Snow Scene

Welcome! Another cold day in Ohio. It's 14 degrees this morning but feels like 10.  It's a good day to post a card that was inspired by the Inspiration Palette challenge at The House That Stamps Built. As I tend to do sometimes,  I almost recreated the scene in the photo. I used DOI to sponge a background on white cardstock and stamped a tree line with 2 Repeat Impressions stamps Large Pine Forest and Bass Harbor Light (used the large trees portion only).  I stamped the center trees first with Memento Black ink and then stamped again with Memento Cottage Ivy ink.  The trees on the left were stamped only with green to get a different dimension. I used a scrap of watercolor cardstock on the lower part of the card for snow.  Added some falling snowflakes and snow drifts with Snow Marker. The sentiment from my stash was inked with Memento London Fog.  The Rose card base is a textured cardstock by Neenah, a bargain from Tuesday Morning. 

Challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Add a Sentiment.

The House That Stamps Built: Inspiration Palette Challenge F1920

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

Take Flight

Hello! Today I have a card made with a Dragonfly stamp and die from Creative Dies.  I stamped the dragonfly on a leftover background paper that I created with Versamark and heat embossed with WOW Silver EP.  I cut with the die and attached to a background panel that I created with White CS and Distress Oxide inks.  I stamped with a GKD sentiment from Take Flight set dated 2009 using white Hero Arts ink and White EP.  Finished with a coordinated Blue card base.
Challenges:
CASology: Week 352 Cue card Dragonfly
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 600 Dies and Punches
AAA Cards: CAS Game #149 Up to One Third
Retro Rubber Challenge: #120 Anything Goes with stamp older than one year. Dragonfly stamp about 2 years old and sentiment stamp is about 8 years old.
Shopping Our Stash Weekly: Challenge 405 Dream the Embossible Dream.  Used heat embossing on image and sentiment.

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

Chill Out with Popsicles

Hello!  This card is very appropriate to post during the heat wave that many areas are experiencing.  Yesterday. it was 92 here and felt like 102!  So I pulled out some sentiment and popsicle  stamps from Repeat Impressions and created a cool card. I used a pre-cut white card base to which I added background panels that I created using several DOI.  The popsicles were stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with clear EP and colored with Copics. I fussy cut them and popped up on the card. The sentiment was stamped with DOI Picked Raspberry on die cut circles.  Pick your flavor and chill out!

Challenges:
The House T719hat Stamps Built Challenge: Inspiration Palette Challenge J1719 Photo below

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Simon says:  Make your own background. Used DOI's on white cardstock. 

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Smile in Red, White, and Blue

Welcome to my studio! I am still playing with the colors of our country's flag-Red, White, and Blue-to create cards for challenges.  For this one, I used  GKD Rounded Swirl Stencil with DOI Faded Jeans and Candied Apple on a panel of white cardstock.  I stamped a sentiment twice from GKD You Make Me Smile set with the same inks.  Added a couple of narrow white paper strips to contain the sentiments. Finished with a texture blue card base from my stash of cardstock. 

Challenges:
Gina K Designs Monthly Mix Challenge: Flag, You're It -Use the Colors of a Flag.

Just Us Girls Challenge: Word Week #495-Smile

613 Avenue Create: #223 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Use your Country's Flag Colors

Simon Monday Challenge: Simon Says: Make Your Own Background

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

Fusion of Sketch with Butterflies

Today I am playing with the challenge at Fusion's  5th Anniversary Challenge shown below.  We can choose to use the sketch or photo or a fusion of both.  My card was inspired by both.  I used 3 Butterflies (found in my stash of leftovers) that were die cut with Cheery Lynn dies from Navy CS and cut angel wings of Glitter CS from my scraps. I started with a Ivory card base and attached a panel found in my stash of handmade backgrounds that was made by blending assorted  Distress Oxide Inks and spraying Gold Shimmer Mist.  I added some die cut circles of navy and ivory with die cut shapes of navy and Glitter Paper following the sketch and then attached the Butterflies.   I like it when I use up some of my scraps and leftover die cuts and inked backgrounds. The sentiment from Gina K Designs was stamped with Memento Paris Dusk ink.
Challenges:
Fusion: 5th  Anniversary Challenge
Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
The House That Stamps Built: Challenge J919 Tic-Tac-Toe. Used top row- Glitter, Die Cut, Blue

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your comments. Theresa