JOY

Once again Lesley has an amazing sketch for us at Merry Monday. I must admit this one had me stumped just a little bit.

I have once again used papers from the 'snowy day' collection by Crate Paper along with stamps by The Alley Way Stamps 'jolly holiday', stickers by Simple Stories, and snowflakes by A Muse.

If you have been following my blog all month you will notice that I have been using the same papers and embellishments all month for my Merry Monday post. I just love the colors in this collection.

Make sure and stop over at the blog and check out what the rest of the design team along with our guest designer have created.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

joy to the world

Monday again and time for a new sketch challenge over at Merry Monday.

I am loving all of the sketches that Lesley gave us this month and hope you do too.

For my card I have once again used papers from the 'snowy day' collection by Crate Paper along with alpha stickers by Simple Stories, My Minds Eye enamel dots, Snowflake trio die by A Muse.

I hope you will join us over at Merry Monday and play along with me and the rest of the design team. Check out all the inspiration here.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

PINK Polka Dots ~ ADFD

Time for a challenge over at the A Day for Daisies blog and this week besides using one of Tammy's wonderful images we want to see 'Pink Polka Dots' on your cards.

I got to use Magical Daisy Dancer for last weeks new kit club release. You can see this image along with all the rest of the images released last week here on the blog. 

I used pink polka dot paper from the Simple Stories 'sn@p' collection along with some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

hello

Finally today I had some time to make some cards for fun after completing a few Design Team assignments.

First on the list was to make a card for the newest challenge over at the Bugaboo Stamps blog.

I used papers from the Simple Stories 'SN@P' collection along with this sweet digital image by Bugaboo.

This is the sketch that I used for my inspiration.

I will be back with one more card to share with you today.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

hb2u

One more card to share with you today that I created for the current challenge over at Tuesday Morning Sketches. This weeks sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and I must admit they have some of the cutest digital images.

I used BM Topper for my card along with papers by Simple Stories from the 'SN@P' collection, My Minds Eye enamel dots and some doodlebug designs alpha stickers.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Thankful Hearts - Challenge #57 Autumn Colors

Friday and that means time for a new release and a challenge over at the A Day for Daisies blog.

I got to play with the image 'music to my ears' this week.

This weeks new release is called 'Thankful Heart' and you can see the entire release along with what the design team created with the images here.

This week we are having a color challenge so I sure hope you will play along with me and the rest of the design team and show us your 'Autumn Colors'.

For my card I used papers by Simple Stories from the 'harvest lane' collection along with some May Arts twine and button by American Crafts.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Woot Woot - Happy News

To say I have had a great week is an understatement. Yesterday, I received an email from Lesley asking me if I would like to join the Merry Monday design team.

This has been a goal of mine for awhile now and it has finally happened. I LOVE making Christmas cards and the girls on this team are some of the nicest out there. So of course I said yes.

For my card I used papers and stickers from the "handmade holiday" collection by Simple Stories, button, sentiment, ink and die cut are all by PaperTrey Ink.

I hope you will join me this week and welcome me to the design team by playing along on this weeks sketch challenge.

Here is the entire Design Team. Stop by and check out what they have created with this weeks sketch.

Lesley Croghan

LeAnne Pugliese

Bonnie Klass

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Allisa Chilton

Sue Joyce

Sherry Eckblad (me)

Don't forget to enter my drawing here for some Birthday blog candy that I am giving out this week.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

oh baby ~ tpe30

I have had this little bird picture for awhile and when I saw the color challenge over at The Pink Elephant I knew it was my chance to use this photo. They are also doing a DT call so am entering this layout as well.

I used papers from the Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go line along with papers from the Simple Stories "SN@P" collections, buttons are by October Afternoon and the circles and labels are printables from Studio Calico. I added some Mister Huey's in black, white and orange.

TPE Scrapbook Challenge 30

This week our scrapbook challenge is a color combo:

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

~ hugs Sherry

fall

Dinner is about ready to come out of the oven and the house is smelling really great right now, but I have a quick card to share with you before I return to the kitchen.

I created this card for the Friday Mashup challenge.

I used papers by echo park from the fall fever collection and simple stories SN@P collection, the sentiment is a rubon by EAD.

Here is the sketch I followed. 

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

brrrrr

Woke up to 34 degrees outside this morning so decided to make a few cards while the family was sleeping.

I used my favorite stamping technique on this card which is using Tim Holtz distress stains all over the image and then adding a paint dauber to one section of the stamp before stamping it to paper. 

In this case I used a green adirondak paint dauber on the tree. I added glossy accents to the bulbs on the tree and water colored the candles. Papers are from the Simple Stories 'handmade holiday' collection.

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

SSD95

I have a quick card to share with you that I created for the newest sketch challenge over at Skipping Stone Designs.

I loved the sketch and could not wait to use some of my new Simple Stories "harvest lane" papers and Technique Tuesday "autumn afternoons". I love any stamp set that Ali Edwards designs. Makes me wish I could write like her.

Here is this weeks fabulous sketch. I can see myself using this one over and over again.

Thanks for stopping by to look and I am going to try and do a better job of posting on my blog in the future.

you were born an original

So the other day I posted that I won a ton of stamps from Unity. Well I sat down yesterday and played with a few of them and here is one of the cards that I created.

Don't you just love that stamp image?

I used the newest sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping for the inspiration on my card.

Thanks for stopping by to look.