happy birthday ~

As I write this blog post it is a beautiful day here in Minnesota with a balmy temp of 34 degrees.

I love the deconstructed sketch this week and just had to play along.

Here is my take on the sketch using papers by Carta Bella from the 'rough and tumble' collection.

I am also entering this into the Paper Smooches 'anything goes' challenge and the Sentimental Sunday challenge #190 to use more than 3 layers.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. ~ hugs Sherry ~

howdy

This week at Sentimental Sundays we are being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and for our challenge we want to see 'shaped cards'.

For this challenge I picked the 'wee ones cowboy' to work with and created a star shaped card as i thought it looked like a sheriffs badge.

I absolutely love how it turned out. I know I shouldn't say that but I can't help myself. I am just 'giddy' about it.

Hope you will join us this week in our 'shaped card' challenge as I can't wait to see what you create.

Make sure you stop over at the blog and check out what the rest of the design team came up with for this challenge.

Sad to say, but this will be my last post as a member of this wonderful design team. After being sick for almost 3 weeks I saw that I needed to let a few of my design team responsibilities go and sadly I will no longer be designing for Sentimental Sundays.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

hello - SS147

This week at Sentimental Sundays we are being sponsored by Meljen Designs and our challenge is we want to see stitching either real or faux on your cards.

The design team was given some adorable images to pick from and I picked Peter Bunny to work with this week.

My stitching is between the two different pattern papers. I just realized you can't really see it unless you look really closely, but it is there.

Papers and embellishments on my card are from the Dear Lizzy 'lucky charm' collection.

I hope you will play along with us this week and make sure to go over to the blog and check out what the rest of the design team created this week.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

b is for...

Sunday, and time for a new challenge over at Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge is to use 3 embellishments that begin with 'b' on your project.

This week we are sponsored by Tammy over at A Day for Daisies and each of us got to work with one of Tammy's wonderful images. If you follow my blog you know that I love Tammy's images and am on her design team.

I chose to use this sweet baby image called 'blankie' for this weeks challenge.  

For my three embellishments starting with the letter "B" I used two blue buttons and the blue ribbon with the big bows as my embellishments.

Please make sure and stop over at the blog and see what the rest of the design team did with this weeks challenge.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

thinking of you today

This week at Sentimental Sundays we are sponsored by From the Heart Stamps and our challenge is all about Flowers.

I got to work with this great image 'bouquet' image available in the shop here.

I had fun coloring this image and popping up the red flowers with foam dots to give it a little bit of dimension.  The lace strip above is actually some paper ribbon from my stash and I added a button with twine to it. A really quick yet fun card.

Make sure and stop over at the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out what the rest of the design team created.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Love is in the Air - SS141

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge over at Sentimental Sundays and this week it is all about LOVE.

This week we are being sponsored by Simple B Stamps and the design team got to work with some of their wonderful digital images. I picked 'Sting you Lola' as my choice of image this week.

Lola was lots of fun to color and gave me a chance to work on coloring hair which is my least favorite thing to color usually.

I used papers and stickers from the Crate Paper 'fourteen' collection.

I hope you will play along with us this week in our 'love is in the air' challenge. Make sure to  stop over at the Sentimental Sundays blog and see what the rest of the design team came up with.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Enjoy the Ride! - SS140

Over at Sentimental Sundays we have a new challenge for you and this week it is all about "celebrating the new". That can mean anything from new bike, new car, new home to new baby. We just want to see something new and don't forget that sentiment on your card.

Our sponsor this week is Milk Coffee and Whimsy Stamps. 

This was a fun image to color and who wouldn't want a new bike. I used papers and twine by Jillibean Soup and the alpha stickers are by Fancy Pants. 

I used this weeks deconstructed sketch for the inspiration on my card.

I hope you play along with us this week and don't forget to stop over at the blog and see what the rest of the design team has created for you.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

thank you ~ SS139

This week at Sentimental Sundays we are being sponsored by  Sweet N' Sassy and they have given the design team a few images to work with. I picked Timid Timothy for my card.

We have a theme challenge this week and we want to see Thank You cards. 

I used papers from My Minds Eye 'lost and found 3' along with stickers by Echo Park. The polaroid frame is by PTI.

I was inspired by the sketch over at the Paper Players. 

Please stop over at the blog and see what the rest of the design team has come up with for this weeks challenge. I hope you play along with us and don't forget the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

negative space #138

I have some great news to share with you today. I was asked to join the design team over at Sentimental Sundays and today is my first post as a member of this awesome team.

This week we have a theme challenge for you. The theme is "negative space". We want you to create a card that highlights the negative space on your card. Don't forget your sentiment either.

This week we are sponsored by Chickydoddle and get to use some of the awesome washi tapes you can find in their Etsy store. You will definitely want to play along this week as Chickydoddle is offering a $50 goodie bag to the winner.

Make sure to stop over at the blog and meet the rest of the design team and also see what they have come up with.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~