Happy 4th Birthday Blog Hop

If you are looking for my A Day for Daisies post please go here.

If you are looking for my Scribbles Designs post please go here.

We are celebrating TPE's 4th birthday by having a blog hop with both the card making and the scrapbooking design teams. This week I got to create a card using Ella the Pink Elephant instead of my usual scrapbook layout.

You should have arrived here from Kadie's blog. If not you are going to want to go back to The Pink Elephant blog and start here.

The hop is really easy and all you need to do is comment on each stop so you have a chance to win one of our fabulous prizes by Sunday (2/17) at midnight. All prizes are listed on TPE blog and winners will be announced on the TPE blog on Tuesday (2/19). Makes me wish I were eligible as we have some great prizes included something from me.

Okay now you are headed over to Susie's blog and if you get lost along the way you can always head back to the TPE blog here.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

hello friend - SSSC171, LRW158 and TPE173

I am starting my New Years resolution early, and that is to use all of my stamps at least once. I am starting early as I figure if I start using all the ones that have never been inked now I will probably be done by 2016 if I don't buy anymore stamps.

I love the Pure Innocence stamps and this one has been sitting on my desk for about a month just asking me to use her.

When I saw Karen's sketch this week over at Sweet Sunday I knew her day had come. 

I colored her with Copics which is currently my favorite way to color other than paper piecing. I added some stickles to her wings and glossy accents to all the circles on her shirt, papers are by Fancy Pants Designs from 'the good life' collection.

I am also entering this in The Pink Elephant challenge this week which is to use your favorite coloring element and also Little Red Wagon challenge which is coloring.

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

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

itsy bitsy

My great-nephew Ryder loves to do the hand movements when he hears the song "the itsy bitsy spider", so these are a few shots his Mom took while she was singing the song to him.

I am entering this layout into this weeks challenge over at The Pink Elephant and this weeks challenge is a recipe challenge.

Ingredients:

3 photos (check)

buttons (check)

flowers (kinda check)

After I picked my pictures and created my layout I realized I needed flowers on my page. Well this isn't really a girl layout so I added one little purple flower to the heart. I hope that counts. My button is actually a flair badge/button.

This is the last week for entries if you want to be on the design team so hopefully I will know if I made it in the next couple weeks. Wish me LUCK!

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

recipe:

papers: amy tangerine (ready set go)

misc: memory box (hexagon die), american crafts (thickers), washi tape (downtown tapes), amy tangerine (ready set go chipboard), darcie (flair badge), amy tangerine (roller date stamp)

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

boo

I think I love making Halloween cards almost as much as I love making Christmas cards, so when I saw this weeks challenge over at The Pink Elephant I just had to play along.

I love Lori's digital images and the one I used for my card is part of a two piece set called Puddle Jumpers "Peek and Boo". I believe the one on my card is Boo.

I used papers and alpha stickers by October Afternoon, a bingo card from my stash and I colored the image with Copics. I added a little bit of texture by raising the little ghost with pop dots and sewing a straight stitch on my card.

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

~ hugs Sherry ~

best friend

I created this layout for Ella's Pink Scrapbook - Challenge #29 over at The Pink Elephant. I am also applying for Lori's new Design Team.

I apologize for the lighting on my photo it has been grey and drizzly here the past couple of days and I didn't want to wait any longer to post my layout.

I don't do many girl layouts so had to dig deep into my stash to find some pink papers to use on a layout.

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

check it out

The Pink Elephant is looking for a few people to add to their scrapbook team. Check it out here.

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

could this be Spring?

I think we are finally going to see a beautiful day here in Minnesota or at least that is what the weatherman said last night.

I am working this afternoon at the LSS but wanted to share a couple cards I made last night.

I used a digital image by Lori Boyd along with new papers by My Minds Eye called "lime twist". This paper is just like the last collection "stella and rose". It has 4 different 6x6 pads with lots of fun patterns. You will be seeing it a lot here in the next few weeks.

For inspiration I used the newest sketch challenge over at The Pink Elephant. Don't you just love this fun sketch? 

Next up is a just because card that I made. While going through my ribbon stash I found this lone piece of ribbon and decided it would make a beautiful flower.

Don't you just love handmade flowers? I die cut a couple of leaves using my new spellbinders die "foilage".

Enjoy!

party animals...

This card is for the newest challenge over at The Pink Elephant and it was perfect as I needed to make a boy birthday card and the sketch fit the image I wanted to use.



Okay I need to admit that I can not remember where I bought this digital image but when I saw it I knew I had to have it, so if you know which company it is please let me know and I will post it here.

I used embossing folders by  cuddlebug and sizzix along with some washi tape that has been in my stash forever that I am starting to use more.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

Enjoy!

happy birthday ~ TPE84 and ACLP57

It looks like we are in for a couple of really wet days so that means I will be staying inside where it is dry watching a chick flick or two and doing something crafty.

I have a couple cards for you today using some of my newest digital stamps byLORIdesigns available at The Lollipop Shop.

My first card is for this weeks challenge over at The Pink Elephant and it is a recipe challenge. We are to create a card using the color Aqua, designer Paper, and an embellishment of our choice.

For this card I used SugarStick Presley available at The Lollipop Shop along with pattern paper from Cosmo Cricket "togetherness" collection,, a fiskars scallop border and button by BasicGrey.

This weeks challenge over at A Crafty Little Place was a color challenge and we are to use Brown, Green, and Orange on our card.

For this card I used SugarStick Maisie along with some new papers by BasicGrey "pyrus", a digital library card, and some Cosmo Cricket "tiny type" stickers.

Well I hope you enjoy and if you have time to play along let me know so I can stop and check out what you have created.

Enjoy!