Card with a Tag

Hello!  I made this Christmas card with a tag that I attached to an embossed panel. With a few changes, I recreated the tag design in the same way (see post here from 2019) that I had made earlier with Gina K Designs stamps and dies and a Basket Weave stamp from Just for Fun stamps.  Had all the stamps since 2018/2019.   Used a bit of ribbon, twine and even a smaller tag on the tag. I embossed and inked a white panel with Darice EF Pine Branches before attaching the tag.  Finished with a card base of Fresh Asparagus CS and more GKD sentiments. 

Challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge: #190 Tag You're It!

 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge: MLCCB#46 Anything Christmas Goes

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Hello to You

Welcome to the studio!  Sharing a card that I created with supplies from Gina K Designs and Cuttlebug embossing folders.  I started this design by cutting a smallcircle from a patterned paper from Watercolor Floral pad and set aside the circle. I trimmed the paper with rectangle stitched die from GKD (master layout 2) and embossed the panel with Cuttlebug Victoria EF. I attached this to a white mat embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF. I assembled the center embellishment with a strip of Faded Brick CS cut with GKD Flag die, the small circle of the patterned paper layered with a circle of Vellum, and a scalloped circle frame on top. I stamped the Vellum circle with a GKD sentiment from Rose Bouquet set using Versamark and Gold EP.  Finished with a card base of GKD Faded Brick CS. My inspiration for this design was the challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. 

Challenges:

Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs: Adding Texture. Used Dry and Wet embossing, Die Cuts.

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches: # 671

Happy Little Stampers: August Anything Goes with Dies

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Playing with Color Challenge and More

Hello! Welcome to my studio.  I have been playing with some old rubber stamps from the GKD Unforgettable set to create some CAS cards.  The top card is created with a color combination for the challenge at Just Us Girls. I inked up the floral image with DOI Abandoned Coral and Memento London Fog inks and stamped on a White panel. I embossed the center of the flowers with Gold EP and a Versamark Pen.   I stamped he sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold EP. I trimmed the panel with a GKD Stitched Dieand edged the panel with Pilot Metallic Gold Marker for more gold accents.  Finished with a Coral card base and a light grey mat. 

I decided to use the same stamps (since they were on my desk) plus one more to create another card, but I stamped the silhouette images with Memento black ink on a background that I used ink blending to create an oval with Hero Arts ink. I finished with sentiment stamped in black ink and a card base of Black CS.  Clean and simple! 

Have you ever used the wrong product by mistake?  In the making of this second card, I mixed up a Stick It Adhesive Sheet with my masking paper. Oops!  Ended up having to add another white layer with the oval die cut out since I had adhesive on the original layer with the inked oval. 

Challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge: 641 Color Week Coral, Light Grey, Gold. 

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Happy Birdday

Hello! I made this card for a challenge at Can You Handle the Pressure, but I forgot to post it in time for their Twist of Birds challenge, but it qualifies for their latest challenge A Twist Of Things with Wings so here it is.  I used Darice Leafy Tree EF and embossed a white Cardstock panel and colored the raised areas with ink and copics. Stamped the sentiment from my stash with Memento ink. Added a die cut bird cut twice from Red Cardstock scraps and attached to a branch. Finished with a Red Card Base and a Green mat. 

Challenge:
Can You Handle the Pressure? : Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Things with Wings.

Seize The Birthday: # 241 Summer Activities. Bird watching is something we enjoy in the summer. 

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Watering Can with Lilacs

Hello! Thanks for stopping by, Today I am sharing a card that I created for the Double D Challenge Something with a Handle. I made this a couple of days ago and forgot to post until today.  I used stamps and dies from a Hero Arts kit from July 2017.  The watering can was stamped on and cut from silver metallic CS and I used white CS and Copics for the Lilacs,  The sentiment was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Wow Silver EP. Used a shiny textured green CS from Bazzil for the background which made it hard to photograph because of the reflection. 

Pray for the people of Ukraine. 

Hugs, Theresa

Fun with Stenciling

Hello and welcome! It has been a while since I created a card using a stencil so thought it was time to do so.  I inked a white card stock with Gina K Ornamental Fans stencil using GKD Blue Raspberry and Fresh Asparagus inks and trimmed it to use as a background on my design, Stamped the flowers with Memento Back ink and heat embossed with Clear EP. I water colored the image with the same inks used in the background. I die cut the flowers and popped up with some white foam. I stamped and die cut   the word Hello and also popped up with foam. Finished the card with a White Card Base and Black mat. I really like these colors together and how the design came together since I did not have a plan in mind when I began. Stamps and Dies from Gina K Designs.

Challenges:

Make My Monday Challenge: #171 Use a Stencil

Cut It Up: Challenge 248 Spring Project

Happy Little Stampers: Stencil Challenge Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers: Challenge Anything Goes with Dies

Happy Little Stampers: Watercolor Challenge  Anything Goes

Pray for the people of Ukraine. 

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Sunflowers for Ukraine

Welcome to the studio!  I have been playing with NBUS Gina K Designs Sketched Flowers Stamps and Dies to create this card which I recently purchased.   I stamped 4 flowers with DOI Fossilized Amber and stamped the centers with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and added some fock to the center for texture. When was the last time that I used that? Stamped some leaves and stems with Memento Bamboo Leaves. Die cut all these and arranged on my card. First, I prepared my white card base by embossing the front with Darice Floral Frenzy EF and partial die cutting the edge with the flower dies. The sentiment is from an older GKD set Hope is Faith.  Finished with some strips of yellow CS on the inside. Photo below shows inside and die cut edge. 

Challenges:
Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs: Make a card with a shaped border edge using die cuts.

Daring Cardmakers: For Ukraine -Sunflowers, Blue, Yellow, Hope

Just Us Girls Challenge: #623 Trend Week Embossing Folder

NBUS Challenge : #36 Never Before Used Schtuff

My prayers go out for the people of Ukraine.
Pray for the people of Ukraine. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs, Theresa

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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Photos Repurposed for Cards

I am on a quest to use some of the things that I have collected over the years. Today I am sharing how I have repurposed some more pictures from a box of old photos that did not make an album or a frame.  After trimming the images, I used these photos to create cards adding some dry embossing for textures, die cut words, layers of colored card stock and card bases.  Dies are from Cheery Lynn.  Embossing Folders used are Darice EF Leafy Tree and Cuttlebug EF Leafy Branch for the top card, Darice Border EF for second card (not sure of Name) and Darice EF Large Daisy and Cheery Lynn Butterfly Die used for embossing on the bottom card.  I am entering the cards in challenges not requiring stamping.

Challenges: 

Can You Handle the Pressure? : Challenge is Embossing  with a Twist of Think Spring. 

The Paper Players: PP581 Theme Challenge is Spring is in the air. 

Die Cut Divas: The theme for March is Birthdays. I have used Cheery Lynn Dies and Embossing Folder. 

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Happy, Happy, Happy, and Happy

Hello! I had fun making this card but it took so long to create because I kept changing the elements and the layout, but I finally finish the design.  The card was inspired by the February Monthly Mix challenge at Gina K Designs. We are to make a fun fold card and use pattern paper that we create with GKD stamps.  I stamped GKD Petite Flourish Background stamp with GKD Green Asparagus Ink on GKD Innocent Pink ink for the pattern paper which I trimmed into panels to fit the folds of the White Card. See the fold in the photo on the side. I inked all the edges of the panels with Pilot Metallic Gold marker before attaching. 

I stamped a Rose image from GKD Tropical Blooms set with Versamark on the Pink CS and heat embossed with Gold EP. I cut the image with a die from the same set and colored in the leaves with green Copics and shaded the Petals with Pink Copics.  Attached this image to the edge of the fold. I stamped, heat embossed, and die cut the word Happy 4 times. Adhered one of these to the outside fold and arranged the others   to the inside beneath the top fold. Did the same steps-stamp, heat, and die cut- with the word Birthday and attached so you can see on the card beneath the Happy when closed and open.  Lot of Happiness unfolds from this card!

 

Seize the Birthday: 231 Sparkle and Shine. Lot of gold with sparkle and shine. 

The Flower Challenge:  #65 Occasions

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Print Making with A Die Cut

 Hello!  I decided to play with this month's CAS Mix Up Card Challenge which is to do print making with a die-cut and to use watercoloring as the main element in our design.  New technique for me. Since I have not done this before I watched the tutorial video by Kathy Racoosin shared on the challenge. 

I cut a flower from watercolor paper with Memory Box Die Darling Poppies and used the die cut and colored with Distress Oxide Inks  to create a background on panels of watercolor paper.  I did this on  3 cards but finished each one a bit differently. 

For the top card, I embossed the background panel with the print from the die-cut using an oval die and then attached the die cut flower on the top but did not insert  the pieces of the petals. I only attached the outline portion of the flower and stems so the background print that I did showed through.  Finished with a Green card base. In the photos, I showed the die cut flower that I water colored  and used for print making. 

For the card above,  I made another print on the background and attached another  flower that I kept with all the die cut pieces and watercolored. Used rectangle dies for frame and attached to a base of white card stock.

For my last design using the same technique for my background, I die cut the poppies from white cardstock and only watercolored the stems and the inlaid pieces of the petals. Finished this one with a birthday sentiment from Gina K designs. 

Supplies: Distress Oxide Inks Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint, Aged Mahogany, Spice Marmalade. Watercolor Paper, White and Green CS, Oval Die, Memory Box Die. 

Other Challenges:
Mix It Up Challenge Blog: MIUCB#47 Anything Goes + Inlaid Die Cut

Outside the Box: Memory Box Challenge #70 Beautiful Backgrounds

Dies R Us Challenge: #164 Anything goes using any brand of  die sold at DRU. Used Memory Box die. 

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Best of Luck

I 

Hello! While going through my stash. I found this Power Poppy digital image that I had printed and set aside some time ago...probably last year in March. I pulled out some Copics and colored the bouquet of Shamrocks and then attached to a base of Gina K green cardstock. Printed the sentiment from the same Power Poppy digital set, trimmed it with a die, and added to the card with a die cut mat of the same green cardstock. For fun I added 5 Pink gemstones from my stash.  I love how this turned into a fun card. 

Challenges:
CASology: Week 385 LUCK

Always Fun Challenges: #203 Good Luck Cards

Stay safe and Healthy!

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Cards from a Napkin and Stamps

Hello!  Today I am sharing 3 cards that I made from a napkin and added sentiments using stamps from Gina K Designs.  I used Stick It Paper ( double side adhesive) to attach the trimmed sections of the napkin to card bases of GKD Red Velvet Cardstock.  First design was a square card using a GKD die cut heart stamped with sentiment from GKD Birds & Blossoms.

For this horizontal design, I used a gold embossed sentiment from GKD Heart Stamp set.

I attached this portion of the napkin on white paper before attaching to the red card base.  Die cut the flag that was stamped with a script sentiment from GKD A Year of Flowers.

Challenges: 

Mod Squad Challenge: All about Love. Use word Love on front.

Shopping Our Stash: Challenge 438 Love Is In the Air. Use napkin and stamps from stash. 

Allsorts Challenge: Week 610 Love is.....💓

Monthly Mix Challenge: Gina K Designs February challenge is "Love is in the Air"-Love Theme

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Hello with Flowers

Hello!  I recently purchased the Watercolor Florals cardmaking Kit from the Artsystamper Shop which includes some beautiful digital stamps and papers.  I used the solid green paper as the card base, with a layer of blue cardstock, and then a layer of one of the floral patterns.  I printed one of the colored floral images on watercolor paper, added a bit of  coloring with Copic markers and pink foiling, and cut with a circle die.  I attached the image to a circle that I foiled with the pink foil paper.  Assembled the card and completed it with a sentiment from the kit  and pearls from my stash.  Love the colors in the design.

Artsystamper Shop Labor Day sale ends Sept 15th.

 

Challenges:
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #23 Anything Goes
Mix It Up Challenge Blog: MIUCB #41 Anything Goes + Foiling

This second photo better shows the shine of the foiling. 

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Cards from Napkins

Welcome!  I have been wanting to use napkins as an element on a card for some time but I did not want to use glue or an iron to adhere the napkin to the card stock.  I have seen many videos using those techniques and decided there must be an easier way. I decided to use  Stick It paper with the napkin....a much quicker and easier way and no messy glue.   I simply peeled the top ply from a napkin and laid this carefully to a sticky side of the  Stick It paper that I trimmed to 4."x5.25" or whatever size fits best to the design on the napkin.  I  then trimmed the edges of the napkin beyond the panel of Stick It.  The best thing to use for this is a pair of sharp scissors.   A trimmer does not trim a smooth edge on the napkin.  I then attached this to a base card with glue, tape, etc. For the top card, I inked the edge of the panel with a Copics before adding to the base.
On the bottom card, I inked the edge of the panel with a Pilot Gold Metallic marker picking up the gold text on the printed napkin. I finished with die cut words from Cheery Lynn to create a Thank You card.  Textured Green card stock for the bases was from my stash.
This was a quick and easy process to make cards using paper napkins.  It would be easy to make a gift box of these cards which I probably will do.  I can do 4 cards from each napkin.

The top card uses a large napkin that I have saved for a few years and the bottom card is from a pack of cocktail napkins that I recently purchased.

Challenges:
Love to Craft Challenge Blog: LTCCB #50 September Anything Goes. Craftting with paper napkins

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