snowflakes - part II

I bought a couple of new Sizzix embossing folders that are just big snowflakes and have had a couple of them embossed sitting on my desk waiting for just the right challenge to use them on.

Well today is the day I get to use one. This weeks challenge over at the Paper Players was the perfect one.

This card came together in less than two minutes. I added some Prima 'say it with crystals' and adhered it to a card base and it was done.

You will see me enter this challenge at least two more times this week since every challenge I see lately has snowflakes or what could be snowflakes in the sketch.

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

best wishes for

One last card to share with you today that I created for this weeks challenge over at Bugaboo Stamps Blog. 

This weeks challenge is a recipe and we were to use a circle and 3 brads on our card. I also used the reindeer ornament digital image from the shop. He was just too cute to pass up.

Other items used on my card were papers and brads by My Minds Eye from the "winter wonderland collection", Sizzix embossing folder, Copics and glossy accents.

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

wishing you

Another card to share with you today that I created for the Merry Monday challenge this week.

I used papers by Doodlebug Designs along with stamps by PTI. After looking at this photo I feel something is missing so I might have to go back and do a little bit of stitching on that dark green piece of paper as well as down the fishtail banner. What do you think?

Here is this weeks sketch where I got the inspiration for my card.

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

have yourself

A quick card to share with you that I created for this weeks Merry Monday sketch using papers Carta Bella "merry & bright" collection, stamps from PaperTrey Ink and enamel dots by My Minds Eye.

I just love the sketches at Merry Monday and look forward to playing along with them every week.

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

hello

I have a quick card to share with you today that I made while Skyping with a friend last night.

I used papers by BasicGrey from the "out of print" collection along with some Echo Park "for the record". I have to say I just love this paper with all the newsprint look to it.

I used this weeks Twisted Sketches and the twist was fabric "any way ~ any how"! I made the flower out of satin fabric and added a little gem to the center.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments. I really appreciate those of you that do.

Enjoy!

just a note

I went to meet my friend Tami for coffee this morning and before that I stopped at Michaels to pick up a couple things and I found this beautiful pastel green and white ribbon.

Well you know I just had to make a flower with it. My friend Bonnie taught me on Saturday how to make flowers out of wired ribbon. I am not as good at it as she is, but I plan on practicing on it.

Stop back tomorrow for a new release and a challenge over at the A Day for Daisies Blog.

Enjoy!

happy day

I had so much playing with one of Lori's new digi images that I just had to play with another one.

Meet Shelby.

I have realized lately that I am using the color purple more and more. Not sure if I even like purple. Maybe it is a sign of getting older.

I used the sweet sunday sketch as the inspiration for my card.

I hope you enjoy!

catching up

One of my resolutions this year was to do at least one scrapbook layout a week and I am happy to report...so far/so good.

Here are a couple of layouts I did for Micah and Cassie's 12x12 books. I have several size books going at one time.

I am trying to change the way I scrapbook and do more layouts with lots of little items added to them, but so far am not able to leave the clean and simple look behind. Any tips for me on how to add lots of embellishments to a layout and still have it look not so cluttered?

For the layout of Cassie I used a sketch 144 from Creative Scrappers and on the layout of Micah I used a sketch from Pencil Lines.

Enjoy!

new release friday

It is Friday and time for another new release over at A Day for Daisies.



I picked "happy bird house" to work with this week and must admit I had a lot of fun coloring this one. I even added some liquid pearls to some of the buds.

Papers are by Echo Park, felt is PTI and flower die is Sizzix.

I used the sketch from The Pink Elephant as the inspiration for my card. I liked this sketch so much I used it twice this week.

Here are all of this weeks new releases and they can be found in the store here.

enjoy!

Spring??

We had warmer weather last week when it was still winter and now our temps are going back down into the teens and 30's with some snow expected this week.

I have a couple cards to share with you today.

This first card is for this weeks challenge over at The Sweet Stop I love their sketches.

I decided it was time to use the Echo Park papers (life is good) that have been sitting on my desk for about a month now.

Next up is my card for this weeks sketch challenge over at CPS and I used some more of the Echo Park papers that were sitting on my desk and these are from the "little girl" collection.



Thanks for stopping by to look.

 

Enjoy!

masculine

This is my 2nd post today.

I have been busy making cards so figured if I was going to show them to you before the challenges were over I best get busy posting them.

The new challenge over at "Simply Less is More" is Masculine this week. Those are always the hardest cards for me to make so I tend to make them pretty clean and simple.

I wasn't 100% in love with my first card so I decided to do another one based on the same idea. I think I like this one better.

What is the hardest kind of card for you to make? Is it masculine ones like me or something else?

Enjoy!

movies and cards

I spent last night watching movies and making cards and wanted to share a couple of them with you today.

This first card was created for a new challenge I found called cards & things challenges. I liked the sketch and had my card planned as soon as I saw it.

I used the Hero Arts "large blossom" cling stamp along with ranger distress inks, glossy accents, proterra kraft cardstock, a PTI sentiment and SU border punch.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

My next card was created using this weeks sketch from Get Sketchy and the leftover scraps of paper on my desk. Papers are by Little Yellow Bicycle from the "Twig" collection. I also used my new Tim Holtz rosette die, SU leafy branch die, American Crafts thickers and PTI sentiment.

And this is the sketch that I got my inspiration from.

So do you have any plans for the weekend? My plans are to just hang out at home, catch up on some stuff around the house (like floors and toilets) and then play in my craftroom some more.

Be back tomorrow with a couple more cards to share.

Enjoy!

warm wishes - winter dana and friend

I finally found some time to play with this new digi image by LORi designs  called "winter dana and friend". I just love her and had so much fun coloring her and making this card.

Don't you just love those non-traditional winter colors. I was in a mood for bold and bright mixed with white and some embossing.

I won't tell you how long it took to make this card I will just say I saw a couple of movies in the process.

Thanks for stopping by I am off today for coffee at Caribou, then a quick trip to Michaels to look for some doilies for my card making, and maybe a quick trip to Archivers to see what is new.

Enjoy!

happy holidays

Another quick card for you since I am still out of town visiting family.

This card is for the new challenge over at Techno Stamper and it is a sketch challenge.

For my card I used papers from Little Yellow Bicycle along with my BasicGrey embossing folders by Sizzix. Notice how the little tree on my card matches the embossing folder. I love that BasicGrey got Sizzix to make embossing folders to match last years holiday papers. I added some pom-pom ribbon and rubon by pebblesinc..

Enjoy!



Mojo Monday

Well it is Monday and that means time for a sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday it is week 122 and another awesome sketch to use.

My card today is using papers by Webster's Pages. I love all of them they are 6x6 and are double sided. Talk about fun. I picked up two different collections this past week. These are from the Postcards from Paris collection, PTI button & twine, sentiment is Endless Creations, Sizzix flower and leaf.

Okay that is it for me this morning I need to get ready and head over to Jeanne's house today so I can spend time with her and her family.

Enjoy!