Out on the Farm on a Snowy Christmas Day

 

Hello! I have another Christmas card inspired by Peace On Earth Challenge #13 Anything Christmas. This time my card features an image of a horse and a snowy scene. Check out the mood board below to see the horse that inspired me.  I printed the scene from a file in my computer on white CS and trimmed it to fit the card size. Added some texture to the top of the image with Swiss Dot EF,  Also used Nuvo Crystal dots on the snow and snowy fence  and Diamond Stickles on the ornaments on the tree and garland. Sadly the texture and shine does not show in the photo but looks great in real life.  Added a mat of textured white paper.  Card base is a patterned paper embossed with Gingham EF.  Finished with a die cut sentiment from the same patterned paper.

Supplies: Cheery Lynn Merry Christmas Die, Cuttlebug Gingham EF, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, Corner Punch, White CS, DCWV Pattern Paper from Christmas Basics Pad, Diamond Stickles, Nuvo White Crystal Dots.

Challenges: 

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

Praying for the people of Ukraine. Thanks for stopping by. 

                                                Hugs, Theresa

Guest Designer for Retro Rubber Challenge #138

Hello! Welcome to my studio. I have not spent much time here for the last few weeks but I am back now to post as a guest designer for one of my favorite card challenges   Retro Rubber.  This great challenge gives me  an opportunity to use some of my oldie but goodie stamps. 

The theme for the challenge is Anything Goes and you must use stamps older than a year.  For my card I have reached back in time to 2011 to use a stamp set from Flourishes ( no longer around) designed by  Marcella Hawley.  The Zinnia set is one of my favorites and I have used it many times.  I stamped the Zinnias on white card stock with Memento Toffee Crunch ink and colored with Copics using my favorite color combo of pink and green.  I added some highlights and accents with colored pencils and a gold gelly roll metallic pen. I stamped the sentiment from the same set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I trimmed the image with a Spellbinder scalloped oval die and placed on a background of patterned paper from DCWV Hello Darlin' stack. I attached this to a Pink card base.  I finished with some Dewdrops that I have had in my stash for many years. 

Please pull out some of your older stamps and join in the fun at Retro Rubber Challenge. You have until July 10 to enter.
Thanks to all the design team at Retro Rubber for inviting me to be a guest designer....it was an honor.

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

A Box of Zinnias

Hello!  One of the challenges at Creative Confetti this month is All Boxed Up-put your image in a boxed shape/layout for graphic punch.  So what I did was to put an image of Zinnias in a box that I created with Patterned Paper. On white cardstock, I stamped the Zinnias from an older set designed by Marcella Hawley and colored with Copics.  Then I added my box that I designed from patterned paper and stamped the sentiment from the same set.  Finished with a card base of another patterned paper with glitter that coordinated with the box. 

Challenges:

Creative Confetti Challenge: Always boxed up.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using patterned paper. 

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

Wish For a Camellia

Hello!  I have been playing with the sketch challenge from Tuesday Morning Sketches and  using Power Poppy Simply Camellias set to create my card.  I stamped the Camellias with Memento Tuxedo Black on white card stock and colored with Copic Markers. I extended the image by adding another camellia by stamping and fussy cutting the additional flower.  I used a Fiskars border punch with pink cardstock to create a border on each side of the image and attached to a card base of green cardstock.  Finished with a sentiment from Power Poppy Dahlia XL set that I stamped and embossed on pink Vellum die cut with a label die. 

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch # 560

Creative Confetti Challenge: What's your wish? Share a flower that you wish you had in your garden. Would love to grow camellias but they do not fare well in our Ohio weather. 

Always Fun Challenge: #168 Anything Goes

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

All in This Together

Welcome to my studio!  I have 2 cards to share today made with the same digital stamp Tulips In a Hobnail Pitcher from Power Poppy.  I was inspired by the Vase shown in the challenge at The Card Concept which has a patterned design. I did something that I never did before and that was to "paper piece" a digital image since I wanted to have a patterned vase on my card.  Through the magic of Photoshop  Elements, I was able to use digital paper and fill in a section of a digital image before printing the image.  The digital paper was actually a file I made by scanning patterned paper from Shabby Rose Collection by Our Daily Bread and I used a section of that paper to piece in to the vase of the digital image.  I included a close up of the vase below. Now that I figured this out, I can use any digital paper to fill in a portion of a digital image... this is easier than printing an image on patterned paper and then fussy cutting to attach to a printed image to do piecing. 

I printed the paper pieced image twice on heavyweight white card stock to make the 2 cards.

For the top card, I colored the image with Copics and trimmed the edges with a corner punch. With Memento Gray Ink, I stamped an appropriate sentiment  for the time we are living in........ found this in Power Poppy's  Sassy Succulents set.     Completed the card with a Gray Woodgrain card base (also inspired by the challenge photo) that I made with a Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Scor-Pal, Gray CS, and white ink. 

For the second card, I added some blues flowers to the printed image using a Hero Arts stamp, blue ink, and masking.  I used different Copics to color the image but used the same sentiment.  Finished with a Blue card base.  I am not sure which version that I like best but I do like the addition of the blue flowers. 

