Easter Cards Continued

 Welcome!  I have more cards to add to the box to send to my Mother's Life Care Center.  And I have a request-can anyone identify the digital image that I used in the cards above? I failed to identify the source of the image in my file.  But I thought it was perfect for Easter cards. I hope I am not infringing on any copyrights.  I printed the design on watercolor paper, inked the edges with a pastel Copics, and attached to an assortment of pastel card bases.  Used printed messages inside. This is an easy and quick card to mass produce if I need more.

These are 2 cards from my stash that I modified to fit the Easter theme and added inside messages. 

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

Heart Two Heart

Hello! Back to more cold and snow so I am back in my studio!  Playing again with the Twofer Card Challenge #23 Hearts. I am using a Heart Die from Gina K Designs You Have My Heart set.  I die cut a bunch of hearts from cardstock in my stash....used up some scraps.  I created a birthday card using a patterned paper that was perfect for celebrating a birthday.  I picked hearts inspired by the colors in the paper and made a "bunch of balloons" held together with metallic gold string (thread). I floated the balloons a top the background paper popped up with foam.  Double cut the Happy Birthday dies by Cheery Lynn  from Pink and Yellow cardstock and attached to the card. Used a Pink card base to finish. 

I made a Valentine for the second card.  I used a  heart die cut from Red cardstock, popped up on red foam, attached to a die cut stamped heart(red ink on white), attached to a red circle and then a White Doily. I actually embossed the doily with Versamark ink and White EP to give it some shine and body.  I completed the design with a Red card base and a sentiment heat embossed with the White EP. Stamps, dies and EP are from Gina K Designs.

Other challenges:

Use Your Stuff: Anything Goes
Dies R Us Challenge: #137 Birthdays.  Used Cheery Lynn and Gina K Designs dies. 

Just Add Ink: #488 no challenge guidelines this week, only that you create a "new" project with a celebratory theme. Celebrating a birthday. 

Double D Challenges: Fun with Balloons. Took inspiration from the heart shape balloon and bright colors on mood board.

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

Pink Roses in a Circle

 Welcome!  Today, I'm playing with a sketch challenge.  This one gave me the chance to use one of the many doilies in my stash.  I began by attaching part of a paper doily to a panel of Pink CS.  I stamped roses from GKD Rose Bouquet set with Memento Angel Pink ink on white CS and colored  the image with Copics  and Memento Markers and highlighted with a White Pencil.  I trimmed the image with Spellbinders circle die and attached to a Fancy Scallop circle die cut from GKD Fresh Asparagus CS.  Used sentiment from GKD You Make Me Smile set using die cut label.  Assembled the card with green card base with Green Brads and Twine following the Tuesday Morning sketch shown below.

Challenges:
Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies
The Flower Challenge:  #34 Pretty Pastels. Used soft pastel pink.
Tuesday Morning Sketch: #511 Sketch below
Stamping Sensations: July - Earth Laughs in Flowers

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

Bearing Flowers

Hello!  It has been a while since I featured one of my many bear stamps on a card.  This sketch from Tuesday Morning was perfect for this Penny Johnson stamp Bear Flowers. I stamped it on Ivory cardstock with Memento Espresso Truffle and colored with Copics.  I trimmed the image with an oval die and placed on a layer of Shimmery Pink CS cut with a scallop oval die.  Assembled the card with a Lacy Paper Doily from stash, a ShimmeryPink layer embossed with CB Polka Dots EF, and a card base  of Ivory.  Added Wine Satin Ribbon streamers with Die Cut Yellow flowers and a Tag (love).  Used a Metallic Gold Gelly Pen to add some accents but they are hard to see in photo.
Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #417 Sketch
Allsorts Challenge: Week 430 Ribbons,..,,more than a bow
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #256 Anything goes
As You Like It Challenge: Favorite Fur or Feathers-It's fur for me!  I love my furry Teddy Bears (they melt my heart) and using my Bear stamps.
Alphabet Challenge: L is for Lovely Lace

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

Buttons and Bow Birthday

Hello!  I have a lot of ribbon, buttons, and pattern papers in my stash so I decided to use these items to create this square birthday card.  It seems that I use less ribbon and buttons these days....how about you?
I  cut a Pattern Paper from Graphic 45 A Ladies Diary pad (have been hoarding this paper) with a Cheery Lynn English Tea Party Doily.  I placed this on a square Ivory CS that I embossed with Embossalicious Diesire Splendor EF.  I layered this with more of the Ivory CS that I edged with a Copic Marker BG72. To finish I added Happy Birthday cut with Cheery Lynn dies, a handmade bow of Ivory Grosgrain Ribbon, and some buttons that I thought were perfect for the corners.  Buttons were saved from an old dress.

Challenges:
Cheery Lynn Designs: Challenge #236 Theme is Doilies. Used English Tea Party and Happy Birthday dies.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says It's Hip to be Square.
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Challenge 147 is Buttons and Bows.
Craft-Dee Bow Z Challenge: Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
City Crafter Challenge:  Week 327 Birthday Wishes
Allsorts Challenge: Week 378 Use at least 2 dies

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

How to Measure Life?

 

Inside

 Hello!  My card was made with a Repeat Impressions verse stamp that I used a portion on the front and stamped the balance of the words for the inside using Memento Toffee Crunch ink. For the layout I used Tuesday Morning sketch challenge with a yellow Card Base and a Layer of Patterned Paper from Crate Paper DIY collection.  The "Doily" was a pre cut design from the same collection and I used a circle die to cut some of the same pattern for the inside.  The sentiment was die cut with rectangle die for the front and a circle die for the inside.   I finished the card with Yellow Satin Ribbon and a button from stash.   The button  was already threaded in the perfect color.....must have been recycled from a garment.

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: # 358 shown below.
The House That Stamps Built: WIW June Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Week 235&237 Anything Goes
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Anything Goes
Craft-Dee  Bow Z: Challenge is anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything Goes with Patterned Paper






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

Lavender and Lace

Second Post Today

Hello! I had 2 challenges in mind in making this card--the challenge at Stamp TV to Count Your Layers and the Mod Squad Challenge Lavender and Lace.  From my stash, I pulled out some solid and pattern lavender papers and ribbon and lace to begin.  I stamped the lacy doily from GKD Nana's Needlework on white CS with Memento Lilac Plum and cut with a circle die.  I layered this on a lavender pattern paper embossed with EF Gingham and added Satin Ribbon layered with White Lace.  This was attached to a White layer and then a textured Bazzill Lavender card base.  I added the fussy cut sentiment from GKD Nana's Needlework Sentiment that I heat embossed on Lavender Vellum with White EP. Added some Rhinestones and touches of lavender Gelly Pen for sparkle.
I count 5 layers of papers plus the ribbon and lace layers.  The vellum and the ribbon are more the same color than they appear in the photo.

Challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge: Judy's challenge is Lavender and Lace.
Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday STV15Mon33-Count your Layers.
Tuesday Throwdown: Challenge is Texture
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: #146 is Birthdays

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

Is The Doily Stamped or Hand Knit?

I hope you are having a great weekend. This is my second post today.   I  wanted to get this card posted for a couple of challenges that are closing soon.  I used a Doily stamp from Gina K Designs that I love from Nana's Needlwork set by Nina.... it stamps so beautifully, especially when using heat embossing,  and even the doily looks like  it's hand knitted on the card and in the photo.   I knew that I wanted to use this stamp when I first read the Mod Squad challenge for us to use a doily last Wednesday and it also fits into a challenge at Stamp TV.

I decided to really focus on this lovely Doily image and to highlight with Little Blue Boy Blue CS from GKD.   I stamped using Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger Seafoam White EP.  I hope you can see the beautiful details of the doily design and wish you could feel the wonderful texture.  You will just have to really trust me on how great it is in real life! I spent time trying to get my design just right....even called in my DH as a consultant for his opinions.  I tried ribbon under the sentiment but the embossed pattern  paper from GKD won out.  It matched the color perfectly and seemed to go well underneath the embossed sentiment from GKD Inside and Out Set.  I thought this card screamed out for pearls and I decided to use a ZVA Creations Pearl Flourish that I have hoarded for a very long time.  I place it along the upper edge of the card that I punched with Martha Stewart Double Loop Corner Punch.  I finished the center in the doily with a single Pearl.....which is my most fave gem.
By the way, the card base is White Glossy CS which I think even adds more to an elegant feel.


Challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge Blog:  Grandma's Attic...use a doily in some way on your card. I chose to make the Doily the center of attention.
Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday Challenge-Karen's Challenge is to use a set from the past.  I used 2010 Nana's Needlework and 2010 Inside and Out.



 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Black and Orange

Welcome!  I had in mind to make a Halloween card using orange and black but I got sidelined making a Black and Orange Butterfly so I ended up with a Thank you Card since I came across an already cut die word.  This was a card that just evolved on its own.....not what I had planned.

Challenges:
Cheery Lynn Designs Blog: Challenge is black and orange
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Super Fly---anything with wings
Crafty Catz Challenge: Black plus one other color
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: #25 Orange and Black

Supplies:
Dies: Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly Small #2, Small #2 Angel Wings, Fanciful Flourish, Kiwi Doily
Papers; Black and Orange CS, Pattern from Echo Park The Apothecary Emporium Pad
Distress Tool

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Jug of Flowers for You

This card was made with a colored digital image Floral Jug from Doodle Pantry.  I changed the colors a bit using Copic Markers.  I changed the color of the jug to orchid and added shading and depth to the flowers.   I trimmed the image using a Nesties oval die  and layered it on a paper doily  found at a Dollar Store for 10cents a pack.  The doily was round but I cut it in half and made it oval shape.  This was placed on an orchid mat embossed with a Darice EF.  I used a MME's Pattern Paper check design from Quilting Bee pad as the layer between the white card base and the top layers.  I  just liked the look of these layers together and so did my DH whom I consulted in the making of this card.  The sentiment from Flourishes Taglines was stamped in Memento Gray Flannel ink.  Doodle Pantry Images makes making cards so fun and easy.  I was inspired by the color Orchid to make this design.
Challenges:
Doodle Pantry Blog Challenge: #43...use any digital image.
Whoopsie Daisy: Use 2 or more die cuts....used oval die and a die for sentiment.  Also used a die to curve my corners since I did not have a corner punch.




I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Life Is A Fairy Tale

This week's challenge at Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #243 is to do some fussy cutting on an element on a card. Since I do not own a Silhouette Cameo. I do a lot of fussy cutting with my trusty scissors. I selected to stamp a Fairy from Flourishes Garden Fairies set and cut it out after coloring with Copics. I also sponged the background in blue. I popped the image up on a Lacey Doily that I also sponged in blue. The card base is pink CS embossed with Cuttlebug EF. I added a blue satin and organza ribbon with silver threads...does not show up very well in the photo. I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set with SU Regal Rose ink on a die cut in blue CS. This card will also be entered at SCS Hope You Can Cling To Challenge Impossible Things Happen to make a card inspired by a fairy tale.

Other Challenge:

Craft Your Passion: Think Pink 

Supplies:
Stamps: Flourishes Garden Fairies

Ink: Memento Summer Sky, SU Regal Rose

Copics and Sakura Clear Star Pen

Die: SB Fancy Tag

EF: Cuttlebug Kassie's Brocade

Doily, Ribbon and Rhinestones from Stash

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Lacy Dress for a Good Time

I have been trying to think what to make for Joan's Garden Challenge which is: make a Girly card  

 using pastel colors, lace, one bow, flowers, and at least one product from Joan's Gardens. I finally created this card today making a girly dress from a doily.  I learned how to make the dress at my stamping club when Brenda shared it with us. Instead of making it with a purchased doily I cut my own doily with Cheery Lynn Die called French Pastry...it cuts a 4" design which is perfect for this. (Cheery Lynn dies can be purchased at Joan's).  The skirt was made with Pink CS and the bodice was part of another pink doily lined with white CS and colored with Sukura Clear Star pen for some glitter.  I added a band of ribbon at the waist and added a bow.  To assemble the card, I used a card base of Pink CS layered with a mat of Yellow CS and then added a layer of Floral Pattern Paper from MME pad, then a strip of Dot Paper from same pad. Added a lace from stash that I colored with Pink Copic.  A strip of embossed silver Metallic (CB EF Victoria) and a Scallop Oval in the same Metallic were attached to the card.  I centered the doily dress on the oval and finished with a Prima Rose and sentiment embellishment from stash.  All solid cardstock was purchased at Joan's Garden.  I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Challenge for my layout.  This was the second card that I made with this sketch which I really liked.

 

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Put Your Heart On It

 

At Timeless Tuesday, Maki is  challenging us to use heart elements in our card/project.  I decided to focus on a heart sentiment on my card using one from Flourishes' Cherry Blossoms set. I paired this with a pink felt heart from my stash. The sentiment was stamped with Memento Rose bud ink on white cardstock and cut with a Spellbinders die which I attached to a doily. The doily was trimmed in the center to shape as an oval. I love how the shape came out. I attached this to a mat of MME pattern paper that I embossed (Cuttlebug EF Victoria)  and edged with a pink marker (Memento Rose Bud).

I finished with the pink felt heart and plastic flower that was in my stash from some  blog candy. I hope to win some of Flourishes New releases...wish me luck! And I found other challenges to enter my card.

 

Challenges:

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge: Put your heart on a card.

Stamptacular Sunday: From the heart-For this weeks challenge create a card that has a sentiment as the main focus of your card.

City Crafter Challenge: Use felt on your project.

Craft and Me Challenges: Use a doily

 

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Love Birds

 Today is a cloudy day on the island in Florida so I am making some cards for the challenges on my list to do.
 This card is for a sketch at Sweet Sunday and the Feathers and Fur Challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow to do a vintage or shabby chic card to feature birds or furry animals. I chose to use this vintage bird graphic from Create with TLC . I simply printed the image and tore the edge and distressed with ink. I used a GKD Leather card stock for the base to which I layered a mat of MME Script Pattern Paper embossing the lower part with Cuttlebug EF Forest Branches. I added some strips of GKD Stripe Paper and attached  cut out pieces of a doily. The sentiment is from Flourishes stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle.
Challenges:
Sweet Sunday: Sketch shown on left
Sugar Creek Hollow: Made vintage card with birds
Anything Goes Challenge: Vintage/Shabby Chic
Shopping Our Stash: Create a Birthday Theme
Alphabet Challenge: A for anything with wings.

Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine Day. Guess I am still thinking about love birds.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Romantic Love from Another Era

Romantic love makes a come back.  In years of  yore, a guy knew just how to make romance.  That is what is dipicted from this graphic that I found at Moonlight Madness Studio Free Images.   I used this to make a card for Sugar Creek Hollow challenge to make Vintage or Shabby Chic cards that depict ROMANTIC LOVE.  I started with card base of turquoise that I distressed with ink and added a leftover mat of paper that I had stamped with music (unknown source). To this I layered  a small doily from stash and the image cut with an oval die. I arranged the image at an angle to give some interest and motion. Finished with pearls, ribbons, and some love...a sentiment from Flourishes.
I think I hear a George Gerswhin tune.
Challenges:
Sugar Creek Hollow: Romantic Love in Vintage or Shabby Chic
Stamptacular Sunday: Gents and Gems.  Used pearls as gems.  Stamping is the music on background and word love.
The Ribbon Girl Blog: Love You or Valentine
Party Time Tuesday: Love and Romance


I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Wishes from the Heart

I seem to be into Valentine cards now. I made this card for some challenges including The Craft's Meow Monthly sketch challenge and Stamptacular challenge to use doilies. I began with a base card  of white, a layer of red that I embossed and then toppped that with a doily. I cut a lacey circle and stamped with Versamark and embossed with white ep and then wove a ribbon through the loops and tied off with a bow. To this I added a filigree heart charm and attached all to the center of the doily. I finished with a banner stamped with "Sweetheart".

