I'd pick you!

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

Can you believe February is just about over?

WOW! We are LEAPING into SPRING! 

That means a little warmer weather (yay) and

Spring Break! My Spring break is in 2 short weeks

which means I'll be going to the other house for an entire 

week without the internet! UGH!

We'll be painting the house (at least that's the plan)

And then fixing a bunch of stuff as well - Lots to do I tell ya!

In the meantime, while I wait for Spring Break to arrive

I thought I would show you another card I made with the

We R Memory Retro Glam Card Kit -

My card doesn't look like the original card design 

If you look at the very bottom on the Card kit, it shows a

long card - well... this is my version of that card!

Mine is an A2 card size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) and I added

other layers and a totally different sentiment

I used a stitched rectangle frame die from MCT

 clear wink of Stella on all the flowers - 

The Cardbase is a dark grey cardstock from Papertrey ink

I hope you ALL have a Wonderful Weekend!!

Theresa

Retro Glam....

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

While I'm still struggling to create, I managed

to make 8 cards over the weekend using an

old card kit that I had just sitting around - 

I made a card with this kit a long time ago

and since I'm not feeling super crafty I thought this

might help jump-start some Mojo! 

The kit says you can make 8 cards, (which you can see them on the cover) 

 since I already made a card with this kit and made 8 more over the weekend

and have at least 2 possibly 3 cards left to make with

this kit... I think you can get at least 12 cards completed using

any card kit -

I never use the sizes they offer like 5x7 or the large square card

size of 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 - I use the extras from those types of

designs to create more cards with - I also prefer to use

my own cardstock for the card bases - which pushes

more cards out of the kit as well - 

These first 3 cards are the first ones I made

trying to jump that Mojo Juice!, So they

are more like the ones in the picture on the card kit -

I used Sahara Sand Stampin' Up Cardstock for my card bases

This is a long card sized at 3 1/2 x 8 1/2

The only changes I did from the kit are I added only 1 pink scallop

(the kit shows 2) and I added a faux stitch swirl from the bird to the sentiment

I also added Clear wink of Stella on the Birthday chipboard letters and

the chipboard birds wing and belly -

I also added some Fun Foam for Dimension

This one was supposed to be a 5 x 7 card but I cut it down

to be an A2 Size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) and I also didn't add the

4 pink dots the card kit shows - I just didn't like them -

I used my favorite My creative time Stitched rectangle frame die

and added some fun foam for dimension

I also added some Clear Wink of Stella on all the green flowers, 

it gives it a nice sparkle!

This one I changed ever so slightly - I actually love the design of this one -

The original design has that background leaf as the card base -  But I used

my Sahara Sand Cardstock and added a Bazzill green cardstock layer 

then cut down the leaf design then added the rest - I had to trim the

scallop pieces and green strip because mine wasn't the size of the original -

I added clear wink of Stella to the Hoot letters and to the pink bow on the owl

I also added some fun foam for dimension and the stitched

rectangle frame dies are from My Creative Time

I hope you have a WONDERFUL DAY!!!

Theresa

Silent Night...

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!

Have you ever just NOT felt like Crafting? 

Well, that's been me all week...

 I've been checking out your blogs to try

and get inspiration... and you guys

are really rockin' some awesome designs

and yet I still feel like Naaawwww... 😌

When we returned from our trip

back from the other house is when 

it started... I mean, everything over there

is getting done slowly, but still getting done...

Then I come back home only to sit here

doing nothing... GRRR!

I don't know if it's the stress of everything or what?

I did make myself do some crafting yesterday -

I have some old card kits still in their packages and

thought maybe I should try that! So, that's

exactly what I did... I followed a couple of cards

before I finally made some designs without

looking at the ideas they had - I ended up

making about 8 cards with at least 2 more left to do -

I think I'm gonna try a few more of the kits in

hopes it'll get me motivated... We shall see...

In the meantime here's a holiday card I made 

a while ago using foil! Yup... I still have several

projects sitting here complete with foil on them!! 

The images, Sentiments are from the Silhouette Store

I used my laser printer to print them out

I used deco foil on both cards and put them through my Laminator

I used Stitched Rectangle frame dies from My Creative Time,

and Fun Foam for added dimension

The blue and Gold Metallic Cardstock is from Making Memories

This is what the inside sentiment looks like, the sentiment

is also from the Silhouette store - I did one in the gold and the other

in blue to match up with the fronts of the cards - 

They both look so elegant and I can't wait to send them out for Christmas!

If you guys have any Mojo vibes you'd like to

share... please send them my way! 😁

Have a Beautiful Day!!

