Autumn Wall Art....

Hey there my favorite Crafty Peeps!

How was your weekend? Mine involved 

Crafting! I made a couple more wood pieces!

In fact... Today I'm gonna share a set of them with you -

I worked for Joann's last year during the holiday's

and they had these unfinished slated wood fall leaves

on clearance when I got them, plus my discount - :)

Well... basically I got them for a steal of a price! (Wink Wink)

So... I turned them into these pieces -

LOOVE this Beautiful Green Color!! & that 

Fabulous Sentiment!! :)

Oohhh.... I also LOOOOVE this beautiful 

Mustard Yellow & the Fabulous Sentiment as well! ;)

As you can tell.. I truly Love how both pieces came out...

So, now I'll tell ya the products I used to create them - ;)

Unfinished Wooden Slate Leaves - Joann Craft Store

Spray Paint - Rust-Oleum (Tuscan Sun & Gls Fern)

Krylon Matte Finish Spray

Sentiments - Silhouette Store (#47367 & 47279)

Cardstock - Stampin' Up & Silhouette Adhesive

Inks for Shading - Stampin' Up (Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, 

Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry)

Vinyl - Glossy Brown (Amazon) & Matte Beige (Provo Craft)

Twine - My Mind's Eye

Burlap Ribbon - Walmart Brand

Yellow Gold Tulle - Joann Craft Store

Small Stitched Die Leaves - Lawn Fawn

Puffy Sunflowers - Oriental Trading

Hot Glue Gun

Bow It All

I hope you like them as much as I do... They look wonderful

on my walls in the living room! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a Fabulous Day!!! :)

Theresa

Snowflake Sparkle..

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

The week seems to be flying right on by!

I'm totally cool with it, since it's my favorite time of the year!

I keep checking the stores out for anything Pumpkin (YUMMY)

I just love the smell of pumpkin spice & all the yummy goodies

you can make with it!! :) I picked up some Pumpkin Spice Keebler cookies and they taste sooo good! You can totally taste the pumpkin spice in it - Don't worry I only ate 1 of them.... I didn't work so hard to lose over 120 lbs for nothing! (Wink Wink)

Any who.... I've got my weekly Christmas card to show you today!

I'm using more new Snowflake dies I got from Gina Marie Designs

I wanted this card to be a CAS card so the snowflakes would shine!

-- Here's what I Created to Inspire you --

I LOOOVE Blue, White, & Silver together for the holidays...

It's just so pretty & Elegant to me... So.. What do you guys think?

The Silver DP I used from DCWV is GORGEOUS & totally sparkles

I promise.. in real life it looks lovely! :)

-- Products Used on this card --

Cardstock - American Crafts, Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - DCWV (The Twinkle Glints) GORGEOUS Paper Pack!

Large & Small Snowflake Dies - Gina Marie Designs

Sentiment - My Craft Spot (No Longer in Business)

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Creative Time

White Fun Foam - to pop up the white CS

Silver Glitter Enamel Dots - Hampton Art (Neutral)

Silver Dotted Washi Tape inside my card - HiArt

Snowflake Punch - Martha Stewart (inside my card)

Ink for stamping - Stampin Up 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

Have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND Everyone!

Theresa

Firefly Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!
It's time for a Brand NEW Challenge over at

 Firefly Crafts !!!

Today's Challenge is SUPER EASY!!
It's an ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE
And I know ALL of you can create something wonderful for it!


These are the Rules for our Challenges:

1. You MUST use a Stamp or Die
(or some other main component of your project)
That CAN BE FOUND IN OUR SHOP

2. You MUST upload a photo of your creation
to the proper album on our Facebook Page before
Midnight EST. time August 30th

3. HAVE FUN!!!


We always have a Prize too!!!
 So, I would LOVE to see my crafty friends playing along with us -

The Challenge is on our

Firefly Crafts Facebook Page

I hope you guys will join that group as well...

- here's what I created to Inspire you -

-You guys know I'm in the Fall Mood, so making this card

was pretty simple for me... Now, if only the weather would

cool down a little... that would be awesome! LOL

-- Info on my Card --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Georgia Pacific, Spectrum Noir Ultra

Designer Paper - Doodlebug (Oct. 31st & Halloween Parade)

Card Design File - Silhouette Store (#66772) Altered

Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Pen

Copic Markers - YR16, N2, N3, N5, C2, V09, E35, Y17

Ghost, Broom, Stars, Hat, Face, & Sentiment - Booyah Stamp Set

TH Distress inks - Spiced Marmalade, Crushed Olive, Wilted Violet, Hickory Smoke

Stitched Card Mat Die - Gina Marie (out of stock)

Stitched Oval Die - Die-namics

Brother Scan N Cut

Glitter Enamel Dots - Black, White, Orange, Green (Doodlebug),

 Purple (Hampton Art)

Stamp Masking Paper - Inkadinkado

Memento Black Tuxedo Ink

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Have a Crafty Day!

Theresa

Quick & Easy Birthday...

Hello & Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday weekend!

Did you grill? Go to the beach? Enjoy the last days 

of Summer, before Fall sets in? I did some crafting

& just some plain old Hanging out with my Family...

Today, I thought I would show you a Quick & Easy

Birthday card I made using a file from the Silhouette Store

-- Here's what I created to share --

I really like how lovely this card turned out...

and YES.... I used Distress inks on it too! :)

I used some Wink of Stella on the sentiment part - But don't know if you could really see it in my photo - It's always a hit or miss with it! LOL

I added the Black 5x5 square base to keep my card from being

flimsy and I like that it brings out the colors - :)

-- Products used on my card --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Georgia Pacific

Card Design - Silhouette Store (#145016) (Circle Card Flourish)

Sentiment - Silhouette Store (#64674) (Bird Floral Flourish)

TH Distress Inks - Shaded Lilac, Peacock Feathers, & 

Squeezed Lemonade

Ranger Round Blending tool

Clear Gems - Stampin' Up

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter pen - on the Happy Birthday Sentiment

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!!

Theresa

Creeping By....

Hello & Happy Labor Day Everyone!

Today, I'm up on the Kadoodle Bug Designs Blog

sharing this CREEPY Halloween card I created!

I'm using another "LAST CALL" svg file

This one is called Hollow's Eve Monsters

"LAST CALL" means, Melissa will not be carrying

this COOL file any longer, so If your into FUN Scary

Halloween cards or whatever and don't have this file yet...

You better go pick it up before it's gone! It's only 50¢

right now.... Still a Great deal! :)

-- Here's what I created to inspire you --

How Creepy cool is this? I LOVE how it came out! :)

-- Product info on my card --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, American Crafts, Bazzill, Bo Bunny

Designer Paper - Carta Bella (All Hallow's Eve) 

Square 31st, Circle bats, Bottle set - Carta Bella  (Embellishments)

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Creative Time

Stitched Zig Zag Die - My Creative Time

Shaped Label Die - Stamp of Approval (Lovely Kit)

Sentiment & Washi Tape Die - My Craft Spot (No Longer in Business)

Assorted Stampin' Up Inks for Shading

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Digi Joy....

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

I'm so excited the weekend is here!

It's officially the last weekend of Summer!

I get a 3 day weekend from work! My new job is wonderful

but I work Monday - Friday - so when Friday comes... 

I'm happy for the weekend! :)

Today I'm gonna Share another Weekly Christmas

card with you... As I've said before... I'm trying to get as many

done before the holidays, so it'll be one less thing to worry about...

I'm actually doing pretty good with it, so I should have plenty to

send out when's it's time! :)

I'm using a Digi Stamp from KaDoodle Bug Designs

DS Joy Bear




-- Here's my Card to Inspire you to get started --

I got some NEW Snowflake Dies from Gina Marie Designs
So, I made some cards using them! This is just 1 of them! :)


-- Products used on my card --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Spectrum Noir Ultra, American Crafts
Designer Paper - Doodlebug (Home for the Holidays & North Pole)
Stitched Card Mat Die - Die-namics (Blueprint #13)
Stitched Oval Die - Die-namics
Snowflake Die - Gina Marie Designs (Small Snowflake)
Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter pen - used on the snowflakes
Small Snowflake Punch - Martha Stewart (Used for the inside of my card)
Copic Markers
Christmas Red Stickles - Used on the Wreath
White Wink of Stella Pen - Used on the Holiday Hat
Fun Foam - to pop up the oval shape
Digi Joy Bear - KaDoodle Bug Designs
Brother Scan in Cut - to cut out Digi Image


Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Have a SUPER FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!!

Theresa

Thankful Fern....

Hello & Happy Thursday Everyone!
It's September 1st! YAY! The Year is just
zooming by and FALL will be here before we know it...

Since today is my day to post over at the Firefly Crafts Blog
 I thought I would inspire you with a lovely Fall card!
All my crafty friends know FALL is my Favorite Season
and I've been crafting up tons of FUN Fall projects
over the last couple of weeks... :)

- Here's what I created to get you Inspired -

I so LOVE this beautiful Word Die -

- Recipe for my card -

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Silhouette America Chipboard

Designer Paper - DCWV (Harvest Gathering) (Metallic Stack)

(Thankful) word Die - Firefly Crafts (Gina Marie)

 (Fern) Leaf Die - Firefly Crafts (Gina Marie) 

Sequins - Root Beer Float (Firefly Crafts)

Stitched Card Mat Die - Firefly Crafts (Gina Marie)

Jute Twine - Papertrey Ink

Glossy Accents to adhere the Twine & Sequins down

You can find ALL the Highlighted Products

at Firefly Crafts Store

Have a Fabulously Crafty Day!!!

Theresa