Ghostly Trick or Treat!

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!!!

I wanted to share another FUN

Halloween card with you - I made this little

cutie with a FUN Raisin Boat Stamp set called

Boo Hoo - It's an adorable Halloween Stamp set!

So, I started off by stenciling the circle background with a 

Dylusions Mini Stencil (Honeycomb) in assorted Distress Oxides

Then I die cut it out with a wonky stitch die -

Then I stamped the cute ghost on another piece of white cardstock

and did a masking technique to get him to hold the

pumpkin in his hand - then I cut it out with my

Brother Scan N Cut Machine - I colored my image with my

Stampin' Blends (SU) Markers

Then I die cut a black banner out and used white embossing

powder to make the sentiment POP!

I added dimensionals behind the ghost & Banner

Then added an assortment of Lucy's Cards Rainbow Jewels

Popped it up with some Fun Foam and adhered it to my

black card base!

I like how Fun and Whimsical this turned out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope you ALL have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!!

Theresa

It's such a Perk....

Hello and Happy Saturday Crafty Peeps!

I know, I know... I don't normally post on a

Saturday... But I've mentioned before that

Jaded Blossom

has a Challenge Every month and I'm really trying my

best to join their Challenges -

This new challenge is BLING it Up! and I know

all you crafters out there like Bling! So why don't

you join me and play along? I think you'll have

fun creating something new and have a chance

to win a cool stamp set... I mean who doesn't like that???

This Challenge ends June 2nd - So HURRY!!

You need to use a Jaded Blossom Stamp -

So if you happen to have only one set... USE IT!!

Anywho - Here's what I created to play along--

This was super fun to make and I think I'll be mailing it

off to one of my AWESOME Crafty Friends!! :)

-- Jaded Blossom Products Used --

Coffee Break

Coffee Faces

Card Mat Dies

Coffee Dies

Card Layer Dies 2

(My BLING is the Clear Gem and the assorted Sequins)

Other Products Used --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Georgia Pacific, Neenah Solar White

Designer Paper - Doodlebug, Pink & Main

Jute Twine - Papertrey Ink

Tiny Heart Punch - American Crafts

Tiny Clear Gem - CTMH

Assorted Sequins - My Stash

Splatter Stencil - Tim Holtz

Distress Oxides - Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs

Round Blending brushes, Fun Foam, Multi Medium Matte, ATG,

ThermOWeb, Misti, Gemini Jr., Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, &

Stampin' Up Dimensionals

I'm also entering the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop

Thanks so much for stopping by -

Have an AWESOME Memorial Day Weekend!!

Theresa

Honeycomb rainbow...

Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!

EEK! The Weekend is here!! YESSSS!!

Do you guys have big plans for the weekend??

Honestly, I don't really... I do have some 

Wood projects I want to get completed so

I can put them up around my house -

I have some Summertime pieces and

a patriotic one I want to complete...

I also have a few signs I want to make as well...

I've been putting them off too long...

So hopefully I can make a dent in some of those

projects while it's fresh in my mind!!

I thought I would switch things up a bit

and share a Birthday card I made for

another Teacher at school -

 A week or two ago I made some Rainbow card and

this happens to be one of the ones I made using my

Heidi Swapp Honeycomb Stencil & my Distress Oxides

I really like the design in landscape form... :)

I added an assortment of Rainbow Jewels from Lucy's Cards

to flow with the rainbow ink blending

The Celebrate Word die is from Stampin' Up (Cut 3x's & layered)

The Fishtail die is from My Favorite Things

The Sentiment Stamp is from My Favorite Things

I heat embossed it with some Ultra Fine White Embossing 

Powder from Simon Says Stamp

Here's the inside of my card as well... I kept the rainbow going 

along with a sweet sentiment!

-- Other Products Used --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Recollections, Papertrey Ink, Fun Foam

Distress Oxides - Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, 

Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet

Gemini Jr. Machine, Misti, Heat tool, Versamark Ink, Memento Tuxedo

Black Ink, Embossing Buddy, Stick It Adhesive, Multi Medium Matte,

ATG Adhesive, ThermOWeb Adhesive

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME WEEKEND!!

Theresa

Patriotic Farmhouse...

Hello & Happy Thursday Everyone!
The Weekend is almost here! YAY!!!

 I wanted to share a "Sort of" Patriotic card I made
to send to my son--

As most of you know, I have a son in the Marines and I like
to send him cards - just to let him know I'm thinking of him -
We talk on the phone weekly when he can, but I like to
just pop cards in the mail for him and I know he 
appreciates getting them from me with just sweet
little reminders of how proud I am of him!

So I made this card to send him and to make it for
the SumMore Fun Stamps Challenge that's still going on -

I used a Star Stencil for my background and some Distress
Oxide inks in Red Brick & Mermaid Lagoon
Then I die cut it out with a Stitched Rectangle die
I added some Red Striped Washi tape and set it aside -

Then I stamped the Victorine Originals
Farmhouse Stamp on a piece of white cardstock with some 
Stampin' Up Creamy Caramel ink
I die cut it out with a Stitched Oval die
and thought the card needed a little sentiment - 

So I took another piece of White Cardstock
and used some of the Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink
and blended it until I thought it looked good -
Then I die cut a Stitched Banner die out of that colored paper
then took the (Hello) Stamp from the Flourshing Thoughts 
Raisin Boat Stamp set to give it that final touch I thought it needed -

And now it's in the mail to my Handsome Son! :)

Farm House (1959-G)

Flourishing Thoughts (10271-Z)

 I also wanted to remind YOU

We still have our Challenge going on over at

SumMore Fun Stamps

  Here's our Mood Board 

I'm sure you ALL can make something
with this awesome board!! --  You don't have to use
a stamp from SumMore Fun Stamps if you don't have one!
We have 1 random winner - Prize is a $20 Gift Certificate to 
the SumMore Fun Stamp Store AND if you do use a
SumMore Fun Stamp you can win a $40 Gift Certificate!!


All the rules for this fun challenge are RIGHT HERE!

The Challenge ends Thursday, May 24th!!!

So make sure to join us!

If you're interested in any of the

Products from SumMore Fun Stamps

I have a Discount Code you can use

THERESA10

It'll get you 10% off your order!!

New to SumMore Fun Stamps??
Check out the SumMore Fun Store
SumMore Fun Blog
SumMore Fun Facebook Page

You can find me at these links 
Facebook - Pinterest

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME Day!!

Shell-Ebrating YOU

Hello and Happy Monday Crafty Friends!

How have you guys been??? As you know

I was on Spring Break all last week and I

had plans to stay home and craft! Well...

That just NEVER happened! We ended up

running around every day last week... Finally,

 on Sunday, I was able to sleep in and just rest

after a crazy busy week. So now I'm trying to

play blogger catch up with all of you --

I'm hoping for Easter break in about

a week and a 1/2 that I'll be able to stay home

and maybe get some crafting done --

That is my goal... so we shall see!

In the meantime, I did have fun, Vegas

was a blast for the Hubby & myself

we got to visit with Family & friends

we hadn't seen in awhile and I got to

eat at Giordano's (my FAVORITE) Chicago

Pizza place! I knew they had one Downtown

 and we've eaten there... But going Downtown

was not something we wanted to do again...

We lived in Las Vegas so downtown is more

for the tourist which we are not! So...

While out and about getting ready to grab Brunch with

our oldest son I noticed they had opened a NEW

Giordano's Pizza off of Charleston & Rampart

I was screaming with excitement and my hubby

was totally on board with us eating there

for his Birthday Dinner... We met up with one of my

Good close friends and enjoyed the BEST PIZZA

in the world!! - Which made for an Excellent

Birthday weekend!! 

We'll be heading back to Vegas in April

for his Dr. appt and trust me when I say

Giordano's will be at the top of our list

for eating Lunch or dinner while we're there!

Anywho... Enough about my crazy week -

I do have a card to share - I made it about 2 weeks

ago and thought you might like to see it --

Isn't it just ADORABLE?? 

Remember when I made that Christmas

card with the stencil background & Penguin?? CLICK HERE to SEE IT

I told you I made another card using that fun stencil and colors

Well... this is the card!

I think it turned out so cute and just plain old FUN!

The Jaded Blossom Products I used are

Turtley Rad Stamp Set

Card Mat Dies

Card Layer Dies 2

Cardstock - Recollections 110lb. white, Tim Holtz Watercolor

Designer Paper - Doodlebug (Spring Things)

Stencil Circle - Heidi Swapp

Distress Oxides - Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover

Zig Real Brush Pens

Cupcake Image - MFT (Hog Heaven)

B-Day Hat Image - MFT (Beary Special Birthday)

Clear Wink of Stella

Big Shot, Misti, Fun Foam

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa