Monday, November 30, 2009

TGF Preview of Library Mouse!

Today Im sooo excited to share with you Library Mouse he is 1 of 3 stamps designed by Elizabeth O. Dulemba an they are all SOOOOO DARLING!!!

He will be released
from The Greeting Farm on December 1st!!

I have 2 cards to show you with him, and he is just soooo sweet!!! I LOVE THIS Stamp!!!

He is colored with copics and I airbrushed around the edges of the oval. I used some new dp that i bought a few weeks back from SEI. I did do sewing around the edges 3 times. I added flowers,leaves, gem, and my bow!








Here is my second card done with this little cutie!! On this card I used copics again to color, and then added some pearls, ribbon, border punch, and dp!



To see the other DT members projects here are the links :)


Cindy
Jessica
Kadie
Kim
Lisa
Lynda
Mercy
Sandra
Also you wont want to miss Gabby's BLOG she has a sneak peak as well!! :)
Thank you for looking and have a nice day!!!

Hugs,
Cheryl

The Greeting Farm Blog HERE

The Greeting Farm Release is tomorrow, and our big BLOG HOP tooo!!! Hope you will join us for some FUN!!!!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Corrosive Challenge #40 Red & Green!

The Corrosive Challenge
forweek is RED & GREEN!!!

This will be my last week designing for The Corrosive Challenge Blog! Ive had alot of fun working with Janet she is super sweet!!! Thank you hun for all the fun challenges!!! She will have the new DT up this week some time!!! And im sure they will be AWESOME!!!

Ok on with my card :) lol

On my card I used this little sweetie Polar Bear Cubs from Angels Landing. he is colored with copics, and then cut out. The Ho Ho Ho sentiment is from the set Ho Ho Hollydays

On the polar bears hat I used some stickles, and also on the Hollyberrries, and holly leaves. Stickles can be found here at Pez-A-Doodle Designs for super cheap!!!

All shapes are cut with spellbinders, and I added my bow, and a button hat to finish off my card!!!

I hope you will join us for this wonderful Red&Green Challenge I sure did have alot of fun!!! To join in and for more details HERE is the link!!

Enjoy your Sunday, and thank you for stopping by and looking!!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Saturday, November 28, 2009

TGF Another Preview of Sassy Suzi for Today!!!

Here is another preview of this DARLING Sassy Suzi Sprout
RELEASE DATE IS TUES DEC 1st!!!! I just had to make another for todays SCS Inspiration Challenge, and to post on my blog to share!

Be sure to check out my other post with Sassy Suzi below this one!
Kim Yu designed this sprout for the challenge to design your own sprout awhile back. And Kim did an Awesome job on her!! Be sure to stop by Kim Yu's Blog and leave her a comment to be entered to win this little sweetie courtesy of The Greeting Farm!!! :)


On Suzi I paper pieced her coat, and then colored her with copics. I used spellbinders for all my shapes, and then added ribbons to make my bows!! I thought the sparkle flowers would look nice with the black and pink. Lastly I added some heart shaped gems.

Thank you for looking and have a wonderful weekend!!
Hugs, Cheryl

Be sure to stop by and check out the other DT members blogs to see what wonderful cards they have made !
Cindy , Jessica , Kadie , Kim ,Lisa , Lynda , Sandra , Mercy

Also to view my other SASSY SUZI for today see post below this one!!! :) Thank you!!

TGF Sassy Suzi Preview!

Hello everyone today im sharing with you a preview of SASSY SUZI!!! She is going to be released on Tuesday Dec 1st from The Greeting Farm stamps!!! Isnt she a CUTIE???!!!!

If you remember awhile back Marie had the contest to draw your own sprout, well Sassy Suzi won, and her artist is Kim Yu!!!!

Kim Yu will have a free Sassy Suzi stamp to give away courtesy of The Greeting Farm so be sure to go and leave a comment on Kim Yu's blog!!!

Also be sure to check out the rest of the DT's blogs to see what wonderful creations they have made!!!

Cindy , Jessica, Kadie, kim, Lisa , Lynda, Sandra, Mercy




On my Sassy Suzi card I stamped her in Memento black ink, and colored her with copics.

Next i added some Stickles to her coat. I used the spellbinders circles, and squares to cut out my shapes.

Lastly I added 3 flowers, and some ribbon and trims!

Thank you for stopping by, and have a wonderful weekend!!

Hugs,
Cheryl

Friday, November 27, 2009

Farm Fresh Friday & Preview!!

Happy Friday to all!!! I do hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!!

This card was designed for todays Farm Fresh Friday Challenge that started today at The Greeting Farm!!

On my card I used 1 of the 10 new Chibis due to be released on the 1st of Dec!

Now the challenge this week is to use something SWEET on your card!!! Well all of the Chibis are tooo sweet, so I used Lolli Chibi on my card.



members blogs to check out their wonderful creations for todays challenge!!! Also here is a LINK to The Greeting Farm Be sure to stop by the other DT g Farm Blog
Also give a Warm Welcome to our Dec Guest Designer Gabby!!! She will be working with Marina Neiras stamps and has a Special Preview for you right now!!! :) So make sure to stop by her blog and leave some Luv!!!
Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Me Time Anya from The Greeting Farm

Todays post is with Anya from The Greeting Farm! She is sooo sweet!!! So I have 2 cards to share today!
On both my cards I used this DARLING Anya from the Set "Me Time" she is just way toooo cute, I soooo love this set!!! This 1st card was designed for todays Sketch Challenge on SCS!

Anya is colored with copics, and i did used stickles on her bubbles.
I added some flowers, Roses(Given to me by my mom) Thank you MOM!!! and 4 gem crowns. The sentiment and slippers are also from the Me Time Set!
This second card I did for the challenge last sunday on SCS but wanted to post it with the one I did for todays Sketch Challenge on SCS. On this card I did the same with coloring and stickles.
All shapes are cut with Spellbinders dies. On this card I used ribbon & a button.
So many sweet new releases for this month Nov from The Greeting Farm Stamps, to see them all please visit The Greeting Farm Store HERE!
Also to join us for the Farm Fresh Fridays challenges that are hosted by Jessica please visit The Greeting Farm Blog HERE!!
Thank you for stopping by and looking, hope you have a nice day and a Happy Thanksgiving!!
Hugs to all,
Cheryl

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Alota Challenge #23 "Hang it on the Tree" / And Big SALE

This card was designed for the ALOTA Challenge #23 "Hang it on the Tree" that Susan is hosting right now on PaperCrfaftPlanet.

The challenge is to make a card or Ornament with the theme hang it on the tree. The PRIZE is WONDERFUL its a grab bag of Alota Stamps!!!

How Awesome is that???!!!! Anyways for more details and to see other cards and ornaments done for this challenge visit us HERE.


I used this super cute Robot that comes in a set of 3. And the tree, both from Alota Rubber stamps.



The background is airbrushed, and then I added some fun flock for snow. My ornament is on my card


Thank you for looking and have a nice day!!


Hugs, Cheryl


Also right now Helene the owner of Alota Rubber Stamps is having an AWESOME SALE!!! 20% off everything!!! Wooohoooo :) Sale runs through Nov 28th!! Use coupon code ALOTATHANKS!!! Also you can get your stamps MOUNTED or UNMOUNTED!! You choose at checkout!!! :) Have fun! :)


Monday, November 23, 2009

Pez-A-Doodle Newly Released Nestie Candle Frame


Hello everyone today I wanted to share with you 1 of the Pretty New Releases from Pez-A-Doodle Designs!!
This is a nesties compatible Candle Frame, and is just one of the frames that are available from Pez-A-Doodle Designs
I just love these frames they are all soooo PRETTY, and fun to color, and best of all they work with the SPELLBINDERS!!! How AWESOME :)


This card was designed for the CAS Challenge on SCS for this morning. We were to make a card with sponging on it.

So on my card I colored the frame with copics, and then used the Tim Holtz distress ink pad to sponge around the outside of my framed image. I also added some Stickles, and a flower,leaves, and a button!

The little Skittles on the bottom righthand side of my card are Printed ornament skittles and they too are from Pez-A-Doodle Designs.


Thank you for looking and have a nice day!!!

Please scroll down to post below to see Tutorial on Handmade Ornament!!!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Inky Impressions Challenge & DT Call

This Ornament was designed for the Inky Impressions Ornament Challenge & DT Call!!! I soooo would love to design for this wonderful company! They have some Darling stamps


To view stamps here is a link to the store im sure you will fall in love with these sweeties too!!!


For my Ornament I used the ring leftover from our double sided sticky tape that I know we all use!! :) Ive been saving these for awhile I was try'n to think up something different that I havent seen before:) And I did!!! :)
Anyways this is pretty simple to make.

1st- pick several different ribbons that you will want to use

2nd- before I cut ribbon, I will tie one to see what lenght I want it to be, then you can cut as many as needed with that one as a guid.

3rd-tie them in any order.

4th- I added a bow to the top, and flowers,leaves, branches to the bottom.

5th-add your stamped image :)


This is the ring I wanted to show a close up for you!!


I really had alot of fun with this! Hopefully you will try this little technique! :)







Here is a link to the Challenge if you would like to join in! Have fun!!!


Thank you for stopping by and looking!!Hope you have a wonderful week!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Corrosive Challenge "Movie Theme"


Happy Sunday to everyone!!! I do hope you are enjoy'n your weekend!!
Today I am Thankful for my kitchen cabinets are DONE!!!! Woooohooo and they look AWESOME!!!! Thank you Hunny, and Papa!!!!
Today's card was designed for the Corrosive Challenge Blog! Janet challenge us the DT, and You to make a Movie Themed card or project!!!
My card was inspired by the Movie "Flowers in the Attic" Yes it is a movie from along time ago, but I loved the book and it was one of my favs back then. Anyways I thought this little Izzy (from The Greeting Farm) was perfect for my card! She is colored with copics and cut out. I added some flowers, and flower dp to my card!
To join us for this wonderful challenge please visit Janets Corrosive Challenge blog a little later today for the posting of this challenge HERE.
Supplies used:
  • The Greeting Farm stamp"Izzy"
  • Dp "AC Patterned Paper" (Backyard), cardstock papertrey
  • copics to color
  • ribbon&flowers
Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Frosty and his Tree!!



Hello Ladies!!! Wanted to fill you in on the Alota Challenge #23 that is going on right now!

YOU CAN WIN A GRAB BAG OF STAMPS : all you have to do is make a card, or Ornament!!! We all love doing that right???!!!!! LOL

You can enter as many as you would like for a better chance to win lots of ALOTA RUBBER STAMPS!!!! Wooooohoooo I say tht is an AWESOME challenge! :)

Hope to see you at the Alota Challenge#23 and cant wait to see what you create!!!

Supplies used:

  • Alota snowman/tree stamp
  • Dp (Sandylion)Patchwork Holly, Creative Imaginations is the holly with berriesCardstock green is SU!, red is from Papertrey
  • Embellishments: stickles, button, skittles from Pez-A-Doodle, ribbon, trim, sewing, spellbinders

Thank you for looking and have a lovely weekend!

Hugs,
Cheryl

Friday, November 20, 2009

Farm Fresh Friday!

Today is Farm Fresh Friday(No DESIGN PAPER CHALLENGE)

Also I wanted to share with you 5 Fairy Cards!

1st card

is my Farm Fresh Friday card with the Autumn Fairy! Im soooo Love'n all the newly released Fairies from The Greeting Farm Stamps.

On my card I made the sky design paper with the spellbinder die, and the copic airbrush system. I airbrushed the clouds, and this is my first try at doing clouds :) Im happy with the results ...lol




2nd card
was designed for thursdays WT challenge on SCS and on this card I used Spring Fairy!



3rd card
I used this pretty Summer Fairy!




4th card
is another Autumn Fairy, she was made for Thursdays release and is on The Greeting Farms blog along with the other DT members Awesome cards!!!




5th card
is with Winter Fairy, and I wanted to make her a Christmas one :) she was designed for wed sketch challenge on SCS.


Thank you for looking and have a wonderful Friday!!! Hope you will join us for Farm Fresh Friday!!!

Hugs,
Cheryl

All Fairy images can be found HERE at The Greeting Farm. Release date was Thursday Nov 19th!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Sweet Lil' Christmas Angel Emma



For today I wanted to use this little sweetie from KL Stampin N Scrappin.

She is from CC Designs her name is Angel Emma!!

I colored her with the copics, and then used the spellbinders to cut out the oval and the scalloped oval! I used some Christmas Cheer dp and then added sewing to my card.



Supplies used:
Stamps CC Designs from KL SNS\
Copics, spellbinders
Martha Stewart punch, sewing, ribbon, and dp, cardstock is papertrey!!

Thank you for looking and have a nice day!!

Hugs,Cheryl

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Angels Landing Nov Blog Hop!

Welcome to the November Angels Landing Blog Hop If you missed the beginning, head over to Judi's digital stamps blog and follow the links. Today the Design Team is introducing two new digital image sets for November, Polar Bear Cubs and Button Bugs.

On my Paint tin I used this little DARLING from the Polor Bear cubs set. Isnt she just tooo sweet??!!!!

Anyways I received this tin from stephanie in a swap and thought it was perfect to decorate with this image! Thank you Steph!!!



On my image I colored with copics, and added stickles for some glitz. The border around the paint tin is 2 different dp's and trim all sewn together. I also added lots of ribbon to the handle, and made the Ho Ho Ho tag by adding a border to both sides, and just tied it to the handle. The sentiment (Ho Ho Ho can be found here) I also added a tree (Button) to the tin as well!!

Your next stop on the Blog Hop is Dawn Lusk's blog if you get lost along the way, check the master list on Judi's digital stamps blog.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the hop!!


Wanted to show a close up of the tag !!


Supplies used:
Stamps: Angels Landing
to color: Copics, stickles
Paint tin and design paper
Embellishments: Ribbon, border punch, trim, sewing machine, SU! punches




Thank you for looking and have a nice day!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Alota Challenge #23 "Hang it on the Tree"


Ok ladies this is a super AWESOME Challenge that Susan is hosting right now!
The challenge is to make a ornament, card, or something that has to do with Hanging it on a tree!!
You can enter as many items as you would like for a better chance at winning! And what do you win?????
A GRAB BAG OF ALOTA RUBBER STAMPS!!!!! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!!????
Here is a link to the challenge#23
For my ornament I used this little darling "Girl with Doll" stamp, and the tree stamp both are from Alota Rubber stamps!


Now the tree was stamped in glue, and then stamped on grey cardstock 4 times. I then added some Martha Stewart (Carrara Marble coarse glitter) on to it, and then let dry. After I took some of Tim Holtz Distress ink "Peeled Paint" and added a drop to a small piece of cloth to dab over the trees.

Next I added some beading and a small bow with ribbon to hang on the tree. The tiny deer is a button, and I removed the shank from the back!

Thank you for looking and have a wonderful day!!

HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR THE ALOTA CHALLENGE #23 ! LINK IS ABOVE IN RED!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Monday, November 16, 2009

The Pixie Cottage Stamps & Challenges!!

Today I wanted to share with you 2 cards for the TLC Challenge on SCS! Also this 1st card was designed for The Pixie Cottage Sketch Challenge!

On this card I used this DARLING stamp from the Pixie Cottage called "What a Doll". I love these stamps they are soooo sweet!!!!

I colored her with copics and used the same technique for both of my cards, link is below for this technique. I added stickles to her flowers, and around the heart.




I added a piece of this pearl treatment that was sent to me by Cheri! Thank you hun!!!!

I also used the border punch along the bottom and did sewing on both of the background panels. Lastly I added my bow!!

Next card:




This card was designed for todays TLC Challenge on SCS (Splitcoaststampers) . Today we were to use a technique called cutting outside the box!


For more details on this technique please visit the challenge here!


On my card I used this SWEET LITTLE DARLING from The Pixie Cottage Stamps! Isnt she DARLING???!!! I bought her to use for Halloween, and I did, she turned out sweet! But I still want to use her, so she will just be different colors...lol Her name is Lil' Pumpkin!

I colored her with copics, and added a little bow that was sent to me in a swap(Gold bow). The technique I used on this was super fun!!! I did do some sewing around the background, and added my 2 bows to the top! Thank you sooo much for looking and have a lovely day! Im off to get more crafting done, since I dont have to sand kitchen cabinets anymore!!!LOL


Hugs,


Cheryl


Sunday, November 15, 2009

Corrosive "EMBOSS IT" Challenge!!


