House of SU! Color -- Master Bedroom

So yer' gonna either love it or hate it! lol The visitors to my parents house have either loved it or really wonder if I went off my rocker! *hehe*

The color combo came right off the SU! color wheel and I thought it would make a really rich, elegant looking master bedroom with the white chair rail separating the two colors, the white windows and white closet doors.

Here it tis' -- Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive

And we tried to find some accent pillows for the bed that had the dark rich colors as well! I think we accomplished that too!

Mom and Dad love it so thats all that counts ;o)

~TFL & Enjoy~

House of SU! Color -- CC Guest Room

or what we call the Certainly Celery guest room! lol We were calling it the 'green room' but you know, it just didnt do it justice! It is 'more than green'! lol kwim? So now we call it the 'CC' room for short!

Incase you have not been following the posts from this week - this is at my parents house (see earlier posts for all the deets) -- it's such an inviting room done in Certainly Celery and white. I would think it would certainly feel inviting to all who would stay!

The above shot is from the doorway entering the room --

This is standing in the same place as the first photo but this is what you see when you first walk in the room - or as you walk by the room in the hallway. This bench is a family heirloom from my Dad's Aunt and my Great Aunt. The picture hanging above the bench is one that I actually took years ago at my Aunts decor store. I ended up using it for 4-H project at the fair and earned a blue ribbon from what I remember.

Here is a zoom in to the bench -- this little girl was just screaming to hold something! So I chose to use one of my Mom's china tea cups -- it worked ;o)

And last but 'certainly' not least -- here is a picture of the INSIDE of the cc closet -- the guests still have room to hang their clothes but they might as well look at a pleasant view in there too right? This is a cedar chest that has a silk floral display on top. Also on display is an antique china faced doll that I always remember being in my parents room growing up ~ ~ ~

More pictures of the house of SU! color to follow soon --

~TFL & Enjoy~

House of SU! Color -- Bathroom

Here is the bathroom -- I used Barely Banana as the color in here and the towels and bath mat are like a Certainly Celery color -- it looks soo bright and inviting. The little picture hanging on the wall is original art that my Mom's Aunt made for her years ago so it has some wonderful sentimental value too ;o)

~TFL & Enjoy~

House of SU! Color -- Living Room

More to show you of the SU! painted walls that I have done in my parents home ;o)

This is standing in the kitchen looking into the livingroom -- my Dad's roll top desk is in the background there up against the Bravo Burgundy wall -- the opposite walls are done in a tan color - the wall behind the grandfather clock is the tan but its hard to tell in this picture...

The below picture shows a close up pic of the far livingroom bravo burg wall -- I added some texture to it ;o) Soo much fun and soo easy!!

~Enjoy & TFL~

House of SU! Color -- Craft Room Wall Saying

Hello Everyone!!

As promised to you long ago -- I have taken pics of my parents house after painting each and every wall inside! We have most of their stuff moved in but we are still waiting on the new kitchen cupboards so they are using the craft/laundy room as their make-shift kitchen right now ;o) lol

So I will start out by sharing with you tonight the inspirational saying on Mom's craft room wall -- Its a chocolate chip wall and white vinyl letters --

I used my Cricut Expressions with the Holy Cow setting from the Cuttin Up cartridge. Let me know if you have any specific questions ~ I'd be happy to answer them ;o)

Looking at this picture now I may go back and move the 'one can fly' over a bit to the left to make it a bit more centered. These vinyl letters are so much fun and easy to work with!!

Also, just to share a little background with you on this entire project -- My parents and my brother and his family have 'swapped' houses -- my brother and his family moved to the farm, where we grew up, and my parents moved into town to his house. So as soon as our parents headed south last winter my brother started to do the remodels at the farm house that they wanted to make. That way they could work on the remodel but not 'live' in it at the same time! So once they moved out to the farm my DH and I went in to the 'town house' and started the remodels that Mom and Dad wanted to do there. We ripped out all of the trim and doors from the entire house to replace it with white trim and white doors -- that went with all of the new white vinyl windows they had picked out ;o) THEN I started painting! Mom and I had talked colors and then Mom decided that she just wanted to be 'surprised' when they returned home from wintering in the South. So I chose the colors using the SU! Color Wheel. Neither Mom or Dad had any idea what colors they would see until they walked in when they were done! It was FUN!

~Enjoy & TFL~

Get Whale....

soon!! Thanks Sista' Mike for this awesome card! She is such a darling, no not the whale but Sista Mike. (Well, I guess the whale is awful cute too!!) -- she sends me a get well card for my cold that I had forever! A cold -- just a cold and I get a card!! COOL!! lol Obviously she was tired of reading my emails and 'hearing' about my runny nose and coughs that just wouldnt quit ;o) LOL

What a great idea here -- Michaeleen used a circle punch and punched out a bunch of circles from the same color of cardstock as the base of the card - and then just randomly added them. It adds soo much dimension soo uniquely! And then that darling whale colored in ever sooo perfectly!!



This must go on my Miss Mike board I have in my creative space -- fer' sure ;o)

Thanks Sista M! Love ya ;o)

~TFL & Enjoy~

I'm a Mazda RX-8 -- what are you?

Hello Everyone!!

Here is just a fun little quick test for you to take today to determine what kind of 'car you are' ;o) LOL Thanks to my Auntie CJ for passing it along!

Here is what it said for me: You're sporty, yet practical, and you have a style of your own. You like to have fun, and you like to bring friends along for the ride, but when it comes time for everyday chores, you're willing to do your part.

Just click here for the link for what kind of car are you!

Have FUN!!!

Good Grid!

Fun fun fun! This is done using a 'grid tehnique' ~ I just received the email from my fave virtual stampin place -- SCS!

Here is a link to the technique so you can give it a try --

Good Grids to you ;o)

Enjoy!!

Kudos!

This was a fun card that I actually made awhile ago and had it in my 'stash' ;o)

The earrings on this babe are actually two little red beads that I just attached with glue!

I mailed this to a friend recently who had weight loss surgery and she looks just awesome! I had not seen her in awhile and was just awed ;o)

Enjoy!!

Get Well Greetings

Here is a card that I recently sent out to a co-worker who had surgery and we are all excited for him to return to work!

This is one of my favorite 'outdoor' stamp sets ;o)

Enjoy!

Thanks 2 each and every one of you!!

Hello Ladies!!

Thanks for all of your visits to my blog yesterday!


A winner has been chosen and I posted it as a comment in yesterdays posting...please check it out!

Also -- please check back as I am gonna be offering some fun blog candy opportunities this summer again!! This is F-U-N!!!

Happy Stampin'!
~Teresa

Happy May Day 2U!!

Hello and Happy May Day to you!! I hope with this first day of May we will soon see Spring here in the Midwest -- warmer weather will be nice ;o)

I had a few extra hours tonight in my busy schedule and I put them to fun use ;o) I used my Cricut and the "Bags, Tags & Boxes" cartridges and cut out some May Day Bags! These were cut on the Cricut Expressions machine using the 12x24 mat -- each bag was cut out at 9". The little tag is from the same cartridge too!

They were fun to make with the limited time I had -- I could have maybe rolled an inked wheel over them to add a bit more stampin' detail but I didnt have that time -- the only thing stamped on here is the 'happy' on the tag ~ how sad ~ but thats ok ;o)

So whattdaya' think? Would you like one? I think it's time that I offer some 'blog candy' again!! Please leave a comment here on my blog entry today about something that you do for May Day, or that you have done on May Day or something that you have received on May Day -- you get it -- and then I'll draw a random winner tomorrow night! Please be sure to check back and if you are the winner then I will ask that you contact me via email with your deets and I will get it in the mail to you!!

~ TFL & Enjoy ~

Wanna' Print?

Good Morning Everyone -- on this last day of April 2008 that is ;o) I am soo ready for Spring this year!! I would love to sit down tonight and work on May Day Baskets too -- we will see if todays festivities permits me any time ;o)

Anywhoo - I wanted to share a cool web site with all of you today -- This comes in super handy if you want to print out little calendars to use in your stamping projects!! Here would be a picture of one example ~ ~ ~

Click here for all the deets and it will take you directly to the cool site ~ ~ ~

~Enjoy & TFL~

Birthday Gratitude

Hello!! I feel just terrible posting this SOOO late ... but I couldnt NOT share my birthday gifts with all of you ;o) This was a special treat that I received from my SCS Sista' -- MissMike!! She is just soo creative AND thoughtful! My DH and I were out in her neck of the woods back in February and we got to hang out together for the day -- that was soo much fun -- I'm already planning on next Spring Sista ;o)

So for the deets of my fun gifts!!

Starting with the card - how cool! Michaeleen actually punched out circles to place on top of her printed cardstock. There are three eyelets in the upper left hand corner with three different colors of grosgrain ribbon tied thru them. The cute little sentiment is watercolored and popped up with stampin' dimensionals. I'll be CASE'ing this card layout fer' sure Sista ;o))

How about that adorable clip?? Great for holding a photo!! Sista Mike used a large black clippie that you can pick up at any office supply store or even at your local Wal-Mart or Target! She then covered the black portion (clip) with printed paper and added a few fun stamped images/saying to the front and tied a piece of ribbon around it and call it awesome ;o)

The other two little "T" keyrings are absolutely TREMENDOUSLY awesome ;o) These are little post it notes jazzed up - how cool is this idea??!! Like I said...Sista Mike is the most creative stamper I know ......


AND I am sooo honored to call her my Sista ;o) Once again I say my thanks to Splitcoaststampers for 'introducing us' -- its a friendship that I am sooo thankful for ;o)

I wanted to get these posted the day I got em' but my life has been full of SU! colors lately but just not stamping wise ;o) I've been painting my parents new house -- each room is a different SU! color -- and I'll be sharing those rooms with you soon -- just trying to get the finishing touches done in each room before snapping some pics ;o) Stay Tuned!!!


~Enjoy & TFL~

I was tagged....

I was tagged by Marie over at Combat Boots & Rubber stamps recently - Hello Marie!! I enjoy popping over to your blog and checking in on your life -- thanks for stopping by mine!!

I know all of you have better things to do than get to know me, and probably the whole world has been tagged by now soo I won't tag anyone else as I don't want to offend anyone but I'm happy to play along ;o)

Here goes!

What was I doing 10 years ago?
Um lets see...I was still a newlywed- we married in Sept 1997 and we were right in the middle of building our current home ;o)

What was I doing 1 year ago?
Gosh how time flies -- I don't know if I was doing anything specifically but probably getting ready for spring --- and wishing winter was over?! lol

5 favorite snacks?
Subway
Kettle corn popcorn
Nacho Doritos
Pizza
Pasta

5 things I would do if I was a millionaire
1- Invest/save for future
2- Buy more land
3- Invest
4- Invest
5- Pay for our entire extended family to take a vacation somewhere


5 things I like doing?
Anything with my family
Motorcycling
Camping
Stamping
Scrapbooking

5 things I will never wear again
5 things that I never wore before...lol

5 favorite toys
My laptop
My digital Rebel camera
My Cricut
My motorcycle
My DH's motorcycle ;o)

Happy Friday!!

Here is a little Friday humor I'd like to share with you ~ I read this and laughed out loud to myself -- perfect ;o)

Golly!!!

It's been awhile ~ hasn't it? I can't wait to show you some pictures of my latest 'project'! LOL My parents have 'swapped' houses with my brother and sister-in-law -- Mom and Dad moved to town and my brother and his family moved to the farm!! Sooo I have been painting the house before Mom and Dad move in (they are currently staying in the motorhome).

Each room is a different Stampin' UP! color!! I will take pics and post em' here on my blog as soon as each room is done -- its all turning out great!!

For now though I'd love to share this fun picture with you ~ from our friends at Stampin' UP!

Stamps:
BLOOMING WITH LOVE STAMP SET

Paper:
CARD STOCK VERY VANILLA 8 1/2X11
WATERCOLOR PAPER 3.75 INCHES X 5 INCHES
DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PRINTS OLD OLIVE 12 X 12 DBL SIDED

Ink:
STAZON PAD JET BLACK
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD BORDERING BLUE
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD OLD OLIVE
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD CREAMY CARAMEL
CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD PURELY POMEGRANATE

Accessories:
BONE FOLDER
AQUA PAINTERS
GLUE DOTS POP-UP
STICKY STRIP
RIBBON GROSGRAIN OLD OLIVE 5/8 INCH

The template is available for this ~ please ask your SU! demo for it! Otherwise I'd be happy to share it too - just let me know.

Instructions1. Cut top closure and flaps from Pop-Up Glue Dot box. Cover box using Old Olive Prints Designer Series paper. Use Sticky Strip to assemble box. 2. Adhere Old Olive ribbon to interior of purse using Sticky Strip to form handles.3. Stamp flower images in Jet Black StazOn ink on watercolor paper (3-1/8” x 2”). Watercolor images using Bordering Blue, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive, and Purely Pomegranate ink and Aqua Painter. Let dry, and adhere to purse.

~Enjoy & TFL~

April Fools!!

I WISH!! LOL!!! Maybe just for today since its April Fools Day??
Enjoy!

...braggin' on Auntie CJ

Wow wee!! Check out these awesome creations by my Aunt CJ!! She sent me a pic via email of what she has been busy doing -- and guess what?! She is NEW to stamping and is already creating these lovely items!! Amazing!!

The little word window punch tag on the candle says "wonderful you". When I asked her where she came up with this idea here is what she said - she is referring to the new SU! Idea Book & Catalog...

I tried to copy the one on page 91# in a different color as I am giving it to Judy next door. Can you tell I love Spring yellow and green?? LOL... I am drawn to those colors, always.

Thanks soo much for sharing your creative projects with me Aunt CJ ~ you are doing such an awesome job!! Keep em' coming and I'd be happy to keep sharing them with the world here on my blog ;o)

~Enoy & TFL~

Happy Easter!!

Here is a wish for each and every one of you ~ ~ Easter Blessings!!!