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

Valentines Cards

I apologize for the lack of posts. I've been making Happy Mail and cards, but not posting them... Obviously.

Anyway, here are 4 Valentines cards:

Materials:
Fabriano, Sizzix, Tsukineko Ink, Derwent Inktense Blocks, Doilies, Echo Park, Art-C, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Carta Bella, Lawn Fawn, Colorbok, Fiskars, Plaid FolkArt Metallic, heart, Letraset Flexmarker, Letraset Promarker, Micron, Pentel Gel Pen, Ranger Diamond Stickles, Roco Gel Ink Gold, Sakura Gelly Roll, Sikorea Jelly-Gel, White Gelly Roll,

ATC Flower Large #55

#598 Flower Large

An ATC flower is today's post...

Have a beautiful day!

Theta

2016 Happy Mail Envelope #4 (4 out of 4)

Fall Envelope #4 Front

Here is envelope #4. For this one, I doodled around the address and then kept on going making a sort of frame around the address. The doodling under the return address looks a bit like lace in the picture.

On the back of the envelope I wrote and filled in Yay Happy Mail. then added some doodling, a snail, and words: Happy mail, Yipee, Snail Mail, and Open Me.

If all goes well tomorrow I'll start posting the Happy Mail flip books.

Have a lovely day!

Theta

Fall Envelope #4 Back

2016 Fall Happy Mail Envelope (3 out of 4)

2016 Fall Envelope #3 Front

On this envelope I started out outlining the addresses and then doodled randomly from there using patterns and words.

On the back I wrote and filled in Yay Happy Mail, added a snail and some doodles, and some words: 'Happy Mail', 'Yipee!!!', 'Open Me', and 'Snail Mail'.

Two recipients have received their mail, so I'll post them after envelope #4.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta

2016 Fall Envelope #3 Back

2016 Fall Happy Mail Envelope (2 out of 4)

2016 Fall Envelope #2 Front

This envelope was also started around the address and grown from there using different patterns. I didn't outline the return address on this one.

On the back I wrote "Happy Mail Yay" and filled it in. Then I added some doodled hearts and swirls along with the words: yay!, love you, you go girl!, and wonderful you!

2016 Fall Envelope #2 Back

Have a wonderful day!

Theta

2016 Fall Happy Mail Envelope (1 out of 4)

2016 Fall Envelope #1 Front

I sent out some fall/autumn Happy Mail and the next 4 posts will be of the envelopes. This should give the recipients time to get their mail, hopefully. Then I'll post the contents :) On the fronts of the envelopes I made busy doodles and on the back I pretty much went just with words and a few doodles. It takes a long tome to do the fronts and I actually wanted to mail these out before fall ended.

2016 Fall Envelope #1 Back

So, for this envelope I basically drew a design around the address starting out with swirls and moving outwards with different patterns. On the back I wrote and filled out "Happy Mail Yay". Then I added 'You go girl!', 'Wonderful You!', 'Love You!', and 'Not Bills'; some doodles; and a snail. Very fun!

Have a great day!

Theta

Note: I matched the wrong back with this envelope, so I switched the pictures.

ATC Flower Large #54

#597 Flower Large

This is the ATC flower I finished last evening. I'm all caught up with posting my ATCs, yay! Now I will need to make some more...

I made and sent some Happy Mail and my intention is to start posting the envelopes before the content in order to give the recipients a few more days in which to receive their Happy Mail.  That way, even though they know it's coming, they will be surprised.

ATC Quote #5

#578 Quote

Card #578's sentiment doesn't really resonate with me. I get where it's coming from, but I can't really apply the message to grocery shopping :)

#579 is the corollary to the card I previously posted - I want to make memories in Switzerland. This one is more general, but since I enjoy traveling just as applicable. The color posted grayer than it actually is in reality.

Have a great day!

Theta

#579 Quote

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

ATC Quote #3

#574 Quote

Unfortunately, I'm a little late today.

I don't find the quote on ACT #574 to be quite accurate, but it made a fun experiment.

Card #575, I agree with... it's one of the ones I made for our vacation album. In a later post, I will have a similar quote - I want to make memories all over the world. Since I enjoy traveling, both #575 and it's corollary I find to be true. Finally a quote I agree with ;)

Have a wonderful day and make some good memories!

Theta

#575 Quote

ATC Quote #2

#572 Quote

Here are two experimental quotes for today's post. These quotes do not express my feelings, but they are short and interesting.

Usually when I hustle, I make a huge mess and things get spilled all over the place and I have to spend what feels like ages cleaning up... I like the way it looks though. It came out rather pretty.

#573 is not quite right. I didn't get the CAPS quite right, but since it is an experiment, I decided to go with the card the way it was... I think I could use the top half and just cut off the bottom. I like the arrow, flower, and LIVE. Plus I agree with the top part - Live today. That makes sense. Living in caps would be annoying.

Anyway,

Have fun today!

Theta

#573 Quote

ATC Quote #1

#570 Quote

Today I am beginning a series of quotes. The first cards are experimental (well, in reality all my cards are experimental, but these are particularly so). I used watercolor paper, markers, alcohol ink pens, and watercolors, with highlights of white gel pen. I'm not necessarily in agreement with these quotes, but they were short and good for trying out color movement.

Have a colorful day!

Theta

#571 Quote

ATC Flower #53

#568 Flower Large

Two flowers today for your enjoyment.

Have a lovely day!

Theta

#569 Flower Large

ATC Flower #52

#559 Flower Large

These are the last two flowers before the Restaurant posts, enjoy them.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta

#560 Flower Large

ATC Flower #51 (flower and mountain)

#558 Mountain

As you can see I've one flower and a watercolor mountain for you.

Note: #556 I gave away before I photographed it. I believe it was a Flower Large.

Have a great day!

Theta

#557 Flower Large

ATC Flower #50

#554 Flower Large

Here are two more flowers to enjoy.

Have a lovely day!

Theta

#555 Flower Large

ATC Flower #49

#552 Flower Large Multi

These two are a bit different, both have multiple flowers. I'm not sure I like #553, it reminds me too much of fuzzy caterpillars.

Have a great day!

Theta

#553 Flowers and Leaves

ATC Flower #48

#550 Flower Large

The next few posts are going to be flowers, and then there will be several posts of cards I made for the restaurant staff at the hotel Laudenella, Switzerland. Most of the cards, from this post through the restaurant card posts, I gave away to hotel and restaurant staff and to airline stewards and stewardesses. I enjoy giving my cards out to people who have been really helpful, to random people, and to people I like.

#551 Flower Large

It never ceases to surprise me how happy people are to receive a card, especially when they have been watching me doodle one. Sometimes it takes them a few minutes to understand that I don't want anything in return. It seems that it is more unusual to be given something without any expectations of return than I realize. I get joy from giving the cards out and that is good.

Have a beauitful day!

Theta

ATC Birthday

#548 Happy Birthday

These two ATCs went out with Birthday Happy Mail. The names were in the empty part of the leaf. I scanned them before putting in the names so that you can print them out and write in a name :)  Enjoy them.

Have a happy day!

Theta

#549 Happy Birthday