New Die D-lites coming out with Spellbinders

I have had lots of fun making some quick and easy cards

with the new Die D-lites that just were released by Spellbinders

this week and I am trying some new ways to shoot my pictures too.

This is a card I did with the New Medallion Two die.

I used mostly white cardstock for the back that I

embossed with a really pretty embossing folder

also from Spellbinders called Lovely Lattice.  For
the medallion I cut it once for the back in pink and
then cut just the edge in white and then again with
the edge and the medallion and popped it up with foam
dots so that the layers show up really pretty.
At the bottom I layered a pretty piece of lace
and tied a pretty satin ribbon over it.

Some of the pearls I used from Want2Scrap and the 

others I made with a pearl pen but they didn't seem to

photograph so well.  And finally the stamp I used is from 

one of my favorite sets from Lily of the Valley.

You can also see the other medallions in the set here..
There are so many to chose from and so many neat
projects that you can make with them too.

Thanks for stopping over to visit and I will be sharing
more of the dies so be sure and check back soon.

Adventure Mini Envelope Album

So a long time back I made a really neat mini book with envelopes

and a new die from Spellbinders called Celtic Accents.  Well the

Irish part of me took over and I made this really beautiful book

that Spellbinders used for a few ads.  And finally I get to share it

with all of you.  Oh and it even got to go over to Ireland when they

were doing a show there last year... how cool is that?

All the pieces of this die set made it easy to create
lots of beautiful pieces for the outside and the inside.

I made my book with a purchased leather outside and used
kraft envelopes and cards for the inside.  For the outside I cut
and embossed pieces of card stock in rich burgundy and green
and then inked them up with brown chalk inks.  Then I layered
them and added the word adventure with black adhesive letters.
I love to travel and this was another fun idea to create a place
to store the bits of things i find and photos along the way in
my journeys. Someday i hope to go to Ireland to see where my
Grandmother came from and I'll be ready but I think that I
 I will need a much bigger book with all the things I find.

I also bound the book and added my own wires
and those are from American Craft. Super easy to do.
That's it for today but be sure and visit the Spellbinders
page for more information on this project and lots more!

Happy Wednesday and hope you are crafting something
really fun today....

Beautiful People Card

It has been a busy, busy week with so many projects going

and classes but I made to the other side yesterday and happily

everything went really well and I even got some happy mail!!

Today I am sharing a simple card from some of my favorite

papers by Teresa Collins.  I have been lucky enough to meet

her in person and I am so inspired by her and so love what

she creates to share with all of us. 

and...I am so blessed to have so many people like this in my life

and had the opportunity to share a fun day of making 

cards with some of them Sat at the Prima warehouse and Friday

at Scrap N Yap.  They truly are amazing ladies :)

and last but not least today 

I followed the Cardabilites sketch this week a little and

wanted to share what Karan created for us to try...

Thanks for dropping over and hope your week

is filled with wonderful crafty things too....

Hugs and Smiles,  Teresa

Cardabilites Challenge #83

I am so happy that we are moving from summer to fall.  

In California that is the best time for weather and 

the trees that we do have change color and there is

 lots of time to bake all the apples and pick pumpkins!!  yay :)

Today I am joining in on the Cardabilities challenge 

with a quick fall card that I did in less than 10 mins.

I used WeR's Country Livin papers and tag and the

flowers and leaves are from Prima. I also used Spellbinders

Matting Basics for A-2s and it gave me a pretty embossed

edge on the pieces on my back round.  The inside I made

as a pocket card so that I could maybe send a few photos

in it when it's time to mail it out.  I am generally not a real

fan of yellow but it worked really good for this card.

Here is Karan's sketch this time that i used:

Be sure and stop over and see the other girls cards

they posted this time... They are really gorgeous!

Happy Thursday everyone :)

Quietfire Design and Dreamweaver Stencils Day 5

Hi Everyone and welcome to the last day of our hop with

all the talented ladies on the Dreamweaver Design Team.

 Today we are all sharing projects that we did

with some of the wonderful products that both Quietfire Design
stamps carries and the wonderful stencils and products from
Dreamweaver... It was really alot of fun and there are lots
of ways that you can use the products.. so are you ready?

The first part of my project is a box that I got from Prima

that I painted and then used some chalk ink on and the Dreamweaver

FX powders around the edges to antique it a little bit.  I wanted to create

a really pretty box to hold the book that is the next part of my

project today to put all the photos and fun things that we

do during the fall times at our house....

I Cut/Embossed 3 layers of dies in different colors to match

the flowers. On the top right- the ivory cardstock piece I stenciled

the tree stencil with green ink and embossed it.  Then I added some

distress ink in orange and green and rubbed some of
the orange FX powders into the backround of the tree
with a dauber too.  It's hard to photograph but

it has a really pretty autumn glow to it.  The letters

are adhesive and I glued then onto the tree when it was dry.
The Spellbinders dies I used for it are S5-157 Labels Eighteen,
S5-191 Decorative Labels Twenty-eight and S4-310 Labels Eighteen.
All of them you can get from Quietfire Design website here.

The second part of my project is a quick and easy

book that you can buy or make with chipboard and a 

ruler.  The papers are from Bo Bunny Apple Cider Collection
 and the book fits just perfect inside of the box.  

For my book I used the Quietfire Design stamp #6285
and I stamped it in dark brown ink and embossed it and
then used a foam applicator and stenciled it orange ink
around the inside edges to frame it.  Here is the words on it.

Here is a photo of some of the fun products that the generous

Dreamweaver Company gave us to use.  Thank you so much

for joining us on the hop and be sure and leave a comment so

you have a chance to win some of the fun prizes!  

If you missed anyone.. here is the links for the other ladies today.

Quietfire Design Members...

Sherry Cheever

Holly Eastabrook

Yogi Grunwald

Robyn Josephs

Teresa Horner

Suzanne Cannon

and

Dream Team members...

Stacey Rumsby

Jessica Griffin

Cyndi Bundy

Wendy Jordan

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Heidi Erickson

Laura Drahozal

Cherylynn Moser

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

Quietfire Design and Dreamweaver Stencils Blog Hop...

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Get ready for an amazing week of Awesome in Autumn! This week we are partnering with the Dreamweaver Design Team and are so excited to play with their innovative stencils, pastes and glitters!  Follow along with us and leave your comments on each blog for an opportunity to win one of two wonderful prize packages.

Here's what I've created for today's post:

 My Project for today is a beautiful card that I made using the Quietfire Gentle thoughts

rubber stamp # 6090 , the fall leaf stencil by Dreamweaver and papers by Bo Bunny. 

 I also used Spellbinders Labels Eighteen and the A-2 Fancy Weave die.  

Dreamweaver also carries a powder called Metallic FX and I used that

to shade around my stencil.  It worked really good and it's all glittery.

For my project today I used the leaf stencil with Versafine embossing ink by Tsukineko

on dark brown paper and cut them out and used them as a decorative accent on my card.

It's a beautiful and super easy way to use a stencil and I am sure I will have lots

of ideas to use it for in the fall months ahead.

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win some amazing prizes too!

PS: you can also get Dreamweaver stencils &
supplies in the Quietfire Design store HERE.