Glittery Glasses

Hello!  I made this card a few days ago when it was too cold to be outside and I spent my time in the studio.  This one was made with  scraps of red  and light gold glitter paper and white CS.  I stamped  wine glasses on the glitter paper with Repeat Impressions stamps and fussy cut and placed them on the red glitter paper.  I embossed the white card base with Divine Swirls EF and stamped the old Christmas Sentiment from stash with versamark and heat embossed with Red EP.   I never have used that sentiment but it was perfect for my card.
Challenges:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #272 Create a Christmas card with Glasses
Addicted to Stamps and More: #274 Clean and Simple
Cas-ual Fridays: CFC190-All that Glitters

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

Thanksgiving Theme

Hello!  For fall cards, I keep going back to this Pumpkin stamp that I think is PSX and I have had many years.  I created this card for several challenges adding a Sunflower to the card with an old MFP stamp. The sentiment is from Gina K Design set.

Other Supplies: Papers-GKD Ivory CS, Heartfelt Creations Classic Edition Collection; Inks-Memento Rich Cocoa, SU Always Artichoke, Distress Ink Antique Linen, Copics.

Challenges:

Cards In Envy: Just Pumpkins. Card is flat for use in an envelope. 2nd entry.

Retro Rubber: Challenge 51 Be Thankful. Inspired by photo to use pumpkin and sunflower. Pumpkin stamp is older than 2 years+ as well as the sunflower stamp.

Shopping Our Stash Weekly: #207 Gobble 'til you Wobble. Make a Thank You or Thanksgiving Card

Double D Challenges: Harvest Blessings/Give Thanks

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Thanks/Thanksgiving

The House That Stamps Built: Challenge DCC119 Being Thankful

Just For Fun November Challenge: Give Thanks

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: November Use Patterned Papers

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

Christmas Chickadee

Welcome!  I love birds especially cute chickadees.  I was inspired to get out this Chickadee Stamp from Gina K Stamps by the challenge at Inspired by All The Little Things challenge.  I combined it with a Musical EF Allegro by Cuttlebug and some Holly stamps from Flourishes using the Sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch to create this Christmas card.  Other supplies used: Memento Tuxedo Black, Northern Pine, and Rhubarb Stalk inks; Copics markers;  MFP sentiment; Red and White CS; Glossy Accents; Stickles; Red Satin ribbon..

Challenges:

Inspired by All the Little Things: #31 Inspiration photo below

CAS(E) this Sketch: #197 Sketch below

Creative with Stamps: November Challenge #8 Use a Bird Stamp

City Crafter Challenge Blog: Challenge 337 Use Ebony and Ivory-use music related items such as musical notes.

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

Happy Haunting

 

Hello! Halloween is almost here!  One more card for challenges.  I made this one for The House That Stamps Built challenge which is a photo challenge shown on the left.  I did not plan to copy the photo so closely but it just turned out that way.  But I added the witch and spider to keep it my creation.
Supplies: Stamps-Repeat Impressions Pumpkin, MFP Black Cat, GKD Basket; Memento Inks and Copics; Crafty Catz Dies; White, Sage Green, Orange, Black, and Kraft Card Stock; Darice EF Tree; Plastic Witch and Spider Confetti
Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: WIW 01619 Photo Inspiration.
Just Us Girls: Photo Week #366 Black Cat and Pumpkin inspired the card.
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge: #274 Hey Gouhlfriend-Halloween Cards
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 448 Halloween

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

Falling Leaves

Hello!  The leaves have being falling really fast with the rain and wind that we have had in the last few days.  Just waiting for them to dry before raking begins. But in the meantime, I made this card with falling leaves.  I used SU More Mustard, Old Olive, and Really Rust Reinkers and Ink pads with an old PSX Leaf Stamp and a GKD Splatter stamp.  I also did some water coloring on the leaves with a water brush and added some gold to the edges with a Pilot Gold Marker The MFP Stamp was heat embossed with Gold EP. A Grass Green card base and a layer of pattern paper from my stash finished the card.
Challenges:
Inspired by All the Little Things: Photo Inspiration #29
Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge: #70 Tic Tac Toe-Top Row-Leaves, Green, Patterned Paper
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper: October Challenge

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

Googly Eyes

Hello! I have been playing with some google eyes and a Origami dog that I printed from this website http://www.heatherlynneshida.com/origami/PRINTABLES/choosedog.html .

The dog  made a quick focus for my CAS card.  I will be using this dog again but may use cardstocks to cut the design.  For the card, I used a Black card base and a layer of White that I embossed with EF Diamond Plate.  The MFP stamp was inked with Versafine Onyx Black.  Finished with the google eyes and a bit of Glossy Accents on the nose.
Challenges:
AAA Cards: Game #67 Googley Eyes
C.R.A.F.T Challenge: 369 Animals

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

Bearing Gifts

 Hello! Happy Saturday!    Did you go shopping yesterday?  I spent the day at home and only shopped online.   After many years in retail stores, I certainly have no desire to venture out shopping on the day after TG.

I have a card for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #337 with the theme of Bears....you know how I love Bears so I had to enter this but time is running out.  I used a Crafty Sentiments Digital image Bear with Sled printed on Water Color Paper and colored with Copics and Glaze Pens and added some Sakura Stardust glitter. Heat embossed some snowflakes since he needed them for his sled. Sentiment from MFP was heat embossed with Zing Chestnut EP. Papers from stash including the pattern from Fancy Pants.


Other Challenges:
Saturday Sketch: #389 shown on right
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use pattern paper on card
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: Anything Christmas

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

Hole in One

Hello!  For this card, I used some Hero Arts Water-based Markers that I won sometime ago.  I inked a stamp from GKD Pressed Flowers set and stamped on White glossy paper which a new technique for me. The ink dried almost instantly.  I love the effects of this. Using circle dies I cut the image and placed it in a hole cut in the top layer of the card.  The top layer of White CS was embossed with Cuttlebug EF Swiss Dots, the very first EF I owned. Sentiment is a MFP's stamp inked with Memento Rosebud ink.

Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge: #198  This week's theme is Texture Me. To use your oldest embossing supply (folder, powder, or even a stylus and brass template). Used EF Swiss Dots.
AAA Cards: Game #38 CAS There's a Hole in my Card
CAS on Sunday:  Challenge #57 Theme White- make a card in white and use one other color.


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

Thanksgiving Couple

 Hello!  It soon will be Thanksgiving and we have so much to be Thankful for and I thought of those Blessings as I created this card using a great digital image from Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps who has so many cute images for FREE.  I printed this Pilgrim Couple ready to give thanks and colored them with Copics and Pencils. I trimmed the image and placed on a GKD Pattern Paper with orange ribbons from stash.  The Card Base is a rust colored CS.  The stamp is MFP"s inked with Memento Rich Cocoa.  I followed the sketch from Sweet Sunday but with a flip.

Challenges:
AAA Cards: Thanksgiving CAS
CAS on Sunday: Use ribbon or twine
Craft Your Passion Challenge: Pumkins or Turkeys
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge:  Make a Thank You or grateful project, or make something based on the Thanksgiving theme.
Sweet Sunday Sketch: #245 Shown on right.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

James With Pile Of Presents

Hello!  I am back with James, my favorite Bear from LOTV who is having trouble carrying his Christmas presents and has dropped one that is tumbling down my card.  He was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink on White CS and colored with Copics and White Liquid Pearls on his Santa Cap.  I added some shine with Clear-star pen.  The falling box is a button from my stash.   Merry Christmas stamp is from MFP and stamped in Memento Lady Bug ink.  Card Base is a Textured Green CS from stash and stripe paper is American Crafts Hollyday pad topped with a Green Satin Ribbon.


Challenges:
Sketch Saturday: Sketch #335 by Debra shown on right
Alphabet Challenge: T is for Traditional Christmas...used traditional red and green
The Ribbon Girl Challenge: Make a Christmas Card with LOTV products
Craft Your Passion Challenge: Something beginning with B--I used Bear, Boxes, Button
Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything goes.
Papertake Weekly Challenge: 2 or 4 Legs
Crafty Ribbons Challenge: Christmas Creation with ribbon
Crafty Catz Challenge: Christmas is Coming!







 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Happy Holidays

 

Good Morning!  This card was made for the challenge at Merry Monday to create a Christmas Card  with a rustic look using creams, tans and browns. I kept my card fairly simple using a Wood Grain Pattern Paper from Crate Paper as the background attached to a Ivory Card Base.  I embossed the paper with Darice EF Wood Grain to give some rustic texture.  I attached to this some Pine Branches cut from a glossy lustrous Oyster Pearl CS with Impression Obsession Die.  I topped this with a Pine Cone and Branch stamped with MFP Greetings of the Season  in Memento Rich Cocoa ink on Ivory CS and fussy cut. I also gave some shine to the cone by heat embossing with Clear EP.   The sentiment was cut from the Oyster Pearl CS with Cheery Lynn dies. This was an easy card to make but I like the details.

Challenge:
Merry Monday: Challenge #133 Rustic Christmas
Other challenges to enter:
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: Keep it Flat.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use pattern paper on a card.
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: Anything goes for Christmas
Time Out Challenges: #18 Home Sweet Home Photo Inspired


 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

A Card of Many Challenges

Hello!   Looking at this card on the screen,  I think I may have over done the splattering but I guess I was trying to fill up the background.  In making this card I was thinking of a clean and simple one layer card with water coloring, fall colors, and  some splatter.  What you see is what I got playing with those elements.
The MFP Sunflower was stamped with Distress Ink on watercolor paper and then painted using only  Distress Inks smooshed on acrylic blocks using a water brush. The sentiment was stamped with Distress Ink also.

Challenges:
One-Layer Simplicity: Challenge #10 Turning to fall
Simon Wednesday: Simon says use watercolors
Less Is More: Week 192 Color Challenge is Autumn's Bounty

CAS-ology : Word is splatter.....may have too much splatter to be Clean?

Virginia's View: Challenge #8 Clean and Simple. Inspired by the sunflower in the graphic.

 AAA Cards : Game #23 - Play with Watercolors and make CAS Card


Supplies:
Stamps: Mark Finest Papers Bring You the Sun set
Inks: Distress Inks Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo
Paper: Strathmore Water Color Paper
Tools: Water Brush

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Sunny Sunflowers

Welcome! Can you believe today is the end of September?   I love creating cards for fall and using sunflower images.  This image is a MFP stamp from Bring Us the Sun set stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle ink and colored with Copics YR 12,14,18,21 and YG 63 1nd 67. I added some texture to the center with a Glaze Pen.  I cut the flower with a Nestabilities Circle Die andplaced on a panel of pattern paper from Teresa Collins World Traveler pad and a card base of Pumpkin color Textured CS. The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with Ranger Embossing Pearl Gold EP.

Challenges:
Fusion Card Challenge: I used both the sketch and photo shown in the graphic on the right.  Love the great sketch.
Crafty Sentiment Designs: Challenge this week is Bingo. I used the second row  Designer Paper, Die Cut, and Sentiment from the bingo board on left
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge is Clean and Simple

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Oriental Birthday

Hello! Thanks for stopping by today.  Today I am sharing a very quick and simple one layer card.  I stamped 3 Chinese characters with words on White CS with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and trimmed with Rectangle Nesties and layered on Red CS cut with more Nesties.  My husband suggested I add some Washi tape for another Oriental element....he said "it is Japanese, isn't it?"  I finished with the sentiment which has an Oriental flair.  Stamps are from MFP's Asian Delight set.

Challenge:
Addicted to CAS: #47 Code word is Oriental

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Hanging Out Under the Palms

 

Hello!  This card looks very similar to one that I made before, but this time  I used watercolor paper  and distress inks to watercolor the scene which creates a totally different look.   I stamped the palm trees and hammock using a Flourishes stamp from Beach Life set.  The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers Island Life.   Inks used were Distress Inks Peeled Paint, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, and Tea Dye, and Memento Toffee Crunch. I adhered the scene to a Blue CS from stash.

Challenges:
AAA Cards: #18 Use watercolor techniques

CASology: Week cue is Under   ....Hammock is under the palm trees.

 




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Have a Cup of Java

Hello!  Yes, I have another CAS card ...this one is for CAS-ology cue card challenge JAVA.  I found this pattern paper and sticker from Crate Paper collection DIY Shop.  I thought the paper represented a morning sunrise and I must always have my coffee early in the morning.  I assembled the paper and label on a Red card base and added the cup of coffee using a GKD stamp that I paper pieced with red CS and stamped "Coffee" with MFP's Oh, Beans stamp in Memento Rich Cocoa.  That's all, folks.

Challenge links:
CAS-ology: Week 109 Java
Addicted to Stamps and More:  Challenge #109- Clean and Simple
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 226 : CAS

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

"Happy Harry" Penguin

Today I am sharing a fun card using circle dies to make  "Happy Harry" Penguin.  That's the name I gave him since he looks happy.  I made him for the challenge at Die Cut Divas using their sketch challenge shown on the right.  I sort of made him up as I played with circle dies and ended up with circles of 3 sizes cut from Black and White CS.  I added black brads for the eyes and yellow CS pieces for the beak and feet. The card base is black CS layered with triangles of pattern papers from American Crafts  Kringle & Co pad.  The sentiment from MFP was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Black EP.  I can see Happy Harry on more Christmas cards maybe with a Santa hat or red bow tie?  I can see making him using oval shapes too.

Challenges to enter Happy Harry:
Die Cuttin Diva:  Challenge #177 Sketch- Circle dies used.
ABC Christmas Challenge: P is for Penguins
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: Fur and/or Feather, Animal and/or Bird.  Used a bird.

 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa