Groovy Times

Hello!  I got a bit carried away with the current groovy challenge at Retro Rubber....thinking about the 60's and bright colors brought to mind the hippy buses/vans of that time.  And so, I set out to create a card with that as my theme.  First, I found a digital image of a plain bus (shown below) that I colored in bright colors and images.  I searched my stash of stamps to find appropriate ones to create my "Love Bug".  Had fun doing this even though it took a while. All stamps used in the making of this cards are way older than 1 year, some going back to 2001....but none from the 60's. I was not stamping that far back even though I was around in the 60's.  I used Memento Inks and Copics for coloring.  I used all 5 bright colors in the challenge including purple for one heart. Since I did not want to have black windows, I added green shades to the side of the van and added a "sunshade" with flowers to the front. 

Stamps Used: Butterfly and 1 flower from Annabelle Whimsey Flowers 2011, Sentiment and Swirl from Laurel Burch 2017, Word Love, Heart, and Pixie Alphabet letters from PSX 2001/2003, 2 Flowers from Papercraft gift 2019, Peace from GKD Christmas set 2018, Large Flower from Happy Little Stamps 2018.  Used a total of 14 stamps. Finished with Bright Yellow card base and Bright Green background of Bazzill Textured and Shiny CS. Colors are brighter in real life than in photo. 

Challenges:
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More: #426 Make your Mark

Retro Rubber Challenge: #179 Groovy Baby

Pray for the people of Ukraine.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs, Theresa

Spring Tulips

Welcome to my studio!  I am having fun revisiting some of favorite older stamps.  Today I have used a favorite tulip stamp by PSX dated 2001.  Isn't it nice when stamps are dated? But some of these stamps make me feel so old.
I stamped the Tulips with Memento Rich Cocoa, which is less harsh than using black ink. I colored the image with Copics-I no longer list all the numbers because I used quite a few markers in coloring this image.  I trimmed the image with a fancy oval die...the maker is no longer remembered by me but the die is a silver color. If someone knows the maker, please share that information with me.  One of the challenges of card making that I enjoy is matching the right patterned paper with an image.  For this design, I chose a pattern from MME Memorable pad and used it with a white card base.  I liked the look of this card as is and decided not to add a sentiment or any other enhancement. Will used the inside of the card to add a sentiment when I decide to use the card.
Challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge:  #134 Spring Flowers. The tulips on this 2001 stamp are some of my favorite spring flowers.  Have had this stamp at least 18 years.
Stamping Sensations: May Challenge Say it with Flowers.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Papers.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says use Dies or Punches.
CAS on Friday: Challenge # 179 Use favorite flower stamp.

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

An Oldie and A Favorite

Hello! That's the message that my card with spring flowers is sending.  I used a very old stamp dated 1999- one of my first PSX stamps and also one of my very favorites.  I stamped the Hydrangeas with Memento Rich Cocoa ink on white cardstock and colored with Copics and a white pencil for highlights. While looking for a background I came across a forgotten bag of papers and ribbon from Club Scrap, which I think was a long ago garage sale buy. Anyway the heavy weight and textured papers, one a pattern of greens and purples and one a solid green, were perfect to go with my Hydrangeas.  Added 2 of the grosgrain ribbons to the image before attaching to the patterned paper and the solid card base. Finished with the die cut word Hello stamped on clear vellum with DOI Wilted Violet.  The stamp and die are by Gina K Designs.  I was excited to discover the forgotten stash of papers and ribbons. 

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Lavenders~Lilac~Purple any other colors included on the mood board with 'purples' the main focus.  Used purple Copics for coloring. 

Retro Rubber Challenge: #134 Spring Flowers. PSX Stamp is over 20 years old!

Use Your Stuff: #397 Flowers and/or Butterflies

The House That Stamps Built: DCCM620 Spring Flowers

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite color to pair with Purple and why?  I love purple flowers and it is only natural to pair purple with green, don't you agree?

Stamping Sensations: May Challenge-Say it with Flowers.

Another Photo of Card

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

Easter Cards

Welcome to the studio! As I posted earlier I have been working on making Easter cards to send to my Mother's Life Care Center for all the residents. I am sharing some photos of the 80 plus cards that I am making. I am using up bits and pieces from my leftover boxes of stamped images, scraps, and die cuts to create the cards.  The top 3 cards were made with already colored images from an earlier project from several years ago.  The stamps were from Flourishes A Year of Flowers set designed by Marcella Hawley.  I trimmed the images and matted with green scraps and added to some textured card stock bases.  Stamped with an old Hero Arts sentiment. I printed messages for the inside using large print on copy paper. 

Challenges:

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite Easter or Spring. I like making Easter cards because I love to share them with family and it's a great time to share cards with those you love.
Use Your Stuff: #394 Spring

Double D Challenge: Welcome Spring

 More cards with leftovers from earlier projects. Die cut bunnies were cut with Cameo. Pink  Bunny tails are round circles of fuzzy Velcro with adhesive backs found in a drawer in the studio. The Bunny in the Basket is an PSX stamp from 1990.  How fun it is to use up leftovers. Feels like I am being productive to clean up some of these supplies.

Stay safe and well! Have a great day!
 I love reading your comments. Theresa

Christmas Village

Hello! Spent part of the weekend making several Christmas cards.  I am sharing two that I made using an old PSX stamp Christmas Village.  I have created many cards with this stamp over the years and still love to ink it up.  The top card simply features the scene stamped with Versafine black ink on White CS and attached to a Red card base. I heat embossed the Penny Black sentiment in red to finish. 

 The bottom version uses the stamp inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics. I added texture to the snow with a Snow Marker and some glitter with Frosted Lace Stickles. Framed the scene with GKD Green CS cut with a Spellbinders rectangle die. The heat embossed sentiment is from Gina K Design set.

Challenges to enter:
Penny Black  Saturday Challenge: October Anything Goes...optional Black, White, and one other  color.
CAS Christmas Card Challenge: October Winter Scene
Addicted To Stamps: #362 Make Your Mark
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Christmas
Christmas at Sweet Stampin': October Anything Goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB #15 October Anything Christmas Goes

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

Pansies Remembered

Welcome! Hope you are staying cool!  It's too hot to spend time in my garden so I am playing with some flower stamps in my studio where it is very cool.  After seeing the latest challenge at Retro Rubber, I was reminded by Neva (RRDT) of an older pansy stamp that I have had from PSX since about 1999.  I fell in love with PSX flower stamps when I started stamping and have several.  I have not used this Pansy stamp in some time and just had to dust it off and make this card.  Guess you might say that I CASE'd Neva's card ….hope that is all right?  

I stamped the image ( without the botanical name) with Memento Black Tuxedo ink on white CS and colored with Copics and Memento Markers in shades of Purple, Yellow and Green. I stamped a Gina K Designs sentiment with the black ink. Then I simply attached the trimmed image to a mat of Yellow CS and card base of Purple CS. 

Challenges: 

Retro Rubber Challenge: RRCB 115 Color challenge use purple, yellow, and green  on your card. The PSX stamp is at least 20 years old....that's old!

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

Poinsettia with Watercoloring

Hello!  For this card I have used one of my oldest and favorite poinsettia stamps from PSX.  I think this may be the first time that I water colored it.   I used Distress Oxide ink Fired Brick to stamp the image on watercolor paper and used a water brush to color with  Fired Brick, Lucky Clover, Peeled Paint, and Fossilized Amber DOI.  I added some highlights to the center of the flowers with a Metallic Gold Gelly Roll pen.  I used Spellbinders Regal Frame dies to cut a frame from Fresh Asparagus CS and used a Shimmery Yellow Pearl CS as the card base.  The sentiment from GKD was stamped with SU Always Artichoke ink.
Challenges:
Allsorts Challenge: Week 497 Christmas Flowers
Happy Little Stampers: December Anything Goes with Dies
Happy Little Stampers: December Christmas Challenge Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers: December Watercolor Challenge Anything Goes
The Flower Challenge: Challenge #27 use an older stamp or die.  The stamp is dated 1992 so I know it is an old one.  The die that I used is about 3 years old.

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

An Old Favorite

Hello! I love Poinsettias and love to make Christmas cards with this flower.  This stamp is a very old PSX stamp (dated 1992) and I seem to pull it out every year.  I created this card by stamping the flower on white CS and coloring.  Stamped the Penny Black (2014) sentiment with black ink and added to a Green mat and Ivory Card Base.  Simple and CAS. 

Challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge: #76 Anything goes with Older Stamps

AAA Cards: CAS Game #104 Christmas

Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #269 CAS

Just Add Ink: Color Challenge #387 Colors Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Winter Wonderland: Traditional Christmas Colors Red and Green

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

Falling Leaves

Hello!  The leaves are falling but it has been too wet to rake.  I was inspired by a pattern paper scrap that I found in my stash to create this Falling Leaf theme card.  I used a very old PSX stamp with Versamark ink and Gold EP with Ivory CS to create the focus. The sentiment used was an older GKD stamp.  Used mats and die cut(Spellbinders Regal Frame) on the corner cut from textured metallic Gold CS.  Added a leaf  metal embellishment and Ivory Card Base. 

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch 424 

Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 436 Trees and Leaves

Always Fun Challenges: #27 Lots of Layers

Cards In Envy: Blowing in the Wind-Fall Leaves.  Card fits into envelope.

ModSquad Challenge: Fall Fest

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

Dad's Day

Hello! I'm back with a Father's Day card for my DH-the Dad of my Teddy Bears.  He loves his bears and his red wine....so I kind of combined the two.  Used a precut step card with a wine bottle stamp (won in 2014) from Repeat Impressions and other stamps from PSX and SU.  Heat embossed "Dad" on velum using Black EP  and used Memento Black ink for the rest of the stamping. Finished with Chevron Stripe Washi tape and some strips from Cork.

Another look:

Challenges:

The House That Stamps Built: DCC76 Use Washi tape

Retro Rubber Challenge: #64 Anything Goes with Stamps one year or older.  Wine bottle stamp from 2014 win, PSX Dad stamp from 1999 and SU stamp from 2000.

Cards In Envy: You're the Man Challenge. Can must be masculine.

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Make It Masculine

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

A Poinsettia of Many Cards

Hello! Today, I am sharing 5 different cards all made with the same PSX Poinsettia stamp but with different designs. This stamp is one of my all time favorites for Christmas.  The image on the top card was fussy cut after coloring and the design  finished with strips of Pattern Paper.

These were all made at an earlier date for my card stash but I am just now posting.

Challenges to enter:

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: December Challenge Anything Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: December Challenge to use Patterned paper

Crafty Creations: #331 Any Holiday

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge:  #351 Anything Goes

Cards In Envy: Celebrate the Season

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #383 Annual Anything Goes. And the prize is a Misti! Wow!

 This one was simply edged with a Gold Metallic marker and adhered to a Red CS base.  The ones below were finished with mats of Pattern Paper and card bases of white CS. Coloring was done with copics but varied shades. Sentiment stamps were from Gina K Designs.

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

Christmas Poinsettias

Hello!   I have been making Christmas cards....it's that time of year.  I finished up 100 cards (which I have been making all year) to send to Caring Hearts Drive early this week and am now making cards for my Mother.  This is one I made for the drive using an old PSX Poinsettia stamp.  I stamped and colored the image, then fussy cut and attached to a striped paper from MME.  I used a dark green CS for the card base.  The word Joy is a GKD stamp.
Challenges:
The Paper Players: Color Challenge 321 Mint, Emerald, Red
Virginia's View Challenge:  #25 Theme is Stripes and Plaids
Winter Wonderland: Christmas Challenge is Poinsettias or Snow is Falling
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: November Challenge use patterned paper.



Stay tune for more cards with this stamp which is one of my most favorites.

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

The drive ends on the 25th but you still have time to send cards. Details here.

Bouquet of Leaves

 

Welcome!  Fall is in full swing with leaves falling quicker than we can rake! I love making fall cards, I guess because I love the richness of fall colors.  I was playing with some older leaf stamps and fall colors on green Vellum and White CS.  On my card I used a panel of Vellum stamped with oak leaves and some fussy cut leaves on Vellum and CS.  I gathered the fussy cut leaves into a "bouquet" adding some ribbon snippets and a twig.  I assembled the card with a card base of Fresh Asparagus CS and a Pattern Paper from The Simple Things pad both from GKD.  On the Vellum panel I attached the bouquet with foam tape. The sentiment from GKD A Year of Leaves was stamped with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink on ivory CS.

The leaf stamps used are a PSX Maple Leaf from 2000 and a Rubber Stampede Oak Leaf  which I have owned over 6 years.

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: Challenge 375

Retro Rubber: Challenge #50 Fall Colors.  All  the stamps used are over 5 years or more.

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #134 Lots of Layers

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Papers Challenge: October challenge

Simon Monday Challenge: Simon says Autumn.

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge:  #175 Shades of Autumn

 

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