Friday Funnies

Hello Again, it's me Tera!

Today is a fun day for me. 

It's my birthday, so I thought I would share a few fun and simple birthday cards with you! 

Here are 3 of them... scroll down for close-ups and a bonus!

(most of these are great just for fun cards, not necessarily birthday too!)

I know right now everyone can use a little extra smile :) 

Stamps Used:

My Mind Says

At My Age

Two Ladies With Tea

Lady With Coffee Vacuuming

Getting Old Is Like

Lady With Cuppa

Happy Birthday... Keep Your Chins Up

(this last one is fitting, thanks to me eating way to much on Covid-19 quarantine! lol )

(Ok here is the bonus... this one definitely doesn't have to be a birthday card...)

(so true!)

(I really do love my naps!! lol)

 (Thanks covid-19 diet, and no will power! lol)

Have a fabulous Memorial Day weedkend!

Hope these give you a little laugh and bring you some smiles. 

Do you know someone who would like a little birthday laugh?

Also, there is a snarky challenge going on on the VLVS groupies facebook page if you are feeling snarky/sassy too!! (Yes, there are prizes!)

Celebrate, lt's Mail Art Monday

Hello,
Welcome Back for another Mail Art Monday!

Today I wanted to share a birthday themed Postcard that I made for a friend.

Stamps Used:

Numbers Set 

Girls Party

Live Your Life

To start, I used a piece of paper that I had already painted with some Dylusions paints, and a stencil.

Next, I stamped the set of birthday kids, and colored them with a variety of zig clean color markers.

After these were colored, I decided to add some more texture to the background with white Dylusions paints and a homemade stencil (I used a die cut to make it). 

On a separate piece of paper I stamped my sentiment. I also decided the background needed just a touch more stamping...  

Once I felt everything looked just like I had hoped I glued my sentiment on and glued my postcard to a sturdy piece of black card stock. I also hand drew some stitching around the edges. 

Thank you for visiting, I hope you enjoy this Mail Art Monday inspiration. 

Celebrate it's Mail Art Monday! Video Tutorial

Hello Again! 

(and Happy Labor Day to those of you in the USA) 

It's me Tera, here again with another fun piece of mail art to share with you! 

For the step by step make sure you watch the short video 

(and please let me know if you like this new video format or if you prefer the older method of me talking and showing everything even though they are longer)

Stamps Used: 

Banksy Girl Floating With Balloons 1 1/2 x 3 1/2

Row of Chevrons 3/4 x 3 1/4

Until Further Notice 1 x 2 3/4

Doodle Frame 1 x 4

Writing Circles Background 1 3/4 x 4 1/2

Dictionary Page 4 x 2 1/2

Waybill/Invoice Background 4 1/4 x 5 1/4

Thank you for visiting!! 

Stay inky and have a great week! 

Guest Designer {Samantha}

Welcome to the blog today :) -- It's time for our August Guest Designer to make an appearance -- Welcome Samantha Klaebe!!

"Hi there, my name is Samantha Klaebe. I live in Adelaide, South Australia with my wonderful husband, Adrian, and gorgeous soon to be one-year-old boy, Liam. We also have a furbaby - a very playful, energetic, loving and intelligent (though at times a little on the dopey side) Golden Retriever-cross-Labrador.

These three are the light of my life, inspiration and driving force behind many of my creations. I started my scrapbooking journey in 2003 when my husband and I moved to Brisbane, Queensland, for work. I needed a hobby and discovered a scrapbooking shop close by to where we were living.

From there, I started creating calendars and Christmas cards which over the years has evolved into a full-blown passion - some may call it an obsession. I now create invitations, cards, scrapbook pages, artist trading cards, mixed media and wall art. Anything really!

Over the past 12 months I've been able to build on my scrapbooking/craft skills after taking a year off from working as a registered nurse to be a stay-at-home mum. During this time I have created a blog called “my little paper world” (http://mylittlepaperworld.blogspot.com.au/) and branched out into the scrapbooking community. I am beyond thrilled to have been asked by Viva Las VagaStamps to be a guest designer and cannot wait to share my work with you.

