FRIENDS OF SPEEDY TV CHALLENGE #63

Good Morning Friends, welcome back to another FOSTV challenge.

 This week your challenge is to make a St. Patrick's Card. 

 I have used two of the February release images and sentiment from the Lots of Luck set. 

Check out Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. for this set. Our March release is starting

  and we have some fabulous sets that will soon be available so stay tuned! After coloring 

the little pot of shamrocks I cut it out with a Spellbinder beaded circle

 and added a little green to each bead plus dotted around with 

black dimensional paint, then matted on the chartreuse scalloped circle.
No stitching as my machine is on the fritz again and I have
to drive 65 miles to the closest repair shop.

 A little decorative border and jewels for a little shimmer.

  Had to add a "lucky shamrock" for some fun. My papers are from

 a stack my friend sent me, sorry don't know the name

.A little string  tied on and its done! 

The girls have a great variety of inspiration to jump start you 

so pop over. 

The lucky winner will receive this great stamp set

just perfect for your man cards!

TUTORIAL TIME WITH SPEEDY TV #39

This week the Tutorial Time Challenge is brought to us by Jane Chambers.

 It is to make a Detachable Bookmark Card.

  This would be a great card to go with a nice book for someone.

 It is an easy card to make....but you want to follow Jane's directions and perforate the

 detachable part before you make the card. I made my card and did that part last 

 because I wast quite sure where I wanted the line AND wouldn't you 

know my ruler slipped and I made the perforation crooked! Nice,

 I had to start over!

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 I used images from the Black Eyed Susan Mini and the

 Sending Happy Thoughts Sets. All the Sets are found at

Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co.The front one was cut with a 

Spellbinder Scalloped Oval, the inside was cut out and matted

 onto the checked oval. The stamp one was added to the bookmark.

 A little ribbon added for the bookmark.

 I had never used the little 

perforation tool before and got a little zealous. After moving 

the card around as I was working on it,  it came 

loose and is barely hanging on as you can see. I will

used a lighter touch next time!

 The girls have a great variety of fun cards to inspire you.

Check out the tutorial and join us.

The winner will receive this card. 

TUESDAY THROWDOWN

It's team B's turn to do the TT Challenge this week. The theme is doilies and lace

.This weeks Sponsor is Robyn's Fetish and I am using the Barbara Bunny image.

 She is a cutie isn't she? After coloring her I cut her out to foam dot on.

 . I cut my doily in half and the put it back

 together to form a oval. The green is cut from a Spellbinder and 

attached to the dp then a piece of lace attached. The flower was from

 a rak I received and the sentiment is from

 the MFPa Heinrich Co. Spring Joy set.

My teammates have lots of beautiful inspiration for you so pop over and join the fun!

FRIENDS OF SPEEDY TV #62

 Happy Monday Friends! Its beautiful spring here in the desert. It has been in

 the 80's this weekend and I sure haven't wanted to be indoors. Spent lots of time

 working in the garden and picking peas, broccoli, lettuce, turnips, carrots and cauliflower.  

Of course when most of you are enjoying wonderful 80'and 90's come summer we 

will be melting in the 115 plus weather LOL  

Are you all ready for the new challenge at FOSTV??

 This week we have a inspiration photo for you...

Such a lovely peaceful room isnt it! 

For my card I used a soft aqua patterned paper keeping is simple like the room.

I colored up two of the Dogwood images from the set and cut them out. They are a 

little bright and more blue but this is the closest colors I had.

I stamped the sentiment from the Celebrate Big set and cut it out with a Spellbinder

fancy tag die, adding a little glitz to it.

I hand dyed some ribbon to make a bow, sorta reminded me
of the draperies in the room.

Stop by Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co.

to see these stamp sets and all their great selection of

paper craft supplies!

 If you stop over and join in the Challenge you

may be the winner of the great man In My Den set.

TUTORIAL TIME WITH SPEEDY TV #38

Today it is Thrifty Stamper's turn to bring us the tutorial challenge. 

 It is brushed ink stripes and you can find it  here. I didn't have the

necessary supplies so I just used my jar of purple ink made a swipe added 

two drops of water another stripe and continued till it faded to the palest.

I love the MFP a Heinrich Co.Premium card stock, it is 140 lb,
great for using the ink on and lays so nice and flat!

Not the most successful with the ink but I love do love how my image
 turned out. After coloring it I  added some Triple Gloss to my
wine glass. Embossed a strip down the center punching
holes in the centers of each section and wove the 

checked ribbon thru . It seemed so plain so I added the funky checked leaf .
My sentiment is one from the new All Postal Set.
It is one the new February releases found

 at Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co.

My teammates have some great inspiration to get you going. Stop

by and join the challenge this week, the winner will receive this fun set.

FRIENDS OF SPEEDY TV

Monday brings us to a new week and a new challenge at FOSTV.

This weeks is a color challenge.... black ,yellow and fuschia! 

Now I have to say I would have never chosen these but thats what

 challenges are all about right?? Actually my minds eye 

envisioned this gaudy combo of colors but after I got over that

 and started looking thru my papers I found a nice little neutral 

with a touch of fuschia on it. So it began to literally blossom from there,

 using a Spellbinder looped border I cut a black and a yellow to

 shadow it with. Attached and added the little lace strip on

 top of it.

After making my fuschia rose I cut leaves and

 dotted with yellow and again one of them shadowed with

 the yellow. My little dressmaker from is cut from a SU die and shadowed,
adding a little yellow band and fuschia fiber tied around 

the waist. Stamped the dressmaker  with the Get Well 

sentiment from the Flap My Wattles set and I like the color combo.

 My teammates really  

came up with some beautiful creations for this challenge.

 So now Im challenging you all to put on 

your thinking cap and join us....

This weeks Stamp Set winner is,,,

Entering in Challenges:
Eureka Stamps : Flower Power

TUTORIAL TIME ON SPEEDY TV #37

As I say all the time I LOVE Fridays!!

 And it  means we are having a new Challenge at TTSTV 

. Kathy Bradley has a tutorial on how to make a Concertina card.

 

I really had fun with this one. Another first but quite easy to make.

 One of the February releases at Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Co 

 is the Hum Along Set. 

The card has 6 sections or pages plus the front so I did each

of the two pages in a color on the front and back

 I cut my card from a piece of dotted Bo Bunny paper and punched

the top section with a MS arches punch.

I  stamped multiples of the images coloring them and cutting

 them all out to use on 

 all the pages. I love the beautiful hummers and flowers in this set, it can be

 used for some many different occasions! 

So, warning lots of pics to scroll thru.

 I used different inks, mulberry paper,doilies, stitckles, 

 diecuts, vellum, lace and some modeling paste

  on the pages along with the images. Stop over to visit Kathy's tutorial 

and make one of these fun cards. So many possibilities with it 

as you will see from all my teammates creations!

Entering Challenges:
Totally Paper Crafts: Hope for Spring, colors or images
Pattie's  Creations: Fancy folds + image
Delicious Doodles: Flowers for Spring

Winner receives this Stamp Set

TUESDAY THROWDOWN

Good Morning, its time for Tuesday Throwdowns Team B's challenge.

 This week our sponsor is Sweet N Sassy and our challenge is Monochromatic

Sweet N Sassy has many wonderful images so stop by and visit their

store! 

I have used the Coneflowers and Butterfly image.

 Trying to stay with the mono look

I did all but the stems in purples and then cut the image out. I do not know 

the makers of the dps as they were from the scrap bin. The solids are from SU. 

The oval is from Spellbinders. My sewing machine is giving me fits so I tore up the 

first set of mats and just attached the second ones with no stitching. 

They look rather plain but better that loopy stitches!.

 A little bow and that makes for a quick and simple card this week.

 You will want to check out all the fab creations from my teammates 

AND notice we are excited to have Vicki back with us!!

FRIENDS OF SPEEDY TV

Just wanted to say a quick thanks for the Great RAK from Erin Blegen. 

Lots of wonderful goodies to work with!

You really want to pop over to her blog Erin Blegen My Scrap Cabin
and see her Gorgeous creations.

 Weekends are never long enough are they!!

Since it's Monday it's time for the new FOSTV Challenge.

This week it is recipe cards. I made a page instead of just a card because that is 

one of my ongoing projects. For my girls I make recipe albums  with fun pages

for each family recipe. This one is my youngest daughters favorite. Of course you

 want to eat a giant bowl of broccoli to go with it and then take a 5 mile ride or jog 

afterwards it is rather fat laden! I stitched together three different papers using
some meandering stitching to make the 7x8 inch page.

The recipe is computer generated and punched at the bottom with a MS Scalloped 

dots punch along with the mat. The bowl and spoon are from the

Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. set  Recipe Card Starter.
After coloring everything up I cut them all out. This is a perfect 

set for this challenge. The chilis are from the Hot & Spicy set. I stamped
colored and cut out a couple then stamped  the green
 dotted Bo Bunny paper and cut them out to create the little border.

The fun little red looped border is from MFT with some dotted dimensional paint.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop over 

and join this weeks challenge. 

This is the Stamp Set for this weeks winner

Tutorial Time with Speedy TV #36

Friday, my favorite day!! It's my turn to do the tutorial and I have chosen the Rock Salt Technique.
You will find the Tutorial Here along with the challenge. It is an easy technique just a  little time
 consuming waiting on drying time. This post is long enough so I will not show the whole tutorial here,
 just a glimpse. Stop by Marks Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. for all your Stamping and
 Scrapping needs. The winner will take home the beautiful Dogwood Stamp Set this week.

I have been so inspired by all the talented ladies doing these fabulous LOs so I have
used my pieces on a LO. Now there is a story behind this LO, we didnt spend Christmas at the
river!.My mom is Very family oriented and  has always modeled the importance of family,
she is also a geneology buff. She has made huge books will all the family history and
 pics back to the 1500s for each family member. My sis, niece and I went together and
bought this huge 3x4 ft frame with a cool raised metal tree in the center and a
 family saying across the bottom and it has 16 opening for pics. Now this is significant because that
is the exact amount we needed for our family. How cool is that!

My mom has 4 living children and among us we have12 children. Each of us needed a pic and

 our children with their families.All of our out of town family sent their pics to us. Since non of us

 had any recent photos  my niece planned a little photo shoot at the river on Sat before Christmas.

Think we were a little last minute finishing up this project lol! Well that morning it was cloudy cold

and windy so we waited till noon. All the guys moaned and groaned as we said they all had to

 come to the river for pics but after we got there they really got in the swing of it and we had 

so much fun. We did pics on the rocks, lying on the beach, up above the river etc. Anyways the

 family pic frame turned out awesome, my mom cried to see her whole family represented in one spot,

 as of course we knew she would! So all that to tell you this is one of the pics we took that day. It was

 a little cool and windy but the sun came out and we were able to get lots of great pics. This one of my husband and I  is the only one my niece gave me, still waiting for the others!

 I used some paste to create the raise sections of squares over the background then used several
different inks to color it. Next came some tearing and distressing, then stitched it to the blue. After
 making up a variety of flower and greenery I added a couple premade and used them to frame the photo.

I added our name at the top and attached  the oval chipboard to a Spellbinder die cut then added the Christmas 2012.Here is a close look at some of the flowers. I really liked the way the big navy one turned out. Be sure to stop by and check out my teammates lovely creations this week. 

This is a first, Im going to enter a Scrapbook Challenge

 Skissdilla Challenge Sketch

Friends of Speedy TV

Did you all enjoy your weekend? It really cooled down here so no gardening!

I did have a big baby shower cake for Sat morn, then I got a panic
 call from a friends DIL. Help Davi we have corsages to make for

the PTA Valentine's Father Daughter dance, do

 you think you could come show us how!  Ha, I get there they have 

nothing but 150 carnations and wristlets. Well needless to say I had to

 run home get my tools and got some girls to help me do some of the easy steps

. We did it and got them all done! In case you dont know my mom owned a Florist
so I was a floral designer for years. Pretty much shot  the rest of my day. 

 But what a wonderful opportunity for Dads to honor their daughters,
and I was glad to hear that  it was a big success and they all
had great fun according to all the facebook reports! 

So onto our FOSTV challenge we are looking for non traditional 

Valentine's Day cards.Browns and with a bit or orange seemed pretty 

non traditional so here we are. Using some Lost & Found dp along with 

some SU brown for the card. No sewing just a little dotted swiss embossing folder

for the little top part along with the hearts cut with a Spellbinder heart die. 

The dyed ribbon was tied around that part.A little touch of  crocheted lace
 for the center. Then of course I used my 

Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Co. Stamp Set. Love Love Love 

for the two sentiments. I like the non traditional colors and of course my

 husband will love it because I made it for him!
I also made up 4 quick little tags
with things I love about him. I will put one in his
lunch box each day till Valentine's.

This is the Stamp Set for this weeks winner...