Coolest Greetings....

Hello & Happy Saturday Everyone!

As most of you know... I don't normally

post on the weekends... But I really wanted to

join the Challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas

As you know, I'm trying to make 1 holiday card

a week for 2017 - And I have to admit... 

I'm doing pretty good at it! 😂

The Challenge is Snowflake or Snowman

I chose to use both on my card & I used the Challenge

to get another holiday card done - 😁

Oh yeah... I used more Washi Tape Too! 😂

The Face Stamp & Coals on my snowman are from

Jaded Blossom. I'd been wanting their stitched snowman

die & faces.. and I just got them this past week, so of course

I HAD to try them out! The SVG Snowman is from

KaDoodle Bug Designs (Build a Snowman) set

I used my new Zig Real brush pens to color my snowman's face.

-- More Supplies Used --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Georgia Pacific

Designer Paper - Doodlebug

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Favorite Things

Signo White Gel Pen

Sentiment - My Craft Spot (no longer in business)

Washi Tape - Walmart

Snowflake Embossing Folder - Provo Craft

Enamel Dots - Freckled Fawn, Eyelet Outlet

Bitty Sparkle Gems - CTMH

Snowflakes inside card - Martha Stewart Punch

Silhouette Machine, Big Shot Misti Tool, Memento tuxedo Black ink

-- I'm Entering the Following Challenges --

Die Cuttin Divas - Snowflake or Snowman

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday

Jo's Scrap Shack - Fun Friday (Anything Goes)

CASology - Glisten (snowflakes & Snowmen glisten in the snow)

AAACards - Winter Chill

CAS(E) this Sketch - 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!!

Theresa

Stinkin' Sweet B-day!

Hello & Happy Friday Crafty Peeps!

Today, I'm showcasing my last Washi Tape Card! 😉

I hope I've inspired some of you to just pull

out your Washi tape and create something -

You'd be surprised at all the things you can make

and some of those projects can be done

quickly --

This is another B-day card for the School and I totally

LOVE 💖💖 how it turned out! I have some Lawn Fawn

images already stamped, colored, & cut out - just waiting to get used

So, I pulled this little cutie out of the bag & added the FUN

Sentiment from Jaded Blossom (Forest Friends)

The Washi tape is My Mind's Eye (I think??)

The blue heart was also in my "storage" bag - not sure

if it's a Die cut or a punch.... 😕

-- Other Supplies Used --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Georgia Pacific, Fun Foam for Dimension

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Favorite Things

Stitched Label Die - Found on Ebay

Small Heart - Stampin' Up Punch

Copic Markers

Bitty Sparkle Gems - CTMH

Glitter Enamel Dots - Freckled Fawn

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter pen - on the small heart

Misti Tool, Big Shot, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks for stopping by this week -

Make sure to share your Washi Tape creations with me

I would LOVE to check them out! 

Have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!

Theresa

HAPPY!!

Hello & Happy Thursday Everyone!!! 

I'm back with another Lovely Washi Tape card to share!

This is another Birthday card for the collection

I'm making for the school I work for.... I try to get so many done

every month so they can be handed out to

all the Birthday Peeps for that month! 🎂

I recently received a CTMH Order - and this Amazing "Happy"

die was apart of it - As you can tell... I could not wait to try

it out! 😁 I'm already in LOVE with it! 💖💖

I cut the word Happy out 3 x's and added some Clear wink of Stella

glitter on it - it's so sparkly!  I'm using the Wonky Stitched Die from

Gina Marie Designs - The Washi Tape is My Mind's Eye

-- Other Supplies Used --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Georgia Pacific, Fun Foam for Dimension

Stamped Sentiment - My Craft Spot (No Longer Available)

Bitty Sparkle Gems - CTMH

Glitter Enamel Dots - Freckled Fawn

Heart Punch - Stampin' Up

Misti Tool, Big Shot, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

-- I'm Entering the following Challenges --

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday

Simon Says Stamp blog - Anything Goes

DL Art Thankful Thursday - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a Fantastic Day!!

Theresa

Pretty Poinsettia....

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I hope your week is going well so far...

Mine is starting to look a lot better since all

we've had is rain the last 4 or 5 days...

We're suppose to have Sunny skies & warmer

weather the rest of the week... I'm looking forward

to seeing that! 🌞 

As I continue with my Washi Tape Week --

I've got my Christmas card ready to go --

It's not exactly what I had in mind when I started... 

But I like the way it turned out! 😊

 I used Scotch Foam Tape to "pop up" the wavy

part of the card -

The Poinsettia Die is from Gina Marie Designs

I really like the embossing on the flower... 👍

The Wavy stitched border is a die set I got off of Ebay --

Washi tape is a Recollections Christmas 8 pk I got from Michael's

after Christmas -- 

-- Other Supplies Used --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Georgia Pacific, Kaiser Crafts

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Favorite Things

Stamped Sentiment - Craftin' Desert Diva's

Silver Sequins & Bitty Sparkles - CTMH

Misti Tool, Big Shot, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Adhesive - Scotch foam Tape, ThermOweb

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a Wonderfully Crafty Day!!

Theresa

I've got a Crush....

Hello & Happy Tuesday my Favorite Crafty Peeps!

I'm back again with another inspirational Washi Tape Card!

This time it's a Valentine's Day Card!! 💖

I just LOOVE the way this turned out! This card took me 10 minutes

to make.... I had an idea already after I made the

masculine birthday card -- The word "YOU" die was cut out

4 times for added Dimension --

-- Supplies Used --

Cardstock - Georgia Pacific, Bo Bunny, Stampin' Up

Washi Tape - Recollections (Valentine's)

Stitched Banner - My Creative Time

Tiny Stitched Hearts - My Creative Time

"You" Word Die - My Creative Time

Lg. & Med. Stitched Scalloped Hearts - Ebay Dies

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Favorite Things

Sentiment - Stamps of Life (Love Story Kit Club)

Misti Tool, Big Shot, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a Fabulous Day!!

Theresa

Happy, Happy Birthday!

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

Soooo... How was your weekend???

Mine was great! Got the cleaning done &

Laundry... then sat down & watched TV with my hubby!

Of course I still don't think the weekend was long enough! 😁

Okay... sooo I've got an addiction to Washi Tape

I'm pretty sure I'm NOT the only one! Am I Right?

Any who.... so this week... I'm gonna share some

cards that I made using Washi Tape! My hubby thinks

my collection is crazy big - I think he's crazy! 😂

So, I thought I would show him that I DO use my Washi!

And maybe inspire some of you to pull that Washi tape out

and use it as well! Most of my cards only took 10 minutes

to create! SERIOUSLY! They are all gonna be CAS type

cards - I even have a Christmas one made!!! EEK!

The first one I'm sharing is a masculine Birthday card

which you all know I made for the school that I work for! 🏫

And YES... this could totally work for a female as well - I was just trying to make it more masculine! 😎

 

The Words (Happy Happy) are heat embossed in Gold

and the Birthday Arrow die was cut out 3x's to add dimension

-- Supplies Used --

"Happy" Sentiment Stamp - My Craft Spot (No Longer Available)

Cardstock - Georgia Pacific, Stampin' Up

Versa Mark ink, Misti Tool, Big Shot, Heat Gun

Gold Embossing Powder - WOW

Arrow Birthday Die - My Favorite Things

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Favorite Things

Assorted Washi Tape - MT Gift Box (MonoChrome)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Theresa

Sealed with a Kiss...

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

Got any plans for the weekend?

It's cold and rainy here, so I'll probably

clean the house, do some laundry, &

catch up on a couple of shows I haven't

watched on Hulu & Netflix yet...

Sounds like the perfect indoor type of weekend! 👍

Of course if time permits... I may even do a little crafting -

But, we ALL know how fast the weekends seem to fly by -

So all I can do is hope for the best! 😉

Today, I've got another Valentine's Card to share with you -

I'm using a card design I found in the Silhouette Store (#165904)

I thought this turned out pretty sweet - I adore that little Seal -

The Sparkle from the Shimmer spray really adds to it &

of course the glitter on all the tiny hearts too! 😀

The design has 3 layers of circles - similar to

those new layered die cuts that came out recently from 

Birch Press - They have several different varieties in the

Silhouette Store all designed by Lori Whitlock --

-- Supplies Used --

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, American Crafts, Echo Park

Seal Image - Silhouette Store (#118880) Print N Cut

Small Blue Hearts - Silhouette Store (#165640)

Sheer Shimmer Frost Spritz Spray

Clear Wink of Stella on the hearts

Sentiment is Computer Generated - Font (Arial Unicode MS)

Adhesive - Xyron, ThermOWeb, Dimensionals

Silhouette Machine

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have a FANTASTIC Weekend!!!

Theresa

Ornament Sparkle card....

Happy Happy Thursday Everyone! I'm back

with my weekly Christmas card to share -

I hope you guys are enjoying these every week.

I feel like I'm actually getting the hang of making them.

I don't feel stressed when making one and it's actually

been a lot of fun! :) Maybe you should try it and see if

it works for you! :)

I have to admit - I did make this card in Dec. 2016! I actually

sent it off to a wonderful crafty friend! :) 

 Because I liked the design so much - I thought I would make

another one for this year! :) Thank goodness for

my Silhouette Machine & SAVE button! hahaha

 So... here's the specs --

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Favorite Things

Cardstock - American Crafts, Stampin' Up

DP & Embellishments - Simple Stories (DIY Christmas)

Nuvo Silver Moondust Glitter Drops

Clear Wink of Stella on the Ornaments & Snowflakes

Silver String - My Stash

Silhouette Machine, Big Shot

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa

Happy... Birthday Wishes

Hello & Happy Hump day Wednesday to ya!

It's the middle of the week and 1 day closer

to the weekend! Oh Yeah! :)

I hope your week is going well so far!

Today, I'm out getting my hair cut & colored -

can't keep letting the gray hairs show through! hahaha

I've been making all sorts of Birthday cards

for the staff at the Elementary School I work for

and today's card is just for one of them! :)

Another card I'm a FAN of! tehehehe Nothing like lovin'

the cards that I make for someone else! :)

I'm using the Simple Stories Digital (Bloom & Grow) Paper Collection

& Embellishments - The Sentiment is Computer Generated

(Font - Brave & Kind) - Cardstock is Stampin' Up, & American Crafts

I added Clear Wink of Stella on the Heart & Flowers -

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have an AWESOME Day! :)

Theresa

Love is in the Air....

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!

How was your weekend? Did you get

3 days off to enjoy some Fun time? 

Me? Well, I had planned to bake.... 

but that didn't happen... Oh well... ;) 

I did get in my craft room &

 I made a couple of cards along with re-organizing

some stuff... I still need to do more re-organizing...

but don't want to do it all at once...  cuz 

that's crazy talk right there! LOL

I do have a pretty cool Valentine's Day Card to share --

This turned out exactly how I wanted it to! I LOVE it when

that happens! :) I'm using the (Love is in the Air) Digital

Collection by Meredith Cardall - the cardstock is Bazzill, American Crafts, & Stampin' Up - I spritz the card front with the Frost

Sheer Shimmer spray - Added some Clear Wink of Stella on

the hearts, & some of the balloon chevrons - The Stitched Card mat 

die is from MFT.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a Fabulous day!!!

Theresa

Jan. 2017 Local Card Swap Project...

Happy, Happy Friday Everyone!

YAY! The Weekend is here! AND it's a 

3 day weekend!! Oh YEAH!!! :)

I have plans to craft this weekend!

and maybe do some more baking! Can't Wait! :)

 How about you? Any big plans?

Whatever you may be doing this weekend --

I hope it's FUN & you enjoy yourselves! :)

Today, I've got a Card & a Tag to show you -

Our Local Card Swap group started back up this week

We took the month of December off -

& January's Challenge was to make a

Birthday Card & a Birthday Tag

Let me show ya what I made --

We were given a Mojo Monday Sketch to use for this month -

As you can tell, I flipped mine and moved the embellishment up

instead of lower like in the photo --  :)

-- Supplies Used for Card --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Bazzill

Designer Paper - Simple Stories (Let's Party)

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Favorite Things

Stitched Circle Die - Simon Says Stamp 2 1/2"

Assorted Enamel Dots - Eyelet Outlet

Silhouette Machine, Big Shot

-- Now here's the CUTE tag I made to match --

Yup! I made Shaker Tags!!! So Fun & Cute! :)

-- Supplies Used for Shaker Tags --

Cardstock - Bazzill White Smooth, Bo Bunny
(1) Dur-A-Lar Acetate Sheet
Designer Paper - Simple Stories (Let's Party) Digi Collection
Tag Die - Queen & Co.
Red Bakers Twine
Assorted Tiny Beads - Oriental Trading
Star Gems - Eyelet Outlet
"To & From" Stamps - My Craft Spot (No Longer Available)
Scotch Dimensional Adhesive, ThermOWeb Super Tape 1/8",
Big Shot, Silhouette Machine, Misti Stamping Tool

Everyone really enjoyed the Card & Tag! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by this week!
I hope you ALL have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!!

