Candle Trio

Hello! This Christmas card was inspired by the current Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge mood board shown below. The picture of the lantern with candles reminded me of a Memory Box Die in my collection so I used it to create this card.  The Gold Panel made with gold metallic CS and glitter gel and a stencil was actually leftover from another project.  It was a perfect fit for the Candle Trio that I die cut several times  and layered and pieced together. 

Supplies used: My Favorite Things Stencil Radiating Rays, Memory Box Die Little Candle Trio, Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Die Merry Christmas, Spellbinders Rectangle Die, GKD Glitz Glitter Gel, Diamond Stickles, Red Cardstock, Green Cardstock, Mulberry Green Paper, Gold Metallic Cardstock, Red and Yellow Copics. 

Challenges:

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge: #13 Anything Christmas 

Happy Little Stampers: April Anything Goes with Dies

Happy Little Stampers: April Stencil Challenge Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers: April Christmas Challenge Anything Goes + Option Glitter

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Theresa

Easter Blessings

Hello! Today I am sharing 2 Easter cards that I made using a file of an artist drawing that I had saved in a file.  I printed the image on watercolor paper twice and trimmed to fit my card. I inked the edges with Pilot Metallic Gold Marker. On the first card I used a background that I created with Gold Metallic CS, a My Favorite Things stencil called Radiating Rays, and GKD Gold Glitter Gel. I assembled all on a Bright Green textured card base. The Easter sentiment from GKD was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold EP.

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The second card was made in the same way, but I used a mat of Gold Metallic paper that was embossed with a Cuttlebug EF Kassies Brocade. 

Challenges:

Crafting Happiness Challenges: #122 April: Anything Goes Always

Happy Little Stampers: Stencil Challenge Anything Goes. Use Radiating Rays Stencil

Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Easter. Use Cuttlebug EF on second card.

Double D Challenges: Easter

The Four Seasons Challenge: April Spring Challenge Anything Goes Spring

Praying for the people of Ukraine. Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Theresa

Smiley Card with a Lot of Glitz

Welcome!  I have some happy today...hope to make you smile. This card was a result of playing with GKD Blue Glitz Glitter Gel  that I bought a few months ago but never tried.  Using a Hero Arts stencil from a past monthly kit, I added the glitz to a bright yellow cardstock and trimmed the panel and added to a card base of the same cardstock.  Finished with GKD stamp from You Make Me Smile set and a die cut word Happy stamped and die cut with GKD Tropical Bloom set.  A quick and easy card but it does take a bit for that gel to dry.
Monthly Mix Challenge: Sheri's challenge was Just Add Texture. There is a lot of texture with this gel. This is my 4th entry this month.
Mix It Up Challenge: MIUCB #34 Anything Goes + Optional Twist Stenciling.
CRAFT Challenge: #546 Be Inspired by a Song. This brings to mind the song....Don't Worry, Be Happy

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

Glitzy Gold and Red

Hello! This is my third post today....working on completing some challenges before time runs out.  For this card, I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches shown below with some stamps from Gina K Designs You Have My Heart set.  I also used Gina K Gold Glitz Glitter gel for the first time with a Tim Holtz Stencil Layering Lace to create a "doily" element for the background on white cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment and hearts with red ink and heat embossed with GKD Clear EP on white CS.  I used Spellbinder circle dies to trim this and a mat of Red CS.  Finished the design with red satin ribbon and bow and red nail head bling. 

Challenges:

Mix It Up Challenges: MIUCB #34 Anything Goes + Stenciling. Used Tim Holtz stencil with Glitter Gel.

Monthly Mix Challenge: Just Add Texture. Used Glitz Glitter Gel for my texture as well as ribbon and heat embossing.

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #541 shown below

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