Party On ~ Ai Birthday Birdie

It is once again Wednesday and that means it is my day over on the Art Impressions blog.

Stop by and check this card!

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

Ai Bug Busters

A quick 4x4 card to share with you today.

I have had this clear shrink plastic sitting on my desk for way too long and decided today would be the day I would give it a try.

I used my Art Impressions Bug Buster stamp set.

 I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and then proceeded to shrink it using my heat tool.

I created a quick background using a Memory Box stencil and Hero Arts ink. I then stamped the sentiment and adhered the image using a piece of foam tape.

This is another angle so you can see the dimension of the shrink plastic.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

OCC Watercolor Day 1 (two cards cont)

I did a couple more cards for day 1 using the same technique as my card yesterday only changing the colors and the embellishment.

I must admit at first I wasn't sure about the purple and red but after looking at it more and more I really like it. I sewed on the hello for a little different texture on my card.

My next card I must admit that I had a heck of a time getting it to work and threw out the first 2 attempts at watercolors and stencils.

In the end I was pretty pleased with the outcome. 

I love the tag and the way Jennifer showed us how to tie it onto our card.

I will be back with a card from day two.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Only in Minnesota

This is a photo of my backyard within a 12 hour time period that started last night and ended late morning.

The bad news we got about 12" of new snow and the good news is we are going to be in the 50's and 60's in a few days so it won't last long.

I played along with a couple challenges and created this card.

I absolutely love the new Hero Arts stencils and matching stamps.

I am entering this into the Virginia's View Challenge #2 

the newest Card Concept 7 Challenge.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

hello

Sharing a card that I made for this weeks challenge over at Simply Less is More.

The challenge is to use masking or stencils on your card.

I used my Memory Box stencil along with some Molding paste and hero arts ink. I also used some vellum leaves from my stash and a butterfly by SEI.

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

hello ~ PP184

I had a chance today to play along with the latest sketch challenge over at the Paper Players.

Love the sketch, so many possibilities.

For my card I used papers and chipboard by Crate Paper from the Oh Darling collection along with my Memory Box stencil called Puddles and Rings.

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

nice rack

I had a vellum tag and a new stencil by Tim Holtz and stamp set by Fresh Squeezed Stamps sitting on my desk so I just had to play today.

Every time I see the sentiment on this card it makes me laugh. 

That is it for me today.

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

with sympathy

I am still having fun playing with my stencils. 

I used a Simon Says Stamp leaves stencil and applied two colors of green ink with a dauber and then added a little bit of shading with my copic markers.

I used the current Fusion challenge for my card.

I went with the butterfly theme for my card using a set by KaiserCraft that I have had for awhile now.

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

ADFD ~ Feb Kit Club

A new month means a new batch of images for the Kit Club over at A Day for Daisies!

Today I am using the 'cute delivery fairy' image on my card.

Isn't that image just adorable?

Make sure you stop by the blog and check out all of the new release images as well as what the rest of the design team created with them.

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

Happy ~

While waiting for the plow to come through and do our street thought I would make a card or two.

The stenciled class just ended and I must say it is the best class I have ever taken. I love playing with my molding paste and stencils.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Cardabilities #92 and CAS-ual Fridays #127  Over the Edge

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

OCC ~ Stenciled Day 3 part two

I worked with another one of the lessons from class yesterday and this one was about using clear embossing paste on your stencils.

I used a hero arts stencil.

The trick to this lesson is to put the embossing paste on the stencil so that it is really thick. I had to let my card dry for 24 hours.

The sentiment is stamped on a piece of vellum. I had a leftover butterfly and some leaves from yesterdays card so used those too.

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

OCC - Stenciled Day 3

Hope I am not boring you with my cards from my card class but I am loving this class. 

Today we played with molding paste.

Here is my first card.

Digging through all my stamps I realized I don't have any small skinny wording stamps. Was hoping I would find a happy birthday but settled for this stamp from the WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals set.

So I wasn't that crazy about all the green on the card. I need to learn to control the spray so decided to create one more without the spray. I also die cut the leaves out of vellum without stamping and embossing them like on the first card.

So which one do you prefer?

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

OCC - Stenciled Day Two

Yesterday was day two of my online card class called Stenciled and this is what I created.

I will be honest with you this was not my first card, it wasn't even my 3rd card. It was the 4th one that I made that I didn't get ink somewhere it shouldn't be or just a card I didn't like.

I am happy with how this one turned out and can't wait to try a few more of the lessons from class.

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

PoppyStamps New Valentine Release

(This is my 2nd post today, scroll down for my ADFD new release)

I am up on the PoppyStamps blog today sharing a card I created using some of the new release dies and stencils.

Lots of new dies were released earlier this month and we are showcasing them on the PoppyStamps blog along with the new Stencils that were released by Memory Box who owns PoppyStamps.

You can't tell but I added some clear acetate behind the bijou film strip and then added some twine around the horses neck and stapled it to the film strip.

To give the 'mesh' stencil some texture I added molding paste and distress inks.

Make sure you head over to the PoppyStamps blog and leave me some comments as I am giving one lucky commentor this mesh die. You can get all the details on the PoppyStamps blog.

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

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