Heart Candy Valentines

Hello and Happy Valentines Day !!! Today I'd like to share this quick and easy card made using the "Love Struck" cartridge.

 

 

The cute heart candies were cut at 3 1/2", and the shadow was created using the heart candies at 3 3/4" and the Hide Contour Select feature of the Gypsy". I then used chalks on the bottom layer to make the words stand out.

 

 

I cut each element in four colours - blue, green, yellow and pink - then mixed and matched to create four different cards.

 

I hope you have a lovely day today.

Thanks for stopping by - Luv Tereesa :-) 

Card - Elegent Evening

Hi, This is one of my favourite cards, and was featured recently at Scrappy-Go-Lucky. It makes me think of days gone by – a time when men were gentlemen – a time of elegance.

The dress is coloured using watercolour crayons, and the man’s suit is heat embossed in black. The stamp is from Graphic 45.

For the background, I embossed the Core’dinations Whitewash with cuttlebug folder Jamara, then sanded the top layer to reveal the pattern. This is very effective, and can be achieved particularly well with the Whitewash collection. The lace is cut from Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art.

The cream doiley in the background is from Paper Lace.

These flowers are from Stretch Your Imagination sized at 1 1/4″, 1 1/2″, and 1 3/4″. They’ve been coated in black glitter, layered, and a pearl added to the centre.

This card was for the Printblocks Creative Block in May, and only certain products could be used. I’m really happy with the end result. Hope you like it too.

And to whet your appetite a little more, here's a sneak peak of a super cute card being featured at Scrappy-Go-Lucky today. If you get a chance, head on over to check it out.

Till next time,
Luv Tereesa.

Mandy's Birthday

Hi Friends, Mandy celebrated her birthday last week, so today I thought I'd show you the card I made for her; which was recently featured at Scrappy-Go-Lucky. I’ve really enjoyed exploring the different posssibilities with the Imagine and decided that I wanted to use flowers from the Mother’s Day Bouquet cartridge combined with the gorgeous paper patterns from the Imagine cartridges. 90% of this card is made with Core-dinations White cardstock - the colours and patterns were added with the Imagine.

Some of the beautiful flowers from the "Mother's Day Bouquet" cartridge.

I love all the different shapes.

And this gorgeous birdcage is from "Serenade".

A beautiful background doiley.

Clear embossing was used to alter the look of this plain cardstock.

Here is the completed easel card.

For more photos and full instructions, along with some tips for getting the most out of your Imagine, head over to Scrappy-Go-Lucky.

We also had a birthday to celebrate on the weekend - Alyssa turned 11. All she wanted was to eat out at a restaurant, so it was a celebration to be able to get her out and about for a few hours. Check back tomorrow for some photos of her special day.

Take care,
Luv, Tereesa.

Moonlit Mermaid - Fantasy Blog Hop!

Hi Everyone. Welcome to Up Late 2 Create, and Day 5 in the Scrappy-Go-Lucky Blog Hop. Sadly Mandy left last night after her surprise visit which went all too fast. We've had an amazing few days (and late nights), and I can't wait for the next time we get together.

I hope you're all having fun checking out everyone's "Fantasy" creations. Don't forget, each day until 2nd November, Scrappy-Go-Lucky will be giving away one Scrapcessories Cartridge Caddy with one Cartridge Insert. These are ideal for storing your Cricut cartridges, particularly the solutions and seasonal cartridges. The prize will be posted anywhere in Australia - International blog-hoppers are welcome to enter but will need to pay postage costs.

As you are all probably aware, I am totally addicted to my Copics and these Sweet Pea designs, and I enjoyed combining the stamped image with Cricut cuts. Using only the colours "black, white and silver" presented quite a challenge with colouring, but when they were finished, I was quite pleased with the end result. What do you think?

The image used was “Spring Night” by Ching-Chou Kuik, and she was coloured using Copics – C1 / C3 / C5 / C7 / BV23 / BV29 / BV31 / 100 / 0.

To add extra definition to the image, I used black and silver Glaze pens on the tail, and a clear Glaze pen on the moon, the eyes and the water line. I also used a white Glaze pen to define ripples in the lake, and to add dots to the flowers, before sprinkling them with diamond glitter.

The clear Spica glitter pen was used to add a touch of glamour to her eye shadow and to the flowers in her hair (click on the photos to enlarge). The mermaid is then framed in black cardstock. The inner frame is from Storybook sized at 3 ¼” x 2 ¾”, and the outer frame is from George & Basic Shapes sized at 5 ½” x 3 ½” (though it actually didn’t cut at that). I used the Gypsy to line up placement of the frames.

One of the folders from the Cuttlebug Companion set “Art Deco” was used on the left side of the frame. After lining it up in the folder, I placed a rubber shim where I wanted the embossing to stop, then only partially ran it through the cuttlebug machine.

The two willowy reeds were cut from Life’s A Beach – one at 2.3” and one at 2”. These were cut in white, and one coloured with BV23, and one with BV31. I then lightly sponged them with SU shimmer paint in Platinum before adding glitter to the ‘flowers’. These were adhered to a Kaiser silk flower which was also sponged with the Platinum shimmer paint and folded in half.

Some ribbon and a couple of rhinestones were then added to finish.

Make sure you check back in tomorrow as I'll be posting a step-by-step tutorial showing how I coloured the moonlit lake and lily pads.

Now for the important info - to enter to win one of the Scrapcessories Cartridge Caddies, all you need to do is leave a comment on THIS post. One winner will be drawn for each day's major posting. All winners will be drawn at random on Tuesday 2 November.

Head back to Scrappy-Go-Lucky tomorrow to see where to go next.

Good Luck!
Tereesa.

Fairy Fantasy

Hi Friends, Magical Mondays is a new site that started last month and their challenges must include something magical. Below is a card I have created for their third challenge which also includes flowers. I used a fairy from the Sweet Pea Stamp range, and coloured her with my Copics.

I have used flowers from the Stampin' Up Pretties Kit, glittering the bottom layer with Kindyglitz, and lightly inking the second layer a light pink. I have also coloured the pearls with my Copics to match the colours on the fairy.

I've stamped the white cardstock with a pale pink floral design to form a pretty background.

The photo below is taken on an angle to try to show the beautiful glitter effect that can be achieved with the Spica Pens. I've used gold to highlight her hair, and silver on the dress. Crystalina Kindyglitz has been used on the wings.

Then, when you pull the ribbon up, the card "explodes" showing the hidden message inside.

The heart is cut from George & Basic Shapes on the Cricut, and I've bordered it by making small loops with a soft pink ribbon.

I love this fairy - I think she's now my new favourite.

Unfortunately I won't have any new posts for a week or so as I need to have surgery. Hope you all have a great week and I hope to be back on-line really soon.

Stay Inspired!

Luv, Tereesa.

Gazebo Table Centrepiece

Hi - I know - the Gazebo again. But, this time for my DT project for Scrappy-Go-Lucky I thought I would try something a little different and made this 3D gazebo.

The base layer, the Gazebo, shadow and all layers are cut at 2 1/2". I've used the Gypsy for this design and imported 6 shadow images onto the mat. As both sides of the gazebo differ, I've flipped every second image, then slightly overlapped the edges before welding together.

To make it easy to join the ends of the gazebo, George & Basic Shapes was used to add 2 rectangles - sized at 1/2" - to weld to one side (you can just see them on the right side of the photo below).

As you lose some of the image when you overlap, I have cut an extra 3 single pieces of the shadow and adhered them to the 1st, 3rd and 5th gazebos on the row. These are also sized at 2 1/2".

All layers were then cut and adhered - making sure the pieces for the 2nd, 4th and last went under the top shadow pieces.

I have added rhinstones and extra glitter to the main 3 cuts as they stand out more. Below is a close-up of the layering where you can see the overlapping shadow piece.

A view from the top ...

By adding a vase of flowers to the centre, it has become a cute table centrepiece.

Hope you like it.

Till tomorrow,
Luv, Tereesa.

Card - Framed Rose Bush

Hi, There are so many beautiful flowers and herbs featured on the "Freshly Picked" cartridge, I decided to do another framed card - this time with a Rose Bush.

This card is made exactly the same as the Framed Petunias - the only difference being that it's portrait so the folds are lengthways.

The rose bush, shadow and layers are all cut at 3". I have added swirls to the greenery with Glaze Pens to add a little dimension, and the flower edges have been curled up. A Creative Memories punch was used for the cute little butterflies.

A friend makes up these useful kits (shown below) which make excellent background and dimension patterns. I have used one of them to create the effect on the rose bag.

Another great feature on this cartridge is the cute little seed sachets. This took about 2 minutes to put together, and there is a seed packet to match every image on the cartridge - flowers, herbs, vegetables, fruit, and even garden tools and gnomes. I think they're quite cute.

Till next time,

Luv, Tereesa.

PS: If you are interested in purchasing one of the dimension kits ($6.50), contact me here and I'll pass on her details.

Card - Framed Petunias

Hi, I know I'm a little late, but as promised, this week I'm going to show you some of my recent DT projects for Scrappy-Go-Lucky featuring the "Freshly Picked" cartridge. I thought I'd begin with this bright pot of petunias in a self-standing framed card.

Two pieces of card are used cut at 6" x 4". Using George & Basic Shapes, and lining up the placement on the Gypsy, an oval is cut in the centre of the front piece sized at 3.5". Using the Scor-Pal, score two vertical lines - 3/8" and 6/8" - in from each side (as shown on the left below). These lines are then folded, one up and one down (as shown on the right below).

The back piece is also scored and folded with the same measurements.

Again using George & Basic Shapes, I cut an oval at 4 1/4" from a pretty lilac paper, and adhered this to the centre of the back card.

Before the card is put together, I attach all ribbons, etc. so that the ends can be hidden between the two layers. Adhesive is then applied to the two outer folds, and the two card pieces are joined. The photo below shows a view of the card from the top.

This beautiful pot of petunias, layers, and shadow are all cut at 2.1". Cardstock used is DoubleMates, and I have used my Copics to form a shadow on the side of the pot. Of course a little purple and gold glitter is added for sparkle. The pot is attached with foam dots for extra dimension.

The light green leaf layer left some smaller leaves as extras. As I don't like wasting anything, I have used these to highlight the sentiment. One reason I love the DoubleMates cardstock is that, being double-sided, one cut gives you two different coordinating looks - light and dark. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up; and I've added a couple of brads on the ribbon, and also stamped some small flower stems on the main card front for a subtle background.

Till next time,
Luv, Tereesa.

First Cricut Class

Hi, The first of our monthly Cricut Classes kicked off today with a Basics Class aimed at those just beginning their Cricut journey. Below is a peak at the cards we made using the George & Basic Shapes, and Storybook cartridges.

These heart cards were fun to make - they are two separate hearts that are joined and spin with a brad.

I thought these two were really cute with a sparkling sky in the background.

Thank you to all the ladies who attended - with your eagerness and laughter, it was a fun afternoon. We are sure you now have the confidence to plan and create some wonderful pieces.

I would like to say a huge thanks to Shelley whose hard work and dedication helped made the afternoon such a success. I look forward to many future classes with my "partner in Cricut (crime)". I must also thank the star-assistant of the day - Alyssa - whose help was invaluable. And a special thanks to Mandy and Scrappy-Go-Lucky who supplied the girls with some discount vouchers for Cricut products. I'm sure they will make good use of them.

Dates will be posted soon for the next class - so stay tuned.

I'll be back tomorrow with some recent DT projects for Scrappy-Go-Lucky using Freshly Picked.

Till then,

Luv, Tereesa.