Word Week at JUGS! (#279)

Hello, stamping friends!!  It's my turn to host the challenge at Just Us Girls and it's WORD WEEK! I know many of you have finished your valentines (not me!), but consider any card or project that shows love!  Your card can have the word love, but doesn't have to!  It can show love for stamping, love for a person, or love for a pet....  My card shows my love of COLORING and CATS!!  You'll want to check the amazing  DT inspiration (new GD Stephanie!!) on our BLOG, too!
 

   

I used Whipper Snapper Designs "Purrfect Birthday" for my main image.  Happily and LOVINGLY, I colored it with my copics!

I wish I'd jotted down colors because I sent this off to Lisa at Whipper Snapper Designs and I want to color another of this image!  I'll have to figure it out!

                             Just click on the pic to see it larger!  I also hope you can see the sparkle! I used dies from My Favorite Things to cut my rectangles.  While still it the die I used a stencil brush to add Coastal Cabana around the edges.  The dotted paper is from Papertrey Ink.
By joining in on our LOVE challenge this week you have a chance to be our April Guest Designer!  You have until Thursday, Feb. 12 at 9:00 pm to add your card to the BLOG with Mr. Linky.
Show us some LOVE!!
Have a great weekend! Cheryl

BIRTHDAY MONSTER!!

Hello!! Our great nephew turns 7 years old tomorrow and I got this card into the mail just in time!!  I used Whipper Snapper Designs -Birthday Monster for my main image.

 I just love images like this!! You can use any colors you want for them! No rules1  I tried to match the little monster to some old Bo Bunny papers

Guess that's it! A busy day today which includes a bridal shower to attend!
Have a sensational Saturday!!
Cheryl

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANGIE!

Hello!! My sincere apologies!! I don't know where the time has gone! I try to create and... NOTHING!!  No MOJO!! But...I made Angie Hunt a b-day card..finally.  I saw this card from Kittie747 and knew I had to have this Tim Holtz brick wall!

I cut it from Very Vanilla and sponged with the same colors Kittie used, Fired Brick and then Vintage photo inks. I envisioned a vine going up the lattice on the side of a brick building.  I'm not sure I achieved the effect I wanted, but when I place adorable Edwin (#117 from Magnolia-licious, the BEST store for Magnolias!!mini version is in stock) in front of it, I was happy with the results!  I hope you (and Angie) like it too!

I hope I'm remembering correctly that Angie has a little boy. I'll bet he's giving her a special Valentine today!
Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!! Dave is taking me out to our favorite restaurant tonight! Yep, even though it's Tuesday! Can't wait!
But...it's of too work right now!
Hugs, cheryl

copics- blues B93,m95 and 97 and just a little blender
Reds R24, 29, 46 and 59.
hair E41, 43, 44 and 47

Boy and Treehouse

Hello! It's Sunday night as I write this, and the weekend is over! I hate Mondays and as we start a new year everything is challenging-the schedule, the routine (lack of), some of the children. I don't care what anybody says, teachin' ain't easy! Sorry, you didn't come for that! I bought this stamp from Rubber Cottage. They come to the nearby Stamp and Scrap Art tour in August. As soon as I saw this I thought of my brothers-all three of them! They were always building the greatest treehouses in the trees around our farm! My oldest brother, Buz has a birthday this week so I wanted to get the stamp inked up for his card.
As you can see, I kept the rest pretty simple.
I used E31, 33, 37 and 29 for the tree. I wanted the treehouse to be different browns so after starting it in E31 I used YR24 and blended again with E31.
The ladder is just E31. The blues are B21, B95 and B37. The reds are R08, 29 and 46. His skin is E000 and E11.
That's about it-this colored up quite quickly and most of the shading was done right in the stamp! I love that!
Well, I appreciate so much that you took the time to come by! Thanks and I hope you have a great start to your week!
Cheryl

Happy Birthday with High Hopes!

Hi and happy Saturday! Hope you are having a splendid weekend!
I am working on using some of my unused stamps these days. I buy so many that I love and then they sit unused-virgin rubbbah! Also trying to play in some challenges so I used the Papertake Weekly Challenge which is a GREAT sketch! It'll work for rectangle or square cards. Since mine is for a boy I kept it pretty close to the sketch. I'm also posting it for the High Hopes challenge which is to use fall colors. I think orange, purple and green count as fall colors.
I used copics to color my image and after that this simple card came together pretty quickly. Still have to do the inside though.
I used YG markers for the frog, RV for his shirt and the warm greys for his pants. If you would like to know more specifically, just let me know and I'll post them.
Thanks so much for coming by today!
Enjoy your day!
Cheryl

BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR DIANA!! (cyber style)

YOU are cordially invited to attend the festivities to honor our own Diana! I'm the very end so if you want to hop our party you can begin at the official start-Suzanne's Blog! (Be sure to return!)
If you've come from Maureen's Blog you are on the party track! The complete line up is also listed on the Mag Highlites blog!
I'm bring the table and the party chair for the party! Here is the table! Aren't the colors so fresh and pretty!? I {{heart}} them!

photo source
And here is the party chair! (Only I have brown hair so I think I'm the one sitting in it waiting for Diana to open gifts!)

Sorry about the blurriness of some photos-I am very challenged in this area!

Along with #377 Traveling Tilda in her chair there is a card showcasing #233 Congratulation Tilda! Both are from Diana's wonderful store-Magnolia-licious. I see that just the minis are in stock to order immediately, but if you want the full sized ones that I've used just contact the birthday girl and she will surely help you!

Here is the link to the ladder back chair. I realized after I finished that I should have lined the underside somehow, but I hope you'll forgive me for that oversight! But, can you see the houndstooth I used for her chair pad? I used the Spellbinders dies for Sunflower 2 to make my sunflowers. Diana is the sunshine in so many people's lives so sunflowers seemed appropriate! The leaves are Creatibles from Marianne.

The whole card.

And, finally, a close up of Tilda so you can see her pretty paper pieced party dress!

Diana truly is the best and she means a great deal to the design team.

We all hope you enjoyed our birthday party for her today! (Her birthday is actually tomorrow, Aug 24, so you still have time to wish her a happy day!)

Thanks for hopping!

Cheryl

New Month-New Magnolia-licious DT challenge!

Hello! The new DT challenge for the month of August was brought to us (and YOU!) by Diana herself!! And we said, "What, ONLY paper?! How can that be done?" Well, it's a challenge, it's supposed to challenge you a bit, ya know? So here is my card made from only paper (and a few stickles!). It was actually kind of fun because I do love to make my own flowers. When you do so you can get the exact color you want! But no ribbon or buttons, that was tough! I used the image #226 BIRTHDAY TILDA. I see it is out of stock right now in full size, but is available in mini size.

I just love the combo of red and aqua! I cannot imagine it now, but I used to hate them together! I used paper from Cosmo Cricket, Spellbinders grand Nestabilities (Labels 4), a Marianne die (from Bunny Zoe's store), Spellbinders rose dies and the leaf die is from Magnolia-licious.

I used copics in the following colors:

E000, E00, E11, and R30 skin
aqua BG0000, BG11 and just a little E42 to dull it down a bit

Red- R08, R17, R46 and R30 for blending (I just love her red shoes!)

hair Y21, Y24, E99, E25

Y21 and E42 for candles and cake.

And here is the inside ;)

If you have any questions, please let me know~I'll be happy to answer!

A birthday card was a must for me as my birthday is next Sunday and sweet Diana's is later in the month of August! It's a great month!

Thanks for visiting and be sure to visit our blog post at Magnolia-licious Highlites for links to the splendid cards made by the design team to inspire you! And, then JOIN US BY CREATING A PAPER ONLY PROJECT!

Birthday Wishes

Hi! We are homeward bound from our vacation today! So sad it's over, but ready to get back home and see my fam, friends and the cats! I had meant to get this card posted all week! I made it before we left to add to my very small stash of ready to go cards! Do you have one of those? If you visit here, you already know I often make regular sized cards with my Tildas, especially the mini ones! They are perfect for this reason! Here I have used #3011 TILDA WITH STRAW HAT from my favorite store, Magnolia-licious! Diana has soooo many in stock and ships orders out quickly!
I think my papers are older Bo Bunny ones in soft blue and yellow. ONce, again, I used a kraft card base (my favorite!) and then my colored layer. The yellow is from Papertrey ink and the blue is Sus Bashful Blue. I used a Mojo Monday layout from a week (almost two weeks) ago and a Martha Stewart punch that had never been used!
I thought this blue was a nice change from the aqua that I seem to have on every card!
Hope you like it too! Wishing you a great weekend!
Thanks for coming by!
Cheryl

Tilda with small gift and a friend!

Hello! Planned on posting this morning, but time got completely away from me! So here I am this evening after another gorgeous WNY day! I've been trying to use some of my Papertrey Ink stamps lately and I thought I could make these three flowers work with my mini favs! Our friend TILDA and her friend, HUGO. They are, of course, from the Magnolia-licious store owned and managed by the wonderful Diana and her family! This is #293 TILDA WITH A SMALL GIFT AND #411 HUGO THE SNAIL. Both are from recent and irresistible mini collections available in the store! The flowers are from Papertrey Ink and are from Flower Fusion #4. I stamped them in ink and then added some shading with my copics. Tilda and Hugo are cut out and placed in the scene. They were curved a bit and put on a dimensional piece and then the edges are glued down to the background paper with quick dry glue. Stickles in Stardust are added to Hugo and to the flower centers. I'm sorry, but I did not keep markers separate to jot down as I colored this time. I know they are BGs and YRs, but I'm sure you had that figured out already!

And, here is another card with Flower Fusion 4. This time the centers are colored black, and then I added black stickles. Very striking IRL, but I could not get the centers to show their glitter very well.

Thanks for visiting tonight! Have a wonderful night and weekend! I'm headed out to the deck with my coffee to read for awhile!

Hugs, Cheryl

Dancing Birthday Bear!

Hi! Happy Fourth of July, Americans!! I'm so proud and grateful to be an American! Despite the problems, this is a great country! My card isn't patriotic as maybe it should be for today, but I wanted to post to let you know (or remind you) about the I BRAKE FOR CHALLENGES blog and challenge! This is our 4th challenge and we hope to grow in participation. Won't you join in! Details are on the blog, but you still have time to enter as challenges will now be every TWO weeks on Wednesday.
This is the Rick St Dennis Birthday bear. He can be purchased individually or in a set with some other cute bears. HERE they are in the store. And, remember that I Brake for Stamps is the US carrier for Wild Orchid flowers!! Check 'em out!

I had a sticky note with the copics I used listed, but it is MIA in my cleaned up house! Will post them if it turns up! My sketch is a Mojo Monday sketch from 2 or 3 weeks ago.
Thanks so much for visiting! And, please check out our challenge! The theme is birthday, you don't have to use IBFS images, but if you do you are eligible for a gift certificate!
Thanks! Cheryl

BIRTHDAY WISHES from Sweetie Tilda!

Hi stampin' friends! Hope you are well today! I finished this card last night, but with work, exercise and gardening was too tired to create my post! I know we've all been there! I've used paper piecing with the GORGEOUS new mini papers from Magnolia-licious! In stock now! I love, love them and think I might just need another package! You can see three of the patterns here. They would match Rich Razzleberry, but here I've used them with Purely Pomegranate with Soft Sky behind our girl. The Tilda is #353 SWEETIE TILDA and isn't she just so sweet?! With the paper pieced dress she was so quick to color! I used RV66 and 69 on her dress and blended with RV00. Her socks and bows are RV00 with RV63. She is cut out and 'curved' before adhering. The she is on dimensional pieces with the edges glued with a quick dry glue. AND, the MINI Sweet Rainbow collection is also available right NOW! Diana and her store are AMAZING!!
I'm excited to be entering her in several challenges:
Craft your Passion #61- anything goes
Just Magnolia and Hanglar Stangler- anything goes with lace option
Magnolia Stamp Lovers -anything goes
Card Cupids- layers
Dream Valley -stamp something (no digis)
I Heart 2 Stamp- June sketch AND
TOMIC-The Official Magnolia Inspiration blog- NEW- birthday cards!



