Just paper...again!

Hello! There's not much stamping here, just the leaves from Papertrey Ink's Turning a new leaf. Everything else is punches and dies and PAPER! I used the flower dies from Papertrey ink as well to make the sunflowers. I made these awhile back when I was working on some OTHER CARDS. I bunched these three into this feature piece mounted on the Nestability shape until I could figure out the card to put it on. the other day I was working on another card and thought hmmmm... laid it on the October Afternoon gingham and liked it!

Now, speaking of paper, please remember we'd love to have you join in on our August challenge from Diana herself to create a MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS Magnolia card using just paper!

Details are right HERE!

So, thanks for coming by today! I'm off to exercise (Yuck!) and then home to create something else (yeah!), and then a birthday lunch with friends. Gonna be a good day! Hope yours is too!

Cheryl

Gracious Vases-round two

Hello and happy Monday! We are fully back from vacation, unpacked and laundry is done! Dave is back at work and I need to get going on house cleaning again. How I wish I was one of those people who love to clean! They are my heroes! Here are the other three cards I made using Papertrey Ink's Gracious Vases and Debbie Olsen as my inspiration. I love how all of the cards came out and only have a couple left! (Hence, the poor photos-can't retake!)

Here is the link to my previous post . It also has the link to Debbie's colors:

Gracious Vases Part I

this last one is my favorite-I love working with multiple buttons!

Thanks for stopping by today! And now to work!

Hugs and wishes for a spectacular Monday for YOU!

cheryl

I Brake for Stamps-Summer Fun!

Hello! The I Brake for Stamps has another challenge going on right now! You can find all the details here at the I Brake for Challenges Blog! This is my sample card for the challenge!

Summer fun to me means gardening! Often I wish I had vegetables, but mine is generally flower gardening. I think it fits in with cardmaking because I love all the colors in my flower beds! I'm not a rose gardener though-that was my dad. He loved is roses and we have many pictures that he took of his beloved blooms! Back in the sixties he took movies of everything so we even have movies of his roses! Not a lot of action there! Thankfully, he took movies of us too! Close up of this gorgeous group of roses!

I stamped the image twice and cut out the ones that I wanted to pop forward and raised them with dimensional pieces in the center. Then I glued the edges to the main piece.

The roses are R81, 83 and 85. The leaves are G20, 40 and 24. the basket is Y21 and YR24 with a touch of E99 on the edges.

I used the Splitcoast sketch from last week for my layout.

Wishing you a fabulous Thursday! Please consider joining in on our Summer fun challenge! You don't have to use an IBFS image (But we'd love if you did). Everyone is eligible for the prize. We'd just like to ask that you mention the challenge and link your card post to our blog, please!

Thanks much! Cheryl

Gracious Vases Part I

Hello! I have threee Papertrey Ink cards to show you today. They were 100% inspired by one of the PTI designers whose blogs I stalk! Debbie Olson. Here is THE LINK to her card.

Here is the link to the stamp set GRACIOUS VASES.

While I had the stamps arranged on my blocks I stamped and then colored six of these so I could make a set of cards to have on hand. So, there I will have three more to show you soon. I've saved my favorite for last!

Thanks so much for visiting! Things you may want to look into:

I Brake for Stamps will be posting a new challenge tomorrow (Wednesday, July 13)

You still have today to comment on Jacque's Magnolia-lcious Sunday Sensations for a prize.

the Magnolia-lcious challenge team has a new inspiration challenge for you TODAY!

Cheryl

Sunshiny Sunflower!

Hello and happy Saturday! As my husband and friends have been outside this morning dismantling our storage shed I have been in the house stampin'! I have to put lunch on soon, but thought I'd try to get my post done first! This card came together from pieces left from my recent mini Magnolias. I switched from peach to daffodil when I saw my friend, Michele's gorgeous sunflower card! I just had to make some!!
My sunflower is cut from 3 of the Papertrey Ink dies, put through the crimper to weaken the fibers and then smushed by hand. After that I sponged More mustard on the edges and put the three together with glue dots. I pushed and curled the petals where I wanted them. I used leaves from the Magnolia die to make the small leaves peaking out-what is that part of the flower called? The sentiment is SU and the leaf/stem stamp is Papertrey. I used dotted paper from Graphic 45 for my sunflower center. The plaid bg stamp is my favorite oldie from All That Scraps.

And then there is sweet Tilda (#3005 MINI TILDA IN RUBBER BOOTS) who is colored with copics! For once, I feel like I got the folds in her dress right! Norma is my idol when it comes to coloring 'fabric'! I will have to look up the colors used, but they are the same as the two cards I posted on June 1.

I'd better get the guys lunch on! They've been workin' hard! Hope you are having a great day!

Take care until next time!

Cheryl

Memories, Mom and Spring

Hello and Happy Mother's Day! We are finally having spring weather in Wester New York. And though my mom has been gone for 6 years I made this card with her in mind. She loved dogwood trees. Now while we are near lakes, I grew up in Cherry Creek which is in a valley. The spring changes (warm weather and flowering trees) can be two weeks later than they are near Lake Erie only 15 miles away. So while the dogwoods bloom near the lake, it is a little more difficult away from the lake where we lived. But there was one in our backyard by the hen house. My mom loved that tree! I don't remember if my dad gave it to her or one of my older brothers and sisters but it was always beautiful in the spring! While it was more of the pink variety I decide to stick with the white ones for my card. Do you know the legend of the dogwood?
It is said to be the tree that the cross was made from. After the Crucifixion the tree never grew big and strong again and the flowers represent the cross, the brownish color represents the blood from Jesus' hands and feet. Notice that the ends of the flower petals have a 'hole'. Here is a link to the legend better than I can say it. The Legend of the Dogwood tree.
I know that my mother was aware of this symbolism but I never asked if that's why she loved the dogwood so much.

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This beautiful image is from I Brake for Stamps. Here is the link to the Dogwood Blossoms

Thanks for coming by today and for putting up with my rambling. I miss my mom so much. She was an amazing person.

I hope you have a wonderful Mother's 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

Flowers in Jar

Good morning, friends! I hope you've had a great week! I know I'm glad it's Friday and the weekend is here!
We have had some warmer weather-in the 50s! Last evening my husband was out trying to chip away with a shovel at the snow mound in our front yard in HIS SHORTS! Too funny!

I think this card is a little bit of spring, too! The soft yellow just makes me happy! I think some of the best presents are when Dave comes home with one of those bouquets of mini carnations from the grocery store! That's what this reminds me of and next time I think I'll put them in a mason jar!
The stamp is from I Brake for Stamps and is called Flower in a Jar.
I did make the card 4" x 6" to accommodate the image and still have space for the embossed border on the card.
You can use my code anytime on any order for 10% off~! It's SAVE10CHERYL

And now for the colors on the TILDA AND HER BUNNY CARD yesterday.
I used:
E000, R30, E11
BG10, BG11, BG72, BG18
E50, E33, E25, E29. E99
YR12. YR14. YR15, YR18
E42, E43, W3 for the bunny

Please remember there is a HUGE Easter Spring Extravaganza contest going on right now at Magnolia-licious! Diana is awarding some GREAT prizes and there's still time to enter!!
Thanks for the visit!
Have a super day! Cheryl

For you...

Well, I guess Monday has to come sometime! The weekend went very quickly! I keep pulling out flower stamps to color for my samples with I Brake for Stamps images! This one is called POPPY. Actually I posted an orange flower just last week! A tulip. Our poppies come out here in June and are orange so I colored this orange, too! Then I wanted to make the rest of the card different so I built this black frame and began working from there.
Remember, you can use my code SAVE10CHERYL for 10% off your order!
My My Mind's Eye Mabel paper is close by on my table so I turned to it for a pattern to use. I kind of like the finished card and hope you do too!
(I'll try to do better at keeping track of copics for you!)

And this is the simple inside of the wedding card I posted yesterday.

Wishing you a great Monday!
Cheryl

Simple tulip

Hello! Still getting back into the groove, but here's a card I made with one of my I Brake for Stamps images. I do love the flowers of spring; tulips, hyacinth, crocus and daffodil! Can't wait for the real ones! This one is called simply, TULIP, and I guess that describes it! I used white, apricot appeal and apricot appeal dp from Stampin' Up to keep the card clean and crisp. I didn't shadow or 'ground' the image which is really strange for me. I may still need to go back and add a ground color! I started out CASeing a card for the SU Featured stamper (last week, I think) and went with what the artist had done on her card . You can use my code SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% of your order!
I used copics on the image, as I'm sure you know. The colors are as follows:
YGo1, YG01, YG25
Y21, 31, 35 and 38
YR16, E19 and E08
(A sweet follower, Nancy Parker, asked if I would be influenced by the colors I saw in the Caribbean for awhile. Nancy, I think so!!)

thanks for coming by today! Have a great day! See you soon!
Cheryl

Simple but effective~I hope!

Hello! Hope your weekend is going nicely!
I know your probably came to see what I've colored, but sometimes a girl just has to make a few simple cards to have on hand or so she's not late with birthday wishes! Here are two I've made recently. This one uses an SU background plaid stamp that I have always loved. The flower is a Spellbinders nestability. The embossed background is a Sizzix folder (sorry, I don't know the name) More details below!

I cased Dawn McVey, one of Papertrey Inks designers. The flower center is a freebie (with 11 other circle images) for their recent anniversary celebration. It took some looking to find it so I want to link it up HERE for you if you are interested. Scroll down the post until you see Free download.

I used a white card base, some PTI Hawaiin Shores and SU dotted paper from the Regals collection. The script stamp for the blue is an old one from SU. Wonderful ribbon from S"U finished off the flower.

Thanks for coming by today-I hope you aren't too disappointed-I really love all kinds of 'stamping' and papercrafting. Hope you do too!

Hugs, Cheryl

Poppy Collage

Good morning! (Well, it's morning where I am, anyway!) I just love the vintage and collage style cards I see around on blogs! But, I'm not very good at making them. With this stamps from I Brake for Stamps the work was done for me!

The stamp is POPPY TILE COLLAGE. My mom and her sister (my Aunt Helen) would love this one! They were both crazy about orange and green! My mom loved when the poppies came out in June!

The whole stamp is about 4-1/2 in square (check link for exact measurements, please). Once I colored it I wanted some dimension to it. Instead of stamping and coloring another image as one would usually do, I just used my craft knife and a ruler to cut along the lines of the image. With the 'poppy box' cut out I mounted it on black and raised it on dimension pieces. With the black mounting my edges beneath don't show! Finally, because I thought it needed something else I added the small black pearl to each corner and some vintage photo distress stickles to the center of my poppy.

thanks so much for stopping by today! Please remember you can comment on the post below for a chance to win a card I've made and a Magnolia stamp.

Have a great day!

Cheryl

Happy Birthday!

Hi friends! I have a card today using an image from I Brake for Stamps! I used the Large Flower Sprig as my focal image. It's sooo pretty! I stamped it on a smooth cream paper (from SU, I think!) and colored it with my copic markers. I used BG10 and a little BG72. For the leaves I used G40. 82 and 24. The little flowers are R11 and R22.

I'm so sorry for the poor lighting and photo quality- Someday I'll get my light tent together! The card base is cream, the embossed layer is Sahara Sand, then Baja Breeze, then the image. Really a pretty quick card for me! (But somewhat elegant, I hope!)

And, a close up, as I was STILL trying to get a decent shot!

Thanks for dropping by!

Cheryl

Wishing You a Happy Brithday

I don't need a birthday card right now, but they tend to sneak up on me! Yesterday, I made this card for the Featured Stamper challenge on Splitcoast. No coloring, wow!! The featured stamper (UKJem) has many handmade flowers on her cards to I made one~ It's made with EK Success Retro flower punches.
I colored the stamp with Marvy Markers that are almost dry!! But, they worked after I breathed on the stamp!
The shape is one of the Mat Stack dies from Papertrey as is the embossing template. The sentiment is PTI and the stamp is from Close as a Memory (SU) The leaves are one of the dies in a set of two from Magnolia-licious.
Guess that's it for this card! Thanks for stopping by, I hope you're not too disappointed that there is no coloring today!
There will be tomorrow!
Stampin' hugs and wishes for a good day for you!
Cheryl

3D Poinsettia

Hello! Have you been out shopping today? Not me! I am at home where it's warm and quiet! However, I have caught a cold so my energy is at a low level! Awww! I have had this I Brake for Stamps image colored for awhile, and just had to get it made into a card. I have the whole poinsettia page linked. My image is B712. I stamped it a second time and cut out some of the petals to raise up with silicone gel. I love how it looks and I found so many papers I could use it with. Decisions, decisions! I settled on some Basic Grey (Olivia) and My Mind's Eye. Blushing Bride and Basic Grey are my card stock colors. Of course, I added sparkle to the flowers with my favorite Stickles, Stardust.

My card is 5" square. I used R81, R83, R85 and R87 for my pinks. I'm not sure about the greens, but I'm sure I used G40 and others in the G family.

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, by US friends!

And to everyone, a great day today!

Cheryl

You can use my code at I Brake for Stamps-SAVE10CHERYL for 10% off your whole order!

For a chance to win a Magnolia Mini Tilda you can leave a comment on the post below.

Thanks!

Bunch of Daisies

Hi! Glad you all like my last post of the scrapbook album. I haven't had the chance to see if I can find a tutorial online, but I'll check when I get a chance or make an effort to write something up.
In the meantime, I pulled out this image, which I think looks like black-eyed susans when colored in yellows! The image is from I Brake for Stamps and is called Bunch of Daisies. If you head over to the NEW store and place an order you can use my code SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% off your order.
They have lots of stamps in good ole red rubbah!
I used my new Spellbinders die even though the ovals weren't a perfect match. I think it looks okay. The card base is Kraft stamped in Crumb cake with an old SU background stamp.

I used the same colors as I use for pumpkins to color the flowers! Just more yellow and less orange! They are:

Y35, Y17, YR15 and YR16. The centers are E33, E25 and a little E08

The leaves are YG93, 95 and 97

Thanks for coming by today! Life (schoolwork!) is getting in the way of much of my crafting time and I really appreciate coming back here to see what you think of my work! Some days it keeps me going! Thanks for that!

Have a great day! Cheryl

Floral Birthday

Hello! I finally had time to finish a Magnolia card! How I've missed my Maggies! I have so many images stamped up just waiting for me to have time to color! And fall colors are my favorites so there are MANY things I want to get to! Well, this Tilda with Peony was a pleasure to color! Isn't she sweet!? I don't see her in stock right now at Magnolia-licious, but if you email Diana she'll help you out! I colored her with my copics and I'll list most of the colors below. The flower chain is a new EK success. I just love these chains. I bought a leaf one, too that you'll be seeing very soon! My papers are from the DCWV Rustic stack-gorgeous colors and glitter, too! I'm not crazy about the bow I made with the shabby ribbon, but I'm seldom happy with everything on a card! Oh well!

Tried to straighten my blog out this morning! It's from Leelou free blog designs.

she has lots of designs and I think I'm hooked!

I love fall weekends for going on adventures, but at the beginning of the school year I'm so tired by the end of the week that I just want to stay home! DH is fixing a window sill in need of replacing and I have MANY inside projects to take care of today! The fun things will have to come later, when the work is done! Hmmm, maybe a walk around the lake...

I hope whatever you do today that you find adventure and fun in it! Have a gorgeous day!

Cheryl

ETA: the colors:

hair and shoes E33, E25, E29

yellow E30 and Y21

leaves YG93 and 95

Dress: R30, R21, R32, R22

and her skin is my usual colors!

Summer flowers!

Hello friends! There is so much going on this summer, but I thought I would show you a card I made this week for a friend's wedding anniversary-I sent it almost 2 weeks late! Yikes!! I CASEd a card that Nicole Heady (Papertrey Ink) made when this set (Springtime Doodles) was released. Actually I only changed the colors and sentiment. What can I say? Her work is an inspiration!
It's really fun to make acetate cards now and then. If you haven't tried it give it a go sometime! They are a real WOW when finished!

Here is a picture of MOST of the blog candy I'm offering for the 200,000 (and counting!) visits to my blog. I have one stamp to add and, of course, the card! If you win and have any of these stamps we can discuss switching them for others. No problem!

Feel free to leave a comment on this post, but I will draw the winner from MONDAY's POST' COMMENTS (click to go to post) .

You have until Sunday morning (Aug 1 to leave a comment). I'll draw later that day. Then just check back to see if you've won.

Tomorrow I will have my FIRST card from a new company that I'm making cards for. I hope you will visit and see who it is! I'm so honored to create for this company!

The Birds and the Bees!

Well, actually I've got the bee (and the flowers). To see the birds I hope you will check out the Copic Creations Challenge which has been posted today! But first, my card. I used Papertrey Ink's All About You Additions. I just had to have this flower garden image when the June release cam out! Debbie Olson provided me with the colors for the start when she posted a card. I used them for this card, but I will be coloring them in different combos!

Using her card as inspiration I tried to add my own touches! I hope you like!

Now here is the link to see some realistic birds colored with copic markers by the best artists around! Copic Creations Challenge Blog. check 'em out!

I've got to get more work done today than I did yesterday! So I'm off!

Have a great day yourself!

Cheryl

P is for Poppies, Purple and Polka Dots!

But, in my case, it is not for Photography! I made this card this morning (Summer, Yeah!!) and cannot get a good photo! Purple is so difficult for me! I hope I don't say this too often, but this is much better IRL!! The purple is actually Rich Razzleberry (SU!) and it is such a wonderful color with orange!
The poppies are some I made my ownself using the tutorial earlier this month from Lisa Johnson at Poppie Paperie. They are fun, fun, fun! (You'll be seeing more of them!) Tilda with Ice Cream is from Magnolia-lcious, of course!

I only used one dp because I was going to use lots of flowers (very unlike me!) and this paper is sooooo pretty with the colors. It is made by We R Memory Keepers and is from the Vintage Blue line. I have more coming in the mail with a smaller pattern :)

I paper pieced her top with Bo Bunny double dot in Citrus Dot-it's hard to see-maybe I should add some white dots? This card is 6X6 (also unusual for me!)

There are shiny flowers already on the paper and I added stickles in the appropriate places.

Inky fingers!

Tilda is 3D!

Well, there she is!

I'm so pleased that yesterday I finished at school. My 'stuff'' is in boxed piles-one for each of the schools I'll be working in another of 'stuff' I can't use anymore and I really threw away a lot of 'stuff'!! (That was the best part!) Good for me!

Now summer can begin for real! I should be cleaning, but YOU are more important to me as I try to get my creative mojo going! So thank you SO MUCH for coming by. I have collected a few things for when I reach 200,000 visitors (giveaway). I've redone my blog and need to update the DTs I'm blessed to be on. I will get my categories MUCH more limited in the near future (that was CRAZY when so many show up! LOL!)

Have a wonderful Wednesday! See you tomorrow! Cheryl

copics used

skin E000, E11, R30

Hair E31, E33, E25, E29

Cone Y21 and Y24

Purples V000. V01, V05, V06, V09

oranges on dp for shading Y35, YR15. YR18