Happy Birthday Video...

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

How's your week going so far? I actually have a short

week this week - With Easter coming up this weekend 

we're taking an extra day or 2 off to go drive to the other house -

My hubby needs his medicine, food, New Glasses, and

test kit, so we're trekking down to help him out and work on

the other place - Luckily it's in the middle of nowhere

so we don't have to worry about other people being close by -

- Homes out there are 1 1/2 to 4 acres apart -

I'm hoping to get more work done, since our move is nearing closer -

When I was there back in February, I meet a neighbor (2 streets over)

and she had heard from my husband that I made cards - 

She asked me if I would make some for her grandkids -

Of course, I said YES! One of her granddaughters

LOVES to play video games and likes the color purple

so I created this card with her in mind -

I thought this turned out pretty cool and so did she!

They don't have much for girls who play video games, so I had to kind

of design my own thing - 

Cardstock - Papertrey ink, Neenah Solar White, SU

Watercolor Digital Designer Paper - Silhouette Store

Stitched Rectangle Frame Die - My Creative Time

VersaMark Ink, SSS Ultra Fine White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Glossy Accents for the Buttons (Was still wet when I took the picture)

Video Controller images and Sentiment Stamps are from:

Papertrey ink (Game On) & Pretty Cute Stamps (Game On)

Stormy Trendy Twine 

Game Controller SVG File - Silhouette Store (#79637)

Banner Die - My Favorite Things

Fun Foam, Misti tool, Canon IP8720 Printer

This is how I did the inside - I used 2 different shades of grey ink for the sentiment

She hasn't given it to her granddaughter yet - but said she thinks

she'll love it too!

Have a safe and Happy Day!!

Theresa

Just popping out...

Hello & Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends!

I had some free time last night, so I decided 

to join in on the Monthly Challenge over at:

Jaded Blossom

The Theme is - MASCULINE

Here's what I created to play along -

Jaded Blossom Products Used -

Card Mat Dies

Card Layers Die 1

Turtley Rad Stamp Set

Just wanted to share the inside with you as well -

Since School is out for the Summer, I thought I would

get a jump start on my Teacher Birthday Cards for the new School

year - This one was made for an awesome male Teacher

I know whose birthday is in August! :)

I'm also Entering the Following Challenges -

Die Cuttin Divas - Happy Birthday

DL Art June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday - Cover the Card

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

SumMore Fun Mood Board Challenge #33

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

Today... starts another FUN Challenge over at: 

SumMore Fun Stamps

Our Mood Board is - 

 You can use the theme, pictures, or color combo
 You don't have to use
a stamp from SumMore Fun if you don't have one!


All the rules for this fun challenge are RIGHT HERE!

Here's what I created to inspire you --

I went with the Butterflies & some of the colors in the photo.

I heat embossed my Butterfly Heart with some Ultra
Fine White Embossing Powder on a piece of Tim Holtz
Watercolor paper. Then I took 3 Distress Oxide Inks in
Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, & Seedless Preserves
and blended them on a Clear block with some water -

 Then I laid it on top of my watercolor paper and let 
it sit for about 3 minutes (so I could get the vibrant colors.
I let it dry completely before running it thru my Gemini Machine
with the Rounded Corner Stitch Die. Then I grabbed the
Kindness Sentiment and a piece of Black Scrap CS.
and Heat Embossed that as well - I used my Lawn Fawn
Long Banner Die to cut it out -

I adhered everything together on a piece of White Cardstock
then added some Fun Foam to pop up
onto my Black square Card Base! For a finishing touch
I added some Ice Cube Jewels from Lucy's cards.

PRODUCTS USED FROM SumMore Fun Stamps

Butterfly Heart (5091-S)

  

Elegant Sayings

Just a reminder that if you play along, the Random
winner wins a $20 Gift Certificate to the 
SumMore Fun Stamps Store AND if you use a
SumMore Fun Stamp on your project 
 you'll get a $40 Gift Certificate!!
This is such a wonderful prize!!

I hope you guys can join us --

 I would LOVE to see what you create!

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 Stamp Store
SumMore Fun Blog
SumMore Fun Facebook Page

You can find me at these links 
Facebook - Pinterest

Smooshing CAS Card...

Hello & Happy Thursday Everyone!
I have a quick post for ya today!

I decided to make a Quick Smooshing Technique Birthday Card --

I grabbed a piece of watercolor paper, a couple of
Distress Oxide inks in Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick,
and Twisted Citron, and the Cherry Blossom Stamp set
by Raisin Boat 

I stamped my Cherry Blossom image onto the watercolor paper 
with some versamark ink then poured some
Ultra Fine White Embossing Powder over it -
I then heated it all up -

Then I added the Distress Oxides to a clear block
and sprayed it with some water
I laid it right on top of my embossed image
and I let it sit there for a few minutes to
get the colors soaked into my paper 

Once I lifted it off, I heat set my paper again
Then I added some flicks of the pink & green inks
onto my paper to give it a splattered look
I heat set it one more time to make sure everything
was dry before putting it through
my Gemini Jr. with the Stitched Rectangle Die

Once it was complete I added the Celebrate
Sentiment in some Memento Tuxedo Black ink
and adhered it to a piece of White Fun Foam
for added Dimension -

Of course, it needed some Sparkle so
I grabbed a couple of Clear Adhesive Gems
and it was ready to go!!

Cherry Blossom (10149-Z)

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 one of
our stamps and win, you'll get a $40 Gift Certificate to the store!!

All the rules for this fun challenge are RIGHT HERE!

The Challenge ends Thursday, June 21st!!!

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!!

Brewing Up...

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!!

How was your Memorial Day Weekend?

Did you do anything Fun? Travel? BBQ?

We Stayed home and relaxed... We have plans 

on Visiting my Sister in the next week or two

so we decided to keep this past weekend a

little low key - Plus its too HOT outside!! LOL

I'm back with another Coffee card for the
Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop

Here's the Sweet Card I Made --

I made this card for my Mom - Her Birthday

was on Sunday and she enjoys coffee -

She can only have Decaf these days and I think she's

just happy she can still drink any kind of coffee!! :)

I used some watercolor paper from Tim Holtz

2 Distress Oxide Inks in Squeezed Lemonade &

Picked Raspberry

Coffee Break Stamp & Die Set from My Creative Time (Coffee Cup)

Coffee Break Stamp set from Jaded Blossom (Sentiment)

Stitched Scallop Circle Die on the Vellum is from Craftin Desert Divas

Super Fine Black Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy,

Heat Tool, Gemini Jr., Misti Tool, Lucy's Cards Ice Cube Jewels,

Fun Foam, Paper Trey Ink Cardstock

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

Thanks for the Blog Love!!

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I've got another quick post for you today!

I told ya before I was gonna try and

enter every Jaded Blossom Monthly Challenge

this year and I'm 4 for 4 as of right now! Yay ME!!!

 So this months Challenge is a COLOR Challenge

I needed to make a Thank You card so this

is what I created --

Now... I'm not much of a colorist and I'm totally okay with that!

But I gotta say... I'm happy with how this turned out -

The Products from Jaded Blossom that I used are -

Card Mat Dies

Stamp Addict

Funny Mail 2

Other Products Used -

Assorted Washi Tape, Arteza Brush Pens

Koh-I-Noor Bristol Smooth CS, Scan N Cut,

Big Shot, Misti Tool, Memento Lilac Posies Ink

Clear Wink of Stella Pen, Stampin' Up Purple CS,

Recollections 110lb White CS

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa

Wishing you a Sweet Season..

Hello & Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends!

How's your Week Going? Mine is

pretty good! We have beautiful Spring Like

Weather outside and I'm just lovin' it!

I thought I would show you another Christmas 

Card for 2018 - I hope you don't mind...

I thought this one turned out so cute!

I colored those adorable Gingerbread Images with my Zig Real 

Brush Pens on some Tim Holtz Watercolor paper

(Gingerbread Friends & Sentiment) - My Creative Time

The stitched Candy Cane background is also from My Creative Time

along with the Stitched Rectangle Die

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Recollections 110lb, Bazzill

White Gel Pen

Designer Paper - Fancy Pants (Oh' Deer!)

Ice Cube Jewels - Lucy's Cards

Scallop Trim Border Punch - Stampin' Up

Big Shot, Misti tool

Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks for Stopping By!

Have a Fabulous Day!

Theresa

Baby Wipe Tutorial --

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

This weekend my AWESOME Crafty friend

Georgiana from Carson's Creations

asked me if I would do a Follow up

Tutorial on the Baby Wipe Method Card I Made 

RIGHT HERE!

So, I said SURE I could --

Now, I know there are some videos

on how to do this - But I only watched

1 video and it was from a Stampin' Up Demo.

from Aug. of 2017 - 

When she did the Baby Wipe Method -

She used a Stamp with this method

Because that's how you're suppose to do it!

I tried it and didn't like my results with my stamp

and it was TOTALLY USER ERROR!

I should have used a Solid image stamp

Which, well I DID NOT!! LOL

And that's when I thought could I do this

on my water color paper?? Sure Enough &

I got some really NEAT RESULTS from it --

Soooo -- Here ya go - I hope it helps someone out!

I started out with Baby Wipes, 4 Distress Inks and some Tim Holtz Water Color Paper

Now - You can probably use ANY water color paper (I just like this type)

And YOU MUST use DYE INK - It's what works with this technique

So any dye inks you have will work! :)

I took 2 Baby wipes and layed them on top of each other

I folded it in half

Then folded it one more time - to look like this!

You do this so the Baby Wipe acts like an Ink Pad

You only need a few drops of each color - So You can see I only

used 3 drops of the Faded Jeans Color

So this is what I ended up with after adding my inks -

So, in the video I watched, she used a Solid Stamp and just went

straight down into the ink with her stamp - (dabbing it)

It was a straight Up and Down motion - the whole point

was to get your stamp wet using the different colors

But if you dip your stamp in several areas - you'll just have a 

muddy mess -- (I hope that made sense) 

Because I didn't like how my image was - I tried this instead --

I picked up my baby wipe and started to dab at my watercolor paper

Using the different colors -- it turned out neat -- 

Then I added some Water - I wanted my colors to blend a little more

Then I wanted my Background to shine so I sprayed on some

Frost Shimmer Mist -- (NOTE) -- My photo is not in the right steps -

I Sprayed my Shimmer frost first (which is why it doesn't look like my

Colors blended together) - Again User Error!!! LOL

After letting my Paper Dry (I took a Heat tool to it for the Pictures)

I didn't do that the first time I tried this - I actually let it sit off to

dry til the next day - But You can Totally Use your Heat Gun

I know you wanna get this done! LOL 

Then I splattered Some Brushed Pewter Stain on my Background

I thought the Blues & Purples needed a bit of Silver!!!

AND This IS my Final Product!! Everything is blended and actually 

Sparkles in person!

Now another (USER ERROR) I noticed for Myself IS

I like to use the Smooth side of this Water color paper

and what did I do??? The Textured side! GRRR!

In Crafting there are NO MISTAKES! Just Happy

Creative outlooks! :)

As you can see - I Made 2 backgrounds with that same Baby wipe

The second image is where I used the Smooth side of the 

watercolor paper - See the difference? 

They both turned out great, but I'm a SMOOTH Side Gal!! LOL

I do hope you guys try this and let me know if you did --

I would LOOOOVE to see what you create --

Here's the Link to the video I watched

Video Link

Big HUGS and Have a Great Week!!!

Theresa