Walking In the Rain

Welcome!  My card today was inspired by all the rain that we have had in April and that saying -April Showers Bring May Flowers.  I have used this rubber stamp from Wags 'n Whiskers Love You Sis  for many cards since 2011.  I pulled it out again to pair with this digital pattern paper from Paper Crafter Magazine that I found in one of my digital files. I stamped the image on white cardstock with black ink and colored with Copics. The hard part was fussy cutting the Two Sisters which I did carefully.  I popped them up with foam on the colorful pattern paper and attached the sentiment that I printed on vellum using vellum tape.  I colored a stem of flowers after stamping and die cutting with Hero Arts stamp and die and then attached the flowers to the card.  I imagined that they-the sisters- had stopped and picked some flowers on their walk in the rain. 

This stamp has been on of favorites for years because it always reminds me of times with my younger sister.  I will mail this to her.....she has had a lot of rain this month in Tennessee.  Hope it brings her a smile!

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Showers and Flowers

Retro Rubber: Challenge 133 Anything Goes.  My rubber stamp is over 9 years old. 

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

Allsorts Challenge: Week 568 Flowers and/or Showers

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

Sisters Together find April Showers

Hello!  This a good day to play with this Wags N Whiskers stamp since it is raining outside.  I have had this stamp called Love You, Sis since 2011 ....I always think of my sister when I use it.  I simply stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah White CS and colored with Copics. Added some Glossy Accents to the rainbow colored umbrella and stuck on some raindrops from Cloud9 Designs.  The Happy Little Stampers sentiment was stamped with Distress Oxide Faded Jeans ink.  Rounded the top corners with a punch and attached to a blue card base. I kept the design clean and simple to focus on the image.
Just for fun, I have linked some other older cards that I posted using this stamp.
Love You Sis, Birthday card 2011
Rain, Rain Go Away 2011
April Showers 2012
Challenges:
Retro Rubber: Challenge 84 Inspiring April Showers. I was inspired by the rain boots and umbrella in the photo.  Thought immediately of this favorite old stamp from 2011. 
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Only For Girls.  Thought this stamp suited this theme.
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 287 Make Your Mark...used Copics to make my mark.
Allsorts Challenge: #463 Spring Flowers or Showers.  Chose showers for my card.
Stamping Sensations: April Challenge-One for the Girls.
As You Like It Challenge: Favorite Coloring Medium.  Copics are my favorite coloring medium because they are easy to use and blend  and I love all the colors that I have.

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

April Showers

Hello!  We are expecting April Showers later today so I decided to make a card using Wags 'n Whiskers Love You Sis stamp with a rain theme.   I only used the upper portion of the stamp featuring the umbrella.  After stamping in Memento Tuxedo Black I colored the image with Copics  and added some Glossy Accents to the umbrella.  I pulled my colors  and layout from the Fusion challenge shown below. My clouds were cut on the Cameo with a Silhouette file and I used a Spellbinders Circle die for the image.  I used a "cloudy" blue CS for the background and white CS for the base.  The Raindrops are Cloud9 Design Rain Dots.

Challenges:
Fusion Card Challenge: April Showers. I used both the photo and sketch.
Addicted to CAS: Challenge #86 Code word is Rain
Retro Rubber Challenge: #36 April Showers. I know this stamp goes back to about 2010.
Double D Challenge: April Showers Bring May Flowers
Mod Squad Challenge: Water, water everywhere!  I have raindrops on my card.

Double D Inspiration

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

April Showers

 Yesterday was a day of April Showers and I was inspired to make this card for several challenges since it was not nice enough to play outside. This was one of  those cards that surprised me by turning out much better than I anticipated.  It was a joy to make because  this stamp always reminds me of my sister.  I paper pieced some of the design using pattern, solid, and glitter paper. Did you know it's hard to stamp on glitter?  I had to draw in some of the lines with a fine black pen after cutting out the pieces.  I used a sketch from The Pixie Cottage challenge and used cut out clouds and flower border from the paper pad that I used. Stamped the sentiment and cut out the cloud shape freehand and added a glitter edge.   Still trying to use some of my old stash, I remembered that I had the raindrops that I used outside and inside my card. Also I used some never inked stamps that were the perfect finish:  "A friend dances with you in the rain....and walks with you through the storm."

Challenges:

The Pixie Cottage: Sketch and theme of Paper Piecing . See sketch above.

Oldie but A Goodie:  Theme is April Showers. Papers and stamps are over 6 months old.

Party Time Tuesday: Use water ...raining on my card!

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Theme is April Showers or Water Everywhere.

Simon Says: April Showers bring May Flowers.

Papercraft Star: Challenge is to include an Umbrella.

DYSU Challenge:  Use glitter or bling. Used papers with glitter and also Clearstar pen for glitter.

Sweet Stamping: Theme is Girly but no pink. No pink used in the making of this card. What's more girly than 2 sisters together?

Supplies:

Stamp: Wags n Whiskers "Love You Sis"  and Creative Vision sentiments from "What's Shakin'"

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: E0000,E31,E34, E39, E43, E44, E50, Y02,Y11,Y13, YR 02,YR20, YR21

Papers: White CS, DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack for all Patterns and Cutouts

Cloud 9 Design: Rain Dots

Sakura Clearstar Pen

Looks like more April showers today.

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

 Still rainy here in Ohio! Guess you can tell this card was inspired by the weather. I love this stamp from Wags 'n' Whiskers called "Love You Sis". I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black on GKD White CS and colored with Copics. I drew in some rain and added glossy accents to the umbrella and boots. Rounded the corners with EK Success punch and attached the image to Blue CS from Bazzill with strip of yellow and some "raindrop" gems.  I generated the sentiment on the computer. Used a sketch from Card Patterns shown on left.
 Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday: Make a card inspired by the weather.
Card Patterns Sketch: Flipped sketch for my card.
Stamp Something:  Theme is April Showers
Prairie Fairy Fridays: Be inspired by a nursery rhyme. I chose  "Rain, rain, go away!"
 Other supplies used:
Copics: B 21,24,26,29, E 00,11,21,23,25,30, 31,33,34, R 81,83, 43, Y 02,06,13,26
Ink: Memento Summer Sky

My version of this song:
Ain't no sunshine when it's gone.
It's not warm when it's away.
Ain't no sunshine when it's gone
and it's always gone too long
anytime it goes away.
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...........

Please drop by with a little sunshine!
Thanks, Theresa

"Love You Sis" Birthday Card

Welcome to my studio. Today my card is one that I made for my younger sister.....this stamp reminds me of us together when we were young. Followed the sketch shown on the right. Colored the image with Copics and used 2 pattern papers for background...one with hearts for love to my sister. Made flowers using die cuts and punch with brads. This is a larger card than I usually make but the size of the stamp needed the space.

For these challenges:
Wags n Whiskers: Theme is With Love...Stamp is "Love You Sis" and  paper has a heart theme.
Card Positioning Systems: Sketch 201
Timeless Tuesdays: GO BIG! The challenge is to create an over sized card… something that is at least 5 by 7″! My card is 5.5 by 8.5".
Bearly Mine: Recipe Challenge-3 flowers, 2 design papers and 1 image.
City Crafter Challenge: Use handmade flowers on your project. Made with die cuts and punch with brads.
Basic Grey Challenge: Challenge is dots and spot.  Basic Grey papers from Hopscotch have dots and spots as well as the boots in the image. Also used Basic Grey brads.
Cute CardThursday:  Recipe- Use 1-2-3 recipe. Mine is 1 image, 2 Designer patterns, 3 Flowers.
Oldie But Goodie Challenge: Bright and cheerful.  This stamp meets the old requirement of 6 months and is a rubber stamp.
Pollycraft Monday Challenge: Sweet Pastel Colours

Details:
Stamp: Wags 'n Whiskers "Love You Sis"
Digital Sentiment: Raindrop Echo Design
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: B21,91,,93,97, E0000,00,31,34,39,11,25,47,59 R20,81,83,85, Y000,02,06,11,13
Papers: GKD White, Yellow CS, Bazzill Blue CS, Basic Grey Hopscotch, Bearly Mine Paper "Stitched" for Flowers
Nesties: Circle, Rectangle, Blossom, Square, Scallop Square
Flower and Corner punches
Basic Grey Brads

My sister's birthday is in March...for once I have a card made ahead of the date.
Thanks for dropping in for a look.
Theresa

A Warm Hug for You

 Trying to catch up on some challenges today.
This card is for the following Challenges:
Speedy the Cat's Friends: Use Paper Piecing.
   Dress, bow and wings are paper pieced.
Christmas Card Challenges: Use an angel.
CPS Card Sketch: Use Sketch 197 shown on right
Let's Ink It Up: Theme is Christmas with Sparkle and Bling- used stickles, rhinestones, and glitter pen.
Cupcake Craft Challenge: Non-traditional Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Use shades of silver, blue and white.
ABC Challenge: J is for Jewels. Used Rhinestones.
Wags 'n Whiskers: Use Snowflakes. In embossing and punchout.

Beary Scrap: Use gems.

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Photo Inspired-used silver metallics, shiny rhinestones and snowflakes. Photo below. 

Copics Creations: Use sparkle in your creations.
Mad For You Markers Challenge: Anything Goes

Details:

Stamps: Wag 'n Whiskers "Bear Hug"

             Heartfelt Creations Sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Papers: Blue CS for Base and Sentiment from Stash

            Metallic Silver from Scraps for Wings and Mat

            DCWV Linen Closet for paper Piecing on Dress and Bow

Nesties Large Label and Circle Die

Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Die

Cuttlebug EF Snowflakes

Jewels and Ribbon  from Stash

Stickles "Frosted Lace" on lace on hem

Sakura Glitter pen

Thanks for stopping by! Theresa

Bear Hug for a Birthday

 I won this lovely stamp by Wags and Whiskers at Teddy Stampers and decided to make this card which I can entered into several challenges.
I stamped it on white card stock and paper pieced the dress and bow with a dotted pattern which I shaded  with Copics. I colored rest of the stamp with Copics. I stamped and cut the wings in acetate and added sparkle under neath. I do not know if you can see that or not....but it looks good in real life. Following a sketch from Waltzing Mouse, I filled in the corner with paper, added a strip of ribbon and made a flower out of  the dotted paper. Finished with a stick on sentiment.
Challenges:
Waltzing Mouse Sketch: See lower right
Wags & Whiskers: Use acetate, vellum, or tissue.
Teddy Stampers: Birthday Card
Just Cute Bears and Friends: Black and White plus one color.
Basic Grey Challenge: Use something with wings
   Wings on my image and used Olivia Paper

Sentimental Sunday: Theme is Childhood plus a sentiment.

Lollipop Crafts: Do a girlie card.

City Crafter Challenge: Little Children

Copic Creations: Shading your paper pieced pieces.

Bizzy Becs Challenges: Cute and Sweet.

Stamp: Wags &Whiskers "Bear Hug"

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Stazon Black (used on acetate for wings)

Copics: C00,03, E00,11,31,33,34,39, R20

Papers: Basic Grey Olivia, GKD PL White and Black, scrap of aqua
Sentiment: Cloud 9 Epoxy Stick on

Thanks for stopping by! Theresa