tuesday's creations

When I was with Tami having coffee she showed me a cute card that was made and the body of the card was in the shape of the "labels 8" die. Well you know I had to go home and try making a few. I also used some new bling that I bought. All cards were made using the October Afternoon "fly a kite" and "thrift shop" paper pads.

The baby card will be heading to Texas along with a gift to my Nephew Jake and his wife Leah who just had their first child yesterday. A sweet 7 lb. 3 oz. baby boy named Adrian Charles.

Did you notice that bright orange flower? That was my first attempt at making a Prima knockoff with Satin fabric. I must admit I love how it turned out and you can bet you will be seeing more of them.

The last card is made using an image from Sassy Cheryl's digital stamps. I love this image and had so much fun coloring her in.

Okay that is it for me for now I need to get ready soon as Justin has a Physical Therapy appointment today at Courage Center.

Enjoy!

Sunday

I couldn't sleep so decided to get up and share a card with you that I made yesterday using the BasicGrey "kioshi" that I picked up a few weeks ago at Archivers and my new Pure Innocence stamp that my friend Tami picked up for me at Smudges.

I hope you enjoy her and I may be back later today with a card using the new "music sheet" stamp I bought at Anchor yesterday. You are going to love the stamp.

Enjoy!

Snow Place Like HOME

My card this morning is for the Paper Popsicles ~ Wacky Wednesday Hump Day Sketch #5.

For this card I used Neenah Natural White cardstock, Sizzix snowflake embossing folder, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, PTI vintage christmas button, Stampendous snow place stamp set and May Arts ribbon. I added a little bit of Martha Stewart Oyster glitter to the snowflakes and some dimensional glaze to the snowman.

Enjoy~

Autumn Colors

I have been going through all my drawers and drawers of ribbon and sorting by colors and came across this beautiful orange wide ribbon that I knew I wanted to use on a card and I knew immediately that I would use a dark dark brown cardstock.

Here are the two cards I created using a cuttlebug embossing folder and pumpkin emboss and cut die. The inside is basicgrey "indian summer" paper and Happy Thanksgiving from The Cutting Cafe. The more I use these wonderful digi stamps from Regina the more I like them.

Okay, this is going to be it for me tonight I need to get packed and try and work on the mini album I am doing.

Enjoy~

Card Patterns Sketch 20

The more I use the Cosmo CricketEarlyBird collection the more I love it. I have been wanting to use these chipboard flowers for awhile now and this sketch was the perfect one.

I added a little faux stitching around the edges of the paper and it was done. Any easy card for a friend.

Enjoy~

Paper Play Challenges Winner

I am so excited the Christmas Card I made for the challenge over at Paper Play this week. Even though I am having a bad week I feel like I have hit the jackpot the last few days. The prize was a pack of BasicGrey Wisteria papers. Now that is one great prize.

Sherry (doing a happy dance)

I Heart 2 Stamp Sketch Challenge

Okay, this is going to be my final post for this evening this is the card I created for the challenge over at I heart 2 stamp. I used Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday, along with some distressing ink, my EK Retro flower punch, hemp cord, FooFaLa button, and my Little Leaves Sizzix die from Stampin' Up. I ran my tracing wheel around all the pieces of patterned paper and did some faux stitching.

Enjoy!

Winter Wonderland (I wish) - Week 4

It is really hard to make Christmas Cards when it is 87 degrees out and humid. Since today is cooler than yesterdays 95 degrees thought I would get this card done and posted. The challenge for week 4 over at "Winter Wonderland" is called "A Blue Christmas" we are to create a Christmas Card with Blue being the dominating color used. I went into my big clear plastic tub that I have labelled Christmas and pulled out everything that was blue or could be changed to blue. The tag and papers are from BasicGrey's Figgy Pudding Collection from last year as are the postal rubons. The happy holidays is a Making Memories rubon, the snowflakes were done on the cuttlebug and then I used Rangers distressed inks in Broken China, Faded Jeans, & Vintage Photo. I added a couple of KaiserCraft crystals to the snowflakes and some May Arts ribbons along with one of my vintage photo's.

Hope you enjoy!

Don't forget to read the post right before this one I have blog candy.

CPS121 Sketch

I originally thought this was going to be an easy sketch and once I sat down to do it I found out it is not as easy as I thought it would be. I have had this Cherry background paper for ever so decided today was the day I cut into this fabulous paper. I added some red linen card stock, I used some May arts ribbons and I stamped my cherries from the Unity KOM for June. I colored the cherries with some red 3-D crystal laquer then I colored the leaves in green and added some spica glitter to the leaves.

Hope you enjoy!

Eat, Sleep, Stamp - Sketch 42

I finally got around to doing this weeks challenge over at "Eat, Sleep, Stamp". The challenge was to create a card using the following sketch. I love this sketch so clean, so easy.

For this card I used Neenah Solar White & Red Linen cardstock, BasicGrey Offbeat collection, and my new Unity Stamp set. This is from the June kit of the month and if you haven't seen this set it is amazing. If you joined the kit of the month club this month you got a free butterfly set too. I can't wait to play with that one.

My sister Linda called today from California to let me know that her new grand-daughter arrived 2 months early. I haven't had a chance to talk to her yet but the mom and baby are doing fine. The baby weighs 2 lbs. 12 oz. and is 15" long. I will get more details hopefully later tonight or tomorrow.

Enjoy!

MojoMonday Sketch 91

I love doing these larger cards that fit the Business #10 envelopes. So much more room to use compared to your normal A2 card.

As a lot of you know my favorite paper is BasicGrey so I couldn't resist using "Archaic" when I saw this sketch. I distressed the background papers and the Neenah Natural White cardstock with Ranger Antique Linen. I added some hemp cord and a couple of BasicGrey buttons. The stamps are from CTMH and the set is called "Little Boys". I think I have had this set for 2 years and this is the first time I am inking it up. (shame on me)

Hope you enjoy!

ICSketch 20

Okay, I am finally caught up with all the card sketches that I printed out since last Saturday. I love this sketch and knew immediately that I wanted some with a red and black feel to it with a little hint of my favorite color (green) thrown in.
I used paper from my 6x6 pack of BasicGrey called "Scarlet Letter" and the big bold flower is a sticker made by American Crafts. Of course I had to distress the edges with my favorite ink Ranger distress Vintage Photo.
Enjoy!