Dedication cards

Hi,

I did say I'd made some dedication cards, so here they are. It's taken me longer than I expected to put them up - had a difficult time the last couple of weeks. 

It's difficult to find dedication cards in the shops, so I have made some to sell in our church gift shop.

The images were all stamped with black archival ink, and painted with distress ink and adirondack pens.  the colour on the baby vest was rubbed on with cut'n'dry foam.
I used the text from Particraft's religious range of stamps.
Hope you like them!
If you'd like to buy one, they are available at Cornerstone  House, Cumbernauld.

keep crafting

Teri x

Cornerstone Art Group

Hi, just a quick post to show you some pics from 3 workshops I ran for the Cornerstone Art Group which has recently started up. I was asked to run a few sessions for them, so I was pleased. I taught the group how to make gift boxes with an Eaziscore board, grungeboard bookmarks and bracelets (inspired by the ones I saw Sheena Douglass making on TV last year) and Christmas cards with the Light of the World stamp set from PartiCraft.

I really enjoyed working with the group, and they all did brilliantly - well done!

Teri

Light of the World stamp set

Hi all,

I was really pleased to have some new faces at the workshop today - hope you all enjoyed it! Here are some pics of the cards:

We used distress inks to edge 2 pieces of white card, one with shabby shutters and the other with fired brick. Then the baubles and other images were stamped with the same 2 colours of distress ink.  One lady added a purple element by using dusty concord distress ink, and stamping snowflakes ( from the Medallion set 2 A4 stamp set). The "Light of the world" stamp set from PartiCraft is great because the images are designed to fit into the baubles, so there are lots of possible combinations.

Using distress ink like this means you can always get a mat for your cards to match the ink you use for the images.  I saw Sue demo these techniques on Create and Craft a while ago.

We used double-sided tape to edge the white card and poured Cosmic Shimmer Aurora glitter onto the tape to give a glittery frame.  The layers were stacked up and mounted on a card blank, made from either dark green or red ribbed card. 

I'll be demonstrating using this set at the PartiCraft party in Garelochhead tomorrow night, so why not come and join us? Email me using the link on the sidebar.

Don't forget Sue is demonstrating on Create and Craft on Monday at 12pm...it'll be great.

TTFN

Teri

Rhino it's your birthday...

This is a pic from a walk we went near Kilsyth recently.  I like trees, so I took a pic of this one!  Anyway back to crafting, here's a pic of the card we made at my workshop on Friday.  The background paper was stamped repeatedly with Adirondack ink (denim) with the wording.  Then I cut 2 circles with nestibilities circle dies, in different shades of blue.  I stamped the rhino image 5 times on white card with the same denim inkpad, and cut out various parts. I layered them up with sticky pads, to create a decopage rhino.  The rhino and the greeting are from PartiCraft's A5 Safari stamp set, and the background wording from their A5 Monkey stamp set.  I mounted the whole thing onto an A5 white card blank. 

This Sunday is my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary, so I made this card for them. The greeting stamp is available from PartiCraft. I stamped it with perfect medium and heat embossed it with Cosmic Shimmer Golden Red Blaze embossing powder.  The shapes  were cut with my nestabilities labels dies, and distressed with red brick distress ink.

Hope they like it!

There's no workshop this friday since it is the school holidays, so the next one is Friday 22nd October.

TTFN

Teri

Another tree card...

This is the card we made at the workshop on Friday. I was inspired by a similar one on Pam's blog.  I used 3 colours of distress ink, on glossy card, to make the background. I masked off an area to make a white frame, and after adding the first colour, I masked off a circle as well.  Then I stamped the images with blck archival ink.  The tree stamp is from PartiCraft's Nature A5 stamp set, and the birds are from the Religious4 A5 stamp set (also PartiCraft).

Since it is now October, PartiCraft have a new FREE gift - see the pic on my sidebar.  You can get this if you host a party this month.

TTFN

Teri

Mirror workshop

Hi, I thought you'd like to see some pic's from my workshop on Friday. It was a larger project - taking a plain mirror and altering it. So here are some pictures of the work in progress, and some of the finished mirrors:

This one is going to be a jungle theme, using the jungle, safari and monkeys stamp sets from PartiCraft. Stamped onto white card with archival black ink, and then painted with distress inks.This mirror was painted with a Radiant Rain paint dabber, and the embellishments were stamed and heat embossed onto white card, then painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours.  The photo doesn't show the colours very well.  The stamps on this mirror are from the Birthday and Butterfly1 stamp sets available from PartiCraft.The butterflies on this one were stamped with archival black ink, on white card and painted with distress ink. 

This was the last workshop in this temporary venue, the next block starts on Oct 1st and will be back in Cornerstone House, in Cumbernauld town centre.