Products Used:

o Kaisercard – Grey
o White Card Stock - Bazzill
o Pink Card Stock - Bazzill
o Pattern Paper (from my stash of paper scraps)
o Embossing Folder – Cricut Happy Birthday / Darice - Chevron
o Distressing Tool
o Silouette Cameo (though it’s easy enough to cut these with your paper trimmer)
o Double sided tape
o Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
o VersaMark & White Embossing Powder
o Heat Gun
o Stamp-a-ma-jig
o VLVS Happy Birthday Sentiment (wood mounted)

*tip - post it notes make for fantasic masks.

I started with white cardstock cut 12x10cm. I then stamped VLVS Happy Birthday in the centre of the cardstock. Using my stamp-a-ma-jig I then filled in around the initial stamped imaged (using a masked technique to avoid stamping over the already stamped sentiment).

I then cut the stamped cardstock to fit pre-cut tags that I cut from my silhouette machine (9.5cmx6.5cm). I distressed the edges. I then glued this to some patterned paper and distress the edges again.

Next I embossed the tag using my cuttlebug. I stuck it all together and created a very simple tag that as you can see was used immediately as August/September seem to be the months where everyone I know has their birthday.

With the second tag I used the same method, except I used VersaMark and White embossing powder on pink cardstock.

Plate 1412...It's A GOOD Thing! Birthday Card by Pinky!

Good morning VLVS friends!

Pinky here today with a fun project using Plate 1412 from

Viva Las VegaStamps. You know when I went to order this 

plate I know I would find 100 uses for it and this is just the first!

There is so much sass and fun on this plate and if you think you

can't create mainstream cards with it, let me tell you...YOU CAN!

My friends WAIT for me to make a snarky card and they 

enjoy seeing what I come up with next. You start using VLVS 

sassiness for your projects and people will definitely notice.

I began with the Hands On Face 2 1/4 X 3 1/4 image. I hand cut it 

out and applied it to the card base. 

After that I used the same vintage cardstock to stamp the 

My Mind Says 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 image hand cutting into a bunting shape. 

 I used my Miracle Tape to adhere it to the frame.

 Then applied the frame to a vintage style card base I created from Glitz paper. 

 I used some vintage Glitz alphas to say "Happy Birthday" and there is 

a sassy and FUN card any friend would ADORE! Not only

because it is handmade from you but also because it's sassy and carries some fun. 

 DON'T forget your Miracle Tape, the adhesive that makes your project stick. 

I use it on all my VLVS projects. 

Ok I am off to create my next Viva Las VegaStamps project! Hope to

see you next time. Until then- Keep on creating. 

Pinky Hobbs- Viva Las VegaStamps Design Team

15 minute Birthday Card

I missed my mother's 89th birthday.  I had to travel to North Carolina for a seminar that week, so I made this really cool fancy birthday card to help make up for it.  The day I had to leave, I went to get it so I could give it to her.

No card to be found.  I searched and searched and finally found it...under my coffee cup, where it had been liberally splashed with coffee.  *sigh*

Well, I had to give her something!  I remembered some paper teacups I had cut from scrapbook paper using templates from the April 2012 issue of '102 Cards to Make Papercraft Inspirations' magazine.  I grabbed some Kromecote cardstock, a VLVS! stamp from plate 1427; one that looked like a mat,a miracle sheet, and Distress Markers.

A little cutting, stamping and scribbling and her card was ready within 15 minutes.  Good thing, because that's all the time I had!  Mom was quite pleased with it (though she woulda liked that fancy card better--I know it!).

It's a good thing to have these kind of things on hand!  Consider keeping on hand an envelope full of cut-out shapes, and stamps that can be used in a variety of ways, as well as pieces of cardstock.  I like the Kromecote.  It makes me think of photograph paper, and normally I'd use it in another way.  But the way marker goes on added texture without effort, and the sheen made the card look fancier than it was.  A little self-made kit like this can be a life-saver.

Viva Las Vegastamps! has stamps for every occasion! http://www.vivalasvegastamps.com/