Theresa

Tis the Season....

Hello & Happy Thursday my favorite Crafty Peeps!

I hope your week has been a good one so far! If not,

Don't worry... the weekend is right around the corner for ya!

Today I've got a couple of Christmas cards to show you!

That's right... I'm sticking with my plan to make 1 holiday

card a week! Well... today it's gonna be 2 and you'll see why

in a second -- :)

I really LOVE how these cards turned out --

This 1st card is what I had planned to do from the get go -

-- Supplies Used --

 (Christmas Tree Cluster SVG) is from the Silhouette store #163528

I used Canson Water Color Paper

Card stock - Stampin' Up, DCWV Shimmer Lite green, & Vellum

Stitched card mat die - My Favorite Things

Distress Inks - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough

"JOLLY" Word Die - Sizzix (Happy Holidays Set) 660977

Sentiment - Craftin' Desert Divas (Tis the Season)

Versa Mark Ink, WOW White Embossing Powder

Misti Tool, Heat Embossing Gun, Silhouette Machine, Big Shot

Round Blender tool

Nuvo Glitter Drops - Silver Moondust

Sheer Shimmer Spritz Spray - Frost

The 2nd card came about, because I didn't want to waste those

cool trees! So I thought I would re-create my 1st card 

just adding the solid trees - and I gotta say I really like them both! :)

The (Jolly) word die was cut out 6 x's (3 for each card)

 to make it stand out over the vellum.... With the

Sheer frost Spray, my cards really have a nice shimmery

shine in the background - 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Get your HAPPY on!!!

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Today's post will be short & Sweet!

I made another birthday card to add to my

School B-day card stash --

I'm using Simple Stories (Bloom & Grow) Paper

Collection & Embellishments on my card --

I added some Clear Wink of Stella to the

bird, leaves, Banner, & Heart --

The Stitch Card Mat Die is from My Favorite Things

& the cardstock is Stampin' Up, & Bazzill

Another card that just makes me Happy! The Teachers

are gonna love this one! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a FANTASTIC DAY!!!

Theresa

Balloon make a wish.....

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

Is it really a Happy Monday? Not sure yet! LOL

I have some running around to do before

I head off to work - Hoping this week I'll 

get my work groove back, since I took a nice long break... :)

I did however have some fun on the weekend....

Took the Family out to dinner & a little shopping on

Saturday, then on Sunday I spent the day in my kitchen

Making Breakfast (French Toast with Bacon) YUMMY

Then got dinner in the crock pot (Garlic Chicken & Red Potatoes)

Then I decided to make some Almond Joy cookies -

Which turned out AWESOME! - Then thought hummmm

Let's make some Ice Cream - and then I did that! 

Of course the Ice Cream will be for tonight! (Salted Caramel) 

I actually made my own Salted Caramel - It turned out soooo GOOD!

Can't wait til tonight for some of that ice cream! LOL 

After all that fun baking/cooking I realized, I needed

to re-organize my spice cabinet! UGH! I got it done

& it looks good! hahaha -- I even managed to work on a puzzle

as well... I tell ya... I think I like the laid back me - not

in a hurry to get on my computer to do blogging stuff or

Facebook stuff.... I'm going to try & do it more often.... :)

Well.... after ALL that Rambling, I thought I would share

another Birthday card I made for the School Staff --

This was super Quick & Easy to make since I used a 

file in the Silhouette Store (#134645) - The Designer Paper

& Embellishments are from Simple Stories (Let's Party) Paper Collection

I added Dimensional Layers, so the Balloons would pop up

The Cardstock is Stampin' Up, Bazzill, & American Crafts &

I used a Stitched Card Mat Die from My Favorite Things

I wanted this to be a universal type of card, so the Teacher

in charge of giving out the Birthday cards, didn't have to worry if

it was to masculine or feminine to give too someone - :)

I do love the balloons with the assorted papers - Just

feels like a HAPPY Card! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa