Walking In the Rain

Welcome!  My card today was inspired by all the rain that we have had in April and that saying -April Showers Bring May Flowers.  I have used this rubber stamp from Wags 'n Whiskers Love You Sis  for many cards since 2011.  I pulled it out again to pair with this digital pattern paper from Paper Crafter Magazine that I found in one of my digital files. I stamped the image on white cardstock with black ink and colored with Copics. The hard part was fussy cutting the Two Sisters which I did carefully.  I popped them up with foam on the colorful pattern paper and attached the sentiment that I printed on vellum using vellum tape.  I colored a stem of flowers after stamping and die cutting with Hero Arts stamp and die and then attached the flowers to the card.  I imagined that they-the sisters- had stopped and picked some flowers on their walk in the rain. 

This stamp has been on of favorites for years because it always reminds me of times with my younger sister.  I will mail this to her.....she has had a lot of rain this month in Tennessee.  Hope it brings her a smile!

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Showers and Flowers

Retro Rubber: Challenge 133 Anything Goes.  My rubber stamp is over 9 years old. 

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

Allsorts Challenge: Week 568 Flowers and/or Showers

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These Boots are Made for Flowers

Hello!  I have been searching my digital files again and found a great digital paper from Paper Crafter Magazine featuring colorful rain boots.  This inspired me to create a card with Rain Boots and Flowers for the Double D Challenge Showers and Flowers.....the mood board below shows pink boots filled with flowers. I stamped the boots on pink card stock with a Hero Arts Stamp and die cut with a Hero Arts die both from one of their monthly kits. The flowers in the boots were made with stamps and dies from the same kit. I colored the flowers with Copics and assembled with the boots on a layered die cut panel. Attached this to the patterned paper that I printed and used a white card base.  Stamped the sentiment from Penny Black with Blue DOI.  It's fun to find something in my digital files and used in a fun way!
Challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: April Always about using Patterned Paper
Happy Little Stampers: April Anything Goes with Dies
Dies R Us Challenge: #143 Spring Flowers
Double D Challenges: Showers and Flowers.

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 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. 

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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.

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Wish You Luck

Hello! Are you feeling lucky? I have been creating some St. Patrick's Day cards.  This one uses a digital image and sentiment from Power Poppy Wish You Luck.   I printed the image on a background of shamrock digital paper (unknown) from my files.  I then colored the image with Copic Markers ( a favorite technique) and added some metal confetti and 3 pearls. I attached this to a white card base ( at a slight angle) that I edged with Gold Glitter gel. 

Challenges:

Creative Confetti Challenge: Just Color-I did make a card with the image that I colored.

Tuesday Throwdown: #452 Theme is Good Luck.

Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #11 Green, Green, It's Green They Say. 

The Paper Girls Challenge: #195 Glitter.  Used Gold Glitter gel. 

Always Fun Challenges: #152 Shades of Green
Double D Challenges: All About the Green. Used shamrocks and lot of green.
Allsorts Challenge: Week #561 Add 3 Pearls

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Plaid Card with Big Bow

Hello! I made a very quick and simple Christmas card using Power Poppy digital Large Bow with Tag Sentiment image that I combined with a Digital Plaid patterned paper from my stash.  Used Photoshop to create the card coloring the bow and layering it over the plaid.  I printed the card on white card stock and finished coloring the tag with Copics.  How easy was that!

Challenges:
Creative Confetti Challenge: Mad About Plaid-use plaid on your creation. 

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

Merry Christmas! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Christmas Poinsettias

Hello! Baby It's COLD outside! About 9 degrees this morning.  I finished the last of my Calendars that I make for gifts and decided to play with some digital images that I bought from The Artsytamper Shop. I made these Christmas tags using a Poinsettia Image, a sentiment, and a border that I cut from one of the pattern papers all in my purchase.  I printed them on white CS, trimmed the tags,  and added a mat of green card stock.  Finished with red satin ribbon and a touch of gold stickles.

Challenges:

Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: Challenge 6 Wrapping and /or tags. Not these tags would be perfect for this challenge.

Make My Monday Challenge: #111 Anything Christmas

I also created a Christmas card using the Poinsettia image with one of the digital pattern papers in the set.  Started with a Green Card base, added a layer of textured white CS, the a layer of the pattern paper.  I added the colored poinsettia that I printed on white CS and die cut with a circle die.  I added a mat of green CS also die cut with a circle die before attaching to the card ….used a foam circle to give some dimension to the image.  I stamped a Gina K Design sentiment with Versafine Black Ink to finish the card. 

Challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas: Challenge #60 Anything Christmas wit Optional Twist Layer It Up. Have 5 layers.

Cut It Up: Challenge 189 Create any kind of Christmas Project that uses a die cut.

Use Your Stuff: Challenge #388 It's Christmas Time.

Shopping Our Stash Weekly: #410 Happy Holidays

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

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: # 468 Anything Christmas -Optional Theme Use Word Merry

Happy Holidays! I love reading your comments. Theresa

An Old Sewing Machine

Welcome!  The challenge at Double D Looking Back in Time inspired this card using an old sewing machine stamp.  I used an old stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers called "I'm In Stitches".  I printed a digital paper "Old Paper" with dress forms from Graphics Fairy as my background.  I trimmed the paper and attached it to a mat of  Camel CS with Brown CS as the card base. Before placing the background,  I distressed the edges with a distressing tool and sponged with Distress ink, stamped the sentiment on the top  and the  tape measure across the bottom with Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy. Now for the sewing machine.  I stamped it on White CS with Versamark and embossed with Ranger EP. I colored the metal parts with Silver and Gold Jelli-ink pens and  then fancy cut the image...that was the hard part! Glad I have good scissors.  I attached the machine with foam dots to finish the card. 

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Looking Back in Time

Personal note- I love this stamp set because it reminds me of a sewing machine  my Aunt Julia gave me several years ago.  I decided to pull it out of  its case and share a picture below. 

The warranty is dated August 1949.

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Pour a Cup of Coffee

Hello!  Today I am playing with a digi stamp from STAMPlorations called Autumn Pumpkin Mug that I printed on white cardstock and colored with Copics.  I fussy cut the mug and popped  it up on a corresponding color CS  and a panel of Pumpkin patterned paper (printed from a digital file from Kate Cuttables).  The sentiment stamp is an old Mark's Finest Papers stamp. 

I would love to have some real mugs just like the paper one on my card for our morning coffee.

Challenges:
 Modsquad Challenge: Fall Beverage theme.  Thought this mug was perfect for this challenge.

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 552- Food/Drink

Use Your Stuff: #335 Mood Board.  Inspired by the fall colors and the fall drink on the board.  

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Sweet Life of Summer

Today I am serving some watermelon inspired by the inspiration photo at Jugs and using a sketch challenge for the design.  Watermelon stamp is from Repeat Impressions and the sentiment is from Flourishes, both stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Coloring was done with Copics and a Black Glaze pen (seeds).  I used Cuttlebug EF Gingham on the white background and red panel.  Red check was a digital paper that I printed.


Challenges:
Just Us Girls Challenge: # 299  Inspiration Photo.  I was inspired by the Red and White check tablecloth and the watermelon slices in the truck.
Just Add Ink: Challenge is a sketch
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Theme is Red, Hot, Summer.  Hot summers bring thoughts of Cold Watermelon.
Simon Says Stamp: Monday Challenge is Summer

Can you believe July is here? 
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa