IBFS-Christmas in July!

Hey there! Thanks so much for dropping by! After a day of cleaning (2 more rooms done!) I get to spend time papercrafting tonight! Since I may finish a card to show you tomorrow I'd better get this one posted now as supper is cooking! The challenge for the next two weeks at I Brake for Challenges is to create a Christmas card! We'll all need to get started on them, right!? I used this fun to color Holly Spray from I Brake for Stamps as my focal image.
I used copics in the following colors:
R14, 44 and 59
G03, 09 and 19
E35 and 29
That's it except to say that we hope you'll consider joining us in the challenge! Please check the blog link out above for other inspiration. All you have to do is link your card up and mention the challenge on your blog (if you have one). You don't have to use IBFS stamps, but if you have some we hope you will.
I hope you've had a productive day and have time to play!
Hugs, Cheryl

Another Tag with Tilda!

Hello! Hope you are enjoying your day!
I made another tag last night. This one is more of a Christmas tag, mostly because of the Mini Christmas Tree (#443). I also used Unwrapped Tilda (#3002). Both are from Diana's Magnolia-licious store. The tag is cut from a Vintage cream card stock-the heavy one with the small flecks in it. Mine is either SU or Papertrey. I stamped the tree right on the card stock towards the left. Tilda is stamped on XPress IT card stock and, yes, she has been cut out after I colored her! I had to cut the curl (of her hair) off. :( I tried to draw it back in, but I'm no Pauline!!

Anyway, Tilda is colored as follows. Skin E000, R30, E11

Clothes and wrapping R81, R85, R87, and R59. the box is E42 and E43.

The tree is colored with G40, 21, 85 and 99. I just tried to fill the tree in with shades of color.

I wanted the tree to look different than the sparkle on the wrap and her dress so I used Diamond stickles on it and Stardust on her. The Diamond sparkles in yellow highlights like candlelight. Makes me happy! Here's the link to Magnolia-licious Mini World

I sponged the edges of the tag with Vintage Photo and then scribbled stitching on the edges.

That's it!

I'm off to begin some reorganizing-either the kitchen or studio-not sure which!

Best wishes for your day and thanks so much for the nice comments you leave!

Cheryl
p.s. You have until TUESDAY EVE to enter your name over on Jacque's blog to win a 25.00 gift certificate from Diana!! It's called the Sunday Sensation and you can enter each and every Sunday!!

Snowy Hug-Mini style!

Hi stampers! I have another Christmas card made! My pile is growing yet I still don't have even one mailed! I admire people who get their Christmas cards out early! I long to be one of them! Oh well, I am enjoying the process tremendously when I have images like this to work with! I had my Snowy Hug (mini) colored and the Featured Stamper on Splitcoast this morning fit the bill to help me finish it! I love Red and Aqua as Christmas colors and decided the dark color (black) would really set off the image and the Basic Grey (Curio) paper! I also used my Magnolia lace doo hickey die and a page from an old dictionary for the border beneath the ribbon. Can you see it? Hope so! (Sorry, it doesn't seem to be available right now). This card is only 4.25" square! Love that!

Another thing I love is that I was able to keep two of the outside edges of the dp and make the other two (cut) edges match by using some walnut stain distress ink AND my black copic marker! Of course, the snowflakes were made Anna Wight style with Martha Stewart punches and glitter glass. My image is pretty sparkly with Diamond Stickles, but it didn't photograph too well.

My reds are R22, 24 and 29 and my blues are BG10 and BG72. for the tan snow I used E42 and then the 0 blender to keep it light.

Now I want to give you a link to win a GREAT PRIZE from Diana at Magnolia-licious! She has teamed with the glorious Jacque to promote Maggies by giving them away! 25.00 worth EVERY Sunday. All you have to do is leave a link on Jacque's blog! Eeeeeasy!!
Here's the link to #3071 SNOWY HUG

but while you're there please consider checking out all the other new minis! The Mini World collection is growing! LOL!

Okay, enough for today! I'm off to get my card entered in the FS gallery on Splitcoast and then on with this busy Sunday.

Hope you are enjoying this joyous season in some way today!

Cheryl

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Ho Ho Ho Hello! I've made another Christmas card with the Holiday Squares set from I Brake for Stamps. You can find the set of 4 here at I Brake for Stamps. Please remember you can use my code SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% off your whole order.

For the hat I used R22, R24 and R29. I didn't have quite the blending I was looking for so I used a dark red Prisma pencil to get a smoother blending for my colors from light to dark. I need to do this more! I'm lovin' the aqua, red and green for Christmas this year so AFTER I'd colored the hat I went looking through my stash and found this Bo Bunny paper from a year or two ago. It was perfect. I picked up the River Rock color for my card base and did a little stitching. I love mailable cards! This one is 5" square.

Even with the snow day, it's been a loooong week! But, it's Friday! We are in desperate need of food so grocery shopping has to take precedence over Christmas shopping this weekend! I hate grocery shopping!

Well, for now I have a snack to make for work today, 'cuz teachers eat like fiends! I'm making that yummy Chicken Wing Dip! It tastes so good at 8:00 am! You gotta love the holidays!

Wishing you a yummy day!

Cheryl

Copic Creations with SPARKLE

Hello! Well, I tried to use my snow day wisely and did get quite a bit done. I thought there would be more time at the end of the day to just color imges! Sadly, the day was gone too quickly! JustRite is generously sponsoring our Copic Creations Challenge (sparkle) with a great prize! It's TWO stamps sets and a storage product! There's also some copic glitter pens being given by Marianne Walker! We'd love to have you enter your creation!

I used Christmas ornaments to create my vintage looking card. I used glitter glass to give that old fashioned sugared look to the ornament. I also used Diamond Stickles instead of my usual Stardust. It reflects in golden colors.

My ornament is colored in the BG family and the tans are E42, 43 and 25.

Please head over to the Copic Creations Challenge Blog to see the prizes and the other designers fabulously sparkly examples to inspire you!

Thanks for coming by! Have a wonderful day!

Cheryl

Santa Tilda Ornament

Hi! I've just been given the gift of a SNOW DAY! I'm thrilled and I have so much to do as everyone else does! I decided that the first thing I would do (no, I never go back to bed!) is to get a blog post up with one of my beloved Maggies! This is an ornament I made using a chipboard coaster cut with one of the Ellison dies at school! It is perfect for sitting little Tilda on. She is from the Christmas collection last year and I don't see her in stock. (so sorry!) Here's the link to the greatest store (and store owner!) in the world though~ MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS
I give credit where credit is due-I have Suzanne Dean to thank for the copic color ideas as she used them last week and I loved them!! I'll relist them below for you here.

And, here she is in the tree! That's shimmer paper from Papertrey ink and lots of stickles! Then I ran it through the CB snowflake folder and sponged it with Blushing Bride ink. There is Fun Flock on her hat brim and ball.

Thanks so much for coming by! I'm off to get started on more Christmasy things!

Wishing you a great day!

Cheryl

Copics used BG10, Bg11, BG15, RV10, RV13, RV14, RV17

Her hair is E51, Y21 and E35

skin is E000, E00, E11 and R30

Big Smile!

Hi! Isn't time flying quickly by! So much to do, so little time! Here's another Christmas card I finished last week. I used the reindeer from I Brake for Stamps Holiday Squares. If you order,please use my code SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% off your order!
You get the four squares I've linked and they are big than you think! Over 2" square so they really 'make' the front of your card. I decided on this Basic Grey plaid from the Max and whiskers collection (I think). I think my dad had a flannel shirt like this so maybe Santa does too!

An angled close up so you can see some of the glitz! There's stardust stickles and glossy accents on his nose and spica pen around the antlers and, of course, sparkle on the snow.

He looks like a reindeer ready to party after a long trip!

DH and I both gave in last week and went to the doctor's! We both had infections so are on antibiotics to take care of it! Good thing, too, 'cuz I wasn't getting much accomplished! We're on the mend now!

I hope you are well and enjoying the day and season!

Cheryl

Loving Christmas Wishes

Hi! Thanks for dropping by! So happy you're here! This 5.5" card features Vintage Tilda (#3063) from Magnolia-licious. I colored her with my copics and cut her out because I wanted to feature her on a creamy (vintagy) background to match the papers I'd chosen. Yep, it's Basic Grey Jovial AGAIN!

I colored and cut out one of the Magnolia-licious benches for her to sit on. I don't see this one is my search for 'bench', but there are others and there are lots of things for our favorite kids to sit on in "furniture" I REALLY want the bench with the holly! (Next order, it's mine!)

The ticket stamp is also from Magnolia, but I don't see it in inventory. You could check with Diana if interested.

I stamped Tilda twice and cut out a separate arm/ornament. I also colored a second face and raised that with Silicone gel. There are stickles on her lace and spica pen on the ornament for some shine.

Her close up-the 'chin' didn't glue down well this time. When I get the edges glued down her face has a nice rounded appearance. It's tough to get glue in there afterward so I just left it this way.

Several have asked, so here is a picture of the Dimensional Silicone that I use under images. I get it from Buffalo Stamps and Stuff (my LSS).

Guess I've said enough about this card!

Enjoy your day! Wow! Thursday already! I'm grateful that the roads should be passable again today!

Cheryl

Tiny Treats Box!

Hello! Well, we've had snow, snow and more SNOW! Monday was terrible and we had school anyway! I think there were many unhappy parents because yesterday we found out EARLY that school was canceled for the day! (DH Dave calls me from the radio station as soon as he gets the call!) Love that guy! I didn't have quite the day I'd planned on when I heard the news but I did manage to get this box made for a friend of mine. She ordered it on Monday so I think she'll be surprised when I have it for her today! This box was created by my friend Tracy Harp for Cornish Heritage Farms. You can travel to her blog entry where she has the link to the tutorial for this cute box that holds one of the 8oz. canning jars. Those jars can hold so many goodies!

I used Papertrey Ink's 2009 Autumn tags (wreath) and Tiny Treats Christmas (snowman) for my front medallion. The paper as you probably recognize is Basic Grey Jovial (looove it!)

The string on top is tied through a large red button which is adhered with Scor tape. And to create the box itself I couldn't be without my Scor-Pal!

(I just heard there is a new one coming out soon with 1/4" marks!!)

Congratulations to Diane Zechman (cookie stamper) who has just been named to the Scor-Pal design team!

Have a great day!

Cheryl

Sweet Holiday!

Hello friends and thanks for visiting! We have a new Copic Creations challenge for you! Mary posted it yesterday on our Blog so you can find all the details by clicking the link! Our sponsor is Whimsy Stamps and you can win a great gift certificate the their store! Our challenge is to really focus on those hightlighting skills with your copics by making a definite light source on your image. Not sure I'm saying that well! I sometimes hightlight where I feel like it! I think it's very important to have light, medium and dark contrast when you color an image. But, to do it really correctly you have to think of a light hitting your image from a particular vantage point and let that drive your coloring, shading and highlighting. So this time I really focused on light from the upper right and how the image would look. What you see is the result.

Once again I chose colors from the Basic Grey (Olivia) collection to drive my coloring of this Christmas Cupcake by MelJen from Whimsy. If you visit the store take a look at all her designs. They are wonderful images to color!

All that's left to say is that I used the following copics to color my image:

Pink/red R30, R32, R35, R37 and R89

Greens G40, G12, G82, G94 and G99

Yellow Y21 and YG24

BG10 on the swirls and T1 and T3 around the image.

Just want to say sorry about the poor photos-seems like it's always dark now!

Have a wonderful day! Make it a great one!

Cheryl

JOY frame

Hello and Happy, happy December! The Magnolia-licious team has our monthly project challenge for you as well as some inspiration which may help you get started! You can find all this on the Magnolia-lcious Highlites Blog
If you hang around just a few minutes I'll show you a little of my process as I approached this "new to me" project!

Here's the finished frame! Sorry that I couldn't get a good photo.

I decided on a short word-JOY-first. I bought a 5x7" picture frame at Kohl's. Then I cut 2 sizes of letters from construction paper at school (from the Ellison machine). I had NO IDEA what kind of layout I would be using!

Next I chose a couple of stamps from the Merry Christmas 2010 collection. I TRIED to arrange my letters and the stamps to work in the frame. No luck! I just couldn't get any balance to my design. It had to be one stamp centered. I hope everyone can tell the word is JOY!

The photo above is the paper that comes in frame and it gave me the idea to do a border.

I decided that the outside would be one inch strips and measured all accordingly. I knew where to place them because I had take the glass out of the frame and traced the size the piece needed to be on Kraft card stock.

Once the pieces were laid on I KNEW I had to sew them in place and would have a patchwork quilt!

