Monday, May 31, 2010

Motivet Pretty Kitty Tent card

Happy Memorial Day to everyone!!!! For todays card I wanted to share with you a Tent Card I made for todays SCS TLC "Let's Go Camping"!


I really had alot of fun making this card, and LOVE this DARLING Kitty from Motivet Stamps! Isnt she DARLING???!!!!!

My card was designed for these challenges!
Pile it on/Eat your Veggies( I thought this kitty was tooo cute and perfect for this challenge)
Flutter by Wednesday/Anything Goes!
PollyCraft Monday Challenge/Hidden Message! (Mine is on the back of my Tent Card)
Cupcake Craft/Summer Delight!
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge/Celebration(Im celebrating Summer,hehehe :) and Kitties)
The Corrosive Challenge Blog/Whats Cookin?(Well with Kitties cooking is with flowers/plants)hehehe

Supplies used to make my card:
Stamps/Our Daily Bread Designs & Motivet's Kitty
Dp K & Company BIG paper Pack!
2 6 x 6 pieces of cardstock and 1 4x 6(score every 1" )
Embellishments/Lace,ribbon,flowers,branches,button and Butterfly!


Scripture is from Our Daily Bread Designs!

(You can click on any of the pictures to enlarge them!! )

Thank you for looking and Happy Memorial Day!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Super Exciting News!!! & Another Heart shaped book

Im sooooo excited to share with you all that I made the Scrapbookpal DT!!!Woooohoooo!!! I cant wait to share my work with you all :)
Ive know now for a little while and have wanted to share this news with everyone! TO SEE ALL THE SCRAPBOOKPAL DT VISIT US HERE :)
To see all the wonderful products that Scrapbookpal.com carries visit them HERE

I wanted to share with you another book that I had made awhile back right before Mother's Day! I gave 2 of the 4 books I made that week to our Mothers for Mothers Day :) and they LOVED them!!!
 

On this Heart Shaped Photo Book I used the George and Basic Shapes Cartridge, but Scrapbookpal carries sooooo Many wonderful cartridges, and some AWESOME NEW ones tooo!!! SEE THEM HERE :)
Thank you for looking and enjoy your weeekend! Im off to craft for a bit :)

Hugs to all,
Cheryl

Friday, May 28, 2010

Love...

Todays card was designed for the Inky Impressions FLOWER CHALLENGE & The F4A14 challenge on SCS and several other challenges!
 

On my card I used sweet Lili's Slumber Party from Inky Impressions. The reason I picked this darling stamp to use is because of the teddy bear. I love teddy bears and have a Large collection of boyds bears, and cherished teddies! I keep them all in a large curio case!

Some of the other challenges ive done my card for:
Our Daily Bread Designs/SentimentsODBDSLC14
Inky Impressions/F.L.O.W.E.R.S/F=Flowers, and R=Ribbon,S=Stitching these are the letters I chose!
The Crazy Challenge/Its a Girl Thing
SCS/F4A14 Inspired by my teddy bear collections
Pixie Dust Studio/Going Round and Round(use something Round) my button,and flowers!!!
Stampin for the Weekend/Make someone smile!
Pile it on/Out of the Box! I used Green and Yellow together, I normally dont go with these colors :) But just had to  :)


Thank you for looking and I hope you all enjoy your weekend!!!! Also to join the Inky Impressions FLOWER Challenge please visit us HERE!!! :)

Hugs,
Cheryl

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Artful INKables "Happy Birthday Card"

Happy Thursday to everyone, hope
you are enjoying your day so far!  For todays card I used the newly released set called "Happy Everything" from Artful Inkables!
I stamped the Happy in Memento black ink and colored the letters with copics, then added some stickles for some glitz! I used the spellbinders die cuts to cut the oval and the frame.
The tag was cut with the Quickutz and die, I also airbrushed the tag and added the gem flower to it and a bow.
All dp is Basicgrey and has sewing done around the edges.
 
Right now you can join us in the Artful INKable Think INK Challenge that Kim is hosting! For more info on this challenge please visit the Artful INKable Blog HERE!!

Thank you for looking and enjoy your day!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Wags 'n Whiskers "Best Friends"

Hello everyone , todays card was designed for the Wags 'n Whiskers Friendship challenge!


 
This DARLING stamp was given to me by a dear friend Tami in a SS Swap. Thank you Tami, I love my Kitty stamp :)

Ive wanted this stamp for awhile, and it reminds me of my Best Friend Christina! We both LOVE CATS, and she has an orange kitty named Simba, and I have a grey,white,black kitty named Boots! Hehehehehe, that is why I colored the cats these colors :)



Supplies used:
dp from Crafty secrets, cardstock is AC
Border is martha stewart punch, little tag is Quickutz, branches are MS as well
Flowers,handmade rosettes,and ribbon for my bows!

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

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

May you be Blessed by the Lord....

Hello everyone for todays card I used the scripture "May you be Blessed by the Lord,The Maker of Heaven and Earth" from Our Daily Bread Designs stamp set "Happy Birthday"
Marvin the Mouse is from Sew Many Cards and he is a Digi I won, isnt he sweet??!!!!!

I colored him with copics and then cut him out.
The sentiment is stamped in Memento black ink, and the background was airbrushed.
Ive added some sewing,gems, and a bow to complete my card.

Challenges that I made my card for:
ODBD/sentiments
Creative Inspiration challenge/punches or die cuts
One Stitch at a Time/Furry Friends

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

Monday, May 24, 2010

Loopy Lops!

Hello everyone!! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! Mine was GREAT!! :) We had our family over and had a BBQ :) FUN!!!
This week for the ABC Toys and Crafts DT we are Focusing on Stampavie! and Julie is offering FREE Shipping on all Stampavie products! Awesome Deal!!!
For more info visit us HERE
You can also see my Post on the ABC Toys and Crafts Design Blog HERE

Now for my card supplies:
Stamp(stampavie "Loopy Lops Gift Box" from ABC Toys and Crafts
copics to color
DP is from Best Creation Inc.
Roses, and sewing to complete my card!

Free Shipping on your order of Stampavie remember to use Coupon Code FREESH529 offer ends on 5/29/2010


My card was designed for these challenges below:
Stamp Something/2 of something challenge( I used 2 ribbons)
Papertake Weekly challenge/Say it with flowers!
A Spoon Full of Sugar/Cute and Girly
Creative Inspiration Challenge/Punches or die cuts( I used both)
Aly's Sunday Challenge/Bows and ribbon(MY FAVORITE)


Thank you for looking and enjoy your day!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Dress Up!

Hello everyone, hope you are enjoying your weekend!
 Sorry ive been gone, but our internet has been acting up, so that should be fixed here in the next few day!!! :)
Ive soooo wanted to do a challenge on SCS and post it, so today I decided to do the Featured Stamper challenge found HERE!

On my card I used sweet Irene B. Dress Up Bug from Alota Rubber Stamps! She can be found HERE!
Supplies used:
Irene B Dress Up Bug(from Alota Rubber Stamps)
6x6 card base
DP is from Best Creations Inc. and cardstock is from AC
Ive added 2 ribbons(Really Reasonable Ribbons),flowers,leaves,heart lock,key and sewing to complete my card!
Thank you for looking and enjoy your day!!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Artful INKables "Gift Tag"

Happy Thursday to everyone! Today I made a gift tag using the "Aquatic Fantasy"




I love this new set its sooooo CUTE!!!
 I used the fish,crab and the underwater rocks. I ended up airbrushing the water background, and used the Marvy Mega punch for the scalloped oval. The other oval and frame are from spellbinders.

All images are colored with copics! I added dots with the gel pen, and some ribbon to add it to a giftbag!

 


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

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

3D Shadowbox Frame for my Best Friend!

I wanted to share with you a 3-D shadowbox frame that I made for my Best Friend! This is my first time using 1 of these frames and I had won the Crafty Secrets Photo challenge and picked a package of these and several other wonderful and fun goodies!!! Thank you Crafty Secrets!!!! 

My card was also designed for Inky Impressions and our FLOWER Challenge that is going on right now!
Choose two letters from:



F: flowers or faux (faux stitching, faux suede, faux leather...)
L: Lace or lacing
O: circles or circle embellishments (brads, pearls, etc)W: Water coloring, Wax Paper Resist
E: embossing or easel
R: Ripping, Distressing, tearing or ribbon
S: stitching (real or Faux) or sparkle
Please let us know the letters and items you chose.

I chose
 F(flowers and stitching)
O for circle button on the left side!
R for Distressing
S for Stitching and sparkle
Dont Forget you can click on the pictures to make them larger and see close up!!! :)
My Shadowbox was also designed for these challenges as well:
Crafty Secrets/Zigzag or ric rac
Papertake Weekly/Say it with flowers
Cute Card Thursday/Someone Special(my best friend ) she is moving here to Utah!!!Woooohoooo!!!
ABC Challenge/unused stash(mouse shaped button) havent used them in a long while :)
Your Next Stamp Challenge/Cut it out and pop it up
The Crazy Challenge/something new(my new fold 3D shadow box)
The Pixie Cottage/Vintage and distressing( I used a vintage image the kitty cats, and did distressing too)
Stampin' Sisters in Christ/to use singing or music or other joyful praise!

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

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Think INK challenge #20

Hello everyone todays card was designed for the Think INK challenge # 20 to use :3 buttons,2 Ribbons,1 circle


On my card I used Steampunk Sarah from Artful INKables! I just LOVE this stamp set and wanted to use it for the Recipe challenge that is going on HERE, and is Hosted by Dawn Knight!!! Thank you Dawn for a lovely challenge hun!!!
Supplies used:
Steampunk Sarah from Artful INKables
Dp is from Crafty Secrets
colored with copics
lace (2 different ones)
2 ribbons(bows) 3 buttons, and 1 circle sentiment
sewing, and distressing!!

You have until Monday the 24th of May to play along with us :) Hope you will join us in this super fun challenge!!!

The WINNER of the THINK INK CHALLENGE #20  WILL WIN a GRAB Bag of AI stamps!!! Woooohoooo !!!!! For all details visit us HERE!!!

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

Hugs,
Cheryl

Monday, May 17, 2010

Crafty Secrets mini photo book

Here is another post for today! :) this is ABC Toys and Crafts Crafty Secrets Week!


SAVINGS of 15% off all your CRAFTY SECRETS PURCHASES!! WOOOHOOOO AWESOME DEAL!!

To save 15% you will have to use Coupon Code CS1622

For my photo album I used the Sizzix Bigz Die Poincon! The dp is Crafty Secrets and can be found HERE!!! Im soooo LOVING all the CRAFTY SECRETS Design paper that Julie carries at the ABC Toys and Crafts Store!


The pictures I used in my photo album are my 3 children when they were younger! Time just goes by sooo fast! :(

Ive entered my photo book into the Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge! To use flowers! All flowers are handmade by me, and so are the leaves!!



I also used the DARLING Stickers from the Crafty Secrets Sticker Sheet found HERE
Ive used Spellbinders ovals and those too can be found at the ABC Toys and Crafts Store!!!



Dont forget all this week SAVE 15% off your CRAFTY SECRETS PURCHASE at the ABC Toys and Crafts Store(COUPON CODE CS1622)!!!

And SCOR-PAL on SALE for 29.99 AWESOME DEALS!!!! All can be found HERE at the ABC Toys and Crafts Store

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

Artful INKables Blog Hop

For Alota Blog Hop see my Blog Post Below this one! Thank you !!!
Welcome to the Artful Inkables blog hop! If you haven’t come here from Patti's Blog, then you will want to start at the Artful Inkables Blog so you don’t miss anything along the way. 
. You are going to love this release, we are releasing 3 full size stamp sets and a new mini this month, there is something for everyone!
Be sure to follow us all the way to the end and make sure to leave a comment on everyone’s blog, you never know which blog we’ll be choosing a winner from!

You will have until Thursday, May 20th at midnight Eastern Standard Time to comment on all the design team blogs for a chance at the blog hop goodies!

Today, I’m showing you a card made with a new set called Aquatic Fantasy!
Just in case you got lost along the way here is the entire blog hop order:
Cheryl

Thank you for looking and hope you enjoyed the Artful INKables Blog Hop and Release for May!!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Alota Rubber Stamps May Blog Hop & Release Party

Welcome to the Alota Blog Hop & Release Party for May!! Cant wait for you to see all the DARLING new releases for May!!! So grab a cup of cocoa, coffee, tea, or whatever you would like
and enjoy the HOP&RELEASE!!!


