LLWWC25 is all about....

No DP! Lisa has given us (and YOU!) the challenge of making a card using no DP! You, know the "old fashioned" way!

Remember when we all used to stamp a background with a large stamp or repeated small ones? That's fun to do sometimes, but I opted for the Cuttlebug folder, Snowflakes. I certainly was not one of the first to have a CB. I kept reading about it and wondering what in the heck it was! Once I took the plunge I have never looked back! I still love it and it fits on the stand where I work. No Big Shot or Wizard for me, at least not YET!

Anyway, I used Winter Lala for my card and some of the great SU Bermuda Bay with Kraft and white card stock. Please check out the Lala Land Blog for the designers gorgeous projects! You can also find the details for how you can join in with us!

Have fun!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Cheryl

copic colors used:

Bg11, Bg13, BG15, with a touch of B18

Browns-E31, E33, E25. Skin E000, E01 and R20

Papertrey meets Rich Razzleberry and it's LOVE!

Hi friends! I'll make this a quick post and then it's off to work!
I used Papertrey Ink's Heart prints and the Hearts design from this year with PTI paper and with SU's Rich Razzleberry card stock and ink to create this card.

It is actually a case of the Featured Stamper from Sunday that I made a couple of weeks ago. I love the cleanness of this and that it could be reproduced in so many colors and for any occasion!
Hope you like it, too!

There is lots going on this week!
Today:
Take a look at this free digi from Motivet! Such a cute kitten for FREE!!
Tomorrow:
The Lala Land Weekly Wednesday challenge is up!
Coming up soon: A celebration for Mo's digital pencil! Mos has reached 1000+ members on PaperCraft Planet! There is a new free digi to celebrate this awesome number! AND there will be a party next week! With prizes! Details coming soon! Link to Mo's store is on my sidebar. You can then travel to PCP or to her blog to check out what's going on! I hope I've linked the freebie in purple above!
Still working on my Wiper card for the February Magnolia-licious challenge! You can see Jacque's by clicking the link to the Mag Highlites blog on my sidebar.
Guess, that's it!
Gotta jet!
Great day to YOU!
Cheryl

Cupid Tilda-Sweet or Siren?

Good Monday morning! Where DID the weekend go? I had lots of time to create, but the time does fly!! Here's the Mag card I finished yesterday. I'm not sure if she's a sweetie or a siren in these hot colors! The heart frame is from AlotaRubber stamps. Diana carries some of their images and they go perfectly with the Magnolia images. I don't see this one (which comes in a set) right now, but feel free to check with her on it! She always goes the extra mile for anyone! The link to Magnolia-licious is HERE! Tilda and the hearts are colored in the same copic reds; R20, R21, R22, R32 and R24. Her skin is E000, E01 and R20 is on her cheeks. Her hair and pitchfork are E31, E33, E25, E99 and E59

I'm sure you can see that I added stickles on the hearts and on her wings. The paper is last year's Valentine paper from Cosmo Cricket. I sponged the heart oval with Distress Tea Dye because it was just too bright!

Hope you have a great day and week! I appreciate your visit!

Cheryl

Chocolate Chip Cupcake!

I love today! I love that without the inspiration of Barbara (FS157 on SCS today!) this card would NEVER have been created! I love that it is another bright and chilly day here in WNY! I love that thought the pictures aren't the sharpest I could take them in natural light! Oh, yes, and like Bar I LOVE Papertrey Ink and especially the Button bits stamps!What I don't love-that I goof up on my stitching! I keep hoping practice will make me better, but in the meantime you have to look at my trials! I don't love that this is the last button I can tie with my terrific string that is like darning thread, I guess. It's perfect, I tell ya! It doesn't separate like embroidery floss and isn't stiff like twine. I string it on a needle and "sew" the button. BUT, one of the cats must have taken off with my little ball and I cannot find it ANYWHERE!!

The copic colors for my copics are Y21, YR32 and YR24 for the "paper" and BG000, BG10 and BG72 for the "frosting". The leaves are YG21, YG95 and a touch of YG97. The sprinkles are glitter class-they look like sugar! Love that, too!

Thanks (as always!) for visiting the Cottage today! Off to work on a Magnolia card for tomorrow! (And a Mo Manning for one day this week and Lala for the Weekly Wednesday Challenge! Busy! How about you?

Cheryl

Chilly Love!

Hello friends! I've made this winter card, but can you see the spring colors sneaking in? I'm so getting ready for soft yellow, pinks and blues! How about you? I saw this image (Motivet) first when Claudia (Pretty Pressings) made a nearly all white card with it! It was frosty and beautiful!

Well, I ordered it and colored it up pretty quickly then couldn't decide on papers! These MME papers came a couple of weeks ago and when I flipped to the back side the colors were perfect!

A couple of fresh snowflakes with my Spellbinders dies and a card was born!!

We have a beautiful, sunny, but chilly day here in snow country while to the east it is snowing like crazy! Sorry, but I'll take the weather in Western New York! We aren't "out of the woods" yet though, there's more winter to come!

I'm sure the copics are in the Cool family and the aqua is BG 10 and BG72, but I'm not sure about the reds and yellows. Sorry!

Going back to color a little more in my bright room!

Thanks for stopping and have a super day and evening!

Cheryl

PTI and Friday!

Hi! A quick post this morning because I'm not going to rush off to work! I usually get there about 7:30, but, Hey, it's Friday, right? Anyway, if this card looks familiar it's because it is a shameless case of one of Nichole Heady's cards when this set (Baby Button Bits) was released. I colored my flowers in her suggested colors for Lemon Tart, Terra Cotta Tile and Ripe Avocado. She has a color sheet you can print out with 3 colors (copics) to match her paper and ink colors. I refer to it often!
I did change her card a bit by including stitching and the apron punch at the bottom of the feature, as well as the sentiment.
These would be easy to create in numbers for gift sets.
The weekend is here so I will have more time to color images (like Magnolias!) I do love to color!
I see I have lost a couple of followers and I always feel bad when that happens. I'm sorry.
Thank you for visiting though! I do appreciate it.
Have a great day and weekend!
Cheryl

Lala Land has hearts for you!

Hello and welcome to another Lala land Weekly Wednesday Challenge! This is # 24, hosted by the very talented Kristine. Our challenge is to use hearts of any kind on our card!


I just couldn't resist using Lala with Heart again! She is so fun to color and this time I made her a blue eyed blond. You can see the rest of the DT cards at the Lala Land Crafts blog.
We'd love for you to join us in the challenge this week! You don't have to use Lala stamps (but if you have them we'd love to see what your create!).
The colors of copics I used are as follows:
skin E000, E01, R20
Hair Y21, YR31 and YR24
dress: R20, R22 and R24
shoes E33 and E25
Thanks so much for stopping by on this middle of the week day!
Cheryl