Let Your Light Shine

Welcome! Today I am sharing a card that I created with an older lighthouse stamp from Art Impressions.  Most times when I have used a lighthouse stamp, I do not show any light beams. But for this design, I darkened the sky and added light beams. I thought this added more interest to the design. I stamped the image with Memento Black ink and colored with copics and also did ink blending with ink pads for the sky and sea. Added some white accents to waves and beam with White Gel Pen. I found an appropriate sentiment from my stash which is from a Hero Arts kit and stamped with the black ink. I trimmed the image and mats with GKD Dies and attached to a white card base. A fun card to make. 

Challenges:

Double D Challenge: Lighthouse. 

 

Retro Rubber Challenge: #188 Anything Goes. Have had Lighthouse stamp since at least 2013 and                                                 Hero Arts sentiment since 2018.

613 Avenue Create: Challenge #202208 August Anything Goes

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I love reading your comments. Hugs, Theresa

Birthday Lighthouse

Playing with some challenges using a 2011 Lighthouse stamp from Art Impressions with 2 colors of ink Memento Paris Dusk and Dandelion.  Stamped the image on white CS with the Paris Dusk and added the rays with Dandelion ink and My Favorite Things Radiating Rays stencil.  Used a mask to cover the image before stenciling the rays. 

Challenges:
Modsquad Challenge: Light Your Way- This week’s challenge is to make a masculine nautical card.
Addicted to Stamps: #175 For a man or boy
Retro Rubber: Challenge 113 Anything Goes with a stamp a year or older.  My stamp is about 7 years old.
Just For Fun: June challenge use a stencil

The Library Challenge: #35 To the Lighthouse.  Used a lighthouse image and colors from the cover

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Another Lighthouse

Hello! Sharing another Lighthouse card. This one features a stamp from Art Impressions that I stamped twice  with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.  I sponged the sky with Memento Summer Sky and the grass with Bamboo Leaves and added some "M" birds with a black marker.  Also embossed some clouds.  I fussy cut one of the lighthouses and popped it up with foam tape. I trimmed the image with a Spellbinders die and placed on a background of Blue Patterned Paper from Kaisercraft that I embossed with Swiss Dots EF.  Finished with a White card base and a sentiment from Repeat Impressions. Also inspired by sketch shown below.
Challenges:
Daring Cardmakers: Who's the (Em)boss?!  Used clouds and swiss dot embossing.
Tuesday Throwdown: # 419 Add some texture
The House That Stamps Built: Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge S1218. Used top row-Dimension, Lighthouse, Sponging
Sketch Saturday: #531 shown below.
Seize the Birthday: Toppings Option is Die Cuts or Punches.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Trip to a Lighthouse

Where are you spending the summer?  Wouldn't a trip to a lighthouse and the ocean be a fun time?   I pulled out this Art Impression stamp to create this card for several challenges. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics and sponged the sky with Memento Summer Sky ink.  The sky was embossed with Darice EF Clouds before sponging. I backed the image with Graphic 45 Gingham pattern from By the Sea pad. Attached this to a Blue Card Base.  Added some star brads from my stash and a sentiment from GKD Gifts of the Sea set.

Challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C343 Honor lighthouses on your card.
Allsorts Challenge: Week 370 Gingham Style
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Summer/Holiday Destination-going to the lighthouse by the sea.
Retro Rubber Challenge: #42 Brads and Eyelets.  I won the Lighthouse stamp in August 2013 in a card challenge. I have had the brads for a number of years and happy to have a reason to use them.
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #201 Anything Goes.
Double D Challenges: Simply Gingham.  Thought this Gingham paper was great with this image.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: July challenge
Mod Squad Challenge:  Lazy Days Of Summer---great spot to be lazy is by the ocean.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Gone Fishin'

Hello and welcome!  There are a lot of challenges for Father's Day and Masculine themes this week.  I created this CAS card to cover a few of them.  I am using a stamp of this great fisherman that I recently received in blog candy from Shirley.   I used it with a never used Mark's Finest Paper sentiment. I added some diamond embossing and ribbon for texture.  This can be used for Father's Day with an appropriate verse inside.

Supplies:
Stamps: Art Impressions Golden Oldie and Mark's Finest Papers On The Fly
Copics: B21,24, E0000,00,07,37,43, YR12,18
Pencils
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Papers: Neenah Solar White, GKD Pumpkin Spice
EF: Cuttlebug Pop Culture Borders
Ribbon from Stash

Challenges:
Simon Wednesday: Says  Father's Day/ Masculine
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Father's Day or Special Man/Boy
CAS-ual Friday: CFC132:  What a Catch! Create a Guy card with the following catch...you can't use kraft as a color at all, and you have to include some sort of ribbon.

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Theme is masculine with ribbon
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes with optional extra  to make something that reminds you of summer or has a summery theme.
Crafty Catz Challenge: Theme is Inspired by a Song.  My song is "Gone Fishin' " recorded by Bing Crosby
Die Cut Diva: June challenge -Use HIS, HER, or OURS theme.  I am using HIS:
Make a masculine or Fathers Day card and/or use this color scheme
I covered all the colors including gray for the worms. Used embossing folder.


Click here to listen to Gone Fishin'

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Stormy Weather

Hello! Today I bring you a card with some stormy weather that I made for Craft a Scene Challenge and used a sketch from Sweet Sunday Challenge.  To begin, I searched for a picture online showing a stormy sky over the sea to have an idea how to create the look. I used a stamp from Art Impressions that I happened to win from Craft a Scene for the August challenge. I stamped the Lighthouse Scene with black ink on white CS and created the sky with Copics, sponging with inks, and coloring  with pencils until I got the stormy look that I wanted.  The lighthouse and shore were colored with Copics and some glow was given to the lantern room with a Clear Star Pen. Then I added some birds flying into the shore for safety.

Challenges:
Craft a Scene: Fowl Weather-create a scene that shows a bit of stormy weather and include birds in your scene.
Sweet Sunday: #195 Shown Left

Supplies:
Stamps: Art Impressions Lighthouse, MFP Birds, Annabelle Sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Paris Dusk, SC Night of Navy
Copics: B00000,0000,01, BG93,97, G21,40,82, R46, C00,01,3,9,E35,53,55, Y11
Assorted Pencils and Sakura Clear Star Pen
Papers: White X-Press It CS, Tan and Navy CS
Ribbon from stash
Cuttlebug EF Polka dots

This is the photo used as an example to color my sky.


 We were expecting some stormy weather-the snowy kind, but it must have stopped in Cleveland as they had 2" of the white stuff.

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa