Drink your coffee and..

Hello & Happy Wednesday Fellow Crafters!

Today is a special day - 💕💕

It's my 27th Wedding Anniversary!

My hubby & I have been through a lot over the years

and I'm so grateful that he still lights up when I talk to him

or hold his hand or just sit next to him... He is

a wonderful person and I'm happy that I get

to walk through life with him - for better or worse!

Anyway... moving on to less mushy stuff!!!

I made a fun card using some images from Polka Dot Orchard

I thought this sentiment was so FUN and I like that I made it into a

Fall themed card that I can mail off to a crafty friend!

I'm using Digital papers again from the Farmhouse Collection

by Connie Prince Designs

Pumpkin Spice Mice

Swirly Bird Pumpkin

Have a Grab the Day by the Beans kind of Day!!!

Theresa

A Grateful Heart....

Hello & Happy October 1st Everyone!

It's amazing how the Summer just flew bye

and we are now into Fall and the start of the 

Holiday Season - I know this weekend kicks

off National Holiday Card making day -

But my holiday cards are pretty much done so

I might work on getting the envelopes ready

for mailing out - We'll See 😄

For now, I'm gonna share a lovely Fall card

I made using a Digital Stamp set from 

POLKA DOT ORCHARD

The Wreath design was created by one of Jessica's

Design Team Member's Kimberly - It turned out wonderful!!!

The set is called: A Grateful Heart

Have a Fabulous Day!!!

Theresa

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

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

$ 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

Be your own kind of Beautiful...

Happy Monday Morning Crafty friends!

This is a Pre Scheduled post as I'm out of town

again due to the last Family emergency -

We are all okay - so don't worry -

It's just some things that needed to be taken care of -

On a happier note - I made a sweet card

using the lovely Digital Stamp set called

Grant me the Serenity

Speaking of Serenity - there is an amazing FUNDRAISER

going on Right now thanks to POLKA DOT ORCHARD

and tons of other Crafting Companies -

One of our own Crafty Friends is in desperate need of some

help - You can read all about it HERE!

Please take a look at how you might be able to help them -

There are giveaways as well - Just click the links above to see -

-- Here's my sweet card --

I love the Rainbow colors on the coffee cups - 

I even did some foiling (although you can't tell by the photo)

I colored all the cups & flowers with my Stampin' Blends Markers and 

I die cut out 1 extra cup and colored it red and popped it up on the card

The black strips are actually black foil, which looks cool up close - 

I popped up one of the flowers and I used a Stitched Rectangle

frame die from MCT - It sits on some Fun Foam popped up over the

black card base - 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a Beautiful Day!!!

Theresa

You are amazing...

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

I guess this means my vacation is over! (Inserting Sad face)

Ooh, well... all things must come to an end, I just wish

my vacation was longer! LOL 

I had a lot of fun visiting with my sister and

my nieces - we celebrated one of my nieces

birthdays - it was a milestone one, she turned 30!

We got a hotel suite, went out for dinner, drinks, and

did an Escape Room - I had never done one of those

before - it was soooo much fun! We all had a blast!

Of course, I did some shopping to while visiting -

I mean that's ALWAYS on my itinerary when visiting my sister! (LOL)

Okay.. enough jabbering about my visit I guess - 😉

I am addicted to foiling - everyone who follows me

knows this about me... :) I just can't stop! I have a pile

sitting on my desk with backgrounds that have

been foiled - I have a problem!! 😱

Which leads us into my 1st card this week -

Isn't it lovely? I did some FOILING!!! EEK! I'm using another

Digital set from my friend Jessica over at Polka Dot Orchard

I'm using Flowers in Bloom and You are everything flower butterfly

I colored the To Go cup with my Stampin' Blend pens

I wanted to get a shot of the card on an angle so you could see the foiling -

I foiled the Sentiment and the lower floral border - It really

looks so pretty up close and in person!

I used a JOT Adhesive backed stencil (I found at Tuesday Morning) Forever ago

 and some Deco Foil Transfer gel

I let the gel sit and dry completely then went back with some purple deco foil, 

putting in through my your story laminator -

It turned out perfect to my surprise! YAY ME! 

The sentiment was printed out on my Laser Printer and foiled with

some gunmetal foil by Minc

I used a Stitched rectangle frame die by My Creative Time

The Banner Die is from Lawn Fawn

The stitched strips die is from MFT

and I added a couple of Lucy's Card's gems to tie it all together!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa