Birthday Card

This is a fun, bright, cheery card for a friends birthday. It has 3 different styles of shoes and a saying that says, "Kick up your heels! It's your Birthday!" I used the new EK edge punch for the bottom of the card and fun pom pom ribbon. The purple polka dot ribbon is from Creative Impressions and the background paper is last years Glitz Paper. The card can be ordered on Makeathomecards.com or push the Make at home cards button above!

Wedding Card

This is a card that I designed for makeathomecards.com. It has a grouped heart charm and love rhinestone word along with a great ribbon. The black strip of paper and the black circle behind the hearts are embossed with swirls and the pink paper has been punched with a Martha Stewart punch. The base of the card is light pink. I am changing my Make at Home Cards company to more of a pick and choose what 4 cards you would like in your packet. Hopefully this will give people more flexibility.

Birthday Calendar

I have been so busy!!!! I had a scrapbook retreat at my house this last weekend. We had so much fun!! We set up the tables to face the big screen TV and I introduced everyone to North and South (BBC movie - almost as good as Pride and Prejudice), and then we watched Wives and Daughters, the new Emma, Little Dorritt (love it) and of course, P and P, the ultimate girl movie. Immediately afterwards I drove to my parents who are about 5 hours away and spent a couple days with them in the hospital. Their lives are consumed with health issues right now - very stressful.

I made this Happy Birthday Calendar for the Heartland Paper Retreat in Eden, Utah, April 22-25th. We have a few more beds left if you would like to join us!!!! It is $249 with all the food included (we have a great cook coming), sleeping arrangements in some very nice condos, scrapbooking in the clubhouse and lots of fun!!!!!!!!! We will be having a New Moon night with lots of goodies and classes and kits if you desire to buy one. Great fun. We also have another retreat coming up the last weekend in September if you need to save money. It is worth it.

The cost on the Birthday Calendar is $25.

Proud to be an American Mini Book

I always put my pictures in wrong so you see the book backwards! Sorry! This is a mini book I made for this next quarter's class. I think it turned out great and I was able to use my new "A Child's Year" Cricut Cartridge, which was fun. I've only shown about half the book here but this gives a good idea of the style and different shapes of pages. It was great fun to make and it is always fun to work with different sizes and shapes of chipboard which were cut out using our die cut machine at work. The sheet music cover is from an old music book I purchased at our local DI and the papers used on the inside are from The Paper Company patriotic line. I also mixed in a BoBunny dots paper and a sheet of cardstock stickers from Creative Imaginations. For one of the pages I took a chipboard rectangle and painted it with dk. brown, then used the product called Weathered Wood by DecoArt. After letting that dry for an hour I put a top coat of cream colored paint. It really works for this style of mini book. I also used my Sizzix die with the little door flaps. Fun, fun, fun! Anyway, I will be teaching this class in June at Heartland Paper in Utah. If you are interested in the kit we are starting to mail kits this quarter and you are welcome to call starting March 9th to reserve yourself one - 801-294-7166.

Easter Cone

I made this cone a week ago for my next stamping class. I realize this is a stretch for a stamping class but actually we are going to be working with flocking, petal soft, and some Martha Stewart mini beads (I think that's what they are called). I started by making a cone from the new Anna Griffin paper and then I experimented with crepe paper that I bought at the grocery store. I first tried to sew it to get the gathered, overlapping look but found the sewing flattened the paper quite a bit so I used the tried and true Scor-Tape, 1/8" size, (I love this stuff - I have it in every size). I placed the score tape along the top of the cone and then gathered the crepe paper right onto the tape. It worked beautifully. I took all sorts of luscious ribbon (the light blue ribbon over the cream ribbon is brand new from May Arts and is probably my favorite of the bunch) and hung them from the top and then I took flowers from Prima, sprayed them with different Glitter Mists from Maya Road, and then used flocking and the bead for the centers. I then punched out a circle from a sheet of Scor-Tape and took my wide ribbon and started going around in circles with it as I stuck it to the Tape. I then used some light blue Petal Soft in the middle of the ribbon flower. It was great fun. In class we will also be making an Easter Card, a box for chocolates (See's of course) and a gift tag. Such fun!

Winners for One World, One Heart

Today is the big day!!!! The winners for the two card kits are...............Susan at piecesoffatesusan.blogspot.com and amanda31gifts.blogsppot.com. Thank you so much for all of the comments and it was great to visit so many blogs and see so many others who are so creative. I will send off the kits tomorrow and if anyone else would like to purchase one please visit my blog at makeathomecards.blogspot.com.

Mixed Media Girl

I have just finished a mixed media piece that I am going to teach a class on at Heartland Paper in Utah. I love how it turned out and I hope some of those mixed media artists will come and join me and share with me their items. We do not have many mixed media people come into the store but I'm hoping we can attract more artist type people who want to try something a bit more creative. I started with an 11"X17" canvas and painted it with a mix of colors. I then designed dresses and cut them out of the new Quite Contrary Line from Making Memories. I love, love, love this paper. It is bright and cheerful, full of pinks, blues and lime greens. I then pulled out a bunch of embellishments and opened a pack of Making Memories Vintage pieces (this was the mini kit girl) and started embellishing and adding ribbons and buttons and all sorts of small pieces. I cut out background pieces with my Storybook Cricut Cartridge and started layering. I used Mod Podge for the background papers and the ric rac ribbon around the edges and used Scor-Tape, Glue Dots and Foam Dots for the rest. It was great fun!!! This class will cost $30 and can be mailed as a kit with pictures and instructions. If you would like to order a kit just email me thewrightteresa@mac.com and I will let you know when it will be available. I love the creative process - it keeps me happy on such a rainy day!!!