This week Janet has challenge us the DT to EMBOSS IT!!!
I love embossing and on this card I used the swiss dots embossing folder to emboss all the colored cardstock!This DARLING image that I used is a digi image called Mistletoe Kiss from The Greeting Farm stamps. There are a few of the animals available in rubber too!!


My image is colored with copics, and then I used the spellbinders to cut out the shape. I did sewing around the edges, added a charm, and my bow!!

Hope you will join us in this super fun challenge! for more details please visit us HERE!!!

Thank you for looking and have a nice day!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Friday, November 13, 2009

Farm Fresh Fridays Wild Sketch!!!

Today is the 2nd week for the challenge at The Greeting Farm called Where the Wild Things Are!!! This weeks sketch is done by Cindy Haffner!!! Dont you just love her sketch???!!!!

Now for all info on the contest please read HERE!!! This is a Guest Designer Search for The Greeting Farm HOW EXCITING!!!!! So be sure to check out all the info!!!

Ok now on to my card!! For my card I used the My House Set from The Greeting Farm, and Maggie Bunny tooo! They are both colored with copics and cut out! All new RELEASES for the Month of NOV HERE

Supplies used:
The Greeting Farm Stamps
Copics to color
Dp is Basicgrey, su cardstock
flowers, gems, and sewing!

Thank you for stopping by and looking! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,Cheryl



Thursday, November 12, 2009

Sweet Little 60's Tilda

Today I wanted to share with you this little sweetie from the Magnolia stamps that KL Stampin N Scrappin carries.
This little darling is colored with
copics, and cut out. I also used the Spellbinder dies that kelly carries in the store as well. You can find the Spellbinders HERE.

I added the pearls to the centers of the flowers, and then put some dots around the heart with a white gel pen!



The border is punched and I did do sewing around the back 2 panels, and then on the smaller panel tooo! Lastly I added my bow!!
Right now Kelly has in the store High Hopes stamps and you can get them mounted or unmounted, isnt that awesome??!!! Also there are some darling new cc.designs, and some basic grey stamps as well to choose from. You can check them out HERE!!!
Have a nice day and Thank you for looking!!!
Hugs,
Cheryl
Also give a warm welcome to the new KL Stampin N Scrappin DT for 2010 !!! Wooooohoooo welcome Ladies and Congratulations!!!! You all will have sooo much fun with Kelly and Kristine they are wonderful ladies to work with!!!! Hugs to all!!!! :)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Angels Landing Holiday Tags!


These Holiday tags were made for todays Angels Landing post. We were to make either mini notebooks, tags, mini boxes. I wanted to make a couple of tags for the holidays :)
On this first tag I used the spellbinders circles to cut. The branches are from the Martha Stewart punch, and I used this super darling teddy bear from Angels Landing!!

On my second tag I used this super cute penguin also from Angels Landing! He is colored with copics. I did use a few different greys to color him :)
The design paper is from Christmas I believe last year, except the polka dot dp is from papertrey. I added some trim to tie to a package, and stamped to: & From: sentiment is su!
Penguin imagae can be found here at Angels Landing
Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!!! Also stop by the other DT members blogs to see what wonderful projects they have made today!!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Card for Noah, pics from my brothers wedding


This card was made for a challenge on SCS last week. I also sent this out to Noah as well.
Noahs story is sooo sad and broke my heart to hear about what him and his family are going through. they plan on having their family Christmas I believe it was this past weekend, because the doctors said Noah wouldnt make it to Christmas :(
Noah has received thousands of cards from wonderful caring people from all over the world. I too sent him a card :) Here is a link to Noahs story




Now this past weekend was a very very busy weekend! Not only did we have my brothers wedding, but my husbands birthday , and my fridge went out :( so no time to craft for several days! :(
This is my younger brother Jimmy & his new wife Melina , their wedding was this past saturday the 7th!

Here is a picture of my sweet husband and I after the wedding!
It was a very small wedding but was nice!
We went to dinner after and visited for awhile :)







Here is a picture of my little brother Jimmy and I!!



Here is one of my brother and my mom :)


Thank you for looking and have a wonderful week!!!
Supplies used on my card:
Stamp is from : WOJ
Sewing, dp from a few years back,
ribbon and a button snowflake!!
Hugs,
Cheryl