Today’s card (5-14)

Hi all!

I made this card over National Scrapbook Day weekend and never got around to sharing it.. No rush… or anything.

I was inspired by a  “By the Numbers” challenge (in honor of National Scrapbook Day) from the folks over on Studio Calico. Hence I used the number stickers on the circles.

Most of the supplies are from a Studio Calico kit (34th Street). The words are from Avery Elle’s Handwritten Notes stamp set. (A crazy fan I am of that set.)

Kinda fun!

Wish I could say I had more to say today, but that’s all I have for you. Be back later.

May Studio AE Blog Hop from Technique Tuesday

Yep! It’s a good day for another Studio AE Blog Hop from Technique Tuesday!

The crew is playing around this month with Heartfelt by Ali Edwards, the Studio AE stamp set for May.

I decided to go the card route this month. Ali’s stamps are so graphic that I really wanted to challenge myself this month and try to go with a more homespun, shabby look.

I took the same “heart” you stamp and stamped it over and over on different pieces of paper. Then I cut, cut and cut some more.

I also over-stamped on some of the pieces of paper some words from her All My Love set on top. (Check out those cream hearts. You can see it there.)

I also added a few homespun touches: some stitches; some gems and a bit of twine. Again, just to kinda play on the shabby, homespun side.

Pretty fun!

Be sure to check out everyone taking part in the hop today:

• Ali
• Tobi
• Daniela
• Nichol
• Laura
• Teri (here you are!)
• Sharyn

(Please beware that our team is in different time zones, so someone might not have their links up yet today. Sometimes, it gets a little confusing with the timing.)

We’ll give away a prize to one person who comments during the hop!

Someone will get a $25 gift certificate. The winner will be announced on the 15^th on the Technique Tuesday blog.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Today’s card (5-8)

Say hello to today’s card.

This is a little gift card holding card (say that 10 times fast) that I made. It appears in the new 350 Cards & Gifts special issue from Paper Crafts magazine. (It also appeared on their blog this week. Hey, Stacy! Thanks for highlighting it!)

I used a couple different stamp sets on it from My Favorite Things. They make totally fun stuff! If you haven’t check out their Web site lately, do. It seems like every time I look, they have more new stamps.

Going back to the new issue, be sure to check out Moxie Fab World. Cath is holding a bunch of challenges in honor of the issue this week, plus she is sharing lots of peeks from it. It’s a lot of fun to what she shares and how folks are inspired.

That’s all I have got for now. Be back later, gators.

Thanks for stopping by…. and for being kind!

Signature Series with Heidi Sonboul Blog Hop (5-6)

Hi friends!

Super excited to join my friend, Heidi, today in celebrating her new Signature Series book from Northridge Media for a blog hop!

So I’m using some of Heidi’s fabulous collections from GCD Studios to share some projects.

Of course, Heidi’s my pal so I couldn’t do just one. I had to make three.

Meet #1

Meet #2.

And meet #3.

Hee! The TV just cracks me up!

All three projects use products from Heidi’s Special Delivery collection for GCD Studios.

Be sure to hit all the stops on the hop:

GCD Studios
Alicia Thelin
Amanda Coleman
Angi Barrs

Audrey Yeager
Christina Collins

Christine Meyer
Grace TolmanHeidi Van Laar 

Jennifer Chapin

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Katrina Hunt
Kelly Holbrook

Lalo IK

Megan KlauerNina Yang
Pam Callaghan
Rae Barthel
Rochelle Spears
Sara Zenger

Suzanna Lee
Teri Anderson
Wida Miller

And be sure to head on over to Heidi Sonboul‘s new site for a chance to win the newest tool from Fiskars and her two newest collections, Special Delivery and SunKissed. (Special Delivery is what I used on my cards!)

 

And to order the book you can go here:

Today’s card (5-2)

Another day. Another card.

Digging through my stash of supplies and found a few sheets of old Studio Calico paper and other Studio Calico stuff. Decided to challenge myself to go to town with it so this is the result.

I added a few things to the mix: a chipboard plane from Simple Stories, as well as a stamped arrow from Technique Tuesday’s Seriously Rad stamp set.

Always fun to just play and see what you come up with. That’s kinda what this card is all about.

Be back again later, friends! Thanks for stopping by.

Technique Tuesday: Studio AE (5-1)

Hi all!

Just a little something to share today that I made with the new Studio AE stamp set from Technique Tuesday. The new set, called Heartfelt by Ali Edwards, goes on sale today. Watch for it to go up on their Web site today. (And keep an eye on sites like Two Peas, Simon Says Stamp! and Ellen Hutson, who all carry the Studio AE stamps and will all have it later in the month.)

I made each of the little tag and square elements with the set. I think it’s a pretty great set for scrapbooking (traditional and pocket page style), but I really wanted to challenge myself this time to make a card with it. I thought some of the fun little elements would look great on a line so that’s what I went with.

I filled in the hearts randomly with patterned paper  and pencils. Oh yeah, and a really big gem! 

So that’s what I have. Be back again later.

Zva Creative April Blog Hop! (4-29)

Hi all!

Super thrilled to be joining my friends from Zva Creative for their April blog hop!

Today’s blog begins at Zva Creative’s Facebook page! Be sure head on over to check it out! 

And here’s a list of participants (in case there is a glitch along the way):

• Teri (<—– here you are)
• Anna Zaprzelska (next stop!)
• Irene Tan 
• Jennifer Snyder
• Carole Maurin
• Christin Grønnslett
• Andrea Ewen
• Helen Tilbury
• Fabi Ormerod
• Jolanda Meurs
• Natasha Naranjo Aguirre
• Lisa Somerville
• Julie Ranae
• Nicole Martel
• Marilia Lopes
• Windy Robinson
• Justina Tey

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals.  If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

So I’ve got five — yep, five —- projects to share with you today. All were made with pearls and crystals from Zva’s CHA – Winter release.

Here’s #1.

Here’s #2.

And #3.

To give the gems on this one an ombre look of sorts, I used a dark green pen to make some of the crystals just a little bit darker.

And here’s #4.

And, finally, #5.

I added a few extra solo pearls here,  just to give the flourish a little extra”ummph.”

If you would like to play along with the Zva, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The next stop on the hop is the blog of the talented Anna Z.! Can’t wait to see what she is sharing today!

By the way, the Blog Hop starts today, April 29^th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, April 30^th.

…..And there are some prizes up for grabs. That’s always a good thing, right?

Hidden on FIVE of the designer’s blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post… you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer’s blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 1^st on Zva Creative’s Facebook page! We will do our best to notify each winner, but it’s best if you can pop in to Zva’s blog on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize!  To increase your chances of winning:

• Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)
• Comment to let us know that you “tweeted” about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)
• Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that’s fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don’t carry.
• Hop over to Zva’s facebook page and “like” our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by if you already like follow us there!

That’s all I have! Be back again later!