Thankful, Grateful, Blessed

 Hello and Happy Saturday Everyone!

I know it's been a couple of weeks since I posted last -

We have been plugging away and getting the kitchen done -

I really wanted to have it done by Thanksgiving and we are

so Dang Close I can taste it! YAY!

Of course, as with anything we've been doing on this

house we've run into snags here and there -

We have a small section left in the kitchen which should

be completed by this weekend (keeping fingers crossed)

On another good note, my back is so much better, 

but now this past week I've caught a bug!

I've been a bit down and out not able to do too much

around the house -- But as I'm typing this out I am feeling a lot better

than those first few days of catching whatever it was I caught! LOL

I've only had time to create 1 card so I thought I would share it before

November left us behind - :)

It also looks as though I won't get my house completed by the

end of the year deadline we had set for ourselves - I'm coming to terms

with it and will take whatever I can out of it now - My son will

leave after the holidays so whatever is done by that time is what

I'll have to live with and work on the rest of the house

without his help moving forward - 

It'll all work out I'm sure in the end and I can honestly

say I'm totally happy with all the work we've put into this place so far -

I'm super grateful for him and all the hard work

he helped put into this place for us - I'm one lucky MOM!

Anywho - Let me share the card I made using

a beautiful Leaf Stencil from Polka Dot Orchard

I swear if I had more time on my hands I would have totally made 

several more cards with this beautiful stencil - 

I just LOVE it!

I Foiled my card with Copper foiling! I had to take another picture to

see if I could capture it - it looks so pretty

up close and in person!

I tried several times to take a picture showing off the inside as well - 

All Copper foiling inside too... this really is an elegant card! 

Here's what I used on this lovely card -

Plenty-O-Leaves-Square-Stencil

Falling-Leaves-Mini-Wood-Bits

A-Maize-ing-fall-wishes Digital Stamp Set

The-Best-Pumpkin Digital Stamp set

Copper Foiling, Laser Printer, Laminator,

Fun Foam, Stitched Rectangle Frame Die, Neenah Solar

White Cardstock, Dark Chocolate Cardstock, Distress Oxides in

Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, & Fire Brick

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a Beautiful Thanksgiving Week!

Theresa

Best Witches....2020

 Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I'm back with another pre-scheduled Halloween Post!

Yesterday I shared a card I made using products

from my good friend Jessica over at

Polka Dot Orchard

and today I have another one I made using

more of her products -

She really has come a long way with her digital designs and

has embraced the crafting community with more

than just digital stamps! I love seeing her shop grow with

so many different designs and products for everyone to use -

Okay... I'll stop gushing over how proud I am of her and share

what I made - :)

YUP! I Foiled Again!!! You guys know I LOVE foiling!

And this is what the inside of my card looks like -

So perfect to send to a crafty friend for Halloween

OR in my case a little after Halloween since I'm

so behind on life right now! :)

Here's how I made it ---

(Boots & Sentiments) Best-Witches Digital Stamp Set - Polka Dot Orchard

(Web Stencil) Tangled Web Square Stencil - Polka Dot Orchard

Black Foil, Laser Printer, Laminator, Fun Foam, Masking Tape

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Black Papertrey Ink

Stampin' Blends Markers

Distress Oxides - Dried Marigold, Carved Pumpkin

Stitched Rectangle Frame Die, Oval Circle Die

See ya Tomorrow!

Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

Theresa

Witchy Hat Slim Line

 Hello And Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope you had a lovely weekend and 

the day has started in the right direction!

I'm sharing another quick post with you 

This time I'm changing it up and sharing a card 

I made about a week and a half ago -

My friend Jessica over at Polka Dot Orchard

has been doing amazing things over at her store

and I wanted to show you this fun card I made using

her brand new Stencils! 

Can you tell I used Foil? Yup... I Did! :)

Here's the inside of my card all foiled up as well ---

Here's what I used to make my card ----

(Web Design) - Tangled web-slimline stencil - Polka Dot Orchard

(Witch Hat) - Best Witches Digital Stamp Set - Polka Dot Orchard

(Sentiment) - Cats and Magical Hats Digital Stamp Set - Polka Dot Orchard

Laser Printer, Laminator, Purple & Black Foil

Distress Oxides - Carving Pumpkin, Forest Moss, & Black Soot

Stampin' Blends Markers - To color my witch Hat

Stitched Slim Line Die

Fun Foam for added dimension

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Black Papertrey ink, Purple Bazzill

See ya tomorrow!!! 

Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

Theresa

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

Happy B-day Yupo -

Hello and Happy Monday Crafty Friends!

Did you have a nice weekend? Mine was boring! LOL

I actually didn't do much which was okay after the long week

I had... I made some phone calls to my family (checking on them)

and watched videos on youtube... I kept saying to myself...

Girl, make something crafty... 

and then I would be like Nah forget about it! LOL

I still have projects done I haven't shared so

maybe I'll get around to creating again... Who knows...

for now, I'll just share what I've already made - 

I totally LOVE the colors on this card - 

I used an assortment of Alcohol Inks on some Yupo paper 

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Yupo, DCWV Shimmer green

Banner Die - MFT

Stitched Square Die - Lawn Fawn

Cosmo Flower Frame Die - SSS

Sentiment - Polka DOt Orchard (Spread Your Wings)

Have a Happy and Safe Day!

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

Feel Better Foiled...

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I haven't shared a Foiled card in quite some

time and thought today would be the day to fix that! 

I actually have several foiled projects sitting here on my desk

waiting to get used up. So on the weekend

I took some time to put a couple of cards together -

Here's one using Digital images from :

Polka Dot Orchard

The Digital set is called - Floral Flourish Background 3

There is a Positive & Negative image and I've actually

foiled 2 different cards using this set in different colors

The other card I'll share later - 😁

I also wanted to Enter the Challenge over at:

Cut it Up Challenge - Get Well Soon

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa

Live like a Butterfly....

Hello & Happy Friday Crafty Friends!!

Another week has gone by and I'm excited for the weekend!!!

Still very busy running around and hope one of

these days things will lighten up!

I've had this card sitting on my desk for

a long while - It's a FOILED CARD!!

You guys know I LOVE to FOIL!!!

But I just never put it together, so I

finally sat down and put everything together and

I gotta say... I LOVE the way it turned out!!

I'm using Digital Images from Polka Dot Orchard

So I used my Laser printer and printed out the sentiment & Butterflies

on a piece of vellum -

Then I grabbed some Pink/Gold Foil and placed it through

my laminator and everything came out beautifully -

I hand cut the butterflies, cuz I wanted 1 for the inside of my card

Then I Laser printed this fabulous design on a piece of 

Neenah Solar White cardstock and grabbed a piece of 

Pink Fushia Foil and put it through my laminator as well

I made sure to leave enough space on my vellum to over hang on

my white cardstock piece and attached the two together

so no adhesive would show through - Then I cut a piece of

Gold Foiled Cardstock out and attached them all together

and added some Fun Foam to the back for Dimension

and adhered it all to a White Card base -

The Butterflies were attached with Multi-Matte Medium glue and

I just added glue where the foiled design is so it wouldn't show through -

I added a piece of Gold foil strip to the inside to complete

my card - I also added a couple of Lucy's Cards Gems -

This looks so elegant up close and in person!!!

Floral Flourish Background 3

Live Life Like a Butterfly

**** And just so you know... I took the image (Above)

and enlarged it so I could just get the butterfly

images... then I erased what I didn't want

and sized my butterflies accordingly -

That's one of the benefits of digital stamps

they can be sized up or down and you

can remove sections you don't want - 

Most regular stamps you can't do that with -

so it's a nice way to get even more creative with what

you have!!! ****

Have a Magical Weekend!!

Theresa

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

Fall Season full of Faith....

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I decided to make another Fall card to share -

So this post should be pretty simple & quick!

I'm using another Digital Stamp set from

Polka Dot Orchard

This set is called: The Best Pumpkin

-- Here is what I made - I wanted to High Light the Sentiment --

I truly LOVE the sentiment in this Stamp set - It's the way I always

feel this time of year (Heck, any time of year really!!) 😊

I'm also using a Digital Paper collection called

Farm House Fall by Connie Prince

Have a Beautiful FALL 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