Balloons for a Happy Birthday

 

Seize the Birthday Challenge is celebrating their 200th Challenge!  Congratulations to them for this great achievement and thanks to them for having a great challenge.  For their special celebration we are to make a card inspired by their graphic shown below.  I chose to use balloons and colors from the graphic and give it a watercolor feel by inking the balloons.  I threw in some splatters as well (which my DH called sneezes?) I also colored the balloon strings with a black marker and used black die cut words as in the graphic. Supplies used: Darice Embossing Folder Balloons, White CS, Black CS, Pink CS, Cheery Lynn Dies, Memento Inks, Pods for Coloring Raised images, GKD Stamp for Splatters. 

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

Thinking of Everyone

Hello!  It's been a few days since I have posted but I have this Thinking of you Card to share today.   I thought I had posted this but could not find it, so I am using  it to say that I have been thinking of everyone out there in blog land and hope you are staying healthy and safe. I created this card by heat embossing GKD stamps from Tropical Blooms with Gold EP on Black CS and coloring with Pencils.  Also used a splatter stamp with the Gold EP.  I inked the edge of the image layer with Pilot Gold Metallic marker and attached to a card base of Black CS.

Challenges to enter:

Happy Little Stampers: March CAS challenge-use favorite technique. Used Heat embossing.

The Flower Challenge: #42 Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Challenge 231 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Use Colored Pencils

  I have not been posting lately but I have been busy in my studio creating a great many cards.  I put together a package of over 80 cards that I sent to the Life Care Center in Tennessee where my Mother is a resident. This included many Hello, Thinking of You, and other assorted themes to cheer up the residents who have been unable to have company.
I assembled the package by pulling cards from my stash some of which I modified and changed to fit the need.  I failed to make a picture of those cards that I sent but many were cards that I have posted on this blog. I also used a lot of those bits and pieces that I had accumulated in my leftover box of never used die cuts, stamped images, colored digis, etc to create several quick cards that I enclosed with the already made ones.  I also included some Thank You Cards to the staff.
Sending cards is a great way to keep busy and let others know that you care.  I see a lot of card makers doing that very thing.
I am now working on a box of Easter Cards to send to the same place and almost have the number that I need.  More about that later and I will have pictures.

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More Sunflowers

Hello! I am back with more sunflower cards.  I used Distress Oxide inks to color the sunflower on both of these cards.  The top card is a digital image by Priscilla Styles from my digi file. I printed the image on watercolor paper and colored with a water brush. Added some texture to the center with Zing! Chestnut EP.  Die cut with a square die and placed on a Brown mat and Ivory card base.  The stamped sentiment is from an old MFP set. Stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Zing!Chestnut EP.

For the bottom card, I stamped a MFP Sunflower on watercolor paper and also colored with water brush and Distress Oxide inks. I splattered some ink around the image. (Tip I learned from Lisa Tilson:  lay the clear stamp back over the image before splashing.)  Added some more color beneath the leaves for a more artistic look?  Trimmed the image with a die and added a Rust mat and placed on Ivory card base with sentiment by Power Poppy.
Distress Oxide Inks used: Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Lucky Clover.

Challenges:
 CAS Watercolor Card Challenge: August Sunflower
Happy Little Stampers: August Watercolor Challenge-Optional Twist Flowers
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 304 CAS
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: Challenge 218 Clean and Simple

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

Three Flowers + Two Leaves

Hello!  I was playing with some challenges and came up with this card using the same image three times on the card.  I stamped the flower from GKD set A Year of Flowers by Melanie 3 times on white CS with SU Only Orange and colored in with Copics.  I used the leaf and stems stamps from the same set with Memento Bamboo Green ink and a sentiment from GKD Hello Friend with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  The splatter was done with GKD Tiny Texture stamp. I attached the image on a mat of GKD Green CS and then a base of GKD Brown CS.
I made an decorative envelope to go with the card using the same flower and leaf stamp and inks. I also decorated the back of envelope but did not photograph that.


