maandag 27 februari 2012

Simon Says Stamp and Show, Show Us Your IDEA-OLOGY BONANZA

Hey there ladies and gents, we have another FUN monday here so that means wehave a NEW challenge over at the



Our generous sponsor is SIMON SAYS STAMP 


and they have another fabulous prize check this out...


So here we go with this weeks challenge the theme is.....
SHOW US YOUR IDEA-OLOGY BONANZA......so in other words get as much of The Tim's IDEA-OLOGY pieces as you want to on your Project.....as long as it is VINTAGE and has The Tim's idea-ology pieces on it you can make whatever you want to.......


This is what I made 

Last time I had lots of  fun making the Tag so I decided to make another one and try out a different kind of background. 
The background is made with Tissue Tape Sketchbook, layered with Distress Crackle Paint, coloured with Distress inks




On the double layered Grungeboard butterfly I used the sentiment from Flights of Fancy with Sprocket Gears and Game Spinners



The flower is made with the Mini Paper Rosettes, the paper from Tim's Vintage Shabby Paperstack




 and on top an Idea-ology Philosophy Tag. The sentiment is worked on with Crackle Rock Candy


Here ya go, my entire Tag when it is finished......I really love the butterfly and the Idea-ology pieces.....the lace on the bottom got that out of my closet .....and worked on it with the Distress inks......
So guys you wanna have fun tooooooooo.......then come on over to the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog and join into the fun and while your there please check out my AMAZING teamies individual blogs too cause they have lots of AMAZING pictures of their creations for you for your inspiration....wowwzersss......and last but not least....HAVE FUN......

Thank you for your time and visiting my blog....and if you would like to leave me a little comment, that would be just GREAT.....I really appreciate it....Thank you......

Hugs Terry xxxx

zaterdag 25 februari 2012

Sketch Saturday Challenge #196 and more

Goodmorning ladies and gents, here we are with another fabulous Sketch Saturday Challenge, but before we go on with Jo's fabulous sketchie here is our generous sponsor for this weeks challenge.

The Craft Barn


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Some of the leading companies that we stock include Stamping Bella, Ranger, Tim Holtz, Crafty Individuals, Martha Stewart, Katzelkraft stamps, Nestabilities, Craftwork Cards, Copic Pens, House Mouse, Viva Décor, Eco Green crafts and Cosmic Shimmer to name but a few.

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Check out their store by clicking the blinky....

Here we go with Jo's Sketch

Thank you Jo, I had fun with the sketch......

And this is what I made for this weeks challenge



I made a babycard by using this adorable image that I found on the internet....I really like the sleeping beauty....

I played around with these fabulous flowers.....and wanted to use a whole bunch of them.....so what do ya think did I overdue it? I don't think so but maybe you think otherwise.....


And here is my finished card....The papers that I have been using are from the Beautifull Graphic45 paperpack. The soft colors makes you want it to be Spring eh? The sentiment I got from a sweet friend and I placed some lace underneith the image.....so guys you wanna have fun too.......then come on over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and join into the fun, while your their check out the wonderfull creations that my teamies made....you can even check out their individual blogs for more detailled pictures.....

And I want to thank Liesbeth for being my GDT throughout the whole month of February, thank you so much Liesbeth, I hope you had fun playing with the sketches and am very honored that you agreed to be my GDT. I really love your art and the way you make your cards, vintagy love it.......Thank you Liesbeth your really and truly an artist....and guys if you wanna see the fabulous card that Liesbeth made, check out the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog......

I would like to join into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: Challenge #121 Something beginning with B (Baby)
Scrapbookaholic by Abby: Challenge #3 Birthday
Cropstop Challenge #59, Is it Blooming Outside? (use at least 3 flowers)
Delightfull Challenges: Weekly Challenge, Use Pattern Paper
Crafts and Me Challenges: Challenge # 72, Shades of Spring
The Paper Shelter: Challenge #52, Add a Sentiment
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges: Challenge 73, Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow: Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #22, Vintage

Thank you for visiting my blog and checking out my post. I really appreciate it and if you would like to leave me a little comment that would be really great, thank you.....
Hugs Terry xxxx

maandag 20 februari 2012

Simon Says Stamp and Show, Show Us Your London/Paris/New York......

Hey there ladies and gents here we go again with a brandnew challenge over at the 




and offcourse our generous sponsor is





So here we go onto this weeks challenge, the theme for this weeks challenge is
Show Us Your London/Paris or New York......and this is what I made.....




I found this girl with the rose on the internet on some Vintagy site...I cannot remember on which one but I do know that I really love it. I worked on the image with Crackle Paint Rock Candy.....


This time I decided to make a Tag for the challenge and made it a Romantique one. The background was made with The Tim's Alterations Textures Fades Postcards and Sheet Music Set . 

To give it the pinkish colors I worked with Vistorian VelvetTattered Rose and the borders are worked on with Vintage Photo



I used the Stampset from Tim called The French Markett, they are really fabulous you should try them out....




 for the sentiment I played with The Journey. I placed the sentiment on a tiny tag that I stamped up with the stampset from The Tim. I played around with the crinoline and colored it with the Tattered Rose.....



And here is my whole Tag.....when it is finished. At the bottom I placed some colored "white" lace and placed two layers....and on top I placed some of the crinoline and yep I colored that one too......
So guys, you wanna have fun too.....then come on over to the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog and join into the fun and while your their, check out my AMAZING teamies fabulous creations wowwwzaaaa  and just check out their individual blogs for more detailled pictures oke? Your not gonna believe your eyes.....
Andddd you can win a FABULOUS prize from our generous sponsor SIMON SAYS STAMP, check this out....

Isn't it just fabulous...wohoooooooo
so come on over and join into the fun.....

Thank you so much for your time by reading my post and for visiting my blog, I really appreciate it.
Thank you for your lovely comment. 
Hugs Terry xxxx

zaterdag 18 februari 2012

Sketch Saturday Challenge #195 and more

Hey there guys, welcome to another fabulous Sketch Saturday Challenge, Jo made another stunning sketch for us all to play with.......will get back to the sketch in a bit.....but first....

Our generous sponsor for this weeks challenge is....


You should check out the webshop and the information on the Sketch Saturday Blog. And you can win a wonderfull prize from our generous sponsor......wohooooo

This is the sketch from Jo, 

 Another fun sketch isn't it?

And this is what I made with it.....

 I used this lovely sentiment from Cuddly Buddlly (at least I think it was cb LOL)


and what do you think about these fabby roses? I just love them...and I placed a little heart underneith....


I played with the image from Whiff Of Joy.....still love this image .....I have colored her with my Spectrum Noirs.....and used Decorative Chalks for the background.....


And this is my whole card when it is finished....I worked with the fun papers the Spring Feäst from the First Edition....they have the vintagy look in it and lots of fun colors.......underneith the fabby image I placed some lace.....and then my card was finished.....so guys you wanna have fun too.....then come on over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and dooooo check out the wonderfull creations of my wonderfull teamies and you can check out their individual blogs for more detailled pictures of their fabby creations........
I wish you lots of fun guys and I am curious what you guys come up with........

I would like to join into the following challenges:



Thank you for your time and your lovely comment. 
Hugs Terry xxxx

dinsdag 14 februari 2012

OHHHH MYYYY GOODNESSSSS SURPRISEEEE

Just look at what the postie just brought me TODAY......And a whole lot sooner then I expected...MY GOODNESSS....I got a HUGE package today from the States from my sweet and dear friend CANDY....I just love everything she put in the package....wowwzerss I still cannot believe it, The most wonderfull thing in the box I think is the handmade card and tag from YOU my sweetness.....they are sooooo beautifull, hope you can see it on the picture....I LOVE THEM...and the handwritten text that you put in there....I am so much loving them and the goodiess, WOWZAAA....beautifull stamps, love them yep and pretty smart of you hihihi cause this way I have a few examples that I can look at, cause the one card with the stamp on it.....it is in the package too wohooooo......all sorts of goodies from 7 Gyspies wowwzaa love them...huge spools mmm love them... ....Me Thinks I am loving it ALL wohooooo .I think it is soooo sweet of YOU my dear and sweet friend that have send me this HUGE SURPRISE....I was soooo SURPRISED when I came back from work....wwowzaa.....and after dinner I thought...I am calling you, cause I wanted to thank you in "person" ....it was too bad that there was this answering machine hehehe.....but.....about an hour later I tried it again and YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I had YOU on the phone my dear and sweet friend, it was so nice to hear your voice and I could actually talk to you wowzersss....so this was so much fun..wohoooo we were talking to eachother on the phone...wohooo I hope that you were surprised LOL....It was really special to talk to you Candy, so I could thank you from the bottom of my heart, for your very very SWEET surprise...THANK YOU SWEETNESS.....Huge hugs from me....

maandag 13 februari 2012

Simon Says Stamp and Show, Show Us Your Anything Goes.....

Hey there ladies and gents, it is Monday so you know what that means, here we are for another fabulous Challenge at the 


And offcourse our generous sponsor is Simon Says Stamp


Here we go.....this weeks theme is everyone's favourite I think LOL....
Show Us Your Anything Goes...wohooooo you can make anything you like aslong as it is VINTAGE, so get your thinking cap on and start crafting guys...wohooooo....and have lots of fun....

This is what I made for this week's challenge

I was sitting at the table and just knew what I wanted to make...something with hearts, lots and lots of hearts......was I lucky that I had a lot of hearts in my crafting stuff LOL....so I decided to make a box and matching bag with lots of hearts, I just love hearts. 


The background of both are worked on with Gesso and Distress Inks. And see those YUMMIE hearts...



The hearts on the box and the wings are from the Grungeboard set from The Tim, lots of crackle paint is used on the lid of the box,


 the lace with hearts is worked on with Tattered Rose and VictiorianVelvet and Vintage Photo 


and the sentiment is from The Tim's Philosophy Tags.


So here is my finished project for this weeks challenge, I am pretty pleased about it......and those yummie hearts in front they taste realllly good hihihih....so guys I hope you like my project for this week and hope that you are coming over to the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog to join into the fun.....and while your there check out my AMAZING teamies and what AMAZING creations they made, you can even visit their individual blogs to check out the more detailled pictures...wohooooo.....

So come on over and join into the fun you can even win a FABULOUS prize from our generous sponsor 



Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you will join us into the fun. If you would leave me a comment that would great, thank you so much for your time

Hugs Terry xxxx

zaterdag 11 februari 2012

Sketch Saturday Challenge #194 and more

Hey there lovely ladies, first of all I wanted to thank you for joining into the fun in my DT week.....last week, my generous sponsor Art Journey gave two beautifull stampsets for one lucky winner...who the winner is you can see on the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog....check it out oke?

And while your there you can see our next NEW challenge for this week. Liesbeth is joining us for the whole month of Februari we are sooo lucky that she is our GDT for the whole month, cause Liesbeth made another fabulous card....check out her blog and the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and you will see what I mean.

This week our generous sponsor is Simon Says Stamp


And they have another fabby prize for the winner of this weeks challenge......

Oke now we go on to this weeks challenge with another beautifull sketch from Jo this time.....


Thank  you Jo, I had fun with this sketchie
And this is what I made with the sketch


I played with my Spectrum Noirs again...and I must say I had yet again lots of fun with coloring....at one point I thought that I was not gonna color again in a longgggg time...but eh I just did it hihihi..... The froggy is offcourse from Penny Black, I have this stamp forever and it was my first real stamp....and I still love it lots.....
The background is colored with the Decorative Chalks to give it a bit of extra.....


And here is my card when it is finished, The papers that I have used are from My Mind's Eye, really wonderfully Vintagy papers. I placed a few splitpens as decoration and this time no flowers. I hope you like my card, I am pretty pleased about it.
So guys you wanna have fun too, then come on over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and check out my teamies fabulous creations. And you can even win a fabulous prize from our generous sponsor Simon Says Stamp. Check it out and if you want to see more detailled pictures you can visit my teamies individual blogs.

I would like to join into the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge Blog: A is for Animal Antics
Moving along with the times: Challenge #135, Cute Critters
Phindy's Place: Challenge #92, Round and Round
Craft Us Crazy, Challenge #20, Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters: Card Challenge #70: Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge : Anything Goes

Thank you so much for checking out my blog ....I really appreciate it, have a fun weekend and enjoy

Hugs Terry xxxx


woensdag 8 februari 2012

Just for the FUN of it.......

Hey there ladies and gents....can you believe it, I just finished another Wallhanger, JUST FOR THE FUN IT....woww haven't done that in a while but now there was this fun challenge over at the Snazzy's Design Team Blog that I just HAD to play with, since I just LOVE everything with Hearts and Romance, just had to play along heheehe..... ......I had an idea in my head right away and made my project in a few nights.......I took al the time that I needed and I am pretty pleased with the result......check this out


Isn't this just tooo darn cute....in the good sence of the word offcourse hehee, I worked on the letters with Crackle Paint, the white picket fence one.......and colored the letters with the Tattered Rose and Victorioan Velvet color distress inks. The little wooden spools I got from the Etsy Shop from Linda, The Funkie Junki....and I think they are just fabulous....worked on them with lace.....


This first large heart is worked on yep also with Crackle Distress Paint...and I played with Vintage Photo and Tattered Rose....on top of the heart I worked with a little Lace bow and a pin


The other 2 hearts are worked on the same way as the first one...and I placed a key on the smallest one and the middle one has a button that I found in my Button Box.



With such a romantic project there has to be a beautifull piece of Lace doesn't it.......a button on top and wallah my project is done.

And here is my whole Love/Romantic Project.....I had a really good time crafting and I jove to make such projects and offcourse I hope you kinda like my liitle something too, I played with the lace and dipped it into the Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks hehehhe....that was lots of fun you should have seen my PINK and INKY fingers wohoooo.....and the background and the wallhanger itself are worked on with distress inks and with lots and lots of Crackle Distress Paint wohoo......

I would like to join into the following challenge blogs:


Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and if you would leave me a little comment that would be JUST great and MUCH appreciated. Thank you

Hugs Terry xxxx






Thank you for your lovely comment. Hugs Terry xxxx

maandag 6 februari 2012

Simon Says Stamp and Show, Show Us Your Recipe with Torn Edges, Distress, Buttons and Wings.....


Hey there ladies and gents, welcome to a NEW challenge on a NEW Monday....at the 


and offcourse OUR GENEROUS Sponsor is offcourse 



and my goodness do they have a fabulous prize for just one lucky winner......

Check this out.....

Isn;t it just great...wohooooooo


                                         Oke here we go with this weeks challenge, our theme is 

Show Us Your Recipe with,
 Torn Edges, Distress inks, Buttons and Wings.....

You can make whatever you like but it has to be VINTAGE and has ALL the ingrediënts of the RECIPE in it.

I decided to take my Recipe all the way to The Wendy Vecchi....I made a wallhanger and decorated the in- and outside. Had this little frame unused laying around in my closet for agessss ...and I thought it was about time to get my thinking cap on and start crafting with the frame..and I made a wallhanger out of it.


I just LOVEEE these butterflies....so I worked with the Just Flutterby Butterfly from The Wendy and her big Sis Just Fly, they  have torn edges and are distressed. 
The wallhanger itself is worked on with Forest MossRusty Hinge Weathered Wood ,Vintage Photo and offcourse Crackle Clear Rock Candy and Distress Crackle Paint. And the background of the butterflies are colored with Weathered Wood....Just sooo love this color.....



The sentiment is from The Wendy's Studio 490 Dreams of Art. Love that set too.....On each corner I placed buttons to finish my project. I found those buttons in my "old" box of buttons LOL...I thought the little butterflies were just perfect to put on top of the white ones....




So Yep I got the Recipe covered with the Torn Edges, Distress Inks, Buttons and the Wings wohooooo....Too bad the picture did not work out the way I wanted it to be but oh well I just have to do with this one eh?
I hope your in for lots of fun guys....if you want to have lots of fun, please come over to the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog and check out the AMAZING creations my even more AMAZING teamies made especially for your inspiration....wohooooo, you can check out their individual blogs too to see more detailled pictures...have lots of fun....

Thank you for checking out my blog and reading my post. If you would like to place me a little comment that would be just great and I would really appreciate it. Thank you

Hugs Terry xxxx

zaterdag 4 februari 2012

Sketch Saturday Challenge #193, My DT week wohooooo

Hey there, this week is my DT week for the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog.....and I will be hosting the challenge and made a sketchie for you all to play with, but before I go on, I want to thank you all for joining into the last challenge from Sketch Saturday, fabulous creations were made.....thank you very much for joining in......

Here we go with this weeks challenge......the sketch that I made for you all is this one


So what do ya think, you can do something with this sketchie??? 
I am really looking forward to all the fabby creations......so come on over and do join into the fun

Our fabulous sponsor for my DT week is.....ART JOURNEY....


Art Journey is the most specialised but above all the cosiest (online) StampStore in Holland. The Website has 3 different languages and so therefore is accessible for everyone. Service and quality are very important to Louisse for her store. Visit the online webstore through http://www.artjourney.nl and you will see lots and lots of yummie stuff that we crafters really really need (LOL).

Art Journey offers a wide range of goodies for all crafters.
Besides lots and lots of common craft products, they also have their own stamps ! How fantastic is that eh??? 
If you have the opportunity to visit the Store in Sleen (in the Netherlands) then Louise and Liesbeth will be very happy to say Hi to you during a workshop or in the store itself. So don't hesitate and come on over to the online webstore or to the store in Sleen and you will find lots of yummie stuff.

And Art Journey is such a generous sponsor for this weeks challenge.....there will be one lucky winner who can win these fabulous stampsheets from Art Journey. Check this out....

This vintagy stampsheet is called Pinnebs....


And this stampsheet is called Sweet Dreams....
aren't they just georgous......I just love them....
So you can make a chance on winning these fabulous Stampsheets...so go for it
Get your thinking cap on and start crafting girlies......

Liesbeth who works for Art Journey is my GDT .....I want to thank Liesbeth  for joining me the next couple of weeks for the Sketch Saturday Challenge, thank you so much Liesbeth I am sooo honored....."mwah". You'd better check out her Blog, so you can see ALL of her beautifull creations. 

This fabulous creation is made by Liesbeth......

I just love it Liesbeth....really you made a fabulous card....thank you for joining me in my DT week

And yesss I have another Fabulous lady who agreed to be my GDT ...for this week and that is Roberta Laliberte, she is also an artist, she makes digistamps, wonderfull paintings and lots of other stuff....She also has her own Challenge Blog called Prairie Fairy Fun Fridays.  Thank you Roberta for joining me into the fun at the Sketch Saturday Challenge....."mwah"  and yesss You also have to check out her Blog too....then you can see for yourself what I am talking about....wowzersssss.....

This fabulous creation is made by Roberta


Isn't it just FABULOUS... thank you so much Roberta, for making this fabby card, I just love it.....

Oke and now for my own card for this weeks challenge, heheh I hope you will like it...


How about these roses.....I worked on them with the Perlen pen, really like that stuff a lot hihihih


I found this little angel on the internet, it is a real cute one eh? I worked on the keyheart with Crackle.....to give it that extra look and placed the little angel on a nestie.....


The same goes for the sentiment I played with the perlen pen and placed some pearls on the sentiment itself.....and onto a nestie......


And here you got it, my card for this weeks challenge.....I just love the papers from Pion Designs.....has that fabulous Vintage Feel all over it......I placed some lace and distressed the borders on the card......hey guys and do you wanna have fun too .....you can you know...all you gotta do is to join into the fun, come on over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and check it all out, you can even have lots of inspiration by checking out the individual blogs of my fabulous Teamies...and offcourse my wonderfull GDT's for this week, Liesbeth and Roberta....thank you so very much for joining me ladies, I really appreciate it and I am very honored with you fabulous ladies joining me....and you can even make a change on winning the fabulous Prize from my Generous Sponsor Art Journey...wohooooooooo
And last but not least HAVE LOTS OF FUN

Hugs Terry xxxxx