Luck of the Irish

Welcome! Today I have a St. Patrick's Day card that was created using elements that I had in my leftover stash. I have been trying to better organize items in my studio so I can better find things that I can put to use.  I came across a white cs background die cut with Spellbinders A2Divine Eloquence, some shamrocks cut with the Cameo using a Silhouette file, and a printed digital sentiment from Power Poppy.  I embossed the Shamrocks with Cuttlebug EF Tiny Bubbles. I die cut the sentiment with a label die and placed it on a mat of Green CS. (I created the mat by tracing the outline of the label die and fussy cut it from the green cs.) I assembled all my found elements on a Green Card Base that matched the Shamrocks and added in some Metallic Shamrock confetti from stash.  I finished the inside of the card with an Irish Blessing printed on the computer. 

FYI-The white frame was also embossed with a Darice Floral EF but it does not show in the photo. 

Challenges:
Inspiration Station: Challenge #25 Lucky Clover. When I saw the challenge photo I was inspired to use up those die cut shamrocks but add some bubbles with embossing. 

Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge is Anything Goes with Embossing with a Twist of Think Spring. Used EF on Shamrocks and also on Background that does not show in photo. 

Simon Monday Challenge: Sion says Add Some Green

Just Us Girls Challenge:  # 622 Word Week Lucky

fourseasons: Challenge Anything Goes Spring

Inspiration Station

Top 3 Inspiration Station

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Easter Cards

Welcome to the studio! As I posted earlier I have been working on making Easter cards to send to my Mother's Life Care Center for all the residents. I am sharing some photos of the 80 plus cards that I am making. I am using up bits and pieces from my leftover boxes of stamped images, scraps, and die cuts to create the cards.  The top 3 cards were made with already colored images from an earlier project from several years ago.  The stamps were from Flourishes A Year of Flowers set designed by Marcella Hawley.  I trimmed the images and matted with green scraps and added to some textured card stock bases.  Stamped with an old Hero Arts sentiment. I printed messages for the inside using large print on copy paper. 

Challenges:

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite Easter or Spring. I like making Easter cards because I love to share them with family and it's a great time to share cards with those you love.
Use Your Stuff: #394 Spring

Double D Challenge: Welcome Spring

 More cards with leftovers from earlier projects. Die cut bunnies were cut with Cameo. Pink  Bunny tails are round circles of fuzzy Velcro with adhesive backs found in a drawer in the studio. The Bunny in the Basket is an PSX stamp from 1990.  How fun it is to use up leftovers. Feels like I am being productive to clean up some of these supplies.

Stay safe and well! Have a great day!
 I love reading your comments. Theresa

Cards That I Made

Hello! Hope everyone is healthy and coping with all that is going on in this troubled world.  I have been spending a lot of time in the studio but not posting much.  I have several cards to share.  I will begin with a card that was inspired by St. Patrick's Day, a truck die, and shamrocks.  It began with a leftover from making a background with acrylic paints that reminded me of a sunny day.  I die cut the truck with Cheapo Dies in green and silver card stocks and filled the bed with shamrocks cut with the cameo and from an assortment of metallic confetti. I assembled that on the background. I added the word Lucky cut with Cameo(Left from another project). I stamped the sentiment from Repeat Impressions with black ink.  I tore the edges of the image and attached to a green card base.
Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge # 626 Just for Fun.  Made this card just for fun.
Die Cut Divas: Challenge is anything goes with a die cut.

Another card that I made but not posted is shown above.  I used this month's free digital image from Beccy's Place to create the design with a digital check paper. I printed the color image of the pie but changed colors a bit before printing.  I stamped the sentiment from stash in black on white cs and matted it on black cs. Used a white layer and red card base to finish.
Challenges:
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #12  Lots of layers.
Beccy's Place: March Challenge Create a card using a Beccy's Place stamp. The optional element is food.

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

Happy 100th Birthday

Hello!  I made a very special card earlier this month for my Mother who celebrates her 100th Birthday this Sunday....her birthday is Monday January 20.  Family and friends will be gathering in Bruceton, TN to celebrate this milestone. I created this card using the Cameo for printing and cutting the cake and numbers that I attached to colorful patterned paper of falling confetti. The words were cut with Cheery Lynn and Marianne dies. I enhanced the front with pearls, glittery gemstones, stardust pen and glossy accents. Edged the card with yellow EP.  The inside of the card was designed  and printed  with Photoshop Elements. I included 100 candles, each enhanced with sparkly Stickles on the flames and glittery Stardust pen on the stripes.  A personal message was include on one of the panels but not shown here.  The finished size of the card was 8.5" high and 5.5" wide. 

Happy 100th Birthday, Mother!

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

K-Cup Holder

Hello!  I an sharing a gift box that I made for holding Pumpkin Spice Coffee K-cups.  I used my Cameo to cut the elements from Orange CS and  Heartful Creations Patterned Papers from Classic Editions Collection but did not use dotted lines for folds(erased those before cutting design). I used Scor-pal to create scoring for fold lines.  The design was 3D coffee cup gift set by Jamie Lane Designs. Use double sided tape to assemble. Fussy cut pumpkins from pattern paper for the top.

Challenges:

Love To Craft Challenge Blog: LTCCB #40 November Anything Goes

Scor-Pal:  More than one score challenge- November #65 Birthday or Fall. Made fall design. 

Alphabet Challenge: P is for Poppies or Pumpkins.  My project features Pumpkins. 

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Projects need to have a caffeinated element.

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

Birthday Pop Up Box

Hello!  I created this pop up box card for my Mother who celebrates her 98 birthday this month.  I used a variety of Silhouette files, die cuts, printed images, fussy cuts, clipart, chipboard numbers, and more to fill and decorate the box.  All papers including Yellow CS, Striped Pattern Paper, Glitter Paper, Gold Metallic CS, and White CS were from my stash.  Used Glossy Accents, Nail Heads , Gemstones,  and Stardust Pen to add accents.   This was a fun project to design and create.   The card does fold up and fit into a standard half card size envelope.

Challenges to enter:
Double D Challenges: Anything Birthday/Anniversary goes using mood board.
Inspired by the cake, candles, balloons and colors.

The Paper Girls Challenge:  #143 Glitter. Used glitter paper for die cuts and word and stardust Pen which is hard to see.

Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes for Birthday

Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies.  Lot of dies used including stars, circles, ovals, rectangles, words.

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

Nativity Lantern

Hello! Today I am entering this Christmas Lantern into the challenge at Merry Christmas Challenge #49 Anything Goes + Christmas with  the option Manger and also Scor-Pal More than One Score Challenge #44 Anything Goes Holiday/Christmas.  I used a Silhouette File with the Cameo to cut the project from Navy CS and scored the fold lines using Scor-Pal .  I prefer to not cut fold lines on the Cameo but use Scor-Pal to mark folds.

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

Star of David Lantern

Hello!  Today I am sharing a lantern that I made for my DH that he enjoyed during the eight days of Hanukkah.  I made this with my cameo using a Silhouette file.  I used Blue CS and Yellow Vellum and finished with Silver/Blue metallic ribbon. I used the Scor-pal for making the folds.  A LED tea light was used to light.
Challenges:
Scor-Pal Challenge:  Scor More than One Score-Challenge #44 Anything Goes Holiday/Christmas

Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #348 Holiday

This was our last night of Hanukkah and lighting of the Menorah this year: 

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

Christmas Lanterns

  

Hello!  Today I am sharing some paper lanterns that I made with my Cameo. The Christmas Tree design was made with Green CS and Red Vellum.  After cutting the design, I used my Scor-pal to score fold lines and assemble.  I like to remove the dotted lines (fold lines) on the Silhouette design before cutting to have smooth edges on the fold and therefore I use the Scor-pal.  I then add  I then add a LED tea light  and enjoy.   Another Lantern that I made was a Snowflake design using Blue CS and Blue Vellum.

Challenges to enter:

Scor-Pal Challenge:  Scor More than One Score-Challenge #44 Anything Goes Holiday/Christmas

Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #348 Holiday

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

Al's List to Santa

Hello!  I wanted to make a Santa card for the Challenge at Merry Monday Christmas and decided to use one of my files from Silhouette - Santa's face by Sarah Bailey.  I printed and cut the image and used it with an old pattern paper from Webster Pages Waiting for Santa pad.  I stamped a couple of sentiments from Hero Arts and wrote on the list to Santa for my DH.  Need to add Book to the list since there is one more line. Finished with a Green Card Base that matched the pattern. 

For fun, I added a little twinkle to Santa's eyes  with Clear Star pen.  Even without his hat, you know this is Santa. 

Challenges:

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #266 Santa Claus

Cards In Envy: It's Only Paper Challenge.  Nothing but paper and ink on my card. 

Double D Challenges: Here Comes Santa

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

Happy Hibiscus

Hello!  I really like this Happy Hibiscus card! The card was made with a Print and Cut file from Silhouette Studio that I printed and cut with my Cameo.  Attached the flower with foam tape to a background inked with Distress Oxide inks Fossilized   Amber and Spiced Marmalade and then a card base of Coral CS.  Added a stamen with Metallic pen and stamped a Power Poppy sentiment with Versamrk and heat embossed with Gold EP. Misted the background and flower with Gold Shimmer Mist.  Shows better in real life than in photo.
(Actually the background layer was a byproduct of making another background....just used the remaining inks from my craft mat with a white CS. )
Challenges:
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Hibiscus
Sunday Stamps: SSC159 Summer Petals- Color Challenge- use a minimum of 3 colors from the graphic below, plus you may also use a neutral of your choice.
Happy Little Stampers: August CAS challenge-Flower

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

Sports Birthday Card

 Hello!  I recently made this Pop-Up card for my great-nephew's 6th Birthday.  I cut the elements with the Cameo using a Silhouette file.  Digital Patterned Papers were printed and used with Red Cardstock from stash.  Added a Gold Star covered with glitter glue and preprinted "6" die cuts.  Happy Birthday words were cut with Cheery Lynn Dies.  Some of balls were colored with Copics  and some were cut from colored CS.

Challenges:
City Crafter Challenge Blog: Week 368 Let's Go Outside and Play 

Seize the Birthday: Anything goes for a Birthday
Mod Squad Challenge: Special Fold

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

A Moose in a Sleigh

Hello!  Thought I'd make a cute Christmas card for this week's Merry Monday Challenge -to use a Moose on your card.  I had this cute image in my Silhouette cut n print files from Stinky Cute.  The color was a bit off in the print out but I just found some pattern paper from Paper Sweeties paper pad that picked up the same hues.  I kind of like the final result.  I added some texture and sparkle to the image with Sukura Clear Star pen, Stickles Crystal, and Ranger Liquid Pearls. Also edged the sentiment with a glitter pen. I edged the image with a Red Copic marker-gives the look of another layer without the weight and attached to a mat of the pattern paper and then to a red card base.
Challenge:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #254 Merry Christmas-Moose
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #339 Anything goes for Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge: June Challenge is anything goes.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: June Challenge is to use patterned paper.








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Happy 97 Years Young

Hello!  Today I have the longest/widest card that I have ever made.  I created this birthday card for my Mother who will be 97 years young on the 20th...... a candle for each year!  I was inspired by a card that I saw at Fab 'n' Funky challenges made by Ginny. See her card on her blog My5Bratz Creations here. 
I must admit I took a short cut and printed my card using Photoshop and Print Shop  instead of cutting the candles like Ginny.  I used Cheery Lynn Dies for the Happy Birthday and cut the number 97 with my Cameo. After assembling the card, I added some sparkle to each candle with Clearstar pen and Red Glitter Stickles.

Challenges:
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges:  #333 Birthday with a Number. Thanks for the inspiration, Ginny!
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenges: Stickle Me Elmo! Use Stickles or a similar product.  Used Clear Star Pen and Red Glitter Stickles on candle flames, all 97!
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Winter Birthday. I may be "stretching" this card to fit a Winter Birthday challenge but the birthday is in the winter and all those candles warm things up.
Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes for Birthday

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