You're a star

This picture doesn't do justice to the fun bright colors of this paper. It's some Doodlebug from a 6x6 pad.

Some embossed love

Don't you love watching embossing powder melt? It never fails to make me smile. This time I used JoAnn Craft Essentials Red powder and matched it with a pretty heart brad I picked up at a craft show. The embossed paper is actually a light gray and the SU love sentiment is on white. I like how simple yet detailed this card looks. I got the basic idea for it here. 

A shiny birthday

I like how this shiny Reminisce paper helps show off those shiny JoAnn Craft Essentials embellishments, don't you? I did the borders with an EK Success punch and the sentiment is Hero Arts.

Seize the Birthday!

I love an "anything goes" challenge and Seize the Birthday is having one this week! I started with an EK punch for the edges then used a Spellbinder for the squares. The background paper is from a Creative Imaginations 6x6 Disney-themed pad. I've had the silver JoAnn Craft Essentials metal embellishments for ages and finally decided to use them. I love the extra pop they give this card. The card is finished off with a Hero Arts sentiment.

Christmas CAS

I was going through some challenge blogs today and found three that work well together. The first one comes from Sparkle Creations to make a Christmas card and use heat embossing if you want. I didn't heat emboss because I couldn't find my silver embossing powder. The second challenge from CAS-ual Fridays is to use two shades of grey and the third challenge is sketch 282 over at clean & simple.

I used a piece of grey DeNami card stock for the background and two shades of grey ribbon. The turquoise paper is SU and so are the stamps. The grey ink is Memento and the turquoise is SU. The bling is JoAnn Craft Essentials. To make it a Christmas card instead of a possible birthday card, I put a Penny Black sentiment inside that reads: May your holiday be wonderful and wonder-full.

Kathryn's 6x6 Tutorial

One of the blogs I follow, Kathryn's Cards, posted a wonderful tutorial back in May. She took the time to figure out two different ways to cut some 6x6 papers and make several cards with a minimal amount of scraps. You can find her tutorial right here. The first time you do it, it take a little time to figure it all out, but once you have that first set of cards done, it goes so much faster. The first tutorial I did was the second one and it makes eight cards.

Here is what I came up with. I used a Doodlebug Sweet Cakes 6x6 pad that has 24 double-sided pages. All of the other papers are basic black and white card stock. The first card uses a Stampin' Up! stamp and the sentiment is A Muse. The silver embellies are JoAnn Craft Essentials. There are three of this card.

 

This one uses more JoAnn Craft Essentials embellies and another A Muse sentiment. There are two of this layout.

 

 

There is only one of this card. The sentiment/embellishment is from Michaels dollar bin. I used a white gel pen on the darker pink to make a border.

 

 

This last one (although there are two of them) has banners which I love! I added some American Crafts black brads and what I believe is a Studio G sentiment.

 

 

I'm looking forward to using this tutorial again as well as giving the other one a try. Are there any tutorials that have truly inspired you?

 

Cherie



 

Love Ya

It's another love card today. It's another idea from Pinterest that you can find right here. Six of these are for OWH.

I used the last of my Cloud 9 Design frog paper. The blue and green are Bazzill while the white is card stock. The embossing is done with a Cuttlebug folder and the border punch is Martha Stewart. The circles are done with Nesties and the sentiment is by Little Yellow Bicycle. The silver bling is JoAnn Craft Essentials.

Make sure to tell someone today that you love them!

Cherie

Kisses!

Here's a love card for my next box of cards. It's very simple but I really wanted to showcase the cute frog/heart paper I found when I was cleaning out my paper stash. So...I used a sentiment to reference kissing a frog to find a prince lol. The inspiration for the layout can be found here.

The frog paper is Cloud 9 Design; the blue and green are Bazzill; the white is card stock. For the sentiment, I used a stamp from Little Yellow Bicycle. Bling is some JoAnn Craft Essentials.

I wish you a fantastic day with much laughter!

Cherie

OWH sketches 132 - 139

I've been working on finished the sketches, but I haven't been working on blogging them lol. So today I have a few more sketches for you. They all use the same basic papers: Bazzill and Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, along with some cardstock.

First up: sketch 132. I turned it so the DeNami image would fit. It's colored with Copics and accented with three Martha Stewart pearls.

 

Next for you is sketch 133. The stamps are from Epic Love by Hero Arts and the embellishments are by Michaels.

 

 

Here is sketch 134. The stamps are Lovely As a Tree and Sassy Salutations, both by Stampin' Up! The bling is JoAnn Craft Essentials.

 

 

This one is sketch 135. The bottom patterned paper the back of the diamond paper. The stamps are Paper Smooches Chubby Chums and the pearls are Queen & Co.

 

 

Here is sketch 136. The hearts are done with Sizzix Double Hearts die and the embossing is Argyle by Cuttlebug. The sentiment is Studio G and the pearls are Queen & Co.

 

 

Next is sketch 137. Both of these stamps are from Hero Arts Epic Love. The border punch is Martha Stewart. 

 

 

This is sketch 138. Yet again I used the Epic Love set and added some black ric a rack trim.

 

 

Last one for today is sketch 139. This time I used Basic Grey Lime Rickey paper and some SRM stickers. The die is from Lifestyle Crafts and the black embellishments are JoAnn Craft Essentials.

 

 

 

Whew! That's it for today. I'll have a couple more long posts to get my sketch cards posted. Then I'll be back to shorter posts. Enjoy your day!

 

Cherie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sketches 120-122

Today I focused on using some pretty Purple Damask from Recollections. The first one, sketch 120, also uses some yellow and white Bazzill along with some black and silver cardstock. I pierced around the white oval (both ovals done with Nesties) and used my Copic black multiliner to give it a stitched look. The stamp is from Love by Little Yellow Bicycle and the lavender pearl is Queen & Co.

 

For sketch 121, I used the same papers (except the yellow). I did add some yellow, though, a yellow and black flower held together with a white brad. I'm still not sure if it needs a sentiment.

 

Sketch 122 is the last one for today. Again, I used the same papers. This time the sentiment is from Sassy Salutations by Stampin' Up! The silver embellishments are JoAnn Craft Essentials Metallic Dots. I love how flat they are.

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Cherie

MWT...Sketch 118 and 119

This week the OWH MWT is to make a love/hug card. And I have two of them for you!

The first is sketch 118. The green circles (cut with Nesties) and green stripes are from the same piece of Colorbok paper. The white square is Bazzill layered with black cardstock. The stamps are from Love by Little Yellow Bicycle. I used a white gel pen and my Copic multiliner to add a bit more detail to the circles.

 

The second one is sketch 119. I used the same Colorbok paper as well as some green Bazzill and some black pearl and silver cardstock. The stamp is from the same Love set and the circles were all done with Nesties. The silver embellishments are JoAnn Craft Essentials Metallic Dots.

 

 

Don't forget to visit the other blogs and check out their great cards!

 

Cherie

 

Sketches 114-117

Moving along with sketches today, I have four more for you. These all have the same basic elements. Green and white striped Colorbok paper. Purple Damask Recollections paper. Black pearl paper. Green and white Bazzil paper. Silver cardstock.

Sketch 114 and sketch 115: Love stamp set by Little Yellow Bicycle. Lavender pearls from Queen & Co.

 

Sketch 116: Love stamp set by Little Yellow Bicycle. JoAnn Craft Essentials Metallic Dots.

 

Sketch 117: I'm not sure where the stamp came from. I did two versions of this because I didn't like the first one which everyone else really liked. The first one has Recollections rivets. The second one has Studio 112 light green gems.

 

 

Enjoy your weekend!

 

Cherie