Joy 2 Ways

 

 

Welcome!  Hope your day is filled with Joy!  I have made 2 versions of this card....the top one being very Clean and Simple.  I added more layers and some bling to the second one.  I used a digital image from Gina K Designs which is free at Stamp TV if you are a member.  I colored the image with Red, Greens, and Gold Copics.  I used a red pen to colored the smaller details on the ornament.  To give some shine I heat embossed the ribbon and red scrolls with Clear EP using a Versamark pen.  Also added some shine with Wink of Stella.  I used red mats cut with Spellbinder die on both cards.  I used GKD Green Card base and Gold gems on the second.

Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More: #174 CAS
Addicted to CAS: Challenge #78 Joy
The Glory of Christmas:  #74 Anything Goes
The Paper Players:  #275 Color Challenge
Paper Sweeties: December Challenge Photo Inspiration #38






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

Hope is Faith

  
 This card was made for the CAS Challenge at CASology using the cue Hope.  I debated whether it is too much for  CAS but I am going to go with it anyway.....as I thought of this stamp and sentiment when I first read the challenge....just may have gone with too much patter paper but maybe I still have enough solid space.

Challenge:
CASology: Hope is the cue
Flutter By Wednesday: Use blue, green, and yellow with Butterfly.

Supplies:
Stamps: GKD Hope is Faith
Ink: Memento Nautical Blue
Copics: Yellows
Paper: Yellow CS from Stash, Pattern Papers My Mind's Eye ( Green is in pattern, Ink is Blue, Yellow in papers and image)
Nesties Dies

 

Deer Visits a Snowy Cottage

 

I am back with another snowy cottage for the challenge at Craft a Scene  This time I have used 6 stamps from GKD "Life is Good" Set by Theresa Momber. I used the triple time stamping technique and a sketch from Speedy Fox Challenge.  The stamping was done with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copics with a bit of sponging with Brilliance Moonlight White and Memento Summer Sky. I extended the walk to the bottom edge of the card  Added a bit of stickles to highlight the snow. This time I remember to start a roaring fire in the fireplace of the cottage resulting in smoke from the chimney. I like the way this turned out using the triple time stamping. After adhering the dark brown card base and brown cardstock mats with the image layers, I stamped the deer again, cut it out, and glued it to the top to make it stand out more.  I finished with a sentiment in brown ink.

 

Challenges:

Craft a Scene: Theme is a scene with a snowy cottage. 2nd Entry

MFP Sketch With a Twist Challenge #30: Use sketch shown below and with a twist of using layers.

All Sorts: Create masculine card.

 

Do you wonder what is the definition of a cottage?  I wanted to be sure this image fit the challenge so I check the definition. A cottage is a small simple, single-storied house, especially in the country, typically one near a lake or beach. I think this image is just right.

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Quilted Happy Birthday

We had more snow yesterday. I plan to stay in today and make cards.  This card was started sometime ago and recently  finished but never posted. I used 1/4" strips of DP that I taped on a card stock and then cut into 1/4" strips and then made into a quilt. I was inspired to make this sometime ago from a card by my friend  Lin at Sending Hugs but do not have the post to link too. She makes so many beautiful cards.  I layered the "quilt" on to a border of striped DP strips using mitered corners to better replicate a finished quilt. I attached this to a card base of green.  Finished with a sentiment and triple organdy bow for my Mother's recent birthday.

Challenges:
Kaboddle Doodles Challenge: Use Ribbon
Papertake Weekly: Tie up your loose ends-add a bow.


Supplies:
Papers: Authentique Wonder Paper Pad, Green and Ivory CS from Stash
Stamps: GKD
Ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Ribbon from Dollar Tree

I could never be a quilter...I had a hard enough time laying out patterns in this small rectangle. Next time I will use wider strips than I used here. I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Happy Birthday, Theresa

I made this card to help celebrate with Theresa at My Sassy Cards who is celebrating her 50th birthday and being cancer free after 5 years of having being diagnosed with breast cancer.  Theresa's sister is having a virtual birthday party all month long at Tuesday Morning Sketches. All details about the party are here.   I wish Theresa many more birthdays continued good health.  The card is made with a Rose stamp from Flourishes colored with Copics using colors from CR84FN color challenge.

Challenges to enter:

Theresa's Virtual Birthday Party: Make a Birthday card with Pink

CR84FN65: Use Light Pink, Tan and Cream

Fussy and Fancy: Anything Goes

One Stop Craft: Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts: Birthday Cards

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Flourishes "A Year of Flowers", GKD "Fanciful Tags" for sentiment

Ink: Memento Toffee Crunch

Copics: E30,R11,81

Papers: Ivory, Pink, Tan CS's and DP with Script (Unknown source- from  my scraps)

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Divine Swirls

Pink Looped Ribbon from stash

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Another Fall Card

This is a card that I made this week and I almost forgot to post it. It was saved as a draft ...luckily I found the draft today.   I am back with another fall card...I did say I love to make fall card..didn't I?....just love the beautiful colors of Autumn.  I decided to make another card using this border stamp which is so fun to color. This is another CAS card but I added some embossing to give it some dimension.

Challenges:

CASology: Cue is Leaf

Lollipop Crafts : Something old, something new. Old stamp and new inks.

Papercraft Star: Fall Colors
 

Supplies:
Stamps: GKD "A Year of Borders" and "Buds and Vases" for sentiment

Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle and Morocco

Copics for coloring

Papers: GK Ivory and Pumpkin Spice CS

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug Wicker Weave

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Study of Colors

 

I love this time of year....the color of leaves is ever changing. Every morning the sun shines through the trees and they are a blaze of colors.  The canvas is aglow with a new explosion of colors each day as I look through the windows.  I love making fall cards and showing the colors of Autumn. In this card I tried to capture the transition of colors in a leaf.  It was just a fun thing to do as I played with masking and coloring with Distress inks creating a CAS card.

Challenges:

CASology: Cue is leaf. #14

Stamptacular Sunday: Photo Inspiration-fall leaves -see below

Kaboodle Doodles: Autumn Leaves Falling / Fall Colors

The House That Stamps Built: DCC1010 Masking Challenge....use masking to layer falling leaves.

Supplies:

Stamps: GKD "A Year of Leaves"

Inks: Memento Morocco, Pistachio, and Tangelo for stamping the images and sentiment.

          Ranger Distress Inks Crushed Olive, Wild Honey, and Barn Door for water coloring the leaves

Paper: Textured Ivory CS from Stash, GKD Pumpkin Spice for card base

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Flowers for Linda

My friend, Linda, is hosting the Free For All Friday Challenge at Stamp TV and I made this card to support her challenge. She has asked us to use Flowers as a theme for our project.  I am a little late getting my entry in but you can enter until 8:00 pm CT.  On my card I decided to use a poinsettia stamp from GKD "A Year of Borders" that I have never used.  I have many flowers stamps by Melanie Muenchinger who is one of my favorite illustrators.

Challenges:
Stamp TV: Theme is Flowers- STV12FRI28
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything goes...option is celebrate ....celebrating Christmas.
          Happy 5th Birthday to Papertake Weekly.
Crafts and Me: Theme is My Sentiments Exactly. Use sentiment on front.
Fab 'n' Funky: No Patterned  Paper

Supplies:
Stamps: GKD "A Year of Borders" and "Feature Frames" for the sentiment
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle and Northern Pine
Copics: R46, RV14,23,29, YG 63,99, E34,37
Gold Marker
Papers: White, Red and Spruce all from GKD
Nesties Labels 4
Cuttlebug EF  Border

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Cabin in the Snowy Woods

At Craft a Scene Challenge, the theme this month is Trees, Trees, Trees.  They want us to use at least three trees stamped on our entries.  The entry should have a stamped or digi image in the background and another in the foreground.  For my cabin in the woods card, I used the cabin with trees image and trees in the background with some birds flying by. I added deer in the foreground and extended the walk and placed some snow mounds by drawing those in. In all I used 5 stamps to create the scene.

Challenge Link:
Craft a Scene: Trees, Trees, Trees

Supplies:
Stamps: All GKD-Theresa Momber's  "Life is Good" for the cabin, 2 deer, and trees
                                 Melanie  Muenchinger's  "Gifts From The Sea" for the birds
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky, and Tuxedo Black
Ranger Distress Marker White
Copics: Forgot to list
Papers: White, Red and Slate Blue CS
Stickles for snow

What is your favorite scene to create? I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Butterflies and Bees, Oh My!

This card is a bit humorous....combined bees and butterflies. I do not think I have ever seen a swarm of bees flying with butterflies but it just turned out that way. I was making a background by stamping rows of butterflies and decided it needed a bit of pop, so I stamped the black bees. The large butterfly was stamped, colored, cutout and attached with pop dots.

Challenges:
Timeless Tuesday #183: Challenge is “Butterflies, Bees, Spiders, oh my! Use an insect image(s) and/or element(s) for your card/project.
Anything Goes Challenge Blog: Make your own background.
Flutter By Wednesday: Friendship is theme.

Supplies:
Stamps: GKD "Butterfly Take Flight", GKD "A Year of Borders" by Melanie, MFP's "Bring on        the Sun" for the Bees, Flourishes "Taglines" for the sentiment
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black,Cantaloupe, Dandelion
Cardstock: Yellow, Black, White
Clear Star Pen

Wishing you a great week filled with friendship. I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa