Birthday for a Young Scientist

Hello!  Today's card was made for my great nephew who turns 8 today and is very interested in science and doing experiments. On white CS, I printed and colored a digital image that I found online for his card and added die cut words and lots of punched out dots for bubbles.  Also added some Glossy Accents to the test tubes and flasks. Used GKD Blue Raspberry CS for words and card base and Cheery Lynn Dies. 

  Finished the inside with printed message and more images.

Challenges to enter:

Seize the Birthday: # 167 Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas: June Challenge Celebrate the Birthdays

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

Where is Spring?

Where is Spring?  What is Mother Nature thinking?  We have more snow and temperatures in the teens this morning!  Well, at least we can think of spring which is what I was thinking about when I made this card using Dogwood Blossoms of Vellum placed on a white lattice celebrating the coming of Spring.

Challenges:
Joan's Touch: Use some kind of Lattice, Use Pink and White, Add Flowers, Use product from Joan's Gardens. From Joan's Gardens: Dogwood Dies, Pink Vellum Paper
Cheery Lynn Designs: Challenge #125 - Celebrate....spring to come is my reason to celebrate
Kaboodle Blog: Dreaming of Spring

Supplies:
Paper: GKD Green CS, Glossy White CS, Pink Vellum, Scraps of Green Pattern Paper
Stamp: Flourishes "Spring Has Sprung" Set
Ink: Versamark
Copics: E15, Y11
White Puff  EP
Dies: Sizzix Susan Gardens Dogwood ,  Cheery Lynn Lattice, Cheery Lynn Flourishes

Rita, this card is for you.  Thanks for the use of the Lattice die.
I enjoy everyone's comments. Thank you. Theresa

Simple or Detailed?

 

Today I am posting my entry for Joan's Gardens Challenge.  She was rather easy on us this week. We are to make a choice of a simple or more detailed card ( I did both), use red or green, do paper piecing, and use a product from Joan's Gardens. Check out more at  www.atjoansgardens.com .
I began my card with a White Iridescent Cardstock ( in stash for a long time) which is great for a snow theme. I stamped the Snowman from Heartfelt Creations Melt Your Heart Precut stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and heat dried the image....ink takes awhile to dry on this paper so I took care not to smudge.  I stamped the sentiment from the same set in versamark and heat embossed with red embossing powder. This is a good paper to use for paper piecing. I colored the hat with gold and gray Copics....love the subdued look of the ink on the shiny paper.  I stamped the image on paper scraps of green (for the holly), red (for the bird), and stripe (for the scarf). I actually stamped the scarf 4 times to have the stripe in a different direction for each part of the scarf design.  After gluing my paper pieces to the snowman, I trimmed the image to fit on to a green mat (another scrap) and attached to Card base of GKD Red Cardstock. I then added Red Rhinestones to the holly, a Hero Arts Black Gem to the nose, and used black glaze pen on the mouth, eyes and orange glaze pen on the beak.
For a more detailed card, I added a Stripe Ribbon from Joann's and 3 snowflakes cut with a Cheery Lynn die from Build a Flower 1 with Rhinestone centers. Love this die for snowflakes! Which card do you prefer?  Of course the simple one (top) will be easier to mail.
Items from Joan's Gardens are in red.

Love and Hugs

 

 Second post today.  This card was made using the Sketch #S413 from Repeat Impressions shown below. I used Repeat Impressions stamps Tulips in a Vase stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle ink and their sentiment. I paper pieced the vase but I think it came out a little busy with the pattern paper. I also embossed the background with a Cheery Lynn Flourish die for some texture but not that happy with the outcome. This is one of those cards that I may do a redo. But it is what it is. I colored the image with Copics RV000, RV11, G21 and G40. Memento Bamboo Leaves ink was used for the sentiment. Other supplies: Nesties circle, scallop circle, oval, and scallop oval dies. Green, Pink, and Ivory Cardstocks from stash, and a scrap of pattern paper.

Challenges:

The House That Stamps Built: What If Wednesday? Sketch #S413

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Christmas In July

Hello! I am back to making Christmas cards ....this one is for Joan's Gardens Challenge.. We are to make a Christmas card, use the traditional red and green colors , have something from nature (used Flower) and use a product sold at Joan's Gardens.  I made a poinsettia using the flower making tools and Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 Dies that I bought at Joan's.  I started with a Red Card Base and used a beautiful border of Green Cardstock that I cut with Cheery Lynn Cathedral Lace Frame Die.  I trimmed out the center of the frame to create the border for the card. I placed a white rectangle inside the border and attached the poinsettia and branches cut with Cheery Lynn Olive Branches Die.  I stamped a Christmas sentiment from Gina K Designs with Memento Love Letters ink. 

Other Challenges:

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge: #89 Beautiful Borders

Anything Goes Challenge: Anything Goes

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Card Close to My Heart

 

 

This card is composed of die cut ovals, a handmade flower, a lovely bow, stitching, a lovely sentiment, lovely lavender and a touch of green. I am entering into 4 challenges:

No Matter Which Way Challenge has their final challenge which is Anything Goes and using a sentiment as your stamp is permitted.

The Ribbon Girl Blog's  Challenge is to simply Add a Bow.

My card follows all the guidelines for Joan's Gardens challenge  to use a plain background, a double oval, a sentiment, any color combination of at least 2, and must use a product sold at Joan's.  It was hard to keep the background plain....wanted to emboss or something. 
www.atjoansgardens.com

The challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs Blog is to follow the theme of IN STITCHES and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die. I did a faux stitching around the edge of the card with a green Gelly Roll pen. (hope faux is acceptable). I like my corner embellishments.

For this card I used Cheery Lynn Swedish Spring Oval Frame Nesties classic oval dies. I also used Cheery Lynn Ambergris small doily die which I cut into 4 parts to use as my corner embellishments. My flower was made using Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 and #2.  I used a flower making kit from Joan's. The Flower was made from scraps. The Cheery Lynn products can all be purchased at Joan's also. 
The  card base is a White cardstock from stash and the Swedish Frame is cut from a shimmery iridescent white card stock which I hope shows in the photo. The lavender paper is from Joan's. I stamped a sentiment from Flourishes Heart Lines in Memento Sweet Plum ink on the lavender oval and finished with a Lavender Bow of sheer organza ribbon.


I hope you like this card. I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Pink and Black

 

Hello! Today I have a card made for Joan's Garden Challenge to make a card to 

Use an embossed background

Use Pink and black as your main colors

Use an Oval

You must use a product sold at Joan's Gardens. Also, mention that you are doing the card/project for Joan's Gardens Challenge.

I have used a Cheery Lynn die Swedish Spring Oval Frame to emboss the black mat of black cardstock which is available from Joan's Gardens.  I used a La Blanche stamp as the focus stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored withMemento Angel Pink Marker and sponged with Memento Angel Pink ink on white Cardstock from stash. I cut with a Nesties oval die. The sentiment is a Flourishes stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black  and cut with a Spellbinders Die. I placed this on a Pink Card base and added a black satin ribbon. I hope you can see the embossing on the background.
Check out Joan's Garden : www.atjoansgardens.com
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Red, White, and Blue Color Challenge

This card was made for Cheery Lynn's color challenge of Red, White, and Blue I have used Cheery Lynn's Cathedral Lace Frame die in blue card stock on a white glossy card base. I added a rose in red using Heartfelt Creations Grandiflora stamps and die stamped in Memento Rhubarb Ink cut with their Blossom Dies. I added a butterfly cut with Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly die Small #2 and Angel Wing Small #2.  The papers are SU Brilliant Blue CS, Glossy White CS from stash and  SU pattern papers. The sentiment stamped with Versamark and embossed with White EP is from Mark's Finest Papers.

Challenge Link:
Cheery Lynn Designs : Red, White and Blue Challenge .

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Pansy and Leaves

Happy Sunday to all!  I have not been blogging much this week as I have been working on a special project.   Today I am posting a card for Joan's Garden Challenge which is to

Use a leaf design for the background (die cut, embossed or stamped) --- I used die cut leaves

Add purple flowers ...Made a Pansy but only one-hope that counts..oops!

Use White, Green and Purple Colors

Use A Sentiment

You must use a product sold at Joan's Gardens...I used Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1, Cheery Lynn Olive Branch Die and light purple CS from Joan's.

Check at http://www.atjoansgardens.com/

Other Supplies:
Ink: Memento Grape Jelly
Stamp: Annabelle Sentiment Stamp
Purple Copics
Papers: Purple, White, and Green CS from stash
Ribbon from Stash
EK Success Corner Punch and Spellbinder Dies

Other Challenges:
The Ribbon Girl Blog: June Challenge-Simply add a die cut.  The leaves and flower were made with die cuts.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Blue Birds on Blue

 Welcome to my studio.  Today I have made a card using the sketch below for the challenge at Annabelle Stamps.  I have used a brilliant blue SU card stock for the card base. The white doily was cut with Cheery Lynn Doily Die French Pastry. I stamped the image from Annabelle Stamp Whimsy Flowers with Memento Espresso Truffle ink on a white circle cut with a Nesties die. I colored this with Copics B21,24,E07,25,34, G82,YG 63, and YR00 and sponged it with Memento Summer Sky ink. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and was embossed with white embossing powder.  I cut this with circle dies and rounded the ends.  I dry embossed the front of the card base with Cuttlebug EF Birds and Swirls and scored all 4 edges but this embossing does not show very well in my photo...can see it only on the upper edge.





Challenges:
Annabelle Stamps: Sketch ac 163
No Matter Which Challenges: Things with wings
Sweet Stamps: Anything Goes  with Sweet Cut Dies or Cheery Lynn Dies

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Fun Making Vellum Flower

Welcome to all who stop by. Today I am sharing  a card that I made for Joan's Garden Challenge. We are to make a flower using vellum, the colors Red, Black and White,a  die cut border,  a sentiment and also a product sold at Joan's Gardens.  The part that I like best on my card is the flower of vellum that I made with Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch Diecuts and Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 that both came from Joan's Gardens.  I used the border in a non-traditional way on the diagonal (not on the edge) and actually used 2 borders. 

I used a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches to create this card.

Supplies:
Stamp: Creative Visions Hip Hip Hooray
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug
Papers: Black and White CS from Stash. Red Vellum found in my stash...forgot I had.
Spellbinders Label 4 Dies
Martha Stewart Borders-Double Loop and Scallop Dot
Red Brad from stash
Embossing Folder: Darice Floral Frenzy...inked raised areas to highlight

Challenges:
Joan's Garden Challenge: Details mentioned above. See www.atjoansgardens.com
Tuesday Morning Sketch: #198 see below
Craft Challenge: Birthday
Charisma Cardz: Black and White and One Color

I am hoping the warmer weather is back to stay.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Flourishes Color Challenge

Today I am back with another entry for Colorful Creations Challenge which is May’s Release Challenge at Flourishes. We are to choose all of the colors in the illustration shown below – or pick three that work together and create! I hope to win Flourishes entire May Stamp Release! I made this card with stamps from Flourishes and a doily cut with a die. The dark brown mat  shows off the doily.

Supplies:
Stamps: Flourishes Zinnias and Taglines
Inks: Memento Espresso Truffle and Angel Pink, Versamark
Copics: YG 93,95, R01,11,81
Yellow Glaze Pen
White EP
Papers: White, Brown, Green CS from stash
Light Pink Dewdrops
Corner punch
Dies: Cheery Lynn Doily French Pastry, Spellbinders Label 4

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Cheery Pansy in Purple

 

Today I played making Pansies with Cheery Lynn's Build a Flower Dies.  I was inspired to do so after seeing Selma's great tutorial on making pansies seen on her blog Selma's Stamping Corner  here.
Thanks to Selma for her tutorials. After making this pansy, I decided to create a card for Cheery Lynn Design Challenges Pretty in Purple.  I used a glossy white base card, added a mat of purple, topped that with a ribbon, and then added a doily of white, and finished with the purple pansy and butterfly.  I used a sentiment from Flourishes. 

Challenges:
Cheery Lynn Design Challenge: Pretty in Purple
Flutter By Wednesday: have a sentiment on the front of your creation and don't forget to add your butterfly or fairy.

Supplies:
Dies: Cheery Lynn Build A Flower #1 and #2,  Small Butterfly, Kiwi Doily
Papers: White Glossy CS, Plain White CS, Bazzil Texture Purple, Light Purple bought from Joan's Gardens, Scraps of Yellow and Green
Purple Ribbon from Collection
Stamp: Flourishes "Spring Has Sprung"
Inks: Memento Grape Jelly
EK Success Corner punch

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Thinking of Spring

Spring may not actually have sprung but we sure are wishing it would.  At Joan's Garden her challenge this week has us thinking about Spring. Her requirements are: Use Yellow, Black and White, use a frame, use something to do with Spring, and use something sold at Joan's Gardens. I think of birds and flowers in the garden as spring approaches so I created this scene using die cut bird house, bird, fence and flowers. I die cut the frame in yellow card stock and backed with black. I used a scrap of paper inside the frame and arranged my elements using pop dots and glue dots. Finished with the sentiment and bit of black and white ribbon.

Challenges:

Joan's Gardens: Details listed above.This week's code is joansgardens, JG0404

CRAFTS AND ME:  Spring Flowers

All Sorts Challenge: Spring Has Sprung

 

Supplies: Items sold at Joan's Highlighted

Papers: Yellow Paper from Pastel Pack from Joan's, Black CS from Stash, Pattern K&Co.
Stamp: Flourishes Spring Has Sprung Set

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies: Cheery Lynn Cathedral Lace Frame( Trimmed center out), Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1,  Marianne Bird House, Bird, and Fence Die Set

Punch: Stampin Up 5 Petal Flower

Black Ribbon with White Stitches from Stash

Black Brads from Stash

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

A Bunch of Flowers

Happy Easter to all my friends and followers!

 

The challenge  at Joan's Garden is fun this week...we are to

Use some kind of container

Fill it with flowers

Use Yellow, Green and Orange

You must use something sold at Joan's Gardens on your card.

I started by making a basket with strips of textured brown card stock that I have saved forever from making some other baskets.  I started with a base card of textured olive green (stash) and layered with blue  card stock embossed with Cuttlebug Wicker Weave Embossing Folder and the a pattern paper from My Mind's Eye pad. Does that not look like a lace tablecloth over a gold liner??

I then filled my basket with flowers and foliage. I first added a Fanciful Flourish cut with Cheery Lynn die but it got lost under the flowers. My flowers were made with  Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 (stamens and leaves) and Build a Flower #2 ( poppy petals and leaves), Stampin' Up 6 petal flower punch, and Martha Stewart leaf punch.  I used various shades of green paper for the leaves, yellow, orange, and  white papers for the flowers.  Green and orange brads were used in center of some of the flowers.  A tag stamped with sentiment from Flourishes "Zinnias" in Memento Cantaloupe ink was added to the bouquet and a "Friends" Metal Brad (Stash) was attached to the baskets with brads....love the texture that adds.  I used the Tool Kit from Joan's for assembling the flowers and some of the many useful tips from Selma for making flowers.  Items used from Joan's are highlighted in orange.

Challenges:
Joan's Garden: Details above- week's code is joansgardens, JG0328

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

White on White

I hope you can see all the details on my white on white card....this is a hard one to photograph under the current light conditions.  I used GKD white cardstock for all layers beginning with the card base.  The next layer was embossed with Cuttlebug EF Victoria. I then layered elements cut with an unknown Lacey Oval Die, Cheery Lynn Olive Branch die, Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly #2 small Die. I added some Flowers by Jolee from my stash and three pearls. A white satin ribbon and bow were also added.  The Sentiment from Flourishes Stamps was stamped with Memento Gray Flannel ink which is a bit softer than black ink.

Challenges:
Simon Say Stamp: White on White
Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes
All Sorts: Thing with wings...used Buttterfly
Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes
Crafty Catz : Bingo Time . Used middle row Pearls, Dies,and Ribbon or diagonal embossing, dies,flowers.

  I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Valentine for a Friend

I am back again today with a quick post for the Cheery Lynn Design Challenge Friends/Friendship. I made a Valentine card for a friend using Cheery Lynn Dies Swedish Spring Oval Frame and the Small Butterfly dies. I framed a sentiment and hearts from Flourishes Heart Lines stamp set.  The stamping was done with versamark and embosssed with white embossing powder. I looped a white satin ribbon through opening in the cut frame and tied with double loop bow. White card base was embossed with Cuttlebug EF Kassie's Brocade. Finished with the butterfly colored with clearstar pen for sparkle.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

From the Heart

Second post today.....trying to catch up with some challenges.
The challenge at Cheery Lynn- to use lace- inspired me to create a Valentine's Card.  I knew I wanted to use Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish Die...one of my most favorite dies. I cut the die twice from some white iridescent card stock. I found some red lace in my lace box that I have had forever from a challenge prize.  Trying to use up some of my stash. I cut 3 scalloped hearts using Nesties and GKD red card stock and layered with pop up dots. I used a white card base , then a layer of the red card stock, topped with an embossed textured white card stock using Cuttlebug EF Victoria...gives a romantic feel.  I edged this layer with the lovely red lace and arranged the flourishes and the stack of hearts. I finished with a banner stamped with Flourishes " From the Heart" that I free  cut. I may add some pearls to the heart but leaving card as is for this post.
Challenge link:
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge: Lace (real or faux)
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Anything goes. No sketch this week which is unusual for this blog. I used more layers than I usually do, and liked stacking the hearts and letting the flourish float on the card rather than gluing it down.
Crafty Friends Challenge:  Add a splash of color to white

It is always fun to find forgotten items in your stash which are the perfect item for a card.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Snowflakes for CAS Card

 I did not know how hard it would be to photograph an all white card and using a blue background probably was not a good thing as it made the white look blue. This is not the best photo but it will have to do. I made this card to enter in a few challenges.  Used 3 types of white cs...glossy, iridescent, and a textured one for the base card but none of that shows. I embossed glossy CS with Cuttlebug EF Snowflakes. Cut 3 snowflakes with Cheery Lynn #3 snowflake die but trimmed edges to appear as different shapes. Popped these up with foam dots. Added white grosgrain ribbons strips for additional texture. I embossed one with Cuttlebug EF Border "With Love".  Added liquid pearls to embossed design for sparkle and texture.

Challenges to enter:
Paper Players: CAS- Feature snowflakes. See graphic. No coloring or stamping made this a CAS card for me.

Alphabet Challenge: W is for Winter White. Do not use any color.

Stamptacular Sunday: Emboss me.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Add ribbon and/or lace.

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Embossing with Dies

Have you tried using dies to emboss a design on CS rather than just cutting out the design? I was inspired to try this after watching a tutorial by Therese posted on Annabelle's  Stamp Embellish Create Community in their Topical Tuesdays. Check it out.  I am not sure if you have to be a member or not to view the tutorial. I used Cheery Lynn Exotic 2 Butterflies dies. After embossing the butterflies on white CS, I used masks and colored the butterflies by sponging Memento Cantaloupe and Tangelo Inks.  After removing masks, I sponged ever so lightly around the butterflies. I then used colored pencils to highlight the edges, antenna, and bodies.  I trimmed the image layer and rounded the corners before edging with a black marker. I stamped the sentiments from Paper and Such with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  I attached this to an Orange patterned layer of K&Co Paper and then on to a Base Card of White.  Love the effect of the dies embossed on the card.

Challenge:
Flutter By Wednesday: Open Challenge

Thanks, Therese, for the great tutorial.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa