Showing posts with label Winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter. Show all posts

Friday, February 7, 2020

Christmas Magic...

Hello & Happy Friday Crafty peeps!!
It's the weekend again! YESSS!!!

One week left till Valentine's day!
Do you guys do anything for Valentine's day?
Me? NOPE! 
I mean I always do something for my family as a whole! 
I tend to make a shrimp & lobster feast -
Shrimp & lobster is so cheap during this time, so I
buy it and make them a nice meal with it -
But I don't go all out for my hubby or anyone like that...

I can tell him I love him whenever the heck I want!
I don't need a special day for that! hahaha

Anywho - I'm jumping holidays and sharing another
Christmas Card I made! tehehehe


2 weeks ago I showed you these snowmen cards right HERE
and while I was making them I decided to make a Santa one as well!

The Santa die is from SSS
The paper is a 6x6 pad in my stash
the elegant stitching die is from Penny Black
And I'm not sure who the sentiment is from -
I didn't write anything down and I'm not about to go
through my very LARGE Christmas Stamp stash! 😁
I used some black glitter cardstock for Santa's belt and
a piece of gold shimmer cardstock on it as well 


Wishing you all a Beautiful Weekend!!!

Theresa

Friday, January 31, 2020

Acetate Xmas Trees...

Hello and Happy Last day of January Everyone!!
Well, we ALL made it through our first month of the New Year! YAY
Before you know it, Spring will be here! YYAASSSS!!! 😊

I've got a Christmas card to show ya using foil -


I bought those Acetate Toner sheets from Deco foil (awhile ago) and had these all
foiled up in assorted colors of course - Since I only got this one
completed, I thought I would show it - 

I have to say I'm a little disappointed in the PEARL FOIL -
That is what I used on those trees - now up close and in person 
you can see the foil, but other than that, it looks like I've got
black silhouette trees (nothing wrong with that) but that
wasn't what I was going for! LOL

I colored the backside of the acetate to add some color to the
trees and that turned out cute - but I gotta say I love the
other colors I got on my other trees - I just need to turn them
into cards first before sharing! 😁

The toner sheets are great for those of you who don't have a laser printer
And the acetate ones are just fun for trying something different!
They ALL HEAT FOIL BEAUTIFULLY!  (trust me I got a bunch!)


I hope you all have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!

Theresa

Friday, January 24, 2020

A Winter Wave...

Happy Friday Everyone! I'm so glad it's the weekend!
What a rough week! I need this weekend to decompress
from the crazy week I've had! 

As I've mentioned before I will continue to make holiday
cards throughout the year - it really is easy to do -
My stuff is not hiding anywhere - I have easy access to
holiday papers, dies, stamps, etc... and I like it that way -
cuz I don't know about you but for me... sometimes I just want to make
a Halloween card in February! Or a Thanksgiving card in June
because an idea came to me - 

We don't have to create according to the calendar! 
We create what our hearts want when it wants it -
I know you guys feel me on this one! 💗

With all that being said... I made these cards


How stinking cute are these?? I love the mix and match hats! hahaha


So I pulled out my SSS snowman die and die
cut out all the pieces to this guy and decided to
make 2 of them mixing the hat colors (why Waste them) Right?


The paper is extra from a doodlebug 6x6 pack and
the sweet sentiment fits perfectly with the snowman theme!


Have a beautiful weekend!!!

Theresa

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Snow Elegance....

Happy Wednesday Crafty Peeps!
Today I thought I would play along with
a challenge over at the 

The Challenge is #191-SNOW MUCH FUN


I created my background with Alcohol Inks
and I'm using a pretty Snowflake Block Die from SSS
My etched background is from Lawn Fawn called Windy Backdrop
and I added a couple of clear gems along with
adding a season's greetings sentiment so I can
 add it to my Christmas stash for 2020


Have a Fabulous Day!

Theresa

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Trendy Twine Christmas Project!

 Merry Christmas Everyone!!

I hope you're all having a wonderful day
with friends and family and I hope
Santa was good to you as well!

Today is my very LAST Post for Trendy Twine!

THANKS so much, Lesley for letting me be a
Guest Designer! I had so much fun creating
with your Amazing Products!!!

Today, the Trendy Twine gals and I are sharing some
Holiday cheer with some amazing projects we
made to celebrate Christmas!  YAY!!

Here's what I came up with for a co-worker -



We have a Secret Santa thing going on at work - and the person I got
LOVES Chocolate, which made making this treat very easy!!



Products from Annie's Paper Boutique













If you've got a few minutes, please
Go Check out what the TRENDY TWINE GALS
came up with to inspire you today up on their blog!


Enjoy the rest of your Christmas! 
I'll be back in January!
See you in 2020!!!

Theresa

Monday, December 2, 2019

Noel....

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!
How was your Thanksgiving? 
Mine was wonderful! I had a blast hanging
out with my sister and my nieces - 

We played games and talked (a lot) LOL
I'll get to see them again in a few short weeks
for Christmas time - I'm looking forward to that long break!

Let's just get right into today's project!


Super Quick & Easy Holiday Cards!

I know some of you are procrastinators and that's okay!
This project is perfect for you! You know who you are! (Wink Wink)

These are Digital cards that I created in about 5 - 7 minutes
using my Silhouette program -



The images are from the Silhouette store and I 
just resized them to fit what I wanted - I flipped
one of them to give it a different look -


Once they were printed out I sprayed them with an
acrylic sealer then I die cut the images out with
a stitched rectangle die - I added some fun foam for dimension
then attached them to grey card bases - I adhered a couple
of gems and called it done! 



Have a Beautiful Day!!

Theresa

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Believe in the Season....

Hello & Happy last day of July Everyone!!

Well... we go back to school in 2 weeks!
How sad!!! I'm gonna miss Summer!

Who am I kidding!!! I hate Summer... I'm excited for
my FAVORITE Season of all to start soon!

FALL!!!
That's right! it'll be here before you know it!! 😂😂

Since it's the last day of July, I thought I would
share 1 last Christmas in July card with you -

I'm using a Digital Stamp set from Polka Dot Orchard



This is really a great Digital Stamp set and the 
fact that one of Jessica's Designers designed the
images is just amazing to me! 


-- Here's what I created --


This one was a quick card to make!
I had already colored the Hat and die cut the sentiment out -
So I put a couple of things together and BAM! I had a card!

The DP is from Fancy Pants (Oh, Deer) 6x6 pad
Stampin' Blends Markers (Stampin' Up)
Clear Adhesive Gems (Stampin' Up)
Stitched Rectangle Frame Die & Banner - MCT
Bracket Die - MFT


I dressed up the inside again - using the Santa hat & sentiment pieces
in the Digital Stamp set along with a strip of designer paper - 

Super Simple and ready to go out in the mail!!



Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a Terrific Day!!!

Theresa

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Beary Christmas - PDO

Hello & Happy Thursday crafty friends!
It's July 25th! exactly 5 months til Christmas! EEK!

I know you're all thinkin' THERESA let's get through Summer first!
And you are sooo right!, but just remember, the holidays
will be here before you know it and I'm gonna be reading 
your blogs when you say... how did it get here so fast? HAHAHA

Remember I warned you!!! Tehehehe
Anyway... Here is another fun Christmas card I made...

I'm using a couple of file from Polka Dot Orchard






-- Here's the Holiday card I made --


OMGOSH! I love this bear!! He's super CUTE!!!

The Tiny tree is a digi and I cut the
bears hand, so I could place the tree in it -

I colored up the bear & tree with my Stampin' Blends markers
The DP is From Fancy Pants (Oh, Deer) 6x6 pad

Stitched Rectangle frame dies - MCT
Stitched Scallop Frame die - CDD
Thin Banner Die - MFT


Here's the inside! I colored up the tree and made it a little bigger to
go on the inside of my card - The sentiment was printed on some
white cardstock then I cut it down to size - The banner I made myself

Another Holiday card down! YESSS!!!


Thanks for stopping by!
Have a FAN-TAB-ULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

Friday, December 28, 2018

Special Gift for my Sister!

Hello & happy Friday Everyone!
I have a special post just for today!
If you are seeing this, it means I'm at
my sisters' house visiting and she has finally seen the gift I made her! 
I've been soooo excited to share this! 
I hope you like it as much as she does! :)

Most of you know I love to make wood projects -
and I really haven't been on the ball with it as
I should be, but this piece is now my
 FAVORITE Wood Piece Ever! 
In fact, I loved it sooooo much that I made 2 of them!!
One for her and one for me!! EEK!!!


Isn't this the coolest??? I so LOVE it!!!
I got the wood pieces from my local wood Craft store
I painted everything and added the papers I had in
my stash - lots of paint, Mod Podge, Wood glue, Hot glue -
a little drilling here and there - :)

The ladder was Spray-painted in black


The papers I'm using are from American Crafts - they were in my
 Scrap Stash pile - I had a couple of pieces of wooden snowflakes, so
I painted them to match the paper then used some wood glue to
attach it to the wonky shape - I made a bow with my Candy Cane Trendy Twine
then I hot glued a gold bell onto it - it's attached to the ladder with wood glue -
I had some silver Chenille Stems and twirled them with a pencil then
I hot glued a piece of it inside the wood shape (we drilled a tiny hole for it)


This piece was painted green and I inked the edges with black Momento Ink
The sentiment is all vinyl, then I added different sizes of red enamel dots
I grabbed some Red, Green, & White Tulle and tied them up then I hot glued
them to the wood - We drilled some tiny holes in the top so we could attach
some screw hooks for it to dangle on the ladder -


This piece was painted Green & red then I added the paper with Mod Podge
I sanded the edges then inked it in black - I attached the star to the top
and put some Clear Wink of Stella on it, just for some sparkle!
I had some leftover Red Mesh, so I made a little bow
out of it and Hot glued the mesh & Bell to the wood piece -
Then I used some wood glue to attach it to the ladder!


Here's Mr. Grinch himself! LOL 
I painted a portion of this wood piece in Green and the
other portion Red - His Face is Vinyl and I inked the edges in black -
I used an assortment of sizes for the White Enamel dots on his hat -
His trim was painted white then I used some 
DecoArt - Snow-Tex to create the texture on the trim - 
I never used Snow-Tex before, it was interesting to mess with, I really
like the added texture with it - 
As you can see we had to drill a hole in the top of his hat so he
could dangle on the ladder as well - 


Here's another Fun Wood Element piece - I painted this one green 
then added the paper with Mod Podge - It was plain so I went ahead an
grabbed a Sizzix Oval Die and Die cut a piece a green Fun Foam then
Die cut the Green & White Striped Paper, just to add a little something to it -
Of course, I felt it still needed a little something so I grabbed
my, My Creative Time Present Tag Die and die cut out the
gift portion and adhered that on top of the oval shape -
I liked that a lot better and then I added Some Clear Wink of Stella
to the bow portion on the gift - 
I found some Red Chenille Stems and twirled it up
with a pencil then I drilled a small hole and Hot glued
it to the wood ornament - I Hot glued the Red & White
Tulle and the red bell before using some wood glue to attach it
to the lower portion of the ladder - 



Here is the last piece that's dangling on the ladder -
The towns are all vinyl words- as you can tell I painted
everything either Red, Green or White! hahahaha
I mod Podge the striped paper then inked the edges in black
I added a couple of White enamel dots and used more of that
Deco Art - Snow-Tex on this piece... 
It really looks like snow from a distance...
I like the texture it adds to the wood pieces - 

As I said I made 2 of these - it took some time to
make both of them but so worth it - They both look almost
exactly the same - I had to use a different piece of paper 
on one of the wood ornament pieces -
 otherwise, they are pretty close in matching - 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
I'll be back sometime in a week or two?

I've kind of lost my Mojo for cardmaking, so
we'll see what happens - I've been trying to keep 
up with my blogging Comments, not so much on FB -
Work has been keeping me super Busy!
And right now, I'm trying to enjoy some time
with my Marine Son who is home for the holidays -
He hasn't had a Christmas with us in a couple of years -

I wish you ALL a Fabulous New Year!

Theresa

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Trendy Bakers Twine - Merry Christmas!

Hello & Merry Christmas Everyone!
Long time no see! I've been crazy busy
since the Coffee Hop and Haven't had time
to create much of anything! I hope you are all
having a Magical Christmas Day!

The Amazing Ladies over at Trendy Twine 
asked If I would like to join them for their
Christmas Post - Of course, I was ALL for it!
I LOVE my Trendy Twine and am always
happy to share what I make using it!

I made 2 different Projects - Here's Project #1


I needed a couple of treat bags to give out to my local Crafty friends
so I made some Quick toppers and decorated the bags with
some adorable images, a sweet sentiment, some enamel dots
and some of my favorite Trendy Twine - CANDY CANE
I love how the green & red twine are swirled together with the white 
My friends loved their little goodies! :)


Here's a close-up - I hot glued the tiny bells onto the twine - So CUTE! :)

Project #2


Most of my crafty friends know I LOVE to make Wood Projects!
It seems like Forever since I've shared one - So I made this
little cutie! Super Easy to make with a wood block and a cut
Candy Cane design piece of wood - The papers are from my stash
and the sentiment is red vinyl - I inked the edges with some red ink as well -


Here's a close up of this one - I'm using another
Favorite Trendy Twine color of mine - PEPPERMINT STICK
I made a double bow and attached some gold bells to it-
This is super cute sitting on my shelf in my living room!


Make sure to stop by the TRENDY TWINE BLOG
to see all the FABULOUS creations everyone has made!


Thanks for stopping by!
I hope you all have a FABULOUS CHRISTMAS!!!

Theresa