Garden of Roses

Hello!  My favorite cards are made with flower designs.  I used Gina K Designs stamps from Rose Bouquet and Wildflowers (Sentiment) for this card.  The design was inspired by a recent video by Gina K. using ink blending with pencils.  I stamped the Roses with Versamark on white CS and heat embossed with GKD White EP.  I blended DOI Worn Lipstick over the image and then added highlights with Green and Red pencils.  Stamped the sentiment with the same ink. First time to use this lovely sentiment. Used White CS base and GKD Fresh Asparagus card stock for mat.  Love how this turned out. 

Challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Stamp It

Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #357 Make your Mark.  Used pencils. 

Allsorts Challenge: Week 534/535  Feminine
The Flower Challenge: Challenge #36 Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations: September Challenge Anything Goes with Flowers

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

Emerging Snowflakes

Hello!  Switching seasons today...thinking ahead to winter holidays making this Christmas card using Gina K Snowflake Stamps from Seasonal Sentiments set and the GKD Sentiment from Holiday Wreath Builder.  I was inspired to make this design after watching Gina K's September Release Video and her challenge  Emerging Images-use the Emboss Resist technique with your favorite stamps to make your images emerge from cardstock.  I stamped the Snowflakes with Versamark ink and heat embossed with White EP.  I then used Memento Summer Sky to bring out the images.  I stamped the words with Memento Blue Danube and added some rhinestones .  Inked the edges with Pilot Silver Metallic Pen and attached to GKD Powder Blue CS. 

Other Challenges:
 Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: 405 Anything Christmas with optional theme use something beginning with the letter S. I used Snowflakes.

Simon Monday Challenge: Simon says Monochrome

Winter Wonderland: Anything Christmas Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge: S is for Snow

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

Falling Leaves

Hello!  Today I have a fall/autumn card made using emboss resist technique with Gina K Design stamps and Distress Oxide inks. The leaves were stamped with Versamark and embossed with Pearl Gold EP and colored with Memento Markers.  Sponged over the leaves with Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, and Spiced Marmalade oxide inks. Card Base is shimmering Yellow Pearl CS.  The leaves almost have a look of stained glass.

Challenges:

Mod Squad Challenge: Leaves

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes

AAA Cards: CAS Game #99 Autumn

Creative With Stamps: Challenge #18 Leaves

The Paper Girls: Challenge #136 Harvest
Added:
Calling All Sisters:  CAS05 Encouragement Challenge. See Photo Inspiration below. Thanks Gwendolyn for asking me to share my card.

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

Christmas Tag and Card

Hello!   This tag was inspired by challenge #73 at Tag You're It! shown on left.  I used Distress Oxide inks and Emboss Resist similar to the way that featured artist Tracey did but I made my theme Christmas using stamps from a freebie set from Quick Cards and Die cuts from Cheery Lynn. Used Worn Lipstick and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks.  Other supplies were Versamark Ink, White EP, White Cardstock, and White Satin Ribbon.

I also created a card with a tag by using a White Card Base and a layer of White CS embossed with Darice Snowflakes EF and inked the raised areas with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.  I added some shine to this tag with a Metallic Gold Jelly Pen and Sakura Clearstar Pen.  

Challenges:

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #257 Add a Tag 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #352 Anything Goes as long as it is Christmas.

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: September Anything Goes as long as it is Christmas.

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

Birthday Wishes

Hello! My card today is made with the Emboss Resist technique.  I stamped a flower image from GKD A Year of Flowers 2 three times with Versamark and embossed with Clear EP.  I sponged the images with DI Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold, Fossilized Amber, and  Squeezed Lemonade. I trimmed the panel and layered this with white CS and place on a Shimmering Pink CS and heat embossed a GKD Sentiment from Wild Flowers with Wow Yellow EP. 

Challenges:
Stamp TV: Release Challenge make a floral card using the Emboss Resist Technique.

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge 145 Use stamped image and stamped sentiment

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Happy Birthday

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

Love From the Heart

Welcome!  I was inspired to make this card after watching a Jennifer McGuire video about Distress Ink resist embossing.  I made this card with some old Flourishes stamps From the Heart and Cherry Blossoms (Marcella Hawley).  I stamped the Cherry Blossoms with Versamark and embossed with clear EP on white CS (not the usual Glossy) and sponged with several Distress Inks. I Case'd her "lopsided" (her words) design using white CS cut at an angle and stamped the sentiments with Distress Inks. I even added some Nuvo drops like she did. My addition was die cutting a heart in this layer and adding a smaller die cut heart. I used a Pink Card base to finish.

Challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge: Show Your Love. 

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes.

Crafty Sentiments Challenge: Dies, Dies and More Dies

Addicted to Stamps and More: #226 Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #400 Love/Valentines/Anniversary

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

Forest Of Trees

Hello! Welcome to my blog!  I was inspired by Cheri's project of the week posted on The House That Stamps Built using soft shadow resist technique in the making of this card.   I stamped Repeat Impressions Large Pine Forest on white CS with Versamark and heat embossed with White EP.  I then added Memento Bamboo Leaves ink and SU Bordering Blue ink with a stencil brush and wiped off the ink on the embossed area. I also added Liquid Pearl snow.  I die cut the image and layered on a square of Green CS assembling my card following the Challenge Sketch below.  My Glossy White card base,embossed with Darice EF Snowflakes, was inked with Green Copic- not the neatest way to this. Next time I would use a layer of Green CS instead.  Finished with some Snowflakes, Blue Grosgrain ribbon strips and Blue Rhinestones.  Snowflakes were die cut with a Cheery Lynn die from Build a Flower Dies. Also used Nesties square die.

Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: What If? Wednesday Sketch #02616.  I always try to use Repeat Impressions stamps for my entry.
Shopping Our Stash Weekly: Challenge SOS275 is Three Trees-use at least 3 trees.
Die Cut Diva: October is the time to emboss.  Used both dry and heat embossing with dies for "snowflakes" and squares.
Alphabet Challenge Blog: R is for Recipe Challenge-use at least 3 of the recipe ingredients. Used Stamps, Dies, Embossing, and Ribbon.


After posting the photograph, I realized that my image was not centered on the Green Panel. OOPS! I will correct the position before using the card but will not take the time to redo the photo.
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Colors of the Forest

 

Hello!  I have another Christmas card that I made for the GKD release challenge at Stamp TV.  Gina asked that we use a wood grained background for a Christmas card.  I used White CS with Toffee Crunch and Rich Cocoa inks to create the wood grained panel.  I stamped the Tree and Sentiment from Gina K Designs Joyful Holiday with Versamark and embossed with Gold EP and then sponged the tree with SU Always Artichoke ink.   I assembled all on a Sage Green Card Base and added a snippet of GKD Organdy with gold ribbon.   I was thinking of the greens and browns of the forest when I created this card.
Challenges:
Stamp TV Release Challenge RELEASE 1016
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: October Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create: Challenge #190 Anything Goes with an Optional Twist - Use Green and Gold
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Totally Resistible
Happy Little Stampers: October Christmas Challenge-Embossing

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

Embossed Doily

Morning!  Stamp TV is going to have a prize for one person at the end of this year that has participated in all MIUM challenges and the prize package is a $100 GC for Gina K Designs but you must play in all the Mix It Up Monday Challenges.  This week's challenge STV16MON7 is to use the technique Emboss Resist which is usually to use clear embossing powder.  Unfortunately in my remote Florida studio I do not have any clear embossing powder or heat gun,  so I am improvising for my emboss resist entry.   I do have with me a previously done embossed doily using GKD Nana's Needlework stamp  but embossed with White EP on Blue CS.  I used Memento Rose Bud ink to sponge the design which look more lavender on the CS.   I finished with a sentiment from Stippled Nature set in the same ink.  I hope my modified form of the techniques fits the challenge.

Addicted to Stamps: #181 Anything Goes

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

Autumn Is A Second Spring

 

Hello!  It is certainly feeling and looking like Fall.  Today I am sharing a fall card using an old PSX leaf stamp from 2000 that was one of the first leaf stamps that I bought. I created the background layer using the emboss resist technique with Memento inks, Versamark, clear embossing powder and the leaf stamp.  Starting with a card base of orangey red, I layered a mat of Copper Metallic CS, and then the layer of leaves.  I finished with a Verse from GKD "A Year of Leaves" stamped with Versamark and embossed with Copper EP.   I matted this with a die cut of the Copper Metallic CS. Spellbinders Dies used for the verse and mat.

Challenges:
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says make your own background.
613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Colors of Autumn
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Autumn Color Challenge
Oldie But a Goodie Challenge: Used old PSX stamp and old GKD stamp

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Charmed by Love

 Another post playing with Distress Inks and Winnie & Walter.  Winnie & Walter's Share the Love Week is featuring Tim Holtz Distress Inks  all week and are having some challenges for us to join in the fun.  Day 3 they are doing   the technique Resist! For the challenge use some embossing powder or paint with your Distress Inks. 

My card began with stamping love from Winnie & Walter's set The Big, The Bold and The Happy, and also  a charm stamp with versamark and embossed with Ranger White EP on a piece of watercolor paper.   I then put some Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry, and Barn Red distress Inks on a craft sheet and  sprayed water over the ink and then put the paper down on the watery ink  and played with this until I had an effect that I liked. I dried the paper, trimmed to the correct size and attached to a Yellow Card base.  To finish, I stamped one more heart charm on a leftover scrap with Versamark and heat embossed with White EP. But on this charm I also stamped and embossed  a small LOVE from the same Stamp Set mentioned above.  I inked this with Wild Honey DI and trimmed out the charm and attached with glue dots. Added some Glossy Accents to the charms.
 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Say it in Shades of Pink and White

This is one of those cards that look better in real life than in my photo.  I love the background....it is a scrap that I found in my stash with a satin ribbon design...feels the weight of wallpaper.  I'm not sure where it came from but believe it was in a package of paper samples that I won. I thought it would be great to use in this card that I made for Annabelle challenge to Say it in
Shades of Pink and White. I used "Squared Poises" stamp set from Annabelle. Stamped the image and sentiment in Versamark and embossed with a White Pearls EP and colored with Pink Distress Ink. Simply cut out the square image to which I added some 3D effects by layering some petals and bud and attached to the background. Sentiment hardly shows but it reads "Sending Hugs your way." Attached this all to a card base of a Lustrous CS.  This card really shines like satin!

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Giraffes Crossing the African Plains

I had so much fun  doing Emboss Resist Technique earlier this week that I played with another one for Speedy the Cat's challenge and used stamps from Mark's Finest Papers.  This technique shows best on this card in the tree.
Love how the Copper EP looks.

Challenges:
Speedy the Cat's Friends: Use Emboss Resist  Technique
PaperPlay Challenges: Critters Galore-Use animal stamps.
A Spoon Full Of Sugar: All creatures great or small.
Featuring giraffes on my card.
Wee Memories: Use Twine

Supplies:
Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers "African Veldt"
Ink: Versamark
       Memento Summer Sky, Desert Sand, Cantaloupe, Bamboo Leaves
Embossing Powder: Ranger Copper
Papers: GKD White and Soft Sand (base) CS, Copper Metallic (mat) CS from Stash, MFP Pattern Paper from "On Safari" Pack
Twine: SU

I have always wanted to go on Safari.....guess I can through my cards.
Thanks for stopping by! Theresa

Fluttering By With Wishes

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge this week is to use the Emboss Resist Technique. This is not a hard technique but I had to experiment a lot before I found the right mix of stamps and inks that I liked for the card.  I found inspiration from the DT's projects.
Challenge Links:
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #50
The Play Date Cafe: PDCC 76

Supplies:

Stamps: Layers of Colors "Nature" & "Flutterescent",

             MFP's Sentiment from "Happy Pansies"

Inks: Versamark; Memento Bamboo Leaves, Summer Sky; SU Brocade Blue

Clear Embossing Powder

Papers: GKD White and Grass Green for base

Cuttlebug EF Branch with Leaves ( hardly shows)

Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Die

Ribbon from Dollar Store

Thanks for stopping by! Theresa