Card - Awesome Chemistry

I made this card for my husband for Valentine's Day. Inside it says "Let's bond." It was a big hit.

Have a great day!

Theta


*Supplies -

• Derwent Inktense Blocks
• Sakura 
• Pigma Micron
• Gelly-Roll Stardust
• Sikorea Jelly-Gel purple
• Tsukineko
• StazOn Jet Black
• Momento MD-801 Potter's Clay
• Strathmore Bristol Paper
• Paper Smooches Stamps and Dies Great Chemistry (SES115 & A2D157)
• Sizzix Phrases 658838

Card - So Grateful Friend

Here is another friendship card I will be giving out. On this card I used the flowers and stems I had been experimenting with using the Kaisercraft Watercolor Friends stamp and die set. This set is a layering stamp set with 3 stamps for the flower and 2 for the leaves. The idea is to use one color, often the lightest, for the base shape and subsequently darker colors for the next layers. I used a lighter color for the base, darker for the petal definition, and instead of black or dark brown a metallic yellow. I ended up stamping the yellow 2 to 3 times to get the coverage I wanted. These stamps are pretty easy to line up and I like that the flower doesn't have a uniform shape as this makes it much easier to line the die up correctly.

Have a wonderful friend filled day!

Theta

*Supplies:

• Lawn Fawn - Grassy Hillside Borders
• Kaisercraft - Watercolour Friends, DD913
• Tsukkineko Momento Ink - 
• MD-607 Nautical Blue
• MD-301 Rhubarb Stalk
• MD-300 Lady Bug
• MD-701 Cottage Ivy
• MD-707 Bamboo Leaves
• BD-11 Sunflower Yellow
• StazOn Jet Black
• Sakura Gelly Roll - Stardust
• Sikorea Jelly Gel metallic - green, blue, and gold
• Letraset Promarker - Black
• Colorbok Paper Pad Delilah 12x12
• Strathmore Bristol Paper
• ROCO Card Brief
• Ranger Blender Tool - Round

Card - Box Garden

Pop-up Box Card

I decided to try my hand at a pop-up box card. Many of the cards of this style I have seen have an equal amount of box top and bottom. I wanted more space on the top to decorate, so I made my card base with a short box bottom and a tall box top. This meant that the flaps angle out nicely from the box and there was plenty space to decorate the top. I thought it would be fun to put a garden in the box and have insects and things pop up and out. For instance, the dragonfly is on a piece of acetate so it looks like it's suspended above the garden. I had fun making this card and probably filled it too full... Oh well, perhaps it is overgrown because currently we are living in a desert and it is usually pretty hot and brown.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta


*Supplies:

• Lawn Fawn - Gleeful Gardens & Grassy Border
• Sizzix - Tim Holtz Garden Greens Thinlets 661206; Hampton Arts Hello Spring 659094
• Hero Arts - Mason Jar Bugs
• LDRS - Postage Stamps 2523
• Momenta - Tree Die 23138R5
• Inkadinkadoo - Refresh Collection Mini Tree
• Kuretake - Zig Wink of Luna Gold
• Sikorea - Jelly-Gel Purple
• ROCO - Brief Card Colored
• Derwent - Inktense Blocks 24 pcs.
• Tsukineko - StazOn Jet Black

ATC Quote #4

#576 Quote 

#577 Quote

Now these two quotes are more along my line of thought, but as I've stated, I like to travel. My son's comment on #576 was that people who don't travel not only haven't read one page, they haven't even read a paragraph.

These two cards are bright. I was playing with pens and color. #577 works for me better than #576. On #576, the green became too involved with the orange and mud is beginning to happen.

Have a colorful day!

Theta