At The Beach

Welcome to my studio! Today I have a card made with Repeat Impressions Sandcastle stamp (Year 2016). I stamped the image with Memento Toffee Crunch ink on White CS and colored with Copics and sponged the sky with Memento Summer Sky ink.  I stamped the image a second time and fussy cut the star fish and added glossy accents to it.  I attached the star fish, 2 real seashells, and a real mini sand dollar to give dimension to the scene.  Stamped the sentiment with DOI Vintage Photo. I finished with a Blue card base and mat of Kraft CS.

Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge A1419.  Used Row 1 Down-By the Sea, Sponging, Dimension.

Retro Rubber Challenge: #RRCB118 Sketch Challenge.  The sandcastle stamp is 3 years old or older.

CASology: Week 350-Water

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Jar of Lightning Bugs

Hello!  Playing with the Tic Tac Toe Challenge J1019 at The House That Stamps Built.  My card uses stamps all from Repeat Impressions that were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on a Diecut  Card with a fancy fold From Crafter's Companion (part of a prize).  I paper pieced the jar lid with Metallic Gold Paper and added some Dew Drops between the flying insects. I also covered the jar with Light Yellow Vellum.  I placed a strip of Striped Patterned Paper behind the fold. I actually used elements from the top row and also the diagonal row of the challenge.  Does that double my chances? Just kidding!  My photo did not capture very well that this was a step fold but hope you can visualize it.
Other Challenges:
Just Add Ink: 465 Just add The Season.  My card was inspired by this  challenge to make a Summer card.
Always Fun Challenges: Challenge 119 Paper Piecing. Jar is paper pieced with Metallic Gold paper and Yellow vellum.

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Away at the Beach

Hello! Another hot day....good day to be by the ocean on the beach.  This best I could do was create a card with this tropical beach scene.  I used a stamp from Just For Fun called Sunset with  Palms. I stamped the image with Memento Toffee Crunch ink and colored with Copics.  I kept the colors on the lighter side since the sun is just beginning to set. Simply trimmed and attached to a yellow cardstock mat and a white card base.  Did not add a sentiment.  Will use the inside to write my greetings when I use the card. 

PS: Sorry for the distortion in my photo.  The card is actually straight.

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge: #176 CAS Summer Card

Double D Challenges: Tropical. I chose to use a tropical sunset.

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps: July Challenge from Heidi is By the Water.

Another card that I made with this stamp in 2017

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Summer Fun

Welcome!  Today I am playing with the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches  and a summer theme since we are now in to the first days of summer.  I stamped the beach scene with Repeat Impressions stamp with Memento Toffee Crunch ink on white CS and colored with Copics. I layered the scene that I cut with an oval die on to a blue mat cut with a fancy oval die (unknown source)  layered with some ribbon from my stash.  Used a Blue Card Base and background of Kraft CS to complete card.  Used a simple sentiment of Enjoy (Power Poppy) in brown ink. This card could serve as a Birthday card or to wish someone a Happy Summer or for other occasions. 

Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge: G is for Great Outdoors
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch 458

Stamp, Ink, Paper: Challenge 155 Summer Fun

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Summer Fun

Hello!  There are several card challenges for summer-beach-sun fun.  I used an older stamp from Just For Fun in my collection to create this card. It is called Sunset with Palms.  I stamped it on white CS with Memento Espresso Truffle ink and colored with Copics and Distress Oxide inks using the photo below that I found online.   I covered the image with a smokey photo overlay transparency that  darkened the colors a bit. (See photo below.)  I cut a mat of white CS and placed that over the image and overlay and attached that to Coral card base.  The sentiment from GKD was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink directly on the mat.  Other supplies used: Versamark ink, White and Clear EP.  Dimensions of the finished card are 6.5" x5.25".  The transparent overlay gives a nice shine to the card in real life.

Photo used as coloring guide

Photo of Overlay used.

Challenges:
Just for Fun: Challenge for August-Hot! Hot! Hot!

Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C397 Summer Fun-make bright and cheerful card.

Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge: #111 Beach

AAA Cards: CAS Game #96 Summer Fun.  Taking a chance that the white mat qualifies as enough white space to be CAS.

The Paper Players: PP356 The Great Outdoors

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Summer Time Fun

Hello!  I was inspired by the Inspiration Palette Challenge J1917 shown below from The House That Stamps Built in making this card.  I created my background with Broken China Distress ink on a panel of watercolor paper.  I stamped Repeat Impressions stamp Kayaker on clear velum with Versamark and heat embossed with Clear EP.  I colored the image with Copics using colors from the inspiration photo and then trimmed it.  I attached this to the background with Stick It Adhesive.  Love how the Kayaker merges into the "water".  Finished with a Repeat Impressions sentiment stamped in Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink and a Kraft card base. I think I captured all the colors in the inspiration.

Other challenges:

Make My Monday Challenge: #50 Travel or Vacation.  Card shows vacation activity.

City Crafter Challenge: Week 371-Kraft Crafting. Used Kraft card base.

Crafty Creations Challenge: #346 Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C 395-theme is Relaxation.

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Summer Fun

Summer finally arrived last week!  With that in mind, I created this summer theme card using the Sketch below from Retro Rubber Challenge #65.  It turned out being monochromatic since I only used Memento Toffee Crunch ink for stamping the Repeat Impressions Stamps (Sand Castle and Sentiment) and also for sponging the raised areas that I embossed with Spellbinders Impressabilities Sea Scape.  I used Kraft and Ivory Card stocks. I have had the Repeat Impressions stamps since August 2015 ...I know because I used them on a card posted on my blog then.

Challenges:

Retro Rubber: Challenge #65 Feeling Sketchy. RI Stamps are from 2015.
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge 151 Summer/Beaches

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Summer Fun

Welcome!  As summer nears an end, my thoughts turn to fun at the beach.  I created this card with a sketch from The House That Stamps Built challenge using Repeat Impressions Sand Castle and Sentiment stamps and Gina K Seashell stamps from Gifts from the Sea.  Scene was stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch and colored with Copic Markers.  The seashells were stamped, colored, and fussy cut and heat embossed with Clear EP for shine and texture. They almost look like real shells.  Cardstocks used are Gina K Soft Sand and Tan Leather, White  and Kraft CS from stash.  Other Inks used are Dessert Sand and Espresso Truffle.

The House That Stamps Built: What If? Wednesday Sketch Challenge #A2416
Double D Challenges: Neutrals.  My sandy colors fit into this challenge.
Allsorts Challenge: Week 378 Use at least 2 dies.  I used an oval and a scalloped oval die.

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Another Lighthouse

Hello!  I have not seen many lighthouses in person but I enjoy the different shapes and designs.   I came across this Just For Fun Stamp when I was looking for a Lighthouse stamp and thought I'd use it for another card with this theme.  I won this stamp in 2010...nice to have a post on my blog to remind me of the date.   I tried to color in a way to make the bricks appear to be old.  Used some pattern paper from Graphic 45 pad, yellow CS for base, some red eyelets from stash. Cannot remember the last time I used eyelets on a card. The GKD Sentiment was heat embossed with red EP on clear vellum and cut with label die.  I also used a Spellbinder die for the image.

 Challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C343 Honor lighthouses on your card.
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Summer/Holiday Destination-lighthouse by the sea.
Retro Rubber Challenge: #42 Brads and Eyelets.  I won the Lighthouse stamp in 2010 in a card challenge.
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #201 Anything Goes.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: July challenge
Mod Squad Challenge:  Lazy Days Of Summer---another lighthouse entry.

This one is for you Dianne.
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Have Some Ice Cream

Welcome!  What is better on a HOT day than a dish of COLD ice cream?  I am serving up some with From The Heart digital stamps Ice Cream Lineup and their Sketch Challenge 157 using their twist: Make it Sparkle.  I printed the servings of ice cream on white CS and colored with Copics  and added some Stickles and Liquid Pearls plus a sprinkling of Sugar Sprinkles(Wilton).  Also used a bit of Glossy Accents.  I drew circles around each with Black Pen after trimming out the images.  I used some old striped Glitter Paper by DCWV (from stash) for the background and finished with a sentiment from the same digital set.  As you can see I rotated the sketch to make a horizontal card.
Challenges:
From The Heart: I (heart) Sketches # 157. I used both the sketch and the twist.
Mod Squad Challenge: All That Glitters.  Glitter on the stripes as well on the images.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says add some shimmer. Lot of shimmer in the ice cream toppings.
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #129 Anything Summer.  Used digital stamps that I colored with Copics.
Simon Monday Challenge: Use Patterned Papers
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: June Challenge use Patterned papers

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

Summer Time Fun

Hello! Today I am playing with a color challenge and sketch challenge. I have used Repeat Impressions stamps Lightning Bug Jar and Happy Summer. Other supplies: White, Blue, Yellow CS, Memento Ink Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Dandelion, Gold Copics, Divine Swirls EF, Yellow Ribbon and Bow, Circle and Rectangle Nestabilities Dies, Glossy Accents, and Stardust Pen.
I hope you can see the sparkle on the bug wings.  
Do you remember the fun of capturing Fireflies or Lightning Bugs in a Mason Jar on summer nights?   For me, that was a few years ago but I do remember the fun.

Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: WIW Color Challenge-Blue, Yellow, & White
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #354 see below

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Sweet Life of Summer

Today I am serving some watermelon inspired by the inspiration photo at Jugs and using a sketch challenge for the design.  Watermelon stamp is from Repeat Impressions and the sentiment is from Flourishes, both stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Coloring was done with Copics and a Black Glaze pen (seeds).  I used Cuttlebug EF Gingham on the white background and red panel.  Red check was a digital paper that I printed.


Challenges:
Just Us Girls Challenge: # 299  Inspiration Photo.  I was inspired by the Red and White check tablecloth and the watermelon slices in the truck.
Just Add Ink: Challenge is a sketch
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Theme is Red, Hot, Summer.  Hot summers bring thoughts of Cold Watermelon.
Simon Says Stamp: Monday Challenge is Summer

Can you believe July is here? 
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Summer Fun

 

Second Post Monday:

What are your plans for summer fun?  When I saw some of the fun challenges this week, I thought of fun at the beach and grabbed a Flourishes stamp set Beach life to create a project and pulled out some scraps of a fun pattern paper from my stash.  This is the card that resulted.  Supplies: Flourishes Stamps, Memento Espresso Truffle, Teal Zeal, and Summer Sky inks, Memento Markers, White CS, Turquoise CS and Pattern from Stash.

 

Challenges:

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Beach Ball -see graphic

Jugs Us Girls Challenge: Word Week #296 Summer

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Any Thing Goes with optional extra is to use make something that reminds you of summer or has a summery theme.

Addicted To Stamps Challenge: Summer Colors

Cute Card Thursday: Summer Colors
Tuesday Throwdown: tt 247 Out to Sea
 

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

Gathering Late Summer Flowers

Welcome to my studio!  Sometimes I wish I could stick with one style of card making and perfect a technique but I seem all over the board always trying something new or using older techniques and stamps.  Must be because I'm a Gemini. I am intrigued with new trends and am now enjoying dabbling in water coloring and cutting with the Cameo.  This week I had fun learning to stamp, print and cut with my Cameo creating my own cut files....this opens all sorts of new ways to use the Cameo.
For this card I used the Cameo to drag A Day for Daisies image from my files and cut out and then colored with Copics.  I followed the sketch from Sketch & Stash shown on right and layered pattern papers that I embossed and added ribbons and bow.  The image was colored with my favorite colors of pinks and greens and I added Glossy Accents to the flowers, dress, and hat. I placed sequins in the center of the flowers to add a bit more sparkle.  I love the feel of summer in this card and finished with a sunny sentiment.

Challenges:
Sketch 'n' Stash: Challenge # 144 see above right
A Day For Daisies: Challenge #102  is Get Glossy. Card base is a glossy CS and used Glossy Accents on image.
Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #178 Use favorite color combination...Love Pink and Green
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says summer.
Fusion Card Challenge: Bright Floral Celebration-Use Photo Inspiration and/or Sketch. Inspired by colors and flowers in photo.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use Pattern paper on entire card.

Supplies:
Stamps: A Day For Daisies digital image Gathering Summer, Power Poppy Summer Harvest sentiment
Inks: SU Regal Rose
Copics: RV11,21,23, Y11,26, E00,000,11,50, G21,40
Papers: Glossy White CS Base, White CS, MME Patterns from My Favorite Things Pad
Ribbons and Sequins from stash
Die: Blossom
EF: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Polka Dots
Cameo Machine

What is your favorite style or technique?
 I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Let's Fly a Kite

Hello!  I remember having fun flying kites as a child especially during the month of March in Tennessee. Often we made our kites from kraft paper( grocery bags). some sticks , glue or tape,  a ball of string, and torn strips of fabric for a tail.  The kite on my card reminds me of those kites that we made. I found this design on Operation Write Home here.
Supplies on card:
Stamp: Flourishes Under the Ring Top
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Summer Sky
Papers: White Cardstock, Green CS Scrap,  Fancy Pants Patterns
EF: Darice Clouds
Twine and Brads from Stash

Challenge:
Alphabet Challenge Blog: K is for Kites
Creative Corner Challenge: Theme  is Outdoors
Fussy and Fancy Challenge: Summertime
The Ribbon Girl Blog: Summertime Theme..bit of twine on my card
Fab 'n' Funky: Feels like summer

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Summer Fun Ride

Welcome!  Today I using a Sketch from Repeat Impressions as well as their Stamps to make a masculine card with a theme of summer fun.
Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions Corvette  and Verse
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Nautica Blue
Papers: Blue, White, Chartreuse CS, Pattern Paper all from stash
Die: Nesties Oval
Ribbon: Dark Blue Satin from stash

Challenges:
What If? Wednesday Challenge:  Repeat Impressions Sketch #M2814
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge: Masculine with Ribbon
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Father's Day/ Masculine

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa