right away so having these journals

helps me to get all the info right when I am behind. And

it's a great thing for kids and then you get their version of

the story when they do things and go places too!!

So here is my first one for this Monday....

For all my journals I used an inexpensive Composition

book and I will be doing lots of fun things to change

up the insides of them each Monday.  But today --I 

am sharing this one I did by cutting the different pieces 

of the Travel papers and using a little bit of MME On

the Bright Side to mix in with it. Quick Tip: Cutting the 

papers on their edges will give it more interest instead of

just flat rectangles and to age it a little-- i used a

Making Memories distress tool around all of them.

With all the amazing dies from Spellbinders released

 I always seem to find something fun to add to my projects

 and for this I used Donna Salazar's New Snapshot Photo dies 

and made a cute little camera and a photo edge for the side.

Since Spellbinders dies emboss you can sand the

edges and the designs pop out like on the camera!

It's a really cool thing and is great for vintage projects.

My favorite adhesive for these books is Scor Tape,

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, Scrapbook Adhesives

EZ Runner and some sticky glue dots for the flowers.

These work really good and will hold up nicely with wear

and tear on your books through time.  And if you want to 

seal it you can use Beacon's Fast Finish Decoupage.  It's 

thinner and doesn't bubble so bad. You gotta love that!

So that's it for today and hope you go out and grab

a stack of these composition books and join me on 

Mondays to make some fun Journals for yourself and

maybe a friend or two :)

I will have dimensions available on the next ones but

this was one of those creative things that I decided to

do at the last minute so I apologize!  Have a fantastic

day and lots of smiles and hugs to you!

Teresa