Smiling Gnomey...

Happy Wednesday to ya! EEK! I can't believe

the week is 1/2 over already! Tomorrow is actually

my very last day of work! (inserting saddest face ever!)

I will miss the students (Who have been MIA since March!)

And my fellow co-workers - I've made friendships with

several of them and my heart hurts to know I will not see

them on a daily basis - My new life adventure starts this weekend

and I'm excited and nervous all at the same time - 

Tomorrow is actually my oldest son's birthday -

and I made this card just for him - I'm using another

wonderful Digital Stamp set from Polka Dot Orchard

I'm using the Gypsy Floral Mockup Background again! 

Isn't this guy adorable?  Such a cute image!

I'm using the Gnome Matter What Digital Stamp set

Gnomes are very IN right now! hahaha so I HAD to have this

super cute set!

I colored up my Gnome with an assortment of Alcohol Markers

and added some dots & lines with a Signo White Gel pen 

The Sentiment is from Petals for the Pittmans Mini Set (Unfortunately it's retired)

But I had to use that sweet sentiment on my card - 

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White

Designer Paper - Doodlebug

Stitched Rectangle Frame die - My Creative Time

Scallop Frame Die & Label Die - CDD (no longer in business)

Slanted Banner Die - My Favorite Things

Have a Spectacular Day!!

Theresa

It's your Mother's Day....

Hello and Happy Monday Crafty Friends!

It's my last week at work and I'm a little sad -

I knew this day was coming, but it feels like

it came faster than I expected! I still need to

pack up the rest of my house, so I know it's time

to let go of my job - I have 6 weeks till the big moving day -

Since I won't be working the month of May, I'll be packing and

working on the other house - So I won't be online much -

This past Saturday I sat down and actually made a couple of cards - Yay Me! :)

I decided to play with some of Polka Dot Orchard's Designs

Here's a Mother's day card I created -

The cool Mockup background was designed by Jessica herself! 

(Owner of Polka Dot Orchard)

It's available in her store (RIGHT HERE) it's called Gypsy Floral

All you have to do is add your photo on top of the background! 

Kind of cool really!  She has a couple to chose from right now and

she told me she had plans to make a few more if people are interested - 

 The flower & cup image is from It's your day Digital set

The sentiment image is from Spread you wings digital set

I colored them with some Stampin' Blends pens & Copic pens

The Designer Paper is Simple Stories (So Fancy)

My cardstock is Neenah Solar White - perfect for printing and Alcohol inks

Stitched Square die & Banner dies - Lawn Fawn

The scallop circle was cut out a long time ago and I found it

in my stash of scraps - 

This will be nice to mail off to my Mother in Law -

Have a Beautiful Day!

Theresa

Have your cake...

Hello and Happy Tuesday Crafty Friends!

How was your Easter Weekend?

I know you guys are thinking... Umm, Theresa...

Easter was well over a week ago!

I know... but I was away at the other house working and

I didn't get back till late Wednesday then 

I worked Thursday & Friday and then 

Saturday was my BIrthday so I just

chilled at home and did nothing - I didn't even

get on the computer - Sunday I did the same thing, so

here we are on Tuesday the 21st. now... I feel

like I've lost time somewhere in there! hahaha

I still hope it was wonderful for you - We ended up finally

getting paint on the walls Easter Sunday! I was so happy to

finally, see my paint colors on the walls - It felt so good to get

rid of that yucky orangy salmon color the renters had put on the

walls - they didn't even do a good job of painting - it was very sloppy

so I had a lot of cover-ups to do! 

We also took out a window and made it into a wall -

That was interesting since I've never done that before -

We also put in a couple of solar screens - we have a lot more

to fix and put in place of the old torn screens, but we're getting there!

It felt good to see some progress being made since we've had so many

hiccups since December - It's starting to feel like home - I'm getting

excited and nervous all at the same time! Eek!

Anywho, enough about my soon to be moving drama -

I saw that Jaded Blossom has a new challenge this month - RAINBOWS

So you guys knew I HAD to play along!

I thought this turned out so cute! I love Rainbows!

My rainbow was created on Translucent Yupo paper with

an assortment of fun alcohol inks

The sentiment & image are from Jaded Blossom (Cake Day)

Other Supplies used --

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, DCWV Shimmer, Koh-I-Noor, Translucent Yupo

Assorted Lucy's Cards Gems

Clear Wink of Stella

Brother Scan N Cut, Fun Foam, Stamparatus

Stitched Rectangle Frame Die

Scallop Border Die

Hero Art Clear Embossing Powder, Heat tool

Have a Beautiful & Safe Day!!!

Theresa

Elegant Friends....

Hello & Happy Easter Weekend Everyone!

I'm already over at the other place working my

little heart out with NO Internet again! 

It should be coming soon! They called us, so hopefully, someone will

be out here to put in a cable - They did say that they would just place

it through a window for now - They don't want their workers coming into

the house - Which is okay with me as long as we get

some internet service out here I'll be happy! 

Here's another card I made a while back using

a card front from a card kit I found at Tuesday Morning -

The Card kit just had white cards designed with silver foil images on them -

Of course, I took it up a notch or two by doing some ink blending -

I used 3 different shades of Distress Oxides and then I cleaned

my ink off the silver foiled floral design - It looks so pretty

I used my favorite Stitched Rectangle Frame die from My Creative time

I wanted the background to stand out of course - So I just

die-cut the Friends Frame die from (Papertrey Ink) in some SIlver

Foil cardstock - Then I die cut a banner from (Lawn Fawn) and

used silver embossing powder on the sentiment Stamp from (MFT)

I then added some Clear Lucy's card gems to finish it up!

It is popped up with some Fun Foam on a Neenah Solar White Cardbase

I wish you all a Very Happy and Safe Easter Weekend!!!

Theresa

Happy Birthday Video...

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

How's your week going so far? I actually have a short

week this week - With Easter coming up this weekend 

we're taking an extra day or 2 off to go drive to the other house -

My hubby needs his medicine, food, New Glasses, and

test kit, so we're trekking down to help him out and work on

the other place - Luckily it's in the middle of nowhere

so we don't have to worry about other people being close by -

- Homes out there are 1 1/2 to 4 acres apart -

I'm hoping to get more work done, since our move is nearing closer -

When I was there back in February, I meet a neighbor (2 streets over)

and she had heard from my husband that I made cards - 

She asked me if I would make some for her grandkids -

Of course, I said YES! One of her granddaughters

LOVES to play video games and likes the color purple

so I created this card with her in mind -

I thought this turned out pretty cool and so did she!

They don't have much for girls who play video games, so I had to kind

of design my own thing - 

Cardstock - Papertrey ink, Neenah Solar White, SU

Watercolor Digital Designer Paper - Silhouette Store

Stitched Rectangle Frame Die - My Creative Time

VersaMark Ink, SSS Ultra Fine White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Glossy Accents for the Buttons (Was still wet when I took the picture)

Video Controller images and Sentiment Stamps are from:

Papertrey ink (Game On) & Pretty Cute Stamps (Game On)

Stormy Trendy Twine 

Game Controller SVG File - Silhouette Store (#79637)

Banner Die - My Favorite Things

Fun Foam, Misti tool, Canon IP8720 Printer

This is how I did the inside - I used 2 different shades of grey ink for the sentiment

She hasn't given it to her granddaughter yet - but said she thinks

she'll love it too!

Have a safe and Happy Day!!

Theresa

You are a Lifesaver...

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

How was your weekend? Did you craft? Bake?

Take a walk? Play games? Binge-watch TV?

All of the above? hahaha

ME? Well, I did take a nice 40-minute walk with my son -

No one was out, and it was like 74 degrees outside and

I was like... Ummm, yeah we need to take a walk -

We stayed in the center of the road and went up and down a few hills

It felt good to exercise and get some fresh air -

Then I cleaned my house! :) Did some Laundry and Baked 2 loaves of fresh bread -

I also caught up on some TV shows I like to watch and watched

a Disney Movie (Onward) :) - It was a nice relaxing weekend - :)

But I'm back to work today - Gotta finish up cleaning the school! :)

Last year I had gotten a really neat Digital Paper collection kit

from My Memories (Sailing) and I designed this card - 

I finally put it together a couple of weeks ago and I LOVE the way it turned out!

Cardstock - Bazzill White, Stampin' Up Kraft, Bo Bunny

Stitched Rectangle Frame Die - My Creative Time

Thanks - Word Die (cut 3x's) - Jaded Blossom

Sentiment Stamp - SSS (Sailing)

Rich Cocoa Momento Ink, Fun Foam, Canon IP8720 Printer, Stamparatus

Have a Beautiful and Safe Day!

Theresa

Hello Rainbow...

Hello and Happy Friday Everyone!

Yay! The weekend has come back around again!

It's been another long week of cleaning! There really is
only so much cleaning I can do. Our students' items are
still at the school, so I may be looking at some time off?
Ooh, well... I do have some packing to do, so I could get
that done? Not really sure what to do with myself... UGH

In the meantime, I have a super quick easy card to show ya -

This fun 5 minute CAS card was made in my Silhouette Program -

The Rainbow hello image design is from the Silhouette Store (#290771)

It's actually a whole card you can print out -

But as with anything I didn't do it quite like that -

I just wanted the image front so I printed that part out and

printed out a matching blue backer that's behind my image -

Then I cut it out using my Square Stitched Dies from Lawn Fawn

and popped it up with some fun foam for dimension

I added some Sparkle Shimmer Mist spray 

and placed it onto a Neenah Solar white 5 x 5 card base

I was thinking of adding some tiny clear adhesive gems but forgot to do

that before taking the picture!

Have a Happy & Safe Weekend!!

Theresa

Celebrate Yupo...

Hello and Happy April Fool's Day!

Do you guys have any tricks up your sleeves?

Me neither! LOL Other than it being the first

day of April, I ain't got nothing! tehehehe

I thought I would share another 
birthday card I made using a piece of leftover yupo paper I had -

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Yupo, DCWV Shimmer purple, Fun Foam
Diagonal Stitched Cover Plate - Reverse Confetti
Starburst Die with Celebrate word - Avery Elle (Word cut 3x's for added dimension)
Assorted Alcohol Inks
Clear Wink of Stella on the Celebrate word
Grape Fizz Trendy Twine

Have a safe and Happy Day!

Theresa