Teneale Williams

Well its almost been a week since I started blogging… It’s fun but I think I am addicted to getting comments, My laptop is on my stamping desk and I find myself hitting refresh regularly to see if anyone has left me a comment, If I get a new comment I get so excited and I am not getting much work done, But don’t let that stop you leaving me comments :0) It has been lovely reading comments that I have inspired a few people and I am surprised with the number of visitors I am having, So Thank you for stopping by.

I need to focus and talk about this card, I have mixed feeling about this card… You know when you make a card and are happy with it…. You pack everything away, then look at the card again and don’t like it. The ladies at my class tonight all loved it, But I am still not sure. If you like my card and want to make your own, Well your in luck I have two spots left for my Technique class on Friday night, You will make this card and another card I do really LOVE, or just contact me about booking your own class and I will come to you (if you live in Sydney).

Materials used:
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Carte Postale, Blossoms Abound, Sanded, En Francais
Paper: Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Blush Blossom and Groovy Guava
Ink: Versa Mark, Mellow Moss, Groovy Guava and Blush Blossom
Accessories: Hodge podge, Vanilla Taffeta ribbon, Chalks, Daubers, Pretties

Last month I attended a gathering of fellow Stampin’ Up! Demo’s for a “INKling” team dinner, It was a great night meeting other people who love Papercraft and Stampin’ Up! as much as me. I made this cute little chest for my upline and talented stamper Jayne, As a thank you for her support. I just LOVE off the page projects, They are so much fun to make and even more fun to give away as gifts.

I used Stampin’ Up! Brocade Background printed paper on this chest, I also covered two pieces of Chipboard to make tags and using the word image from Natural Beauty to stamp “believe” and “inspire” on tags, I thought they were fitting words for Jayne. I added a little Chocolate ribbon, and a flower from my stash of non SU! embellishments. I think presentation is a very important part of gift giving… so I covered a paper bag with strips of Brocade paper.

The finishing touch was making a tag, I covered a chipboard tag with Brocade paper and stamped the ‘flourish’ from Baroque Motifs over the tag and ‘thanks’ from Much Appreciated at the bottom. “Jayne” was stamped using my favourite alphabet set ‘Jumbo Outline’ with Crystal effects over the top. I added a flower from the Pretties kit with a pearl centre. If your interested in making a chest like this yourself I have a class this Saturday on 11am, Click here for more details and contact me asap to book your place. This is the last chest class I am offering and I only have two places left, So if you live in Sydney and have Saturday free come to my class.

Materials used:
Stamps: Jumbo Outline alphabet, Natural Beauty and Much Appreciated
Paper: Brocade Background
Ink: Chocolate Chip and River Rock
Accessories: On Board Accents, Pretties, Crystal effects, Jumbo brads and Wide Chocolate ribbon.

Sorry, I have not posted a card for a few days… I have been a very busy girl this week with classes and life in general. Here is a groovy Birthday card, its called a Free standing card and here is a tutorial to show you how I made it. I just adore the colour combo I used Groovy Guava, So Saffron and Certainly Celery.

Materials used:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy and Its your Birthday
Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Groovy Guava
Ink: Choc Chip, So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Groovy Guava
Accessories: Groovy Guava ribbon

I had a set of 6 cards Published in For Keeps Creative Paper in June (Issue 67), I used Stampin’ Up! Simply Said to make all the cards. See the issue for all the details and to view the cards better.

I have a Stamp Kissing Workshop in the current issue (Issue 69) on page 32.

And the most exciting news of all… I was commissioned to do the cover for the next issue (Issue 70), I am popping out of my skin already with excitement.

I am still adding some of my “old” cards to my “new” blog, So if you have seen this card before sorry I will have a new card tomorrow. I just thought I was share a bit of background on this card, which can you believe I almost put in the recycling bin before I added the flowers and pearls, I thought it was too dark and lacked detail, So I was about to throw it in the bin and then I thought to myself, I always say to people in my classes or workshops “there are no mistakes just creative opportunities” ….WHAT was I doing giving up so easy, After about 40 minutes just sitting looking at the card, I decided to stamp the flowers on Very Vanilla, Cut them out and put pearls in the centre, Once I did that the card really came together and now I am so happy I did not throw it out.

Materials used:
Stamps: Baroque Motifs and Sweet On You
Paper: River Rock and Choc Chip
Ink: VersaMark, River Rock and Choc Chip
Accessories: Pretties kit and Wide Choc ribbon.

I am just not sure on this card… I think its the colours… I don’t know???. Anyway a little about this card that you can’t see to well from the photo: I have added texture to the cardstock by stamping the ‘distressed background’ image from Oh So lovely on the cardstock in VersaMark, I used River Rock ink on Very Vanilla (stamping off first). Then I stamped the flowers in Basic Brown and Water coloured using a Blender Pens with ink pads. I have highlighted the flowers with a White Gel pen and I added faux stitching using the mat pack for a little extra detail.

Materials used:
Stamps: Hostess level one set Oh so lovely, It’s your Birthday
Paper: Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, Choc Chip
Ink: River Rock, VersaMark, Basic Brown, Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, Choc Chip
Accessories: White Gel pen, Blender pen, Wide Choc ribbon and Mat Pack

I can hear the cheering of excitement…. I finally have a “proper” blog. So yes you can leave me comments and I promise to update more regularly. I still moving over some of my work from my Website, But this is a start… (A HUGE wave to Marelle, look I finally did it)

Check out some of my other cards:

My order arrived with all my new sets from the NEW Australian Spring Mini coming out in August… This set is called Always and I think… I love it. I must admit I was very good and I had only ordered TWO sets from the mini, But after a Visit to Marelle’s house… I came straight home and ordered MORE…

Materials used:
Stamps: Always, Baroque Motifs and Happy Everything
Paper: Spring Silhouette, Soft Sky and Very Vanilla
Ink: VersaMark and Soft Sky
Accessories: Vanilla taffeta ribbon, Pretties kit, Clear embossing powder and Word Window punch

This card is so sweet, I am really liking this year in-colors, I have used soft sky here, with close to cocoa and very vanilla the colour combo came from the new ‘notebook’ paper range. Priceless is such a easy set to use and create quick sweet cards.

Materials used:
Stamps: Priceless, Its your Birthday
Paper: Soft sky, Very Vanilla
Ink: Soft sky, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Sherbet ribbon, Notebook papers

This card is just so simple and the layout is so striking, I embossed the blossoms from Artfully Asian in white and water coloured the centre of the blossoms in groovy guava and mellow moss for the leafs .I just love the colour combo, I have said this before but I think Blush Blossom is so under used {I just love blush Blossom}.

Materials used:
Stamps: Artfully Asian, En Francais, cheer and wishes.
Paper: Very Vanilla, Groovy Guava and Blush blossom
Ink: Mellow Moss, VersaMark, Groovy Guava and Blush Blossom
Accessories: White Embossing powder and Blender Pen, Kaiser pearls and White Taffeta ribbon

In next month (August) Australian Creative paper Magazine I have a ‘workshop’ feature on stamp kissing, This is one of my “reject” cards I made for the feature, I liked it but I just thought I could do better… I just love the technique of kissing, I love the texture it adds.

Materials used:
Stamps:Fabulous Flowers, Linen background, Priceless, It’s all good
Paper: Chocolate chip, Old Olive, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink
Ink: VersaMark, Chocolate chip, Old Olive, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Chocolate ribbon, Mat pack, daubers.

Can you believe this is the first time I have used Elegant Eggplant, I really like it with the Sage Shadow and Basic Gray… I always enjoy water colouring I find it so relaxing, I always look at alisa tilsner water colouring and feel inspired to watercolour… That girl is a water colour master, I just wish I could watercolour like her…

Materials used All Stampin’ Up! products
Stamps: Oh so lovely (level two hostess set), Linen, Think happy Thoughts
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Sage Shadow, Basic Gray and Whisper white.
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Sage Shadow, Basic Gray and Going Gray.
Accessories: Gray taffeta ribbon, Mat pack, Circle punches, blender pen

I am so happy with this card, It’s bold but still elegant. I stamped the Baroque background on whisper white card using a *very juicy* black StazOn ink pad, and touched up a few ‘dry’ spots with a basic black marker. Then put black cardstock over the fold of the card. I needed black ribbon and I did not have any so I dyed brown ribbon black using a black re-inker and heat set it. Wrapped the ribbon around the card and put a hat pin through the tie… I AM SO IN LOVE with pretties…

Materials used:
Stamps: Baroque, Occasional greeting
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Black StazOn
Accessories:Brown ribbon, black re-inker, pretties kit and small oval punch

Sorry, I am yelling out of excitement… I am this weeks Featured Stamper on Splitcoast stampers… YES ME…Little old me…OMG… I am just overwhelmed by all the lovely comments I have been reading about my work. Thank you Beth for selecting me and thank you everyone for all the lovely comments and emails I have received in the past 24 hours.

So I should get to the card… This card is just so elegant, I did a class a few months ago on “back to basics embossing” and this was one of the cards. Simple white embossing on Sahara Sand with Baroque Motifs and the butterfly from Touch of nature embossed on vellum and cut out.

Materials used All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Touch of nature, Cheer and Wishes
Card Stock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Cardstock vellum
Ink: VersaMark, Sahara Sand
Accessories: White embossing powder, White Taffeta Ribbon