Wrapping Gifts

Welcome!  I hope you all had a great New Year's Eve and I wish you much Health and Happiness in 2020!  Today I am sharing some wrapping paper and tags that I created using some Artsystamper  digital images with some neutral colored paper from my stash.  I often give sets of handmade cards as gifts in clear boxes and I needed to gift wrap them and decided to created my own design of wrapping paper using 8.5" x11".  Then I decided that I needed to add coordinated tags that I printed using the same paper and digital images.  The gift package with tag that I created is shown above. I used Photoshop to layout the designs and printed them on  paper. The Pine Cone and Pine Needles digital images that I used were free gifts available to the Artsystamper Art Group on Facebook.

Challenges to enter:

Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #6 Wrapping Paper/Tags.  I had not planned to enter this challenge again but since we can enter 3  times, I thought this was a perfect match to enter.

Love to Craft Challenge Blog: Jan LTCCB #42 Anything Goes.

Best wishes for the New Year! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Tree with a Lot of "Punchy" Dots

Hello! I am back with another Red and White Christmas card made with Gina K Design stamps from Joyful Holiday set.  This set is an older one that I have had for several years.  I heat embossed both the tree and sentiment with GKD White EP on GKD Red Velvet CS after stamping with Versamark ink. For fun, I decorated the tree with a White Metal Star brad and "Ornaments" cut from Red Glitter Paper with a large hole punch. Attached the panel to White Card Base. 

Challenges:

ModSquad Challenge: Red and White...that's it!

As You Like It Challenge: Use Favorite Cute or Traditional for Christmas.  I favor Traditional Christmas cards because I do not have many cute stamps. And most of my cards go to the older generations who tend to like more traditional cards.  

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge: Theme is Die-lirious or Punchy.  Use simple hole punch for all the ornaments.

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge 179 Anything goes

Retro Rubber: Challenge 123 Anything Goes with stamps older than a year.  These stamps are at least 5 years or older. 

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

Happy Fall Y'all

Welcome!  While I was going through my leftover box of fall items I came across some leaves that I had stamped and stashed away. The maple leaf is an old stamp from PSX and the oak one is Rubber Stampede.  I think I used SU inks to color the leaves before stamping on White CS.  I fussy cut the found leaves and attached to a white panel that I embossed with Darice EF. I stamped the panel with an old SU Stamp with Memento ink.  I inked the white edges with green.  Added this to a tag cut from a scrap of dark red card stock. Punched a hole and finished with a green ribbon from stash that I inked the edges with a Red Copic to tie in with colors of the leaves.
Challenges:
Tag You're It! Challenge: #98 Fall Leaves
Stamping Sensations: October Challenge Trees-Leaves-Autumn

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

All About Circles

Hello! Back with another quick post.   This card was made with a Pumpkin stamp from Repeat Impressions that I stamped with Memento Tangelo ink on white card stock and fussy cut.  I simply attached a panel of orange and white dotted pattern paper from stash to a white card base and stamped a GKD sentiment with  the orange ink and heat embossed with clear EP.  I attached the pumpkin and glued on some orange dots punched with a hole punch.  Made it look like one of those fancy designer pumpkins! Easy, peasy!

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Orange and White
The House That Stamps Built: Challenge DCC 0219 Circles

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

Happy 99th Birthday!

 Welcome!  Today I am sharing a special card that I created for my Mother's 99th Birthday that is later this month.  I made a similar card for her a couple years ago and she loved it so I thought I would repeat my design by adding some more candles and also the Happy Birthday song.  I used Photoshop Elements to create the pages with text  and candles and then added dots and strips of glitter paper and used Diamond Stickles for glitter on each of the 99 Candles. That took a bit of time.  The front with 3 candles was attached to a Pink CS and then I attached 8 pages with 12 candles each printed on white CS.  The Happy Birthday song lyrics and music was printed across the bottom of the pages to which I added glitter dots.
The card fits these challenges:
Allsorts Challenge: Week # 502 Milestones with Numbers
Cards In Envy: It's all about the numbers challenge.  This card is less than 1/4", actually 1/8" so it does fit into an envelope.
Make My Monday Challenge: #87 Use Words or Sentiment.
Use Your Stuff: Challenge 342 As Time Goes By. 99 years is a lot of time gone by!
Crafty Catz: #444 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Birthdays

Photos below show the card as it appears opening.

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

Twofer with Circle Dies

Hello!  I am back with another entry to Twofer Card Challenge.  The challenge is to make 2 different designs for 2 different occasions using the same stamps and/or dies.  The August prompt is Geometric and I chose to use Spellbinder Nestabilities circle dies for my cards.   For the Christmas Card, I used 3 circle dies with a White Texture specialty paper, Silver Glitter paper and a Red CS that I embossed with a Reindeer EF. I added white ink to the raised reindeer.   I layered the 3 circles on a Red Card Base and added Cheery Lynn die cut sentiment from the Silver Glitter paper.  

For the second card, I decided to create a Birthday Card.  I used the same 3 circle dies to cut circles from Orange, Yellow, Glitter, and Patterned Glitter card stocks.   I also used a hole punch and additional circle dies of various sizes with the same 3 dies that I used in the top card.  I arranged all the circles on a White CS and stamped a Gina K Sentiment with Hero Arts Orange ink and heat embossed with Clear EP.

Challenges:

Twofer Card Challenge: #8 Geometric Use circle dies on cards. 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #399 Anything goes as long as it's Christmas.Optional theme: no stamp or digital image,

Die Cuttin  Divas: Challenge #382 Birthday Wishes. Used Spellbinders Circle Dies.

Happy Little Stampers: August Anything Goes With Dies

Happy Little Stampers: August CAS Challenge Die Cuts

 Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!  Love your comments! Theresa

Playing with the Negative of a Die Cut

Hello!  Today I used the negative space of a die cut to create a card. I adhered pattern paper under the floral portions of the cut out of white CS and then placed on to a green card base.  Added dots of yellow CS and  Glossy Accents to the centers of the flowers.  To finish I used a strip of striped paper and the die cut of Hello with Hello stamped with Versamark and embossed with White EP.

Patterned Paper from MME A Mother's Love pad. GKD Grass Green and White CS. Dies From Memory Box Splendid Clarkia and GKD Hello. 

Challenge:

Cards in Envy: Get Negative Card Challenge.  Create card with negative space of a die or punch. 

Always Fun Challenge: #53 Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers: April Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

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

Winter Tag

Hello!  I made a tag with a snowflake theme that can be for Christmas or Hanukkah or any winter gift.  I used a Sizzix Snowflake die with a textured specialty paper from a Hero Arts kit.  Stamped a Gina K stamp with versamark and white EP on a tag cut from textured blue CS, added the snowflake and a gold ribbon.
Challenges:
Tag You're It! Challenge: Tag #79-inspired by the snowflake design and touch of gold on Leigh's tag.
Shopping Our Stash: Challenge #333 Let's Play Tag.
Allsorts Challenge: Week 446 Cold and Frosty Colors

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

Treasure Hunt?

Hello!  I searched out a treasure chest for this CAS card that I made for a couple of challenges.  The stamps are from an old set in my stash.  I stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Markers and a Gold Metallic pen.  Also inked the edges of the white CS with the pen.  Added some loose gold coins to go with the sketch.  Made this very simply...a true CAS. 

Challenges:

CAS-ology Challenge: Week 268 Cue Card Fortune

CAS Colours & Sketches:  Challenge #242 Sketch 

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