A litttle gift

Good morning! I have a little gift to give a friend today so I decided to dress it up with one of my new Whipper Snapper Design images. This is Beckham from the new stamps out for the Fall/Winter of 2011. Isn't he great?! Here's the link to BECKHAM. I colored him to match the Autumn paper I'm giving. Maybe a little weird, but I was dying to color this snowman and the paper has awesome colors!

Here's Beckham close up-can you see the sparkle?

Have a great Saturday-I'm off to the Stamp and Scrap show at the Hamburg Fairgrounds because I need more papercrafting supplies! (NOT!) I'm going to see my friends!

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by! I appreciate it so much!

Cheryl

Snowman Quartet

Hello! I didn't mean to be absent for so long! I'm coloring all the time, but lately I'm "layout challenged" so don't seem to finish anything! I used a terrific stamp from Whipper Snapper called Snowman Quartet for this card. I love, love snowman so this is FOUR times as nice as one! The paper from Basic Grey (Olivia) seemed to have gray in it so I used that for my card base. It's hard to tell, but the next layer is Blushing Bride from SU to coordinate with my coloring. That gorgeous Grey satin ribbon came free in my last package from Ellen Hutson!

Here's a close up. I used BG10 and T3 for the 'sky'.

There's a little E42 on the faces.

The greens are G40, G24, and a little G29

The pinks are R22 and R24

Greys are T1, T3, T5 and then C1 for blending and C7 for darkening.

We're getting some of the snow today that we didn't get in the snow storm last week. This is the first year that I have to drive in it in 7 years. At about 10:15 I have to leave one school (near our house) and drive to the other elementary. Today is the first day I dread that drive. I'm trying to remember not to rush it!

I hope whatever challenges you face today that you prevail over them! Thanks for visiting!

Cheryl
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Merry Christmas!

Good morning! Well, it's back to work day, but it's the holiday season so it's all good! I got some things done yesterday as I was feeling better. Thanks again for the kind wishes! This is one Christmas card I was able to finish. I used Bundled Up Snowman from I Brake for Stamps. Please use code SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% off your whole order at IBFS! He colored up quite quickly after I'd chosen papers from my Basic Grey Jovial pad to work with. The sketch is from a sketch challenge, but I'm sorry that I can't give credit. I save them in a word document and I make them quite small. Now I can't read whose sketch this is!
Sorry!
I used copics to color my image. The colors are as follows:
BG10, BG72, BG75
Y21, YR24
R05, R08, R24 and R11 for cheeks
E42 for all tans

I DO need to pick a winner for the Star Tilda Mini from the comments in THIS POST.
Random.org picked comment number 17 of 36 comments. That's Nady! Since Nady's comment is in French, I think she is in France or Montreal, maybe! Please email me at drowley6@stny.rr.com and I will send your Star Tilda mini right out! Thanks for all the great comments!
Check Diana's Store for the Mini Collection. They will be here soon!
AND until Tuesday you can leave a link with our friend Jacque to win a 25.00 gift certificate for two stamps in stock at Magnolia-licious!! It's the Sunday Sensations drawing! Don't miss your chance! There is no requirement other than a link or comment!

That's it for today! Must get ready for work! Thanks for visiting!!
Cheryl

Warm Hugs!

Hi! Please read below for the winner of my blog candy!
I made this card today when I should have been doing other things! I was really struck by a card I saw in the Featured Stamper's gallery at Splitcoast and HAD to CASE!

This is Starry Snowman from Whipper Snapper. I used copics to color- BG000, BG10 and BG72

I used R11, R21 and R05 for the pinks/reds. The snowflake on the background is from the SU snowflake set from last year and is stamped in Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink)

And the winner of the shaker windows, some paper and a stamp or two is COMMENT #26 as chosen by www.random.org on Friday night.

The commenter is lynn

lynn, please contact me at drowley6@stny.rr.com as soon as you get a chance so I can mail your package! Thanks!