Challenges:
Stamp TV: Gina K Designs Release Party Challenge-create a card using the same image 3 times.
Stamp TV: STV17MON26 Mix It Up Monday Challenge Creative Envelopes
Color Throw down: CTD449 Use Orange, Green, Brown.

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Yellow, Mellow Roses

Welcome to my studio! Thanks for coming by.  Today I am sharing a card that I made with Gina K Designs' Old Country Roses set. The Roses were done with 3 multi layer stamps using DI Squeezed Lemonade, Memento Dandelion, and DI Fossilized Amber inks. The multi layer leaves were stamped with Memento New Sprout, SU Always Artichoke, and Memento Cottage Ivy inks.  Used a GKD splatter stamp (Tiny Textures)  with Fossilized Amber and GKD sentiment with Always Artichoke.  Used GKD Grass Green Card Base.

Challenges:
Just Us Girls: Challenge #388 Trend Week Multi-step Stamping
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #145 Stamped Image and Stamped Sentiment
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Mellow Yellow
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #236 is Anything Goes
Stamp, Ink, Paper: Challenge #93 Coming Up Flowers

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Falling Leaves

Hello!  The leaves have being falling really fast with the rain and wind that we have had in the last few days.  Just waiting for them to dry before raking begins. But in the meantime, I made this card with falling leaves.  I used SU More Mustard, Old Olive, and Really Rust Reinkers and Ink pads with an old PSX Leaf Stamp and a GKD Splatter stamp.  I also did some water coloring on the leaves with a water brush and added some gold to the edges with a Pilot Gold Marker The MFP Stamp was heat embossed with Gold EP. A Grass Green card base and a layer of pattern paper from my stash finished the card.
Challenges:
Inspired by All the Little Things: Photo Inspiration #29
Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge: #70 Tic Tac Toe-Top Row-Leaves, Green, Patterned Paper
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper: October Challenge

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

Birthday Wishes

 

Welcome!  This is my second post of the day.  I was playing with the color challenge at Pals Paper Arts shown below and came up with this design.  I used Gina K Designs stamps from Wild Blossoms and Tiny Textures.  I stamped the "Splatter" with SU Sage Shadow ink and then used SU Regal Rose and Glorious Green inks for the blossom and verse.  I think the colors match up well enough for the challenge.   I used a coral card base and a minty green layer embossed with EF Bubbles.  I adhered the image after using a die cut and inked the edge with a Copic.

Challenges:
Pals Paper Arts:  PPA319 Color Challenge

Mod Squad Challenge Blog: Celebrate your inner splatter. My splat was made with a stamp. 

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

Single Rose with Splatters

Hello! My card today is made with Gina K Design stamps from A Year of Flowers (rose), Pressed Flowers (rose), Say It with Flowers (sentiment) and a newer set Tiny Textures (splatters).  I just played with the splatters as a background behind the single rose after masking the flower. 
Supplies: GKD White and Fresh Asparagus CS, Scrap of Pink CS, SU Pink Passion, Petite Rose, Always Artichoke Inks, DI Tea Dye Ink, Spellbinders Regal Frame Dies,
Pink Satin Ribbon.

Challenges:
Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday-Just One Flower
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes
Creative With Stamps: Challenge #4 Ink Splatters. Used a stamp for my splatters.
Word Art Wednesday: Challenge 238-239 Anything Goes

 

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Splash of Love

Hello!  My post is coming from my temporary studio called the Nook where I will be carding and posting for a few weeks.  It is located in sunny Captiva Island.....when I look out the window, I see the pool surrounded by tropical vegetation and I card to the sounds of Florida birds with the occasional cry of an Osprey.

Today's card is made with Gina K stamps from A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie is splashed with a lot of love.  Other supplies:  Water Color Paper, GKD Green and Pink CS, Circle Dies, Memento Lady Bug, Rose Bud inks, Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Pink Glaze Pen

Challenges :
Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday Challenge Make a Splash
Mod Squad Challenge:  Use Hearts and/or Love

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