Turquoise!

Well, it's STILL snowing in Western New York! I'm okay with it because I finished TWO cards this morning and I want to show you both of them! This is an image from Mo's Digital Pencil. I'm so sorry I can't find it in her store. It was one of the freebies on Paper Craft Planet when she reached a milestone in memberships. I'm not sure what number, but you may be able to find it there for FREE! I love the paper on this card. I saw them first on Paulabella's blog.
My touch was to add the homemade chipboard buttons. I used the Sizzix button die that I got from SU, cut them from Cool Caribbean and cardboard then glued them together and sponged the edges with Teal. After that I tied yellow embroidery floss through them. Neat!
Mo's wonderful illustration is colored with copics-I think this kid's mom owns Geranimals! Even his sneakers match!! And the dog collar!
(I'm lovin' Cool Caribbean with Teal and Kiwi green! More to come with this combo!! You betcha!


This quickie card is one I made to mail to a friend of ours who fell and broke his hip. They have two new Golden puppies so I made the dog all yellow.

Wishing him a speedy recovery!

Thanks so much for coming by! Coming soon will be the Copic Creations challenge AND the Magnolia-licious March monthly challenge which is a fab sketch by our Jacque!

Enjoy your day! I'm off to dig the car out for a trip to the Post office-blog candy to get in the mail!

Cheryl

Christmas in Feburary Blog Hop!

So glad you came by today! It's alreaday the 25th again and time for Julie's Christmas card challenge! If you happened here first you can start the hop at Julie's blog so you don't miss anything!
My card has a burgunday card base, then a layer of mellow moss. After that is some dotted paper from the scrap bin and the green is another scrap paper (Graphic 45). I just didn't know what to use so I decided that was a good reason to use up a couple of scraps! I just got this garden trellis (Martha Stewart) punch and though I know it will be great on spring and summer cards I just couldn't wait to use it! (This is sort of like a bride-something old, something new!)

Tilda is colored with my copics.
Colors used are Eooo, Eo1 and R20 for skin
E33, E99, E15 and E29 for hair
YG93, YG95 and YG97 for the tree and dress
R29, R46 and R59 for her blouse
E42 for her apron.
E31, E25 and E15 for her boots.
YR21 and Y35 for her halo and sparkle
W00, W1 and W2 for surround

so sorry for the early post!!
Your next stop is over to Playing with color to see what Deb has for you!
Enjoy the hop and the day!
Cheryl

LLWWC27 is a SKETCH!

I love sketch challenges! They force me to make a card that looks a little different than the same old thing! This is Whiskers Sleeping . I hope you'll go to the blog to see the sketch and play along!
Here's the link to Lala Land Crafts Blog. Our sketch was created by Kathy!
My card base is chocolate, then a layer of Yellow. The dps are from Basic Grey, Origins collection.
My copics marker colrs are Y21, Y24 and a little E08 for Whiskers.
The chick is Y21 and Y16
The pillow is YG01 and YG25 with E33 and E25, E29 for the chocolate stripes.
I think this little chick thinks Whiskers is its' mother!!
I used some primas and chocolate pearls for embellishments and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This is my final post as a Guest Designer for Irina at Lala Land Crafts! I have really enjoyed my two months working with Irina and her great team! Thank you ALL so much!!

Please, if you have time, head over to the blog, grab the sketch and see what you can come up with then enter the link with Mr. Linky on the blog!! We'd love to have you use Lala Land Stamps, but it's not a requirement.

Before I go, I want to say that the CB folder on the bunny card below is called VICTORIA.
A Nasty Rag is one you use to put Copic blender solution on and dab onto a copic colored picture for fur or other texture. I used it on my last Copic Creation Challenge project-egg basket. Thanks for asking!
Have a great day!
Cheryl

What's Cookin'? (And a winner!)

Happy Monday, dear friends!! Well, it's back to work for me today after a week of Winter break and I'm trying to convince myself it's a happy Monday!

I had a great weekend-got to shop with my friend Lisa, had time to stamp, nap and had two cards listed in the Favorites gallery on SCS on Sunday and Sunday dinner with some of my family. Can it get any better? Nope!

I hope the weekend also held good things for you and I thank you for visiting today!



I adore this cupboard and Tilda and this is the first time they've been inked!
They are both available at Magnolia-licious! Chef Tilda is #391 and the Kitchen is #628.



I didn't save my colors, but I know Tilda's chef suit is E42 and the reds are R24, R46

The browns are E33, E25 and E59 mainly. I'm going to add some Crystal Effects on the glass pieces which are colored with BG000.



And now I have a winner of a Magnolia stamp, some other stuff and a card made by me. Random.org chose comment number #99.
This comment belongs to KYM KREATES ! KYM, please contact me with your address at drowley6@stny.rr.com so I can mail your prize! Thanks very much!

Thanks,
Cheryl

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

Birthday Unwrapped!

Whooo Hooo, It's Friday! The weekend is here!
I'm meeting my friend, Lisa this morning to visit our LSS, which is over an hour away from where I live! The owner is just terrific so I usually make a card to take to her. This is the card I'm taking to Sharon today! I love how others have taken this Christmas image and re purposed her!

I used the following colors on her, Unwrapped Tilda available at Magnolia-licious

Hair- Y21, E97, E99, E29

Box E43, E25, E50

Pinks-R000, R81, R83, R85 and R89

Blue/Green BG0000, BG01, BG13

To distress the pinks and blues I added a little E43 and E42 on top and then blended with R000 and BG0000 respectively.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Cheryl

More Mo!

ETA: I sort of remember hearing that because of the big party for Mo's Digital Stamps on Tuesday that our Blog Hop was canceled, but when I got the reminder on Yahoo yesterday I went with it! Sorry for any confusion. My links WILL NOT take you to a blog Hop!


Hello and Happy Thursday! My week off from school is flying by! book club Monday was terrific and since then I have spent time at home puttering-some cleaning, organizing and creating! However, Mina's challenge for our monthly Blog Hop escaped my memory until the reminder came tonight! Mina challenged us to use "Reds, Pinks and Hearts" If you came here from Suzanne's Blog, you are on the right track for our hop.

I quickly colored up this adorable Shy Valentine Lila in deep reds! (Not all all sure about the red socks!) I used the same reds as on the Lala card (Lotus) yesterday, R24, R46 and R59. The aqua is a touch of BG000 and her skin is E000, E01 and R20 on her cheeks. Her shoes are C3, C5, and C9. I used W00, W1 around the image. Then I sponged some Soft Sky and Baja Breeze around the image.

You know, I am most fond of the simple layouts ( I am VERY embellishment challenged!) . I really like showing cards you could make yourself! This card is very mailable too!

And now, I would love for you to travel on to Kerttu's blog to see the beauty she's created!

I'm so happy that I'm meetin' up with my stampin' buddy, Lisa, for some retail craftin' therapy and chat! The highlight of my week!

Hope your day is fabulous!

Cheryl