Happy St. Patricks Day- Blog Candy Winner!

Good morning and Happy St. Patricks Day to all! I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday :) this post is a little late but I had to catch up on my sleep, this was a really busy week for me, whew, but I had a wonderful time sharing and hopping and I'm looking forward to the next Hop!


I want to say Thank you to all who took the time to visit and leave a comment, your kind words are so appreciated and inspire me to create.......and so now I would like to announce the Winner of my Blog Candy!!!

The Winner is- Kathy Thomas!!!!! her comment was:
"Cute, cute, cute! I give little treats to my coworkers for most holidays and this looks perfect. Thanks for sharing"

Congratulations Kathy!!!! Thank you for your wonderful comments and for following my Blog!!!

Your Blog Candy is the stamp set "Perfect Words" it's actually a hostess set (Clear mount) and somehow I ended up with a couple sets. Now I did put the clear sticker on one stamp and used it but I cleaned it and it looks like new, the rest of the set is untouched :) But because of that I have a thank you card that I'm going to include that you can use to send.
If you see this post just email your address to me so I can send your prize, I have your email so I will also notify you with an email message.

Have a wonderful 'Green' Day!!!
Tamara

Day 5 Happy Easter Banner!

Hello everyone and Welcome to Day 5 of our hop! I'm so glad you decided to join us again it's been so much fun and I really appreciate all the wonderful comments. My day was jam packed, my daughter is now sporting a flourescent pink cast on her arm, we had a nice lunch together and we did a little shopping for a new outfit for her and her sisters. Then onto meetings, softball practice and back to work on today's project and I finished! Yea! I was starting to worry, there were just too many things happening all at the same time.

Today's project is a Happy Easter Banner, now let me tell you this project is not for the faint of heart, lol, turned out to be a lot of work, but I put a lot of details into it, now that it's done I think it was worth the work. To see a closer view just click on the picture.

I used the Bigz die 'Perfect Pennants' and I cut my CS so that I cut 2 colors at the same time (the pink for the triangles, green for the scallops. I used a dauber to ink the edges. The bunnies and chicks are from the 'Everybunny' stamp set, I used watercolor pencils and SU markers to color, then added some glitter.



To create the letters I found this font in one of my card maker magazines, so I scanned the image with the alphabet, imported the image into my art program cut and pasted the letters I wanted onto a separate document, printed them out, cut them to size then by hand I added the leaves to the letters and used a mini punched flower. Oh my I love this font it's so cute for spring projects!

I hope you like this project, if anyone is interested in more detailed instructions, just email me. Don't forget to comment for another chance at my blog candy, I have a stamp set for the winner, I will be announcing the winner on Saturday March 17, so be sure to stop by and see if your a winner.
Thanks again for participating in our Hop and now on to the very talented Jennifer's Blog......







In case you get lost along the way, below is a list of all the Glitter Queens
participating in the hop.


Dee Slater http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Joan Robertson http://joansdailystampede.blogspot.com/
Tamara Gadberry http://www.papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com Your here
Jennifer Kay http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy Johnson http://scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com/
Bridgett Owens http://stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com
Anji Clements http://alteredscraps.com/
De Williams http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Day 4 Decorated Easter Egg Holder

Welcome to Day 4 of our GQ Spring Hop, this week is sure flying by.....I had my first 4 projects done early but today I have been busily trying to finish up my project for friday. Tomorrow I have a full schedule-my daughter has a buckle fracture and were going to a specialist in the morning and in the afternoon I have parent-teacher conferences for all 3 girls, then I need to rush home and finish up fridays project and take photos, lol.......I could have picked something easier but I had my mind made up and I'm not changing it :) My husband just thinks I'm goofy, lol.

For today I had a fun idea to make little Easter egg holders, kind of like the little paper holders you get in the egg coloring kits, I wanted to make it look as though the egg was sitting in some grass, a group of these together would make an adorable Easter display, or to use at a party. (I could just imagine having one sitting at each place setting at an Easter Dinner)They would also make a fun craft project for kids. I started with a simple CS base 2"x (depends on the size of your egg) attach the ends together and start decorating. I used the 'Everybunny' stamp set, 'Enchanted DSP, and subtles CS. I really love the way they turned out, now my girls want to make a bunch for Easter :)



Thanks for taking time from your day to stop by and visit, I'm really enjoying all the wonderful comments from everyone, have a wonderful day and be sure to stop by tomorrow for our Day 5 projects. Now on to Jennifer's Blog........Happy Hopping!






In case you get lost along the way, below is a list of all the Glitter Queens
participating in the hop.


Dee Slater http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Joan Robertson http://joansdailystampede.blogspot.com/
Tamara Gadberry http://www.papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com Your here
Jennifer Kay http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy Johnson http://scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com/
Bridgett Owens http://stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com
Anji Clements http://alteredscraps.com/
De Williams http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Day 3 Embellished Note pads

Welcome to Day 3 of our GQ Spring Hop, I'm so happy that you've come back to see what we have new today! I'm having a great time sharing and I'm getting so inspired by all the lovely creations, can't wait to see what the rest of the week brings.

Today I'm going to share something a little different, I had bought several of the small purse sized lined notepads that I wanted to decorate for an upcoming craft fair, plus they make great little gifts, so I decorated a few to share and inspire you. Look around there's so many things we use on a daily basis that we can really cute up, lol, plus it makes that item more fun to use :)


For this project I used DSP; Flirtatious, Enchanted & Sweet Shop; stamp sets, Tea Shoppe, Notes & Details; the fancy flower punch and the doily triple layer punch. I also used the pleated ribbon from the Mini, the embellishment ribbon from the SAB, & grosgrain ribbon from the IBC.

I covered and embellished the front and back plus the inside of the front and back covers, there's even room for a small picture and some journaling or personalizing.


To create the large flower on the front, I used the die cut doily sheet in the flirtatious DSP, I carefully cut one complete doily, then I daubed a little ink on the edges and used a thin knitting needle to curl the edges, then I punched out 2 fancy flowers and 1 triple layer doily for the center. I used a dauber to ink the edges of all these pieces as well then I used a brad (from SAB catalog) to layer and attach them together.

I hope your enjoying the hop so far.....
Thanks for visiting and don't forget to leave a comment, every comment throughout the week is another chance to win Blog Candy!.....and be sure to stop by tomorrow I have a project with eggs :) lol....Happy Hopping!; Now on to Jennifer's Blog..............








In case you get lost along the way, below is a list of all the Glitter Queens
participating in the hop.


Dee Slater http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Joan Robertson http://joansdailystampede.blogspot.com/
Tamara Gadberry- You are here
Jennifer Kay http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy Johnson http://scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com/
Bridgett Owens http://stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com
Anji Clements http://alteredscraps.com/
De Williams http://theplainsstamper.blogspot.com/

Happy Easter Greeting Day Two

Hello, and welcome to day 2 of our Spring Hop! I want to Thank everyone who visited &/or commented yesterday, your interest and kind words are very much appreciated! It encourages and inspires myself and the other glitter queens to plan more hops :) More hops mean more ideas!

Today I am working with the 'Everybunny' stamp set, the framelits die (labels collection), seam binding ribbon and pearls. This stamp set is really fun to work with for easter/spring projects, you can find it in the IBC, I have something cute planned using it for the end of the week.



I liked the idea of using the bunny in the balloon floating up in the sky so I decided to use the framelits die to frame the area for my scene, I just cut two sizes one in whisper white and one in the next size up using 'enchanted' DSP. I used SU markers and watercolor pencils to color in the stamped images, then attached them with dimensionals. I balanced it all out with a bow and pearl accents. The inside has the stamped image of a little chick coming out of it's shell.



Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment, every comment throughout the week is another chance to win Blog Candy!.....and be sure to stop by tomorrow and see what else I have up my sleeve, lol....
Happy Hopping!; Now on to Jennifer's Blog......






In case you get lost along the way, below is a list of all the Glitter Queens
participating in the hop.


Dee Slater http://createwithdee.typepad.com
Joan Robertson http://joansdailystampede.blogspot.com/
Tamara Gadberry http://www.papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com You are here
Jennifer Kay http://txjennywren.blogspot.com/
Judy Johnson http://scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com
Bridgett Owens http://stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com

Spring Hop Paper Test Tube Favors

Good Morning and Welcome to our Spring Hop! I'm so happy you are hopping along with us today....be sure to check back all week as we will all be sharing a new project each day. You should have just arrived from the very talented Joan Robertson's blog, she is so inspiring and creates such beautiful paper crafts, I always look forward to seeing what she has created.


Today I have some paper 'test tube' favors with an Easter theme. These sweet little containers are easy and fun to make, especially if you have the Simply Scored tool from SU. For the larger favor I started with CS 5"x 5 1/2"; for the smaller favor I started with 3"x 5 1/2" CS; then you just score every 7/8" on the 5 1/2" side. For the top and bottom, just punch out 2 fancy flowers.



To decorate I used 'Enchanted' DSP and the stamp set 'Everybunny', the Designer Frames embossing folder, SU Markers, and glitter...of course...glitter queens love glitter, lol :)




These little favors could hold a variety of candy treats, or jewelry and will surely put a smile on the face of the recipient, and they could be made for any holiday, occasion, or event. I love the way they turned out plus there fun to make!

Thank you for stopping by, before you leave become a follower of my blog and leave a comment...each comment throughout the week will be entered into a drawing for some Blog Candy!!!
Next on the hop is the talented Jennifer Kay ,hop on over to her Blog and see what fabulous creation she has to share.....
http://txjennywren.blogspot.com




http://joansdailystampede.blogspot.com


In case you get lost along the way, below is a list of all the Glitter Queens
participating in the hop.

Dee Slater http://createwithdee.typepad.com

Joan Robertson http://joansdailystampede.blogspot.com

Tamara Gadberry http://papercraftingstamper.blogspot.com You are here.
Jennifer Kay http://txjennywren.blogspot.com

Judy Johnson http://scrap-a-doodlestamping.blogspot.com

Bridgett Owens http://stampingwithbridgett.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping until tomorrow,
Tamara

Glitter Queens Spring Blog Hop

I'm very excited to announce I will be participating in another Glitter Queens Blog Hop! It will be a Spring themed Hop from March 12-16, each of us will have a different project to share each day, so there will be a variety of projects to inspire you with your spring paper crafts. Plus if you visit, and start following me, each comment you leave during the hop will enter you into the drawing for my Blog Candy!!!

So be sure to come hopping along next week!
Tamara