Playing with Color Challenge and More

Hello! Welcome to my studio.  I have been playing with some old rubber stamps from the GKD Unforgettable set to create some CAS cards.  The top card is created with a color combination for the challenge at Just Us Girls. I inked up the floral image with DOI Abandoned Coral and Memento London Fog inks and stamped on a White panel. I embossed the center of the flowers with Gold EP and a Versamark Pen.   I stamped he sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold EP. I trimmed the panel with a GKD Stitched Dieand edged the panel with Pilot Metallic Gold Marker for more gold accents.  Finished with a Coral card base and a light grey mat. 

I decided to use the same stamps (since they were on my desk) plus one more to create another card, but I stamped the silhouette images with Memento black ink on a background that I used ink blending to create an oval with Hero Arts ink. I finished with sentiment stamped in black ink and a card base of Black CS.  Clean and simple! 

Have you ever used the wrong product by mistake?  In the making of this second card, I mixed up a Stick It Adhesive Sheet with my masking paper. Oops!  Ended up having to add another white layer with the oval die cut out since I had adhesive on the original layer with the inked oval. 

Challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge: 641 Color Week Coral, Light Grey, Gold. 

Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments. Hugs, Theresa

Birthday Wishes

Hello! I created this birthday card using GKD supplies and a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I did not get posted in time for the challenge at Tuesday Morning but will enter in other challenges. 

Supplies used: GKD Patterned Paper and Ephemera from Watercolor Floral Kit, GKD Stamp from So Many Sentiments set, GKD Innocent Pink and Faded Brick CS, White CS, Veramark, Metallic Gold EP, Pilot Gold Metallic Marker. I like the color combo that I used in this card.... something different for me. 

Challenges: 

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using patterned Paper. 

Creations in Pink Challenge: #46 Anything Goes in Mainly Pink

Seize the Birthday: #242 Metallic. Used metallic gold embossing powder and metallic gold marker on edges of patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments. Hugs, Theresa

Easter Bunny

Happy Easter!

Hello! I created this quick Easter card with a printed image that I had saved on my computer. After printing the image that I resized, I inked the edges with Pilot Metallic Gold marker and attached to a green panel embossed with Cuttlebug EF Divine Swirls. Finished with a yellow card base and an old Hero Arts sentiment embossed with Gold EP. 

Challenge: 
Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Easter

Double D Challenges: Easter Challenge Inspired by the bunny and flowers on mood board.

Praying for the people of Ukraine.

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

The Colors of Mardi Gras

Welcome to my studio! Today I had fun creating this card with a Mardi Gras theme. I used a clipart that I have in a file on my computer. I added the words with Photoshop and printed out the image on white card stock. Love that fanciful font. I enhanced the image with Gold Embossing on the mask and the holding stick and used Wink of Stella on the mask for more sparkle. After trimming the image, I inked the edges with a Pilot Metallic Gold Marker. I then embossed this with Cuttlebug Diamond Plate EF.  I assembled the card with a Green Card Base and a mat of Purple CS which I thought were appropriate colors for the theme. I purposedly place the mat at an angle....thought it added a bit of a jovial touch.  Finished with thin silk ribbons of Lavender, Gold, and Green on the mask. Thought that picked up on the printed ribbon dangling from the mask. 

Challenges: 

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge: #3 Mardi Gras

Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge is Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Think Spring

Stay Safe and Healthy! Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments. Theresa

Happy, Happy, Happy, and Happy

Hello! I had fun making this card but it took so long to create because I kept changing the elements and the layout, but I finally finish the design.  The card was inspired by the February Monthly Mix challenge at Gina K Designs. We are to make a fun fold card and use pattern paper that we create with GKD stamps.  I stamped GKD Petite Flourish Background stamp with GKD Green Asparagus Ink on GKD Innocent Pink ink for the pattern paper which I trimmed into panels to fit the folds of the White Card. See the fold in the photo on the side. I inked all the edges of the panels with Pilot Metallic Gold marker before attaching. 

I stamped a Rose image from GKD Tropical Blooms set with Versamark on the Pink CS and heat embossed with Gold EP. I cut the image with a die from the same set and colored in the leaves with green Copics and shaded the Petals with Pink Copics.  Attached this image to the edge of the fold. I stamped, heat embossed, and die cut the word Happy 4 times. Adhered one of these to the outside fold and arranged the others   to the inside beneath the top fold. Did the same steps-stamp, heat, and die cut- with the word Birthday and attached so you can see on the card beneath the Happy when closed and open.  Lot of Happiness unfolds from this card!

 

Seize the Birthday: 231 Sparkle and Shine. Lot of gold with sparkle and shine. 

The Flower Challenge:  #65 Occasions

 Thanks for stopping by. Theresa

More Hearts and Flowers

Welcome to the studio!  I have another card that I made using the Faux Cloisonne Technique that I showed on another card posted here. This time, I used more of the glossy magazine paper shown below but used a Gina K stamp from Rose Bouquet and Heart stamps and a heart die from You Have My Heart set.  Fussy cut the bouquet image after stamping and heat embossing with gold EP. I created a frame from a Pink CS using a Spellbinders die to cut out the center. Edged the outside and inside edges with Pilot Gold Metallic Marker.  I die cut and heat embossed the heart in the corner and popped it up with foam.  Showing a close up of this heart below so that you could see the word love on the heart.

Challenges:
Modsquad Challenge: Hearts and Flowers. I used Gina K stamps and dies. 

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says With Love. 

CAS Mix Up Challenge: Used heat embossing, fussy cutting, stamping, die cutting, and Faux Cloisonne    My card might not be considered CAS enough but sharing any way. Is that bad?

Stay Safe! Stay Healthy! 

Thanks for stopping by. 

I love reading your comments. Theresa

Love with Hearts and Flowers

Hello!  The card that I am posting was inspired by the challenge at CAS Mix Up challenge which is to use Faux Cloisonne. This technique is new to me so I watched the tutorials listed with the challenge and had to give it a try.  I chose a page (shown below) from an old Martha Stewart Living magazine to use for my design.  I stamped a portion of the glossy page with a Gina K Design stamp from Tropical Blooms set (2018) using Versamark ink and then heat embossed with Gold EP. Next time, I think I'd attach the glossy page to a cardstock before stamping since the paper stuck to the stamp and I only got one chance to stamp with ink even though I was using the Misti.  

I used a Gina K die to cut the image which I attached to Stick It before cutting.  This made it much easier to adhere the image to the card stock panel of Gina K White CS. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Gina K You Have My Heart Set. I also added a die cut heart cut with Gina K Die from GKD Gold Metallic CS. To finish, I edged the panel with Pilot Gold Metallic Marker, attached it to a layer of Pink CS from stash, and then to a White Card Base. 

I will be sending this card to my Mother for Valentine's. I think the Cloisonne technique gives an "antiquey" vibe to the card. 

Challenges:

ModSquad Challenge: Hearts and Flowers. Used Gina K Stamps and Dies as listed above. 

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says With Love.  I put a lot of love into my card.

Retro Rubber Challenge: 175 Love, Love, Love! Stamps used are all from 2018 sets. 

Cas Mix Up Challenge: Used Stamping, Die cutting, Heat Embossing

Stay Safe and Healthy! Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments. Theresa

Angelique Christmas Card

Today I am sharing a card made with a scrap of patterned paper, some never before used stamps, and gold brads. I started with Neenah White Cardstock that I stamped with 2 angel stamps from Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine using Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold EP. I added some sparkly Stickles to the wings and robes. Added a strip of patterned paper that I edged with Pilot Gold Marker and embellished with Gold Brads. Quick and easy Christmas card to add to my stash.

Challenges: 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge: MLCCB 42 Anything Christmas Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge: LTSCB#153 Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff: #440 Embossing-Used heat embossing on my card. 

Stay Safe and Healthy! 

I love reading your comments. 

Theresa

More Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing some Christmas cards made using patterned papers that were in a magazine that I purchased some time ago and filed away.  On the 2 bottom cards, I used one of the pattern papers as a layer on the card base before attaching another pattern paper as the focus of the card. on all 3 cards, I used a Pilot Gold Marker to edge all the papers and added several types of stickles to add sparkle to the designs.  Attached Gold Satin Ribbon bows to the Bauble cards and Pink Brads to the Santa card.  A Penny Black sentiment was stamped and embossed with Gold EP on each card. Used Pink and White cardstock as card bases. 

Wish you could see the sparkle and texture of the stickles that I used.  Looks so good in real life. 

Challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenge: B is for Baubles

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Papers.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: 543 Use 2 or More Patterned Papers. Bottom 2 cards use 2 patterned papers and embellishments from stash. 

Stay Safe and Healthy! 

Thanks for stopping by.

 I love reading your comments. Theresa

Fall Leaves

Hello! I made this card a few days ago and forgot to post so I will do so now.  For the background I used a sheet of Gina K Designs Foil mates which I blended with Distress Oxide inks.  I tried to adhere foil to the design but for some reason I was not successful doing that. I stamped and embossed leaves and a sentiment form GKD Skeleton Leaves set (year 2018) on a panel of white cardstock. Used gold EP with Versamrk ink.  I inked the edges of both panels with Pilot Gold Metallic marker before assembling on a card base of Warm Cocoa GKD Cardstock. 

Challenges: 

Monthly Mix Challenge: September Challenge Fall is almost here!

Modsquad Challenge: Autumn Foliage

Retro Rubber Challenge: #144 Anything Goes.  Stamps are from 2018 

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

Christmas Cards with Foil

Hello!  More Christmas cards for my stash.  I started with panels of GKD Large Snowflakes Foil Mates for both of these cards and blended Distress Oxide ink using reds on the top card and blues for the second one. I added GKD Glimmering Gold foil to both using a laminator. I trimmed both panels and added the red one to a card base of Gold Metallic card stock. I inked the edges of the blue panel with Pilot Gold Metallic marker and used a GKD Blue Raspberry card base.  I die cut the sentiments from Gold Metallic CS with Creative Expressions die Merry Christmas trim and backed with strips of solid cardstock before attaching with Connect glue.
Challenges:
Make My Monday Challenge: #131 Christmas in September
Love To Craft Challenge Blog: LTCCB #50 September Anything Goes
Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: LTSCB# 137 Anything Goes. Used scrap under the die cuts.

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

Cards from Napkins

Welcome!  I have been wanting to use napkins as an element on a card for some time but I did not want to use glue or an iron to adhere the napkin to the card stock.  I have seen many videos using those techniques and decided there must be an easier way. I decided to use  Stick It paper with the napkin....a much quicker and easier way and no messy glue.   I simply peeled the top ply from a napkin and laid this carefully to a sticky side of the  Stick It paper that I trimmed to 4."x5.25" or whatever size fits best to the design on the napkin.  I  then trimmed the edges of the napkin beyond the panel of Stick It.  The best thing to use for this is a pair of sharp scissors.   A trimmer does not trim a smooth edge on the napkin.  I then attached this to a base card with glue, tape, etc. For the top card, I inked the edge of the panel with a Copics before adding to the base.
On the bottom card, I inked the edge of the panel with a Pilot Gold Metallic marker picking up the gold text on the printed napkin. I finished with die cut words from Cheery Lynn to create a Thank You card.  Textured Green card stock for the bases was from my stash.
This was a quick and easy process to make cards using paper napkins.  It would be easy to make a gift box of these cards which I probably will do.  I can do 4 cards from each napkin.

The top card uses a large napkin that I have saved for a few years and the bottom card is from a pack of cocktail napkins that I recently purchased.

Challenges:
Love to Craft Challenge Blog: LTCCB #50 September Anything Goes. Craftting with paper napkins

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

O Christmas Tree

Hello!  My card today features a Christmas Tree that was embossed with a Darice EF on white card stock.  I colored and inked the raised areas with Copics  and attached a sentiment from leftovers from a card kit.  I inked the edges of the panel with a Gold Metallic marker before attaching to a red card base.  Simple and easy.  Another one for my Christmas Card stash.  

 The photo is a bit distorted but my card is nice and straight. 

Challenges:

Christmas Cards all Year 'Round: Use at least 2 things starting with S.  Used word Season and Star.

CAS Christmas Card Challenge: September Christmas Tree

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

Drummers Drumming

Hello! I have been playing with more stamps from The Twelve Days of Christmas stamp set from Creative Stamping Magazine.  I used a drum stamp that I inked with versamark and heat embossed with Gold EP.  I stamped the sentiments with the same technique.  While I was at it, I decided to do 2 cards but with different color combos. The top card was stamped on white card stock and colored with  gold, ivory,  reds, and blue copics. I used a Turquoise card base.  The second card was made with ivory card stock and colored with Copics in more traditional Christmas colors red, green, and gold.  I used a Green Metallic Foil card stock behind the image and attached to an ivory base.  I used a Gold Metallic marker to edge the image for each card before assembling the cards.  This gives the appearance of another layer without the extra weight.

Challenges:
CAS Christmas Card Challenge: August 12 Days of Christmas (2nd entry)
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB#25 Anything Christmas Goes
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up: Challenge #68 Optional Twist Shimmer or Shine
Make My Monday: 128 Clean and Simple
Mix It Up Challenge Blog: MIUCB#25 Anything goes + Embossing 

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

Apple Blossom Time

Hello!  I have created another one of the Slim Line cards that are trending now.  I resized and printed digitals images and a sentiment from Power Poppy Apple in Season set on white cardstock.  I colored the images with Copics using some pencils for highlights. I trimmed this to 3.75" x 8.75" and inked the edges with a Pilot Gold Metallic Pen. I attached this a white card base 4" x 9". I really like how my coloring turned out....looks even better in real life.
Challenges:
Confetti Creation Challenge: Change It Up -make a slim card.

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

Leftovers Served for Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I have 2 Christmas cards both using die cuts and negative space leftover from die cuts. 

The top card uses the negative leftover from white card stock that I cut with a GKD Christmas word die.  I trimmed the white panel and placed over a strip of Glimmering Gold foil that I had left from another project.  I inked the edges with a Pilot Metallic Gold Marker. Added the word Merry that I die cut with a Cheery Lynn die from the same foil. Finished with a Red Velvet card base.  

The second card uses the leftover negative from a strip of the Glimmering Gold Foil that I placed on to a card base of White Cardstock with glue.  I cut a frame from Gold Metallic CS with rectangle dies and attached to the card. Finished with the word Merry cut with Cheery Lynn die from White CS. Edged the finished card with the Pilot Metallic Gold marker.
I created 2 simple and quick cards using leftovers and scraps.
Challenges:
613 Avenue Challenge: #235 Anything Goes w optonal twist the Sentiment as the  Focal
Die Cut Divas: Christmas in July
AAA Cards: CAS Game #169 Made in minutes + optional twist Christmas in July
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #498 Anything Christmas goes with Optional Theme use Red.

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

Shaping Up with Succulents

Hello!  I am back playing with another Creative Confetti Challenge.  This one is  Shape Up!-create making shapes take center stage.  I chose to use the shapes of circles, ovals, squares and rectangles. And I found a DCWV Patterned Paper featuring hexagons with gold foil accents to use as my background. I stamped 4 images from Power Poppy Sassy Succulents set on white cardstock and colored with Copics  using colors pulled from the patterned paper. I trimmed the images using Spellbinder dies and attached to mats of Metallic Gold CS.  I arranged the shapes on the hexagon paper popping up the 2 smaller images with foam.   I edged the background panel with Pilot Gold Metallic marker before attaching to a white card base. I attached the sentiment from the same stamp set with Versamark and embossed with Gold EP.   I thought the words "We're All in this Together" were appropriate for this card in today's time. Is it not interesting the stamp set was created in 2014?  What was Marcella thinking when she included this sentiment in the set?

Challenges:
Creative Confetti Challenge: Shape Up!

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper.

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

Thinking of Everyone

Hello!  It's been a few days since I have posted but I have this Thinking of you Card to share today.   I thought I had posted this but could not find it, so I am using  it to say that I have been thinking of everyone out there in blog land and hope you are staying healthy and safe. I created this card by heat embossing GKD stamps from Tropical Blooms with Gold EP on Black CS and coloring with Pencils.  Also used a splatter stamp with the Gold EP.  I inked the edge of the image layer with Pilot Gold Metallic marker and attached to a card base of Black CS.

Challenges to enter:

Happy Little Stampers: March CAS challenge-use favorite technique. Used Heat embossing.

The Flower Challenge: #42 Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Challenge 231 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Use Colored Pencils

  I have not been posting lately but I have been busy in my studio creating a great many cards.  I put together a package of over 80 cards that I sent to the Life Care Center in Tennessee where my Mother is a resident. This included many Hello, Thinking of You, and other assorted themes to cheer up the residents who have been unable to have company.
I assembled the package by pulling cards from my stash some of which I modified and changed to fit the need.  I failed to make a picture of those cards that I sent but many were cards that I have posted on this blog. I also used a lot of those bits and pieces that I had accumulated in my leftover box of never used die cuts, stamped images, colored digis, etc to create several quick cards that I enclosed with the already made ones.  I also included some Thank You Cards to the staff.
Sending cards is a great way to keep busy and let others know that you care.  I see a lot of card makers doing that very thing.
I am now working on a box of Easter Cards to send to the same place and almost have the number that I need.  More about that later and I will have pictures.

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