Oregano Wreath

 Welcome to the studio!  Today I am playing with Twofer Card Challenge-we are to create 2 different designs for 2 different occasions using the same stamp, stencils, and/or dies. The theme for this challenge is Garden.  I am using a stamp from Italian Garden set by Marcell Hawley in both of my cards, one a Christmas design and the other an any occasion card. I was inspired by my herb garden.

For the Christmas Card, I stamped the pot of Oregano without the tag with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored  with Copics and Memento Marker.  I added pearls (Colored with Red Copic) for ornaments and glossy accents to the pot. ( This reminded me of a holiday gift plant that you might order online. ) Other supplies: Sentiment from Penny Black, Memento Red ink, White CS, DCWV Christmas Basic Pattern Paper, Spellbinder Die.

For the second card,  I used more herb stamps and sentiment from the Italian Garden set.  I stamped the Herbs with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copics and Memento Markers.  My first stamped layout did not work so I fussy cut the images and arranged on a background of Pattern Paper from Graphics 45 Secret Garden pad. (Thought this paper was appropriate for a garden challenge)
Other supplies: GKD Fresh Asparagus and Ivory CS, Versamark Ink, Seafoam White EP, Spellbinder Label Dies

 Challenges:
Twofer Card Challenge: #18 Garden
Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge:  Christmas in July
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: July Always about using Patterned Paper

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

Herbs from the Garden

Hello!  My card today uses the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge and an old Flourishes  stamp Italian Gardens. I stamped all the herbs with Memento Espresso Truffle ink and colored with Copics and Memento Markers.   I stamped the sentiment with SU Always Artichoke ink.  Other supplies: White CS,GKD Green CS, Graphic 45 Secret Garden paper pad. Cheery Lynn Leaves die,  Snippet of ribbon from stash.  This stamp set by Marcella Hawley now the owner of Power Poppy came out in 2011 and I believe I got it in 2012.

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch 414

Curtain Call: Inspiration Challenge - Herb Garden

Retro Rubber Challenge:  #68 Colors from the photo below.  My stamps released in 2011have been mine since 2012.  Used several shades of green for the herbs and rusty red tones in the pots.

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

Growing Love and Flowers

Hello! Another CAS card using another older stamp. This time I used Penny Black Friendship Flowers set . I stamped the cart and sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the image with Distress Barn Door and Forest Moss inks,  Distress Oxide Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo inks, Copic grays, and Silver Metallic pen. Inked the edges of the white panel with Barn Door ink  and added a couple dots of Berry Red Nuvo Crystal.  Card base is GKD Fresh Asparagus CS. 

Challenges:

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #116 Wheels

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge: CIC415 In the Garden

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

Beautiful Tulips

 

Hello!  Today I thought that I'd share one of my favorites from this spring's garden.  These are photos of Angelique tulips blooming in my garden.   I will probably use these on a series of cards.

 

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

Chair inside the Garden

At Craft a Scene this month the challenge is to create a scene from "inside the garden". Some of my favorites things to do are garden and make cards with flowers and nature themes.  So I loved seeing this as the theme at Craft a Scene which is becoming a favorite challenge blog. For my scene, I used a very old stamp...not sure how old ...from Stamps Happen by D. Morgan called "Time Changes Many Things"....."But not the joy of your Friendship"is the rest of the text on the stamp. After stamping with Versafine Onyx Black on white CS, I colored with Koh-I-Noor Pencils and Memento Markers. As you can see I used a lot of colors but kept the layout simple. I trimmed the image rounding the top 2 corners and attached to a Textured Green Card Base.  This scene was a bit of a challenge to color.

How does your garden grow? My flowers are welcoming the cooler temps.
Thanks for dropping by. I welcome all comments. Theresa