I really like how well the pattern on the vase turned out. I even surprised myself a bit accomplishing that.  A close up view of the vase:

Challenges:

The Flower Challenge: #43 Spring/Autumn

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Knock on Wood-used woodgrain embossing folder to create my own wood background.

Creative Confetti Challenge:  Let's Go Digital- Used digital stamp Tulips in a Hobnail Pitcher
The Card Concept: Challenge #133 Hello Spring. Had lots of inspiration from this photo. 

Stay safe! Stay Healthy!

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

Bird in the Berries

Hello! This card was made using the Bird and Berries image from the Power Poppy Summer Berries set.  I stamped the image on a white cs panel with black Memento ink and colored with Copic Markers.  To add interest to the design I embossed a frame with layered dies using a rubber mat.  I used a corner punch to round the edges and then attached to a Green card base.  I tried to make the bird a Goldfinch but I think I colored too much black on his head... maybe I should call him a warbler. I may or nay not add a sentiment to the front when I use this card. 

Challenges: 

Creative Confetti Challenge: Free for all-create anything using Power Poppy Stamps. 

Happy Little Stampers: March Anything Goes with Dies. I used the dies for embossing not cutting. 

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

A Lot of Cards-One Stamp

 Welcome!  I am still playing with acrylic paints.  This time I used only Folk Art Green Umber paint to stamp. Used an old wood mounted stamp...yes I still have stamps on wood blocks...this one is from Judi Kins and I have no idea where I got it.  But I thought the fern would be good to use with acrylic paint after watching Andy Skinner's video about stamping with acrylic paints.  I like the look of texture that resulted.  I really got carried away stamping but once I had the paint on an acrylic surface I tried to use all the paint.  I used both white and ivory cardstocks and finished the CAS cards with Gina K Designs sentiments that I heat embossed and used different card bases.  On the top card, I embossed a frame around the image using layered scallop dies to emboss using rubber mats with the dies. The sentiment was also die cut and attached to the image.

I also finished one card with a layer of patterned paper and white card base that I just happened to find by accident when I was looking for something else.  I thought it was a perfect background for the stamped image. I have said that I have so many patterned papers that I do not know what I have.  Finished this card with a Get Well sentiment also by GKD.

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up Card Challenge: Use acrylic Paints + Stamping + Your Choice.  I added heat embossing, dry embossing, and die cut.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper.
Just Us Girls Challenge: Word Week 526 Heal

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

Reflect on Past Cards

Hello! The January Monthly Mix Challenge at GKD is Let's Reflect.  We are to take a card we made last year and create a do over, an update or adjustment to it. Use at least one element from the old card to make a new one.  I chose the card below using the GKD rose stamp from Rose Bouquet that I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with different color Copics but trimmed with the same Oval die.  I layered the image on a Red Vellum layer die cut with Cheery Lynn Swedish Spring Oval Frame. Gold embossed  a sentiment from GKD Thank You Friend set.  Used the same card base of Fresh Asparagus GKD CS and rounded two corners with a Corner Punch. 

Other challenges to enter:

Use Your Stuff: #389 Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge: #554 Say It with Flowers

Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies

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

Happy Snowman

Hello! I was inspired to make this card by the Challenge #49 at The Library Challenge.  We are to pick any previous book from the library and I chose The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.  The cover reminded of very happy snowman stamp from Creative Clear stamps that I have had for many years. The colors that I chose to use were also inspired by the cover but I threw in the yellow to keep this it a very cheerful card.  I stamped the Snowman and Sentiment with Memento Black ink on White CS and colored with Copics, added some shine with the clear star pen, and texture with a snow marker. Trimmed the image with a Spellbinders die and attached to a yellow panel embossed with Darice Snowflakes EF before adding a white card base. 

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

Happy Fall Y'all

Welcome!  While I was going through my leftover box of fall items I came across some leaves that I had stamped and stashed away. The maple leaf is an old stamp from PSX and the oak one is Rubber Stampede.  I think I used SU inks to color the leaves before stamping on White CS.  I fussy cut the found leaves and attached to a white panel that I embossed with Darice EF. I stamped the panel with an old SU Stamp with Memento ink.  I inked the white edges with green.  Added this to a tag cut from a scrap of dark red card stock. Punched a hole and finished with a green ribbon from stash that I inked the edges with a Red Copic to tie in with colors of the leaves.
Challenges:
Tag You're It! Challenge: #98 Fall Leaves
Stamping Sensations: October Challenge Trees-Leaves-Autumn

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

Falling Leaves

Hello! I have been playing with some old patterned papers and found this scrap of a digital paper from All About Autumn digital paper pack that I downloaded from Stamp TV some time ago and printed on a glossy cardstock.  The scrap was just the right size to create a tag.  I stamped a strip of Ivory CS with a leaf from A Year of Leaves and a sentiment from a freebie set both from Gina K Designs.  The leaf was heat embossed with Gold EP and colored with a gold Copics.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  I assembled the tag with layers of Dark Chocolate CS, Metallic Gold Ribbon, and a Gold Gem. All papers and stamps are GKD. 

Challenges:

Modsquad Challenge: Anything but a card.

Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs:   Fall Is In The Air-used GKD patterned papers or make your own. Used digital paper from GKD All About Autumn pack.

The Paper Girls Challenge: #183 Falling in Love.  Create a fall themed project. 

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

Having Another Barbecue

Welcome to my studio. I was inspired to create another tag for the  Tag You're It! Challenge #95 which has a Barbecue Theme.  I used a grill stamp from a Paper Pretties set that I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and colored with Copics and a Silver Pen. I added some fire to the grill with Diamond Stickles.  I added some sentiments using some old stamps from my stash.  After trimming  the tag and rounding the corners with a punch, I added  a circle, exclamation point, and strip cut from a scrap of Red glitter flocked paper to give some texture.  Finished the tag with a red metallic string.  Will use this tag for a birthday gift. 
Challenges:
Tag You're It!: Challenge #95 Theme Barbecue Party
Modsquad Challenge:  Anything but a card.  Made a tag.

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

I Love Books

 Welcome!  The Challenge #93 at Tag You're It! is Bookmarks which are really tags.  I created this one using a stamp set  from Jane's Doodles called Read All About It.  I stamped the  book image 3 times making a tall stack of Books and coloring them with Copics.  Stamped the sentiment with the same Memento Tuxedo Black ink and the heart with Red ink.  Cut a small rectangle for the green satin Ribbon with a very small die that I forgot that I had.  Backed the CAS bookmark with Dark Chocolate CS.  Used corner punch to round top corners. 
I love reading books but mostly read on my Kindle but I still use Cookbooks so will use this to mark a recipe?
Challenges:
Tag You're It!: Challenge #93 Bookmarks
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes

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

Happy 99th Birthday!

 Welcome!  Today I am sharing a special card that I created for my Mother's 99th Birthday that is later this month.  I made a similar card for her a couple years ago and she loved it so I thought I would repeat my design by adding some more candles and also the Happy Birthday song.  I used Photoshop Elements to create the pages with text  and candles and then added dots and strips of glitter paper and used Diamond Stickles for glitter on each of the 99 Candles. That took a bit of time.  The front with 3 candles was attached to a Pink CS and then I attached 8 pages with 12 candles each printed on white CS.  The Happy Birthday song lyrics and music was printed across the bottom of the pages to which I added glitter dots.
The card fits these challenges:
Allsorts Challenge: Week # 502 Milestones with Numbers
Cards In Envy: It's all about the numbers challenge.  This card is less than 1/4", actually 1/8" so it does fit into an envelope.
Make My Monday Challenge: #87 Use Words or Sentiment.
Use Your Stuff: Challenge 342 As Time Goes By. 99 years is a lot of time gone by!
Crafty Catz: #444 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Birthdays

Photos below show the card as it appears opening.

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

Have a Slice of Birthday Cake

Hello!  Making a card for some of the current challenges.  Used a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches with some patterned papers, an embossing folder, and stamps to create this birthday card.  Stamped a slice of cake on white CS with Memento Black ink from Flourishes Pinwheels & Popsicles set and colored with Copics.  Trimmed the image with a square die, used a corner punch to round corners and placed on layer of patterned paper. Used a silver metallic pen on the fork, added another layer to the roses with fussy cut roses, and used some glossy accents on the roses and sprinkles. Assembled the card with white base card embossed with Darice Flowers EF, strips of patterned papers, sentiment from the same set, and sequins and stars.
Challenges:
Seize the Birthday: #156 Anything Goes Birthday.
Crafty Catz: Challenge #444 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Birthday
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Spots and Dots
ModSquad Challenge: The challenge is Patterned Paper.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper
Double D Challenges: It's On the Menu-I have cake on my menu for the birthday at Double D.
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #485 Sketch

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

Harvest of Apples

Welcome!  This is a great time for Harvesting Apples....so many choices to choose.  As you see in my card above I have 3 bushels featuring 3 different types of Apples.  I was inspired by the Twofer Card Challenge #10 Harvest to create the cards above using Bushel of Apple stamp (Gina K Design) for a birthday card and another card for Thanksgiving.  I used Gina K Design stamps for the sentiments on the birthday design and  a Mark Finest Papers sentiment on the second.  I used Memento Black Ink for stamping and Copics for coloring.  I had thought I was finished with the harvest card on the right.....just had the apples and sentiment on the strip of dotted paper (shown below).  But when my DH saw it, he said it was not much of a harvest and should have some corn on the card.  So I went back to the drawing board( so to speak) and came up with digital image of corn that I printed in various sizes and colored with Copics to make it colorful Indian corn. Fussy cut and added it to the bushel of apples. 

Challenges:
Twofer Card Challenge: #10 Harvest

Crafty Sentiments: Birthday Challenge

Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes for Birthday

Daring Cardmakers: Apple Day 

Before Corn added

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