Happy Fall Y'all

Welcome!  While I was going through my leftover box of fall items I came across some leaves that I had stamped and stashed away. The maple leaf is an old stamp from PSX and the oak one is Rubber Stampede.  I think I used SU inks to color the leaves before stamping on White CS.  I fussy cut the found leaves and attached to a white panel that I embossed with Darice EF. I stamped the panel with an old SU Stamp with Memento ink.  I inked the white edges with green.  Added this to a tag cut from a scrap of dark red card stock. Punched a hole and finished with a green ribbon from stash that I inked the edges with a Red Copic to tie in with colors of the leaves.
Challenges:
Tag You're It! Challenge: #98 Fall Leaves
Stamping Sensations: October Challenge Trees-Leaves-Autumn

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

Truckin' Along

Hello!  Playing today with a new truck die from Cheapo Dies....cut the truck from red, black and silver CS.  Used a Hero Arts silhouette die cut for the face in the window and  I added on some details.  The pumpkins were stamped with an old SU stamp, colored with Copics and fussy cut for the back of the truck.  They are large enough to win a prize at the county fair....maybe that is the truck's destination?
I  created the background with Distress Oxide Inks Peeled Paint, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Memento Summer Sky ink.  Added some trees in the background and sentiment using Gina K stamps. The truck was popped up with some craft foam. Card base is GKD Tomato Soup CS.
Challenges:
 Dies R Us Challenge: #106 Anything goes using dies by companies carried at the DRU store. My die was purchased from DRU.
Double D Challenge: Scare'n Up Some Pumpkins
Seize the Birthday: Toppings option is Travel.  Traveling by truck.
Die Cut Divas: Challenge theme is Autumn or Halloween

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

Happy Bear in the Leaves

Hello! Our leaves are a bit too wet to be jumping in or even raking.  But this sweet bear is having a lot of fun and is so happy that it is fall.  He is a Great Impressions stamp from 2008.  I simply stamped him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics and sponged the grass with Distress Oxide Peeled Paint ink. The sentiment is an old Stampin Up stamp inked in Distress Oxide ink.   Used Rust CS from stash as base. 

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Leave it to me challenge.

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #123 Leaves

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Theme is Bears 

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #156 Autumn

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

Antique Poinsettia

I am back with a second post and another Christmas Card.  I have been making cards to share with the Caring Hearts card drive- read more below.   I am using what might be my oldest stamp...not too sure but I know it was one of my first ones to buy.  It is a PSX stamp dated 1992 and I have used it a lot in many designs.  But this is the first time that I have colored it with Copics.  After stamping with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on GKD White CS and coloring with Copics R22,24,27, G21,82,, Y28 , I decided to fussy cut the image.  I attached this to a pattern paper layer (Fancy Pants Timbergrove pad) with foam tape and then to a Red card base.  I thought this pattern looks like a stylized poinsettia image and went well with the stamp.  I embossed the paper with Cuttlebug Wicker Weave EF.  The SU sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with Red EP.

Have you heard about Caring Hearts Card Drive?  This is a drive to collect handmade cards to give to those that live in nursing homes. Caring Hearts Card Drive is all about bringing joy and holiday cheer to the elderly that are often quite lonely.   See more here if you are interested. I will soon be sending a box of cards to support this drive.



Challenges:
Happy Little Stampers: Christmas Challenge Poinsettia
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Antiques Roadshow-Use oldest stamp. Mine is a PSX from 1992.
Addicted to Stamps and More: #166 Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps Blog: October Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: Anything Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use Pattern Paper

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

Happy Fall

Today, I am back to thinking of fall and have used inspiration from The Cutting Edge Challenge to create this project.  Pulling colors of orange, blue, green, brown and black, lower edge of grass, and the layout of their photo,  I designed the card with those elements.  I cut the pumpkin and grass on the Cameo using Silhouette files and cut birds and fence with dies from Marianne.  I assembled all the pieces on a card base of Blue CS and stamped the sentiment from SU with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  All cardstock was from stash and scraps.

Challenges to enter:
The Cutting Edge Challenge: # 10 See graphic on right.
CAS-ology Challenge: Cue card is GRASS
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge is Awesome Autumn
Die Cut Diva Challenge: September challenge is to use something new.   I used new Silhouette cut files.  Making a card with this many die cuts and no coloring is new to me.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa