Great ideas for coffee lovers..

Today i have a few fun projects that i did really quick with a fun stamp set that i got from Stampendous.  I did a class before Christmas but i had some

new papers from Adorn it and thought it would be fun to make up a few things.

The cute stamp set "Coffee Talk" you can find here if you need to order it and they
have another one that i used at the bottom called Shared Coffee Stamp.

You know i had to use a few dies for these... it's part of what i do everyday now
and so love it.  One of my favorite dies to use are these cut little Die D'lite circles
 that you can use for doilies and such.  I cut and embossed the Medallion 8 in vellum
 for the bag and one in paper for the card. And there is another neat die called Sweet Treats.
It's a 2 die set with tags that you can use by themselves or put together like i did.

Here is a closeup of the tag that i did for it.  It has really cute
little beans on the stamp with lots of different sentiments for these.

And this stamp makes me think of a good Australian mate of mine
named Linda Lucas... she has the best posts about coffee and she always
puts a huge smile on my face with them so this is for you Linda :)

Thanks for stopping over and be sure and check out all the
other new stamps that Stampendous is releasing.  I can't wait for some
of them to teach my next few classes with.  It's going to be really fun!!

Big Hugs and smiles...Teresa

Heart Box for Valentines..

Today i have a fun little share for you that i did to put some special

candies that i am going to make up for Valentines.  I love to make

my own little paper boxes with my Scor-pal and this one is a super easy

4 x 4 box with a matching top that is decorated with pretty hearts on it.

I found some really cute papers moving all my stuff last week and

love the simple heart shapes on the paper.  I also had the chipboard scalloped

 hearts that were perfect from Want2Scrap that matches the Spellbinders dies 

i used. The SB die is called Classic Scalloped Heart and having the die

match the chipboard made it super easy to do.  The bling is also from

Want2Scrap and the ribbons are from Really Reasonable Ribbon that

you can see here. These are fun to do and put in a few doilies with some

giant homemade cookies instead of the candy for your friends.  It's nice

to send a little something to show them how much you care.

That's all for today and thanks for stopping over :)

Big Hugs and Smiles...Teresa

Something fun....

This month at the CHA show i was so blessed to see all the new products

being introduced and also got to meet a few amazing artists along the way.

By far my favorite besides Suzanne from Quietfire and everyone at Spellbinders

i got to meet Andy Skinner from Deco art and found his new line of paints.

Well all i can say is wow and i had to have all of them!!  It's a fun mixed media

line that has lots of fun colors and mediums to mix but with a little twist.

Oh and one of my favorite stamp companies Stampendous is joining with

him and Spellbinders to create lots of really cool projects to do.

I love to paint and this started off as just a wooden heart and i used a base layer

of gesso and then stenciled on some modeling paste to create that circle layer.

Then i added a layer of Media antiquing cream and then stamped on another

layer of paint with a flowery stamp i had in my stash.  And then i used just a

little bit of Deco Art Metallic lustre in brown and aqua with a damp t shirt to

get the pattern to show up a little more. There is also a product called
interference and it by far is the coolest product.  It was great fun.  And those cool

little flowers are made with a Spellbinders die and i made them in a

soft gold metal and painted them up a little too with aqua mulit surface paint.

Here is a closer look at the heart. The stamp was from a Valentine set by Technique
Tuesday and i used Archival ink for that.  Anyway i have to go and teach my second
class today up at Scrap N Yap but i have more to share this week and i am
sure i will have lots more with this really fun new product line!!

Thanks so much for stopping over today, Happy Saturday to you all!

Quietfire Queen of Hearts Blog Hop...

Welcome to the Quietfire Design Queen of Hearts Blog Hop! Today is Day 3
of our hop and today you will be visiting Yvonne's blog first and then me....

Everyone created gorgeous projects so far and this is my contribution
 with the new stamps that were just released!

I adore this cute stamp called The Best Kiss and I have a nephew that is newly married
this summer so i decided to make a shadow box frame for them for a gift.  The picture
they have is mostly black and white so i decided to keep it really neutral and stay with cream
and silver to make the photo and the sentiment pop more.  I wanted to make it more
timeless style wise so i kept it simple with flowers and rhinestones to match the silver.

For the silver behind the sentiment i used real silver metal from Spellbinders that
you can cut with dies.  It was perfect and gave me a wonderful and classy sturdy base
for my sentiment to be attached to.  The flowers and foliage i created to match
  from Spellbinders dies too and the bling is from Want2Scrap. Oh and i also
used another fun die called Peacock feathers that i cut in silver. It looks so pretty.
 I can hardly wait to give this to them :)  I hope they like it.

And of course I had to make a matching card for the gift so i used the
same silver paper along with some white and pink cardstock.  For the sentiment
i used Brilliance Platinum Planet ink by Imagine/Tsukineko.  It matched perfect
and i love the way it glistens in the light.  The stamp is called Have a Heart and
it has the most beautiful saying from Charles Dickens on it.  I love all the flourishes
and the pretty heart at the top of the stamp. It's so pretty in silver.  The pretty pink
ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and it too went perfectly.

For the card base itself i layered 3 Spellbinders dies.  The silver one is
called 5x7 Mystical Embrace and the next layer is Holiday Snowflakes
 that i did in pink and then for my sentiment I used Labels 28. It was fun
layering different dies and the sentiment fit perfectly on the top one.

Here is a photo of the stamp as you would buy it and the stamps
are all cling mounted so they really are easy to stamp with.

Here is our Blog Hop Schedule and the dates each designer will be posting (Click on each person's name to go to their blog):  The is still 2 more days with chances to win.

Jan 19 - Kathy Jo and Diana

Jan 20 - Sherry and Yogi
Jan 21 - Yvonne and Teresa 

Jan 22 - Wanda and Robyn 

Jan 23 - Suzanne 

For a chance to win a Quietfire rubber stamp (Don’t be shy!) leave a comment below before midnight Sunday January 25th, 2015. A winner will be randomly chosen from my list of comments and the winner's name will be posted on Quietfire Creations shortly afterwards. If you haven't done so already, go back and leave comments on all the designers Queen of Hearts blog posts!  

Good Luck!

RRR Challenge for January

We have another fun challenge up on the RRR blog today using lots

of Ribbons and Hearts on your project.  It was easy, peasy i think considering

this is my favorite holiday.  I love all the hearts, lace, ribbons and other

good things and especially the chocolate from See's candy...

I was ordering some fun containers before Christmas and found this

cute tin so i decided to make a simple wrap for it and i found the

cutest tag for the front as my theme.  It says True Love's Kiss 

and how cute is it to fill with lots of Hershey kisses for my DH.  I used

the white lace from the Love is in the Air Ribbon Club Assortment and I

also used the metallic edged satin ribbon in red to make the pretty bow that

is underneath the rose.  The card is made from the tags that come with

the Simple Stories Valentines paper and i tied it with the same satin ribbon.

One of my favorite products are all the cottage roses and flowers that

you can get and this way you can give a beautiful rose that will last 

a long, long time.  I hope you like it and if you ever have a question

about how to do something please leave me a message and i will try

and answer it to help if i can.  Thanks for stopping over today :)

RRR Blog Hop for January

Hi Everyone and welcome to our Blog hop for January on the RRR design team.

Today i have a fun book to share with all of you for Valentines and it's filled

with lots of ribbons and lace from the January Ribbon Club Assortment.

So if you started from the beginning you should have

hopped over from Heathers' blog....

and--- we are ready to get started on my project i guess...

I had one of those really cute G45 mini box books in my stash so

i combined that with some new papers from Simple Stories and their

stickers and lots of ribbons and flowers from RRR and this is what i came up

with.  The colors are really pretty together and it went together pretty quick. I 

also had some metallic edged satin ribbon i added to it and some in tulle in red.

I really love the tags on this set.  They have some really cute sayings.

Love this check ribbon on this page... so cute

with the little typewriter tag :)

So now it's time to hop to our next designer and that is Jenn's Blog....

I am sure you will have lots of great inspiration waiting for you :)

Have a great day.... Teresa