National Coffee Day!

Hello & Happy Sunday Craft Friends!

Do you know what today is????

It's National Coffee Day!! Say What?

A whole day to celebrate Coffee! 

Say no more! I'm in! ☕

 The Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog

is hosting this special occasion and

they have tons of companies joining them and

I hear there are a lot of GIVEAWAYS just to

celebrate today!! YAY!!!

My Awesome Crafty friend & Owner of

Polka Dot Orchard Jessica is also a 

sponsor for today's hop along - 

She has a bunch of new Digital Stamps to

showcase and I'll be sharing a couple of sets today with you -

Leaves & Lattes

Happiness in a Cup

-- Here's what I created with these 2 sets --

I designed everything in my Silhouette Program

then printed it out with my Canon Printer,

I sprayed my design with some Acrylic Spray Sealer

Then I colored the images with my Stampin' Blends Alcohol markers

I used a Stitched Rectangle Frame die and popped the

card front up with a piece of Fun Foam and Attached it to

my Soft Suede Cardbase - I totally forgot to take

a picture of the inside, sorry about that!

Make sure to head on over to Polka Dot Orchard 

to see what she is giving away & don't forget to

check out the rest of the Design Team & other companies that

are participating in today's Special Event!

Have a FABULOUS COFFEE DAY!!

Theresa

Trendy Twine - Trendy Treat

Hello and Happy Thursday Crafty Friends!

 I'm back as Guest Designer for Trendy Twine!! 

This month they are featuring Aqua Licorice Trendy Twine

Here's what I created for a Teacher at Work -

I wanted to make a sweet treat for my Awesome Co-Worker - 

So I found this To-Go box in my stash and dressed it up 

I used a Stitched flower layered Die and a couple of butterfly dies -

The Tag Die is from Jaded Blossom and 

the sentiment is from  Annie's Paper Boutique

 Smile

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check out these fun places:

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Thanks for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Die Cuttin Diva's Guest Designer....

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!
I'm honored to be the Guest Designer over at

 Die Cuttin Divas this week! 
Thanks for asking me to play along ladies!!!

The Theme this week is TAGS!!

Make anything using a Tag somewhere on your project

Make sure to use a Die Cut on your project as well

-- Here's what I created to inspire you --

I'm in a FALL Like mood so I created this sweet card

to send to a friend -

I'm using the Papertrey Ink Tag Sale Die

The Papers are from Pink & Main (Pumpkin Spice)

The Twine is (Creamy Pumpkin) from Trendy Twine

The Images are from Polka Dot Orchard (Autumn is Calling Digital Stamp Set)

The Sentiment is from Polka Dot Orchard - It was from 

The Pittman's Fundraiser set (retired)

Now that you've seen what I've created - Head on over to

Die Cuttin Divas, join in the fun and create something

with this Theme! Make sure to leave some Blogging Love

for ALL those Fabulous Design Team Members

over there - They work really hard to make FUN

Challenges for you & ME! 


Have a FABULOUSLY CRAFTY DAY!!!

Theresa

Fall Breeze...

Hello & Happy First day of FALL Everyone!!

Yay! Fall has officially started and well... 

it's still hot here... (sad Face) But that's okay... 

I know cooler weather is on its way (Crossing fingers)

Since it's the 1st day of Fall... I thought I would

share a lovely Fall inspired card with you - 

I created this sweet little Thank You Card for a friend of mine...

I'm using a Digital image & Sentiment from Polka Dot Orchard

Coffee Pumpkin Flourish Digital Set

ALL my Stitched dies are from My Creative Time

 My Background was digitally created

I added some sequins 

I popped my card front up with some fun foam

 I used my Stampin' Blends markers to color 

and the card base is Soft suede from Stampin' Up

Have a BEAUTIFUL First Day of FALL DAY!!!

Theresa

Post #3 - $ Tree Remodel (Last One)

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone! Yay, it's the weekend!

I've still got lots to do and little time to do it in - So

hopefully I will be able to get some stuff off my long list! 😉

In the meantime, I've got 1 more $ Tree remodel to show you!

I saved my FAVORITE one for last!!! hahaha

I created this Adorable Witch sign! I LOOVE it!!! 

I haven't added the Ribbon for hanging it yet, it's on my list! 

The Vinyl I had in my stash, The cute Broom Sticks I found

at Target in their $ Bin (It's an 8 pk) The tiny Coffee stickers 

were in my stash and I colored the black pieces on the cups

so they would blend in with my sign - The Steam is vinyl but I used

a die to make them - The Sentiment is from the Silhouette Store

I used a White Chalk Spray paint from Walmart and I used

some grey acrylic paint from my stash & some jumbo craft sticks

Items from the $ Tree -

1 Beware Sign, 3 Witches signs, Brown Mailing Wrapping Paper

I started by taking apart the witch signs, I used my Mod Podge Spray

to spray the hat & boots so the glitter wouldn't fall off -

Then I added some Stickles to the hat and boots since

a lot of the glitter was off (I mean it is from the $ store) LOL

Then I flipped the Beware sign over and used my White Chalk Spray paint

to paint the backside - Once it was dry, I made some pencil lines

going across the board (to make it look like wood) Then I used my grey

acrylic paint by dry brushing it on the edges and then down

the pencil lines I made - Once that dried - I wanted to attach

The hat and boots. so I flipped my sign back over

where the "Beware" was facing up and flipped my witch

hats and boots down so I can attach them together -

I grabbed a bunch of the jumbo craft sticks and hot glued

the sticks to the hat, boots, and sign base - I did

it all the way across so everything was secure -

Then I took some brown mailing wrapping paper

and traced the entire sign - I didn't want to have the

sticks and beware sign showing on the back -

I'm just weird like that, so I traced and then cut the

whole image out by hand - Then I glued it to the

backside so nothing was showing - 

Once that was done, I flipped my sign back over so I could decorate it

 - I did some measuring so I would know

how big to make my sentiment for cutting out -

Then I picked the colors of vinyl to match up with the

fun witches - Once the words were placed I then hot glued

the 2 brooms onto my sign (1 on each end) - 

then I wanted to add the small coffee cups so I went thru my stash and

found some that would work, except they were brown

so I got out my black sharpie marker and colored the

areas that needed it and then glued them down -

I used the Cheery Lynn Designs (You can brew it) Die set

for the steam - 

I really, really like this sign and can't

wait to hang it up in my kitchen! It's just so fun!

Have a BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND!!

Theresa

Post #2 - Remake of $ Tree products

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I'm back with another Make-over of

$ tree products again... it was another video

that had me going... HECK YES! I want to make it!

I created the Stand and remade over that Lantern -

The Green pumpkin is from the $ Tree as well...

and the Wooden Leaf I had in my stash of wood projects

for about 2 years now that I finally made over - 

Let's start with the Stand since I used several

items from the $ tree -

1 Glass Candleholder, 1 pk. of burner covers,

1 Halloween lantern, 1 pk of cutting mats,

1 nautical rope, 1 orange pumpkin, 1 pack of fall Raffia

The Candleholder was covered with 2 toilet paper rolls and

trimmed down to fit flush with the top of the candleholder then

I glued the orange pumpkin upside down into the

glass candle holder making it secure -

Then I used a hot glue gun and wrapped the rope around the bottom base

I sanded then spray painted 1 of the burner covers after it was dry I

attached it to the pumpkin bottom and now I have a Stand!

The Lantern top was opened and I removed the orange Halloween

design, I used it as a template - I took one of the clear

chopping mats and traced the design then cut it out of the clear mat

I made sure it fit and trimmed where it was needed -

I put that to the side and added some painters tape around

the candle that's attached inside the lantern - I didn't want that painted -

Then I bought a can of Rust-Oleum Hammered Brown Spray paint

and sprayed the lantern... it took only a few minutes & drying time was pretty

fast as well - I then put the new clear inside piece back into the lantern and

closed it up, made sure it still lit up and it did then I added

some Fall Raffia around the top and hot glued an acorn as well -

It looks like metal and not plastic which is so cool!

The Wooden leaf was spray painted as well then I found
some old Stampin' Up Designer paper that I traced
out of the leaf, cut it to size then Mod Podged it
right to the leaf - I sanded the edges then inked the
edges a bit and I thought about adding a sentiment to
the leaf, but like how it looks right now - 

This really did turn out so nice and I like the look of it -


Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

$ Store Remakes...

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!

How was your weekend? Mine was Awesome!

WHY??? You Ask... Well...

 My middle son Juston whose a Marine

 finally came home for good! We were so excited

to pick him up at the airport and bring him home!

Here he is... a Civilian once again and

being nice so his Mom could take his picture!

I've had little time for crafting lately since

so much is happening/Changing in my life...

Nothing bad mind you.. just stressful and

I worry a lot so that doesn't help me... :)

But I've been watching Youtube videos -

Can you say TROUBLE!! Cuz I think I found

myself in trouble, doing another craft hobby!

Redoing items from the Dollar Tree! Yup.. You read that right!

I've been amazed but some of the videos I've been

watching that I thought I would try it myself -

Which has now got me going into 4 different Dollar Trees

on any given day before or after work! LOL

So.... Let me share one of my remakes I did

find time to do -

Aren't they wonderful??? I LOVE Fall, so I had to make something

fun to hang on the wall - I made 2 of them, so I could send one to a friend of mine -

Okay... So I only purchased the Cutting boards from

the Dollar Tree - They looked like this --

I painted them with Spray paint that I had on hand

Then found the Pumpkin Spice Print on Google Search

and printed them out... I did resize them to fit my boards -

Then I Mod Podge them onto the cutting boards -

After they dried I dressed them up with Jute Twine

I had but it is from the $ Store

The Tiny Acorns are from Hobby Lobby I got a year ago

The Metal leaf on the one sign is from Oriental Trading

The wooden leaves are from Hobby Lobby from a yr. ago

The wooden Pumpkins are from $ Tree & Target $ bin from last yr.

Anyway... I hope you like my remake - It was fun to do

and I have a couple more to show you 

Plus I did find time on Sunday to make cards! YAY

So, I'll be sharing them soon as well!

Have a Fabulous Day!

Theresa

Trendy Twine - Interactive Maze

Hello and Happy Thursday Crafty Friends!

 I'm back as Guest Designer for Trendy Twine!! 

This month they are featuring Aqua Licorice Trendy Twine

I created this fun maze shaker interactive card --

I found a maze design in my Silhouette Program, so I sized it

up and printed it out as my guide - Then I took some Adhesive glue

and added it to the maze print out and then added the Twine on top

so it would make the shape of the maze -

I added 1 tiny bead so you could play with the maze -

It works because I could not stop playing with it!

I dressed up the inside of my card to match the front -

I love the small To GO Coffee and sweet sentiments!

The Sentiment stamps are from Annie's Paper Boutique

We go together

Perfect Pairs

 Choose Happy

If you are new to Trendy Twine, you will want to

check out these fun places:

Shop for Trendy Twine HERE

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Thanks for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

5 minute Christmas Cheer!

Hello and Happy Wednesday everyone!

I'm back with a super quick Holiday post -

You guys know I like to get my holiday cards done early

and I haven't been sharing them! Shame on ME! :)

So here's a quick one I made using my Silhouette & Printer

The image is a Print N Cut from the Silhouette Store (#232366)

 I used a couple of Stitched Rectangle Frame dies -

 adding another layer behind it in a soft blue and

then popped it up with some Fun Foam -

I used some Sparkle Shimmer Spritz & Clear Gems to finish it off!

Thanks for stopping by!

Theresa

5 minute Elegant Birthday

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

Did you guys have a good weekend?

I was busy trying to do a million things in just 2 days! 

How crazy is that? It's not like I don't know better! 

You can't just cram a million things into one weekend!

Ooh, well... I tried too anyway and now it's back to work as usual!

Just waiting for Friday to come back around! hahaha

I thought I would show ya a quick Birthday card -

This looks so Elegant and yet it took me about 5 minutes to make! WHAT?

It's ALL in the PAPER!!! 

** Products Used **

Cardstock - Papertrey Ink Black, Fun Foam

Designer Paper - KaiserCraft (Violet Crush)

Stitched Rectangle Frame Die - My Creative Time

Celebrate Word Die - MFT (cut 3x's)

Slanted Strip Sentiment Die - MFT

Sentiment Stamp - MFT (Birthday Greetings)

Fine White Embossing Powder - SSS

Clear Adhesive Gems - SU

Versamark ink, Embossing Buddy, Stamparatus, Heat Tool,

Side Kick Mini, Gemini Jr.

Thanks for stopping by!

Theresa