More Christmas

Hello! I am playing with more Foil-mates from GKD to create a Christmas card.  I used a panel of Holiday Flora that I laminated with GKD Red Velvet Foil. I trimmed this and attached to a card base of White CS. I stamped and embossed the sentiment from Joyful Holiday and poinsettia from Holiday Wreath Builder on a strip of white CS using Versamark and Red EP.  I added a strip of red foil beneath and added to the card. Finished with a couple of Pearls.
It is so hard to get a good photo of cards with foil because of the  reflection of the shine. But I did the best that I could.
Challenges:
Monthly Mix Challenge at GKD: Christmas in July
613 Avenue Create: #235 Anything Goes with optional twist Sentiment as Focus

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

Truckin' with Heart

Hello!  Playing with dies from Cheapo Dies to create a card with a lot of love! Die cut the truck from DCWV Foil CS,  tires from Black and Silver CS, hearts from Red CS and Metallic Silver CS, words from Red CS. Assembled the pieces on a panel of White CS that I edged with Silver Metallic Marker. Attached that to a panel of Patterned Paper and a card base of GKD Red CS.  Love the way this came together for a fun Valentine card.
I put this all together with GKD Connect Glue....this is the best glue ever. You must give it a try. I never liked to use glue before....too messy....but this works just great!  I was not paid for this endorsement.
Challenges:
Alphabet Challenge: V is for Vehicle.
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge: 386 Hearts on Fire
Double D Challenge: Looking Back in Time.  The pickup truck is from another time.
The Male Room: Challenge #102 Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges: January always about using Patterned Papers

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

Catch a Falling Star

Hello!  I have been playing with the sketch at Tuesday Morning sketch but took a few liberties and did not make a square card and instead of a horizontal strip under the center panel, I placed a horizontal element lower on my card. Not sure where the inspiration for the subject originated but I began with a Blue Foiled Pattern Paper from Kaisercraft pad and teamed it up with Blue Foiled Cardstock from DCWV.  For the image, I used a stamp with Memento Paris Dusk ink on a white cardstock square and embossed with Clear EP a couple of times.  I did the same with the sentiment that I fussy cut. Other supplies: Stamps and Dies from Hero Arts August 2017 Kit, Gold Metallic CS.  I took several photos but think the one above best shows the shine from the foiled papers and the embossing.

Challenges:

 Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch 463

Use Your Stuff: Challenge # 322 Anything Goes with a title of sentiment.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: July Always About using Patterned Paper


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Theresa

Christmas Gift

Hello!  Christmas is almost here.  Taking time out to make a card for the Mix It Up Monday challenge at Stamp TV.  Cat asked us to be inspired by a box of candy (shown below) to make a project.   I decided to make a box for my card using DCWV red foil card stock.  I stamped the box lid from GKD Beyond Baskets 2 with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold EP.  This was tricky since the foil tends to curl up with the heat, just be careful. I fussy cut the lid adding a box.  I then heat embossed gold snowflakes on the box and added die cut white snowflakes taking my cue from the inspiration photo.  Snowflake stamps and dies were from GKD Merry & Bright kit.  I stamped the tag and sentiment using more stamps from Beyond Baskets 2 and attached it with narrow red satin ribbon to the gift.  Used a layer of GKD Metallic Gold CS that was embossed with Darice Snowflake EF for the background.  Used White Glossy CS as the base to keep all layers shiny.

I must say I was quite pleased with the way this card turned out.  

Other Challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge 348 Holiday
Tuesday Morning Sketches:  #424 Anything Goes...no sketch this week ....just do anything.
Addicted To Stamps Challenge: #159 Season Greetings
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge:  #270 Tic Tac Toe -used row 1 - Stamping, Die Cut, Red

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

Christmas Trio

Hello!  I have a trio of cards made with papers from a Festive Flourishes kit that was included as a freebie in a magazine. I used heavy White CS as the base and die cut sentiments from Silver Metallic CS with Cheery Lynn dies.  Added a layered die cut snowflake to the top card.  Also used some White enamel dots as embellishments.  I let the papers with Silver Foiled Accents be the star of the cards. 

Challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Christmas.

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #354 Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: October Challenge Anything Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything with Patterned Paper

Artistic Impressions: Challenge 187 Theme Anything goes / optional use cool colours .  Used cool colors of blue and silver.

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CAS Christmas

Hello! Another Christmas card with some foil and gold embossing.  I used Gina K Designs stamps from Peace & Joy and Joyful Holidays. The image was heat embossed with Gold EP, colored with markers and fussy cut. I attached 2 strips of Clearsnap foil with tape on white CS and heat embossed the sentiment.  This was placed on Green Foil CS from DCWV.  Easy and quick.
Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch: #196 shown below
Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday Seasons Fun with Foil
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #218 Holiday

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Roses to Thank You

Hello!  I have another card that I CASE'd for a challenge...this time for the challenge at Time Out and the artist is Ardyth whose card is shown below.  I copied almost everything-the layout, theme, and the word Thanks.  I used a strip of green foil at the bottom edge instead of Gold and added some sequins for the dots.  The Green strip foil at the bottom edge of the card is the same as the die cut word but does not show very well as  foil in the photo.

Supplies: Stamps Gina K Designs Country Roses 2; Inks Memento Love Letter, Lady Bug, Bamboo Leaves; White and Green CS;  DCWV Green Foiled CS; Cheery Lynn Die; Sequins from Stash.

Challenges:
Time Out Challenges: Challenge #68 CASE the card by Ardyth.

CAS-ual Friday : Challenge CFC158 use 8 of any one item on your card or project. I used 8 sequins.

Just Add Ink: Challenge #333 Just Add G. Used Green CS, Green Ink, Green Sequins.
Cupcake Inspirations: Make a card inspired by their cupcake. Used shades of Pink, Red, and Green.

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

Playing with Foil

 

Second Post

Another Christmas card!  I stamped Gina K Designs Cardinal from Peace and Joy with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.  I added a strip of Clear Snap Red Foil that  was embossed with a Cuttlebug EF.     I added a strip of DCWV Green Foiled  CS and attached the words die cut in DCWV Red Foiled CS with Cheery Lynn dies.  This one layer card will be easy to mail.

 

Challenges:
Stamp TV: World Cardmaking Day Challenge 2-Foiling WCMD 2

Pals Paper Arts: Sketch PPA 320

Cheery Lynn Designs: Challenge #239 Anything Goes

Just Add Ink: #331 Just Add Wings

 

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

Foiled Snowman

 Hello! Christmas is getting closer!   And snow cannot be far behind in Ohio.  Today I am playing with a image from A Day for Daisies and their challenge #136 Modern Christmas.  I think that Foil Cardstock has a very Modern feel as well as the blues and greens that I used.  I used a layout from Sweet Sunday to create a Modern look with these elements. 
Supplies: DCWV Gold Shimmer Metallic CS and Foiled CS Stack, Cheery Lynn Die Cuts, Nesties Circle dies, Stickles Crystals, Wink of Stella, Copics.

Challenges:
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Die Crazy
Sweet Sunday Sketch: Sketch 299 shown
Die Cuttin Divas: #246 Anything Christmas Goes
Allsorts Challenge : Week 341 is Golden Days-used Gold Metallic CS
Cheery Lynn Challenge: #215 Sparkle and Shine.  Used Merry Christmas Die. Sparkle and Shine from Foil, Wink of Stella, and Stickles

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

Christmas Tree with Foil

 

Hello!  I was playing with the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches and flipped it on its side.  I stamped the tree from GKD Joyful Holiday and embossed with Gold EP.  I trimmed to a triangle rather than using as rectangle and popped up on strips of red and gold foil cardstocks.  The card base is a metallic gold CS layered with pattern paper from stash. Used Cuttlebug EF Divine Swirls and Christmas Words EF (freebie).   This is a different design than I usually do ....was using items already on my desk to create.

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #328 shown below.

Just Us Girls Challenge: Color Week #320 use Red, Green, Gold

Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday Use only one stamp
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round: Theme is Oh Christmas Tree

 

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Designing with Red, Green, Gold

 

 

I have been playing with some DCWV solid Foil Cardstock.  I love how elegant foil is but it is the hardest thing to photograph.  I hope you can sense how this card looks in real life. Did a closer look to show foil layers better.
The Poinsettia Stamp is from GKD A Year of Flowers set and is one of my most used stamp set.  I stamped with Memento Black ink and colored with Copics and added sparkle with Sakura Stardust pen and Stickles Gold Glitter glue.  I matted the single image on Squares of Red and Green Foil and the a Gold Foil before attaching to the card base.  I found the red, green, gold ribbon in my stash which was never opened. 

Challenges:
Just Us Girls: Week #320 Color Challenge Red, Green , Gold
Stamp TV: Mix it up Monday Challenge-Use a single stamped image and make that the focal of card.
Clear it out Challenge: Theme Holiday- Christmas; Stash Glitter
Retro Rubber : Challenge 28 Anything Goes. The poinsettia stamp is one of my favorite.  Used it for several years.
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Take your Pick-Color Challenge Red and/or Green
Mod Squad Challenge: Christmas Floral
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes
Cards in Envy: Put some extra layers on.  Layered with Foil CS.

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

Shiny Birthday

Hello!  I was playing with a never used Spellbinders Die from the Shapeabilities Pendant Lattice set.  I cut one of the die from DCWV Foil cardstock and placed on glossy white CS.  Added a couple of cut outs from another one that I cut in Green Foil.  I cut words using Cheery Lynn Dies and attached to the pendant.  Placed this to a Card Base of Green CS.  The hard part of this card was getting a decent photo with all the shine from the foil.  I was inspired by the sketch from below.

Challenges:
CAS(E) this sketch: CTS #139
Less Is More: Week 240 Color Challenge Green and Gold
Let's Craft and Create: Challenge is to use Dies or Punches
Shopping Our Stash: Challenge 218 is Mirror! Mirror! Use something reflective.

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

Christmas Tree in March

It's a rainy day in Ohio...a good day to stay in and make cards and post on my blog. And yes I am still making Christmas cards.  I am sharing this card that I made for the Merry Monday challenge.  When looking for a tree image to use I came across a Penny Black set  Wonder Collection that I received for Christmas (a freebie in a card magazine)  and never used.   I stamped the tree and sentiment from the set on GKD Ivory CS with Memento Cottage Ivy ink and trimmed to the correct size.  Using a Ivory card base, I added a layer of green Houndstooth pattern paper from Pebbles, a layer of DCWV Red Foil CS, and topped with the image.  For sparkle, I attached red rhinestones to dress up the tree.  This looks much better in real life ...hard to capture the foil CS in a photo.


Challenges:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #151 Use a Tree on your card.
NBUS Challenge #4: Darnell challenges us to use never before used schtuff.  I used a never used Penny Black stamp set and Red Foil CS.
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: Theme is Christmas
The Glory of Christmas Challenge:  Christmas Tree
Craftyhazelnut's Pattern Paper Challenge: All about using Pattern Paper



 Another view of my card on right.



I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Happy New Year 2015

Happy New Year

 

 

Wishing everyone a New Year filled with

Health, Happiness and Prosperity!

 

I begin the year 2015 posting this card made with a lot of shine using DCWV gold foil cardstock that I embossed with Darice EF Fireworks.  I love the festive look of fireworks.  I added some wine glasses that I gold embossed on Vellum and fussy cut. I used Repeat Impressions stamps from their Wine Series. I used a Clear star Pen to color in the wine and make some bubbles but it's hard to see in this photo. I also gold embossed the sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers on Vellum and framed it in a Gold Foil Circle.   I used a card base of Black CS.  

 

Of course I had to entered this in some challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: Designer Choice Challenge 1231-Ring in the New Year
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes

Thanks to all who have visited my blog this past year.
I look forward to your visits and comments in 2015.
 Thank you. Theresa

Peace on Earth

As promised, I am back with another Ornament Christmas card using Blue and Silver.  Again I was inspired by the challenges at Merry Monday and Simon Says.   I featured only one ornament stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Zing Silver EP on DCWV Blue Foil CS.  Stamps are from Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament set.  I cut out the Ornament and attached to a White Glossy CS embossed with Cuttlebug Forest Branches.  I added a Silver Pine Branch cut with Impression Obsession die and some Blue Ribbon.   This was attached to a White Card Base and a mat of the Blue Foil CS. 

Challenges:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #134 Create a card with Ornaments in silver/gray and blue. I am not sure if I can enter another card but will try.
Simon Says Monday Challenge: Ornaments
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: Anything Christmas



I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Blue and Silver Ornaments

Hello!  I was really inspired by the Merry Monday challenge this week.  I immediately began my card by gathering Silver Metallic CS, DCWV Blue Foil CS, and Glossy White CS.  I cut Pine branches with Impression Obsession die  and stamped the Ornaments with Spellbinders Heirloom set using Versamark and Silver EP. I fussy cut the Ornaments and arranged all the elements on a White Card Base using Blue Satin Ribbon to hang the ornaments attached with Pop-Up Dots.  My DH helped me decide the layout.  I love the shine and sparkle of my card.

Challenges:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Wendy asked us to create a Christmas card with ornaments in silver/gray & blue.
Creative Corner Challenge: It's beginning to look like Christmas.
Clear It Out Challenge: Theme-Anything Goes. Stash -Use 3 of the same thing. I used 3 ribbons, 3 ornaments.
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Ornaments

Stay tune for another Blue and Silver card.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa