Thank you card...

I have had so many things to make this week for classes my

week has really went by quicker than normal.  Lots and lots

of things for DT projects and lots of classes coming up.

So today is just a quick post of a Thank you card I made

with some kraft paper that I had and I used one of the 

Spellbinders blossom dies to stamp my little critters from LOTV

with.  The really pretty border edge at the bottom is another

of my favorite dies from the last release called Scalloped Borders Two.

I love them because there are 6 pieces in the set so you can really

mix them up to make some great projects and cards with.

I just used chalks and colored pencils for the pup and the bunny

and I used some flowers and wooden leaves from Prima that I just 

got recently.  The thank you stamp is from Fun Stampers Journey

 stamps... that is a great set too because it has lots of little

tiny sentiments in the set for pretty much anything you do.

So that's it for today but I have some fun things to share Sat

that I think you will really have fun with!

Have a great day,  Teresa

New LOTV came in my mailbox...

Lily of the Valley stamps had the most adorable release a
couple of weeks ago of little bears and girls and lots of fun
Christmas stamps so you know i had to order a few.
They have some new colored image packs that I picked up and
these are great for when you are in a pinch and need something fast!

Today I am sharing 2 cards that I made last night and I

really had fun with the layers of dies and lace and lots

of flowers that I had in my stash.  And pinks.. lots of pinks!

My first card is this adorable little girl that had the 

best day shopping.  This was inspired by my wonderful

friend on our SB team who lives in London named Christine.

I love big hats and pretty lacy things and I love how everything is

lovely there.  The LOTV sentiment went just perfect.

(Can't wait to visit someday Christine and have tea :)

For this card I used Basic Grey Kissing booth papers and

Decorative Labels 28 with Grand Decorative Ovals One.

and I embossed the center with a butterfly folder called

Garden delight and was the perfect touch of texture for it.

And my next card today is a Birthday card for my DD. 

I love the little girl getting all dressed up for her big day

and so reminds me of my daughter when she was little.

I used Gold Labels Four on her and also made a red

piece out of Labels 29 for the back to make the reds pop.

The flowers are from Prima and the pearls are these super

tiny ones that are becoming my very favorite to use from 

Want2Scrap. The flourish is a Die D-Lite and is called 

Fantastic Flourish and I cut it up and tucked it in with the

ribbons and the bows on both of them.

So that is all for today and I'll be making
lots more things from the goodies I got... I even got a few
new baby stamps too with adorable little bears on them :) 

 Hope you all have a really great weekend.

Happy Anniversary with LOTV

I had a really relaxing weekend and had some me time

so I created a few cards with some of the

fun stamps I got from LOTV and Quietfire Designs.

Today I am sharing a card that i did with LOTV bears.

They are so very cute and I only used Bo Bunny Prairie Chic and plain

white cardstock to make it.  The dies I used are 

Spellbinders Labels Twenty Nine for the front 2 pieces that

I stenciled around.  And for the backround piece I used

5x7 Elegant Labels Four in white cardstock. The tag

I wanted smaller so i used that die from the 

Enchanted Labels Twenty-Eight set and I think they

mixed rather well.  Yes I am really partial to blues 

and pinks if you havent' noticed already :)

I stamped it in black versafine with clear detail embossing 

powder and used both chalks and Copics for the coloring.  And

i added just a few Stickles for some glitter on the stars and the 

cute little champagne glasses.  For the tag I stamped it with Versafine

deep lagoon and stenciled around the edges just a tiny bit.

To finish it I tied a pretty piece of bias ribbon from

the Stamp Simply Ribbon store and a pretty white rose.

I am not sure who I am going to give it to but I am ready

for someones Anniversary in the future :)

Thanks for stopping over and have a super amazing day!

Cardabilites sketch #75 is up...

Today there is another beautiful sketch to get inspired by

up on the Cardabilites Blog

and I did a really cute card today to put up.  But first let

me share the sketch with all of you....

 I stayed pretty true to the sketch this time

and used a new paper pad I got from LOTV.

I love vintage papers and this one had alot

of patterns and they all went perfect together.

For the backround of my card I used

Spellbinders Labels 29 and for the red

and the dotted pieces I cut and embossed them 

using Labels 30.

 I decided to make my own flower 

to match and layered lots of inked petals from the

Blossom Two die.  And of course I added some

foliage and the flags and a really simple adhesive

 sentiment from Mrs. Grossmans.  

And for the envelope I even went ahead and embossed the flap

with an embossing folder.  I like it and know

exactly who I am going to send it to next month.

Thank you so much for stopping over and 

be sure and join us and make your own version

of the sketch and post it up on the blog :)

 For my second card I used a 6x6 pad with a travel theme.
It has lots of pretty red, whites and blues and some really
cute tags to use.

Have a great day,  Teresa

Love to Swing...

I was cleaning today and found some of my

new LOTV stamps and it has been so long since

i have had my pens out I thought I would make up

a quick card.  I love this stamp because it reminds

me of my daughter when she was little.  She loved

to swing for hours and hours at the park or anywhere

else she could go.  So today this is for her --with

some papers from MME in my favorite colors...

For my dies I used a small label for the backround

in yellow print and layered the Spellbinders Stately Circles 

die over it and stamped the cute little girl in black Versamark

and embossed it with detail clear.  This way my image

is nice and clear and I can use markers right away 

without it smearing anywhere.  I used a few flowers and ribbon

that I had to decorate the side and the pearls are made from

a Viva Decore pen in cream.. I am running out of 

tiny pearls it seems these days.  The cute sentiment is also

from Lily of the Valley and the set is wonderful 

because you get so many cute sayings with it. Oh and I almost
forgot to say I used another of the On the Edge dies on my card.
 I really like them and they make such
a pretty border for my cards.

I have lots to do so I better go...

thanks for stopping in for a visit and hope that

everything is wonderful in your part of the world :) 

Cardabilites #65

There are only 7 days left until Christmas and so far it has

been a wonderful few weeks!  I have been making a few

cards to give away and saw that they had a new sketch up

on Cardabilites so I thought I would join in and use

a few scraps I had in my stash.

This weeks sketch is below but since 

I don't have that shape I used one of my

favorite dies from Spellbinders- Blossom Four

to cut out the LOTV image and the backround using

Doodlebug Christmas papers! To make the cards

glisten I used some Diamond stickles on them too!

 I also made the flowers on both of the

cards using the layered Poinsettia die

from Spellbinders S5-055.  It's a beautiful

die and you can do them in so many colors

to decorate things for Christmas.  A great

tip for getting out intricate dies is to use

a bit of wax paper or parchment between the

die and the paper.  They pop out so easy with it!

I made another quick card and used a few

flags to put as a backround and added a pretty bow

and another tiny poinsettia on top.  I added stickles

on her coat to make her outfit shine and a fun

diamond embellishment from Prima on the flower.

Thanks for stopping over and have a very

blessed holiday and don't forget to hug

someone special today!!

LOTV Mermaids and Fairies

I taught a really fun class last night and we used

the new LOTV Mermaid and Fairy stamps that I ordered

and they are so adorable.  I loved picking all the pretty colors

for the mermaids and adding lots and lots of flowers

to them.  And we used lots of the New Spellbinders Dies

because they go perfect with these stamps!  I have 4 cards

to share with you today and hope you like them.....

 I love the peachy/ salmon colors in this card and we went back

to basics this class and used Pebbles glittery chalks and 

colored pencils to color these adorable little girls.  I used 

Spellbinders Labels Twenty eight for the backround 

and added diamond stickles over the chalks to make her glisten.

She is so cute and I love the seahorses and her shell crown!

 For my second card I chose pretty shades of

purple in the Bazzill Basics dot papers and I

used Resplendent Rectangles and mixed it 

with Floral Ovals to do my backround.  I stamped her on 

my favorite Classic Ovals lg which fit perfectly in the middle

of the oval and I colored her with soft shades of lavender!

They liked this one the best .... and I think I really like it too!

 We made a shaped card for this one by cutting

the main piece of card with the Spellbinders Grand Deco Circles.

On top of that I layered a pretty piece of aqua hawaiian

paper using the Lacey Circles die and used foam dots under it.

And finally I stamped her on Standard Circles LG and

colored her with pretty shades of aqua and coral.  I added a 

pretty rose and glistening ribbons and a little bit of diamond

stickles to make her glisten too!

For these two little mermaids I chose a soft green

hawaiian paper and used the Lacey Circles die to

stamp them on in white. Another great product that we

used was Neenah paper.  That along with Tsukineko's Versafine Ink

in black and a little Ranger Detail Embossing Powder in clear 

will give you really fine and clear stamped image to color. 

All the ladies cards in class came out

gorgeous and each one was colored in a beautiful

and unique way.  It was a really fun class and I can't wait

to do another with the New Bear Release that just came out!

Thanks so much for stopping by and seeing what

I have to share and i hope

you all have a wonderful day... 

LOTV Bears

I was so excited this week when I opened the mailbox

and got my package from LOTV with my new mermaid

stamps.  They are sooooo cute and I can't wait to make

cards out of them.  But since we are in CHA mode I have

a few more things to finish and then hopefully I can

get some done for a class next week.. Yay!!!

So today I want to share a fun product that LOTV carries

and are colored by my favorite DT member on their team

Bev Rochester!!  How amazing is that!!  

 I made this super quick card with one of their pre-printed

cardstock sheets. See here.  I used a Spellbinders Labels One to

cut and emboss the photo and then matted it in red.  The papers

are from Basic Grey's 6x6 Christmas pad and of course

the beautiful snowflakes are from Spellbinders 

Create a flake 3 and 4.  I added Diamond stickles on them

to make them glisten and put the sentiment inside.

Aren't the characters just so cute!

Here is a close up of the snowflakes so that you

can see how beautiful they are!  

That's it for today but I will have some fun cards

from my Card Club Class I am teaching this weekend.

Thanks so much for stopping in :)

Hugs and Smiles,  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

New Cards with LOTV stamps..

The last release from LOTV was so cute and I couldn't resist

buying a few new ones to make a few new cards so send so

I got out my Copics out and had lots of fun creating...

 I love the new fairies that they have and
the cute ways they are drawn.  This one
can be for anything really but i used one of
the new mini buttons and made it for a birthday!
 I used papers from Lime Twist 6x6 pad on this
and my lg. Scalloped Octagons and the tiny
Scalloped squares in the 4 windows. For the outside
edge of the frame I traced around the edge of the die
and hand cut it so that it would just barely give
me a little bit of an edge for extra color. The coloring
 on the image is with copics and colored pencils and I added
diamond stickles on her wings to make them sparkle.

 Isn't this little puppy so cute?  For this I used
an old 6x6 pad with pet prints on it and my
Spellbinders Lacey Square die to mat behind
the image.  I also added the diamond stickles
on the little bubbles to make them glisten a little too.

 This is just a quick card you can make from
the kitchen paper pad from Bo Bunny.  I matted
all the papers 4 x to bring out the colors in the stripe
and put one of the coffee chipboard images over
the other coffee image to make it pop more.  The
flowers are from Prima and the what's brewin' is stamped
on cream cardstock with Momento Rich Cocoa
 on a small labels Twenty die from Spellbinders...
 I think I am going to add a little steam coming out
 of the cup now that I see it up but
hope you like all the bright and cheerful colors I used :)

and...
Last for today is just a simple thank you card that I made
with my MME paper pad.  I layered the papers across on
an A2 size cream card and added a sheer ribbon to start
and then embossed a simple square 2" embossed image
on a piece of their coordinating cream cardstock.  Lastly
i glued that on a Spellbinders square fleur de lis die and popped it up
with foam dots for more dimension.

Hope you like the new cards and have lots more to share
but I need to do a bit more coloring still so
have a great day and thanks for stopping by...

Lots of happy hugs,  Teresa

LOTV Challenge

Lily of the Valley Stamps in England is

having a fun challenge this week so I 

thought I would make up a quick card

to enter and add to my collection.. Yay!

This is one of their digitals that is already

colored. (Saves lots of time when you need it)

  Lots of times I add extra pencil or

copic to it to match the paper but this time

I had the perfect ones to match the image from 

My Minds Eye.  The flowers are from

K and Co and EK and the leaves are

punched from an MS punch.

 Here are 3 of my favorite cards I did and
thought I would share.  The top one I got in
the Basic Grey gallery and the birthday kitten
was made for a friends birthday.  All of
these are already colored but the top one I added
extra pencil to match the paper.

I hope you like them and be sure and leave a comment
 and check out all the other entries on their blog here.

Here 

Hugs,  Teresa

September Card Club

It's time again for card club and this was a really fun class to

do because it is the beginning of a wonderful new holiday season

and there is lots of glitter and sparkles available to use for everything.

I used some of the new embossing powders, glitters and stamps from 

Stampendous called Frantage' and it has a really old world 

elegance to it.  I have a few more vintage hat stamps and a key

that they came out with to do still and will post them soon.

Here are some close ups of the glitter...

if you click on the images you can see it better :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Teresa

New Cards Preview

I just received my new christmas stamps from

Lili of the Valley and had to try this one and

i just love it. They have some that are already

printed & my Best Creation papers went perfect!

I added some cute poinsettia's and ribbon,

and gold stampendous dots and glitter on the hat

and a little on the mailbox.

I love, love, love it!! :)

I will post the others on Thurs. on the Best Creation Blog

so don't forget to check back....

Have a great day!