Card - Treasures of the Heart

Today I have a kitty sleeping behind a potted plant with blue flowers for you. I used the sentiment Treasures of the Heart because the cat looked so peaceful sleeping half hidden behind the flowering bush.

I hope you have a peaceful day thinking about the treasures in your heart.

Have a wonderful day!

Theta

Supplies:
Art Impressions watercolor stamps
Sentiment: unknown, but it is so old it's glued itself to the packaging
Cuttlebug embossing folder - Cane Back Chair
Koi Sakura Coloring Brush pens
Strathmore watercolor paper series 400
Assorted paper and ribbon
Tsukineko Momento Ink -Cottage Ivy
Sizzix Big Shot Plus

Card - Bird focal point

Hi, I am posting two bird cards today. I used the Hero Arts Color Layering Bird & Branch set on one and Inkadinkado's doodled flying birds and things, plus a bunch of other stamps and dies for the background and sentiment.

I hope you have a great day!

Theta

Supplies:

Hero Arts - Color Layering Bird and Branch, Woodgrain Bold Prints, ink

Inkadinkado - doodled birds and things, cling Ferns

Deep Red - Bunch of Leaves

Carta Bella - Simply Stated Stamp

Sizzix - Thinlets Garden Greens 661206, Framelits w/Stamps Phrases 658838

Tsukineko - Memento Ink

Card - Enjoy the Little Things

I had lots of green butterfly wings sitting on my desk and I thought they would be pretty in a wreath around the Anna Griffin Medallion. The medallion came with my mini minc foiling machine and after foiling the piece I colored it with alcohol markers. I die-cut a leaf shape and used it as a stencil then put the butterfly wings and antenna on top. Then I layered some leaves on top. I used foam tape under the medallion and stamped my sentiment on some acetate I had cut out with a scalloped edge die. Lastly I glued down three purple dots I made from beads.

Have a great day!

Theta

*Supplies -

• Strathmore Bristol paper
• ROCO Card Brief
• Sizzix 
• Thinlets Tim Holtz Garden Greens 661206 - Used as a stencil
• Framelets circles, scallop 657552
• Tsukineko 
• Momento Ink:
• MD-701 Cottage Ivy
• MD-707 Bamboo Leaves
• StazOn Ink:
• SZ31 Jet Black
• Winsor & Newton Brushmarkers
• Minc Machine & Anna Griffin shapes
• Penny Black Swirling Wings 51-137
• Kaisercraft Watercolour Friends DD913

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 - Thinking of You - Heart Gate Fold

I saw some dies that made gate-fold cards and I thought it would be fun to make one. Making this card brought back memories of making cards like this when I was little. I cut a strip from an A4 piece of card brief and not having a heart die, I traced a heart onto the cardstock. I cut the heart halfway out on both ends and cut a slit halfway up and down the heart. I covered the half hearts with patterned paper and decorated the front of the card. This card would be pretty for a little girls birthday.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta


*Supplies:

• Lawn Fawn - Hats Off to You
• Hero Arts - Tag Collage AC024
• Sizzix -Phrases 658838; Borders 659200; Carte Postale 660253
• American Crafts Becky Higgins Project Life Dies
• Master Color Card 180 gsm pink - envelope
• Ikea gold card
• ROCO brief card 180 gsm - card base
• SBC Woven Silver Tape
• Kuretake Zig Wink of Luna Gold Brush
• Papercraft Inspirations - Gift Paper Issue 161 February 2017
• Tsukineko - Memento Ink: Lady Bug MD300 and Elderberry MD507; - StazOn Jet Black

Card - When Pigs Fly

When Pigs Fly

When I first saw this Deep Red Piglet stamp, I wanted to make this card. Finally I was able to purchase this stamp and receive it, yay! I had previously bought the Wings stamp by Deep Red and they make a perfect pair. I stamped the piglet and the wings with StazOn ink and colored them, the card base, and the lettering with Derwent Inktense blocks. I dotted stickles around to simulate a cloud. The stickles sparkliness didn't show up in in the picture, but the sparkles look great in real life. I have not sent this card out yet; it is sitting on the shelf above my desk making me smile every time I look at it.

Have an uplifting day!

Theta


*Supplies:

• Deep Red Stamps - Piglet 3x405507 & Wings Rubber Stamp Set 4x604292
• Derwent Inktense Blocks 24 pcs.
• Ranger Diamond Stickles
• Tsukineko StazOn Jet Black Ink
• Sakura Water Brush

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

Card - Smile for Coffee Friends

I made a set of 6 of these cards to give to friends. I only had 4 gold doilies so for 2 of the cards I painted a white doily, layered a die-cut heart doily over it, and then put the eyelet circle with the coffee element over that. I like the way the cards came out and hope the recipients like them.

Have a lovely day!

Theta



*Supplies:

• Strathmore Bristol Paper
• Spellbinders - Heart Circles
• Lawn Fawn Dies - Love You A Latte
• Sizzix - I Love You & Happy Anniversary 658836
• Echo Park - Eyelet Circle Nesting Die Set
• Al Bayader - 4.5" Round Gold Doilies
• Momenta Cardstock - Songbird 8.5x11"
• Fabriano Avana Cardstock 
• Daiso Banner Washi tape
• Ranger Diamond Stickles
• Tsukineko StazOn - Jet Black & Rich Cocoa
• Rembrandt Water Colors
• Ranger Ink Blending Tool
• Ikea kids shiny gold paper

Card - Friend

I made this card for a friend today. I have been making and embossing Spellbinders Shapeabilities feathers to use as embellishments. On this card I used three of the feathers after inking their edges with Memento by Tsukineko. The feather with the silver tip is cut from white cardsock with silver duct tape stuck to the paper before cutting and embossing.

I have also been making hearts with wings. I made a wing pattern and fussy cut the wings out of patterned paper. To make the heart, I stuck sparkly tape to a cereal box and punched the heart out. I glued a velum mini punched heart to it and glued on a blue gem to finish it off. Then i glued on the wings. Under the wings and heart I used foam tape and another heart. I like the way the hearts look with the top heart and wings up a bit. The heart underneath gives the element more stability and a large area to glue it down.

Under the heart with wings I placed an Art-C stamp & cut doily. I inked the edges of the doily. Under the doily went the feathers. Then I wrote 'friend' on a piece of blue Fabriano cardstock and inked the edges. The SBC light blue paper strip in the center is scented and printed with butterflies. Down the center of the paper strip I put blue metallic tape and on top a strip of paper lace. Next I glued down the heart with wings and friend elements. This strip I glued to a blue piece of Fabriano cardstock and glued the whole thing to a card front. Then I added the black doilies cut from Daiso lace washi tape. Lastly, I added gems.

Have a great day!

Theta