Celebrate!

Hello fellow stampers! Mo (of Mo's Digital Pencil) had a birthday just over a week ago and she drew this image to celebrate her day! Neat, huh? Her birthday and WE got the present! The image is called Bella Carrying the Cake and is available in digital format at the store HERE. I decided it would be fun to use less traditional colors and was inspired by my Max and Whiskers 6X6 inch pad.

Thanks for coming by to look today! I'm anxious to get outside because it is another beautiful day! Sunny and mid 70's! Perfect!

Before you go, you have until tomorrow (Sunday, Aug. 1) at 9:00 AM EST to comment on my MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS POST for Blog Candy from me!

Thanks and I hope your day is full of sunshine of one kind or another!

Cheryl

Tomorrow is the first of the month so a NEW Magnolia-licious monthly project will be posted on the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog! Suzanne will also have the winner of the $25.00 gift certificate to Magnolia-licious from July's Freestanding Pop Up card project! You have until tomorrow if you haven't entered yet! Check it out!!

( And we'd alos love to have you join in our Nautical card themed project!)

Let's go Camping!

Hi everyone! Thanks for coming by today! I'm so happy to be designing now for I Brake for Stamps! They have over 3,000 images and great prices! I was like a kid in a candy store!
Della (the kind and generous owner) said that the Humorous Seniors line is very popular. I can see why! I started with the The Great Outdoors (I'll tell you why below~ keep reading,please!) The difficult part was trying not to cover up this perfectly matched paper from Imaginisce. Can you see the campers? The dog cracks me up!

Here's my brief story. My parents raised six children. We all get along well, which, I think, is not all that common. There were no fights over "things" or money when we lost our parents. But, we all have our own lives and my biggest fear was that we wouldn't all get together now that there was no "homestead". Sooo, when some of us were together for a family birthday we devised a camping plan! I carried through and found a central family camping resort and put down the deposit. So we are all going camping for a weekend in the fall! I think there will be 16 of us in two lodges! There are still four little children (fun!). Our 'in between' children are in their 20s so some of them can't make it. I'm really excited! I'm going to use these stamps in a family letter to let everyone in on all the details.

I think it would be a great retirement card as well.

I used BG000, BG10, BG72, R05, R08, R14 ,R17, YG91, YG93, YG95 and E33, E35 and E29

Now, Della like to share the love, so if you order from I Brake for Stamps you can use the code

SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% of your order!

Okay, one more thing, don't forget you can win blog candy if you comment on Monday's post by Sunday, Aug 1.

Thanks for coming by! Look for more soon from I Brake for Stamps!

Have a terrific Thursday!

Cheryl

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!

By the Sea Blog Hop!

Hello and good morning to everyone! I am so pleased to be at the start of this fun, fun summer blog hop! I am soooo excited and hope you are too! You may have seen the word out there that our theme is Anything Nautical. Now there may be more details than that so I refer you to the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog to catch anything I've missed!
(Please look through all photos (and read my nonsense if you want)-I'm starting my giveaway!


Having just returned from the Sea to find my Summer kit waiting for me I was really inspired! I love these ocean colors of peach, sand (draft), aqua and cream and my favorite stamp is the Mermaid Tilda. Be sure to check out the whole collection (called Bon Voyage) on MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS! I was so inspired that I went for the whole gift ensemble! A rarity for me, fer sure! I loved every second of creating these things to show you. I ALWAYS use SCOR-TAPE to put projects like this together. It just holds SOOOO well!

The Trendy Tool Tote is from My Time Made Easy (and it was really EASY to make). The gift card box (yep, it's a little box) is also designed by Lauren, and is available at Papertrey Ink. It is one of three (for 5.OO!) called Cash or Charge. So worth the $! My friend LISA KIND constantly inspires me with her wonderful creations with simple templates!

Another friend, TRACY HARP made a 3D item the other day and printed another template to line her box! So clever that I copied her! I stamped the Apricot paper with a plaid bg stamp

The mermaid on the card.

Please send a note if you have any questions-this post is SOOOO long!

The mermaid on the box (her tail is lighter).

Pics of the gift card box, which is a genius design! The card stands up in a little slot inside! Mine closes with a Basic Grey magnet.

Well, I got a little carried away with photos so I won't jabber anymore! (Well, a little more!)

I have my blog candy gathered (forgot to photo!)

It includes FIVE MAGNOLIA STAMPS, A MARTHA STEWART EDGE PUNCH, BASIC GREY OLIVE AND OLIVIA 6X6 INCH PADS AND A MERMAID CARD.

(I'LL PHOTO IT TOMORROW AND POST SOON!) JUST LEAVE ME A COMMENT TO ENTER, SAY WHATEVER YOU LIKE, BUT BE KIND, PLEASE!

Now, on the the HOP or SWIM! Please go on over to APRIL'S ROSES to see what gorgeousness April has to show you today!!

As always, my deepest appreciation that you take the time to come here!

Cheryl

Christmas in July blog Hop!

Hello friends! I'm at the very start of the Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop! It's all part of the wonderful Magnolia-Licious Yahoo Group's activities and I'm glad you stopped by! the link above will take you to the blog where you can get links to all the participants if you get lost.
Once again, I've kept it simple. That's mostly due to time, but I also like to make cards, particularly for Christmas which are easily mailed as this one will be. I started with the lovely Saint Lucia image from Diana's store. I knew I wanted to use some of the Magnolia paper too so I chose this soft blue snowflake pattern. There is also a green print with mistletoe branches that I thought I could incorporate, but it was not to be. Anyway, that's what drove me to use green with the blue. The ribbon is from Papertrey-aqua mist which becomes mint green when paired with green! Neat trick! The tiny sentiment is also from PTI and is punched with a Martha Stewart punch. the whole card has been sprayed with Clear Shimmer mist.
I used copics for coloring:
Eooo, E11, and R30 skin
Hair Y21, YR24, E25
Flame and glow Y23, Yr12, Y000
and blues B60 and B91
Green G0000, G21 and G29
Thanks for hopping by! Now your next stop on the hop is Glenda at In My Craft Room.
I KNOW she has something very special because she showed a peek of it earlier in July!
Have a super day!
Cheryl

Back to school!

Say it ain't so!! I know a lot of teachers who hate to see the end of July! It means August is coming and we all have to get started on our rooms at school. Summer is trickling through our fingers! But, all that aside, I couldn't resist coloring one of Mo's school children digital images. This one is Trinity. Take a look at all Mo's School Kids HERE
I started out wanting to use the beautiful new Papertrey color Harvest Gold (is it like SUs new daffodil?) for my card. Once her sweater was done I decided on a cute denim skirt. Blue and yellow, perfect! I had no intention of going with primary colors, but because of the apple the red snuck in! Hey, a green apple would have been okay too, I guess. Oh, well.
I don't like how the ruler ribbon bled. I stamped the ruler from the PTI school set onto grosgrain ribbon. I'll have to work on that! It would probably be okay on an antiqued card but I'm not so sure on this one~I may have to take it apart and do a fix!

colors used are;
skin E00, E11, R30
Hair Y21, YR24, E35, E25
Red R08, R17, R27, R29
Yellow Y21, Y23
Blues (a lot to get the color I wanted)
B21, B41, B23, B95, B45, B99
Dp is Cosmo Cricket, Jillibean Soup and Bo Bunny!
I have the sketch in my saved files, but I'm sorry, I don't know whose it is.
Thanks for coming by today!
Tomorrow is the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long blog hop and Monday is the Magnolia-licious DT blog hop with a Nautical theme starting right here!
I think Monday will be a good time to get my Blog candy pulled together for all my wonderful regular visitors who take the time to come by.
Have an excellent day!
Cheryl

Seize the cupcake!

Hi! I inked up a Stampin' Up stamp that I had to have last year! I'm sure I paid way to much on ebay for it, but 'nuff said! LOL!I love this image and it could go with MANY of the papers that I have just by choosing different colors. I like this Clean and Simple layout and hope you do too!
I used colors that were in the bag (of copics) that I had grabbed to take on vacation because I couldn't separate from ALL of them! (Never got them out once!)
the image is colored with couple of YGs, a couple of BGs and a couple of Vs, but that's all I can tell you! Sorry!
It is a good tip, though, that if you travel and have the same problem as I do leaving your supplies behind-just pack a small bag of some simple images and a few markers you could use to color them. Also take a couple of full Blender pens with you. They can be handy to have, but not take up much space.
I have much to do today-not just cleaning some CREATING too because there are some blog hops coming up for Magnolia-licious-Sunday is Christmas All Year Long and Monday the Design team has one in the Nautical theme.
Thanks for coming by today. Wishing you an excellent day and weekend!
Cheryl