Challenges:

The Craft's Meow Sketch Challenge: Sketch shown below.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Doilies Galore

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp: Use something new. Used new GKD red paper from Christmas order.

Charisma Cardz: Monochrome

Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C167 Ribbons and bows

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Flourishes: From the Heart and Heart Lines       

Ink: Versamark and Memento Love Letter

EP: White

Papers: GKD White and Red Hot CS (Red is new)

Nesties Lacey Circle Die

EF: Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy

White Satin Ribbon and Charm from stash

Doily from Wilton
 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Cheery Wishes for Cheery Lynn

  This is a fun card that I made for Cheery Lynn challenge to use Doilies.  She has the most beautiful Doily Dies and they are so easy to use.  I took a bit of artistic license in utilizing one of her Snowflakes to decorate the Balloon and a Tropical Leaf die to create a spot for the sentiment.

Supplies:
Dies: Cheery Lynn French Pastry, Snowflake 3 and Tropical Leaves
Stamp: LOTV Bear and Balloon, Flourishes Sentiment
Papers: Bazzill Blue and Yellow CS
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Assorted Markers
Copics: Assorted colors of Blues and Browns

Challenge:
Cheery Lynn Design Challenge: Use Doilies
Lili's Little Fairies: Use spots or stripes with LOTV Stamp...both on balloon.
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Include a sentiment.
Craft Your Days Away: Anything Goes

Thanks for all your comments. I love reading everyone. Theresa

Doily for My Thank You Card

When I saw a challenge to use a doily but you could not use a paper one, a die cut one or a crochet one, I remembered this love doily stamp from GKD "Nana's Needlework" that I  have not used lately since I starting use die cut ones. I stamped the round doily on Glossy White CS with Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger White EP. I then added Tim Holtz Distress Inks Broken China and Tumbled Glass to bring out the Doily. Added the sentiment from GKD "Needlework Sentiments", made the corner trims in the same manner as the doily, and added real lace across the bottom to finish. This card has great texture.

Challenges:

City Crafter Challenge: Hello Doily- Use doily patterned paper, doily embossing or  doily stamps.

Saturday Challenge: Secret Crafters-Use Pastel Colors

Craft Your Days Away: Doillies and Lace

I was not going to post again today but one of these challenges ends today.  

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

You've Got Mail with a Touch of Vintage

 

Closeup of Sentiment


I made this card 5.5' x5.5" which is a larger size than I usually do but I wanted to better use the pattern paper design from K&Company.  I printed this image "You've Got Mail" from Digi Doodle Shop and colored with Copics. Love the old fashion Morning Glory vine and flowers by the mailbox which has a vintage used  look.  After cutting the design with Spellbinders Label 4,  I sponged it with Antique Linen and Tea Dye distress inks to give an aged look.  I placed on a small doily that I sponged the same. Placed this on a circle of gold CS to better show the design. Now back to this lovely pattern paper...think it has a great vintage look...I embossed it with Cuttlebug's Kassie's Brocade EF and the Border Dot  from With Love EF on the outer stripes in the paper. After placing the pattern on a card base of ivory (edged with the Antique Linen ink) I popped up the image with dimensionals and added a gold seam binding bow accented with a jeweled brad and small crochet flower.  The sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers "Happy Pansies" was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa on a strip of the PP and attached. Thought this font had a vintage flavor.
Challenges:
Sugar Creek Hollow:  Do vintage, shabby chic, or primitive card with embossing. Someday, I am going to figure out how to do a primitive one. This week Digi Doodle is a sponsor.
Party Time Tuesday: Use a feathered friend on your card. Digi Doodle is also one of the sponsors.
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge: Use embossing.  Is this what is meant by killing two birds with one stone?

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa