Candle Trio

Hello! This Christmas card was inspired by the current Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge mood board shown below. The picture of the lantern with candles reminded me of a Memory Box Die in my collection so I used it to create this card.  The Gold Panel made with gold metallic CS and glitter gel and a stencil was actually leftover from another project.  It was a perfect fit for the Candle Trio that I die cut several times  and layered and pieced together. 

Supplies used: My Favorite Things Stencil Radiating Rays, Memory Box Die Little Candle Trio, Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Die Merry Christmas, Spellbinders Rectangle Die, GKD Glitz Glitter Gel, Diamond Stickles, Red Cardstock, Green Cardstock, Mulberry Green Paper, Gold Metallic Cardstock, Red and Yellow Copics. 

Challenges:

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge: #13 Anything Christmas 

Happy Little Stampers: April Anything Goes with Dies

Happy Little Stampers: April Stencil Challenge Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers: April Christmas Challenge Anything Goes + Option Glitter

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Theresa

Wishes for a Wonderful Day

Hello!  Doesn't St. Patrick's Day remind you of rainbows and shamrocks?  I guess I was thinking of that when I made this card using a Shamrock cut with my Cameo from GKD Green CS.  I sponged the backdrop with a stencil from My Favorite Things called Radiating Rays using 7 colors of Distress Inks on a white CS panel for a rainbow effect.  I inked the edges with a Pilot Gold Metallic Marker.  I placed the shamrock on a circle of Gold Glitter paper before attaching to the background and then a White card base. Guess the gold represents a Pot of Gold found at the end of the rainbow. I stamped and heat embossed  a GKD  Sentiment, one of my favorites, from Old Country Roses set, on the shamrock.  St. Patrick's Day is always a Wonderful Day, hence the sentiment. 

Challenges:

Monthly Mix Challenge: Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Create a project that has something to do with rainbows, whether it’s the colors or just the sentiment. 
The Paper Girls Challenge: #195 Glitter-used circle of gold glitter paper under the shamrock. 


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

Sunny Summer

Hi!  Summer is definitely here with high temperatures here in Ohio.  Enjoying all the sunshine but it has been mixed with a lot of rain.  But I let sun be the star of my CAS card.  Used Radiating Rays stencil from My Favorite Things with Memento Dandelion ink.  Finished with a sentiment from Power Poppy heat embossed with Yellow EP. Attached to a Bright Yellow Card Base.
Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Add a Sentiment Challenge
CAS on Friday: Challenge #162 Use a Stencil
Allsorts Challenge: Week 528 CAS
Just Add Ink: 465 Just add the Season.  Used sunny summer as the season.

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

Birthday Lighthouse

Playing with some challenges using a 2011 Lighthouse stamp from Art Impressions with 2 colors of ink Memento Paris Dusk and Dandelion.  Stamped the image on white CS with the Paris Dusk and added the rays with Dandelion ink and My Favorite Things Radiating Rays stencil.  Used a mask to cover the image before stenciling the rays. 

Challenges:
Modsquad Challenge: Light Your Way- This week’s challenge is to make a masculine nautical card.
Addicted to Stamps: #175 For a man or boy
Retro Rubber: Challenge 113 Anything Goes with a stamp a year or older.  My stamp is about 7 years old.
Just For Fun: June challenge use a stencil

The Library Challenge: #35 To the Lighthouse.  Used a lighthouse image and colors from the cover

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

Card with Heart

Hello!  My card today was made with the My Favorite Things stencil Radiating Rays.  I sponged DOI Fired Brick on a panel of white CS using the stencil and then cut with  a Spellbinders Scalloped Heart die. I stamped a Gina K Designs sentiment in the center with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold EP. I attached the heart to Gold Metallic paper that I recycled from a card that I received from my DH and then placed on a white card base.
I do not have many stencils and do not make many cards with stencils.  But, I was inspired to make this CAS card for the new CAS Stencil Challenge that started this month.
Challenges:
Time Out Challenges: #126 Loving
CAS Stencil Challenge:  January Sponging with Stencils
Dies R Us Challenge: #112 Anything goes using dies by companies carried at DRU store.

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

Shining with a Stencil

Hello! I thought this CAS card would be appropriate for some challenges on my list this week.   I used a stencil from My Favorite Things to create sun beams with Yellow ink. I used some stamps from my older Gina K stamps.  Stamped the image and sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
Challenges:
CASology: Week 309 : Cue Card Sunbeam
Tuesday Throwdown: 403 Stenciling

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