A Loved Valentine Card

Hello Everyone!!
Today I have a Valentine card that I just love. I saw this card last year in a magazine and cut it out. I wanted to save the picture and try my hand at making this card one day. Here is my take on the lovely Valentine card. It was made my Jo Kill. I still love her original card.


I was going through my stash of torn out magazines card pictures.  I found a few I really love. So this week I plan to show you my take on a few of my favorite saved pics of cards from this last year.
Thanks for stopping by
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Vintage Valentine Card

Hello everyone!!
This is my very first post for Card A Day Blog. I am so excited to be a design there. Thank you so much for the opportunity to show you my Vintage Valentine Card. on the CADB.

I've made a video showing you how easy this cute little Valentine is to make. I used a cutout from a Dover Image Book. The book I used dates back to 1994. I know that Dover still publishes these books. If you dont have one or cant locate the Dover books. You could easily use a Cricut cut, any die cut, a stamped image or a digital image. This card is a nice simple 3D card.

I  hope you enjoy my first video and my first card for the CADB blog. Thanks so much for stopping by. When you get a chance come on over to the  http://cardadayblog.blogspot.com/ and be sure and say hello. Be here tomorrow for another great card.
Thanks again
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Shadow Box

Over on the Ranger Yahoo group someone was asking about how to put a jacket in a shadow box. 17 years ago my hubby gave me an antique dress for my 35th birthday. I will turn 53 this year. The dress was made in the early 1900's.   For the first year I had the top and the skirt on a dress form in my sewing room. I  realized that it was not going to hold up and needed to the put out of the air. The skirt I left in the box and placed in a trunk. The skirt did not survive all these years. The shadow box I used was once a table. I took off the legs to make it a box. I used archival tissue paper to stuff the top. The dress is pinned to the velvet backing.  I had a lot of antiques that I added to the box. A purse, a comb, an invitation, ear rings, a watch bob and at one time I had a jeweled pen and pencil set. When my daughter was very small she took the pen and pencils out to play with. By the time I realized they were gone she had no idea what she had done with them. WE never found them. She is 24 now and still feels bad when she sees the dress without them. I have not been able to replace them.
When my freind and I placed the dress in this box, we had no idea what we were doing. We knew to use archival tisiue but that about it. We used foam tape to close the door of the box. That kept the air out and  to closed the box lid.
It has been a while since I've looked closely at the dress. It still makes me smile today.
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Felt Heart Valentine Card

Hello Everyone. Today I have a Felt Heart Valentine Card for you. I was on Pintrest the other day. I saw a lady doing a tutorial where she took two pieces of felt. She weaved them together to make a great basket. I wanted that same weaved heart look for my card.

I went to her web site here --http://craftsanity.com and downloaded her template here --http://craftsanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Scan-page.pdf . First I did the heart in paper and was as very pleased with the look. Then I did it in felt and I loved it. It is great for a vintage valentine card. The felt doesn't really add that much more weight or bulk to the card. Here is my video tutorial. I hope you enjoy it and make some of theses hearts. Also check out the video on the original web site. The basket she made was adorable too.

Sorry , You tube wouldn't let me edit the video this morning. I will try after work today. It may be working by then.

Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Day 5 of Marions 31 Day Challenge

                                                          Day 5 Marion's Journal Challenge

Day 5 was an interested day. I learned to my surprise how important my cell phone was to me. If your at the Cell office a quarter to closing in a  complete panic. Like it was the Cell Phone emergency room. You might need to check your attachment to this object.
    My cell was pronounced dead on the scene. Due to a bathroom accident that happened earlier that day. No, it didn't hit water but it did take a very hard nose dive and a long slide across three stalls and hit a wall. I tried to revive it all  that day and into the evening. But about 15 minutes before the cell office closed I decide I couldnt wait any longer and took the old phone in. They sold me a new phone with all the bells and whistles. Then over night my old phone found new life and started working again good as new!!! But 12 hours later it was to late I was already in love with another and there was no going back.

This weekend I will be taking a break from the challenge and will be working on a few cards for The Card A Day blog I'm a designer on. I hope you join me and the other wonderful designers over on CADB.
http://cardadayblog.blogspot.com/
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Day 4 Of Marions 31 Challenge

Day 4 of Marions Journal challenge.

On day 4, I had such a fantastic day. Have you ever had a day where you felt hope was so high. 2011 was such a crazy year not only for me but for members of my family. We all talked about the great hope we had for 2012, when we were all together at Christmas. Then on the 4th so many things started changing that my hope and faith was at such a high point.

I know everyday wont be spectacular so when you have a good day make note of it. As we are doing in this challenge.
This challenge has been such a blessing to me. It made me stop and on each day reflect what happened that day. Nothing that has happened was expected or planned. It makes me look at each day in detail. Something I have not done in a very long time. This challenge makes me look forward to tomorrow with expectations of hope that this year is different.

Now on day 5..wellll not as good. My cell phone broke and I had a 2 hour chat with customer service. I then spent money I didn't want to spend buying a new phone. Then this morning I woke to my old phone returning to it correct state and working as if it had never went blank. Not only did it go blank yesterday then it come back on with all the screen's showing backwards. The phone company swore they had never seen a phone this possessed and could not possibly fix it. No warranty left. Then this morning is working as if it was a new phone.  wow!! 
Thank goodness I had a good day on day 4 . Otherwise I would have thought this year is %$%&**#%^%

We will see how I interpret that tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Some exciting news and Day 3

Page 3 was a blast to do. I do enjoy this type of art. However, I'm not sure how its showing on the blog. Most of the people who follow my blog are card makers. I understand  some may not be interested  in the Mix Media Art projects thus far. Don't worry I will be back to posting cards very soon.

                      I have some exciting news

 I have been ask to be a designer on the Card a Day blog http://cardadayblog.blogspot.com/ . I'm am so excited to be asked to participant with such wonderful card markers.

  Thank you ladies so much for inviting me into your group. I can't wait to get back to making and posting cards. My first card for the Card a Day blog is January 10th. I hope you will join me on their wonderful blog.

 

Here is how day 3 turned out. I enjoyed the process of making this page. I used a napkin, mod podge and lots of paint, some bling and tissue paper. It looks like it was thrown together in 10 minutes took me 2 hours!!!! A labor of love. At least a card that takes two hours usually looks like you put that much work into it. This mix media art form has me having mixed emotions about it.

Here are the pic's from day 3

 

Picture of me on day 3 showing off my badge from work.

I added a small card over the pocket. It covers most of my pic. Inside the card I wrote my thoughts on the day. Over all I like this page and enjoyed doing it.

Thanks for stopping by

Join me over at Card A Day Blog http://cardadayblog.blogspot.com/

Happy crafting 2012

Terri

Day 2 of Marions 31 day challenge

I have completed day 2. I wish I could say this mix media art is getting easier for me. Im not sure it is. But I remember back to the first few cards I made. I would hate to share them with you now.They did not show any great promise of a good card maker. So I will keep trying until I come up with some pages I like. I doubt I'll like them all but I am enjoying the process.




This is the tag that goes behind the sunflower page.I still need to go back and add a few details to the tag. However time got away from me this morning.



On day 1-2-12 My son and I painted my curb numbers for the house.  We went to Lowe's and got the supplies and he did my curb. He did a great job and  now all my neighbors want him to freshen up their curbs too. So it  is great for everyone. He can make extra pocket change while he is staying with me this winter. 

Now on to day 3. Yesterday I was told I will be getting a new District Manager. I work part time 10-15 hours per week. So it shouldnt be that big of a deal. But I like my DM now so I hope the change will be good. So I will try and interpret that into the next page of January.

Happy Crafting in 2012

Terri

Day 1 Of Marions 31 Challenge

Ok I got the first day's page done. It took me 3 tries and a few more hours than I had planned. But hey I'm learning. Right????  As you can see from my finished page I was on Christy's web page(http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/) and used her Flower Garden canvas as my inspiration. I also took some inspiration from Nicole Pomeroy
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?=LAFpIgC1_Cw&feature=related).
 I took what I did New Years day (which was a blind date) and I interpreted that  date into this page. I added a journal page inside the pocket. Where I wrote about the expectations of the day. It was a lot of fun to do. One good thing about Mixed Media Art you cant take yourself or the subject to seriously. Today, that's a good thing for me.

On to Day 2. Yesterday my son and I painted our house numbers on the curb... hmmmmm wonder what that page will look like. Please join me tomorrow and we will find out.
Since I'm not using Marion's downloads.... I wonder am I doing her challenge? Is the challenge just to journal everyday about your life? If that's it then I'm doing it. Let me know if your participating too.
Happy Crafting 2012
Terri

Marion Smith's 31 Day Challenge

So now what? Its the new year! what direction do I want to go now? I have thinking the past few months about a direction change in my blog this next year. I love making cards and will always make cards. Its my true love.
  As I stated in my last post I want to learn to paint....but I have no talent to paint. I know this but like most things I jump into, I do it anyway. Lack of talent, lack of funds or the lack of common sense has never stopped me before.
 I have been following a blog by Christy Tomlinson  http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/   I love her mixed media art work. I think I want to try and do some of her techniques. Its as close to painting as I will ever get.  I also love Marion Smiths mix media work. http://weareartsyaddicts.blogspot.com/. Marion has a 31 day challenge this month. I was thinking I will get my feet wet in the mix media art world by doing her challenge. My book will be done with mix media.  I will use some of Marion's techniques and some of Christies and some I make up.

Here is the book I choose to use for my Mix Media 31 day book about me.
it is 9 x10. The pages will be 8 x 81/2

Let's all remember I have NEVER done any mixed media art work like this. I did do a card last year that has some mix media http://ramblingsofatexascraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/04/video-paris-inspired-card.html Looking over all my post this past year, that card was my favorite card. So I guess I need to explore this side of the craft world and see where it takes me. I hope you will come along with me. So this could be a wonderful learning experience or a bust. Time will tell. I best get my supplies together and get my camera. I hope you take this 31 day challenge with me.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Crafting 2012
Terri