Little Patriots

I love, love this banner I made using the Little Patriots file from Treasure Box Designs! I can't wait to find the perfect spot to hang it for the summer! The glitter banner was found at Target for $3!! I am so mad that I didn't pick up more sets... they really are great! And they were perfect for the design! I did the red, white and blue banners to go on top of the silver and then popped up the little figures. I just noticed that I left off the stars on the wheels and on the little girl's dress!!! Gasp!!!! I will fix it and edit it later... how the heck did I do that??? LOL!! Anyway, here are some pictures and close ups!!!
Have  wonderful day!!!!
Teri
http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com

Military Salute....

I made this accordion style card to use with my patriotic summer decorating. It's going on my table or side cabinet with maybe some mason jars filled with daisies and little flags behind some of the panels. Our military is very important to me, these men and women give their all to protect us and give us our freedom that is such a gift!
Again, these are Treasure Box Designs.... such a great selection of adorable files to choose from!
http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com/

Thank you for spending time at my blog.... and God Bless America!!!!

Teri

A Baby Princess Layout

I just finished creating a layout using Treasure Box Designs files. It's a baby girl layout, I just loved working with the designs and really don't have a specific use for it yet. Maybe I will finally get Kaitlyn's first pictures scrapped... she IS only eight for heavens sake!!! LOL!! I hand lettered the title and used a spot in the carriage so the vital statistics could be recorded... Of course I added glitter and sequins to make it sparkle more!!!

These files can be found here: http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com/
Have a wonderful day!! I may even be back to post some more of my design team projects today!

Teri

It's Been a Lonngggg Time....

Hello! Happy May! It's been such a long time since I've even thought about my little blog! So sad how life gets in the way of what you love to do! And the sad part is, it is just plain old life, nothing very exciting!!!! But I'm really going to try to make the effort to pay attention and keep up with this little place on the web!!!!
I love, love paper piecing and one really exciting thing that has happened is that I was asked to be on the Treasure Box Design team and the Digi Box Design team!!! I absolutely ADORE Dina's designs and have had so much fun playing with them! So..... I will start today with a lot of things I created using their files! The Digi Box Designs are digi stamps, I love coloring, too, so this has been double the fun! Here are some of the Digi Box Designs I worked with:

These were all colored using my prismacolor pencils and gamsol. They are just so cute! I have lots more to show, but thought I'd start here!!!! All these designs can be found at:

http://www.digiboxdesigns.com

What I love about working with digital stamps is that you can size them however large or small you'd like, this one I made really large to use as a wall hanging:

Have a great day and I'll be back to show you some of the Treasure Box Designs paper piecings!

Hugs,

Teri

A sweet treat box...

Happy New Year... even though January is almost over!!!! I've been working on a couple little things and thought I would pop them on here.... the first is a little treat box that I first found on pinterest and then found some great directions here: http://www.apathofpaper.blogspot.ca/2012/09/top-tip-tuesday-treat-box.html  It was really easy to make. I had some white chipboard that I used for the base and then actually used my Tilda papers (gasp!) to cover it. The pulls are just wooden hearts I painted and glued on. I also made a little Joy banner and strung it with twine. This one is actually going to a swap partner, I plan on making more, they can hold all kinds of little treasures!
 Hope you like it!

 

 

I found a pair of golden scissors!

Blitsy.com is having a giveaway! Inside randomly selected orders, they place one of 100 pairs of golden scissors! If you find one, you're entered into a drawing for $250, $500 or $1000 in Blitsy gift cards!! How cool is that?? Even better is that I won one!!! Yay!!!!!! I love the site, they have the best deals ever, very addicting!!!!!
Off to finish some baking, some laundry and some cleaning... maybe will even sneak in a little crafting~~~~

 

Hugs,

Teri

It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas!

Oh wow... it's been forever since I've been blogging... just so much going on and not enough time to do everything I'd like. And now the holidays are upon us! We're going to my daughter's for Thanksgiving so I don't have much to do except make some pies and that's okay with me! Both of my kids love to cook, I don't know where it comes from... because I do NOT! Glad they do though!
I was at the Dollar Tree the other day and picked up this little angel:

 

I thought I could shabby her up a bit, so I added some lace pieces from a dress my daughter wore in a wedding many years ago, added some pearls and some rhinestones, a ribbon on the back and she is now ready for my tree! She has a silver bell underneath and I was originally going to remove it, but when she's hanging it really does look cute! And here she is all dolled up:

 

 

I also had some snowflakes and am going to pretty them up as well... I used a die cut from my Tilda paper and made a lace flower, added some flowers, beads and a bow and she's all done, too!

 

Thanks for visiting and I hope to be better about posting!

Hugs,

Teri

 

 

Uptown Girls... Bench Buddies

My best friend and I don't get to see each other all the time. We're only about an hour or so away but with work, family obligations, etc., we don't get together nearly enough! We'll text and call, but the time spent together is priceless!!! So when I saw this Stamping Bella stamp, I knew I had to have it and make her a thinking of you card!! It's Belinda and Bernadette... Bench Buddies. I colored them with my prismacolor pencils, added a seam binding bow with a little applique, cut some banners, added a doily, some glitter paper and called it done! Hope you like it!!
Click on the picture to see the whole card!
Hugs,
Teri

Simon Says Create! Weekend!

Oh, here I am again, so late with posting... life gets so busy sometimes and when you think back on it, it seems like you've not done anything!!
I've had some fun things that I got to do!!! Simon Says Stamp had their Simon Says Create event in Columbus at the end of May and I got to go!!!!! I never had such a great time, it was simply awesome!! Classes started at 9 on Friday morning and ended at 9, then started up again Saturday morning until about 8 that night! The best part????!!! TIM HOLTZ was one of the teachers!!!! Yep, I finally got to take classes with him and it was fantabulous!!!!!!! My seat for all the classes was right next to the demonstrators table... swoon!!!!! LOL!!! He is soooo nice and so down to earth, you felt like you knew him forever!! I was totally out of my comfort zone, but ended up loving all the techniques!!! We also had Jennifer McGuire teaching cards... she is just the cutest little thing!! LOL! Here are a few pictures of the classes with Tim.... only the canvas is actually finished! They were fast paced classes!
Here's the canvas... it isn't as yellow as it looks in this picture, my lighting was horrible!!!!
Click on the pictures for full size!

Then we worked on one of the mini folio's, these are so awesome!!! Mine has tons to do to have it finished, but it gives me a fun place to try new things out and add them to it!

The final class with tim was the Configurations mini book! I have fallen in love with these and can't wait to get a couple more!!! I still need to add some treasures here and there and to finish the tag book for the bottom! All these supplies were given to us to use and take home... it was just too cool!!

This will be the tag book that goes in the bottom section... And the binding system... just need a little time to finish it up!

 

Alll in all, it was a fantastic, special time!! My good friend, Deb, went with me even though she couldn't get into the sold out classes. They had demonstrators all day and a store set up so between that and our hotel room, she kept busy!!! We spent money on awesome supplies, too!! LOL!! I'm hoping they have it again next year because I will be there!!!!
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Teri

Shabby Stickpin Jar

Is it just me, or has this winter gone on and on? We had a few really nice days, but this afternoon is supposed to be a mixture of rain and snow... sigh... bring on the warmer weather... not the high 80's and 90's with all the humidity, mind you, just the 70-75's with a slight breeze, I'm not asking for much am I???
I was recently in a Valentine swap with some ladies and mine ended up being VERY late, like she got my box on St. Patrick's Day late.... I'm so sorry, again, Wendy!!! This was one of the things I made her, I took a mason jar, made a pincushion top and glued it to the lid, decorated it with a doily,  ribbons, and flowers... I loved how it turned out and think I'll have to make one for myself! I also made the stickpins on top and added some plain ones in the jar for her to make her own!
I can't wait for the garage sales to start, I'm going to be on the lookout for old laces ( or new!), buttons and lots of costume jewelry to take apart and use on projects!
Enjoy your day!
Hugs,
Teri

 

 

 

Little Artist Party!

Hello! Again, a long time between posts, yet I feel like I just did one!!! Time flies I guess! Today's post is on my granddaughter's 6th birthday party! She wanted an art party, so we headed to pinterest for some ideas and took off with it! I made the little girls each an apron from old jeans and ironed their initial on them. They decorated an 8 inch letter with paint and gems and punches... and did a wonderful job!!! Kaitlyn was so happy with it and thanked me over and over!! All totally worth it!
So here are the invitations:

Kaitlyn saw this cake on pinterst and loved it!!! So my daughter in law had her friend make it!

 

I made labels that said "Kaitlyn's Creative Juice" to go on the drinks! Of course each girl had her own name on it!

 

I made a paint palette for each artist out of a Styrofoam paper plate, punched a hole for the hole and then tied a paint brush on it! We squirted puddles of paint on it for them to use. Here's each place setting... the party hats are store bought and I added a rosette to each one and glued white rick rack around the bottom. The little red striped cups have gems in them and the blue ones have glue and toothpicks to glue with. Each girl got an easel with a little "Artist at Work" sign on it...

 

 

I cut the word ART in 10" letters from the Base Camp Cricut cartridge and we hung them from the paper lanterns in the center of the room...

 

 

The door sign to welcome the party guests!

 

 

A Happy Birthday banner is a must have!

 

 

And the rice krispie treat "paint brush" to take home!

 

 

I also made little art aprons for each girl from old jean legs and used bias tape around the edges and fused the initial to each one, here's Kaitlyn in hers...

 

 

They all had a great time creating and really did a great job with the letters!!!! Very creative, little girls!!!!!

 

 

 

 

All in all, a successful day! And it was all done in two hours!!! Funny how all the preparations take so much longer than the actual party!!! And it was all worth it when a precious 6 year old tells me "Thank You, Grandma, for making my party so nice!"

melt....

Have a wonderful day!!

Hugs,

Teri