Thanks with Some Pumpkins

Welcome!  Still thinking of fall leaves and pumpkins.  I came across this cute Dearie Dolls digital image in my files and decided to print out and put on a thank you card. I added some coloring to the already colored version and trimmed with a die and placed on a brown mat and then an embossed orange card base.  Used a Sizzix  EF Thanks.  

Challenge:

Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #388 Fall Colors. Use Spellbinder Nestabilities Rectangle and Label dies. 

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 549 Autumn

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

Pumpkin Full of Roses

Hello!  Don't you just love "Pumpkin Season"....could be another name for Fall?  And I love using pumpkins on cards....maybe it's the bright color that gets me.  I just had to make this card following the current sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches...just called out for a pumpkin in that square element.   And that photo inspiration from Time Out challenges said to add some orange roses.  The layering rose stamps from Gina K's Old Country Roses were perfect for that and I popped them up with foam tape.  Used Gina K Ivory and Grass Green CS's with a pattern paper from a Fancy Pants Designs pad.  Used Cheery Lynn Large Flourish die (rearranged) and Nesties square dies. Pumpkin stamp from Repeat Impressions.  Sentiment stamp from a Gina K set. Used Memento inks for stamping and Copics for coloring. Finished with some bling of Orange Dew Drops. 

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #471

TIME OUT Challenges: #118 Home Sweet Home Photo Inspiration.  Love the pumpkins filled with orange flowers.

Creative with Stamps: #30 Pumpkin

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Bling It On.

Modsquad Challenge: Fall Colors

Happy Little Stampers: September Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

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

Forest Of Trees

Hello! Welcome to my blog!  I was inspired by Cheri's project of the week posted on The House That Stamps Built using soft shadow resist technique in the making of this card.   I stamped Repeat Impressions Large Pine Forest on white CS with Versamark and heat embossed with White EP.  I then added Memento Bamboo Leaves ink and SU Bordering Blue ink with a stencil brush and wiped off the ink on the embossed area. I also added Liquid Pearl snow.  I die cut the image and layered on a square of Green CS assembling my card following the Challenge Sketch below.  My Glossy White card base,embossed with Darice EF Snowflakes, was inked with Green Copic- not the neatest way to this. Next time I would use a layer of Green CS instead.  Finished with some Snowflakes, Blue Grosgrain ribbon strips and Blue Rhinestones.  Snowflakes were die cut with a Cheery Lynn die from Build a Flower Dies. Also used Nesties square die.

Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: What If? Wednesday Sketch #02616.  I always try to use Repeat Impressions stamps for my entry.
Shopping Our Stash Weekly: Challenge SOS275 is Three Trees-use at least 3 trees.
Die Cut Diva: October is the time to emboss.  Used both dry and heat embossing with dies for "snowflakes" and squares.
Alphabet Challenge Blog: R is for Recipe Challenge-use at least 3 of the recipe ingredients. Used Stamps, Dies, Embossing, and Ribbon.


After posting the photograph, I realized that my image was not centered on the Green Panel. OOPS! I will correct the position before using the card but will not take the time to redo the photo.
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Words + Pattern + Pumpkin = Card

 

Welcome Friends! I was looking for a pattern paper for another project when I came across a floral pattern with the colors Orange, Turquoise, and Violet that was perfect for the color challenge at The House That Stamps Built.... so I set it aside and came back to it later to create this card using a sketch from The Challenge shown below.  I place a panel of the pattern from a GKD paper pad on to an Orange Card Base that I embossed with Darice EF Floral Frenzy  and added a Pumpkin image made with a Repeat Impressions stamp and colored with Copics.  Added the words cut with Cheery Lynn dies from Turquoise and Violet CS scraps. 

Challenges:

The House That Stamps Built: WIW Color Challenge shown below.

The Challenge: #80 Sketch Challenge

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: October challenge

Fab n Funky Challenge: #321 Include the word Happy

 

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

Bouquet of Sunflowers

This quick and simple CAS card was made with a Power Poppy digital stamp colored with Copics and placed on a card base of Brown CS with a mat of Authenique Pattern Paper.  The image was framed with Brown CS cut with Nesties oval dies.  I created the bouquet by using Photoshop to layering the flowers.  I think this makes a nice notecard or I can add a verse when sending the card for a specific occasion.

 

Challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge: Week #362 Photo inspiration

CASology:  Week 216

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

Birthday Wishes

 



Welcome!  This is my third post today. Spent some time this weekend in the studio.

I was thinking of several challenges as I made this card using stamps from Repeat Impressions Happy Cling Set. I stamped the words on White CS with Memento Tuxedo Black and SU Ruby Red inks and cut with an Oval die and then embossed with Gingham EF.  I attached this to a Black CS mat and a card base of Red CS.  Decided it needed some happy butterflies that I cut with a Cheery Lynn die.

Challenges:

The House That Stamps Built: DCC14 Challenge is Happy Birthday

Mod Squad Challenge: What's That You Say?  Use sentiment as focal point.

Simon Says Wednesday: Simon says Clean and Simple

Alphabet Challenge Blog: O is for Oval

Crafty Catz: Challenge 338 Color Combo Red/Black /White

Allsorts Challenge: Week 381 Black and White plus One

 

 

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

Relax on Father's Day

Hello!  I have been playing with an old LOTV stamp with James Bear Deckchair Dreaming which I know I have had since 2010 or earlier.  I stamped the image and colored with Copics and die cut with Nesties circle die and then added to a design made with Bazzill Grapefruit Bliss CS and pattern papers from MME Collectable pad. I used the sketch from Retro Rubber Challenge #40.  I finished with a Father's Day sentiment from GKD stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Red EP.

Challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge: #rrcb 40 Kind of Sketchy challenge. Used stamp at least 6 years old.
Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #70 Father's Day.  Used Circle dies.
CASology: Week 202 Masculine
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Challenge is Summer.  Used a summer image for a summer holiday.
Crazy 4 Challenges: Make it Masculine.
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 198 Holiday.
Double D Challenges: One for the Boys
Cards in Envy: No girls allowed. Card is flat enough for an A2 envelope.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Animal Magic.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use Patterned Paper

Here's a link to a card that I made with this LOTV stamp in 2010.
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Splash of Love

Hello!  My post is coming from my temporary studio called the Nook where I will be carding and posting for a few weeks.  It is located in sunny Captiva Island.....when I look out the window, I see the pool surrounded by tropical vegetation and I card to the sounds of Florida birds with the occasional cry of an Osprey.

Today's card is made with Gina K stamps from A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie is splashed with a lot of love.  Other supplies:  Water Color Paper, GKD Green and Pink CS, Circle Dies, Memento Lady Bug, Rose Bud inks, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Pink Glaze Pen

Challenges :
Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday Challenge Make a Splash
Mod Squad Challenge:  Use Hearts and/or Love

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

Singing Blue Roses

Hello!  Today I have been playing with Blues to make a card using Tuesday Morning Sketches and a Challenge from Stamp TV.   I used Gina K Design stamps from A Year of Flowers and a sentiment from A Year of Flowers 2.
Other Supplies used: Gina K White and Little Boy Blue CS and Pattern from Poolside Paper pad, SU Brocade Blue Ink, Copics, Nesties Circle and Scallop Circle dies, Fiskar Scallop Border Punch, Cuttlebug EF Polka Dots

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #355 Sketch
Stamp TV: Release Party Challenge Singing the Blues-use your favorite blues
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Winter Love

Hello!  Today is a very rainy day.....a good day to play in the studio.  So I created some cards to enter in  recent challenges.....played with winter and snow themes.  I pulled out a Heartfelt Creations stamp Snowman Melt Your Heart.  I stamped part of the Snowman Head ( left off the bird on his shoulder and the holly on his hat) on white CS with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I colored him with Copics and added a couple of white CS circles to give him a body.  I added some gems for buttons and a punched Red Heart to his hat. I attached him to an embossed layer of Blue CS which I stamped with a HFC Sentiment with Memento Lady Bug ink. After attaching this to the Card Base of Red,  I popped up a Red Foil Heart that I have been hoarding.

 

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations: Challenge #340 Poppy, White, Sky.  I was inspired by the colors and also the snowman in the graphic.

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #116 Theme is Winter

Cards in Envy: Let It Snow Card Challenge

Tuesday Morning Sketches: Challenge #332 is Anything Goes.

Tuesday Throwdown: TT274 Challenge is Anything Goes

Mod Squad Challenge: Anything Goes

 



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

Thank You Card for Fall

 

 

Hello! I am back today with a quick entry for the WIW Color Challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  We are to use Orange, Lime, and Purple and/or Black.   I have used these colors with a Sketch 290  from Sweet Sunday to make a Fall Thank You card with Repeat Impressions Pumpkin and Vertical Thanks stamps.  I also used a portion of an EF Thanks from Sizzix, Cuttlebug  EF Victoria Copics Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and Nesties Circle dies.







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

Where Is The Sunshine

Hello!  About the only sunshine that I have seen lately has been on cards and stamps.  In Ohio, July has been as cloudy and rainy as June was.  So in the studio I decided to play with a Sunflower stamp from Power Poppy Sunny Harvest set and combine it with some Pattern Papers from MME My Favorite Things pad.  After stamping the image using Memento Espresso Truffle ink,  I chose my colors from the papers to use as inspiration.  I colored with Copics Y17, Y23, R46, R59, G21, G82, E07, E35, E43.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Rhubarb Stalk.  I cut the patterns and image using  different Nesties Rectangle dies and assembled the card following the Sketch from Die-Cut Diva Challenge.  I added some brads colored with Copic  to finish.   I really like the colors and patterns that I used.  I hope I brought some sunshine to life.

 

Challenges:

Power Poppy: Power Spark challenge is Hang Some Paper.  We are to use at least 3 pattern papers.

Die Cuttin Divas: #223 is the July sketch challenge  using die cuts.

City Crafter Challenge: Week 269 You Are My Sunshine. Used yellow on my flowers and brads.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use Pattern Paper on your project.

 

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge: Week 255 Sweet as Sunshine. Inspired by the colors and polka dots.  The brads pick up the shine of the yellow icing.

Hope you are enjoying some sunshine!
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Love With a Hug

Hello! Yesterday I was playing with one of my favorite Repeat Impressions stamps, Bear Hug, and created a card for their Sketch Challenge for What If? Wednesday #A2215 shown below.
I colored the image stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa using Copics and paper pieced the hair bow with a scrap. 

Other Supplies:
Repeat Impressions Sentiment stamp, Ivory and Coral CS's,  SU Coral ink, Copics E30,E31, E35, MME Pattern Paper from Market Street Pad, Nestabilities Dies, Black Brads, Darice EF Flower Frenzy.


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

Playing in the Breeze

Hello and welcome! Today I am playing with a digital image Breeze in Spring from A Day for Daisies.  I simply colored with Copics after printing and edged with Summer Sky ink.  I placed this on an embossed pattern Paper from Pink Paislee Color Wash pad. EF is Darice Floral Frenzy.  I did add some blue sponging to the mostly pink paper. This was attached to a White card base and then added a Vellum strip heat embossed with Live the Sweet Life stamp from Flourishes.  Sorry the sentiment is hard to read in the photo.

Challenges:
A Day for Daisies: Challenge #119 is Anything Goes with ADFD image.
Crafty Catz Challenge: It's a Girl Thing
Creative Corner Challenges: For a Child
Allsorts Challenge Blog: Quick and simple does it!
Pal Paper Arts: Sketch Challenge shown on right

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

Spring Bouquet

 Hello! Tulips will soon be blooming and that means spring will have arrived.  I love the Tulip Bouquet stamp from Repeat Impressions and have used the colors Pink and Green pulled from the photo Inspiration from The House That Stamps Built and Tulips and Hat colors from Simon's Inspiration board.

Challenges:
What If? Wednesday Challenge: M1815 Photo Inspiration on right
Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: Spring into Color
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says...get inspired by SPRING PINTEREST INSPIRATION! see left
Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle, SU Pixie Pink
Copics and Pencils
Dies: Nesties Ovals and Scallop Oval
EF: Cuttlebug Wicker Weave
Papers: GKD Green, White and Pink CS From Stash and Scraps
Ribbon from Stash

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Easter Greetings

 

Hello! Easter is just around the corner.  I made a CAS card using a fussy cut out of a lily from a Dutch Gardens Catalog ( See photo of page that I used on right).  I got the idea to use something from a magazine from  the challenge from Mod Squad to use a magazine, gift catalog, or any other periodical to find something to be somewhere on your card.  I used the sketch from CAS on Sunday challenge.  I have more lilies cut out to use on other cards.

 Supplies:

Stamp: Hero Arts Easter Greetings

Ink: SU Regal Rose

Papers: White CS from stash, Pink CS's from Brazzill

Nesties Circle Dies

Cuttlebug With Love Embossing Borders

Challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge:  Magazine Madness- use something from a magazine, gift catalog, or any periodical on a card.
CAS on Sunday: #54 Sketch shown on right
CASology: Cue is Blossom

Clear It Out Challenge: Theme:Easter and Stash:Pastel Things. I used old Pink Papers,Ink

Simon Wednesday Challenge:
Simon says Spring. Inspired by pink in  board.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

An Angel with Hearts

Another Valentine for some of the many Valentine and Love Challenges.  For this one I used A Day For Daisy digital image free this week here.  I printed the image and colored with Copics and used some Wink of Stella for shine but I just cannot get the shine to photograph. I kept the card CAS with a card base of Pink CS with a layer of Red CS and then the image edged with a gold marker.  I stamped a Repeat Impressions sentiment twice with Memento Lady Bug ink and cut with a Nesties scalloped heart die and attached with foam dots.  I used an asymmetrical layout to take advantage of the falling hearts.
Challenges:
A Day for Daisy:  Challenge #114 Valentine-y...use A Day for Daisy image.
The House That Stamps Built: Color Challenge Red, Pink, White
Fussy and Fancy Friday: #131 Things with Wings
Addicted to CAS: Hugs and Kisses
Sweet Stamps Blog: Love is in the air.

I had time to do some carding as it was rainy and cloudy here in Florida.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa