My first Craft Hoarders Anonymous post

Well today is a really great day because it's my first post on the 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Blog.  This is the perfect team for me since

i am just a bit of a hoarder and now i can use up some of the things in 

my stash to give as gifts.  It's going to be a really fun year!!

Since we just had Christmas i am sharing a book that i did for my sister

to put all the cute photos of her cats in.  She had an amazing big white persian

cat named Mabel and sadly she passed away recently and it was the perfect 

papers from Graphic 45 to use.  The line is called Raining Cats and Dogs and 

it's absolutely adorable.   The line comes with lots of flowers and

tags and other fun goodies so it was easy to check off lots of things from

my list of things i needed to use to make this project for her....

The flowers i made with the punch out's that come in the set.  I love the

bright prints and the check ribbon from RRR went great with it.  You can

also see here how i cut and staggered the bottom edges of the book.  The 

papers are so pretty i wanted to show them off on each page before i turned

them to see the next photo on it.  And it comes with these way too cute

chipboard pieces,  buttons, tags and all kinds of goodies to decorate with.

Here and below i am sharing each of the pages that i did.

Each of them has lots of cute things on it and lots of ribbon

and buttons and brads.  It was really fun to do and my sister

really liked it.  

The pictures of the cats on this are just way too cute!

Thank for stopping over to see my book and be sure and enter the

challenge yourself and see what you can dig out of your stash to make

something for someone really special!!  Have a wonderful day :)

Make sure you visit the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Design Team 

and check out what they have to share! 

Amber Milone

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Donna Idlet

Ginny Nemchak

Glenda Brooks

Gloria Stengel 

Kathy Clement

Nancy Dynes

Pam Bray

Teresa Horner- this is me :)

Wendi Robinson

I love you Valentine card

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping over today.  I have another new card

today for Valentines to share that i actually started with the ribbons

and got really lucky with matching papers and other goodies to do it.

I love this ribbon with all the pretty pinks and browns and the paper

from the Crate paper set along with a pink solid went perfect.  For this

card i used a really fun die from Spellbinders Celebrations line that gives 

you small perforations in it called Pierced Circles and with that i layered

one of my favorite dies Lacey Circles in white and pink for the back.

The little wooden sentiment is from Prima and the cute little button is

from a friend who I bought lots of vintage buttons from.  It was just

the perfect touch for what i was looking for.  But it's time to head

off to the CHA show today to discover lots and lots of goodies to

create more fun things with so i better post this and get going.

Thanks for stopping over and have a really amazing day!!

New Cardabilites Challenge is up

Today i am sharing with the new challenge sketch up on Cardabilites.  I had

alot of fun with making this card and used some new things i just got to to 

play a little.  The product is called Glass Bead Glitter Gel and it's pretty neat.

I thought it would be fun to create my own stencil so i used a really pretty

Spellbinders die and cut one from paper.  Then i used the spatula to spread the

gel onto the precut card piece in pink.  After i pulled off my home made stencil

i added just a touch of some Stampendous glitter to it to make it sparkle. I love
the way i got just a bit of a design onto the paper and the glitter adds just
the right amount of something to make it stand out.  And it was fun to experiment!

Here you can see the stencil i made with the paper and the gel from Faber-Castell.

Here is a closeup of the gel back round and the  little flowers and circles that 

i used to do the sketch design with.  Since the gel dries clear i found a big clear 

acetate heart in my stash and used that to do my flower design on.  After i got it

the way i wanted i took a paint brush and splattered white paint on the top of

it to brighten it up a little more.  The Spellbinders dies are just the circles

that i cut to make the bands and Stately Circles which is one of my favs!!

Be sure and check out all the other girls projects on the blog

for Cardabilities, they always have some amazing inspiration  :)

Have a great day....Teresa

Be Mine Valentine

I am so happy to be starting a new year and that means i can start making

lots of Valentine things for my favorite holiday.  I am trying really hard

to do things a little less complicated so today i am sharing a card that

i made with one of the new Victorian dies from Spellbinders and some

papers and chipboard stickers from Crate paper and MME.

This card i did so that you can actually stand it up to show it off

or i guess you could create it with a neat pocket inside and slide a 

few yummy treats or a gift card inside too.  To make it i just created

the layered backround and then cut 2 pieces from the Royal Circle die set, 

one in pink and the smaller in ivory.  Then i layered them with 3D foam

dots and added some ribbons.  The chipboard is from the Crate paper

set and the words in the center are rub ons from them too.  And

they are really good quality so it was easy to do.

I hope you like it 

And the winner is.....

It's finally Monday everyone and the excitement with all of us is building up

 as we all pick our winners and post them for the Season's Giving Blog Hop.

I personally cannot thank each and every one of you enough for stopping 

over to my blog and for sharing such wonderful and kind words about my work 

and about how you spent your Christmas's this year.  Reading them all--- it's 

unanimous that Family was the most important thing during the holidays

and spending it our parents, kids and grandkids from far and wide was truly

the best gift that you can ever get :)  It made my holiday that much better too!

So i decided to add 2 more winners besides giving my big prize for their 

amazing stories about something special that happened to them this holiday season.  

But first i am going to announce my grand prize goes to

#98 Heather Mills  

(whoo hoo and so happy for you--- Congrats!!)

and my 2 winners for sharing their amazing stories are 

AMY#8546 and Tammy M

Please email me with your addresses as soon as you can 

and i will get your prizes out to you!!

Thanks again for sharing in this fabulous hop with all of us!!

Happy New Year...

Happy New Everyone... i hope that you had a great celebration

in your part of the world and for me i am looking forward to starting

a brand new year and begin lots of new things.  I am hopefully starting a

new job and will know soon if it all works out for me.... I am excited.

But meantime i have a card to share from Quietfire Design stamps

that i did over the holidays and i really like the way it came out.

I used the stamp set that you can get here called i wouldn't

have missed being your friend for anything.  I had some new papers

that i had just gotten from Crate paper and the colors and little hearts

on all the papers are really, really cute.  I had lots of flowers

in my stash to match it from Petaloo and i used a couple of my favorite 

dies to create the lattice backround on the card.  They are called

Basic Lattice and Matting Basics.  Both are from the card creator

die sets from Spellbinders and i really love using them.  

Thanks so much for stopping over for a visit and have a wonderful day!