The Beach Life

Hello on this very hot day in Ohio where the temperatures are in the nineties and it is very humid.  This would be a great day to be at the beach but instead I made card with a beach theme.  I created the card using some old stamps from a Flourishes set called Beach Life. I used 3 stamps with masking to create a scene on white cardstock and colored with Copics.  Added some dry embossing to the sky and some brown brads (Coconuts) to the palm trees for texture. Finished with an appropriate sentiment from my stash of stamps.  Other Supplies: Blue and Kraft Cardstock, Memento Rich Cocoa, Toffee Crunch, Summer Sky Inks, Darice EF Clouds, White Gel Pen for waves. 

Challenges:
Double D Challenges: Beach Time. Took inspiration from the mood board. 

Make the Cards Challenge: #57 Any Shade of Blue

Make My Monday: #177 Coloring -Any Medium. Used Copics

Thought I'd share a similar card that I made several years ago but with watercolors and watercolor paper that inspired my design.

 Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Theresa

Pocket Birthday Card

Hello! I made this masculine Birthday card that was inspired by the challenge Can You Handle The Pressure?   which is to use anything with Embossing with a Twist of Plaid. I had a hard time finding  some plaid paper but finally found a scrap that I used on the card with embossing.  It seems that I have used nearly all the plaid papers that were in my stash. 

Supplies: Memento Lady Bug Ink, Versamark Ink, Red Embossing Powder. Heartfelt Creations Pocket Stamp, Gina K Design stamps and dies from Enjoyable Greetings set, GKD Birthday sentiment.  Blue Card stock panels already embossed with Cuttlebug Gingham EF that I found in my stash. Plaid Mat embossed with Cuttlebug Wicker Weave (hard to see in photo). White CS Base. Gold Brads.  Square of leftover Pellon fabric that I stuffed in the pocket as a handkerchief. 

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Something with Pockets

Pray for the people of Ukraine. 

                                Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Theresa

Angelique Christmas Card

Today I am sharing a card made with a scrap of patterned paper, some never before used stamps, and gold brads. I started with Neenah White Cardstock that I stamped with 2 angel stamps from Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine using Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold EP. I added some sparkly Stickles to the wings and robes. Added a strip of patterned paper that I edged with Pilot Gold Marker and embellished with Gold Brads. Quick and easy Christmas card to add to my stash.

Challenges: 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge: MLCCB 42 Anything Christmas Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge: LTSCB#153 Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff: #440 Embossing-Used heat embossing on my card. 

Stay Safe and Healthy! 

I love reading your comments. 

Theresa

More Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing some Christmas cards made using patterned papers that were in a magazine that I purchased some time ago and filed away.  On the 2 bottom cards, I used one of the pattern papers as a layer on the card base before attaching another pattern paper as the focus of the card. on all 3 cards, I used a Pilot Gold Marker to edge all the papers and added several types of stickles to add sparkle to the designs.  Attached Gold Satin Ribbon bows to the Bauble cards and Pink Brads to the Santa card.  A Penny Black sentiment was stamped and embossed with Gold EP on each card. Used Pink and White cardstock as card bases. 

Wish you could see the sparkle and texture of the stickles that I used.  Looks so good in real life. 

Challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenge: B is for Baubles

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Papers.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: 543 Use 2 or More Patterned Papers. Bottom 2 cards use 2 patterned papers and embellishments from stash. 

Stay Safe and Healthy! 

Thanks for stopping by.

 I love reading your comments. Theresa

Pink Roses in a Circle

 Welcome!  Today, I'm playing with a sketch challenge.  This one gave me the chance to use one of the many doilies in my stash.  I began by attaching part of a paper doily to a panel of Pink CS.  I stamped roses from GKD Rose Bouquet set with Memento Angel Pink ink on white CS and colored  the image with Copics  and Memento Markers and highlighted with a White Pencil.  I trimmed the image with Spellbinders circle die and attached to a Fancy Scallop circle die cut from GKD Fresh Asparagus CS.  Used sentiment from GKD You Make Me Smile set using die cut label.  Assembled the card with green card base with Green Brads and Twine following the Tuesday Morning sketch shown below.