Thanks for coming!

TTFN

Teri x

Craft Fair on Saturday 22nd May

Here's a sneek peek of some of the cards I will be selling at the craft fair on Saturday (in the Muirfield centre, Cumbernauld).  This one's a bit out of focus, sorry. I had to take the pics with my mobile as the batteries were flat on the camera, oops.

The bird and branch are from PartiCraft's Jungle and Monkey A5 stamp sets.  They were stamped with black archival ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  Then I painted them with CS watercolours. I used Broken china distress ink to edge the white card. around the bird and sentiment.

This card uses one of the butterfiy stamps from Particrafts Butterfly1 A5 stamp set.  I ran the green paper through my big shot with and embossing folder, to get the texture, and used Walnut Stain distress ink to bring it up. 

This is a fairly basic step-type card.  I've cut the boy out separately and stuck him onto the back of the front step. If you are at the craft fair, please come and say hello.  I will have some PartiCraft products available to buy (including stamp sets), catalogues to browse, and I'll be doing some demonstrations too.

WORKSHOP NEWS

At tomorrow's workshop we will be making a card similar to this.   You will learn how to use angel fibres, and we will be doing heat embossing and  using distress ink.  this is the last workshop for this block. Block  4 starts on June 11th.  

TTFN

Teri

Teri

Cards, mirrors and bracelets...

Hi, I've finally managed to get some pics from my camera to the blog..so here's a couple of pics of cards I did as samples for one of last month's workshops. We were using masking to create stamped cards. In the first one I stamped the boy first, then masked him and stamped the animals, so thye look as though they are behind him.  I used distress ink to stamp the animals, rather than give them the black outline you'd get with black archival. This one's an easel card. The stamp images are from the Safari A5 stamp set from PartiCraft.

The second card uses masking too, but this time I just used one stamp - the present from the Birthday A5 stamp set. I painted it with distress inks, and used a borderabilities die to cut the purple border.

Here's a pic of a mirror I decorated using the Jungle, Safari and Monkeys stamps, I sold this one to a little boy.  Hope he's enjoying having it hanging in his bedroom. 

And finally, here are a couple of pics of some bracelets I have been making to sell at the Charity fashion show on Saturday:I've used several stamp sets from partiCraft to make these, including the new religious 4 set.  The ones laid out flat are made from recycled or re-purposed leather.  The images were stamped and embossed onto the leather.  The ones shown fastened, are grungeboard - Sheena Douglass-style.

The Charity fashion show on Saturday evening is at 6.30pm at Cornerstone House, Cumbernauld. Tickets are £5, includes soft drink and nibbles.  There will be a catwalk show, raffle, plenty of second-hand clothes to buy, as well as handmade jewellery and the bracelets pictured above.Contact me for more info.  turning into a long post, if you're still reading, thanks!

WORKSHOP NEWS

Tomorrow's workshop (9.30 till 11am, at Cornerstone House) will be covering heat embossing and painting with cosmic shimmer watercolours, they are fab!'s still places available, contact me if you want to come.

PARTICRAFT PARTY

I am demonstrating at a PartiCraft party in Garelochhead tomorrow night, so if you are coming, I look forward to meeting you, it's going to be good.  Feel free to bring a friend.  If you haven't been invited but would like to come, please email me before 3pm Friday (link on sidebar).

Better go and do some crafting ;-)

Teri

Polkadoodles week 11 challenge - sketch

Just a quick post - this is my entry for the polkadoodles challenge week 11. the challenge had a sketch, and we had to use blu and brown. I've used a partiCraft stamp for the bear (stamped with Walnut stain distress ink) and I made the flowers using my Eazi-score board. The shapes were cut with nestibilities labels four dies, and the cork border with a borderabilities die. I think it adds texture. 

TTFN

Teri

Borderabilities and birthdays

Hi,
I thought I'd show you a pic of this birthday card I made for my husband, the design is one Sue Wilson (see her blog here) did for Papercraft essentials magazine, a few months back. It's a step card. My husband saw it in the magazine, and liked it, so I had to make it for him. I changed it a little as she had used the "Murray" character from Murray and Ethel holding the cake, and I don't have those stamps :-( I used the explorer from the Safari stamp set instead, cut off the net and drew my own cake! The colouring is all done with cosmic shimmer watercolours, except the cake, which I drew and coloured with fineliner pens, and the images were all stamped with black archival ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. And here's an easel card I made with one of the borderabilities dies out of the set I bought at the SECC, and the Happy Birthday stamp from PartiCraft. The patterned papers are Fancy Pants and I distressed with shabby shutters around the Happy Birthday, and I used walnut stain and shabby shutters on the die-cut/embossed edge. My 4-year old stuck on the foam letters, and they hold the card up nicely!

PartiCraft have some fabulous new stamp designs out now, click here to go have a look. There are new girly designs, space/aliens, undersea, military, squirrels etc from Sam Poole as well as the new lavender and create-a-scene sets from Sheena Douglass, something for everyone!

I'm off to prepare for tomorrow's workshop...it's going to be good!

TTFN

Teri

Jungle birthday card

Hi I thought I'd show you a pic of another jungle card I've made. I've used distress inks to colour all the animals and trees, and then cut them out and stuck them onto the card base. For the background I used cut 'n' dry foam with distress ink (pine needles and black soot), then stamped and embossed the sentiment several times with white embossing powder. I mounted this onto a piece of dark green card.

I've been playing with my fiskars shape cutter templates to try and make my own pyramage style cards...pics next time.

At the workshop tomorrow we will be stamping on acetate and using glitter to colour the images...it's not to late to join us.

TTFN

Teri

Triangle card...Polka doodle challenge entry

As promised, here's a pic of a triangle card I made for a friend's birthday...she may see ift here before getting it (if so Happy Birthday P!). I've decide to enter a blog challenge with it...the Polka doodle challenge is for a "shaped card". So here's my entry:
The patterned paper is from papermania, and all the stamps are from PartiCraft. The butterflies are stamped in black archival ink and embossed with clear embossing powder, then painted with cosmic shimmer watercolours. The other stamped images are stamped with Distress ink (Shabby Shutters). Love to have your comments...


TTFN

Teri

A few cards...

Here's a pic of a birthday card I made last week for a friend, using the A5 Monkey stamp set from Particraft. I stamped the sentiment across the card in black and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I distressed it with Pine Needles and Black Soot Distress inks. The monkey was painted with adirondack pens.



I also made 2 baby cards, using the A5 Bears and Butterfly1 stamp sets from PartiCraft.


Here's a pic of a gift box I made using my Eaziscore board, and a Birthday card. Some of these will be for sale at the craft fair on Sat 13th.

I had another new person at last week's workshop, so there's only room for one more now!

This week is the last week of Block 1. Block 2 starts after the half-term weekend, on Friday 19th Feb. Contact me for more details.

I'm full of the cold today, so too tired to write much,

TTFN

Teri x

Pamper yourself!

Hi, here are a couple of cards I've made with the same girl stamp set as the "Shop till you drop" image in my last post.

The first one is a DL size card. I stamped the image onto cream card, painted it and cut it out. Then I stamped it again onto patterned paper, and painted in the taps. I stuck on the cut-out girl's head and neck, and raised the bath with foam pads for a 3D look.










The second one was stamped onto cream card and I painted in the background, leaving the bath unpainted. I used distress ink around the edge, and layered onto pink card.

I stamped the sentiment across the bottom half of the card, and finished off with a flower cut from the same patterned paper as the top half of the card, with a brad in the centre.

I think this card would have been better if I'd cut out the image in a rectangle - what do you think? love to have some comments!


That's all for now,
Teri x

Shop till you drop!

Here's my latest attempt at a card with this girl stamp. I've used adirondack pens to colour her, and distress ink around the edges. I don't usually make square cards, but this one just seemed to work better as a square. I think I'll have to make an envelope for it too, as I don't have any square ones! We'll be using the girls set of stamps at my workshop on friday, so I'm looking forward to that. We'll be painting with adirondack pens and distress inks...:-)

If you'd like to win this blog candy, pop over to

Smiffy's cards and have a look.

Click here to see how to win.

TTFN

Teri x

Jungle stamps

Happy New Year!

It was my birthday just before Christmas, and I got some fabulous jungle stamps! So here's my first attempt at a card: I used distress inks to colour the background and to colour the stamped images, and cut a wee hole for the hippo's legs, so she looks like she's in the water. What do you think?

If you'd like to see more cards made with these stamps, check out Sue's blog posts here and here. She's made some great cards, and there's some from a follower on there too - click here to see them.

It was a friend's 70th birthday in December too, so I made her this card with the BIRTHPLAT stamp set. I used cosmic shimmer watercolours to colour the presents, and distress ink for the background to the sentiment stamp.

And then it was my eldest daughter's birthday after new year, so I made her this card using the UMCGGIRL stamp set from PartiCraft. Both these stamp sets are very versatile - they can be coloured to suit the recipient. My daughter likes purple, so I included a lot of purple in the card.

This month's free gift from PartiCraft is a valentine's theme - looks like a great selection of hearts etc - take a look.

to get hold of this stamp set all you have to do is host a demonstration party - invite some friends round and I will come and demo some products/techniques for you - you can earn free products from the catalogue as well. For more info contact me (email link on the sidebar - or comment on the blog).

Happy crafting

Teri x