Well, I want to try to finish a card to post tomorrow and have other things to do to prepare for the work week!

Have a great evening!

Cheryl

Birthday Snowman!

This is a card I finished on Sunday using Mo's Perfect Snowman! It's for a good friend of mine at school. In fact, she was the aide in my classroom and we worked closely together for 16 years. My job was changed this year and though the new job is fine I sure miss working with Eileen! Because of Valentine's Day I've been working with lots of pink lately so I kept going with it for this. I used this older (and beloved!) Cosmo Cricket paper. To keep the vintage look I used E41 and E43 on the blues of the snow and on the pink to dull it a bit.

Santa Dave brought me a Janome and I've practiced on a card, but this is the first I've posted. I know it's not good, but stitching doesn't have to be perfect on a vintage look card. Does it?!
Well, I have a lot to learn, I know! Please don't look to harshly upon it.

I used the wonderful pink rose shades of R81, R83, R85 for the pinks
BG0000 and BG10 for the aqua. A dark brown for his mouth and buttons
and the E41, E43 and a little E25 for the browns. I added some stickles after I took the photos.

Thanks for looking! Come see a Magnolia card tomorrow, thought it's not yet done and I'm not sure I like it-I'll show you anyway!
Have a great Monday!
Hugs, Cheryl

Natural light by the window~

The Perfect Snowman's close up~

You have until tomorrow to leave a comment on this POST to win a Lala with heart stamp!

Snow date!

Hi stamping friends! We are really going to get some winter weather today, tomorrow and Friday! What better way to deal with it than the fun part-making snowmen! Here is a snow couple out on a snow date! This is a Whipper Snapper image that I colored with my copics. Snowmen color so quickly, don't they? I'm not sure what the stuff is coming out of their sleigh. I was indecisive so I colored it yellow like straw. Then I looked at the WSD site and it is colored green (leaves?) so I colored over it! Shouldn't have done that as I got this muddy color! Oh well, I think the snowfolk are the best part of the image anyway so what's a little mistake!

The dp is Cosmo Cricket (plaid) and the polka dot is unknown to me (from my stash). The buttons on the top left were added to color a brown splotch that suddenly appeared on my image circle! They're not always mistakes, they can be opportunities!

Thank you very much for coming by today! Have a wonderful Wednesday! We have Dave's Kiwanis Christmas party tonight. Isn't it terrible that I'd rather stay at home!?

Cheryl

Second card-Snow in Blue

Good morning! Wow, thank you so much for all the great comments yesterday! Weren't all the snowman cards just terrific!

As promised, here's my second with the snow colored with blues and a similar layout. I did make this one as an easel card which is so fun and easy! I used Baja Blue and Celery to match my Wintergreen (SU paper which I have hoarded! I love it so much! I think it was made to match Sage Shadow, but it is perfect with Baja! The layour on the front of the card is a sketch by Cindy Lawrence in a past VSN on splitcoast. It's a real keeper for large center images. I used my copics to color the snow. I started very light with BG0000, then BG10 and sparingly BG72 for the darkest. I used the cool greys for his hat and YGs for the vest. Here are the YGs I used YG01, YG21, YG93 and YG95.

Remember the team wants to see how YOU color snow! You can check out the details on Copic Creations Challenge Blog. You can win 25.00 from Whipper Snapper!

Lest you think this has become a snowman blog-tomorrow I will have a Magnolia card with one of the new Maggies!

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs, Cheryl

CCC-Let it Snow!

We are supposed to get some snow tonight so this challenge is perfect! I love coloring snowmen! You just keep it light with a little color and voila! Actually, coloring snowmen reminds me of many nights when I tole painted wood. Snowmen and Santas were favorites of mine! They still are! This challenged is sponsored by Whipper Snapper. They have so many great stamps! They are donating a 25.00 gift certificate to the winning cardmaker! I decided to make the snow "brown" on this card and go with an antique look. It was lots of fun to coordinate with this wonderful Cosmo paper called Winter Wonderland.
I used E43, E42 , E40 and E000 for the snow.
I even used distressed stickles in linen for the muted sparkle!
Anna Wight's snowflakes are favorites on cards like this and Nicole Heady's packages of buttons have buttons of the same color but different sizes which are perfect!

Now I really had fun with this and made another card using a similar layout, the same snowman, but completely different colors with a focus on BLUE snow! I hope you'll return tomorrow to see him.
Thanks for visiting! Be sure to check out the art from the other designers! Copic Creations Challenge is HERE! (If the post isn't up yet it will be soon!)
Have a great day! SIL is doing better! I am so grateful for your prayers!

Just Chillin'

That's me, just chillin' as the 5 days off comes to an end! Back to work tomorrow! Oh, well, I like my job and the kids so all will be well! (That is, if my back didn't still hurt! Ouch!) I made this card for fun! I have so many snowman images and love each of them! This one had never seen ink so it was time!
I colored him with my copics and used Figgy Pudding from Basic Grey as my dp. The card base The sketch is from the JUGS challenge a few weeks ago.
Wow, it was actually their first challenge! Now they're on number nine! My friend, Lisa is one of the talented members of that team! (Waving "hi" to Lisa!)
Thanks for coming by to see what I've been up to! Off to create with my new Magnolia stamps (from Magnolia-licious) now!
Hugs, Cheryl

Mo's Project of the Month! (And Blog Hop!)

Hi all! So glad you're here! Mos' Digital Pencil Dream Team has been challenged by fellow member Lori to create a card with our favorite "Mo" image and color. If you came here first, you may want to go back and start at Lori's blog. She is the beginning. If you came here from Lori's blog, you're right on time! I used my favorite image at the moment! Mos' Snowman is terrific! You can click on the Digital Pencil store link to the right to see all her great works of art! We paper crafters seem to all love color and it can be hard to pick a favorite, don't you think? Well, I reach for aqua shades a lot! I think it is so versatile. In the summer it is great for a water card (and is super with kraft paper) and in the winter it makes the perfect backdrop for snowmen! It goes well with neutrals and is also super with colors, like pink and green and even red!

As usual, my photos don't do the image justice, but you can see her great line work in the close up! He is so fun to color and could be colored to match with any paper!

well, enough babbling.

You may want to get on your way! Your next stop is Jak's blog, Crafter's Kitchen.

Enjoy your trip. I know you'll find inspiration along the way! And for more inspiration, the Challenge Team for Mo has their second challenge starting today!

I've had some wonderful comments on this POST for my blogoversary candy! Thank you so much!

It is open until Sunday, 'cuz DH and I are taking off on a little trip! If this post schedules correctly (fingers crossed!) I'll get another card posted for Friday-the Copic Creations challenge.

Have a great day!

Cheryl

(colors are the same as yesterday's card!)

Peppermint Snowman

Hi! I have another Christmas card done! Yeah! This one is pretty self explanatory, but I'll write a bit about it.

The snowman is from Magnolia-licious and is sooooo easy to color.

Here's the link to the snowman

The snowflakes behind him are from an old SU! set, but I don't know which one.

The snowflake is a blue felt one (SU!), one of Anna Wight's beauties made with glitter and a punch and then a red one punched with a Marthat Stewart punch. I used Real Red, Basic Gray, and Basic Grey Wassail for the paper. I colored my snowman with copic markers. I used Coral and Lipstick Red. The snowman is shaded in B10 and is outlined in Grays (C-1 and C-3). I mad ribbon tabs at the top to balance out the effect of the snowflake. Iused another MS edge punch on the RR piece on the bottom.

Thanks for stopping in! I've got to get some more stamping done! (Did you notice I linked the word instead of the whole URL? this makes me very happy)

Love ya! Cheryl