Plaid Card with Big Bow

Hello! I made a very quick and simple Christmas card using Power Poppy digital Large Bow with Tag Sentiment image that I combined with a Digital Plaid patterned paper from my stash.  Used Photoshop to create the card coloring the bow and layering it over the plaid.  I printed the card on white card stock and finished coloring the tag with Copics.  How easy was that!

Challenges:
Creative Confetti Challenge: Mad About Plaid-use plaid on your creation. 

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

Merry Christmas! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Happy Travels

Hello!  I am back as promised with another unused digital image from my files.  This one is by From The Hearts called  Happy Travels.  I am glad to have these lovely digital images in my files as this artist is no longer with us.  I printed the image and sentiment in black ink on Cream Cardstock and colored with Black, Brown, and Cream Copics.  I created the brick background ( inspired by the photo) using my Scor-pal and sponging with DOI Vintage Photo. The brown ink took on a  orangey cast on the cream CS? Added a die cut tag from the cream CS embellished with  stickers and a bit of string. Attached the image to a black card base to finish.   Guess the style of the card leans more to clean and layered even though I gave the luggage a vintage look.
Challenges:
The Card Concept: #121 Adventure Awaits. Second entry.  Just had to use this image of stacked suitcases in a card.
ModSquad Challenge: Use 3 colors Black, Brown, and Cream on a card plus a tag.

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

Buttons on My Tag

Hello!  I have so many buttons in my craft stash and I love when I find any use for them.  I keep saying I am going to make some jewelry with some of them but never have.  But I did use some of them on a tag that I am entering in Tag You're It! Challenge #96 which inspired me to pull out some square buttons featuring flowers and one has a butterfly.  I believe I receive these in a Blog Candy or maybe found in a garage sale. Not sure!  I found a dotted pattern paper with some glitter effects that I thought was perfect as a background for the buttons.  I shaped my own tag design using my trimmer and some corner punches.  Stamped words on a ivory panel with GKD Fresh Asparagus ink using stamps from GKD Tropical Flowers set. Sewed on the buttons with green twine found in my leftovers.  The bit of twine was just enough for the tag.  Finished with a round pink button and the last of the twine for attaching the tag to a gift. (I colored the button with a Copic marker to better coordinate with the colors.) Used foam tape to adhere the two panels together. 

Challenges:
Tag You're It: Challenge #96-Graphic below.

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

Falling Leaves

Hello! I have been playing with some old patterned papers and found this scrap of a digital paper from All About Autumn digital paper pack that I downloaded from Stamp TV some time ago and printed on a glossy cardstock.  The scrap was just the right size to create a tag.  I stamped a strip of Ivory CS with a leaf from A Year of Leaves and a sentiment from a freebie set both from Gina K Designs.  The leaf was heat embossed with Gold EP and colored with a gold Copics.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  I assembled the tag with layers of Dark Chocolate CS, Metallic Gold Ribbon, and a Gold Gem. All papers and stamps are GKD. 

Challenges:

Modsquad Challenge: Anything but a card.

Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs:   Fall Is In The Air-used GKD patterned papers or make your own. Used digital paper from GKD All About Autumn pack.

The Paper Girls Challenge: #183 Falling in Love.  Create a fall themed project. 

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

Give Me a Lemon and I'll Make Cards

Welcome!  Today I am playing with a never before used Lemon/Lime Slice stamp from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.  I have used it for 2 projects made for some challenges.  For the tag above I stamped the slice several times using Memento inks and Copics to color.  Also stamped and colored a Marcella Hawley Strawberry stamp and sentiments from the same set Strawberries.  Finished by rounding the corners with a punch and adding a mat of Yellow CS. The ribbon for this was found in my stash. 

Challenge:
Tag You're It! Challenge: #91 Summer Fruits

I used the lemon slice stamp again to create this CAS card.  Added orange stripes with a GKD stamp and finished with Hero Arts sentiment  using Memento Citrusy colored inks.  Finished with Bright Yellow card base.

Challenge:

CAS Colours & Sketches: Challenge Sketch #329

Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 349 Clean and Simple 

Addicted to Stamps Challenge: #176 A Clean and Simple Summer card

CASology: Week 347 Citrus

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

Bouquet of Flowers

Welcome to my studio!   I love picking flowers from my garden and it is almost as much fun using flowers on a card. Today's featured stamp is Impression Obsession Bouquet.  I stamped the lovely bouquet with Black Ink on White CS and colored with Copics. Used all the colors from the House of Cards graphics shown below.  I cut the image with an oval die and inked the edge with red ink.  Attached a die cut tag stamped with a GKD stamp also in red ink. Attached with a red ribbon. Used a mat of Pink CS embossed with Darice Floral EF and inked with red ink.
Challenges:
Allsorts Challenge:  Weeks 476/477 Flowers All Over.   My card has flowers all over.
Stamping Sensations: July Challenge In My Garden
House Of Cards: July Challenge Popsicles/Food Image and/or Colors,  Used the colors.
Happy Little Stampers: July Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

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

Vase of Red Tulips Framed with Teal

Second Post 

Welcome!   This card features a Repeat Impressions stamp  Vase of  Tulips that I inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white CS and colored with Copics.  I die cut the image with an oval die and then framed it with Teal CS cut with a fancy oval die.  I used a Red CS mat embossed with Cuttlebug  Polka Dots EF with a White Base card.  Added a teal tag cut with a die, tied with red twine, and stamped with Best Wishes to used for wedding wishes. White, Red, and Teal cardstocks from GKD.

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Color challenge of Red and Teal. 

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Frame It

The House That Stamps Built: Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge J1318. Used Twine, Die Cut, Wedding.

Allsorts Challenge: Week 472 use at least 2 dies. Used 3 dies.

Happy Little Stampers: June  Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

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

Christmas Gift

Hello!  Christmas is almost here.  Taking time out to make a card for the Mix It Up Monday challenge at Stamp TV.  Cat asked us to be inspired by a box of candy (shown below) to make a project.   I decided to make a box for my card using DCWV red foil card stock.  I stamped the box lid from GKD Beyond Baskets 2 with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold EP.  This was tricky since the foil tends to curl up with the heat, just be careful. I fussy cut the lid adding a box.  I then heat embossed gold snowflakes on the box and added die cut white snowflakes taking my cue from the inspiration photo.  Snowflake stamps and dies were from GKD Merry & Bright kit.  I stamped the tag and sentiment using more stamps from Beyond Baskets 2 and attached it with narrow red satin ribbon to the gift.  Used a layer of GKD Metallic Gold CS that was embossed with Darice Snowflake EF for the background.  Used White Glossy CS as the base to keep all layers shiny.

I must say I was quite pleased with the way this card turned out.  

Other Challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge 348 Holiday
Tuesday Morning Sketches:  #424 Anything Goes...no sketch this week ....just do anything.
Addicted To Stamps Challenge: #159 Season Greetings
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge:  #270 Tic Tac Toe -used row 1 - Stamping, Die Cut, Red

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

Winter Tag

Hello!  I made a tag with a snowflake theme that can be for Christmas or Hanukkah or any winter gift.  I used a Sizzix Snowflake die with a textured specialty paper from a Hero Arts kit.  Stamped a Gina K stamp with versamark and white EP on a tag cut from textured blue CS, added the snowflake and a gold ribbon.
Challenges:
Tag You're It! Challenge: Tag #79-inspired by the snowflake design and touch of gold on Leigh's tag.
Shopping Our Stash: Challenge #333 Let's Play Tag.
Allsorts Challenge: Week 446 Cold and Frosty Colors

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

Making Cookie Envelope

Hello!  Today I have something different...an envelope for a cookie.  I was inspired to make this after seeing Cindy's post and challenge for Day 8 challenge in Power Poppy's 12 Days of Challenge for Christmas.  I downloaded her templates and printed on Kraft CS.  I also created my pattern design with Power Poppy Hollyberries digital stamp using Photoshop Elements .  I colored in the berries using tools in Photoshop.  I was going to leave the leaves uncolored but decided to color with a Green Pencils after I cut out the envelope.  I used some String closures from my stash (purchased several of these at a closeout sale a few years ago) and colored the string red with a Copic marker.  For the tag, I used a Vanilla one from my stash and stamped with sentiment from Power Poppy Poinsettia set and inked the edges.  Added some fussy cut Holly and Berries from the printed design.  After viewing the picture, I think the tag is too large and I will downsize the next ones I make.

Now, just to make some  cookies and fill more envelopes.

Note: I first tried to stamp and emboss images directly on the Kraft paper but could not get it to look like I wanted.  That is when I resorted to printing the design and it will be really easy to make several wrappers.

Cindy's Envelope

String Unwrapped 

Challenges:

Power Poppy Power & Spark 12 Days of Christmas: Day 8 Christmas cookie envelope

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: #374 All Tied Up-anything with something you can tie...ribbon, twine, string etc.

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Gift It-Make a gift, gift wrap, gift box, gift bag, gift tag.

Just Add Ink: #389 Inspiration  - Inspired by tied up gifts, colors Kraft and green 

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

What's in Santa's Bag?

Hello! When I was searching for an idea for a Santa card, I found another Silhouette file that inspired to make this card.  After printing this Santa by Stinkin' Cute,  I simply cut him with an oval die and attached to a black CS oval and then to an old Pattern Paper from Webster Pages pad.  I am always trying to use up some of my pattern paper stash.  I just liked this pattern with Santa even though it does not scream Christmas.  Finished with a Tag (from stash) stamped with Hero Arts sentiment in SU Ruby Red and a Dark Red Card Base.  Think that is a dog in his bag but it could be a teddy bear which I prefer over a dog. 

Challenges:
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: #266 Santa Claus

Happy Little Stampers: November Christmas Challenge Anything Goes with Optional Twist Tag

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

Turkey from the Past

Hello!  Today I am playing with Pattern Paper scraps and using a Turkey design from the past.  I cut 2 circles from Brown CS and added feathers, legs, etc. free cut from scraps.  Finished with a Green card base and a mat of another Pattern Paper. Tag is also a pattern Paper.  

Challenges:
Use Your Stuff: Challenge UYS #288-Use 5 or more Patterned paper on a project.  Used 7 patterns on this card.

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #504 Birds/Animals

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything goes with Pattern Paper. 

Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #343 Thanks or Turkey. 

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

Play Along With Tag You're....It!

As Guest Designer on  Tag You're It, I made a tag for the reminder for challenge #60 inspired by Featured Designer Diane Jaquay shown below.

Similar to Diane's Tag, I created an ombre background tag using Distress Inks but used a Christmas theme instead of a Thankful theme.  Before sponging the  background, I  stamped and embossed a Gina K Design Mistletoe  stamp with Versamark ink and white EP.  I added a sentiment from Annabelle  that I also embossed and sponged before trimming. I attached a Flourish die cut from Glossy White CS with a Cheery Lyn die beneath the sentiment.  The tag was layered with White Glossy CS and finished with a dark Blue ribbon.

Please check out the challenge and play along at Tag You're It. 

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

Happy Birthday Tag

Hello!  I baked up a two layer cake for my tag to enter the challenge at Tag You're It! this week.  I used a cake stamp from Gina K Designs and Birthday Words stamp from Inkadinkado to create a similar look to Rubeena's tag #59 shown below.  Finished with some icing of pink stickles, a pink rose and ribbons from stash.

Other Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday:  Challenge 450 Anything but a card.
Crafty Ribbon Challenge: #174 Anything goes with ribbon.
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Challenge #152 Tag You're It with ribbon or trim.


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

Christmas Tag

 

Welcome!  The inspiration for this tag was the challenge at Tag You're It! designed by Leigh Penner.  I used a similar shape, layout and colors as in her design but used a Christmas theme and stamps to change it up. I heat embossed some stamps with White EP on to the gray tag and topped that with a stamp image colored and fussy cut.

Supplies: Stamps Gina K Designs Joyful Holiday; Inks- Versamark, Memento London Fog, Copics, Gold Metallic Pen; White EP; Papers- Shimmery Gray CS, White CS, Red CS; White Satin Ribbon; Cheery Lynn Die Merry Christmas.

Challenges:

Tag You're It!: Challenge #68

Mod Squad Challenge: ABC Anything But a Card. I made a tag.

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

Falling Leaves Tag

Welcome!  Today I am sharing a tag that I made for the Challenge  #55 at Tag You're It!  We are to make a tag inspired by the one created by Melissa Bickford shown below.  I was inspired to use the same shape and patterned papers but used a Fall Theme and Colors for my Thank You tag.  I used Gina K Designs papers from The Simple Things pad.  Finished with Cheery Lynn die cuts, Orange Seam Binding tape, and Red twine.




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