Springtime Cocoa

Good morning! I have a Sweet 'n Sassy card to show you today! This is Springtime Cocoa and I think he's soooo cute! Here he is peeking around a rock to send get well wishes! Here's the link to the Cocoa Page over at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. There are so many cute images and sets, including digital images for only 3.00!
I used paper from the My Mind's Eye pad called Gertie from the Stella Rose collection. The bright primary colors were a great match for the copic colors I used on my image.
I used the following markers in coloring:
E50. E31, E25 and R30 for cocoa
C1, 3, 5 and 7 for the rock
R14 and 59 for the reds
Y18, 35 and 38 for the petals
YG21 and 25 for the grass and leaves
B0000 and Bg10 for around the image

This is my final post as guest designer for the always adorable Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps! Thank you to Janette and Korin for allowing me to design with your stamps this month! Big hugs!

Have a wonderful day!
Cheryl

Springtime Tulips

Hi! Well these tulips by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps are just about the only sign of spring around here! We had snow today! April 18, Really!?! All anyone talks about is the weather and the Sabres! Go, Sabres! These are the tulips that are part of the set I showed you last week on a sympathy card with just the sentiment. These tulips are drawn beautifully and are so versitile! This card could be for Easter, birthday or sympathy. Here is the LINK for a peek at the set. This image is also available as a single digital image!

I used G20, G40, G82 and YG63 for the leaves and stems and V000, V12, V15 and V17 for the blossoms.

The rest of the card is pretty simple- I used a grey card base and some of the early PTI dp in a 6x6 pad. Not even any stickles!

Thanks for looking today! I appreciate it!

Happy birthday to my friend Lisa Kind over at One of a Kind Creations! She would love if you stopped by to say hello!

Have a great day! Cheryl

Thoughts and prayers

Hello! Sympathy cards are really challenging for me. I usually end up buying them, but it seems like I've needed a lot of them lately. I got my inspiration from the Featured Stamper on Splitcoast this week. The sentiment is from a Clear set over at Sweet 'n Sassy stamps, called Springtime Tulips. It's very popular right now to stamp your sentiment on a nestability shape and use it as your focal point. I think the monochromatic flowers accentuate the sentiment very nicely. And, yes, that is the same Sizzix embossing folder that I used in the last post. I've been running them through my Grand Calibur and, WOW, does it ever make a deep impression! My flowers and leaves are various punches from River Rock with the leaves sponged with a bit of Certainly Celery.

Here's the link to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog for daily inspiration from the great design team! Thanks for coming by today! Wishing you great things today!

Hugs, Cheryl

Happy Birthday, Korin!

Well, this is a special day! It's Korin's birthday! She is the owner extraordinaire of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and I get to post my first card as a Guest Designer for the company on HER big day! There is a blog hop in her honor starting at the Sweet 'n Sassy blog so head on over to hop through and maybe even leave your good wishes for Korin! I've used a new release of Cocoa (the adorable mouse)! This one is from Springtime Cocoa, but I've linked the whole page so you can see them all.

My papers are from MME again! These are in the Mabel collection, my favorite! I used the Beaded Nestability Ovals for my framing.

Guess that's it for this time. Have a great day! See you soon!

And, remember to check out the birthday hop at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

Thanks, Cheryl