Under the Sea with the Fishes

 

The second card that I have today is a bit different from my normal style and uses different colors and subjects from my usual. I was inspired to create this for the July challenge at Craft a Scene which is Under The Sea. Check out all the DT designs here for your inspiration.  In a search online for other ideas,  I came across some digital stamps at Make It Crafty called "Under the Sea Elements" and some fish clip art by Dixie Allen  along with an image to use as a background.
I created the card using Photoshop Elements by starting with the Sea image background called Ocean the Briny Deep and layering in the digi Seafloor with additional digis of a crab, a seashell, and bubbles. I then added in the Clown fish, Trigger fish, Discus, and  Angel fish which were already colored.  When I was satisfied with my scene I printed it on white cardstock and trimmed as needed. I colored with Copics E 39, 33, 43, 51, 53, 55, R20, 22, RV 14, 21, YG 03,09, 67, YR 02, 07, 14, 21. I added glossy accents to the shells, crab, coral, snail, and starfish but does not show up very well in the photo. I used a clear glaze pen to highlight the bubbles which you can see. I stamped a sentiment from GKD Gifts of the Sea using versamark ink and Copper EP.  I placed the scene on a mat of textured White Cardstock,  then a mat of GKD Tomato Red CS and then the card base of GKD Tan Leather CS.
What a fun card!!!


Before coloring with copics

I cannot believe I am entering this card for this challenge so early in the month....I am usually doing so at the very last minute.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

White-tail Deer Passing by a Covered Bridge

When I saw the month long challenge at Craft a Scene,  I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my entry, but since I have not been in my my studio much the last few weeks, I am running late completing my card. The challenge is to use Realistic Forest Animals in a scene.  I stamped the White-Tail Doe and Fawn using a stamp from Repeat Impressions using Memento Espresso Truffle ink on white Cardstock. I masked the image and stamped a covered bridge in the background with a Heartfelt Creations stamp and stamped clouds with another Repeat Impressions Stamp. I colored the image with Copics and Sponged the Sky with Memento Summer Sky ink.  Added more grass across the bottom edge with a marker.  I trimmed the image and attached to a brown mat and then to a dotted digi paper scrap leftover.  This was placed on a my card base of Dark Brown.  This was a fun card to do. 

Challenges:
Craft a Scene: Realistic Forest Animals
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes- theme with the optional extra to include animals / creatures etc in your card
 
Supplies:
Stamps:  Repeat Impressions and Heartfelt Creations
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle (Marker too)and Summer Sky pads
Copics: C1, 3, N1, W1, E 0000, 00, 11, 25, 27, 34, 47, 55, G21, 40, 82, YG 67, R 20, 22
Metallic Silver Jelli-pen,  Black Glaze Pen
Papers: GKD White and Dark Brown CS

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Snowy Cottage

Welcome. We have snow and cold here in Ohio. Guess this weather set the mood to create a snowy cottage scene. I have had the monthly challenge at Craft a Scene in mind which is to do just that -create a snowy cabin scene - and the month will soon be over.  I am not sure I like the results but it is certainly snowy card and includes a cottage/cabin.  I may have over done the snow a bit using stickles. I have used this stamp before and it's fun to do with a different look each time. I stamped the cabin with mountains and lake and added some more trees, the fence, and birds which added more depth to the scene. I colored with a lot of Copics, sponged the sky to give a snowy and gray look, and then let the snow fall everywhere. Even the lake looks cold! Finished with a bit of green twine. The card base was embossed with snowflakes and sponged with Brilliance Moonlight White. I did not use a sentiment as I will stamp that when I use the card.

Challenges:
Craft a Scene: The theme this month is to create a snowy cottage scene.
Speedy Fox and Friends: Use Twine

Supplies:
Stamps: MFP's "On the Fly" and "Scenic Selections"
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky, Gray Flannel, Brilliance Moonlight White
Copics: Too many to list ( a lot of the colors were covered when it snowed)
Marker: Ranger DI Picket Fence
Papers: White CS from Stash and GKD Honey Mustard
EF: Cuttlebug Snowflakes
Punch: EK Corner Punch
Twine from Stash
Stickles

I hope it is warmer where you are. I had meant to put puffs of smoke coming from the chimney so it would show a warm and cozy cottage but I forgot. I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Stormy Skies

 Welcome to my blog. I am so glad that you came by.  I enjoy making cards for challenges but the difficult part is not always making a project but deciding what to create. For example the challenge at Craft a Scene this month is Troubled/Stormy Skies. That's right it has taken me almost the entire month to come up with an idea because I do not have stamps for clouds or storm effects. But I created my stormy skies with inks and Copics sponging and blending until I was happy with the result. I must say that I was pleased with the finished card. I used a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. Thought this might make a Good Luck Card for someone experiencing troubled times.

Challenge Links:
Craft a Scene: Theme is Troubled/ Stormy Skies

Tuesday Morning Sketches: See sketch 174 below

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers "Big City"

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, London Fog, Paris Dusk

Copics: B0000,000,26, BV25, Y000, 11

Papers: White , Textured Slate Blue, and Textured Black Card Stocks, Scraps of Yellow CS

Die: Nesties Circle and Scallop Circle

Black Pearls

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge

Welcome to another Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge.  This week is a bit of a different challenge....you are asked to add a fence to your creation.  It will be fun to see what type a fence that you use. For my card I am adding a split rail fence to a cabin scene by the lake. This is typical of fences seen in the country on old farms. I used fence and birds stamps from "Scenic Selections", a cabin stamp from "Stamps on the Fly", and a sentiment from "Buried Treasures" all by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.  I began by stamping the fences and masking them before stamping the scene all with Memento Rich Cocoa on White CS. I colored all with Copics and sponged the sky with blue ink and added snow to the mountain caps. Taking some artistic license, I did extend the scene a bit by drawing some lines and adding a tree so that the scene extended behind the fences. Added some birds in the sky and stamped the sentiment. I placed the image on a card base of Dark Green with scored edges. I love coloring this scene.

Please join in our challenge and you could win a stamp from Mark's Finest Paper, a Heinrich Co. You have until 3PM on Friday, November 16 to enter the challenge here. If you use Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. stamp, your name will be entered into the drawing twice.

Supplies:
Stamps listed above: MFP,aHC
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky
Copics: BG0000,01,10 , G20,21,28,40, YG 99, E30,31,34,35,37,39, C0,C1, C3, N0, N2, N4
Paper: White CS, Green Spruce CS
Stickles
Scor-pal

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Peaceful Cabin in the Woods

Hello! This is a card that I made for this month's challenge at Craft a Scene. The theme is Majestic Mountains. I am using a newly released stamp On The Fly  from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. I colored the image with Copics and placed on a Wood grain Background and card base of dark gray. Finished with some birds and a sentiment. I kept the design simple to highlight the image.  This would be a peaceful place to spend some down time with nature.
Challenge Links:
Craft a Scene: Majestic Mountains
One Stop Craft: Anything Goes

Supplies:
Stamps: MFP's On the Fly and Scenic Selections
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, and Summer Sky,  Ranger DI Brushed Corduroy
Copics...did not make list...sorry
Papers: White and Dark Grey CS, Wood grain Digi Paper from GKD
White Stickles on Mountain Caps

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa
Note: I see some other entries have used the same stamp at Craft a Scene.

Old Boat on the Lake

I am kind of on a roll making cards with scenes but this will be the last one for awhile. I just had to create with this digi that I  purchased from Digi Doodle Shop. I am sad they are closing the shop as I love their designs. I wll be entering this in their last challenge.
I printed the image on X-Press It Paper and colored with more Copics that I have ever used in one card.  I was inspired in my coloring by some photos that my nephew made in Colorado. This was a lot of fun coloring.

Challenges:
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Final Challenge Anything Goes
Craft a Scene: Trees, Trees, Trees
Cards For Men: Going Digital

Supplies:
Stamp: Digi Doodle Shop "Old Boat and Lake", Flourishes Senttment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Summer Sky, Memento Markers Rich Cocoa, Ranger Distress Ink Marker Picket Fence
Copics: 28  used-too lazy to list
Papers: X-press It White, Green and Slate Blue CS from stash
Stickles



Picture by Ben

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Cabin in the Snowy Woods

At Craft a Scene Challenge, the theme this month is Trees, Trees, Trees.  They want us to use at least three trees stamped on our entries.  The entry should have a stamped or digi image in the background and another in the foreground.  For my cabin in the woods card, I used the cabin with trees image and trees in the background with some birds flying by. I added deer in the foreground and extended the walk and placed some snow mounds by drawing those in. In all I used 5 stamps to create the scene.

Challenge Link:
Craft a Scene: Trees, Trees, Trees

Supplies:
Stamps: All GKD-Theresa Momber's  "Life is Good" for the cabin, 2 deer, and trees
                                 Melanie  Muenchinger's  "Gifts From The Sea" for the birds
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky, and Tuxedo Black
Ranger Distress Marker White
Copics: Forgot to list
Papers: White, Red and Slate Blue CS
Stickles for snow

What is your favorite scene to create? I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Speedy the Fox Challenge

 

Good Morning! How did your week unfold?
Welcome to another challenge from Speedy Fox and Friends. This  week the challenge is to Use a Different Fold on your card. There are so many great folding techniques and I decided to use the side step fold. Check out Anne Harmon's great tutorial at Speedy TV for details if you'd like to make.
For my design, I used several stamps from "Tree Greetings" "Scenic Selections" and a sentiment from "Daffodil Greetings" all from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. My card was created with several colors of Copics and Memento Inks and White and Orange CS. 10 different stamps were used. The Photo above left shows the card spread out to better show the folds.


Challenges to enter:
Crafts and Me: Use Autumn Colors

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Chair inside the Garden

At Craft a Scene this month the challenge is to create a scene from "inside the garden". Some of my favorites things to do are garden and make cards with flowers and nature themes.  So I loved seeing this as the theme at Craft a Scene which is becoming a favorite challenge blog. For my scene, I used a very old stamp...not sure how old ...from Stamps Happen by D. Morgan called "Time Changes Many Things"....."But not the joy of your Friendship"is the rest of the text on the stamp. After stamping with Versafine Onyx Black on white CS, I colored with Koh-I-Noor Pencils and Memento Markers. As you can see I used a lot of colors but kept the layout simple. I trimmed the image rounding the top 2 corners and attached to a Textured Green Card Base.  This scene was a bit of a challenge to color.

How does your garden grow? My flowers are welcoming the cooler temps.
Thanks for dropping by. I welcome all comments. Theresa