Time for a Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--White on White!!!

The hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge, is my good friend and so talented DT member Judy affectionately known as JDK, and the theme is White on White.  This is always such an elegant look and I hope I came close to making a beautiful card:

The Jumpin Jack Santa, was colored with copic markers and cut out to sit on the embossed white cs.  I ran the cs through the cuttlebug and this particular folder has the negative embossed finish for the words, kinda cool huh!!!
I added some MS snowflakes, in white of course, and I added a clear gem to the center of each, for a little extra dazzle to the card.  A pretty white satin ribbon and bow and my Happy Snowman card is complete .  Did I mention I got to play with my white gel pen for the beard, I love winter when I get to play with my white gel pen for beards and stocking caps and muffs, LOL .

To answer a question from last week, it is a plain white gel pen, no glitter pen. The glittery look probably comes from the camera flash off the pen strokes. 
Isn't this a fun challenge?  Be sure to check out the Challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT has to show you and while you are there, go to the store and grab an image or two from the Sassy Cheryl Store and play along with the Challenge.

The next couple of weeks are going to be crazy busy with Christmas for everyone and I hope those of you who can will continue to play along with us, we will be here except for Christmas week when we will be taking a break.
There are so not enough days left until Christmas LOl.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day!!!

Cathy

Beautiful Snowy Owl--Just Inklined

I love snow scenes, although I don't necessarily love snow LOL.  Just Inklined has a new image that really grabbed me and I had to have it as soon as I saw it and had to color it as soon as I had it....Here is Snowy Owl:

I hope I did this majestic bird justice.  I wanted to keep the image as natural looking as possible so colored with copics and kept mostly neutral whites, beige, blue and silver. 

I added a little green for the ever green trees but kept it to a minimum as in the tree lines where this gorgeous bird resides the snow is heavy which requires his white feathers.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by the Justlined.com shop to see the rest of the beautiful Christmas inages and scenes that would make the most beautiful cards or even framed works and because they are digital you could so easily do it!!!

Not sure I like the sun I tried to make look like it was over cast with the clouds and haze, so it may still get covered with a beautiful flower spray of some sort, we'll see.

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Banners or Tags

Are you ready for another wonderful Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge by our wonderful hostesss Dorcas?  The theme this week is, banners or tags.  I chose banners and it was so much fun to create this fun card with this darling image, called Santa's Hat :

Isn't he, called Santa's Hat,  just the sweetest little guy waiting for Santa?  I colored him with copic markers and airbrushed the edge softly with blue for that nighttime feel.  I love to color the fur on caps with my white gel pen, my favorite part of Christmas coloring I think LOL. 

I love the red and white bakers twine which almost looks like candy cane colors wrapped around the panel of green and red polka dots and I left the top of the panel a little taller to have a white background for my banner which was cut out with my cricut.

I love that I could let the machine cut out the NOEL in the banner so perfectly in the plaid banners.  I added a piece of the bakers twine to string the banner across the top of the card to tie it all together.  I cut a red and white paper clip in half for the two candy canes :)

Be sure to stop by the Mo's DT. Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the team has to show you, I know it will be some beautiful stuff. 

We love to have you all play along in the challenges with us and love to see the beautiful cards you create.  Be sure to drop by the store and see the wonderful Christmas images Mo has in case you are still creating your Christmas cards LOL.  I know I am :).

Thanks for stopping by my little piece of cyberspace and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Just Inklined Blog Hop--Blue Christmas!!

Are you ready for a wonderful Blog Hop with Just Inklined Stamps?  Jeni is our wonderful Hostess with the mostess this month and has chosen the theme,  Blue Christmas.  If you came here from Karen''s blog you are in the right spot, if not start over at Jeni's as you won't want to miss a single blog along the way.  Here is the card I created for you:

I love candles and non-traditional colors so this was easy for me.  I thought adding lots of sparkly ribbons and leaves added a lot to the bouquet as that is how I would decorate it and I am not much of a sparkly type of person LOL.
The image, called Christmas Candle,  is one of many new Christmas images created this season and available in the Just Inklined Store where you can now pay with PayPal which is my payment preference :) when making online payments anywhere.
The next stop along your way is the super talented Heidy, and I know she will have a wonderful creation to wow your socks off.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Wonderful Holiday Season.

Cathy

Just Inklined Christmas Mail

I love this Robin on a Post Box with snow on the top from Just Inklined which is so perfect for Christmas Cards: 

The image was colored with copic markers and arranged on an assortment of Christmas dp.  I added a trio of green brads and red I-Rock gems which add just the right amount of sparkle to the Holiday card. 

The label and sentiment were cut out with my cricut.   Have I mentioned lately, I love my cricut LOL. 

There are lots of new images in the Christmas section at Just Inklined so be sure to drop by the new store and check them out. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!!!

Cathy

Sassy Cheryl's Winter Challenge

My sweet friend, Pat, is the hostess this week for Sassy Cheryl's Challenge, and has chosen the theme, Winter.  I love all the new images Sassy Cheryl has been creating for the fall and winter, and had so much fun choosing one.  I chose,  Lucy Lou Princess on Skates: 

The image is just the cutest and I love that little smirk, it is definitely Sassy.  The image was colored with copic markers and I added styrofoam snow and Martha Stewart glitter ice for the skating pond. 
The snowflakes are MS punches with MS glitter added so they sparkled like real snow flakes.  A green polka dot bow and a enamel ball ornament finish out my Winter Challenge card.
Be sure to play along in the Sassy Challenge and who knows you may win a 5 dollar gift card just in time for Christmas...presents for you!!! added bonus.  We loved having so many of you play along in the challenge this week, we had well over 100 entries...WOW We love it!!!!

Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the DT has created for your viewing pleasure and drop by their blogs and leave them a little love, it is always appreciated :)

Have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Getting Started on Christmas Cards--Just Inklined

Just Inklined has some wonderful Christmas images for the holidays and I chose this beautiful Fireplace image called, Hanging the Stockings,  for my holiday card.  I need to get busy to get any cards made in time to get them sent out LOL. 

I loved coloring the image with copic markers and sponging with distress inks.  The dp is a Christmas asst. packet I found at Michael's a few weeks ago on sale and I mounted the image on SU cs.
Last week I found this wonderful package of Tim Holtz Christmas Muse Tokens and fell in love with them so added it to the plaid bow.  A couple of fancy photo corners, a few red pearls and this Happy Holidays card is ready to send or the holidays.

Be sure to check out the store and see all the new and old Christmas images and don't blame me if you drop a bundle...there are a ton of must have images for the serious, fun and all the in between cards you need to make. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Winter

Our super talented DT sister, Pat, has another wonderful Challenge this week for Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge and the theme is Winter.  I can't say I love the snow that comes with the season but I love to color the images and the beauty of the season as I view it from the comfort of my house LOL.  I chose this adorable Llapso Apso with the Christmas hat for my Winter image:

The beautiful image was colored with copic markers and then sponged with distressed ink.

I then mounted it on a gorgeous die cut frame I made with my cricut.  I have been making frames and brag books and thought this was the perfect background  for this happy Seasonal image. I searched all over the shop for the image and while I found the dog alone, not the one with the Christmas hat, Mo will add it to the store when I mention it to her.

I thought the blues with just the pop of red in the poinsettia flower was just the perfect colors for this nice Christmas Pooch.

Be sure to stop by the Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has to show you for the Winter Challenge.  While you are at it, drop by the store and grab some Mo images and play along in the Challenge, we love to see what you create !!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day :)

Cathy

Venturing into a new Rhelm--Digital Scrapbooking

I have kind of discovered digital scrapbooking but use it in a different sort of way. I plan to use it to make Memory books and Virtual Cards as well as the digital scrapbooking.  Here are a couple of projects I have worked on this week-end.

I am going to incorporate my Cricut to make lettering to go with the software to add a different dimension to the standard digital scrapbooking version so we will see how these gifts are received LOL.  Envision a palm tree and hula girl on this page, I haven't gotten them cut out yet :)

The first page is an easy Honeymooon page I made for my son and his new bride who got married in August and honeymooned in Hawaii:

I also worked on a Christmas card using some free or kits available from the download site, there are some awesome kits available and even if they are not free they are very reasonably priced.   What do you think:

I am working on a mini album that is coming together nicely, show you that in a few days, it is going to take a little bit of time, as it will require a lot of embellishments and assembly, as it is 5 pages front and back. 

I forgot to mention the software I used was My Memories Digital Scrapbook Software. 

Let me know what you think of my first attempts at digital scrapbooking :)  Be kind!!!

Hugs,
Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Fancy Folds

What a fun Challenge our super talented Pat came up with for the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge this week--Fancy Folds.  I  used this fold a couple of years ago and loved it...but I kind of forgot about it until this challenge and I wanted to use it for these images:

 

The fold is called a Shutter Tri-Fold and this particular version is a full card front .  The creator of the template is Bonnie Szwalkiewicz and the link to the post and template I followed is here.  I colored the Carolers Three with copics and added styrofoam snow and bakers twine before I mounted it on Bo Bunny Christmas dp.   For the narrow tri fold sections I used other portions I used the reverse side of the dp for the blue section onto which I have tied a piece of lace and more bakers twine.  A trio of buttons are on the blue middle section.
On the light dp sections top and bottom I added paper roses .  My Chimney Sweep which was also colored with copics and then cut out in a more rounded style to go on the very right side of the card.  Here is a close up of the Chimney Sweep:

Isn't he just the most adorable little guy.  I loved coloring him.  I see a few Christmas Cards with him on them !!!!
Be sure to stop by the Mo's Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT chose for their Fancy Folds...I can't wait to see !!!  Stop by the store and pick up some new images and play along with the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Tuesday is Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Day--Ready Set Emboss!!!

My good friend, Peggy, is the hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge and chose a theme I often over look, Embossing.  Here is what I came up with using another of Sassy Cheryl's new Christmas images, Lucy Lou hanging Star, they are just too fun to pass up:

I thought about using several different embossing folders an then I remembered this beautiful Christmas tree and thought it would be so fun to have Lucy Lou swing on her star just above this beautiful tree. reminds me of my house when the kids were little LOL.

I colored Lucy Lou with copics and then fussy cut her out and mounted her on 3 layers of mounting squares to look like she could be swinging dangerously close to the beautifully decorated Christmas tree.
The Christmas Embossing folder is Sizzix and I airbrushed it with Atyou Glitter pens in Green and Gold.  I am sure you can't see the glitter in the photo but it is there and the shimmer is gorgeous.
The tree was mounted a layer of red riding hood cs and a red ribbon ties the  layers together. The cracked paint effect of the christmas tree dp is perfect for this little angel and her star to Wish you a Merry Christmas. I added some of my new favorite embellishment, the gold corners, which go so beautifully with the gold threads in the red Christmas ribbons.

Be sure to stop by the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT has to show you and play along, you can use any kind of embossing you want on our card.

Sassy Cheryl has been busy creating the most fun Sally, Polly and Noah images, you just have to stop by the Store and check them out.   After your shopping trip take a few minutes to play along with the challenge and you could win a 5 dollar Gift Certificate next week just by entering the challenge!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Inspired by Song--Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge

Elaine always comes up with the coolest challenge themes for the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge, and as soon as I saw these two little gals I knew I had to merge them and then figure out a song to go with them...Hey it works!!!  I also color my image and then pick the dp...backwards works for me LOL.  My Inspirational Song is:  "His Eye is on the Sparrow"...:

Don't you think the line "And I know he watches me",  goes with the girls? The images I merged were Ragged Angel and Urchin with Bird and I absolutely loved to color them, but they do take some time to color.  I do get a bit over the top with detail...it is who I am LOL.

I had this wonderful dp with the sparrow that I thought was perfect for my Theme and cut it in half  and wrapped a few wraps of bakers twine around it and tied a bow. I used the other half turned sideways for the top right corner accent dp piece.  The music dp is a Christmas piece finished in glossy embossing print and added a stacked Poinsetta flower in the corner and my Inspired by Song card is complete.  I am going to have this sitting on my crafting table for the Holiday Season...

Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has created for this super fun challenge and be sure to grab an image or two from the store and play along with the challenge next week we love to see what you create :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day!!!

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Boy Attitude!!!

Iulia is our wonderful hostess this week for the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge and she has chosen the theme...Boys with Attitude...Sure sounds like fun to me.  The first thing I thought of was Mo's new Elves swinging on the ornaments...the attitude is FUN!!!:

I am not ready to get out all the red and green and traditional Christmas bling but couldn't wait to use this little charmer Little Elf Finn, so his story is that he is just Chillin until the holidays on this ball of glitter, and if all goes well it will not get broken LOL.

The image is colored with copics and I guess the reason I love the holiday images so much is there is usually fur and I LOVE to color fur.  I love to play with the border with a white gel pen until it looks like the fur is almost real.  There are only a couple of gel pens that really work well for this, one being the Singo Unibal, which happens to be the only one I have on hand right now, so the only one I can name :)

  The glitter on the ball is MS course glitter which I now have a fine layer of on my desk...The buttons were tied with blue/white bakers twine and the blue/brown checked ribbon was from my stash.  Blue and brown dew drops and my little boy with a Fun Attitude is ready to share with every one of you.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and if you have thought of entering for the GD spot for this final chance now would be the week to enter.  Be sure to add GD after your name on your entry so we know you want to be considered. 

Be sure to stop by Mo's Blog and Store to check out her new images...she has been so busy I can't begin to name the new images, you just need to go check them out!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful creative day!!!

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Something Sweet!!

Elaine is our hostess this week for the Mo's Digital Pencil Challeng  this week  and she has chosen for us to have a food themed, sweet project.  Candy Canes ARE a food group if you ask my grand kids.  Since it has been sooooo hot here, I thought I would make a Christmas card to cool things off,  LOL.  Here is  Sticky!!!! :

Now you have to admit, it doesn't get much sweeter than this. Colored with copic markers and mounted on assorted christmassy colored dp.  A red and white checked ribbon and bow, a strand of pearls, ( which I am sure were slimed with candy cane fingers) and and cookie cutter heart in the upper right corner and my Sweet card is complete.

The white band and the balls on the ties were highlighted with tons of white gel pen strokes to give the appearance of yarn fur or tassels. 

Be sure to stop by the Challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week, it is amazing. 

Mo has been busy busy busy creating tons of new images and they are wonderful and there is a huge variety so be sure to check it out...

Thanks for stopping by.

Cathy

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--Do You See What I See?

Sassy Cheryl's  Bear Lovin DT member extraordinare, Judy, is our hostess this week and her Sassy Cheryl's Challenge theme is to use a Bear.  That is so easy since Sassy Cheryl's has the cutest Bears you could hope to find.  I chose this special image "Going to See the Star":

My all time favorite Christmas Song is "Do you see what I see?" sung by Andy Williams, and this image reminds me of that song and I can't help but sing it when I look at this card.  The image was colored with copic markers and mounted on soft sky dp. The trellis border punched from Eskimo Kisses dp added just a touch of color to the background.
I didn't want to detract too much from the image so used a small print Eskimo Kisses dp in green and soft sky and tied the silver cord along the left side over the image.  The finishing touch is a digi ticket  that I was able to add the sentiment to in Photo Shop.  Gotta love technology!!!
This is the final Sassy Cheryl's Challenge of the year 2010.  Please stop by the Challenge Blog and check out the rest of the DT creations and play along when you get a chance, the drawing for the prize for this challenge will be in 2 weeks.
I want to Wish every one of you a Wonderful Holiday filled with friends, family and all the calories you can stand!!!
My family is coming up for our Christmas on New Years but I will be spending this week getting ready.

I plan to post several times a week during the holidays as I just love to color whether I have a deadline or not.  Gotta spend more time with my Cricut too!

Merry Christmas to All my  Crafty friends!!!

Cathy

Fantasy Challenge--Mo's Digital Pencil

This week our hostess for the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge is Ms Lisa Cook , who chose the theme Fantasy, Fairies or Princess.  I may have stretched the Fantasy a little, but in keeping with the Season I chose North Pole Employees for my card:

Isn't this  just the cutest little elf ready to present the present?  He was colored with copic markers and mounted on red cs. the ornament dp is Eskimo Kisses Thin Ice and that was mounted on another Eskimo Kisses Alpine.  Love these papers, so much I didnt buy the new Cosmo Crisket Mittens this year. What's up with that LOL.  I'm going to ruin  my image!!!
The embellishments are the Christmas Plaid ribbon from Michaels, the Joy cut with my cricut and colored with my gold Atyou glitter pen and an enamel Christmas tree charm under the ribbon knot and my card is finished.
Be sure you check out the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge blog and see what the rest of the Design Team has created for this fun challenge.
Mo has created some wonderful new images so be sure to check them out at the store

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Cathy

Riley and Company Holiday Times Blog Hop!!!!!!

Are you ready for the Riley and Company Blog Hop?  I can't believe the release is finally here.  If you came here as a regular follower of mine go back to the beginning at the Riley and Company Blog site to start at the beginning, but if you came here from Frances Blog you are Hopping right along.  Here are two Holiday Times projects for you.  Here is Stocking Sophie:

 

Here is Snowglobe Riley:

Are you having fun on the hop yet. Your next stop along your way is the wonderful Laurie's blog and I know she will have some awesome projects for you to see, she always does!!!  Be sure to leave a comment on my blog and each of the other DT members blogs as well because each Designer is giving away one new release stamp of your choice to one lucky randomly drawn commenter, that was a mouthful!!!

Our Head Moose Tanya couldn't wait for the release so put the new releases in the store today...so as soon as you finish the blog hop head on over to the store, there are 10 stamps and 2 huge sets of sayings, you'll want them all!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge---White on White

I love the White on White challenges and was excited when Paola chose this as the theme this week for the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge.  Here is what I created:

It may be a little hard to see all of the embossed layers and the embossed snowflake and tag.  Did I go a little crazy, maybe  but I like it!!! LOL.
I used Pammy's Stocking as my main image which could be colored and used a Sweet Stamps fancy oval die cut to frame her.  You can't see it unless you double click for a close up but there is a lot of gold Atyou gel pen in her hair and the stockings and around the robe.
The embossing folders are the beautiful tree  and Happy Holidays from Sizzix I bought last week and the swirly folder which I believe was the second folder in the Christmas set.

I added a few half pearls as ornaments and highlights and a white sheer ribbon tied aronnd the Tree panel and the tag.  The snowflake was cut around the outline and popped up on a double layer of foam mounting tape.

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT creations, I haven't seen them all yet, but you know they will be beautiful as always.

Mo has added some really cute fall images to the shop so be sure to stop by.  Play along with the challenge for a chance to win an image of your choice in the random drawing. It's not too early to start on those Halloween and Christmas cards!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cathy

WooHoo!!! I am sooo Excited!!!

I just have to tell you all I am sooo excited to have been chosen as one of the Guest Design Team Members, for Just Inklined, for September!!!  Jak emailed me yesterday and said I had been chosen by the DT to be a part of the team for September...Wow, I need to get busy LOL!!!

To celebrate I decided to color the newest Just Inklined freebie I got today.  I actually merged the snowy church image behind the verse, which was also included in the freebies this week.  What do you think?

I kept the colors rather muted so as not to take away from the serene church scene that I merged behind the verse .  The trees, roof, and some snowy areas are covered with Diamond Dust but you all know how hard that is to photograph...so I just say it looks so pretty IRL (in real life). 
The church scene was cut using a Spellbinder die and the background layer was embossed with my cuttlebug filagree folder.  A little sponging a gold ribbon, 3 diamond dust covered snowflakes and I have a beautiful Christmas card ready to send. 

You can get the freebies too just be signing up for the weekly newsletter on the Just InkLined site. 

Just Inklined will be having another Challenge to choose a Guest Designer for October so get on over and check it out,  there are images for every occassion imaginable and more coming all the time.

I just couldn't wait to tell you all about my exciting news !!! 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Christmas in July!!

Yippee!!!  It is Thursday and that means my last work day and more importantly Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Day!! :)   Elaine has chosen so many wonderful challenges for us this month and today is no exception--Christmas in July.  Here is my card using, I Even Love the Box: 

I think we can all relate to this image as toddlers always seem to like the boxes the expensive toys came in better than the toys themselves and can get hours of enjoyment playing in them....what does that tell you?

I colored this little cutie in Christmas colors using greens for the jammies and the traditional red Santa hat.  The fur was accented with white gel pen to give the dimensional feel of fur.

I used Spellbinder circle die for the main image and the scalloped circle die for the outer layer.  I realized as I was making this card that I had no solid red cs so I had to make a  quick dash to the LSS to get some.  Good thing it is only a couple of  blocks away (sometimes that is a bad thing too LOL). 

The green polka dot was left from last year's Christmas pack I got at Target and the dp in the upper right half is from the Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck  6X6 paper pack from last year too.  I laid a piece of red and white check narrow ribbon diagonally across the seam and tied a knot bow.  Can you guess what I used for the candy canes in the lower left corner?  

Did you guess a paper clip.  I had gotten some striped paper clips with a magnetic clip holder from one of the hotels that come to visit our Reservation Center and I clipped the open ends shorter and cut the curve off the bottom.  I think that are pretty cute, if I do say so myself. 

My favorite new embellishment is the Giggle ticket.  I finally found out where I could get them.  Thank you Lydia!!! They are Tim Holtz Adage tickets and I ordered and received them last week.  Don't get me started on UPS that's another whole post URGHHHHHH!!!  But isn'st it perfect for the sentiment on this little cutie?

Be sure you stop by the other DT members and check out their projects.  If I had checked out their cards before I made  mine I might have ramped it up a bit, but I like it!!!  I sometimes feel like the cheapest house in the expensive neighborhood, there is so much talent in this group of DT members.  Oh, well, just like the owners of the cheap house I love the neighborhood LOL!!!

OMG have you been to Mo's Digital Pencil lately, she has gone crazy creating the cutest images, Christmas, Fairies, Berry girls and today  5 funny cats!!!  So many images...so little time...

Have a great day and  join in the challenge.  You get to play along with us and get one more Christmas Card under your belt...

Thanks for stopping by.

Cathy