Here is my colored image (beautiful Tilda with hanging star- #3083). she is place with the trial construction paper letters.

I finally cut the letters from banana card stock, stamped them in banana ink with the linen background stamp from SU and did fake stitching on them. No way could I stitch them for real!

And a finished close up so you can see that she does have some sparkle!
If you got through all this, Thanks!

Have a great day!

Cheryl

Merry Christmas!

Good morning! Well, it's back to work day, but it's the holiday season so it's all good! I got some things done yesterday as I was feeling better. Thanks again for the kind wishes! This is one Christmas card I was able to finish. I used Bundled Up Snowman from I Brake for Stamps. Please use code SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% off your whole order at IBFS! He colored up quite quickly after I'd chosen papers from my Basic Grey Jovial pad to work with. The sketch is from a sketch challenge, but I'm sorry that I can't give credit. I save them in a word document and I make them quite small. Now I can't read whose sketch this is!
Sorry!
I used copics to color my image. The colors are as follows:
BG10, BG72, BG75
Y21, YR24
R05, R08, R24 and R11 for cheeks
E42 for all tans

I DO need to pick a winner for the Star Tilda Mini from the comments in THIS POST.
Random.org picked comment number 17 of 36 comments. That's Nady! Since Nady's comment is in French, I think she is in France or Montreal, maybe! Please email me at drowley6@stny.rr.com and I will send your Star Tilda mini right out! Thanks for all the great comments!
Check Diana's Store for the Mini Collection. They will be here soon!
AND until Tuesday you can leave a link with our friend Jacque to win a 25.00 gift certificate for two stamps in stock at Magnolia-licious!! It's the Sunday Sensations drawing! Don't miss your chance! There is no requirement other than a link or comment!

That's it for today! Must get ready for work! Thanks for visiting!!
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!

Angel mini

Greetings! Today is the Magnolia-licious Yahoo Group Christmas All Year Long blog hop! You can read all about it at the blog HERE!
If you've come here from Carole's Blog, you're right on track and if not, you can start at the blog or just travel from here.

For my card I used one of the new Minis that will soon be available at Magnolia-licious! I have a couple and cannot wait to get my hands on more! I hope I'm not cheating too much on the card theme as this is a GIFT CARD. I'll need quite a few of those! I used a Spellbinder's die to cut a folded piece of cream card stock. If you leave the die a bit above the fold you get a folded shape card. From there I layered the next size die in blue, then a soft blue snowflake and then the oval with my image. I think you can see I added sparkle and spica wherever I could!
Once I added the ribbon I realized it could also be hung in a tree-hmmmmm...maybe a project for next year-to make lots of these!
Oh, yeah, I do have TWO of the Tilda Mini Angel with the wand! I think I'd like to send it to someone, so please leave a comment if you'd like and I'll pick a winner from the comments on Sunday, November 28! Please only comment if you plan on coming back to see if you've won. I'll ship anywhere!

Thanks so much for coming by! Now off you go to Glenda's Blog. I'm sure there is something yummy to look at there!
Happy Turkey day to all Americans!
Cheryl

Magnolia-licious Hearth and Home Challenge and Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to my blog! I'm so glad you're here! If you are hopping along the Magnolia-licious team's monthly Blog Hop and you stopped here after visiting the talented Patti Jo then you are doing great! If you would like to start at the beginning you can visit the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog for the order. Our task (and yours, I hope!) is to make something for the HOME! I don't know about you, but sometimes when I see the challenge I think,"I have no idea what to make!" I've even considered bowing out for a challenge here and there! (Have never done it!) That is what happened with this challenge and then I saw THIS on Splitcoast Stampers!
My box came together very quickly using Cherry Cobbler and SU Christmas designer papers.

There are so many delicious Christmas stamps at Magnolia-licious and I love this one! She is number 3069, REINDEER TILDA.

Another challenge I took on was coloring a large area in RED copics! Reds sure aren't easy, are they? You see the result. I did my best, but sort of wish I'd tried Prismas to even the color a bit.

Then I had a tough time with photos 'cuz it's dark and I was trying to photograph RED!! I took a lot!

In the end, I LOVED naking this and I think it will find a place in our home this holiday season! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will travel on to my Fabulous Friend, Sharon! She will certainly have something awesome!

I used R21, R22, R29 and R59 for my reds!

Thanks for coming by! I will choose a winner from my comments for a little surprise of a couple of Magnolia stamps and a card made by me. I'll mail anywhere and Random.org will choose a winner on Thursday at 9:00 pm Eastern time.

Thanks again, Enjoy your day!!

Cheryl

Open the Gate to Christmas!

Hello! Happy, happy Saturday! And it's time for another challenge on the JUGS blog! This week it's Gate fold cards! They are very easy to make, especially with a Scor-pal to score the perfectly spaced lines! Please see the Jugs Blog for all the details and the Design Team's fabulous samples! I used this cute mouse with his mint candy from Art Gone Wild! I bought this stamp at a show a couple of years ago and this is the first time it's seen ink! I have no idea why I neglected it for so long! I love it! I used paper from My Mind's Eye (I Believe) and from Fancy Pants on Poppy Red card stock. I did some faux stitching ( I should have done real stitching, but was too lazy!)
My ribbon is adhered with Scor tape along the back of the card so it won't fall off when untied.
The candy wrapper is covered with Glossy Accents and there are stickles on the mouse's hat

Whatever you're up to today I hope it's a great day for you!
Thanks so much for coming by! I appreciate you taking the time!
Cheryl

More Christmas!

Hello and happy Thursday! Thanks to all Veteran's who served our country well. It is appreciated and you deserve this day of honor and more! Thank you! For my card today I used I Brake for Stamps Large Flower Background.
I decided it could make a card all by itself! At only 5.00 it's a real deal! You can use my code SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% off any order there!
I think I can be colored for any season or occasion. A sentiment would also look good in the corner, I think. It is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored with copics.
Even small things can (and should) have highlights. It just take a little careful coloring and at least two shades of markers, sometimes three for more contrast.
I used R22, R29 and R59 for the flowers, a yellow and an orange for the centers and YG01, YG17 and YG99 for the leaves. Leave quite a bit very light and then color small portions with the darker color. Then blend a bit with the lighter color. As I'm sure many of you know, the blender is difficult to work with in small areas! I used T1 and T3 to add depth around the flowers.
Well, that's it for me today! I've got to finish (start!) my JUGS card for Saturday! Oh, and some housecleaning!
Have a wonderful day! Take care, Cheryl

(Magnolia-licious Blog Hop on Monday, November 15-Hearth and Home!)

Deck the Halls!

Hello! This is the card I planned on posting Monday, then Tuesday.... and here it is Wednesday already! Finally the card is done and photographed! Thanks for coming by!
I also wanted to take part in letting you know (if you don't already!) that there is a new challenge blog for Magnolia-licious stamps with a new Design Team! There will be TWO challenges a month that will be in addition to the challenges on the Mag Highlites blog! The very FIRST was posted today and here is the LINK to the blog with ALL the details! Hope you can get on board with this new team! They are AWESOME!
This card uses Lightning Edwin (#161) from the Merry Christmas 2010 collection over at Magnolia-licious. He was lots of fun to color! I added stickles to his lights and then Glossy Accents on top of that-so there's sparkle and shine!

For his skin I uysed E000, E00, E11 and R30

The browns are E33, E31, E25 and E37

Blue jeans are B41, B95, B45, B99

Green sweater YG11, YG13 and YG17

I kept the rest pretty simple with a little stitching, sponging and embellishments! Thanks for coming by to see what I've been up to!

Hope you have a great day!

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

Have Yourself a merry Little Christmas!

Hello! It's the 25th again and I finished my card last night so I could post early this AM.
If you came here from Charlene's Scrappy Grandma's Blog you're right on track. Or maybe you happened to start here. Julie Is our leader and you can start there if you want to travel from start to finish. I feel I have to say it-Yes, I know my card is a rather simple little thing. I chose this quickl little Tilda from the Spring Kit and put her in a pretty green Christmas dress. I used Vintage Cream for my card base and some paper from Cosmo Cricket's Jolly by Golly 6 inch pad from last year. A quick bow and it was done!

I used Y21, E33, E35, E99, E25 and E29 on her hair.

Her skin is my new fav-E000, E11 and E30 and her dress is BG11, G03 and G05.

Thanks for visiting today! I really appreciate it VERY much! Please be sure to check out the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long blog, too!

Now off you go to see Deb-she's been Playing With color!

Again, thank you!

Cheryl