Simply Flowers

 Welcome!  My card today is made with Avery Elle Petals & Stems set using SU So Saffron and Sage Shadow inks and Memento Angel Pink ink.  I cased the card on the right using the basic layout of flowers and stems but changed up the colors. Added a gingham ribbon and sentiment stamped on a label die cut.

Challenges:
Time Out Challenges: #52 CASE With Your Own Twist Challenge. Case card on right by Marjan.  Used similar flower stamp and layout.
Pals Paper Arts Challenge:PPA93 Color challenge. Graphic below right shows colors.
Fussy and Fancy Friday: Challenge 160 is Pastel Colors.
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: Challenge 297 is Flowers.
Addicted to CAS: Challenge 84 Code word is Delicate.


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

Bittersweet Wreath

Second Post Today:
Hello!  Sometimes I get stuck on a stamp set and have to make several cards with the set.   Here I have another wreath card using the Bittersweet Wreath from Flourishes Wreaths of All Seasons.  I stamped the wreath on Ivory CS with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored the berries with Memento Red marker.  This looks like a quick card but it took awhile to color the berries. Then I decided to recolor with a Red Glaze pen to give some texture which you cannot see in the photo but it did make a difference. Since I thought this card could be for Thanksgiving or Christmas, I decided to make it a Thinking of You card that  I could use for either occasion. I stamped the sentiment from Avery Elle with Memento Rhubarb Stalk and added a row of embossing with Cuttlebug EF Pop Culture border. Card base of Ivory was layered with a Brown Wood Grain Pattern from Fancy Pants pad and a mat of Red CS from scraps.  Finished with a small Check Bow for a homespun look.  I really like the somewhat rustic look of my card.


Challenges:
Just Us Girls Challenge:  Word Week #265 Wreaths
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says thinking of you.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

CAS Water-Coloring

Hello! I have been playing with water coloring with Distress Inks.
Using Avery Elle's Petals & Stems stamp set, I stamped the large flower on watercolor paper with Picked Raspberry ink and added some Squeezed Lemonade and Spun Sugar inks using a water brush to color.  The stems were stamped with Crushed Olive ink as well as the sentiment and brushed in with a water brush. I added some pink sequins keeping the card CAS. I added some Wink of Stella glitter but could not get to show on photo.  (I just got the glitter brush and could not wait to try.)  I added the image to a card base of GKD Asparagus Green CS with a layer of Pink Pattern Paper from MME Indie Chic Saffron pad.  I just love to make cards in this combo of pink and green.

Challenges:
Just Us Girls Challenge: Trend Week #258 Water-Coloring

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Hydrangeas from the Past

 Hello!  Today I have a card that I made for The Beach House challenge at Fusion Card Challenge which has both a Photo Inspiration and a Sketch.  See graphic on right.  You can use either one or combine both in a card.  I chose to use both.  When I looked closely at the photo, I saw a vase of hydrangeas on the table which reminded me of a PSX stamp that was one of the first rubber stamps that I purchased. I love this stamp of Hydrangeas but I have not used it in a long while.   I inked it up with Marvy Markers Bubblegum pink and Periwinkle and Memento Markers Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Pear Tart, and Bamboo Leaves and stamped on White CS.  I filled in the images using these markers but did so in a somewhat abstract style. I placed the image on a pale yellow card base with a plaid panel from MME's My Favorite Things pad.  Added a strip  of the yellow CS stamped with a sentiment from Avery Elle. I finished with Die cuts of Green CS and a yellow brad using Spellbinders Blossom Dies.   In addition to the hydrangeas and their colors,  I also pulled the colors yellow and greens  from the photo

Other Challenges to enter:
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 107 Make your Mark-used Marvy and Memento Markers

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Red, White and Blue

 I was playing with a few challenges and ended up with a Red, White, and Blue card but not with a patriotic theme but used a floral design. I used the sketch and colors/design in the photo from the Fusion challenge shown to the right.  Starting with a white card base, I stamped flowers from Avery Elle Petals and Stems set in Memento Lady Bug ink.  I made a banner with Glossy Blue scrap that I embossed with Darice Chevron EF and inked the raised areas with Memento Paris Dusk ink. I fussy cut a larger stamped flower and popped up on a circle of Shiny Red Cardstock. The sentiment from same stamp set was heat embossed with white puff EP on another scrap of the Red Shiny paper cut with a Spellbinders label die.
Challenges:
Fusion: Red, White and Blue-Used both the sketch and photo shown in graphic.
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash: Red, White and Blue
Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges: Red, White, and Blue

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Black and White

 

 

Hello!  This will be a quick and short post.  I am late making an entry for Joan's Touch challenge and rushing to squeeze this in before dinner.  The challenge is to use black and white, dimension, scallops, and use a product sold at Joan's gardens.  

 Supplies:
Cheery Lynn Swedish Spring Oval Frame Die( Sold at Joan's Gardens)

Spellbinders Dies for Label and Oval Die

Black and White Cardstocks from stash

GKD Black Onyx Ink

Avery Elle Petals and Stems Stamp set

Cuttlebug  EF Polka Dots

Pop up dots between White layer and Black Frame, between Black Frame and Image to give dimension.

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa