Christmas Lights and Trees

Hello!  My card today was inspired by the challenge from Tuesday Morning Sketches shown below.  I immediately thought of a stamp of  String of Christmas Lights by Alys Paterson from a Quick Card freebie set.  I stamped the lights twice on the corner of the panel of Red Striped pattern using DOI  Lucky Clover and heat embossed with Clear EP.  Colored the lights with red and green Nuvo Drops and Gold Liquid Pearls.  The tree stamps used on the white panel were from the same set....stamped and water colored in the same ink and did accents with Gold and Red Metallic markers.  Finished with sentiment from stash, red glittery twine,  and card base of striped paper. Patterns from DCWV Christmas Basics Pad.
Challenges:
 Tuesday Morning Sketches: #478 Sketch
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: November always about using Patterned Paper
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: 410  Anything Goes as Long as it's Christmas-Optional Theme Use some Glitter.  Some shine in my Twine and Lights.
Addicted to Stamps Challenge: #168 Anything Goes with The Option Use Ribbon.

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

Simple Christmas Tree

 Welcome!  Today my card features a tree stamp by Penny Black from Wonder Collection (a 2014 freebie).  I love the simple design of this tree that I stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink and added the sentiment(same set) with red ink. Then added a gold metal star brad.  I trimmed the panel and layered on a Die Cut Rectangle from Red CS and then a Striped Patterned Paper(DCWV Christmas Basics) and a White card base.
Challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge: #99 Anything Goes. Stamps used from 2014 freebie.
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Theme is Trees
Stamping Sensations: November Challenge Get Ready For Christmas

I also made a couple of Christmas tags with the same stamps and added Red Berry Nuvo Crystal Drops to decorate the trees.  Narrow green satin ribbons added to finish the tags. 

Challenge:

Penny  Black Saturday Challenge: November Challenge Anything Goes Optional 'Anything but a Card'

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Square Card for Christmas

Welcome!  Today I have created a square card for Christmas using Gina K Designs stamps from Holiday Wreath Builder.  Supplies used: White, White Glossy, Grass Green, and Red Velvet CS's, Memento Inks, Nuvo Drops Berry Red, Gold Liquid Pearls, Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Dies,  Cuttlebug Polka Dots EF.
Challenges:
Stamp TV:   Release Party Challenge NOVREL2018 Make a Square Card.
Dies R Us Challenge: November Challenge 108 Use a Stitched Die. Used Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #316 Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #410 Anything Goes with optional theme Glitter.
Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #393 Anything Goes

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Christmas Cheer and More

Welcome!  I have been playing with another great sketch by Melissa from Tuesday Morning Sketches and some Christmas patterned papers by American Crafts from the Kringle & Co pad.   I found this poinsettia and foliage stamp from Gina K's Joyful Holiday set and used it as my focal image. The tags were stamped with word sentiments from Gina K Seasonal Sentiments set.  Supplies used: Red Velvet, White, and Green CS, 2 Patterns, Oval and Oval scallop dies, Tag Die, Memento Cottage Ivy and Rhubarb Stalk inks, Copics, Glitter Dome bling, Crystal Nuvo Red Berry Drops, Fiskars Paper Edgers, Twine, Hole Punch., Gina K Designs stamps.

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Challenge #476 Below

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #409 Anything goes as long as it's Christmas with Optional Theme for someone special.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper

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

Tone on Tone

Hello!  Another rainy morning in Ohio. A good time to stay inside and create some cards.   This one was inspired by the Release Party Challenge at Stamp TV.   We are to create a card that uses colors that create a Tone-on-Tone feel. I used SU Pink Passion and Pixie Pink inks that gives my card a mostly pink feel  but I also added leaves that have Tone-on-Tone green.  Stamps and Dies used are from GKD Tropical Blooms Kit and Tiny Textures set.  Used GKD Passionate Pink and White cardstocks.  Finished with some Pink Nuvo crystal drops.
Challenge:
Stamp TV: Tone-on-Tone challenge MAY2018
Double D Challenges: May Flowers
Allsorts Challenge: #467  In The Pink
Happy Little Stampers: May Anything Goes With Dies. Used dies for flowers. leaves, and word.
Dies R Us Challenge: #96 Flowers
Die Cut Divas: May Challenge April Showers Bring May Flowers

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Vibrant Glow of Spring

Hello! Today's card is made with stamps and dies from Gina K Tropical Blooms set.  I used layering stamps with several inks and also copics  to create the Hibiscus flowers and leaves that I die cut.   I adhered the images to a White card stock panel that was embossed with Wicker Weave EF.   Added dots of Red Nuvo Drops and stamped the sentiment with Memento Green ink. Finished with a Bright Coral card base.
Challenges:
Stamp TV: Release Party Challenge-Vibrant Glow- choose your favorite way to color and pick the most vibrant color combination you can from that medium. 
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes
Mod Squad Challenge: Ready for Spring
Cas-ual Fridays: CFC 196 Spring Fever

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Playing with Gingerbread

 Hello! Welcome to my latest paper projects!  I baked up some Gingerbread items including a card and some tags.  I used a recent purchase from Power Poppy - her Gingerbread Family digital stamps and a sentiment from Chickadee in Barberry set.   I created the above card by printing out the GB House with the GB Couple and Sentiment on white CS and coloring with Copics and adding accents with White and Red Berry Gloss Nuvo Crystal Dots.  Placed this on a Fresh Asparagus Green Mat and a card base of Red Velvet.  Aren't they the cutest Gingerbread Couple?

Above is the first tag that I made with the Gingerbread Man using pretty much the same supplies as the card. The I created another pair of tags shown below.  Love how the Crystal drops look like icing. Fun to make!  Tags finished with Eyelets and Baker Twine for tying and mats of Red CS.

Challenges:
Power Poppy Power and Spark Challenge with a  12 Days of Christmas Twist: First day theme is Tags.
613 Avenue Create: Challenge #204 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Christmas/Winter
The Paper Players: PP373 Laurie's Theme Challenge - Baking.  Baked up Gingerbread for your challenge.
Addicted to CAS: Challenge #125 Code Word is Sweets
CAS On Friday: #122 Christmas

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Christmas Wreath from a Flower

Welcome!   I have been playing with Distress Oxide inks again and was inspired by a video by Sandy Allnock  to create a wreath.   I used an old Poinsettia stamp (about 1 inch) from Poinsettias and Boxwoods ( had at least since 2012) by Flourishes ( designer Marcella Hawley) and stamped in a circle design with Lucky Clover ink on a watercolor paper panel.  I used a water brush to fill in the color and make it more abstract looking.  Used Picked Raspberry and Worn Lipstick inks with a Copic and Clear Star pen to add decorations with a small circle stamp, bow stamp and a pine cone stamp both from GKD.  Added some Nuvo Crystal Dots of Rhubarb Crumble.   Added Sentiment and Snowflakes cut with Cheery Lynn dies and a Card Base all in a Shimmering  Pink Pearl CS. 

Challenges:

The Card Concept: Challenge 82 Retro Holiday-inspired by the colors and wreath in photo.

Inspired by All the Little Things: #73 Inspired by the pastel colors and ornaments.

Retro Rubber: Challenge #76 Anything Goes.  Poinsettia stamp at least 5 years old or older. 

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

Cut It Out!

Hello!  This card is for the Mix It Up Monday Challenge at Stamp TV- Cut It Out!  We are  to cut a die on the card front and to use the cut out negative on the card front, and THEN the cutout portion on the inside.  I cut GKD Poinsettia die from A Year of Flowers on GKD Red Velvet CS for the front and layered a GKD White CS on the inside.   I then stamped the Poinsettia stamp through the cut out on the front with Memento Red ink and added some dots of Red Nuvo Crystal Drops.  I finished the front by heat embossing the Sentiment from GKD Joyful Holiday with white EP. Added some White Enamel dots.
For the inside I added the cut out Red Poinsettia after I stamped and heat embossed the image.  Stamped the words from GKD Peace and Joy with Memento Red ink and added a strip of Pattern Paper from stash scraps.

Other Challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: November Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas.
As You Like It Challenge: Favorite Christmas Color-Red because it is so bright and just shouts Christmas.
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #442 Christmas
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #268 Holiday
Mod Squad Challenge: Merry and Bright
Happy Little Stampers: November CAS Challenge Christmas

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

Birthday Ride in Clouds

Welcome! I made this card by creating a background by inking a white CS with Distress Oxide Ink Faded Jeans and embossed this with Darice EF Clouds.  Inked the clouds lightly with Brilliance Moonlight White ink.  The Repeat Impressions sentiment  and hot air balloons stamps were inked with Memento Tuxedo Black.  I colored the Balloons with Copics and fussy cut them and attached with foam tape.  Added some dots of Red Berry Nuvo Crystal.  Finished with mats of Red and Yellow and card base of White.

Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: Challenge J2617 Anything Goes
CAS-ology:  Cue card Balloon.  Happy 5th Anniversary to CAS-ology!
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 252 Make Your Mark. Used copic markers.

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Old Time Hollyhocks

Welcome!  Today I am casing/copying a card shown below and  posted here by Stacey, a Bloomie at Power Poppy, for the July challenge at Power Poppy.   I used the same Power Poppy digi stamp Old Time  Hollyhocks and copied her layout with the same border but changed up the colors and did not do any piercing on the border and panels.  I added some inking on the edge of the image with Distress Ink.  Instead of sequins I added some dots of Nuvo Crystal and also added a leftover Butterfly that I had already stamped and cut out from another project.  Coloring on the flowers was done with Copics.  Thanks to Stacey for a beautiful card and allowing me to Case her design.

Challenges:

Power & Spark Challenge: Case a Bloom Brigade Member. I chose Stacey's lovey Hollyhocks card. 

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Moose with Christmas Tree

Bear with me as I will be repeating a lot from my last Moose Card post in posting this Christmas card.  I found that I have several cute Moose images and am not sure the origin of this one.  I used more of Paper Sweeties Merry & Bright paper pad with Red CS and cut the words from  White CS using Cheery Lynn Dies.  I trimmed the printed image with a Spellbinders die and edged with a Red Copic marker before assembling the card. I used Red and Green Nuvo Crystal dots on the ornaments. 

Challenges:

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #254 Merry Christmas-Moose
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #339 Anything goes for Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge: June Challenge is anything goes.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: June Challenge is to use patterned paper.

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

Sincere Sympathy

Welcome! The challenge at Stamp TV Mix It Up Monday is make a sympathy card.  I used GKD floral image from Hello Friend and sentiment from Stippled Nature to create this card.  Added a die cut from GKD and dots of Cherry Red Nuvo Drops. Used Memento inks.
Other Challenges:
Make My Monday Challenge: #38 Black, White and a spot of Red
Die Cuttin Divas:  Challenge #302 Anything Goes.  Border Die cut in Black CS.

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Love From the Heart

Welcome!  I was inspired to make this card after watching a Jennifer McGuire video about Distress Ink resist embossing.  I made this card with some old Flourishes stamps From the Heart and Cherry Blossoms (Marcella Hawley).  I stamped the Cherry Blossoms with Versamark and embossed with clear EP on white CS (not the usual Glossy) and sponged with several Distress Inks. I Case'd her "lopsided" (her words) design using white CS cut at an angle and stamped the sentiments with Distress Inks. I even added some Nuvo drops like she did. My addition was die cutting a heart in this layer and adding a smaller die cut heart. I used a Pink Card base to finish.

Challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge: Show Your Love. 

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes.

Crafty Sentiments Challenge: Dies, Dies and More Dies

Addicted to Stamps and More: #226 Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #400 Love/Valentines/Anniversary

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

Scandinavian Feel Card

Hello!  The challenge at Merry Monday is to make a card  using the word "Noel" and/or a Scandinavian feel to your cards.  I found these pattern papers in my stash that I thought had a Scandinavian feel and teamed them with a GKD stamp Noel that I used with a snowflake stamp using Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink.  I finished by adding dots of Red Berry Nuvo Crystal Drops to the snowflakes.

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #239 Noel

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything with Pattern Papers

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: Anything Christmas

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