A couple more pics....



And now I need to get going-work calls again! (But only for 14 more days!)


Have a terrific Tuesday!


cheryl

Tilda (the unknown)

Hi stampers! Thanks for not deserting me! It was a very busy week! Before I start, does anyone have a name for this Tilda? I can't find her anywhere! (And she's so cute!) Edited to add: Okay, this is CHERRY TILDA, and thanks to Kathy for her quick response! I used the Just Magnolia sketch for the week. It has a lot of design elements and I think I represented each one. It was a little tough because I hate covering the base paper that is so pretty! The paper is a new 6 x 6 pack from Prima called Madeline. I used the following copics to color her: skin R30, E000, e11 Hair E50, E31, E35, E25 and a little Y23 shoes E35, E25, E29 dress BG0000, BG10. I added a little BG18 to her head scarf and blended with BG0000 Cherries, R81 R85 and R59 Guess that's it for today! Have a good one-I hope to get lots done this afternoon before another week starts! Hugs, Cheryl Please rememer that the Spring/Easter Extravaganza Contest is open for entries until April 19! Details are here!! Magnolia-licious Highlites

Happy Birthday, Korin!

Well, this is a special day! It's Korin's birthday! She is the owner extraordinaire of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and I get to post my first card as a Guest Designer for the company on HER big day! There is a blog hop in her honor starting at the Sweet 'n Sassy blog so head on over to hop through and maybe even leave your good wishes for Korin! I've used a new release of Cocoa (the adorable mouse)! This one is from Springtime Cocoa, but I've linked the whole page so you can see them all.

My papers are from MME again! These are in the Mabel collection, my favorite! I used the Beaded Nestability Ovals for my framing.

Guess that's it for this time. Have a great day! See you soon!

And, remember to check out the birthday hop at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

Thanks, Cheryl

Chef Charlotte

Hello and happy Saturday! The sun is shining beautifully here and it is a balmy 6 degrees!! Yep, I said SIX DEGREES!! This is Chef Charlotte, one of the Humorous Seniors from I Brake for Stamps! Check them out! I think this one works great for a male or female card!
I was going to put a sentiment on the front, but decided instead to use some of my large buttons.
Inside I'm going to use an older sentiment from All that Scraps (that goes with a snail most of the time)
It reads, "Sorry I'm late..... did I miss cake?!"
Yep, another late birthday card from me!!
My papers are from the My Mind's Eye pad named Gertie.

I thank you for coming by today! I really appreciate it!~ back tomorrow, I hope!
Have a wonderful day!
Cheryl

Relax to the Max II

Hi! Well another weekend is on its way out. Hope you had a great one! I met up with friends, Lisa and Tracy for some stampin' retail therapy and enabling! Fun! This is a card I had to get finished for my nephew, Aaron-another late birthday card from us! I just love this Whipper Snapper designs dog! This time I paper pieced the chair. Of course, I shaded it afterwards with some darker greens to give more depth. All my papers are from MME Stella and Rose collections. The die is my new Lacy edge ovals :) and I did some messy stitching. I even made a stitched panel for the inside on another dp pattern!

Well, that's what I wanted to show you for today! Please, please return tomorrow for something very special from TWO design teams!!
Have a great night/day depending on where you are!
Cheryl

Happy Birthday Gift!

Hi! Here's another simple card for today! I think this one would be fine for a guy! I used some krat card stock that I had dry embossed and sponged to look like wood as the background to my giftie! I knew when I finished that I should have stitched the layers for added interest, but it was tooo late!
I used the Medium sized gift from I Brake for Stamps! This great image comes in three sizes so I linked the page for you to compare sizes.
I you choose to order from I Brake for Stamps, please feel free to use my code SAVE10CHERYL for 10% off your whole order.

Thanks so much for coming by!
Cheryl

Celebrate

Hi! As promised, here is my next Magnolia-licious card! I adore the stamps in the You are So Special collection! They are Awesoooome! I've used two for my card~ #294 TILDA WITH BALLOON AND #594 BALLOON BACKGROUND. I'm sorry the balloon background does not seem to be available right now in the store. Just check with Diana~she seems to get "mail" from Sweden almost everyday! In fact she ALREADY has 8 of the new Butterfly Collection IN STOCK for shipment!

So, I used copics to color my card in the following colors:

Skin E000, E11, R30 and E00

Dress: BG10. BG11 and BG72 (I used the BG11 to get a little more green to the color so it matched the paper more closely.

Shoes E31, 34 and 25

Balloon R81, 83 85, and 89

Balloons (green) YG21 adn YG23

Hair E50, Y21 adn E25

I'm not sure about the balance of my card-I wanted a bow in the ribbon, but ran out of pink satin ribbon! The gorgeous paper is My Mind's Eye from last year's Quite Contrary collection. I have lots, but cannot wait to get my hands on the new papers! I'm a paper fiend!!

I used the wonderful FRIDAY SKETCHERS sketch for this card AND I'm so happy to be in time to enter for the week!

Please remember it's not too late to enter for the SUNDAY SENSATIONS PRIZE on Jacque's blog! It's a 25.00 gift certificate!!

Well, I guess I've said enough for this time!

I appreciate that you came by today!

Cheryl

Happy Birthday!

Hi friends! I have a card today using an image from I Brake for Stamps! I used the Large Flower Sprig as my focal image. It's sooo pretty! I stamped it on a smooth cream paper (from SU, I think!) and colored it with my copic markers. I used BG10 and a little BG72. For the leaves I used G40. 82 and 24. The little flowers are R11 and R22.

I'm so sorry for the poor lighting and photo quality- Someday I'll get my light tent together! The card base is cream, the embossed layer is Sahara Sand, then Baja Breeze, then the image. Really a pretty quick card for me! (But somewhat elegant, I hope!)

And, a close up, as I was STILL trying to get a decent shot!

Thanks for dropping by!

Cheryl

It's Your Day!

Hi! Happy Friday! Yeah!! For my floral card I used the Small Pincushion flower from I Brake for Stamps. Now I did no research so I have no idea what color Pincushion flowers are! I decided I was going to color them orange from the start and then look for papers. The coloring went well on all three and I am happy with them.
I just couldn't decide on paper. I thought they would look good on a CAS card background by when they were laying on this Basic Grey (Curio) paper that I had out for something else I decided to go with it!
The die is made by Sizzix and mine came from Stampin Up.
I guess that's about it for today except to say that if you order from I Brake for Stamps, I hope you'll take advantage of my code SAVE10CHERYL for a 10% discount!
Thanks so much for coming by today!
Working on a Mini World Magnolia for tomorrow! Ya'll come back now!
Cheryl

Copic used:
YR12, YR04 YR14, E99, E31, E29, Y08 and Y11

Blobby Takes the Cake!

Hello! Here is a digital image from Pink Cat Studio called Blobby Takes the Cake. I love images like this because you can just go crazy with any colors you're in the mood to work with!
It is the card I made for the "end of October Copic Creations Challenge. The challenge posed to us this time by our illustrious leader, Mary was to use a blender technique that we like. I picked this Blobby to work with just so I could make him plaid! Now I want to make him pink plaid, blue plaid, orange plaid, and purple plaid. It's so fun! Color and shade the image first. Then make sure your blender is juicy so the color removes easily and smoothly as you 'draw' your lines.
I used one of my new Spellbinders' dies to make a round card as the perfect frame for Blobby. t would be pretty easy to make a bunch of these!
My greens are YG13 and YG17. I'm afrad I've lost track of the other colors since this was a post on the Copic Creations blog at the end of last week.
We hope you'll create something with your copics and blender and share it with us by October 31!
Details on the blog linked above!
Thanks for the comments on the wine box below. You can still comment to be entered for some goodies (until Saturday) !

We had book club at my house last night and then did some crafting after school today so as I write this I'm very sleeeeepy!
Hope you're having a great week!
Cheryl