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

Warm Hugs!

Hi! Please read below for the winner of my blog candy!
I made this card today when I should have been doing other things! I was really struck by a card I saw in the Featured Stamper's gallery at Splitcoast and HAD to CASE!

This is Starry Snowman from Whipper Snapper. I used copics to color- BG000, BG10 and BG72

I used R11, R21 and R05 for the pinks/reds. The snowflake on the background is from the SU snowflake set from last year and is stamped in Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink)

And the winner of the shaker windows, some paper and a stamp or two is COMMENT #26 as chosen by www.random.org on Friday night.

The commenter is lynn

lynn, please contact me at drowley6@stny.rr.com as soon as you get a chance so I can mail your package! Thanks!

Well, I want to try to finish a card to post tomorrow and have other things to do to prepare for the work week!

Have a great evening!

Cheryl

JUGS Sketch!

Hi! I'm so honored to be asked to be a guest designer for JUGS this month! Here's the first card I finished to share with you for the JUGS (Just Us Girls!) design team! They post a new challenge every Saturday and for November I get to join them! They have a VERY talented design team and some GREAT prizes!! Here's the LINK TO THE JUGS Blog!
The challenge for this first week of November is a wonderful sketch! Please see the blog above for the sketch basics. I stayed fairly true to it! You can also see what the Design Team members made with the sketch on the blog!
My card has a Whipper Snapper image called Sanders. Cute, huh? I made another orange cat like our Charlie. (Violet is more difficult to color, but she's feeling left out so I'll have to try again soon!)
My card base is Kraft. The red card stock is Pure Poppy and the designer paper is from Basic Grey's newest 6x6 pad (Jovial) . The sentiment is from an SU set and the swirl is cut from Linen card stock with a Magnolia die. I used some white glitter dots in the lower corner. My Poppy panel is cuttlebugged with a houndstooth folder and then shaded with burgundy ink.
Sanders is colored with copics, of course! I didn't keep the colors, but if you really need them, please let me know and I'll do my best to figure them out for you!

Well, it's a busy Saturday! I hope you have a good one and I thank you for taking the time to visit here!
Cheryl

Serenity

Hello and happy Friday!One of our nephews has a Halloween birthday so I got his card to him on time and a few other Halloween cards last week.
BUT, I did not get a card out to our niece in Buffalo! I'm so ashamed! To make up for it I got this card made this week for her. I loooove how it came out!
I must give credit where credit is due-my card was completely inspired by one I saw when I bought the stamp at my LSS in Buffalo.
The stamp is by Memory Box and is called Cat and Lamp. I stamped it on Papertrey's smooth cream card stock. The cat is solid so it stamps black. Dave thought I should make it into an orange cat like our Charlie so I played around with Marigold Morning, pumpkin pie and Really Rust inks and finally got this look. I cut the cat out and popped it up on a dimension piece. I think I also shaded the left edge a bit with E08.
Oops-before I did the cat I used sticky notes to give the shade to the lamplight. I put the edge down and sponged Adirondack Butterscotch and Cranberry for the wall. When I removed the sticky note it looked too stark so I sponged a little barely banana to make the glow.
The lampshade is paperpieced with a piece of Basic Grey paper from Pyrus. The stand is colored with copics. Before I put it together I knew it would be a little plain so I decided to stitch around the edges.
(usually I decide AFTER and have to tear the card apart to do the stitching!)
The card stock is Aqua Mist, Peach parfait and dp from Cosmo Cricket.
So that's it for today. Do you think my niece will forgive me?
I've been given a special honor for the whole month of November so I will have a post for tomorrow too!
Oh, and I'll announce my winner of the shaker card windows.
Have a wonderful day!
Cheryl

ps. To Sharon in Arizona-the blue is from SU-Brilliant Blue (not sure they make it anymore, though) The double dot paper is from Bo Bunny. they make many colors!

Two more with doilies~

Hello! It's Friday EVE! Thought I'd show you a couple more of the set of doily cards that I made for my friend. The pitcher of mums is from Papertrey Ink colored with copics.

I used Brilliant Blue, cream and Bo Bunny double dot paper.

Have a great day! Thanks for taking the time to come by!

Cheryl

You can still go to this POST to comment for some blog candy. Until tonight at 9:00 PM (ET)

Thanks!

Old Oak Tree for CCC!

Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog! I made this 5.5" square card for the current Copic Creations Challenge.
The challenge is to pull out those Es and color something brown OR to make a scene card. Mine's a bit of a scene but I was mostly focused on coloring brown. Our challenge this time is sponsored by a great craft store~Make "it" Crafty and its owner Zoe! The prize is some copic markers and a few of her digital images!
My Old Oak Tree is colored in E31, E42, E35, E25, E29 and E49.
The surrounding sky is BG000, BG10, BG72
The pumpkins are from I Brake for Stamps-Pumpkin Harvest. It's a set of three connected pumpkins that I used HERE. I just colored the two smallest and cut them out and overlapped them. I used Y17, Y19, YR16, YR18 and E08 to color them.
We hope you'll have some time int he next two weeks (by Nov. 14) to show us what you can do with browns (or a scene)!
I appreciate that you took the time to stop by today!
Cheryl

You can still comment on the SHAKER CARD below to win some shaker windows, some paper and a Tilda stamp or two! You have until Thursday, Nov 4 at 9:00 pm! THANKS!!

You warm my heart!

Hello! After saying I would be posting the Magnolia-licious Sketch project today I wasn't so sure! But, it's still Monday here so I made it! Maybe you've already seen Suzanne's group post containing some fab cards by my fellow designers. Here's the LINK to her post for all the details.



Basically, that crazy Barb challenge us (and YOU!) to make a shaker card! I remember making shaker cards YEARS ago! You had to buy foam board to put between your acetate and card stock! I always got glue right on my acetate and that foam board was miserable to cut!

Well, now there are these cool little shaker pieces you can buy! They are three dimensional and self adhering! Oh, boy, was I glad! I bought 10 in a package at my LSS for a few dollars. I knew I wanted something small and the circles were sold out. Once I had them home I was glad to have the squares! I decided it would make the perfect ICE CUBE for Tilda to sit on! I also got some Martha Stewart Glitter 'chunks' to put in the shaker piece. Luckily for the ice idea I bought aqua! Serendipity!

I only wished I had used some glitter in the background. I did stamp it with snowflakes so it wouldn't be stark. My paper is from Fancy Pants-Arctic Chill by jackie eckles. Tilda is colored with the following copics.

E000, E11, E00, R30, BG10, BG72.

R81, R83 and R85 for the top, but there is also some R11 in her top to give it a little different shade. Browns are E31, 35, 25 and 29.

I have Stardust stickles here and there and spica pen on her bootlaces.

Tilda is called Cozy Tilda (#3020) in Diana's store. Cute, cute, cute!

Well, I hope you've enjoyed reading about my card and that you will consider making a shaker card of your own to enter!

I would like to send someone a few of these square shakers as well as a Tilda stamp and maybe a little paper! Please comment by Thursday evening, November 4 if you would like the chance to win. I will ship anywhere. You have all month on the challenge so you would get them in time to use!
Have a great evening and day tomorrow! Thanks for visiting!

Cheryl