Sunflowers for Ukraine

Welcome to the studio!  I have been playing with NBUS Gina K Designs Sketched Flowers Stamps and Dies to create this card which I recently purchased.   I stamped 4 flowers with DOI Fossilized Amber and stamped the centers with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and added some fock to the center for texture. When was the last time that I used that? Stamped some leaves and stems with Memento Bamboo Leaves. Die cut all these and arranged on my card. First, I prepared my white card base by embossing the front with Darice Floral Frenzy EF and partial die cutting the edge with the flower dies. The sentiment is from an older GKD set Hope is Faith.  Finished with some strips of yellow CS on the inside. Photo below shows inside and die cut edge. 

Challenges:
Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs: Make a card with a shaped border edge using die cuts.

Daring Cardmakers: For Ukraine -Sunflowers, Blue, Yellow, Hope

Just Us Girls Challenge: #623 Trend Week Embossing Folder

NBUS Challenge : #36 Never Before Used Schtuff

My prayers go out for the people of Ukraine.
Pray for the people of Ukraine. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs, Theresa

Using Up Old Stationery

Hello!  I have been trying to use up things we have around the house that I do not want to waste. For example, I came across a box of unused personalized ecru cards and envelopes that my DH ordered from Crane's at a stationery store many years ago. And he never used but just a few.  Remember stationery stores and when we wrote on stationery was a common thing?? 

  The envelopes measure 6.5" x4.5" and are a high quality cotton paper and are engraved with the home address.  So I plan to use this box of supplies for some of my cards.  ( They cost more than I pay for my cardstock?) The flat card is only one panel and engraved with his name but I can  layer it on to a base card to create a folded card and hide his name. 

For this card I stamped one of the panels of ecru with Repeat Impressions Sunflower stamp using Memento inks and Copics for coloring. Masking was used with the stamp to layer the 3 flowers. Stamped the large Hello also from Repeat Impressions with Memento Brown ink. Added a strip of Pattern paper just because I like it and it goes well with the colors of the Sunflowers.  I made this a folded card by trimming one of  the envelopes and attaching to the stamped panel. Also stamped another envelope with the sunflower to coordinate for mailing. 

Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: Anything Goes A2620

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

Thinking of You and Sunflowers

Hello! This is my second post today and again I have been playing with Sunflowers as the theme of my design.  The Sunflower stamp is from Power Poppy Sunshine of My Life digital stamp set.  I printed the pot of sunflowers on white card stock and colored with Copics inspired by the colors in the As You See It Challenge using colors close to Bermuda May, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Whisper White.  I even colored the leaves near the Bermuda Bay color rather than using green. The sentiment which was close by on my desk so I used.  Stamped it in red ink and then brown ink to get close to Cajun Craze color. I inked the edge of the image with color and attached to a near "Bermuda Bay" card base.  I came as close to the required colors as I could with out having the actual colors.
Challenges:
As You See It: Challenge #232 Sunflower Skies.

Double D Challenges: Theme is Sunflowers




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Sunflowers Brighten the Day

I have so many favorite flowers and one of them is beautiful Sunflowers... big glorious colorful ones. I am not sure if they are considered summer or fall but they are great for transitioning into the fall season.  I created this card using 2 digital images from Power Poppy Sunflower Power set that I arranged and printed on white card stock. I added a frame so that the image was in and out of the frame.....did with a Black Pen and a straight edge.  (I tried to add the frame using Photoshop Elements the way that Julie did for her challenge but I gave up and took an easy way.) I colored the image with Copics.  I stamped a sentiment from Power Poppy Peony Muse set with Versamark and first heat embossed with Chestnut EP. Then I did a second embossing with Gold Metallic EP because I did not have enough contrast between the frame and the words.  I like the results and also glad that I stamped the sentiment so that it was also in and out of the frame. Finished with a card base of GKD  Faded Brick CS. My DH said this card was "strong".
Challenges:
Double D Challenges: Theme is Sunflowers
Creative Confetti Challenge: Inside Out-take your main image in & out of frame.
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #22 Fall Flowers

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

Friends are Flowers

Hello! It seems that I have been using a lot of digital images lately.  When I used pre-colored images, I feel like I am cheating since they make card making so quick and easy.  For this card, I printed out this Bucket of Sunflowers from Beccy's Place and teamed it with a digital sentiment from Whimsey Stamps.  I trimmed the corners with a corner punch and attached to a dry embossed yellow mat and then to a Purple card base. Finished with a twine bow that I hand made.
Challenges:
Beccy's Place: April challenge -Create a card using a image from Beccy's Place -additional optional element is a flower or foliage challenge. 
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Bloomin' Wonderful
Artsystamper Digital Challenge: #14 Springtime


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Sending Thanks with a Bouquet

Welcome to my studio!  One of my favorite fall flowers is Sunflowers and I love to color them.  I used the Sunflower digital image from Power Poppy to create a bouquet of Sunflowers and  printed in a sepia color on watercolor paper. I colored the image with a water brush using Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide inks. Stamped the sentiment from Power Poppy Vibrant Thanks set with Walnut Stain ink.  Decided to keep the design clean and simple. Recycled a paper from an envelope (Hallmark card) for the background....was the perfect color and has a slight texture. Finished with a card base of GKD Chocolate Brown CS.  Love this without any added embellishments. 

Challenges:
Power Poppy World Card Making Day Challenge: Create a card with a fall theme. To get additional entries -Use a sentiment that shows gratitude and use a Power Poppy stamp. 

Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #1 Autumn Colors. New Challenge

The Flower Challenge: #37 CAS

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

A Harvest of Sunflowers

Hello!  I have attempted to create a card with an antique or sepia tone but think I have a bit too much yellow tone instead of sepia. I decided to share my card anyway.  I used Power Poppy stamps from Sunny Harvest set and stamped the image with DOI Antique Linen on Ivory CS and colored with some of my lightest tone Copics-E0000, E00, YR0000, YR000, Y00, Y23, YG91,  B0000, G0000.  I embossed the lower part of the panel and inked the raised surfaces with Antique Linen ink.  Did a little distressing with ink  around the edges....always gives an antique look.  I added a very Pale Satin ribbon before attaching to a background of patterned paper from MME Chalk Studio pack.

Challenges to enter:

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: September challenge is always about using patterned paper. 

Creative Confetti Challenge: Say it with Sepia. 

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

Sunny Flower

Hello!  Today I am sharing a card that I made for the Inspiration Palette Challenge S1918 at The House That Stamps Built using Repeat Impressions Sunflower stamp.  I stamped the sunflower on White CS with Memento inks and colored with Copics. I stamped the Hello using a Gina K stamp. I cut the image with Nesties Oval die and placed it on a Green Scallop Oval cut with another Nesties die. This was attached to an embossed pattern paper from Graphic 45 and then a card base of Grass Green CS. 

Other challenges to enter:

 The Flower Challenge: #24 Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: September anything goes using patterned paper. 

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Dies/Punches

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

Sunflower Greetings

 Welcome!  I am playing with another sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches shown below.  I used a Repeat Impressions Sunflower stamp (yes, I have another sunflower stamp) stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch ink on White CS and colored with Copics.  Trimmed this with an oval die and placed on a green patterned mat cut with a scalloped oval die.  Used some die cuts of patterned paper and a polka dot background all from Kaiser Craft Jungle Bug pad to complete the card.  Stamped sentiment from Flourishes set in brown ink and added a dragonfly button from my stash.
I have had the sunflower stamp since 2015.
Challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: August Anything Goes using Patterned Paper
Shopping Our Stash: #369 Quit Bugging me. Use a bug or insect on your project.
The House That Stamps Built: Challenge A2218 Anything Goes. Used Repeat Impressions stamp.
Retro Rubber Challenge: Challenge #94 Anything Goes.  Sunflower stamp is 3years old or older.
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #468

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

Inspired by Home

Hello!  Looks to be a sunny day in Ohio. This month the Power & Spark challenge at Power Poppy is to create a project inspired by something in your home and include a photo of what  inspired  us.  This time of year I like to bring out arrangements of silk sunflowers.  I am showing one that is in our living room.  I made this card by printing Power Poppy digital Sunflower Power on watercolor paper and water coloring with a water brush and Distress Oxide inks.  I have done a lot of sunflower cards lately.  I stamped a Power Poppy sentiment from Sunny Harvest set.  I used Rust CS and Authentique  Pattern Paper from Blissful paper pad to complete the card. 

Challenges:

Power & Spark Challenge: Inspired by  Home

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: August Anything with Patterned Paper

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One More Sunflower

Hello! I do love sunflowers!  This card was made with a digital image from Crafty Secrets  that I won and stored in my files.  I kept the design very clean and simple.  Printed the image on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Oxide inks with a water brush. Added a sentiment from Power Poppy Stamps with Vintage Photo ink.  Attached to a Yellow card base.  That's all I did.

Challenges:

 CAS Watercolor Card Challenge: August Sunflower 3rd entry
Happy Little Stampers: August Watercolor Challenge-Optional Twist Flowers
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 304 CAS 2nd entry

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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

Garden of Sunflowers

Hello!  I have been playing with Sunflowers, on paper that is.  I did not realize that I had so many great digital images of this flower in my files.  On watercolor paper,  I printed out this digi from Two for Tuesday which I do not think is posting any more.  I colored the image with a water brush using Distress Oxide Inks Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, Lucky Clover, Vintage Photo, and Walnut Stain. I edged the image with a mat of Rust CS and placed on a Ivory card base.  Stamped a Power Poppy sentiment with Vintage Photo.  I like this image so much that I am printing and coloring a larger one to frame.
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

Fall Fun

Hello! Another rainy day...good for playing in my studio.  My card today was made with GKD's Always Autumn stamp set and I did some creative cropping with the pumpkin and sunflower stamps both going off the side.  I inked the pumpkins with Memento Tangelo and the flower with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide and colored with Copics and Pencils.  The sentiment was stamped with Walnut Stain DOI. Distressed the edges of the white CS with Fossilized Amber and adhered to GKD pattern paper from Sun Kissed Autumn pad. Finished with a metal embellishment from October Hero Arts kit. 

Challenge:

Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday -Creative Crop-Choose an image you have that will go OFF the card after stamping.

The House That Stamps Built: Challenge O1117 Tic-Tac-Toe. Used pumpkins, patterned paper, and metallic.  I usually use Repeat Impressions stamps for this challenge but this card as a perfect match for Vertical Row 1.

ModSquad Challenge: Fall Fest anything for fall. 

Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 263 Holiday

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Distressing-used a bit of distressing around edges. 

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

Harvest of Memories

Welcome!  I have another card for Stamp TV's Mix It Up Monday challenge inspired by the photo on the left.  I chose to use Black and White Gingham ribbon for a bow on this card.  The stamps used are from GKD's Harvest of Flowers (Basket of Apples and Sentiment), A Year of Flowers (Sunflower), and Botanicals (Berries).  I used Memento Rich Cocoa ink for stamping and Copics for Coloring.  Glossy Accents was added to the basket for a bit of texture.   I thought I was finished with just the basket and sunflowers but added the berries after I made the first photo shown below.  When I looked at the first photo, I thought it needed a bit more and the berries was just the right touch needed to complete the card and picked up the berries from the inspiration photo.

Other Challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Challenge 172 Anything goes with ribbon. theme.

The Ribbon Girl Challenge: September Use any Image

The Paper Girls: Challenge 136 Harvest

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Thanksgiving Theme

Hello!  For fall cards, I keep going back to this Pumpkin stamp that I think is PSX and I have had many years.  I created this card for several challenges adding a Sunflower to the card with an old MFP stamp. The sentiment is from Gina K Design set.

Other Supplies: Papers-GKD Ivory CS, Heartfelt Creations Classic Edition Collection; Inks-Memento Rich Cocoa, SU Always Artichoke, Distress Ink Antique Linen, Copics.

Challenges:

Cards In Envy: Just Pumpkins. Card is flat for use in an envelope. 2nd entry.

Retro Rubber: Challenge 51 Be Thankful. Inspired by photo to use pumpkin and sunflower. Pumpkin stamp is older than 2 years+ as well as the sunflower stamp.

Shopping Our Stash Weekly: #207 Gobble 'til you Wobble. Make a Thank You or Thanksgiving Card

Double D Challenges: Harvest Blessings/Give Thanks

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Thanks/Thanksgiving

The House That Stamps Built: Challenge DCC119 Being Thankful

Just For Fun November Challenge: Give Thanks

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: November Use Patterned Papers

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