Happy Halloween----Boo!

Hello! I'm back with a card for today! It's loaded with shimmer spray (probably too much!) and I wish you could see it! Oh well!

I used the Trees Background from I Brake for Stamps for this easy card! I stamped it in black on white Neenah card stock. I could have then embossed it for a more striking background but I was using my new Memento pad so I thought it was dark enough. then I punched a 1" circle from a sticky note and placed it where I wanted the moon. Then I started sponging from the edges of the card. I first used baja breeze and then bayou blue for a deeper blue.

The image is mounted on black and then on Peach parfait from SU. The sentiment is from an old SU Halloween set, punched with the ticket punch and then mounted on a black oval for contrast.

The I sprayed it with a clear shimmer mist. Done!

I think without too much trouble this could look like trees in winter. I hope to try that soon.

I had a couple of questions to answer.

For the pumpkin in the post below I used the same colors I've been using for pumpkins this year.

They are: Y19, Y17, YR16, YR18 and E0.

I get the silicone gel I sometimes use to raise images in the middle (and adhere the edges to the paper) for a rounded look at my Local Stamp Store. It is how one of the designers there raises her images and she's terrific!

It's made by Decorator's Solution and is sold as clear dimensional silicone to add texture to glass projects. (www.decoratorssolution.com)

Okay, I'm off to get some projects done for the week!

Tomorrow is a new Magnolia-licious project of the month and a new Copic Creations Challenge will be posted on the CCC blog.

Have a great day! No tricks, only treats!

Cheryl

Thanksgiving

Hello and Happy, happy Friday! I am so glad the weekend is here! Since I am so thankful I thought it would be a good time to show you a Thanksgiving card I finished tonight.
This great pumpkin image is from I Brake for Stamps and you can find it HERE!
It is also available in a Half sheet with many other stamps and the pumpkin is in two sizes. The sheet is now ON SALE. You can also use my coupon code to get 10% more off your order. It's SAVE10CHERYL
The card base is Peach Parfait from SU and I just opened the package I got back in August! This color is just what I've needed this fall and I FORGOT I had it!! The designer paper is from the 6x6 pad from Basic Grey- Pyrus- awesome colors!
Well, as I type this up The Office (hilarious) is on and I'm bushed! So I think it's lights out when it's over! Night!
Cheryl

Thanks for all the kind visits and comments on my Sneaky Tilda card below! I love reading them!
have a great day!

Let It Snow...Chocolate Snowflakes!

Wouldn't that be great?! Mmmmm! Can you find them on my card? It's a Martha Stewart punch! I used #3060 Sneaky Tilda as my main image. She's colored up with copics and raised to dimension with Silicone gel.

The papers, including the tag piece are from Cosmo Cricket. It's an 8 x 8 pad called Winter Wonderland from a couple of years ago.

I had to take a lot of pics to get any decent ones. Of course, I didn't finish the card until it was pitch dark out! Below is the best close up I could get for those that like a close look.

Now, for the announcement of the winner of a wine box to decorate and a few more goodies-

Random.org picked NUMBER 26!

That's Priscilla from Michigan, whose blog is called My Stamping Corner!

Priscilla, would you contact me at this email address, please?

drowley6@stny.rr.com Thanks and congratulations!

Now for a few copic colors for those who like to see them.

Skin E000, E11, R30 and a little E01 for blending

Reds R22, R24 and R29

Browns, including hair E31, E33, E25, E29

some Y21 and E08 in hair too

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to! The rush is on to get some Halloween cards in to the mail! And a new month of inspirations is just around the corner! Yikes!

Have a great evening and day Wednesday!

Cheryl

Mums, Doilies....

and a few weekend pics!
Hello, friends! I thought I would post earlier today, but you know how that can go! Here is one of a set of 4 cards that I made for my friend, Alice. It is a VERY late birthday gift! She is our Art Teacher at school and gave me some of the most elegant doilies I have ever seen! I used a Papertrey Ink set from last year and Bo Bunny paper with Papertrey Linen card stock and Brilliant blue (no one's favorite color from the past!) The cards are all different so I will be showing you the others during the week (I hope!)

It was so nice here Saturday am that Dave and I decided to head out on a day trip! We went to the North this time, all the way to Lake Ontario~ there is a haunted winery there called Marjim Manor, formerly Appleton Hall (which I think sounds spookier!) They have mostly fruit wines, but it is worth the trip to do a little tasting and listen to the ghost stories!

We walked out behind the Manor through the alley of trees~this is the view as we returned! (I posted my pics backwards!)

This is the Manor House from behind, the alley of trees is to the left. Are those ghosts or just shadows? Hmmmm...

This is the view as we started through the trees. There is a pond with a small house back there. In the distance you can see Lake Ontario. In the foreground is one of the resident cats. Fluffy and friendly and not scary at all!

On the way home we called my niece (who is a grad student at Canisus) and took her to lunch at My Tomato Pie (YUM!) and then we just HAD to stop at my favorite LSS-Buffalo Stamps N Stuff for some retail therapy and inspiration. Waving HI to Debbie and Marty! Two fun and talented gals!

It was a really great day!

I hope your weekend was one to remember!

Thanks for stopping! I'll announce the winner of the wine box tomorrow when I HOPE to have a Magnolia card to post!

Hugs, Cheryl

Pumpkin Harvest!

I know I've mentioned how much I love orange and coloring pumpkins! I hope you can bear with me 'cuz here is another example! This stamp in beautifull etched red rubbah is from I Brake for Stamps and is called Pumpkin Harvest.
I just love the lines of it and it was soooo fun to color. I tried the image on all sorts of Halloween paper and just couldn't get it to look right! Not one to give up I went with the soft blue that I had surrounded the pumpkin with and liked the fresh, clean look. I cut the Beaded Oval Nestability from Summer sun and then embossed it deeper and sponged it with Pumpkin pie. I thought of glittering the pumpkins, but in the end decided to leave it alone! So that's it!

I used copics in the following colors:

B000,B01 Y17, Y19, YR16, YR18, E08 YG93,95,99 and YG01

Remember if you go to I Brake for Stamps and check out with my code (SAVE10CHERYL) you will get 10% off your order!

Thanks for visiting!

You still have until tomorrow to comment on Monday's post to win a wine box you can decorate yourself!

Have a wonderful day! Yippee! It's Friday!

Cheryl

Blobby Takes the Cake!

Hello! Here is a digital image from Pink Cat Studio called Blobby Takes the Cake. I love images like this because you can just go crazy with any colors you're in the mood to work with!
It is the card I made for the "end of October Copic Creations Challenge. The challenge posed to us this time by our illustrious leader, Mary was to use a blender technique that we like. I picked this Blobby to work with just so I could make him plaid! Now I want to make him pink plaid, blue plaid, orange plaid, and purple plaid. It's so fun! Color and shade the image first. Then make sure your blender is juicy so the color removes easily and smoothly as you 'draw' your lines.
I used one of my new Spellbinders' dies to make a round card as the perfect frame for Blobby. t would be pretty easy to make a bunch of these!
My greens are YG13 and YG17. I'm afrad I've lost track of the other colors since this was a post on the Copic Creations blog at the end of last week.
We hope you'll create something with your copics and blender and share it with us by October 31!
Details on the blog linked above!
Thanks for the comments on the wine box below. You can still comment to be entered for some goodies (until Saturday) !

We had book club at my house last night and then did some crafting after school today so as I write this I'm very sleeeeepy!
Hope you're having a great week!
Cheryl

Blog Hop Recipe for...

Mulled wine!! You see, I don't claim to be much of a cook. I get by, but it's nothing I love to do. So, when the Janiel's October blog hop theme was announced to us it didn't take long to remember that I had some wine boxes I could use for my recipe/gift! On a cold Saturday evening at home with my DH, we love to make mulled wine for sipping!
Now if you've come here from the excellent Patti Jo you are doing great! If not, you can go to the very talented Janiel's blog and start at the beginning! Or at the Magnolia-licious blog for details on the prize to be won at the end of October!



I used Standing Fall Tilda from Magnolia-licious for my "Main gal" on the box and card. She is in Diana's store right now! Most of the dp is from a K & Co pad I got at JoAnn's last year. The small flowered paper is from Daisy D and is also from awhile back.

Sorry, same picture twice! I was having a terrible time with my photography because I didn't finish until Sunday evening!

The tag is also made with dp. To get a good tag size I almost always use a tag from the package of them I got at Office Max. I cut my top dp to the same size, adhere it and punch a hole in it. The I cut the back from card stock a little larger and adhere it to the back. After punching a hole in that I put in a large brad and set it with my Crop-a-dile. Easy tag and a little stiffer because the original tag is inside.

CANDY ALERT

I'd love to send someone a wine box and some other goodies for creating! Please leave me a comment by Saturday, October 23, and I'll pick a winner on Sunday. I'll ship anywhere, of course!

And now, off you go to the wonderful Suzanne's blog for the final entry! We hope you've been inspired today! Thanks so much for visiting here for some spiced wine!

Have a great day!

Cheryl