Rose Tutorial

Good Morning,
I finally created a video tutorial for the roses I made during the Glitter Queens October Blog hop! My apologies for taking so long, but my husband is a farmer and it's harvest time and I have to help out this time of year. I will be so glad when it's done, I'm having creative withdrawals, lol, can't wait for more crafting time.
This video is a first for me and I have much to learn but I had fun doing it so I will be making more :D I hope you can understand and learn to create this beautiful flowers your self. The video is over at youtube so I'm just putting a link here: my computer is having connection problems so I had to use another computer to upload it.




Here's the link, enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/user/papercraftsbytamara?feature=mhee


Have a great day!
Tamara

Good Friday Morning,

Many Thanks to all who visited during the Glitter Queens October hop! I had a wonderful time sharing my projects and I hope I inspired you to get crafty.

I have a winner for my Blog Candy!!!!

And the Winner Is: Deborah! her comment was:

Your cards are very elegant and I just love easel cards they are so easy to display. Great job on your hop projects TFS :)

Deborah I need you to send me an email papercraftingstamper@gmail.com with your address so I can send your blog candy to you! I don't have your email or any way to contact you so I hope you see this! I will give you till next Friday the 21st to contact me, if I don't hear from you I will pick another winner. Please contact me ASAP :D

Today I am sharing some of the mini-books I learned to make from one of Dawn's video's, I have 2 craft fairs coming up the end of November so I am making lots of goodies to sell, I thought these mini books would make a great gift this time of year. I created some with a Christmas theme and some that would work for any holiday or event you might want to scrapbook. I love the way they turned out and they are so easy and fun to make.

For those ladies who are interested in seeing how I created the flowers I used on the kraft box I will be creating a video to share with you how easy they are to create. I will have that ready for you next week! So be sure to stop by and see what's new in my crafty corner.
Thanks again,
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Tamara

Glitter Queens October Hop-Day 3

Happy Wednesday everyone,

I hope you've been hopping along with us this week, the Glitter Queens have created some fabulous projects, full of great ideas that will hopefully inspire you to get crafty! We are all have different styles and I get so many fantastic ideas from the other Glitter Queens! These hops are a great fun way to share what we all have a passion for-Paper Crafting, I'm looking forward to future hops!

For my final project I kept the focus on the Thanksgiving table, this time I choose to make a kraft box (they are currently in the Holiday mini) into my centerpiece. Of course it could also decorate a table any where in the house. And I made some napkin rings to match the favors and name tags.I recently learned how to make the paper roses, and decided to create a couple in the teal paper and used a dauber
to add brown to the edges, I couldn't believe how gorgeous they were and thought these would look great on a kraft box and would match the 'Spice cake' DSP.

I simply added DSP panels to the sides, top and bottom of the box, stamped out some leaves and other images from the 'French Foliage' set. I filled the inside up with mini Hershey's chocolates covered with the 'give thanks' band from the 'Its a wrap holidays' set. I love it so much and I'd like to put it out already but if I did my girls would gobble down the candy before Halloween, lol. May have to refill it a time or two.






To create the napkin rings I began with the backing from a new pk of DSP, then I cut it 1 1/2" x 6". I covered both sides with DSP, then I used a round bottle to roll it, so it wouldn't bend. I overlapped about 1/2" and punched a hole in the center of one end, then match and mark the other side and use a brad to connect. You will need a small piece of cs (I used 3/4"circle punch) to cover the brad on the inside so it doesn't snag your napkin. The other ring is made the same except I punched 2 holes and used ribbon to connect it together. To decorate
them I simple stamped out the images then cut them and attached them to the rings.





I hope you enjoyed my projects for this hop, I had alot of fun creating them, in fact I'm thinking I may start creating some video tutorials.

Now before I forget, for my Blog Candy I am giving away is the 'Kindness Matters' Stamp Set, it's one of my favorites! Just remember to leave a comment for a chance to win.

Many thanks for taking the time to stop by, I feel very honored by your visit and I love reading your comments, please stop in again soon!
Now on to Candice's Blog>>>>


Dawn Griffith


Deidra Williamson


Dee Slater


Joan Robertson


Bridgett Owens


Stephanie Lorenz


Jennifer Kay


Cely Havens


Tamara Gadberry- You are here


Candice Crawford


Anji Clements

Day 2 Glitter Queens October Hop

Hello and welcome to day 2 of the Glitter Queens Blog Hop! I hope you enjoyed day 1 of our hop, I saw lots of great projects, I'm so inspired by everyone's creativity!

For today's project I wanted to continue on with the fall theme and make something for our Thanksgiving table. I thought it would be fun to have name tags/favors to help make our table a little more special. I couldn't decide on just one so I have 3 versions to share with you, I think I'm going to make 2 of the 3 for our holiday table this year.
Once again the stamp set's I chose to work with are 'French Foliage' and 'Faith in Nature', and I used the DSP 'Spice Cake'.

First I created the stand up cards, after making the easel card (from day1) I wanted to use the same method on the cs base as I did on the easel card. The cards measure 3 1/2" x 8" (score @ 4" and fold) I started out with a neutral base then stamped it with the leaves and distressing spots stamps. Then I added a layer of DSP, the other images were stamped then cut out and attached to the front.




Then I decided to make a combo favor/name tag, I actually did 2 versions, one is the sour cream container. I made it with 'Spice cake' DSP and decorated it with images from the 'French Foliage' set.




The last set is made with the mini milk carton Big Shot die, I love them they're so darn cute! I made one with 'more mustard' CS and the other with 'pool party' CS, the pool party is my fav, love the leaves that color. I used the mini clips to close so it will be easy to get to the treat.



For any of you considering becoming a demonstrator, this October is a great time, Stampin'Up! is giving new demo's a Big Shot!!! Wow, if I wasn't already a demo, that would make me sign up, I love my Big shot! and I'd love to have you join my team!

Thank you for hopping by I hope you enjoyed my projects! Be sure to leave a comment I have some blog candy to give away!

Just in case you missed someone along the way, links to the all of the Glitter Queen blog hoppers can be found below in order from beginning to end. Don't forget to leave a comment at the end of this post if you liked my project and I'll put you in the drawing for my blog candy! Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!!! Now on to Candice's Blog!


Dawn Griffith
Deidra Williamson
Dee Slater
Joan Robertson
Bridgett Owens
Stephanie Lorenz
Jennifer Kay
Cely Havens
Tamara Gadberry- You are here
Candice Crawford
Anji Clements

Glitter Queens October Blog Hop-Day 1

Good morning Ladies,

Welcome to our October Blog Hop!, we are so glad to have you join in and hop along, we hope you enjoy your visit and that we inspire you with our fall projects.

I chose to use the Stamp Set's 'French Foliage', from the IBC and 'Faith in Nature' one of the hostess sets from the IBC, I also used the DSP Spice cake. For anyone out there thinking of hosting a workshop there are some fabulous hostess sets to choose from and they are so affordable, you will love the new benefits of hosting a workshop! Plus in October you also get a Big Shot when you become a demonstrator!

For today's Hop I created 2 greeting cards. I love the leaves in the French Foliage set and I played around and stamped them in greens, yellows, oranges and browns, trying to mimic the colors mother nature gives the leaves this time of year.

For my first card, I wanted to showcase the pear stamp from the 'Faith in Nature' set, so I used two dies to cut out and create the frame using 'Spice Cake' DSP, I used dimensional's to attach the frame, after stamping the pear image in 'Lucky Limade' I used SU Watercolor Pencils to color in the image and added dimensional's to the back, then centered and attached it to the card front. I finished the card front by accenting the frame with some of the stamped leaves, I also added one leaf to the inside of the card.
I hope you like it, love the way it turned out and will be using the 'framed' technique again!





For my second card I decided to create and easel card, I started out with some neutral CS. After cutting and scoring I used the 'French Foliage' set, and I randomly stamped the CS with the cursive wording stamp, the leaves, and the distressing stamp, then I used 2 layers of complimentary CS ( more mustard & tempting turquoise) to frame the DSP before attaching it to the front, I used the same CS frame around the sentiment before attaching. To complete the card I attached the leaves around randomly and used the cursive writing stamp layered on DSP to make the easel stand up.





I really love the way this card turned out too, I think it would make a nice fall display at any Thanksgiving table.


I hope you like my projects today, be sure to leave a comment and I will put you in the drawing for my Blog Candy!!!

Just in case you missed someone along the way, links to the all of the Glitter Queen blog hoppers can be found below in order from beginning to end. Don't forget to leave a comment at the end of this post if you liked my project and I'll put you in the drawing for my blog candy! Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!!!
Now on to Candice's Blog!


Dawn Griffith
Deidra Williamson
Dee Slater
Joan Robertson
Bridgett Owens
Stephanie Lorenz
Jennifer Kay
Cely Havens
Tamara Gadberry- You are here
Candice Crawford
Anji Clements

Front cut Fold Christmas Greeting

Good Monday Morning,
My apologies for not posting last week....to start with last monday was my 30th Wedding Anniversary, yes 30 years!, it has gone by so fast, now we are starting on the next 30 :) Then my youngest had a dental appointment that ended up taking most of the day....and our local fair started on Wednesday and ended Saturday, I took my girls on Thursday and Friday, they had arm bands, so it was unlimited rides until 10 pm. We were all so exhausted that we slept in till 11am on Saturday.
And then over the weekend our dsl modem went out :/ so until the new one gets here I have to use dial-up.....we are talking slow, lol. I was in a bit of a panic since we have a blog hop scheduled for next week, but if I have to I can go to my mil's and piggy back her dsl.

For today I thought I would share a Christmas Greeting I created using a different kind of a front....I actually received a swap from my upline Dawn although the card was made by Susan Nygaard. The front was made in a unique way.....it measures 4 1/4 by 5 1/2, after you score and fold you cut the front in about half then turn the cut sideways and attach to the front. It's fun to try a new type of card, try it out.




Thank you for visiting, I hope you have a wonderful day!
Tamara