Making a Flower

Hello!  It has been a while since I built a flower with one of Susan's Garden dies.  I was inspired by the Photo Challenge at Just Us Girls to create a flower using Yellow CS for the Petals of a Dahlia and Green Scraps for the Leaves.  I used DI Spiced Marmalade to ink the petals before assembling. For the background of my card, I stamped Gina K Petite Flourish stamp with DI Frayed Burlap on Ivory CS and inked the edges using the ink pad. Stamped the sentiment from Power Poppy with the same ink and die cut with a label die. Assembled the card on Ivory card base. 

Challenges:
Just Us Girls: #451 Photo Week-Inspired by the flowers and colors.

Die Cuttin' Divas: Challenge #380 Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes

Crafty Catz: Challenge #42 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Use Something Yellow

613 Avenue Create: Challenge 211 Anything Goes Optional Twist Create Your Own Designer Paper

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

Spring Flowers

Welcome!  I was inspired to use flowers for this card that I made with Cheery Lynn Build a Flower dies by the beautiful spring flowers that we are enjoying. I used a negative from Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die that I had as a leftover and layered it with some background paper that I made with a wax paper embossing technique.  I used a double layer of the word Thanks also cut with Cheery Lynn die.
Supplies: Cheery Lynn dies, Green and Yellow CS, Green Brads, Darice EF, Background made with White CS, Wax Paper and Green inks.

Challenges:
Cheery Lynn Designs Blog: Challenge#227 Handmade Flowers Design
Mod Squad Challenge: Make a Negative a Positive.  I made the flourish negative a positive.
Tuesday Throwdown: #289 Use your Die Cuts

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

Purple and Green for Joan

 

Hello. Thanks for dropping in for a visit. Today my card is a bit out of my comfort zone but I was trying to follow Joan's lead in a card that she created this week for her challenge.....the layers are only glued down in the middle so the edges are not flat and the edges are loose. This week, Joan's Gardens Challenge was to make a card using purple and green, torn edges, layers, and a product sold at Joan's Gardens.  Leaving the edges of some layers not glued was my idea of copying the style of her card.  I began this project by gathering Purple Vellum Paper, light green Cardstock, a mottled pattern paper from Paper Pizazz, and a handmade paper with fibers that I have hoarded for a long time and have no idea from were that  came. I did not have a plan but just started playing with these papers to see what evolved. I made Vellum Flowers using Heartfelt Creations  Grandiflora Rose stamp set that I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with White Pearl Translucent EP. I shaded the back of the flowers and the rose bud with Copics V17, BV08, and G05.  I fussy cut the flowers and shaped with my flower tools from Joan's Gardens.  I assembled the card with a card base of the pastel green cs, then a layer of the pattern that I tore all the edges using an artist brush to wet the area to tear.  The pattern paper ended up lost in the photo but shows IRL under the almost translucent handmade paper.  I tore several layers of the homemade paper in varying sizes and shapes. I attached all these layers to the center area of the base and added a flourish cut with Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die, then the flower that I built and the rose bud.  I stamped the sentiment from Flourishes Anemones stamp set with Memento Grape Jelly ink. The smaller photo shows the card at a side angle.

Other Challenges:
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday: Signs of Distress

Products that I used from Joan's Gardens:
Adhesive E6000
Grafix Vellum Paper pad
Pastel Cardstock
Cheery Lynn Die
Heartfely Creations Stamps

Check out the challenge and products at

www.atjoansgardens.com

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Christmas In July

Hello! I am back to making Christmas cards ....this one is for Joan's Gardens Challenge.. We are to make a Christmas card, use the traditional red and green colors , have something from nature (used Flower) and use a product sold at Joan's Gardens.  I made a poinsettia using the flower making tools and Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 Dies that I bought at Joan's.  I started with a Red Card Base and used a beautiful border of Green Cardstock that I cut with Cheery Lynn Cathedral Lace Frame Die.  I trimmed out the center of the frame to create the border for the card. I placed a white rectangle inside the border and attached the poinsettia and branches cut with Cheery Lynn Olive Branches Die.  I stamped a Christmas sentiment from Gina K Designs with Memento Love Letters ink. 

