Bouquets from a Digital Garden

Hello! I just purchased the Early Spring  Beauty digital stamp set from Artsystamper at Etsy.  It is 30% off for a limited time. I just love the pre-colored images and decided to create some bouquets with them. I love to pick flowers from my garden and make arrangements....it's not much different to pick digital flowers and arrange them in a bouquet for a card. I picked all 3 flowers from the set for the top card and arranged them in a "vase" that I created and colored with a shape from Photoshop Elements.  I printed the flower arrangement on white card stock and added a bit of shading with Copics.  I simply added a sentiment from Doodled Flowers set from Happy Little Stampers using black ink. Attached this to a textured green card base.

For the next card, I "picked" 4 colored daffodils and arranged them with a vase that I created by modifying a digital image from my files.  Again I used the magic of Photoshop Elements to print the digital bouquet.  I added some shadows with Copics and a Happy Little Stampers sentiment with Distress Oxide Inks.  I trimmed the image with a fancy oval die and used an oval mat of yellow underneath and then an embossed mat of GKD Faded Brick card stock. Attached all to a white card base. I just love the bouquets that I arranged with these lovely Digital Flowers.
Challenges:
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #14 Springtime. Had so much fun with the Early Spring Beauty stamps.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Flower Power
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #386 Anything Goes.
Happy Little Stampers: April  Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Challenge #55 Spring Things-Thing 1 Spring Flowers, Colors, Vase holds Water.  Thing 3-Linked with Artsystamper.

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I love reading your comments. Theresa

Spring Azaleas

Hello! I created this card for The Creative Confetti Challenge - Flowers for the Front Line with stamps from Power Poppy  Azalea and Vibrant Thanks sets. I stamped the image and words on white card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and heat embossed with Clear EP.  I colored the image with Copic Markers and used a Glaze Marker on the Stamens. I attached to a background of patterned paper from my stash and a card base of white card stock. Love this azalea stamp....such a great spring bloom.  I plan to send this card to the staff at the Life Card Center where my Mother is a resident.  Thankfully no one there has been sick with the virus.
Challenges:
Creative Confetti: Flowers for the Front Line-create a card for someone on the front lines of the medical fight.
Make My Monday Challenge: #120 Spring Flowers
The Flower Challenge: Challenge #43 Spring/Autumn

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 Theresa

Going Square

Hello!  I decided to make another card with this flower stamp (used in yesterday's post)  from Gina K Designs Whimsical Wildflowers set from 2018 and also used GKD sentiment stamp from Wild Blossoms.  I created a square card 5"x 5".... I don't make many square cards but I came across some square envelopes in my stash and thought I'd make some cards to use with them.  I stamped the flowers with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and colored with Copics.  I matted the image with a green card stock mat and placed on a pink card base. I scored 2 lines on each side of the base to frame the image but they do not show up in photo (can just see on the top edge).  Keeping with the square element, I added the sentiment stamped in green ink on a small square of white cs matted with a square of pink cs.

Challenges:
Monthly Mix Challenge: Spring Fling-make spring theme card.
Just Us Girls Challenge: Trend Week #531 A square card featuring at least one square shape.
Retro Rubber Challenge: # 32 Be There or Be Square! I used a stamp from 2018 on my square card.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Spring Mood Board

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

Spring Flowers

Hello!  I am trying to enter some current challenges before the deadlines.  I made this spring garden card with stamps from Gina K Designs Whimsical Flowers.  I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on watercolor paper and colored with a water brush using Distress Oxide Inks Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, and Cracked Pistachio.  I stamped the sentiment with Peeled Paint.  Added a coral grosgrain ribbon. Used GKD  Peach Bellini card stock for the card base.
Challenges:
Monthly Mix Challenge: Mindy's challenge at GKD  this month is Spring Fling! All you need to do is create a project using Gina K Designs products with the theme Spring in mind.
ModSquad Challenge: Spring has sprung.
CAS Watercolour Card Challenge: April challenge is Spring Flowers. 
Addicted to Stamps and More:#384 Clean and Simple 
Cute Card Thursday: #629 Challenge Ribbons
The Flower Challenge: #43 Spring /Autumn.  I used a spring flower.

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

Spring is on the Way

Hello!  Playing with flowers, embossing, and water coloring.  I began this card by embossing a Repeat Impressions stamp Flower Power Background with White EP on watercolor paper and then colored with Distress Oxide Inks using a water brush. (Inks: Broken China, Fossilized Amber, Picked Raspberry,  Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet, and Iced Spruce.) Stamped sentiment on vellum and heat embossed with Clear EP...trimmed and attached with vellum tape.  Used a Yellow Card Base and a mat of White CS to finish.
Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: Inspiration Palette Challenge - M2118 Inspired by colors from the palette.
The Paper Girls Challenge: 148 Embossing.  Used heat embossing for the flowers and sentiment..
C.R.A.F.T.  Challenge:   460 Spring/Easter
Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge: March Anything Goes with Optional Twist Home

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

Looking Out the Window

 

 

Welcome!  The calendar says it is spring but we had snow flurries all day yesterday.  The challenge at Less Is More this week is to show What's Outside Your Window.  I guess I should show snow falling but I used my imagination to create a scene of spring flowers and bunnies. I found a pre-cut window from a package of Diecuts with a View and used stamps from Flourishes Spring Has Sprung and Cherry Blossoms sets.  I colored the images with Copics and placed behind the window. I used a Yellow card base that I stamped with Cherry Blossoms and heat embossed with Clear EP to create the look of wallpaper around the window.  I think the yellow background would be considered "white space" that is needed to qualify as CAS.

I also finished the inside using the Flourishes stamp and a Hero Arts sentiment as shown in the photo.

 

Challenges:

Less is More: Challenge 268 What's Outside Your Window.

Wednesday Simon Says Challenge: Simon says Cute and Cuddly....My bunnies are cute and cuddly.

Just Add Ink: #303 Just add E....E is for Easter.

The Paper Players:  PP 287 Clean and Simple - Celebrate Spring

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

First Day of Spring

Hello!  Today is the first day of spring!!  I love gardening especially in the spring.  This is a cute little dog on my card but I better not find him digging up my daffodils and tulips!  But he seems to know that it is spring! I have used digital stamps by From the Heart "Digging Dog" set which is the stamp of the month.  If you enter From the Heart stamp of the month's challenge, you will receive next month’s digi free. Check here for details.  I used a sketch from Tuesday Morning Challenge for my design.
Other supplies: Pink CS, White CS, Ivory CS, Basic Grey Patterns from stash, Copics, Spellbinders Circle, Scallop Circle, Square, and Rectangle Dies, Silk Flower from Stash, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, Darice Floral Frenzy EF,  Computer for printing Image and Sentiment.

Challenges:
From The Heart Challenge of the Month: Use Digging Dog Image

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #343 shown on right

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Cute and Cuddly.  Guess the dog is cuddly even if he dug up the  flowers.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use patterned papers on a card.


Happy First Day of Spring!
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Thanks, Theresa

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hello! The last few days have brought a lot of April Showers and the daffodils are opening.  This weather is great for playing in my studio and I made this card with a Darice EF and Flourishes stamp from A Year of Flowers.  I stamped the daffodils with Memento Espresso Truffle ink and colored with Copics.  I sponged the raindrops with Memento Summer Sky ink and to bring out the umbrella I added some Pattern Paper, colored the handle. Stamped the sentiment from Flourishes under the protection of the umbrella. I attached to a card base of blue from my stash.

Challenges:
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says April Showers and/or Spring Flowers.
613 Avenue Create Challenge: #118 Anything Goes
Addicted to CAS: Code Word is Showers

I love your visits and comments. Thank you. Theresa

Easter Blessings

Hello!  I am back with another challenge from Stamp TV April Foolery ....this time it is Lee's Sketch Challenge shown on the right.  I made an Easter card using GKD Spring Floral set with a Kraft card base.  I stamped the Crocus with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on GKD White CS and colored with Copics BV00, BV04,Y13, and G40.  I also used Memento Bamboo Leaves ink and marker.  Other CS used was Grass Green and Yellow.  I used Nestabilities circle and rectangle dies and Cuttlebug EF Wicker Weave.  I like the look of this simple card.

Challenges:
Stamp TV STVFOOL3: Lee's Sketch Challenge
The Kraft Journal: Make it Monday Challenge #217 Spring Colors. I used spring colors from the graphic on the right.
Just Us Girls: Word Week #287 Spring-Crocus are the first signs of spring in my garden.
Addicted To Stamps and More: #138 Holiday Challenge 
AAA Cards: Game #36 Easter Colors

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Spring is in the Air

Hello!  Thinking thoughts of Spring!  In this card, I have used up scraps of a pattern paper and yellow and green scraps.  The flower was made with 6 ovals and one circle cut with Nesties dies. Leave were cut with Susan Garden leaf dies.  I fussy cut the word Spring and layered on die cut label of green. No stamps were used in the making of this card, only papers and dies.

Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch:  #115 shown on right
Cute Card Thursday: #365 Challenge is Spring Fever
Just Add Ink: #255 Use eggs or ovals.   Used ovals to create flower.
Die Cut Diva's: March challenge is Spring/Children.  Used oval, circle, leaf dies and embossing on center of flower.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Spring Bouquet

 Hello! Tulips will soon be blooming and that means spring will have arrived.  I love the Tulip Bouquet stamp from Repeat Impressions and have used the colors Pink and Green pulled from the photo Inspiration from The House That Stamps Built and Tulips and Hat colors from Simon's Inspiration board.

Challenges:
What If? Wednesday Challenge: M1815 Photo Inspiration on right
Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: Spring into Color
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says...get inspired by SPRING PINTEREST INSPIRATION! see left
Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle, SU Pixie Pink
Copics and Pencils
Dies: Nesties Ovals and Scallop Oval
EF: Cuttlebug Wicker Weave
Papers: GKD Green, White and Pink CS From Stash and Scraps
Ribbon from Stash

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Have I Been Missed?

Hello!  I have been away from blogging for a few days but have been busy.  I bought some new storage boxes at Joann's last week which led me to do some cleaning and reorganizing of some supplies.  Then I realized I had so many partially finished cards .....had a lot of fronts without card bases and card kits that I never assembled or card projects that I had started and never finished.  To clean up some clutter,  I decided to spend some time finishing and assembling these projects and send the finished cards to Operation Write Home.  I still have more to do.  I ended up with 55 cards to send including a few that I pulled from my box of completed cards.  I forgot to make a photo of the cards and now they are all in a box sealed and ready to mail.  I am now trying to do some projects to make a dent in all the scraps that I have.....I never, never throw anything away. 

Also, I have been cleaning closets and switching winter items for the spring and summer clothes.  Guess I am an organizing fool.  Also have been cleaning the garden beds taking advantage of a few days of warmer temperatures and no rain.  Shown below are the first of the daffodils blooming on 4-14-14.

 

This a card that I made yesterday using an EF that I had never used:

 

This is for a challenge April Showers at Charisma Cardz Challenge which is about to end.   I embossed a white card stock and sponged the raindrops with Memento Summer Sky ink and colored in the umbrella with Copics. The April flowers are a stamp from Repeat Impressions colored in Copics  RV23,29. Y000,YG 03,95.  The sentiment is from Creative Clear Stamps and stamped in Memento Rose Bud.  The EF is from Darice.

 

Challenges:

Charisma Catz Challenge: April Challenge

Cute Card Thursday: Theme is Splish Splash

The ABC Challenge: J is for Just as you like.  (Anything goes)

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Spring Azalea

Welcome!  I am looking forward to the blooming of Azaleas but I was able to capture this lovely flowering plant on a card with a stamp designed by Marcella Hawley for her new company Power Poppy.  I stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle ink on white CS ....this gives a much softer look than stamping with black ink.  I colored the image with Copics E 25,35, YG 000,63,93, and YR 000,00,02 and cut with Spellbinder Die Label 4. All the pattern papers that I used are from Webster Pages Park Drive pad that was from Joan's Gardens. I used strips of gold under the image and green as the border for the image layered on the check which has all the colors that I used. Finished with a sentiment from MFP's stamped in Memento Olive Green ink.

Challenges:
Joan's Touch: Challenge is to use plaid, check, or striped paper, a border around an image, any colors, and a product sold at Joan's Gardens. Pattern papers are from Joan's .
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Papers: Challenge is anything goes as long as patterned papers cover entire card.

I hope to work in my gardens again today.....temperatures to be in the 70's.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Bouquet with Buttons and Bow

For this card I chose the 7 Gypsies  pattern paper  for the background and then used it for the inspiration to color the image of Tulip Bouquet by Repeat impressions.  I stamped the flowers on ivory CS with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics R00,20,22, B000,01, Y21, YG91,93,95.  I assembled my card following Repeat Impressions sketch #A214 using green CS for the card base and mats adding ribbons, bow, and pearl buttons with yellow twine.  Since I ended up hiding so much of the lovely designs in the pattern I cut 2 of the floral bouquets from the paper with a circle Nesties die and added with the sentiment. Love and Hugs was a portion of a Repeat Impressions sentiment that I stamped with Memento Olive Green ink and cut with an oval die.
Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: Repeat Impressions Sketch #214 shown above
613 Avenue Create: Challenge is anything goes with the option of sights, sounds, smell, taste of spring.  My card has some of the sights of spring.
The Ribbon Girl Blog: April Challenge is Spring
Papertake Weekly: Spring Has Sprung
Crafty Ribbons Challenge: Flower Power
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge:  The theme for Challenge #92 is Flowers or Buttons & Bows.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Playing with Colors and Dies

Welcome! This card was the result of playing with some colorful  papers from Webster Pages Park Drive pad and some Cheery Lynn Dies.  I was trying to design an entry for the challenge Anything Goes at Cheery Lynn Design Blog.  I used Ivory CS as the base and Green Paper for accents cut with Ambergris  Tiny Doily and Cathedral Lace Frame (used only a side panel from the frame).    I am always experimenting with different uses of dies rather than the intended use. The other elements are all from Pattern Papers cut with Build A Flower #1 and Ambergris Die.  I used Spellbinders dies for the circles. I used Memento Morocco ink for the MFP's stamp.  I was using the sketch below for the layout.   I do like the combo of colors and the pop of the spiky flower. 

Photo came out a bit dark so use your imagination.
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Spring Brings Flowers

Second Post today.....
 This card was made with some of my first GKD stamps which I still love to stamp.  Spring always brings beautiful blooms and colors which I look forward to each time.  I made this card to cover 5 challenges which are listed below.   I used a GKD grass green card base and layered with my own created designer paper- white paper stamped with a GKD script stamp from Botanicals in Memento Bamboo Leaves ink. I partially stamped the iris stamp from Elegant Flowers in Versamark on 3 rectangles cut with Spellbinders die and heat embossed with Clear EP.  I colored the images with bright color Memento Markers Lulu Lavender, Rose Bud, Cantaloupe,  Dandelion, and Bamboo Leaves. I matted each on Grass Green mats and attached to the card.  I finished with a sentiment of Easter Blessings from GKD Spring Florals on a cut oval of white CS matted on a scalloped oval of the green paper.  I used the sketch shown above from Tuesday Morning Sketches but forgot to use this week's twist so I am not entering their challenge.

Challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge: Spring into Spring-create a spring themed card using at least 3 bright spring colors and your stamps to make your own designer paper.
Simon Says:  Happy Easter and/or Sweet Treats 
Papertake Weekly: Spring has Sprung 
Craft Your Passion: No Designer Papers 
Stamp TV Mix It Up Monday: Create a project using one image stamped 3 times.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

CAS Challenge

 

The spring challenge at CAS-UAL Fridays is called the Good Egg and we are to create a Clean And Simple project using....OVALS! After much thought I decided to create a simple spring flower using 6 ovals cut from Yellow CS with the smallest Nesties oval die and 1 circle of Orange CS cut with Nesties circle die.  I shaped the "petals" with a flower shaping tool and dry embossed the orange center with Cuttlebug EF Swiss Dots.  Using my Scor Pal,  I scored 2 vertical  lines in the center of my Card Base of white CS for the stem and colored with Memento Bamboo Leaves Ink .  I also scored 2 vertical lines on each side of the card  front but the photo does not show them very well.  I stamped the sentiment from Flourishes with SU Always Artichoke ink.  I assembled the flower with Scor -Tape  and adhered to the CAS card.


Challenge:
CAS-UAL Friday:  CFC130: Good Egg
Charisma Cardz Challenge: CAS

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Ready for Spring

I cannot wait for the spring bulbs to bloom....only have a few crocus opened. I made this card for some recent challenges using Butterfly and Daffodil  stamps from Repeat Impressions.  I colored with Copics and used oval dies to cut the images,  I stamped the butterfly twice and cut one out and added to the top of the stamped one with pop up dots. The background of the image was lightly sponged with blue and the green mat was embossed.
Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: DCC36 Things With Wings
Cute Card Thursday: Floral Delights
Alphabet Challenge: D is for Diecuts
Clear It Out Challenge: Color challenge is Greens. Theme Green: Stash Use anything green. Used Green CS and Green Copics.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions Daffodils and Butterfly from Summer Series
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Summer Sky
Copics: Y02,06,11,13,17,G20,82, YG03
Papers: White and Black CS, GKD Green CS
Dies: Nesties Oval and Scallop Ovals
Embossing Folder: Darice  Flower Frenzy
EK Success Corner Punch
Cameo for Sentiment

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa