Sweet Treats for My Love

Welcome!  I was not going to make another Valentine Theme card but when I started playing with the sketch from Tuesday Morning Challenge, I ended up making another one.  I embossed a mat of Pink CS with Cuttlebug Victoria EF to begin my design. I stamped a Power Poppy image with Memento Black ink on White CS and colored with Copics and added some icing to the sweet treats using Pink Stickles. That really sweeten up the treats. I trimmed the image following the sketch and added a layer of Polka Dot Patterned Paper to create a frame of dots. I also embossed this layer another Cuttlebug EF. Stamped a Gina K stamp on scrap of Pink CS and die cut with Spellbinders Label die. Assembled the elements on a White Card Base and added a couple Shiny Red Nail Heads for some bling. 

Challenges: 

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #643

Can You Handle the Pressure?: New challenge. Must use Embossing folder. First challenge- Anything Goes with Embossing with a Twist of Pink. Looks like a fun challenge. 

Cupcake Inspirations: Challenge 537

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Simon Says Love is in the Air

Use Your Stuff: #441 Hearts/Love

Double D Challenges: Hearts Challenge

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Emboss It

Cut It Up Challenge: 245 Love or Valentine's Day

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Love, Love, Love

 Thanks for stopping by. 

I love reading your comments. Theresa

Peace on Earth Card

Hello! I just came across a Christmas challenge that is new to me, and I have a card that I'd like to enter before the deadline. I am entering this card in Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #8. The inspiration board is shown below.  I was inspired by the Blue and White and Snow elements. I used some designs cut from an old Christmas card and a stamp from a magazine freebie from Cardmaking & Papercraft on a white card base.  The sentiment with stars was stamped with Memento Paris Dusk ink and embellished with some sparkly Stickles. 

Challenges: 
Christmas Kickstart Challenge: #59 The Sentiment takes Center Stage

Peace on Earth Challenge #8:

Stay Safe and Healthy! Thanks for stopping by. 

I love reading your comments. Theresa

More Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing some Christmas cards made using patterned papers that were in a magazine that I purchased some time ago and filed away.  On the 2 bottom cards, I used one of the pattern papers as a layer on the card base before attaching another pattern paper as the focus of the card. on all 3 cards, I used a Pilot Gold Marker to edge all the papers and added several types of stickles to add sparkle to the designs.  Attached Gold Satin Ribbon bows to the Bauble cards and Pink Brads to the Santa card.  A Penny Black sentiment was stamped and embossed with Gold EP on each card. Used Pink and White cardstock as card bases. 

Wish you could see the sparkle and texture of the stickles that I used.  Looks so good in real life. 

Challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenge: B is for Baubles

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Papers.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: 543 Use 2 or More Patterned Papers. Bottom 2 cards use 2 patterned papers and embellishments from stash. 

Stay Safe and Healthy! 

Thanks for stopping by.

 I love reading your comments. Theresa

Snow Bunny

Hello! It's a snowy morning here in Ohio so I thought this would be an appropriate card to post.  I printed the Snow Bunny digi from my stash of Meljens images on white CS and colored the cute image with Copics and a bit of snow with a Snow Marker for texture. Added some stickles to her fuzzy hat and metallic silver to her buttons.  Trimmed the image with a rectangle die and attached to mat of pink CS, layer of striped pattern paper(old SU), and card base of the GKD pink CS. Finished with heat embossed sentiment (old Creative  Clear Stamp) using Silver EP.  I chose this image because of her long scarf. 

Challenges:

Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #7 Baby It's Cold Outside

Winter Wonderland: Theme is Little Friends

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #615 Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper

Creative with Stamps: Challenge #46 Scarf

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

Speeding Santa

Welcome to my studio!  In an attempt to use up some of my supplies, I pulled out a box of digital images that I had printed and stored away for later use. I also opened a box of patterned papers that I saved from magazines and a box of Christmas patterned paper. I challenged myself to create cards using these supplies.  The cards above are 2 of the many cards that used some of these supplies. The digital image is from Dearie Dolls..... Santa Bring Home the Tree....the top one was colored using Copics.  Added some texture with a Snow Marker and Stickles.  The plaid paper was from a magazine freebie. Used GKD Green CS as the base
The bottom card used the same digital image but was colored by the artist. I inked the edge of the image with a red marker and placed on a black mat, then a patterned paper from American Crafts and a red card base.  GKD sentiment stamp used on both card.
Challenges:
The 12 Months of Christmas: Challenge #58 Optional twist Sensational Santa
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper
Daring Cardmakers: Use up your scraps. Used up printed images and old papers.
ABC Christmas Challenge: V is for Velocity
Addicted to CAS: Challenge #170 Plaid

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

Christmas Village

Hello! Spent part of the weekend making several Christmas cards.  I am sharing two that I made using an old PSX stamp Christmas Village.  I have created many cards with this stamp over the years and still love to ink it up.  The top card simply features the scene stamped with Versafine black ink on White CS and attached to a Red card base. I heat embossed the Penny Black sentiment in red to finish. 

 The bottom version uses the stamp inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics. I added texture to the snow with a Snow Marker and some glitter with Frosted Lace Stickles. Framed the scene with GKD Green CS cut with a Spellbinders rectangle die. The heat embossed sentiment is from Gina K Design set.

Challenges to enter:
Penny Black  Saturday Challenge: October Anything Goes...optional Black, White, and one other  color.
CAS Christmas Card Challenge: October Winter Scene
Addicted To Stamps: #362 Make Your Mark
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Christmas
Christmas at Sweet Stampin': October Anything Goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB #15 October Anything Christmas Goes

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

Having Another Barbecue

Welcome to my studio. I was inspired to create another tag for the  Tag You're It! Challenge #95 which has a Barbecue Theme.  I used a grill stamp from a Paper Pretties set that I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and colored with Copics and a Silver Pen. I added some fire to the grill with Diamond Stickles.  I added some sentiments using some old stamps from my stash.  After trimming  the tag and rounding the corners with a punch, I added  a circle, exclamation point, and strip cut from a scrap of Red glitter flocked paper to give some texture.  Finished the tag with a red metallic string.  Will use this tag for a birthday gift. 
Challenges:
Tag You're It!: Challenge #95 Theme Barbecue Party
Modsquad Challenge:  Anything but a card.  Made a tag.

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

Barbecue Theme

Hello!  With this being Labor Day, our plans usually include grilling or barbecues.  I was inspired to create a tag for the  Tag You're It! Challenge #95 which has a Barbecue Theme.  I used a stamp from Jessica Lynn, an owl barbecuing, and added stamps from my stash by Flourishes and Mark's Finest Papers.  I stamped the owl with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with Copics.  Ignited the fire in the grill with some Diamond Stickles.  Trimmed the image and added some Red and White check patterned paper from scraps and Red twine. He is such a cute cook!  Will use this tag for a birthday gift. 

Challenges:
Tag You're It!: Challenge 395

Cupcake Inspirations: CIC477 Make a project or card using Food and Drink 

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #597 Anything But a Card

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

Summer Fun

 Welcome to my studio!  Just in time for a burger off the grill.  Part of the fun of summer is my DH doing his thing at the grill....less time in the kitchen for me.   I created this card to thank him for his great food that he grills.  I stamped the grill and sentiments from a Paper Pretties set that I have had for sometime. I stamped on White CS with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and heat embossed with Clear EP.  Colored with Copics and Silver Pen.  Highlighted the "fire" with Diamond Stickles to heat it up. For fun,  I also added some "sparks" across the top of the panel and to the dot over the "i" in word grill. Finished with a Sunny Summer Yellow card base.
Challenges:
CASology: Week 349 Cue Card Grill
AAA Cards: CAS Game #146 Made in Minutes + Optional Twist Summer
Stinkin' Inkers Challenge: Some Like It Hot -anything related to summer
Use Your Stuff: Challenge #370 Summer Activity

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

Five Gold Rings

Hello!  Continuing with my series of The Twelve Days of Christmas cards.  These cards are made with a set called "Twelve Days of Christmas" from Creative Stamping magazine that I got last Christmas.  I have 2 cards made for the fifth day....five gold rings.  For the top card, I stamped the tree image on Green CS with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Gold EP.  I colored in the flowers and hearts with Pencils and the star with Gold Metallic pen. Added Diamond Stickles to the 5 rings. Fussy cut the tree and attached to a Red Card Base.  Heat embossed the sentiments with Gold EP.
The second card uses the same stamps and heat embossing with Gold EP but I did on a Textured Green CS. Colored the Hearts with Copics. Also used the Diamond Stickles on the rings and also on the star.  I colored in and outlined the tree with a Clearstar pen. Attached the Green Panel to a Dark Red Card Base. 

Challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year Round: August Challenge Add a Tree

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCBB #13 Any Thing Christmas Goes

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

Snowy Sparkly Christmas

Welcome!  I am still creating Christmas cards for my stash!  I pulled out an older stamp  Snowy Postcard from Stampendous for this one.  I  used DOI Vintage Photo to stamp on White CS using only the oval portion of the image (trimmed with a oval Spellbinders die). I adhered this to a Red Glitter Paper and added die cut Poinsettias (Red and Gold  Papers)  and the word Christmas (Metallic Gold CS).  Dies from Creative Dies and Cheery Lynn.  Added more sparkle to the scene with Diamond Stickles and with Gold Gems to the center of the flowers.

This was a difficult card to photo but the top photo captured the glitter of the paper.  Shared another card on the left without so much glare.

  Challenges:
Modsquad Challenge: All that Sparkles.  Used Stampendous stamp.
Retro Rubber Challenge: #116 Tic Tac Toe-Used bottom row-Gems, Nature(Snow scene), Inks (DOI).  Have had stamp at least 6 years.
Dies R Us Challenge: August Challenge Bright Colors-used bright Gold and Red.
Die Cuttin' Divas: Challenge #431 Anything Goes

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

Christmas Lantern

Hello!  I am sharing another Christmas card today.  I was inspired to make this by a Photo Challenge but I missed posting the card in time for that one but I found other challenges to enter.  I stamped the lantern stamp from my stash on white CS with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Red and Green and other Copics and a Silver pen.   Added some sparkle to the flame and poinsettia center with Stickles. Added some die cut branches from Green CS and a red satin bow to the top of the lantern.  Finished the card with a GKD Sentiment stamped in Red ink and a Dotted ribbon that I attached to a Red card base. Die from Impression Obsession -used only part of the branch.  I think the red bow was a perfect touch for the card. 

Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash: Challenge #400 Christmas in July.  Used several old items from my stash.

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #448 Anything Christmas goes with optional theme use twine or ribbon.

Happy Little Stampers: July Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas Goes. Option Sparkle 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB #12 July Anything Christmas Goes

Photo that inspired card:

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Christmas in Hot July

Hello!  What better way to stay cool during this heat wave...  thinking of snow, snowmen, and Christmas?  So that resulted in another Christmas Card!  I used one of my fave snowman stamps from Flourishes Warm Winter Wishes set by Marcella Hawley.  I stamped him with Tuxedo Black ink on white CS and colored with Copics.  Added some sparkly Diamond Stickles to the snowman and Embossed the Background with Clouds using a Darice EF.  Added some "snow swirls" to the foreground with another Darice EF which actually is a woodgrain design turn horizontally.  ( this was another layer of white CS that I cut and embossed for a snow bank).  Sponged and inked some blue on the sky and snow.  Finished with a Power Poppy sentiment from Poinsettias set heat embossed with Silver EP and a  card base of GKD Blue CS.

Challenges:

Crafty Catz: Challenge 471 Anything Goes Optional Christmas in July

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Challenge Christmas in July

Shopping Our Stash: Challenge #400 Christmas in July

Mod Squad Challenge: Christmas in July

Creative Confetti Challenge : Christmas In July

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

It's Cold Outside

Welcome to my warm and cozy studio! But it is cold outside! 3 degrees but feels like -6! But that is warmer than yesterday! If you go out, don't forget your mittens to stay warm.  My CAS card sends that message today.  I stamped the mittens with a Flourishes stamp from Warm Winter Wishes set by Marcella Hawley with DOI  Salty Ocean and colored with a pencil and added some sparkle with Crystal Stickles.  Sentiment stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with WOW Silver EP. The straight line was stamped with a GKD stamp using Versamark and also heat embossed with Wow Silver EP. I edged the white CS panel with Pilot Silver Marker before attaching to GKD Powder Blue CS.

Challenges:

AAA Cards: CAS Game #132 use only up to one third of your card for images and greetings. 

Creative with Stamps: #34 Mittens

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

Happy 99th Birthday!

 Welcome!  Today I am sharing a special card that I created for my Mother's 99th Birthday that is later this month.  I made a similar card for her a couple years ago and she loved it so I thought I would repeat my design by adding some more candles and also the Happy Birthday song.  I used Photoshop Elements to create the pages with text  and candles and then added dots and strips of glitter paper and used Diamond Stickles for glitter on each of the 99 Candles. That took a bit of time.  The front with 3 candles was attached to a Pink CS and then I attached 8 pages with 12 candles each printed on white CS.  The Happy Birthday song lyrics and music was printed across the bottom of the pages to which I added glitter dots.
The card fits these challenges:
Allsorts Challenge: Week # 502 Milestones with Numbers
Cards In Envy: It's all about the numbers challenge.  This card is less than 1/4", actually 1/8" so it does fit into an envelope.
Make My Monday Challenge: #87 Use Words or Sentiment.
Use Your Stuff: Challenge 342 As Time Goes By. 99 years is a lot of time gone by!
Crafty Catz: #444 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Birthdays

Photos below show the card as it appears opening.

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

Ornaments or Tags

Welcome! Today I am sharing a couple of creations that could be use as hanging ornaments or tags on gifts.  They both were made with Repeat Impressions stamps from the Ornament and Snow globes set.  I used circle dies for cutting.  The top tag with the scene of a moose in the snow was stamped with Memento ink and Versamark  and colored with pencils and Copics, Added some sparkle with Diamond Crystal Stickles.The base was heat embossed with gold EP.  Added a Green satin ribbon.

The next tag with Candy Canes was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Red EP.  I added a frame of Red CS die cut with circle dies and added the stickles for sparkle. Finished with a White satin ribbon for hanging.

Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: DCC215 Anything but a card.
Double D Challenge: Run Run Rudolph. I used a moose instead of a deer which is acceptable.



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Santa on the Move

 Hello!  Playing with the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches to create this Christmas card using a digital image from Dearie Dolls Digis.  I used the colored version of Santa driving a card that I printed and framed with a diamond shaped frame of red CS. I used a pattern paper for the background and a red card base.  Added texture and snow with Stickles, Liquid Pearls and Snow Marker.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.
Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch # 479

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Winter Wonderland

Hello!  I have had an idea  for the challenge at The Library for awhile since the photo was posted on October 28 but never executed until this morning.  I had immediately thought of an old stamp of a winter scene  that would tie in with the book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.  My card depicts the entrance into the snowy winter forest of Narnia with a lamppost. This is where the 4 children find the lion, the rightful ruler and king of Narnia, who I included in my card. 

I stamped the Winter Scene stamp (Mark's Finest Papers Ice & Snow) on white card stock with DOI Frayed Burlap and added snow and glitter with a couple different Stickles, Liquid Pearls. and a Snow Marker.  The crystal stickles gave a golden glow to the trees and snow.  I wanted to have a feel of fantasy to the scene.  The lamppost was stamped with a Hero Arts stamp and the sentiment was from MFP set Ice and Snow. Added the fussy cut lion that I printed from Silhouette with My Cameo.  Other supplies: Versamark Ink, Gold EP, Metallic Gold CS(base), Memento Black Ink, Yellow Copic. 

Challenges:

613 Avenue Create: Challenge #215 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Christmas/Winter.

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says All That Glitters is Gold. Gold Sparkle added with Crystal Stickles, Gold EP, Gold Pen, Gold Metallic Card Stock.

Make My Monday Challenge: #84 Winter Foliage. Used winter trees. 

Fab n Funky Challenge: #416 With an Animal
The Library Challenge: #19 The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Graphic below. Inspired by the snowy scene on the cover and the story.

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