Other Challenges:

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge: #89 Beautiful Borders

Anything Goes Challenge: Anything Goes

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Card Close to My Heart

 

 

This card is composed of die cut ovals, a handmade flower, a lovely bow, stitching, a lovely sentiment, lovely lavender and a touch of green. I am entering into 4 challenges:

No Matter Which Way Challenge has their final challenge which is Anything Goes and using a sentiment as your stamp is permitted.

The Ribbon Girl Blog's  Challenge is to simply Add a Bow.

My card follows all the guidelines for Joan's Gardens challenge  to use a plain background, a double oval, a sentiment, any color combination of at least 2, and must use a product sold at Joan's.  It was hard to keep the background plain....wanted to emboss or something. 
www.atjoansgardens.com

The challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs Blog is to follow the theme of IN STITCHES and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die. I did a faux stitching around the edge of the card with a green Gelly Roll pen. (hope faux is acceptable). I like my corner embellishments.

For this card I used Cheery Lynn Swedish Spring Oval Frame Nesties classic oval dies. I also used Cheery Lynn Ambergris small doily die which I cut into 4 parts to use as my corner embellishments. My flower was made using Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 and #2.  I used a flower making kit from Joan's. The Flower was made from scraps. The Cheery Lynn products can all be purchased at Joan's also. 
The  card base is a White cardstock from stash and the Swedish Frame is cut from a shimmery iridescent white card stock which I hope shows in the photo. The lavender paper is from Joan's. I stamped a sentiment from Flourishes Heart Lines in Memento Sweet Plum ink on the lavender oval and finished with a Lavender Bow of sheer organza ribbon.


I hope you like this card. I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Red, White, and Blue Color Challenge

This card was made for Cheery Lynn's color challenge of Red, White, and Blue I have used Cheery Lynn's Cathedral Lace Frame die in blue card stock on a white glossy card base. I added a rose in red using Heartfelt Creations Grandiflora stamps and die stamped in Memento Rhubarb Ink cut with their Blossom Dies. I added a butterfly cut with Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly die Small #2 and Angel Wing Small #2.  The papers are SU Brilliant Blue CS, Glossy White CS from stash and  SU pattern papers. The sentiment stamped with Versamark and embossed with White EP is from Mark's Finest Papers.

Challenge Link:
Cheery Lynn Designs : Red, White and Blue Challenge .

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Love the Color Combo for Joan's

Welcome!  I decided to create another card for the Challenge at  Joan's Gardens...we are allowed 2 cards this week.  I used more flowers on this one to make sure I met all the requirements.
Again the challenge is to:

Use a leaf design for the background (die cut, embossed or stamped) --- I used an embossing folder this time and added green ink to the raised area with a pod.

Add purple flowers ...these flowers are cut with Daisy Patch Dies from Heartfelt Creations from Joan's Gardens.  I used paper for the petals that I purchased from Joan's.

Use White, Green and Purple Colors

Use A Sentiment...Mine is from Flourishes Zinnias Stamp Set.

You must use a product sold at Joan's Gardens...Used Heartfelt Creation Daisy Patch dies, Light Purple Paper, and Cheery Lynn Butterfly die. Check out: www.atjoansgardens.com

Other Supplies: Bazzill Textured CS for card base, Memento Inks Bamboo Leaves and Sweet Plum, Brads and Ribbon from Stash, Cuttlebug EF Leafy Branch, Corner Punch.

Other Challenges to enter:
 Shopping Our Stash: SOS104 No Patterned Paper
 Tuesday Throwdown: Challenge 150 Embossing
 Flutter By Wednesday: Open challenge...anything with a butterfly or fairy.
 ABC Challenge: O is for Open.   Thanks for this easy challenge.
 CRAFTS AND ME:  Challenge is Something OLD.  I thought of posting a picture of me!  But decided to use old items from stash....Used Cuttlebug EF ( one of the first EF's I bought) , everything that I used is over 6 months old or older.

Have a great day.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Pansy and Leaves

Happy Sunday to all!  I have not been blogging much this week as I have been working on a special project.   Today I am posting a card for Joan's Garden Challenge which is to

Use a leaf design for the background (die cut, embossed or stamped) --- I used die cut leaves

Add purple flowers ...Made a Pansy but only one-hope that counts..oops!

Use White, Green and Purple Colors

Use A Sentiment

You must use a product sold at Joan's Gardens...I used Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1, Cheery Lynn Olive Branch Die and light purple CS from Joan's.

Check at http://www.atjoansgardens.com/

Other Supplies:
Ink: Memento Grape Jelly
Stamp: Annabelle Sentiment Stamp
Purple Copics
Papers: Purple, White, and Green CS from stash
Ribbon from Stash
EK Success Corner Punch and Spellbinder Dies

Other Challenges:
The Ribbon Girl Blog: June Challenge-Simply add a die cut.  The leaves and flower were made with die cuts.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Enjoy Your Day

Welcome to my studio. I have been very busy gardening and working outside.  Maybe I will share some pictures later.  Today I am posting a card for Joan's Gardens weekly challenge.  We are to use Yellow and White as the color theme, use at least 2 butterflies, use some Polka Dots, include some type of swirl(s),  and use a product sold at Joan's Gardens.   I began by cutting a flourish from White CS with a Cheery Lynn Die, embossed this with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, and layered this on a Yellow CS card base. I added 3 flowers made with Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch die (smallest die) and polka dots fabric brads.  I found these cute  brads in my stash when looking for something else and they were just the right thing for my card. The 2 butterflies were made with Cheery Lynn's dies using the angel wing die for the larger one.The larger butterfly was folded and attached with foam tape. The sentiment from Creative Vision was stamped with Memento Peanut Brittle ink. I think I have covered all the requirements. Flower making tools, Cheery Lynn and Heartfelt Creations products are available at Joan's Gardens http://www.atjoansgardens.com/.

Other Challenges to enter:
Simon Says: Flower Power
Crafty Catz: 3-2-1 Challenge. I used 3 flowers, 2 butterflies, and 1 sentiment.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Fun Making Vellum Flower

Welcome to all who stop by. Today I am sharing  a card that I made for Joan's Garden Challenge. We are to make a flower using vellum, the colors Red, Black and White,a  die cut border,  a sentiment and also a product sold at Joan's Gardens.  The part that I like best on my card is the flower of vellum that I made with Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch Diecuts and Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 that both came from Joan's Gardens.  I used the border in a non-traditional way on the diagonal (not on the edge) and actually used 2 borders. 

I used a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches to create this card.

Supplies:
Stamp: Creative Visions Hip Hip Hooray
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug
Papers: Black and White CS from Stash. Red Vellum found in my stash...forgot I had.
Spellbinders Label 4 Dies
Martha Stewart Borders-Double Loop and Scallop Dot
Red Brad from stash
Embossing Folder: Darice Floral Frenzy...inked raised areas to highlight

Challenges:
Joan's Garden Challenge: Details mentioned above. See www.atjoansgardens.com
Tuesday Morning Sketch: #198 see below
Craft Challenge: Birthday
Charisma Cardz: Black and White and One Color

I am hoping the warmer weather is back to stay.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Thinking of Spring

Spring may not actually have sprung but we sure are wishing it would.  At Joan's Garden her challenge this week has us thinking about Spring. Her requirements are: Use Yellow, Black and White, use a frame, use something to do with Spring, and use something sold at Joan's Gardens. I think of birds and flowers in the garden as spring approaches so I created this scene using die cut bird house, bird, fence and flowers. I die cut the frame in yellow card stock and backed with black. I used a scrap of paper inside the frame and arranged my elements using pop dots and glue dots. Finished with the sentiment and bit of black and white ribbon.

Challenges:

Joan's Gardens: Details listed above.This week's code is joansgardens, JG0404

CRAFTS AND ME:  Spring Flowers

All Sorts Challenge: Spring Has Sprung

 

Supplies: Items sold at Joan's Highlighted

Papers: Yellow Paper from Pastel Pack from Joan's, Black CS from Stash, Pattern K&Co.
Stamp: Flourishes Spring Has Sprung Set

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies: Cheery Lynn Cathedral Lace Frame( Trimmed center out), Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1,  Marianne Bird House, Bird, and Fence Die Set

Punch: Stampin Up 5 Petal Flower

Black Ribbon with White Stitches from Stash

Black Brads from Stash

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

A Bunch of Flowers

Happy Easter to all my friends and followers!

 

The challenge  at Joan's Garden is fun this week...we are to

Use some kind of container

Fill it with flowers

Use Yellow, Green and Orange

You must use something sold at Joan's Gardens on your card.

I started by making a basket with strips of textured brown card stock that I have saved forever from making some other baskets.  I started with a base card of textured olive green (stash) and layered with blue  card stock embossed with Cuttlebug Wicker Weave Embossing Folder and the a pattern paper from My Mind's Eye pad. Does that not look like a lace tablecloth over a gold liner??

I then filled my basket with flowers and foliage. I first added a Fanciful Flourish cut with Cheery Lynn die but it got lost under the flowers. My flowers were made with  Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 (stamens and leaves) and Build a Flower #2 ( poppy petals and leaves), Stampin' Up 6 petal flower punch, and Martha Stewart leaf punch.  I used various shades of green paper for the leaves, yellow, orange, and  white papers for the flowers.  Green and orange brads were used in center of some of the flowers.  A tag stamped with sentiment from Flourishes "Zinnias" in Memento Cantaloupe ink was added to the bouquet and a "Friends" Metal Brad (Stash) was attached to the baskets with brads....love the texture that adds.  I used the Tool Kit from Joan's for assembling the flowers and some of the many useful tips from Selma for making flowers.  Items used from Joan's are highlighted in orange.

Challenges:
Joan's Garden: Details above- week's code is joansgardens, JG0328

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Fancy Borders

Sugar Creek Hollow's challenge is to create a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or project featuring FANCY BORDERS.  I am entering this card made with Martha Stewart double loop around the page punches. I made this card at my Stamping Club meeting and it was designed by my friend Rita. We used ivory and green card stocks and pattern paper from Graphics 45 which has a lovely vintage look. Flower, leaves, and branches was made with various punches and shaped with tools to create 3D look. Finished with sentiment stamped in Memento Bamboo Leaves on a die cut oval with a scalloped oval mat and a punched butterfly.

Challenges:
Sugar Creek Hollow: Feature fancy borders
Stamp, Create, and Doodle Saturday: Theme is Birthdays.
Simon Says: Use dies and or punches. A  lot of dies and punches used in this card.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Playing Dress Up on Her Birthday

I made this card following the sketch from The Pixie Cottage challenge shown lower left and used their challenge theme of Pink Girlie. Also added some sparkle with Sakura pen to the scarf, pearls, edges of dress, shoes and raised embossing. Finished with a handmade flower of crepe paper.
Challenges:
The Pixie Cottage: Use sketch and/or theme of Pink and Girlie.
Crafts and Me Challenge: Anything Goes.
Paper Pretties: Use Flowers on your card. In Pattern Paper and handmade a flower.
Simon Says: Sparkle and shine. May have to enlarge card to see all the shine better.
Charisma Cardz Challenges: Birthdays in Pink.
Craty Catz Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes.

