O Tannenbaum

Hi there. It is time for another Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge. This week our sponsor is Fred she said and there is a $10 gift voucher from the shop.

 The song I chose for this challenge is O Tannenbaum and below is the English version:

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

Your boughs, so green in Summer-time

Stay bravely green in Winter-time

O Tannenbaum, O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

Let us all remember in our gift giving and our merriment

With our family and friends and loved ones

The real and true meaning of Christmas

The birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

How lovely are, are thy branches

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

How lovely are, how lovely are thy branches

Their pillars all please faithfully

Our trust in God unchangedly

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

How lo-lovely are thy branches

On Comet

On Cupid

On Donder and Blitzen

I chose to work with the line art image called Pine trees. As for coloring it in I used Letraset Promarkers. I added snow by hitting a white sharpie with a ruler. Stickles glitter glue helped to define the snowy ground and I also added some sequins for extra sparkle. The sentiment is a Memory Box die cut out of shiny black card.

Now it is over to you. Please come and join us here. Take care, Theresa xx.

October

 Hi there. It is time for another Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge. This week is all about Halloween as the song /poem chosen talks about this. 

Our Song/Rhyme this fortnight is from Lorie

October

by John Updike from A Child's Calendar

The month is Amber,

Gold and Brown.

Blue ghosts of smoke

Float through the town.

Great V’s of geese

Honk overhead.

And maples turn

A fiery red.

Frost bites the lawn.

The stars are slits

In the black cat’s eye

Before he spits.

At last, small witches,

Goblins, hags,

And pirates armed

With paper bags.

Their costumes hinged

On safety pins,

Go haunt a night

Of pumpkin grins.

Our sponsor this time is Polkadoodles and there are prizes up for grabs.

I chose to work with an image called Autumn Wheelbarrow which I coloured using Letraset Promarkers. The papers are from Graphic45. I finished it off with some black sequins.

So now it is over to you to come join us for this challenge. Take care Theresa x

We're going to be friends

 So here I am again. It is time for another Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge. The poem for this c hallenge is:

We're Going to Be Friends by The White Stripes

Fall is here, hear the yell

Back to school, ring the bell

Brand new shoes, walking blues

Climb the fence, books and pens

I can tell that we are gonna be friends

I can tell that we are gonna be friends

Walk with me, Suzy Lee

Through the park and by the tree

We will rest upon the ground

And look at all the bugs we found

Safely walk to school without a sound

Safely walk to school without a sound

Here we are, no one else

We walked to school all by ourselves

There's dirt on our uniforms

From chasing all the ants and worms

We clean up and now its time to learn

We clean up and now its time to learn

Our sponsor this week is Gecko Galz. I chose to work with an image that came from a set called Peace on Earth. This set has some gorgeous images that are worth having a look at. There are some gorgeous stained glass window ones that I will play with next.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and used a glitter sakura pen to add shimmer to berries, star and wings. It looks so much better IRL.

I finished it off with a die cut sentiment and some glitter card.

So come join us with the chllenge. There is a $25 voucher for one lucky winner! See you there, Theresa xx.

Vintage Christmas berries

Hello everyone. I know it's been a minute since I last blogged, but I thought I'd give it another go. I am part of the Outlawz Songs and rhymes challenge DT now and there is a challenge every fortnight. The challenge is simple, there is a song chosen everytime and a project is created inspired by any phrase in the song.

 My card was inspired by the phrase "Winter comes, snow covers the ground". The image is from Alex Syberia Designs and is called Vintage Christmas Berries. I coloured it in using Promarkers and added some splatters from white and gold Posca pens. Sentiment was created on a Dymo machine.

So come join us over at Songs and Rhymes blog

take care, Theresa xx

Purple 18th

Hello there. The Festive Friday Challenge is on once again and this time I have remembered to post.

This was a card that I had to whip up near enough on the spot as my son wanted a card for his friend. His friend's favourite colour is purple so I tried to incorporate as much of it as I could. I used oxides for inking and stamping. The stamps are mostly from Andy Skinner sets and some others from magazine freebies.

The number is 3 die-cuts stacked together. The top ones are inked and went over with a clear sparkle pen and then glossy accents on top.

So now it is over to you to join us over at the Festive Friday Challenge. See you on the other side, Theresa xx.

 

Mother's day card

Hello again. It is time for another Festive Fridays Challenge over at the Outlawz. As usual, I'm late to the parade as the challenge went out on Friday 30th.

Without further ado let me get to today's offering. This is the card I made for my mum on Mother's day. I used Altenew rose stamps and Altenew ink to stamp the flowers and then using large dies, I die cut the word Mama out of the card. I die cut Mama 2 more times and stacked the letters up to give them height. I matted the card and then put the letters in their relevant spaces. I stamped the sentiment underneath and finished off with some sequins.

So now it is over to you. There are a number of themes that you can find on the blog. See you on the other side, Hugs Theresa xx

 

Special birthday

Hello there. I know it's been a while since my last post. Today starts another Festive Fridays Challenge over at the Outlawz.

It was my turn to choose the themes and one of them was a Special birthday.

I decided to go with this card that my son asked me to make for one of his friends using her favourite colours. It is a simple card made by using an Allandcreate stencil and distress oxides.

The rest is die cuts, sequins and glossy accents. I used the same stencil and inks to decorate the envelope to match. I made 2 similar cards so the envelope is from the other one I think as the colours are darker 😅.

So why don't you join us over at FFC on Outlawz? Take care, crafty hugs, Theresa xx