Puddle Duck gift card

Hello!! I'm so glad Monday is over for the week!! On to Tuesday!  But, first, a bridal shower card.  I made this for a good friend whose son is getting married in May.  The shower was on Saturday and had an Asian theme.  I think Basic Grey's Kioshi fits the bill!

 The image is Puddle Duck from Whipper Snapper Designs. You can find it HERE, if you like it!

 I followed directions at Splitcoast (Resources section) for Pop up gift card holder. Very easy and fun to make!!

I didn't have a gift card envelope so I made my own from the Cat's Pajamas die. I put it together and cut the flap off, just like in the directions.

Well, gotta go!! Take care, thanks for visiting and have a terrific Tuesday!
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

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

The Big Cheese!

Hi! "The Big Cheese" is the name of this image. I just sent it out to a very special birthday 'boy' with the sentiment, "CHeez, we're glad you were born!" What d'ya think? The image is from Whipper Snapper designs. Here is the link to the STAMP.
Last weekend they released their Fall/winter stamps. They are GREAT!! My order should be here anyday! And, you can join them on Facebook and post your cards. If they want it for their samples you can win 10.00 for your card/projects! You have to mail them the cards because they have a brick and mortar store.
I've used some older papers from my LSS and my copics on the image. I think I used the T family for the grays-T0, 1, 3, 5. for the cheese I started with Y21 and added Yr21 and YR24. I wanted to added sparkle and shine but I could not figure out where to add it!

Thanks for visiting today!! Have an awesome day and weekend!

Hugs, Cheryl

Buddies!

Hi! I made this card for our 5 year old great nephew! His birthday is today-late again!
I haven 't colored a Whipper Snapper image in a while and this was the one I decided on for him Hope it's boyish enough! I decided to keep the rest of the card simple-no bows or flowers! But, buttons are okay, I think! And some fauz stitching to frame the image.

DP is from Prima Marketing-Dude collection from a couple of years ago.

Guess that's it for this short post!

Hope you have a great day! Thanks for swinging by!

Cheryl

Projects from our Springfest 2011

Hello! I want to show you two of the projects I swapped with other stampers at our 4th Annual Springfest last weekend! First up is my 3D swap. I made twelve of these little boxes-like a small crayon box. It's a free template over at My time Made Easy! The tag is from Papertrey and the stamp is from Whipper Snapper! If you have any questions about them, just ask!

Then, this is what I made (30 of them) for the tag/bookmark exchange which was new this year and what a fun swap.

I received some beautiful things from both m y swaps! Talented, talented ladies!

Thanks for stopping by! Should have my Magnolia-licious card done for tomorrow. Suzanne gave us a great sketch to work with and I can't wait to get my papers and image on it!

Have a great day! Cheryl

Happy Birthday, Foxy!

Good morning! What a weekend! It was so much fun to attend Stamp Fest 4 in Buffalo on Saturday! There was talking, laughing, stamping and food! What else could anyone want! Tracy Harp and her team did a wonderful job, yet again! Buuuut, I was soooo tired on Sunday that I did not get much done! I unpacked in between naps! Here is a link to Diane's blog~she has some event pics posted too! So, in trying to get back into it today I wanted to show you (my loyal followers!) a card I made for my friend, for Lisa Kind. She is so talented and always showcases the most wonderful cards and projects!

This is Rizzo from Whipper Snapper designs. Cute, huh? I cut my card base from the Big Scalloped Grand Nestabilities from Spellbinders. The paper layered on it is from an older My Mind's Eye collection.l The dotted is on one side and the striped on the other. I cut leaves from PTI's Turning a New Leaf and stamped with the matching stamp. Then I used my copics to shade the leaves a bit and used some BG000 and BG10 around them so it wasn't so 'white'. The felt flowers are also cut from PTI dies.

Here are the colors for the fox:

Y32, YR65, E97 and E99

Ci, C5 and C9 for his 'white parts'

G24, G20 and G82 for the grass

I have projects to show that I made for Saturday's event, my May Magnolia-licious card as well as one or two I Brake for Stamps cards so I should be back most everyday this week! Than ks for coming by my cottage!

Have a wonderful day!

Cheryl

Tiny (and simple) Flower Pot

Hello! A quick post with a number of pictures! Sometimes I just need to make a bunch of cards all the same to catch up with thank yous or thinking of you cards. Yesterday was the day for that! So here are some of what I produced~ I used a Whipper Snapper image called Tiny Flower Pot, I think it was probably drawn by the talented Anna Wight, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong.( please) I colored the image with my copics. The flowers were easy and the flower pot a little more challenging, but I loved every minute of laying out 8 images to color up! My Dp is from a Basic Grey pad (marjolaine).

I've gotta run, but I can post the colors later if anyone is interested :)

Thanks so much!!

Hugs, 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

Relax!

Hello, friends! I have a Whipper Snapper card today that I want to show you! This awesome image is Relax to the Max from Whipper Snapper designs. I loooove it! My friend, Lisa and I each bought when last time we were at Buffalo Stamps and Stuff! I will link her card when I get a chance, because she used some really great 3D techniques on hers. I just had time to color the one image, but I did curve it and use some dimension gel glue behind it.
I just love this chair!
I want someone to draw just a similar chair for some of my Tildas!

Anyway, I did keep the colors for a change and here they are:
chair BG10, Bg72 and BG11
Dog Y21, E30, E97, E99 and just a little of E15
Nose is E33, E25 and E29

I am madly in love with the new My Mind's Eye paper and this one (hands down!) is my favorite-Mabel! I've already bought 3 pads of it! I haven't seen this plaid in the 12" size thought :(

Okay, gotta run! Hope you've had a great week! The weekend is here again already!!
Thanks!! Cheryl

Love you bear!

This bear has a big heart!! This is the valentine that we sent to one of our great nephews. I thought I'd better post it before the week is over! Acually since I stayed away from heart paper I think it could be used as a 'love ya' card anytime! The card base is a soft yellow, then a layer of kraft and the dp is from a 6 x 6 pack from Making Memories. The stamp is from Whipper Snapper. Whipper Snapper designs are certainly among my favorites to color!
I used E markers for the bear, of course- I start light and just keep going darker in the shadows until I have the color I want. I started with E31 and ended with E29
The reds are R22, R24 and R29.

Thanks for stopping by to look! I really appreciate it!
Wishing you a wonderful day and WEEKEND!!
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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JUGS color challenge! #60

Hello and happy Saturday! As I type this it's Friday early evening and I am sooooo happy the weekend is here! I had a terrible headache for a day and a half earlier this week so I was forced to go back in the archives (otherwise known as the boxes of cards I haven't sent to anyone!) and I found this one! I think it fits the JUGS color challenge of Black, Red, White and Gold (dark yellow). I made this card when I designed for Anna Wight with Whipper Snapper and the stamped images are from Posies for YOu.
It's a great set! I stamped my flowers directly on the gold dp from Cosmo Cricket (Wonderland) and did the same with the bucket. Then I colored with a brush/water and an ink pad. No copics at the time!
This card has never been on my blog~No blog either!~ so I hope you'll forgive me!
Please check out the JUGS BLOG to see the regular designers gorgeous creations! We all hope you'll consider making a project with these colors and linking it up so we can see it! You could be chosen Chic of the Week! On SCS upload with key words JUGS60.

My winner for the blog candy is comment number 51! After cutting out all the SPAM I seem to get lately the winner is Teri of Medina, Ohio! Teri, I used to live in Findlay-for college and 11 years after college! I {{heart}} Ohio! Please contact me at drowley6@stny.rr.com when you get a chance-add your address in the email, please! Thank you for the kind words!

Have a wonderful Saturday! DH and I may be off to do some shopping! Black Friday is not for us!

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

JUGS Sketch!

Hi! I'm so honored to be asked to be a guest designer for JUGS this month! Here's the first card I finished to share with you for the JUGS (Just Us Girls!) design team! They post a new challenge every Saturday and for November I get to join them! They have a VERY talented design team and some GREAT prizes!! Here's the LINK TO THE JUGS Blog!
The challenge for this first week of November is a wonderful sketch! Please see the blog above for the sketch basics. I stayed fairly true to it! You can also see what the Design Team members made with the sketch on the blog!
My card has a Whipper Snapper image called Sanders. Cute, huh? I made another orange cat like our Charlie. (Violet is more difficult to color, but she's feeling left out so I'll have to try again soon!)
My card base is Kraft. The red card stock is Pure Poppy and the designer paper is from Basic Grey's newest 6x6 pad (Jovial) . The sentiment is from an SU set and the swirl is cut from Linen card stock with a Magnolia die. I used some white glitter dots in the lower corner. My Poppy panel is cuttlebugged with a houndstooth folder and then shaded with burgundy ink.
Sanders is colored with copics, of course! I didn't keep the colors, but if you really need them, please let me know and I'll do my best to figure them out for you!

Well, it's a busy Saturday! I hope you have a good one and I thank you for taking the time to visit here!
Cheryl

Thank you!

Hello! Thanks for all the great comments on my Magnolia-licious card below! You still have until the end of the week to comment! I'll choose a winner on Saturday and send you some XPress It blending card to try! My birthday was in August and I there were still some friends I owed Thank yous! Always late!
In August I had picked up this great simple butterfly stamp by Whipper Snapper! It was fun to color using two different colors of copics and blending them in the middle. I stamped a second, colored it and used a piece of Scor-tape to adhere the butterfly's body so the wings would lift. Then I covered it with the small glitter from Papertrey Ink. Really rather simple, but pretty, I think! I'm lovin' this texture folder from Sizzix that SU is selling. I like the deep imprint it gives. My card is 4.25" square.

While I was working on this card and on the Tilda in the Autumn leaves below I had a happy accident where two of the papers were laying together. I just had to make a card with them!!

It was like the old commercial when the chocolate falls into the peanut butter! Rememeber that one?

I'll show you the card tomorrow! Hope you can visit again!

Thanks for coming by today! Would love to read your comments, but please remember that it's the post below that is for the prize-Xpress it blending card! (and maybe a stamp or two!)

Have an excellent day!

Cheryl

Happy Bird-day!

I {{heart}}} my Whipper Snapper images, but they don't get as much love as they deserve! I colored this one up quickly the other night for our nephew who turns 28 today! The inside sentiment says "Happy Bird-day to you!" It's from an old SU salebrations set. I colored the image with my copics, cut it with a spellbinders rectangle and left it in the die to add some Baja Breeze to the edges with my 1" stencil brush-my preferred method.

Some great Delovely paper from Cosmo Cricket and stickles and the card was done!

I had second thoughts about the bow, but it was added with a little piece of Scor-tape (the BEST adhesive!) so there was no moving it! (I think I should have put a row of three small buttons instead)

Have a great Wednesday-the best part about a Drs. appt today is that I only have to work half a day! (Hey, it's not my fault the Doc moved my appt from 4:00 to 1:30 and I had to take the half day!)

Cheryl

Colors used:

Y11, Y35, YR15, YR16, YR18

YG21, YG23, RV13, RV25, BG10 BG23,

around image Woo, W2, W3, W5

Quick post..Strange card!

Good morning! I am running late, but don't like to go more than a day without posting! This odd card is in honor of March which is a mixture of Winter and Spring! And it is for my friend Lorrie in Ohio whose birthday is today! Lorrie LOVES winter and spring is okay, but she DOES NOT like the heat and humidity of Ohio's summers! That explains my mixture of spring colors and flowers with a winter image and edge punch! (I HOPE!)

I also want to thank CANADA for the wonderful Winter Olympics that recently ended! I loved every minute of the hours and hours that we watched! What a beautiful setting and great country! Thank You!

Gotta go! wishing you a productive day! come again sooon!
Cheryl

New blog borders and NO SNOW coming this weekend!

Border punch on last post is Martha Stewart and is called Hydarngeas. I got mine at www.franticstamper.com Fran has them ALL!

FS159 CAS CASE AND a WINNER!!

Hello!! I just had to join in on the Featured Stamper challenge today! She had this terrific clean and simple card that shouted out to me!

My great stampin' friend, Lisa and I were just at our LSS on Friday. I had this stamped picked up to purchase AGAIN!! Yep, I remembered in time that I (thought) I had it at home already. Lisa agreed and I was so pleased to find it quickly when I got home! This bunny is so cute, but I don't need TWO!!



Now I had a whopping 269 comments on my card for Mo's Celebration Blog hop (post HERE) last Tuesday so here is my winner of this image:


# 105 It's Jilli of Jilli's Paiges!
Jilli would you please contact me at drowley6@stny.rr.com
so I can get your address!? Congratulations!!

I also have a Magnolia-licious prize to give away! See this post:
HERE
I have a Magnolia card tomorrow, so that winner will be posted tomorrow!
I'm so grateful for all my new (and former) followers! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
See you tomorrow! Have a great day/evening!
Cheryl

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