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

Many, Many Thanks...

Hello & Happy Tuesday Crafty Friends!

We have Rain pretty much ALL week long in the forecast! (bummer) 

I guess it could be worse like (Snow) EEK! 

Bite your tongue THERESA!!!

Either way, Spring break is just around the corner

and I'll be heading to the other place for painting -

We are hoping to get the whole inside of the

house painted! I don't know if all of it will

get done cuz it IS SPRING BREAK! Am I Right? LOL

As I mentioned last week in a post my poor

sweet Canon Pro 9000 printer died on me...

It's been about 5 months since I've actually had

a colored printer (oh the horror!!) So...

I finally bought myself a new one and I HAD

to try it out by using some images from

the Silhouette Store to print with -

I purchased another Canon of course (I LOVE Canon!)
It's an iP8720 and can print large papers like 12 x 12 
It's also a pigment ink-based printer -
What that means is I don't have to use a protectant spray anymore
when I use my Wink of Stella pens! YAY!
It's actually GREAT for water coloring!!! 

My other Canon and most inkjet printers are DYE INK Based
and they don't like water much, that is why I always
sprayed any of my Print N cuts with a Sealer first and let it
dry, so that I could use my water-based pens on the images
without them getting ruined...

So, I have a quick CAS card I made using an
image from the Silhouette store and my new printer -

I added tiny clear adhesive gems to the dots (CTMH)

The Stitched Scallop Frame Die is from (CDD)

The Stitched Rectangle Frame die is from (MCT)

The Red Dotted paper is from Doodlebug Designs

The White Cardstock is Neenah Smooth Solar White

I used a piece of Fun Foam for added dimension

And the Thanks Image is from the Silhouette Store (#77329)

This will work well at school since everyone always asks if I could

bring in more Thank You Cards! :)

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa

Bottom of my heart....

Happy, Happy Friday Everyone!

It's the weekend and it's beautiful outside today!

 I have a lot going on so I'll make this post as quick as I can!

I'm sharing another card created with this fun card kit

The card highlighted is the card I was supposed to be making...

Here's what I made instead...

The original design was a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 square card

Mine is an A2 sized card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2)

I used black cardstock for my card base and 

I used a Stitched Rectangle Frame die (MCT) on my background paper

I cut down the label shape -

I added some extra scrap pieces on the one side

added some assorted flowers with leaves and used

clear wink of Stella on them -

The (Thanks) word die is from MFT and

the sentiment stamp is from Jaded Blossom 

I really like that I'm able to put my own twist to the design!

Have a Magical Weekend!!

Theresa

Long Story, Elegant Foiling...

Hello & Happy Monday Crafty Friends!

How the heck was your weekend?

I hope you all had a chance to do something fun!

Me? Well, it started out by adding a new driver

to my computer! Earlier in the week, my computer

was kind enough to warn me that my old

hard drive was about to go out... Weird? I know!

So, I called my husband and he suggested that I

upgrade to a Digital hard drive. So Amazon Prime

to the rescue and a new hard drive arrived, thank goodness

it was easy to install and I was able to clone ALL my files

from my old drive to the new one... And the kicker...

My computer runs sooooo much better now! Who Knew?

Certainly not me! hahaha

While I was shopping at Amazon (for the driver)... I happen to run

across a crafting item, I had been wanting since last year -

So, guess who bought it? ME!!! LOL

So I spent some time playing with my new tool

and I have a card to show ya using it - 

I know, I know another foiled card! But guess what tool

I used to make this card? The FOIL QUILL!!! EEK!!!

Look at the fine details of that image! I was impressed!

I have been wanting it since I saw it at CHA last January.

Of course, I wasn't a fan of the price point at the time (99.00)

But I happen to walk into a Tuesday Morning last week and they

were selling the individual pens for $20 apiece, so I started

to investigate the price. Then I forgot to check around until

I walked into a local Walmart and they had the kit for $64.00!

I was like... WHAT? So, instead of buying it at the store, I went home

and started searching online and funny thing... Walmart.com

is selling it for $44.98! WTH? $20 cheaper than the store???

So then I went to Amazon since I needed a Hard Drive anyway and

they were selling it for the $44.98 price as well... And you know I like

a good deal, so I bought it! Just a side note - Tuesday Morning

also had the Foil Quill Foil Rolls that are $9.99 selling for $4.99

so I bought a bunch of different colors to go with my new tool!

So once I got my important stuff done - (Hard Drive, Laundry, cleaned the house)

I sat down to watch a few youtube videos on how to use

my new tool with my Cameo 3 - After all that, I jumped right in

to make this card my first project with my tool -

I used the light blue pen ( Regular point) The pink pen is the

(Fine Point) and the Dark Blue Pen is the (Bold Tip) -

I grabbed an image from the Silhouette store (#313896)

and I did a TRACE of the image before I went to foil

I tried to make 2 of them, but since it was my very first

time trying it out the first image was off. center... like by a lot and

the second image was perfect or close to it!

I used the Sketch pen setting and set my force to 3 

and kept the speed to 10

I used a portable charger I have to heat up the pen

and away it went - When I revealed the foil image

I could not believe the details! Stunning in person!

So then I wanted to add the sentiment and again

I went to the Silhouette store and got (#10893)

and that was a little trickier since I wanted to

"Fill in" the gold foil... 

Let me just start by saying THANK GOODNESS for

Youtube videos that helped! 

I enlarged my THANKS Word then

I went into "Sketch" and I grabbed the

Checkered image (That's probably not the right name of it)

But anywho, I filled the word with that image and changed the 

spacing to .05 then shrunk it down to fit - 

(It's like filling inside the word) 

Once that was done

I placed the Thanks were I wanted it under the floral design

and added the gold foil on top before sending it

thru to my cameo -  I left the settings the same as

before and then peeled away the foil to reveal

the lovely gold word -

I really love the way this turned out - and I have another

card to share with you (Well 2 more) cause

it was fun to practice and learn how

to use this new tool - It's another great way

to foil and you all know I LOVE to Foil!!! 

I used Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Making Memories Pink

Foiled cardstock, MCT Stitched Rectangle Dies, Fun Foam,

Gold foil from We R Memory Foil Quill Kit

Fushia Foil From We R Memory Foil Quill 12" x 96"

If you guys have any questions?? Feel free to shoot

me an e-mail and I'll be happy to answer your

questions as best I can!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

You made my day...

Hello Crafty peeps! How was your weekend?

Did you get anything done? Crafting time?

Rest? Baking? Me?

Well... I cleaned my house, got a few more cards

completed, reorganized 923 silhouette files (that was no fun),

did some laundry and had time to talk to my sister & hubby -

My sister went down to the house for a few days to

get started on the land she'll be putting her house on -

She rented a loader (I think) and my hubby

used it to help clear the land on the 1/2 acre -

They needed to get it done before the people come

out to lay the cement pads (She wants 2 pours)

1 for her house & the other for her "She Shed" as she put it! LOL

They also worked on filling in the cracks and holes 

around my future home, which was helpful -

This next week is a 3 day weekend, so I'll be heading down

there to work on the house as well -

Anywho... As I said, I made a couple more cards -

I needed more Thank you cards so I made these -

I was inspired by a card that showed up in my Pinterest feed

& some Floral 3D stickers I had set aside

My son told me he really liked how these cards turned out -

He said he liked the bright colors! What a sweet kid! :) 

Have a Fabulous Day!!

Theresa

More Thanks....

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Today, I wanted to show you what I did with

the rest of the THANKS cards I mass-produced 

the other day - I had to die cut out the

THANKS, word in the white cardstock and I certainly

didn't want them to go to waste so I made this - 

I used my distress oxides and did an ombre effect

on the word - I only did the first layer of white letters - 

the other letters are just plain white, I used them for dimension -

I did it on a couple more cards in different colors of course -

But I already gave them out before taking the pictures! OOPS!

This card I used Dried Marigold, ripe persimmon, & fired brick

on one of the other cards I used - 

Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean & blue jean sketch

And on another card I used -

Picked Raspberry, wilted violet, & blue jean sketch

They all turned out great and I got a lot of thank you cards

done in a short time frame! :)

Have a Beautiful Day!!

Theresa

Mass Produced THANKS!

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone!

As promised... I have a project to share with you -

Again... Thanks for the comments and understanding

of my last post - it really has been a crazy 6 months -

So... I needed to make some Thank You cards

for some of my co-workers who were

so kind to give Hunter and I Christmas Gifts -

I really do work in a great place!!

I had these rainbow letters sitting on my desk

forever and thought now would be a great time

to use them up and make multiple cards

all at one time! 

I did the inlay technique with the letters -

I cut out the THANKS word on the white cardstock - then

filled it back in with the rainbow-colored cardstock I already had - 

I had a couple more cards, but already left them on some of the Teacher's desks!

I used a couple of different sentiments to change them up slightly, but otherwise

fun bright cards that I got to mass produce! 

Have a great day!!

Theresa

For all you are....

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

YAY! We've got the weekend back again!

WOW! It's been a long week! 😄

I honestly don't know what I'm doing this weekend

but I believe some rest & maybe some baking is in order -

I LOVE to bake - I can spend all day in the kitchen

coming up with yummy treats to make - 

It's my second favorite thing to do besides

making crafty stuff! 😊

Here's my last Back to school card for the week -

Isn't that cool? I totally LOVE the way it turned out -

I used Several Digital elements to create my Hybrid card -

The Background is You're a Hoot Brush (Lisa Rosa Designs)

Time for School Digi Frame (StoryRock)

School Bug Digi - (Lori Whitlock)

Stitched Frame die - My Creative Time

Sentiment - Cardz TV (Many Thanks)

Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Stampartus, Versafine Black Onyx ink

Silhouette Program, Cameo, Canon Printer, Acrylic Sealer Spray

Fun Foam, Bazzill White Cardstock, Stampin' Up Teal Blue Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a Wonderful WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!

Theresa

Alphabet cards...

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I'm back with a quick post celebrating

School back in session! Should I be celebrating that???

I guess some parents are when they send their kids off to school! 

Hahaahaha - 😂😂😂😂

I thought these cards turned out cute! I really like the Mixed Alphabet stamp -

Both cards are the same except for the Card Bases - 

I used Red & Kraft cardstock for my card bases (Stampin' Up)

I'm entering the Challenges over at:

Die Cuttin Divas - Back to School

Moving along with the Times - Back to Schol

-- Other products used --

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White, Papertrey Black, Bazzill White, Fun Foam

Designer Paper - Love 2 Learn Digital Kit (Connie Prince)

Stitched Apple Die - Jaded Blossom (Fall Dies)

Stitched Rounded Tag Die - My Creative Time

Stitched Rectangle Frame Die - My Creative Time

Washi Tape Die - My Craft Spot (no longer in business)

Mixed Alphabet Stamp - Stampin Up Background Stamp

Jute Twine - Papertrey Ink

Sentiment Stamp - My Craft Spot (no longer in business)

Stitched Banner Die - MFT

I used white embossing powder on the tags

I used Clear Embossing Powder on the sentiment

 I used Glossy Accents on the apples

Thanks for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!

Theresa

Love 2 Learn Card

Hello & Happy Monday Crafty Peeps!

How was your weekend? Did you do anything Fun?

I went ahead and pulled down my Summer Decor

and put up my Fall stuff - A Little Early? Sure...

Why not? Maybe it'll help me feel cooler while

it's still over 100 degrees outside! LOL

Since School is in full swing around here -

I thought this week I'd share a couple of

School cards I created - I also have a FUN Summer

Card coming up this week as well! 😁

I'm ALWAYS in Need of Thank You cards at School -
It's my most requested card from the Teachers & Staff members
 Here's one I made using a Digital Kit called (Love 2 Learn)

I'm entering the Challenge over at:

Moving Along with the Times - Back to School


** Other Products Used **
Cardstock - Bazzill White, Fun Foam, Papertrey Ink Black
Designer Paper & Embellishments - Love 2 Learn Connie Prince Designs
Stitched Frame Die - My Creative Time
Sentiment Stamp - Pretty Cute Stamps (Many Thanks)
Slanted Sentiment strip Die - MFT
Clear Adhesive Tiny Gems - CTMH
Canon Printer, Silhouette Program, Cameo, Acrylic Sealer Spray,
Versafine Black Onyx ink, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool,
Embossing buddy, Stampartus (Stampin' Up)
Clear Wink of Stella pen used on the flowers and stars -


Thanks for stopping by!
Have a FANTASTIC DAY!!!

Theresa

Cards for Co-Workers....

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

We made it through the first week of school! Wahoo!

I'm so glad it's the weekend - I think I'm going to

pull out my Fall stuff this weekend and just chill -

I've been seeing the Start of Pumpkin Spice stuff

at the stores... I'm so excited!! Bring on FALL!!! LOL

You guys know I work at a school and I'm always making

cards for Birthdays & Thank You's - So here are a couple

of cards, I created using my Silhouette Program -

 

These turned out lovely and quick to make!

The Watercolor Floral Frame design is from the Silhouette Store (#294123)

I printed it out twice on a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 Neenah Solar White Cardstock 

 and sprayed it with some Acrylic Sealer Spray -

Then I used a Stitched Frame Die cut from MCT   

I used Fun Foam for added Dimension on both cards - 

Cardstock is from Stampin Up in Teal & Coral Pink

I grabbed a scrap of some DCWV Glitter CS to die cut a small

stitched heart - The Clear Gem is from Stampin' Up

I sprayed this card with some Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spritz 

and the Sentiment stamp is from SSS (Birthday Bits)

On this one, I added the Thanks Die (Cut 3x's) from MFT

The Sentiment is also from MFT (Kind Thanks)

I die cut a tiny stitched heart out of teal and added 

a couple more clear adhesive gems

These will be perfect cards for work!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!!

Theresa