Hello Inspiration

Hello!  My card today was inspired by the Photo Inspiration DCC Challenge F321 at The House That Stamps Built. As I starting planning my design, I remembered a Repeat Impressions stamp Lily of the Valley that I do not think I ever used in a card. I combined this with stamps from RI Hello Cling set using colors and other elements from the Photo. Other supplies: White CS, Pattern Paper from MME, Texture paper from DCWV, Versamark ink, DOI Brown, Wow Chestnut Embossing Powder, Copics, Liquid Pearls, Memento Inks.

Other Challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  Anything goes with Patterned Paper.

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

Love Bears Repeating

Hello! What better to do on a very cold winter than post some cards?  I have been trying to send some of my stash of cards to places such as nursing homes. I recently mailed a package of 65 and another one of 50 cards to places where I hope they will bring joy to people. 

Now I am hoping to enter some cards in some of the fun challenges that I have been missing.  This card made for Valentine's is a very clean and simple one that I multi stamped a sentiment and hearts in Memento Red Ink on a white panel and then attached to a card base of pattern paper.  I added some red glitter glue to the center of the hearts for a bit of sparkle. Stamps: Gina K Designs Heart Stamp set. 

Challenges:

Mod Squad Challenge: All about Love. Use word Love on front.

Double D Challenges: Valentine Love

Allsorts Challenge: Week 610 Love is.....💓

Monthly Mix Challenge: Gina K Designs February challenge is "Love is in the Air"-Love Theme

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

Christmas in July

Hello!  Did you know that Santa stays at the beach in July? At least that is where he is on my card!  I used some very old stamps to create this beach scene with Santa.  My background was stamped with Flourishes Beach Life set from 2010 using Memento Black ink and colored with Copics.  Santa standing in front of the Palm Trees with a Hammock is from a 2012 Mark Finest Papers set.   I framed the square image with Pattern Paper that has squares in the design from my stash.  Finished with Cheery Lynn die cut sentiment and card base of red card stock.

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

Challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge: #114 Christmas in July.  Stamps from 2010 and 2012.  Second entry...felt guilty than my first entry was so simple...so I entered this.
Double Trouble Challenge: #32  Be Square-Christmas in July. Use Something Square with old stamp. My stamps are over 7 years old and I created beach scene for extra entry.
Merry Little Christmas Challenge: #12 July Anything Christmas Goes
Addicted To Stamps and More: Challenge 348 Holiday
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: July Always about using Patterned Paper.
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: 445 Anything Christmas with Optional Twist For a man or boy
Double D Challenges: Tropical Challenge.  Santa is in the tropics.

Silk Flowers

Hello! Another card with a flower but this time I used some silk ones from my stash.  Colored some white ones with DOI  inks and layered smaller orange ones to create one big Blossom.  Added some leaves that I stamped and cut with Gina K stamp and die.  I found a panel of some digital paper with script that I had printed and stashed away.  I distressed the paper with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo DOI and placed on a card base of Fresh Asparagus CS.  "Arranged" the flower and leaves and added a Birthday sentiment sticker of clear epoxy from Cloud 9....another find in my stash.
Challenges:
 Just Us Girls: Challenge  #451 Photo Week.Inspired by the large flower and colors as well as the script paper.
Use Your Stuff: Challenge 323 Create project with color scheme shown below. Used top 3  colors.

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

Fun Lady On a Bike

Welcome!  This card was a result of my searching my digital images for a bicycle when I found this fun image from Beccy's Place of a lady riding a bike called Nell On A Bike that I had forgot that I had in my files.  I printed off the precolored version of the image and made the card using a Sketch from Beccy's June Challenge.
Supplies: White CS, Blue CS, Red patterned paper from stash, die cut flowers from stash, Papers and Such Stamp, Memento Red Ink, Embossing Folders, Oval Die.
This was a fun card....she is such a fun character.
Challenges:
 The Paper Girls: Challenges #154 Bicycles.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: June challenge is to use patterned paper. 

Shopping Our Stash Challenge: #360 Red, White, and Blue

Beccy's Place: June challenge-Create a card or paper-craft project using any Beccy's Place image. Option is to use sketch shown below.

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

Happy Birthday

Hello!  Today I have a masculine birthday card that I created with a Repeat Impressions Duck Stamp that I colored with Copics after stamping with Memento inks on white CS.  I cut the image with a circle die and matted on a die cut circle of Chocolate Brown CS.   Using the Sketch from this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge I assembled the card with a Brown card base,  a background of patterned paper from DCWV Safari Chic pad, strips of the Brown CS wrapped with Green Twine that picked up the green of the mallard duck.  Finished with a birthday sentiment die cut using Cheery Lynn dies.  I have fun coloring this duck image and used a photo in a bird book as a guide. 

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #447 shown below.

The House That Stamps Built: Challenge DCC4-All creatures Great and Small.

Double D Challenges: Twine challenge. Used green twine.

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Happy Birthday.

The Paper Girls Challenge:  #149 Masculine Birthday

Stamp, Ink, Paper: Challenge 144 Happy Birthday

Seize The Birthday: Challenge Birthday Theme with the topping option Birds.

Make My Monday:  Challenge 68 Things with Wings

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: April Challenge use Patterned Paper

 

Thanks for your comments. Theresa

Floral Birthday Wish

Hello!  This birthday card was made using Memory Box Poppies die and Cheery Lynn Word dies with 1st Edition Blank Canvas Patterned Paper, Green cardstock scrap, Metallic Gold CS, and Shimmery Pink cardstock.  I used a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches challenge to create the design.  Picking up on the glitter in the patterned paper, I added more glitter to the flowers with a Stardust Pen.
Challenges:
Outside the Box: Memory Box Challenge #36 Floral Cards. Used Memory Box die Darling Poppies
Always Fun Challenges: #52 Happy Birthday
Freshly Made Sketches: #331 Sketch by Cecile
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Happy Birthday

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

Twofer Challenge

 Welcome!  There is an exciting new card challenge in Blogland!
Darnell has created a new Twofer Card Challenge - we are to make two different card designs for two different occasions using the same stamps and/or dies.  This looks to be a fun challenge. 

I have been anticipating the first challenge and Challenge #1 is Feathers.  I was excited by this theme since I have a new stamp set Wise Owl by Jane's Doodles which has some great Feather stamps which I was anxious to use.  My first card was a CAS design featuring a feather used as a quill to write the words Happy Birthday (Gina K stamp).  I used Memento Tuxedo Black, London Fog, Desert Sand and Love Letter inks for stamping and heat embossed with Clear EP.  Finished with Black card base.

For the next card, I stamped feathers with Versamark ink and heat embossed with White EP on White CS.  I sponged this with Fired Brick Distress Oxide ink and cut with an Oval die and placed on a Scalloped Oval of White CS. I attached to a panel of MME pattern paper from Chalk Studio pad and to a white card base.  Finished with Gina K sentiment heat embossed with White EP and some enamel dots.
Note: I received the Wise Owl set as part of a prize that I won from Jane's Doodles for the Caring Hearts Card Drive.

Other Challenges:
AAA Cards: Game #106 Be inspired by the Quote- Let today be the start of something new. Used new stamps and entered new challenge.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says use Patterned Paper
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: January About Anything with Patterned Paper
Use Your Stuff: #294 Use something new. Used new feather stamps.

Thanks to Darnell and her team for the new challenge!
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Birthday Pop Up Box

Hello!  I created this pop up box card for my Mother who celebrates her 98 birthday this month.  I used a variety of Silhouette files, die cuts, printed images, fussy cuts, clipart, chipboard numbers, and more to fill and decorate the box.  All papers including Yellow CS, Striped Pattern Paper, Glitter Paper, Gold Metallic CS, and White CS were from my stash.  Used Glossy Accents, Nail Heads , Gemstones,  and Stardust Pen to add accents.   This was a fun project to design and create.   The card does fold up and fit into a standard half card size envelope.

Challenges to enter:
Double D Challenges: Anything Birthday/Anniversary goes using mood board.
Inspired by the cake, candles, balloons and colors.

The Paper Girls Challenge:  #143 Glitter. Used glitter paper for die cuts and word and stardust Pen which is hard to see.

Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes for Birthday

Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies.  Lot of dies used including stars, circles, ovals, rectangles, words.

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

Al's List to Santa

Hello!  I wanted to make a Santa card for the Challenge at Merry Monday Christmas and decided to use one of my files from Silhouette - Santa's face by Sarah Bailey.  I printed and cut the image and used it with an old pattern paper from Webster Pages Waiting for Santa pad.  I stamped a couple of sentiments from Hero Arts and wrote on the list to Santa for my DH.  Need to add Book to the list since there is one more line. Finished with a Green Card Base that matched the pattern. 

For fun, I added a little twinkle to Santa's eyes  with Clear Star pen.  Even without his hat, you know this is Santa. 

Challenges:

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #266 Santa Claus

Cards In Envy: It's Only Paper Challenge.  Nothing but paper and ink on my card. 

Double D Challenges: Here Comes Santa

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

Tree of Scraps

Second Post

Welcome!  Playing again with scraps of Pattern Papers.  This time I created a tree of various sizes of triangles.  I arranged the papers on a White CS embossed with a Darice EF placed on a mat of Red CS and a White Card Base.  Finished with a star die cut from another scrap using Hero Arts die and a Hero Arts sentiment stamped in SU Ruby Red ink.

Challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: November-Use pattern papers

AAA Cards: CAS Game 103 Celebrate.  Celebrating Christmas

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

Turkey from the Past

Hello!  Today I am playing with Pattern Paper scraps and using a Turkey design from the past.  I cut 2 circles from Brown CS and added feathers, legs, etc. free cut from scraps.  Finished with a Green card base and a mat of another Pattern Paper. Tag is also a pattern Paper.  

Challenges:
Use Your Stuff: Challenge UYS #288-Use 5 or more Patterned paper on a project.  Used 7 patterns on this card.

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #504 Birds/Animals

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything goes with Pattern Paper. 

Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #343 Thanks or Turkey. 

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

Merry and Bright

Hello!  Sharing a Christmas card inspired by the challenge to CASE a card by Michelle shown below.  We are to CASE and add your own little twist.  I made a Christmas card using striped pattern paper and die cut words in Gold Metallic CS and Red Glitter CS.  Used Cheery Lynn dies. Did a second version of the card but stamped some snowflakes in Red Ink on side.

Challenges:
Time Out Challenges: #96 CASE card with your own twist.
Mod Squad Challenges: Merry and Bright.  Red Glitter and Gold add more brightness to striped paper.

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

Falling Leaves

Hello!  Just had to make another falling leaf card using some older stamps (2009) from GKD Signs of Autumn and A Year of Leaves.  Stamped the leaves and sentiment with Distress Oxide Ink Walnut Stain and colored and sponged with other Distress Oxide Inks. Did an asymmetrical design with Woodgrain Pattern Paper and Orange card base.
Challenges:
Retro Rubber: Challenge #75 Fall Colors. Stamps from 2009.  Inspired by colors and woodgrain of bench in photo.
Cupcake Inspiration: CIC  #431 Fall Leaves
Allsorts Challenge: Week 441 Colors of Autumn

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