Saturday, August 31, 2013

Color Challenge with my fellow SU Demos

Hello Papercrafters, 

The weekend is here, yea, and we get 3 whole days!, yea!!!  I hope your all enjoying your long weekend.....I encourage you to stop by next week, Sept. 3, 4, & 5, we are having a blog hop!  We are the Glitter Queens and we all have new 'Halloween' projects for each day, please be sure to stop by and hop with us, I will be giving away some blog candy some of the other ladies may also have blog candy!  

 I have a variety of projects to share for the hop and I'm so excited....Halloween is one of my favorite holidays :)

Today I'm going to share a card I made for a challenge with a group of SU demos, that I belong too, the challenges give us inspiration from each other, it's a wonderful to share and case designs.

For this card we had to use soft suede, island indigo and strawberry slush....

Thanks for stopping by and Don't Forget come back on Tuesday Sept. 3 for Day 1 of our hop!

Have a wonderful day!

Tamara

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Gumball Marina Muse Challenge

Hello Papercrafters, 

I am back to share a new card I created this morning for a color challenge, the colors were; gumball green, marina mist and midnight muse.  I didn't have the marina so I used island indigo instead.  One of my favorite stamps is the maiden hair fern from the 'papaya collage' stamp set, so  I decided to stamp the ferns in gumball green and stamp some flowers in the blues.....but in the process I decided to also do some green flowers. I love the way it turned out plus greens and blues together have always been a favorite color combo of mine.  Here's the front

 Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful day!

Tamara

Friday, August 16, 2013

Color Challenge CSI group

Hello Papercrafters, 

I hope everyone is having a good day.....it's Friday yea, everyone is usually happy on Friday :-) My girls started back to school 2 days ago, so my time has become quite a bit more productive than when I have everyone home, sorry girls I love and miss you but it's true.....anywho I have been getting my crafting/video area cleaned up (I always craft up a stormy mess, lol)  so I can get some videos created to share some of my ideas and  how to re-create my crafts.   I'm really excited so stayed tuned I will have one soon................meanwhile,

I thought I would share a card I created as a part of a challenge with a private group I belong to at fb,  this week it was a color challenge using 3 SU colors, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, & Basic Gray.  Here is my card,

 I used the 'petite pair' sentiment for the front and on the inside. 

Dont Forget:  here is all the info for my current hostess code!
For all you Stampin'Up! shoppers out there I have a hostess code for the month of August!!!
Shop at my SU Shop and apply the hostess code  ZC2KT4ZZ and you will be entered in the drawing for a Free SU shopping spree of $25. or more depending on the number of orders.......however I recommended not using the code if your order is $150. or more, use the hostess dollars for yourself! 


LEARN: how to use the HOSTESS CODE to get entered in drawing for a FREE monthly shopping spree                     Hostess code for August 2013:  ZC2KT4ZZ

When you Shop with Tamara, and apply a Hostess Code, you'll be entered to win a FREE Stampin' Up! Shopping Spree (valued at $25 to over $100! - based on the number of entries)

NOTE: for orders of $150 or more...I recommend NOT entering the Hostess Code and keeping the Stampin' Rewards for yourself (as outlined in the Stampin' Rewards chart shown below)...woohoo! If your name is drawn...

    Winners will be notified by email
    Shopping Spree Winners are responsible for any sales tax and half price items (if earned)...to be paid by credit card or paypal
HOW to enter the HOSTESS CODE: Order Online HERE (be sure my name, Tamara Gadberry is shown in the upper right corner)
    Create your own personal account or sign in, if you already have one
    Start shopping by adding products to your "Shopping Bag"
    At anytime before checking out, you'll need to enter and apply the HOSTESS CODE
    Don't forget to click the "APPLY" button
    Complete your shopping
    Then check out!

 Thank you for stopping by, be sure to stop in again soon....there will be new videos, new projects and I have a blog hop with my fellow Glitter Queens that will be Sept 3, 4, & 5, you won't want to miss that!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Tamara

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Mosaic Madness retrosketches #75

Hello Papercrafters,

 I've been participating in some challenges with some fellow SU Demonstrators, we belong to a private group and the challenges help us to get ideas and inspiration from each other.  

This week we are working with the colors bermuda bay, daffodil delight, and crumb cake.  When I work with color challenges I like to get the colors out and just look at them together before I decide how I'm going to incorporate them into a card.  Since crumb cake is one of my favorite colors to work with I decided to use it for the base,  I also wanted to use the mosaic embossing folder to the design and had the idea of doing some fussy cutting along either end to create an interesting effect.....well I love, love, love it and I'm not alone several ladies also liked the effect.....smiles.

Here's the front..

  I am also entering this card into the retrosketches challenge #75 here's the sketch:


 

I will be using this technique again, in fact I am going to have to get the stamp set that goes along with it.    I will also be demonstrating this technique in a video.....my girls go back to school on Wednesday so I will be able to schedule in video time, I will miss them but yeaaaa! for more video time!  

On the inside of this card I added another flower like on the front and a stamped sentiment. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Tamara

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Vellum Floral Stained Glass Technique

Hello Papercrafters, 

Happy Saturday, I hope everyone is having a great start to their weekend!  I am going to take my girls shopping for new backpacks & needed school supplies today, I can't believe summer break is almost over :( yes it makes me sad, I love staying up late and sleeping till 9, lol, just glad I don't have to go to school anymore :)   
For all you Stampin'Up! shoppers out there I have a hostess code for the month of August!!! 
Shop at my SU Shop and apply the hostess code  ZC2KT4ZZ and you will be entered in the drawing for a Free SU shopping spree of $25. or more depending on the number of orders.......however I recommended not using the code if your order is $150. or more, use the hostess dollars for yourself!  I will add more details below......
I thought I would share another sympathy card I created for another family member.  Again I used the stained glass technique, I thought it was so gorgeous and wanted something really elegant to show how much I care........I used a white cs base, added a dsp layer and stamped the images on vellum with versa mark, then added embossing powder and heat set.  To give the flowers and leaves color just turn them over and use a dauber to rub ink color on.......
here's the inside.....
Here is my supply list:
Here's my supply list:
White cs #100730
Modern Medley dsp #126926
Fabulous Florets Stamp set c #123027   w#128574
Thoughts & Prayers Set c#128751      w#127805
Gumball Ink #126861
Strawberry Slush Ink #131178
Summer Starfruit Ink #126991
Emboss Powder Black #109133
Versa mark # 102283
Pearls #119247

 LEARN: how to use the HOSTESS CODE to get entered in drawing for a FREE monthly shopping spree
                     Hostess code for August 2013:  ZC2KT4ZZ

When you Shop with Tamara, and apply a Hostess Code, you'll be entered to win a FREE Stampin' Up! Shopping Spree (valued at $25 to over $100! - based on the number of entries)

NOTE: for orders of $150 or more...I recommend NOT entering the Hostess Code and keeping the Stampin' Rewards for yourself (as outlined in the Stampin' Rewards chart shown below)...woohoo!

If your name is drawn...

    Winners will be notified by email
    Shopping Spree Winners are responsible for any sales tax and half price items (if earned)...to be paid by credit card or paypal


HOW to enter the HOSTESS CODE:

    Order Online HERE (be sure my name, Tamara Gadberry is shown in the upper right corner)
    Create your own personal account or sign in, if you already have one
    Start shopping by adding products to your "Shopping Bag"
    At anytime before checking out, you'll need to enter and apply the HOSTESS CODE
    Don't forget to click the "APPLY" button
    Complete your shopping
    Then check out!

Thank you for stopping by, I wish you a wonderful weekend!

Tamara