Golden Christmas....

Hello & Happy Thursday Everyone!

I told you the other day that I got a new printer and

today is going to be another image from the Silhouette Store

that I thought should be tested out -

Of course, this card will be going right into 

my Christmas Stash for 2020!

The design from the Silhouette Store is (#236098)

The Stitched Rectangle Frame die is from (MCT)

The gold metallic Paper is from (Making Memories)

I used Fun Foam for added dimension

The White Cardbase is Neenah Smooth Solar White

And the White Card Front  (where my image is) 

is Smooth White Bazzill Cardstock

Here's another photo of it - I was trying to show the

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter pen on the wreath &

Merry Christmas - I love that I don't have to spray

my images now! Yay Me!!! 

Have a FANTASTIC DAY!!!


Theresa

Peace

Hello & Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends!

Are you guys ready for Spring yet??

I know I am! It's supposed to be in the '70s for the 

rest of the week! I can't wait! EEK!

I thought I would pop in with another

Holiday card! I made 2 and they were super quick

and easy to create in my Silhouette Program -

I actually made these a while ago - way before my printer died on me!

I'm still so sad about it! I miss my Canon pro 9000 printer! (Inserting Sad Face)

So, I basically took some different images from the Silhouette store that

went together and designed this on my card front - I Popped

up the Stag image and I sprayed my card front with some

Sparkle Shimmer Mist spray - along with adding some clear lucy's cards gems 

(Silhouette Store)

Peace - 282157

Plaid Banner - 282158

Reindeer - 238408

The same thing goes for this card... I shrunk down the peace sentiment and

enlarged that beautiful poinsettia image - I sprayed the card front with the

Shimmer Mist and added some clear gems as well -

Both cards were popped up with Fun Foam and I used 2 different

Stitched Frame dies from MCT

(Silhouette Store)

Poinsettia - 282161

Inside Sentiment for both cards - 280688

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

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

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

Acetate Xmas Trees...

Hello and Happy Last day of January Everyone!!

Well, we ALL made it through our first month of the New Year! YAY

Before you know it, Spring will be here! YYAASSSS!!! 😊

I've got a Christmas card to show ya using foil -

I bought those Acetate Toner sheets from Deco foil (awhile ago) and had these all

foiled up in assorted colors of course - Since I only got this one

completed, I thought I would show it - 

I have to say I'm a little disappointed in the PEARL FOIL -

That is what I used on those trees - now up close and in person 

you can see the foil, but other than that, it looks like I've got

black silhouette trees (nothing wrong with that) but that

wasn't what I was going for! LOL

I colored the backside of the acetate to add some color to the

trees and that turned out cute - but I gotta say I love the

other colors I got on my other trees - I just need to turn them

into cards first before sharing! 😁

The toner sheets are great for those of you who don't have a laser printer

And the acetate ones are just fun for trying something different!

They ALL HEAT FOIL BEAUTIFULLY!  (trust me I got a bunch!)

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!

Theresa

A Winter Wave...

Happy Friday Everyone! I'm so glad it's the weekend!

What a rough week! I need this weekend to decompress

from the crazy week I've had! 

As I've mentioned before I will continue to make holiday

cards throughout the year - it really is easy to do -

My stuff is not hiding anywhere - I have easy access to

holiday papers, dies, stamps, etc... and I like it that way -

cuz I don't know about you but for me... sometimes I just want to make

a Halloween card in February! Or a Thanksgiving card in June

because an idea came to me - 

We don't have to create according to the calendar! 

We create what our hearts want when it wants it -

I know you guys feel me on this one! 💗

With all that being said... I made these cards

How stinking cute are these?? I love the mix and match hats! hahaha

So I pulled out my SSS snowman die and die

cut out all the pieces to this guy and decided to

make 2 of them mixing the hat colors (why Waste them) Right?

The paper is extra from a doodlebug 6x6 pack and

the sweet sentiment fits perfectly with the snowman theme!

Have a beautiful weekend!!!

Theresa

Snow Elegance....

Happy Wednesday Crafty Peeps!

Today I thought I would play along with

a challenge over at the 

Cut it Up Challenge Blog

The Challenge is #191-SNOW MUCH FUN

I created my background with Alcohol Inks

and I'm using a pretty Snowflake Block Die from SSS

My etched background is from Lawn Fawn called Windy Backdrop

and I added a couple of clear gems along with

adding a season's greetings sentiment so I can

 add it to my Christmas stash for 2020

Have a Fabulous Day!

Theresa

Rainbow Foil...

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!!

Even though I'm moving soon and I didn't

get to send out my holiday cards this last year

I am still making holiday cards! I guess I'll need to send out

more this year because of the new address change!

I certainly want people to know I've moved and where! :)

So here's a foiled holiday card I made! I forgot that I kept

my foil stuff too... I just can't stop foiling!!!! LOL

The image is from the Silhouette store printed on my laser printer -

I'm using the rainbow foil -  which is so pretty!!!

and this is what the inside looks like - The sentiment is from the Silhouette

store printed out with my laser printer and using more of that

rainbow foil - You can see some of the tiny spots that didn't get picked up 

by the foil - sometimes that happens - but most times it catches

really well once going thru my laminator - 

Have a Fabulous Weekend!!!

Theresa

Trendy Twine Christmas Project!

 Merry Christmas Everyone!!

I hope you're all having a wonderful day

with friends and family and I hope

Santa was good to you as well!

Today is my very LAST Post for Trendy Twine!

THANKS so much, Lesley for letting me be a

Guest Designer! I had so much fun creating

with your Amazing Products!!!

Today, the Trendy Twine gals and I are sharing some

Holiday cheer with some amazing projects we

made to celebrate Christmas!  YAY!!

Here's what I came up with for a co-worker -

We have a Secret Santa thing going on at work - and the person I got

LOVES Chocolate, which made making this treat very easy!!

Products from Annie's Paper Boutique

Twisted Blue Berry Trendy Twine

Small Pillow Boxes

Merry & Bright Christmas Stamp Set

If you've got a few minutes, please

Go Check out what the TRENDY TWINE GALS

came up with to inspire you today up on their blog!

Enjoy the rest of your Christmas! 

I'll be back in January!

See you in 2020!!!

Theresa

Trendy Twine Santa Treat

Hello and Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends!

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

This is my last Month as Guest Host and I really hope
I've shared some fun ways to use Trendy Twine on your projects! 

This month they are featuring Christmas Mint Trendy Twine

Such a YUMMY Color Combo!!! 

School gets out in a couple of days for us, and I
needed another last-minute treat for another  co-worker 
so I created this - 

I love how the candy treat matches the Santa Topper!

This came together pretty quickly - I used a Ric Rac Topper Die I have and

a Santa Story Book Die I have, a Stitched Circle die, and a Stitched banner

die - I put the pieces together the way I liked and then I grabbed

a fun sentiment stamp from the Merry & Bright Stamp Set and

heat embossed that in black - 

I stapled the topper to my treat and then tied some Christmas Mint Twine 

around one corner then made a tiny bow with it - 

Super CUTE and I can't wait to give this to my friend!

Merry & Bright Stamp Set

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