Music is Love

Hello!  Playing today with GKD background stamp Petite Flowers and stamps and die from You Have My Heart set.   I decided to use the sketch from Sketch Saturday to create a musical theme card.  I used the background stamp with Memento Bamboo Leaves on white CS and layered this with a Fresh  Asparagus panel stamped and heat embossed with the sentiment. The edge of the green was punched with a scallop border and lined with white CS.  Added a Guitar stamped on Kraft CS and cut with a die.  I thought I had some die cut Musical Notes  in my stash but could not find them.   So I improvised an embellishment....I emboss a scrap of Vellum with a portion of a CB embossing folder Allegro.  Inked the raised area with black ink and heat embossed with Clear EP.  Fussy cut 2 sections to use for my finishing touches. 

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday: #522 by Neha
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Add a Sentiment Challenge
613 Avenue Create: Challenge 211 Anything Goes/ Optional Twist Create Your Own Designer Paper
Happy Little Stampers: July Anything Goes with a Die Challenge.  Used die for guitar.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says use a die and/or punch.  Used a die and a punch.

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

Playing with Acetate

 Front

Inside

Hello!  Today I am showing a card that I made for the Monthly Mix Challenge at Stamp TV.  We are to use acetate on our project.  I found this to be a difficult challenge for me for 3 reasons-

# 1.  I do not like to use acetate as I find it hard to keep the acetate clean and it is hard to stamp with ink. 

#2. I do not like to use Stazon ink....I always get ink on my fingers and I do not like the smell of the ink.

#3.  I have the hardest time photographing anything with acetate without getting glare.  I had to make several shots to get a decent photo.

With that off my chest,  I did get a finished card ….front of card shown above in top photo.  Stamped Guitar and Sentiment from GKD You Have My Heart set with STAZON on panel of ACETATE. The inside was finished with die cuts of the guitar in the patterned paper and pink CS stamped with a heart and another sentiment stamped on bottom edge.  The die cut guitar was lined up directly under the stamped guitar on the acetate. 

Another photo:

Other Challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C442 Windows.  Used acetate on my card. 

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

Strumming a Love Song

Hello!  Time to think about Valentine cards for those we love.  I created this design with Gina K's stamps and dies from the new Hearts and Flowers kit.   I stamped both the guitar and fancy heart on white CS with Black ink and colored with copics.  I tried to color the guitar with a wood grain look.  I cut both out and layered with die cuts from Black CS. I embossed a layer of GKF Red Velvet CS with Cuttlebug Allegro EF for the background which I also stamped and heat embossed with a Gina K sentiment from the set.  I finished by arranging the Guitar and Heart with more hearts cut from red and black CS.  Attached to a card base of GKD Black CS. 

Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Love/Valentines

Just Add Ink: #392 Just Add Something New.  Used new stamps and dies.

CAS on Friday: Challenge 124 Make a card for Love/Valentine's Day

613 Avenue Create: Challenge 205 Anything Goes /optional twist Something New.  Used new stamps and dies for my card.

Die Cut Diva's: January Challenge Do Or Use Something.  Used new stamps and dies.

The Paper Players: Challenge PP377 Clean and Simple with a theme of Love Notes

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