I have 2 cards to share with you today! First 1 above is Irene B. Dress Up Bug! and for my card below I used Ria and Andrea Dress Up Bugs!!! Tooo CUTE huh???!!!!!
1 lucky person from my blog will WIN BOTH THESE SETS!!!!WOOOHOOOO !!! SO BE SURE TO LEAVE A COMMENT AND I WILL DRAW !


Also you will want to stop by and give a visit to my Alota DT sisters to seee what wonderful projects they have to share with you today, and they too will be giving some SUPER SWEET Alota Stamps away to 1 lucky winner~!!!! The complete line up for the Hop is below!!!

Your next stop on the hop is Andrea, and if you get lost here is the complete lineup of the hop!!

Helene
Birgit
Susan
Ria
Frances
Marie
Cheryl (ME)
Andrea

Helene at Alota Rubber Stamps was kind enough to offer a coupon SAVINGS CODE for 20% off your entire purchase between May 16th-22nd!!! Have fun!!!

You can SAVE 20% off All purchases you make this week at the Alota Store!!

All New Releases Can be found HERE at ALOTA RUBBER STAMPS!!! Have fun!!!

Thank you for joining us tonight!!!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Alota Day #2 Sneak Peek!

Todays Alota Rubber Stamps sneak peak Day #2 is with "Millie L. Dress Up" Isnt she CUTE???!!!

 
Millie is colored with copics, and I have added some stickles to her as well! The dp I used is scraps, and I added sewing around each layer. The "Too Cute" sentiment is also going to be RELEASED on Monday May 17th along with ALOTA other DARLING stamps! Cant wait for you to see :)

DONT FORGET TO JOIN US FOR ALOTA'S BIG BLOG HOP TOMORROW NIGHT SUNDAY MAY 16th:


Eastern 10:00 pm (Sunday 16th May )

Central: 9:00 pm (Sunday 16th May )

Mountain: 8:00 pm (Sunday 16th May )

Pacific: 7:00 pm (Sunday 16th May )

Sweden & Netherlands: 4:00 am (Monday 17th May )

Australia: 12 noon (Monday 17th May)
 AND YOU WONT WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS SUPER AWESOME EVENT!!!! LOTS OF FUN PRIZES ALONG THE WAY!!!WOOOOHOOOO :)

Thank you for looking and enjoy your day!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Friday, May 14, 2010

Alota's "Dress Up Bugs"

Hello everyone ! Todays card is a PREVIEW for Alota Rubber Stamps. Alota's Release day will be Monday May 17th 2010 and there are some DARLING stamps due to release.
 
For the next couple of days The Alota DT and I will be previewing some of the new RELEASES so hope you will join us, and on Sunday May 16th we will have the Alota Blog Hop!!!

For my card I used Ria and Andrea Dress Up Bugs!!! I also entered my card into the SCS F4A12 challenge "SPOTLIGHTING"

here are a few other challenges Ive entered my card in for today:
My Time to Craft/Tooo Cute!
Creatalicious Challenge/Flowes and wings(my bee's and the flowers on their headbands)

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

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop!














Welcome to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop!  You will want to grab a drink(coffee,tea,or whatever you like)and enjoy the show! All the RRR DT ladies have some wonderful projects to share with you for our hop!
For my card today Ive used Really Reasonable Ribbon for the Ribbon Flowers, and Rosettes(handmade by me)I also used the same ribbon for my bow!!!

 Really Reasonable Ribbon has a special Ribbon Club (this is the ribbon I used for my card)for more info on this here is a link to the RRR Store!

Now hopefully you should have hopped on over from Trudy Sjolander's blog!

Here is the complete list for today's hop!

Really Reasonable Ribbon has sooooooo MANY BEAUTIFUL Ribbons to choose from and the prices are AWESOME! Dont forget you can check out the Ribbon Club(monthly assortment of ribbons) HERE!


Your next stop on the RRR Blog Hop is Erika's Blog! Thank you for joining us, and hope you enjoy all the DT's Beautiful cards and Project's for todays hop!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs/ Sew many cards digi
Color: copics,white gel pen
DP:su! card stock,papertrey, and su!
Embellishments: Ribbon for flowers(handmade by me) I added 3 roses,branches,gems and a hat pin!
Sewing!

Hugs,
Cheryl