Theresa

Amazing Person....

Hello & Happy FRIDAY Everyone!

Or should I say... HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Either way, it's a 3 day weekend for me, which

means I'm working at the other house this weekend! 

I left last night, so I could be there today...

It means I have to return early since I didn't

work today... which stinks but I have nobody

to do my job, so I do what I can! (Wink Wink)

Anywho... As I told you last week, I don't really

do anything for Valentine's Day, usually, I make a

Shrimp & Lobster dinner for us just because I can, but

otherwise, it's just another day in my book! And since I'm

not actually home, I probably just order a pizza! hahaha

I know I make lots of foiled cards so I thought today

I would change it up for you - 

Besides having a bunch of foiled cards -

 I have several Yupo Alcohol Ink designs done that need to

be placed on cards, so I made these 2fer cards!

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Yupo, DCWV Shimmer

Assorted Lucy's Cards Gems, Fun Foam

Stitched Rectangle frame dies - MCT

Crazy Stitched Die - Impression Obsession

Large HELLO Word Die & Sentiment - MFT

Tiny Heart Punch - EK Sucess

Banner Die - MFT

Assorted Alcohol Inks

I'm wishing you all a FABULOUS 

Valentine's Day & Weekend!!

Theresa

Second Foil Quill Post...

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I'm back with

another Foil Quill Project! I really hope you guys

don't mind all the foil cards I've been sharing...

I really enjoy playing with all the different ways

you can add elegance to your card projects

and foils are definitely up there! :)

So, there are 2 cards and they are Christmas cards!

As you know I just got the Foil Quill kit and I bought extra Foil Quill colors at

my local Tuesday Morning, so I thought it would be fun to try using different foiled

colors on a card! When I use my Laser Printer and heat foil with

my laminator, it's really hard to get different colors - especially this close together

on a project - So having the foil quill really does help with those types of details!

I started out by finding an image in the Silhouette store (#208106)

I chose to use the BOLD PEN Tip this time and I had to

go to Sketch and enlarge my image then fill it in with the

checkered pattern again, then I used the .05 spacing and then

shrunk it down to fit on a card front -

What that does is "fill inside" the outline -

Most SVG's have an outline, and if you want to "color"

the inside with foil, you need to use the Sketch fill first

otherwise, it won't color inside - 

Here's a Youtube video showing someone using this technique

with the Foil Quill - Solid Fill

I used the Red foil first and it did the 2 trees and the 1 swirl, then when it was done

I used the Gold Foil which did 3 trees then I removed it and

then I used the Green foil to finish off the last 3 trees and swirl

I made 2 of them at the same time, so it took a while to create them -

Your machine is doing all the work and getting all the details

into each image - So you need to have patience which I don't

always have but watching this work flawlessly on

both cards made me very happy - It was only my second try

using the Foil quill - I could never get this foiled with all

3 colors with my laser printer and heat foiling, so you can

imagine the massive details having the quill can provide - 

I used Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Making Memories Gold & Red Cardstock,

MCT Stitched Rectangle Frame dies, The Sentiment is from MFT,

and I used Fun Foam for added dimension

Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

Theresa

Long Story, Elegant Foiling...

Hello & Happy Monday Crafty Friends!

How the heck was your weekend?

I hope you all had a chance to do something fun!

Me? Well, it started out by adding a new driver

to my computer! Earlier in the week, my computer

was kind enough to warn me that my old

hard drive was about to go out... Weird? I know!

So, I called my husband and he suggested that I

upgrade to a Digital hard drive. So Amazon Prime

to the rescue and a new hard drive arrived, thank goodness

it was easy to install and I was able to clone ALL my files

from my old drive to the new one... And the kicker...

My computer runs sooooo much better now! Who Knew?

Certainly not me! hahaha

While I was shopping at Amazon (for the driver)... I happen to run

across a crafting item, I had been wanting since last year -

So, guess who bought it? ME!!! LOL

So I spent some time playing with my new tool

and I have a card to show ya using it - 

I know, I know another foiled card! But guess what tool

I used to make this card? The FOIL QUILL!!! EEK!!!

Look at the fine details of that image! I was impressed!

I have been wanting it since I saw it at CHA last January.

Of course, I wasn't a fan of the price point at the time (99.00)

But I happen to walk into a Tuesday Morning last week and they

were selling the individual pens for $20 apiece, so I started

to investigate the price. Then I forgot to check around until

I walked into a local Walmart and they had the kit for $64.00!

I was like... WHAT? So, instead of buying it at the store, I went home

and started searching online and funny thing... Walmart.com

is selling it for $44.98! WTH? $20 cheaper than the store???

So then I went to Amazon since I needed a Hard Drive anyway and

they were selling it for the $44.98 price as well... And you know I like

a good deal, so I bought it! Just a side note - Tuesday Morning

also had the Foil Quill Foil Rolls that are $9.99 selling for $4.99

so I bought a bunch of different colors to go with my new tool!

So once I got my important stuff done - (Hard Drive, Laundry, cleaned the house)

I sat down to watch a few youtube videos on how to use

my new tool with my Cameo 3 - After all that, I jumped right in

to make this card my first project with my tool -

I used the light blue pen ( Regular point) The pink pen is the

(Fine Point) and the Dark Blue Pen is the (Bold Tip) -

I grabbed an image from the Silhouette store (#313896)

and I did a TRACE of the image before I went to foil

I tried to make 2 of them, but since it was my very first

time trying it out the first image was off. center... like by a lot and

the second image was perfect or close to it!

I used the Sketch pen setting and set my force to 3 

and kept the speed to 10

I used a portable charger I have to heat up the pen

and away it went - When I revealed the foil image

I could not believe the details! Stunning in person!

So then I wanted to add the sentiment and again

I went to the Silhouette store and got (#10893)

and that was a little trickier since I wanted to

"Fill in" the gold foil... 

Let me just start by saying THANK GOODNESS for

Youtube videos that helped! 

I enlarged my THANKS Word then

I went into "Sketch" and I grabbed the

Checkered image (That's probably not the right name of it)

But anywho, I filled the word with that image and changed the 

spacing to .05 then shrunk it down to fit - 

(It's like filling inside the word) 

Once that was done

I placed the Thanks were I wanted it under the floral design

and added the gold foil on top before sending it

thru to my cameo -  I left the settings the same as

before and then peeled away the foil to reveal

the lovely gold word -

I really love the way this turned out - and I have another

card to share with you (Well 2 more) cause

it was fun to practice and learn how

to use this new tool - It's another great way

to foil and you all know I LOVE to Foil!!! 

I used Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Making Memories Pink

Foiled cardstock, MCT Stitched Rectangle Dies, Fun Foam,

Gold foil from We R Memory Foil Quill Kit

Fushia Foil From We R Memory Foil Quill 12" x 96"

If you guys have any questions?? Feel free to shoot

me an e-mail and I'll be happy to answer your

questions as best I can!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

Christmas Magic...

Hello & Happy Friday Crafty peeps!!

It's the weekend again! YESSS!!!

One week left till Valentine's day!

Do you guys do anything for Valentine's day?

Me? NOPE! 

I mean I always do something for my family as a whole! 

I tend to make a shrimp & lobster feast -

Shrimp & lobster is so cheap during this time, so I

buy it and make them a nice meal with it -

But I don't go all out for my hubby or anyone like that...

I can tell him I love him whenever the heck I want!

I don't need a special day for that! hahaha

Anywho - I'm jumping holidays and sharing another

Christmas Card I made! tehehehe

2 weeks ago I showed you these snowmen cards right HERE

and while I was making them I decided to make a Santa one as well!

The Santa die is from SSS

The paper is a 6x6 pad in my stash

the elegant stitching die is from Penny Black

And I'm not sure who the sentiment is from -

I didn't write anything down and I'm not about to go

through my very LARGE Christmas Stamp stash! 😁

I used some black glitter cardstock for Santa's belt and

a piece of gold shimmer cardstock on it as well 

Wishing you all a Beautiful Weekend!!!

Theresa

Dim the Light....

Hello and Happy Hump Day Everyone!

I've got a foiled card to show ya -

I told you guys I had several foiled card fronts

ready to be placed on cards... well this is one of them...

I'm using the Polka Dot Orchard Digital Stamp sets called:

Floral Flourish Background 3

Sunshine of Life

I added some clear lucy's cards gems to the flower centers

The foil is copper color (I think?)

I used a Stitched heart die, Stitched Banner die, & a
Stitched Rectangle frame die 

The heart was die cut out of a piece of vellum - 

and of course, I used a piece of fun foam to add dimension!

I think the sentiment is so beautiful! 💗

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

Happy Heart Day treats!

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

I have a quick post for you today!

I made these quick Valentine's treats for a friend of mine's girls -

I used some felt owl stickers from Micheals and the topper

dies are from Jaded Blossom -

The Pattern paper is old SU Papers

and I can't remember where the "Happy Heart" Stamp is from
I threw in some yummy kisses and there ya go! :)



Have a Beautiful Day!

Theresa