Challenges:
Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies
The Flower Challenge:  #34 Pretty Pastels. Used soft pastel pink.
Tuesday Morning Sketch: #511 Sketch below
Stamping Sensations: July - Earth Laughs in Flowers

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

Christmas Poinsettias

Hello!  Christmas is almost here. Just had to make this Christmas card for the Inspiration Palette D1918 challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  I used Creative Dies Poinsettia Nesting dies (a freebie) with various pink card stocks to create Poinsettias with Green metal brads.  I rubbed  Perfect Pearls on the petals for some shine.   I attached the flowers to a Mint Green Cardstock (Brazzill) layered with a strip of embossed Cranberry CS.  I finished with a Repeat Impressions sentiment stamped in SU Bravo Burgundy ink. 

Other Challenges to enter:

Modsquad Challenge: Christmas or Winter Theme Project with Metal Die

Die Cut Divas: December Challenge Theme is Winter/Winter Holidays

Happy Little Stampers: December Anything Goes with Dies

Dies R Us Challenge: #111 Anything Christmas

The Flower Challenge: #27 Use older stamp or die. Dies are a couple years old.

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

Bountiful Basket

Welcome!  Today I am playing with an old stamp by Rubber Stampede called Bountiful Basket dated 1995.  I think I must have got this stamp from a garage sale many years ago around 2009?  And I do not think that I have ever used it.  I stamped the basket with a light color ink Memento Toffee Crunch and colored with Copics.  This stamp has mostly flat surfaces not line stamping so it is a bit difficult to color.  I am sharing photos of both the wood block and the rubber stamp.  It is interesting how stamps have changed from being on wood blocks and now just clear stamps.  The old wood stamps are a piece of art in themselves and great items to collect if you have the room.  

Back to my card....stamped the image on white CS and colored with Copics and did some highlights with Pencils.  Used some metal brads on the basket for a bit of texture and dimension and to use some of my stash of embellishments.  Added a sentiment from Power Poppy (2014) with DOI Vintage Photo and distressed the edges of the panel with DOI Wild Honey and simply attached to a Gold Yellow card base.  

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge 167 Autumn Colors

Modsquad Challenge: Make a fall themed thank you card.
Retro Rubber Challenge: #RRCB 98 Fall Harvest Time.  I have had the basket stamp at least 9 years and it is dated 1995.

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

Classic and Masculine

Welcome!  I recently won some digital images from MHK Designs and just had to use this vintage truck on a card.  I printed the truck and 2 of the sentiments from Various Vehicles set on heavy White CS.  I printed one of the sentiments in red to add a bit of color.  Added black brads to the tires and some glossy accents to the windows.  Finished with some score lines at the bottom edge to add more texture.  Quick and easy one layer card and a very masculine birthday card for my stash.
Challenges:
Addicted to CAS:  Challenge 117 One Layer
Less is More: Challenge #341 One layer with Vehicle.
Creative With Stamps: Challenge #17 Boys to Men. Make a masculine card.
Mod Squad Challenge: Black and White and One Other color
MHKDesigns:  August Challenge Anything Goes with MHK Designs  products,

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

Three of a Kind + One Butterflies

Hello! Thoughts of spring and butterflies inspired this card That I made for Stamp TV Mix It Up Monday challenge to choose a stamp to showcase THREE times on your card and I chose the butterfly stamp from GKD Birds & Blossoms set.  I stamped the image 3 times with Memento Tuxedo Black ink along with another image and sentiment from the same set.  I colored with Copics  and added a slash of Momento Green with a stamp from Tiny Textures.  Used a GKD Green card base and a Pink mat.  Finished with some green brads.
Challenges:
Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday "Third Time's the Charm"

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

Roses of Love

 

Hello!    I made this design using the Sketch from this month's  Challenge #14 at Outside the Box and used Memory Box's die English Rose Stem.  I used Red and Green CS, gcd Studio pattern paper from Ambrosia pad, watercolor paper for the sentiment, GKD sentiment from Birds and Blossoms, circle dies, and a Red Heart Brad.

Challenge:

Outside the Box: Memory Box Challenge #14 Sketch

 



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

Color and Sketch Combo

 

 

Hello! Second Post Today

I made this card for a color challenge as well as a sketch challenge.  I used some new stamps from Gina K .....treated myself for my birthday....my DH always has some funds in Paypal for my stamping supplies.  Isn't he the best? 

Supplies: Stamps Gina K from Hello Friend set, SU Pink Passion and More Mustard inks, MME pattern paper, White, Pink, Turquoise CS, Darice EF Floral Frenzy, Ribbon and Dragonfly(colored with Copics)  from stash

 

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #356

Just Us Girls Challenge: Color Week #348 Mustard, Hot Pink, Turquoise 

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: June Challenge

The Ribbon Girl Challenge: June challenge-use any image.

 

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

Thank You Tag

Hello! I have a tag to share but I missed the challenge that inspired me to make it.  I used elements from the inspiration tag from Tag You're It! challenge of acetate for the base, a 3D flower, and even the Dragonfly.  The Flowers, Leaves, and Thanks were cut with Cheery Lynn Dies.  The Dragonfly was stamped on a bit of acetate with Stazon and fussy cut.  The almost silvery Vellum that I used for the flower and smaller leaf was recycled from a page in a Cadillac flyer. Added Ribbons of black and silvery organza to the tag.
Challenges:
Cheery Lynn Design Challenge: #217  Anything Goes. I used dies from Build a Flower sets and the word Die Thanksgiving.


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

Life Is Good If You're a Duck?

Hello! Today I have a masculine card with a Duck theme made for The House That Stamps Built What If ? Wednesday Sketch #02815 Challenge.   I used Repeat Impressions Duck Stamp with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copics and Pencils.  I did a reverse stamping of the duck to create a reflection in the water.
Other Supplies: Repeat Impressions Hugs from a Sentiment Stamp, GKD Life is Good Stamp, Brads, Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Dies, Nesties Circle Dies, DCWV Pattern Paper from Safari Chic Pad, GKD Brown CS.
Also entering: Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

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

Thanksgiving Pumpkins

Hello!  Glad you stopped by on this first day of October!  Soon it will be Thanksgiving, time for some pumpkin fun.  My card today is a square one made for Stamp TV 's Gina K Designs Release Challenge called Autumn Square.  We are to make a square card with an Autumn Theme. 
I used Gina K Always Autumn stamp set for my design and her Pattern Paper from The Simple Things pad and Ivory CS. Other supplies were Memento Tuxedo Black and Morocco inks, Copics YR02,18,20,21, YG93,95, E25,34, and a Leaf Brad.  The color inspiration came from my table placemat shown as the background in the photo.

Other challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use pattern paper
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says anything goes.
Sweet Stamps Blog: October challenge is anything goes


I love reading your comments.
Thanks, Theresa

My Favorite Things

 Hello! I have spending some time with some of my favorite things. For example, one of my fave bear stamps from Repeat Impressions, fave  Challenges, and a Paper Pad from MME called My Favorite Things. I came up with this card using a favorite technique Paper Piecing.  How appropriate that the paper reads "These are a few of my favorite things."  No verse needed for this card.
Other supplies: Kraft CS, Ivory CS, Copics,  Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, Red Glaze Pen, Susan's Garden Leaf Die, Heartfelt Creations Flower Die, Oval Die, Cuttlebug EF Swiss Dots, Brad. 

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #318 Shown on right.
City Crafter Challenge Blog: Week 279 In Pieces. Challenge is Paper Piecing.
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Animal Magic.  Nothing more magical than a Teddy Bear.
Tuesday Throwdown: #262 For A Child. What child does not like a cute Teddy Bear?
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Die Crazy.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything with Pattern Paper.
Simon Monday Challenge: Love this technique-Use one of your favorite techniques. Used Paper Piecing.
SweetStamps Blog: September Challenge Anything Goes







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

Smile for the Camera!

Hello!   My card today was created with some pattern paper, a die cut, silk flowers and a bit of ribbon. The  vintage camera theme and colors were inspired by the Photo shown at The Shabby Tea Room. See below.  I selected a pattern paper from MME Chalk Studio 2 pad as a starting point and added a Flourish cut with Cheery Lynn Die from Green CS and added some Silk Flowers with brads from my stash.  Layered this all on a Coral card base with a stripe ribbon( inspired by the photo).  I finished the inside with a Graphics Fairy digital image of a vintage camera and a computer printed sentiment that I printed on Photo Paper to keep with the camera theme.





Challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room: Week 259  Picture This!  My card was inspired by their photo.
Cheery Lynn Designs Blog: Challenge 201 All about Texture. Used Fanciful Flourish die. Texture also from Brads, Flowers and Ribbon.
The Ribbon Girl Blog: Challenge is to add Flowers.
Crafty Ribbons Challenge: #126 Happy Birthday


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