Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--Think Pink and Add a Die Cut

I am the hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge, and the theme this week is, to Think Pink and use a Die Cut. I had a ball creating my card with this darling Autumn Bear:

I am not really a pink kinda gal, so I had to add some orange with it LOL.  The Autumn Bear was colored with copic markers and for once I didn't sponge or airbrush around her because I knew I was going to add a lot of detail in the dp and embellishments and didn't want to lose the image in it all :)

The Die cuts are the corners which were cut with my cricut expression and the roses which were also cut with the expession.  The flowers used as the rose bases were MS punches and I thought they added a nice base to the petal and also added another die cut... there is method in my madness.....

The ribbon is a double sided ribon in orange and pink and I used a tutorial( The tutorial is a video tutorial on the right sidebar of her blog.) by my friend and Boss at Just Inklined, Jak Heath,  for a double loop ribbon tied on your fingers....easy enough I could do it LOL. You laugh...for 4 years I tied knots for bows on my cards...go back and look.... I kid you knot ...did you get it...okay back to the card.

Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has created for your viewing pleasure.  I am sure it will be outstanding and to Die for...Pun intended,...Okay, I am done...

Sassy Cheryl has really been creating the cutest images the past couple of weeks so be sure to stop by the store and grab a couple or three or four and play along with us in the challenge. 

Have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--What's Buggin' You?

So excited it is Tuesday, That means it is time for Sassy Cheryl's Challenge and Jeni has another super fun challenge...What's Buggin' You...well for me it would be ladybugs LOL:

This darling bear image is to remain nameless since I could not find him on the new Sassy Cheryl's Digi Site and as soon as Cheryl see's my dilema she will let me know the link and I will correct  that. Sorry.  Colored with copic markers and pounced with a copic blender pen to give the texture of fur.  Don't you love the technical coloring terminology :)
 The Bear image was cut out with a scalloped spellbinder die and mounted on a lace doilie, which was mounted on the next larger scalloped circle spellbinder die.

I thought you might like to see some new dp so I dug out my long hoarded SU dp and found a really pretty flowered piece I liked, mounted the circles. added a punched fence at the bottom.  A SU ribbon in red with white edging was strung across the fence and a hand tied bow was added.  A cute ladybug button which originally started out in lavender and clue was transformed to match the color scheme with copics and my favorite sentiment from my SU days was used.
The Sentiment was the one I used for my calling card match book covers...I thought it was perfect.  Bug me Anytime.....and that little ladybug is just too cute and goes so perfect with the Sassy bear.  I punched the tag with a tag punch...original I know and mounted with a gem brad in red.

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT cards and see what is buggin them this week,  I know it will be worth the trip over.  I know everyone is busy getting kids ready to go back to school but try to take a few minutes and play along with this fun challenge.  I am sure there will be something buggin you this week that Sassy Cheryl will have the perfect image to cover LOL.

I am leaving on Thurs to go to Tennessee to my son's wedding.  It is going to be such a wonderful time and I am looking forward to a nice vacation and wonderful time with friends and family.


As much as I love you all this week my family is going to come first.  See you in two weeks


Cathy

It's Tuesday and that means a Sassy Cheryl's Challenge!!!

Are you ready for another wonderful Sassy Cheryl's Challenge?!?  I know I am,  The hostess this week is the totally talented Jodi, who has chosen the theme Pink.  My card has pink so it qualifies!!! Here is the cute Bearing flowers bear.

 

I created this darling little matchbox easel card using a SVG template I purchased from  Playing With Paper, Thanks Sue.

The cute bear was colored with copic markers but the colors aren't quite as pretty as they  really are becaues althrough I love to make easel cards, they are sooo hard to photograph, to view all the parts with no shadows.
The flowers were cut with my cricut, Two 2 in, two 1.5 in and one 1 in.  I formed them and spritzed them with Glamor Mist.  I added an I-Rock gem to the flower center and to the bodies of the dragon flies.
The dragon flies were punched with my new dragon fly punch one from pink cs and one from vellum.  Be careful when heating the rhinestones on the vellum....don't ask me how I know.... LOL.
The front and top of the box and drawer are some K & company dp I just love, rather vintage but mostly just beautiful colorsl.  I did add a bit of pink airbrushing around the edges to make it more pink and airbrushed a little on the main image.

I just got a peak at some of the new images Sassy Cheryl has in the shop for you all tomorrow, they are adorable.  Be sure to stop by the rest of the DT blogs to see what awesome pink creations they have created.

Thank you so much for stopping by, always excited to see you!!!

Have a great day!!
Cathy

Two-Too Cute St Patrick's Day images from Sassy Cheryl

I know I don't usually post too much on the week-end but I couldn't wait to show you guys these two awesome new images from Sassy Cheryl's.  I actually sent Cheryl (Sassy Boss Lady) an email asking for either a Snowman or Bear for St. Patrick's Day.  Well, my contact list in Gmail had Cheryl's email address listed but the email went to another Design Team :0, so I called her to request the images and she had these two ready the next day!!!  Here is The Saint Bear,  What do you think?

I collect bears and snowmen and so this was right up my alley.  My good friend and DT teamie Judy also loves Bears so she was as happy as I to see this image. I love to color fur, dog, bear, or rabbit, they are pretty much done the same.  I make the shading a bit darker than I want the final result and then when you have the image colored the way you want it you take the Copic Blender Pen and lightly pounce the tip straight up and down all over the image.  Be careful not to do it too much, as once the color is removed, you will not be able to put it back easily.,  You can always go back and repeat the pouncing step.  Give it a minute or two to dry before doing it again.
I-Rock gems and a sentiment and my sweet The Saint Bear is complete.

Here is the other card I made using Grumpy Clover, isn't she fun!!!:

I don't have too much St. Patrick's Day dp so these two have the same one,   Grumpy Clover Girl was colored with copic markers. I think due to the size of the Shamrock next time I may paper piece it, but I like the way it turned out.  The sentiment in the upper right corner was created using a MS heart punch and a purchased Kiss Me I'm Irish sentiment.  I punched the heart punch 4 times using white cs and then sponged around the outside edge peeled paint distress ink  I then cut one heart to be the stem and glued the other three to the back of the sentiment circle. I almost forgot that I got the dimension of hte shamrock leaves by using the same techninque I use to make distressed flowers.  On the backside of the punched item use a stylus or the rounded end of a paint brush to break down the cs by working in a circular motion starting from the outside and working in which causes the paper to curl.  Jak Heath has a wonderful tutorial on her blog of how to do this too.

Well, I need to go to Michael's again as I am trying to get my copics all in like containers. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the cards. 

Cathy

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--Use Tulle or Ribbon

The wonderfully talented Jeni is the hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge.  Tulle is becoming a ribbon of choice amongst some card makers and I personally like the way it looks.  A nice splash of color whicih is see through and maneuverable.  Here is Christmas Horn Bear for the Challenge this week:

I found lots and lots of tulle at my local Hobby Lobby a few months ago but knew I wouldn't really use that much for card making so I thought I would buy the white and red metalic and see if I could airbrush the white so it would match any color I wanted.  The above orange tulle is proof positive that it works.  What I did was cut the lengthh I wanted and then I folded it loosly to be about 2 inches wide and started spraying it, turning and unfolding it and refolding it until I got the color i wanted.  It does not bleed and it colored really evenly.
The image was colored with copics and the main image was sewn onto the beige layer using my new Janome Sew Mini sewing machine.  It is perfect for sewing on cards, compact and it does straight and zig zag stitching.
I thought the colors orange and green were cool fall/early winter colors and besides I had this really neat dp that i wanted to use LOL. 
The fancy corner punches with brads are just about the only embellishment except for the Tulle ribbon.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by the challenge blog and check out what the rest of the DT has created for your viewing pleasure.
The wonderfully talented Jak Heath is the Featured Artist this week on Cheryl's blog, be sure to check out her wonderful projects.  She is really amazing.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.l

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Wow it is Thursday already!!!

Hi everyone,  It has been a long week and I don't really feel like I have accomplished much but I had to get a card done for Elaine's wonderful challenge this week to use fabric on your card for the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge.  Well, last week I saw the cutest bear Dawn B. had used for her challenge card.  I love bears and snowmen, so had to check out the bears.  Bought the Berry Bear set and had to use this little cutie for my card,  Thanks Dawn!!!:  

Don't you agree these are the cutest bears?  I colored him with copic markers and then took my blender pen and tapped it all over the body.  Next I took a "nasty" cloth ( that is really what they call it in Copic Certification class) which was a square of a terry cloth wash cloth and brushed my brown copic marker onto the fabric and pressed it over the body giving the fur like texture.  You probably have to click on the image to enlarge it to see the texture.
The TopNote die was sponged with distress ik and mounted over a MS scalloped edge border piece I placed behind the main image.  The dp is Eskimoo Kisses from my Christmas stash last year but I thought the trees were appropriate.
My fabric is felt, My sister, Peg, was kind enough to bestow upon me her felt pieces left over from a craft project she had done.  I have a whole box and intend to use it with my die's but just don't usually remember it is there until I have used something else.  I wanted a more masculine flower? so used 3 different cuttlebug circle dies for my flower and sewed a button in the center.  I think it is really cute.  I may have to do that more often.
I really appreciate everyone's patience with my blogging.  I am slowly getting back to creating.  I went back to work on Sunday and am struggling a little to have enough energy to do everything I want to so I have had to cut back and go to bed earlier.
Enough of that,  Thanks for stopping by and be sure you check out the rest of the DT's cards, I haven't even gotten a sneak peek this week so they will be a surprise to me too LOL!!
Have a great day.


Cathy

Remember Crepe Paper Flowers? All New and Improved!!!

I was cruising around my old stomping grounds last week and visiting the blogs of my friends at Stamp TV.  You know I love to add flowers to my projects and I want them to be memorable, not plain jane, know what I mean!!!  Carolyn King is an awesomely talented lady I have known as Cammie for several years.  She provided a tutorial on her blog on making beautiful flowers using crepe paper, you know the stuff you use for streamers at birthday parties!!! Yep.  Her tutorial is here and here is a Sassy Cheryl's card I used some flowers I made with her tutorial: 

I had seen the tutorial a couple of weeks ago and didn't have any crepe paper...I hate when that happens.  I went down to my daughter's that same week-end and she had several colors so I was in business.  I created the largest using a quickutz die and a smaller one using a punch.  The red ones are just crepe paper  the pink ones were sponged along the edges with fired brick distress ink..

The image from Sassy Cheryl's is called Bear pulling Toy Lambs and I had started coloring it several weeks ago but never finished it.  I decided it would be really cute with the red and pink flowers I had created so I colored the bear and her dress in coordinating colors. 

All of the punch enablers on the Sassy Cheryl's PCP group are to blame for the cute leaves used.  I found this punch and also a border punch at Tuesday Morning.  Then I went to Michael's and bought a Ladybug corner punch with a 40% off coupon.  I'm a happy girl, new cute punches and new pretty flowers. 

Thanks for stopping by,  I really enjoyed having time to create something just because I wanted to!!! 

To all of you wonderful Mothers   Happy Mother's Day.  My daugher who lives in town spoiled me already with a new top, Starbuck's coffee beans, and lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and my son had sent a card and called me tonight.  I have to work tomorrow but it will stll be a good day.

If you use Cammie's tutorial be sure to give her credit and let her know you used it and a link to your creation.  That's what I am going to do right now :)

Thanks for stopping by and color if you get a chance you will feel great, I always do!!!

Cathy

WooHoo it's Tuesday that means a new Sassy Cheryl's Challenge!!!

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge hostess this week is the very talented Judy.  She chose the theme white on white.  The only color could be on the main image.  I thought this challenge was quite fun.  What do you think?

Well, you all know that I love Bears and I love Americana so this was a perfect image for me to use. The image is called Triple Star Bear. 

The image was colored with copic markers and sponged with faded jeans Tim Holtz distress ink around the outside edges . 

The main image was mounted on a plain white matt.  The larger card base was run through the cuttlebug using the Stars embossing folder.  I had run a strip of white through the cuttlebug using the lattice embossing folder.  I then punched the lattice piece using my MS double scalloped flower border punch and placed it under the main image horizontally.  I added a white grosgrain ribbon tied around the middle of the card. 

The flower was so much fun to create.  I used a new huge 5 pedal flower punch by EK Express to punch a flower from a white cs that had been run through the dotted swiss cuttlebug folder.  The MS medallion punch was used for the next white layer and then a tiny white heart shaped button was added to the center of the flower.

The final touch was to add a tiny dot of Stickles white mist paint to the center of each embossed star.  3 white brads in the corners and this adorable Triple Star Bear is ready to Celebrate.

Be sure you check out the rest of the DT creations.  I know they will have some truly inspirational and try to make time to play along, it is so much fun and we really love to have you play along, besides you can win a gift certificate from Sassy Cheryl's!!!