Supplies:
Stamps: Crafts and Me "Romeo, Oh Romeo"
             Paper Pretties Birthday Sentiment
Ink: Copics and Pencils, Memento Tuxedo Black,      Rose Bud, and Bamboo Leaves Ink Pads

Paper: GKD White CS, Basic Grey "Sweet Threads" DP, Scraps of Pink

Sakura Clear Star and Clear Glaze Pens for Sparkle

Nestie Oval Die

Cuttlebug EF "With Love" Borders

Flower: Handmade of Crepe Paper and Precut flower for base

Thanks for stopping by! Theresa

Crochet Flowers by My Friend,Rita

I missed Joan's Garden Challenge last week but wanted to enter a card this week. I am very pleased with this birthday card.  Had some collaboration with my friend and neighbor, Rita, who crocheted these flowers on my card and I colored them with copics to match the card. These challenges called for self made or handmade flowers. These flowers are handmade but just not by my hands or myself. Is that bending the rules a bit? You know, I do not want to take credit for something I did not do but they were perfect for my card.

Challenges:
Joan's Garden: 1. Use Coral/pink and Green for your colors 2. A Birthday Sentiment 3. Vintage Paper  4. Handmade or Punch flower.
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge: Use self made flower

Details:
Stamp: Mark's Finest Papers-Sentiment from "Happy Pansies" stamp set-love this stamp.
Ink: MementoTuxedo Black
Papers: Bazzill Freen textured CS, GKd White CS, Webster Pages "Santa and Sweet Season" that I won from Joan's Gardens- love this paper..have to have more. Thanks, Joan.
Flowers:Crocheted by Rita and colored with Copics R81.Thank you,Rita.
Twine: From a tag on a jacket purchased by DH in Sanibel-most expensive embellishment that I have ever used. LOL.

Sending a prayer for Joan's mother who is very ill and hoping that she finds some comfort from the love around her.
Thanks for stopping by! Theresa

"Love You Sis" Birthday Card

Welcome to my studio. Today my card is one that I made for my younger sister.....this stamp reminds me of us together when we were young. Followed the sketch shown on the right. Colored the image with Copics and used 2 pattern papers for background...one with hearts for love to my sister. Made flowers using die cuts and punch with brads. This is a larger card than I usually make but the size of the stamp needed the space.

For these challenges:
Wags n Whiskers: Theme is With Love...Stamp is "Love You Sis" and  paper has a heart theme.
Card Positioning Systems: Sketch 201
Timeless Tuesdays: GO BIG! The challenge is to create an over sized card… something that is at least 5 by 7″! My card is 5.5 by 8.5".
Bearly Mine: Recipe Challenge-3 flowers, 2 design papers and 1 image.
City Crafter Challenge: Use handmade flowers on your project. Made with die cuts and punch with brads.
Basic Grey Challenge: Challenge is dots and spot.  Basic Grey papers from Hopscotch have dots and spots as well as the boots in the image. Also used Basic Grey brads.
Cute CardThursday:  Recipe- Use 1-2-3 recipe. Mine is 1 image, 2 Designer patterns, 3 Flowers.
Oldie But Goodie Challenge: Bright and cheerful.  This stamp meets the old requirement of 6 months and is a rubber stamp.
Pollycraft Monday Challenge: Sweet Pastel Colours

Details:
Stamp: Wags 'n Whiskers "Love You Sis"
Digital Sentiment: Raindrop Echo Design
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: B21,91,,93,97, E0000,00,31,34,39,11,25,47,59 R20,81,83,85, Y000,02,06,11,13
Papers: GKD White, Yellow CS, Bazzill Blue CS, Basic Grey Hopscotch, Bearly Mine Paper "Stitched" for Flowers
Nesties: Circle, Rectangle, Blossom, Square, Scallop Square
Flower and Corner punches
Basic Grey Brads

My sister's birthday is in March...for once I have a card made ahead of the date.
Thanks for dropping in for a look.
Theresa

Challenge for Joan's Garden

Joan's Garden always has the most interesting challenges and this week is no exception. Her Challenge: Paper-Flower background paper - preferably Webster Pages, Rosette or paper flower, Stamp - Sentiment - preferably JustRite, Border Punch -preferably Martha Stewart. I do  not have any Webster's Pages...must get some....but I think I found a paper in my stash that works. Made a rosette flower...just winged this.
Here's how the card came together-Started with a base card of GKD PL Smokey Slate and layered with a mat of floral paper from Me & My Big Ideas that I bought eons ago and had been saving. I used a Martha Stewart punch Scallop Dot along the lower edge and embossed with CB EF Diamonds. I made the flower from Gold Parchment paper by cutting with a circle die and pleating. Finished with a Basic Grey Brad and attached with scor tape. Stamped the sentiment from "Say it with Flowers" by Melanie from GKD using Memento ink Potter's Clay. My husband thought this card had an Asian feel....said my flower looks like a parasol.

Also to entered this in Perfectly Placed Pleats Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. •Create a project (card, gift bag, tag, layout, home decor item, mini-book cover, etc.) that incorporates pleats in an innovative way.

Thanks for stopping by! Theresa

Bear of Many Challenges





Papertake Weekly is celebrating their 3rd birthday with special prizes and a special challenge. This week’s challenge is to pick your favourite challenge from the last 3 years. I decided to pick Animal Magic a challenge from just a few weeks ago... to use an animal of some sort in your work.  I chose to use a teddy bear image because they are the most magical of all animals, don't you think?  The stamp is from Lili of the Valley and I colored him using copics in Autumn colors. I used a layout from The Pixie Cottage. Added some embossing to the mat of Basic Grey and added sparkle (hard to see in photo) to the bouquet with glitter pens. Hand drew some flowers that I cut out, colored, sparkled, and attached with glue dots. Scalloped circle is a punch out from SU and was stamped with sentiment.

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly: Animal Magic

Lily of the Valley: Autumn colors plus a LOTV image.

The Pixie Cottage: Sketch #39 shown above plus embossing. Embossed a mat.

Teddy Stampers: Fall Colors

Basic Grey Challenges: Sparkle and use a Basic Grey product.
Charisma Cardz Challenges: Autumn Colors
Stamp Something: Get Punchy

Stamp: LOTV "Teddy with Bouquet" and GKD Sentiment

Copics: E31,33,34,50,53,55, YR000,00,02,07,14,18, E000,00, YG63, C00,3, E000,00

Ink: Memento Potter's Clay

Papers: Basic Grey Max and Whiskers Patterned Paper ( embossed mat), Green and Plaid from stash

Cuttlebug EF Herringbone

Nesties Circle

Sakura Gelly Roll in Clear Star, Jelli-Ink Pens Orange and Gold

Kasiercraft Pearls

I do wish the sparkle showed better but it does sparkle in real life.

I plan to give this card to my husband on our anniversary.

Thanks for dropping by. Please check out my blog candy here if you have not already.

Theresa

Just Ducky at TMITA

At There's Magic in the Air this week,  Dru brings us our challenge; Lets do some sewing!! She would like us to use the freebie image "Just Ducky"  provided by Paper Cupcakes and to incorporate some sewing into your project/card.

I used Card Patterns Sketch 76 for my card.

Printed digital image and colored with Copics. Cut with circle die and stitched to a scallop circle of brown. Assembled card and added flower I made.

Image: Paper Cupcakes "Just Ducky"

Stamp: GKD Sentiment

Papers: Basic Grey Max & Whiskers

             White CS from stash

Copics: B000,01, E 55, 59, G21, R24, RV29, Y02, 13,17, YR07

Nesties Circle and Scallop Circle

SU Flower Punch

MS Scallop with Dots Punch

Sizzix Branch Die

Thanks for dropping by!

Theresa