Sylvester

Remember Sylvester and Tweety? Well, I came across a cute card on Pinterest that totally looked like him. The original post is here. I knew I had to CASE it when I saw it.

For the eyes, I used an EK Success heart punch then a regular hole punch to make the bottom of the eyes. The nose is an oval Nestie and whiskers are white gel pen. Both of the embossing folders are from Cuttlebug. For the sentiment, I used two punches from Stampin' Up! and the stamp is from them, too. All of the paper is cardstock I had on hand.

 

Do you have any favorite "character" cards you like to make? Enjoy your weekend!

 

Cherie

Pretty Purples

Here is bonus sketch 12 again that can be found here. I really enjoyed using this sketch. It can be used in so many ways.

This time I used some gorgeous Little Yellow Bicycle Purple Paisley patterned paper and SU Elegant Eggplant ink for the SU stamp. The purple Bazzill is embossed with dots and the circles were cut with Nesties.

 

Do you have a favorite sketch you keep going back to?

 

Cherie

Reindeer Owls?

I found an adorable card on Pinterest that can be found here. The colors are a bit off in this picture, but it's still cute. I made five of these. Maybe if I keep it up with five Christmas cards a month, I'll be done and won't have to worry about them as December starts looming lol!

The reindeer heads are made from the Stampin' Up! owl punch. I chopped off the feet and sponged some ink around the edges. The eyes and noses are also from the same punch with a bit of Pearl Pen for the eyeballs. I drew on the mouths and eyebrows with my Copic multi-liner. The antlers are made with parts from an EK Success snowflake punch and the Merry Christmas is also Stampin' Up! I used some scalloped Nesties for their "stalls." Lastly, the paper is kraft with some Bazzill design paper at the bottom.

 

Enjoy yourself today!

 

Cherie

 

 

Bonus Sketch!

Did you know there are bonus sketches on the Stars & Stripes blog as well as weekly sketches? This card is based on bonus sketch 12. You can find the bonus sketches here.

The heart stamp is from Stampin' Up! and is stamped in SU Melon Mambo, even though it looks red. And that pretty Echo Park Just Married Lace paper is actually black and white. Dang camera. The blue is Bazzill and run through a Cuttlebug with Divine Swirl. The circles are done with Nesties.

 

 

Have a fabulous day!

 

Cherie

Happy Birthday and OWH MWT

I have a cute birthday card for you today. I found the inspiration here and had to CASE it. This also follows along with the MWT over on the Stars & Stripes blog. Despite the many layers, I made this a card kit. I'll probably end up making them myself because I ended up having to use red sticky tape to keep that twine layer down. The twine is wrapped around three layers.

Anyway, here are the details for you. The black, red, white and yellow are basic cardstock. The silver background paper I stamped myself. DeNami has a cute set of sports balls and matching chickies. The punch used on the white is EK Success. I'm not sure about the yellow patterned paper since I've had it so long! I took my Copic multi-liner and doodled around the edge of the focal point to give it a bit more focus. And last, but not least, the sentiment is from Morning Star Stamps.

 

I hope you have time to join in the mid-week throwdown with me!

 

Cherie

Another Thank You

Look! It's another thank you card! I made 12 of these and now have more than half of what I need for my Any Hero card signing party. My goal is 100.

 

I started with Stars & Stripes sketch 63. I wanted to add some texture so I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the background. I layered the Bo Bunny banner on blue Bazzill and the Stampin' Up! sentiment on grey Bazzill. The brads give it a bit more flair and match the vanilla stripes in the paper.

 

 

Hope you're having a fabulous weekend!

 

Cherie

Striped Thank You

For this card, I used Stars & Stripes sketch 20. I had the Stampendous sentiment picked out but I was worried about what embellishment I was going to use to fill the extra white space. Then I remembered this star from one of the OWH Hero Arts sets. It goes well with the papers and the sentiment. The striped paper is Pebbles and the rest is cardstock I had on hand.

 

 

Do you have any crafty weekend plans?

 

Cherie

Double Thanks

This card was fun to make. I enjoyed flipping the colors around to add some variety.

 

It uses two different embossing folders, one with stars and one with all kinds of thank yous. The star is cut from some Moxxie paper. The dark blue is DeNami and the red (I promise it's not that orange in person!) is some I had on hand. The sentiment is Inkadinkado.

 

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Cherie

Thanks!

For today...another thank you card! This is one of my favorite Stars & Stamps sketches (sketch 142). I'm really into banners these days so this one is perfect.

The patterned paper is from the same sheet of Pebbles Let Freedom Ring collection. The dies are Lifestyles and the stamp is Fiskars. For embossing, I used one of my new Cuttlebug folders.

 

Happy Monday!

 

Cherie

Bring on the Cake!

Today I have a bright and bold birthday card for you. The inspiration came from a Pinterest pin and you can see it here.

 

The orange paper and ink are Pumpkin Pie from Stampin' Up!, as is almost everything on this card. The stamp is Hello, Doily inked with Tempting Turquoise and the sentiment is from Bring on the Cake.

 

The non-SU items are my corner rounder, the Cuttlebug embossing folder and circle Nesties. I love how bright and cheerful this card is. These aren't two colors I would normally think of putting together.

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Cherie

Clean and Simple

Today I have a super simple CAS card for you that happens to fit the OWH MWT. It only uses one stamp and one ink. I didn't have any plans to make a card like this, but I was at a friend's house and finished the projects I took with me. I happened to have my Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree set and my Encore Metallic Silver ink pad as well as some black cardstock.

I stamped the image a few times to make the scene. Then using the tip of a pen tapped onto the ink pad, I made the "stars." I was thinking of adding a "popped" tree to give it dimension, but I was vetoed by everyone else there lol.

 

Have you ever sat down without any idea in your head and had something amazing come out of it?

 

Cherie

You Make Me Smile!

This card uses two of my favorite stamp sets, a monster set from Recollections and Kid Quotes from Inkadinkado. The monster is colored with Copics. The patterned papers come from a miscellaneous pack I bought at one of my LSS. I know this is one of the OWH sketches, but I'm not sure which one. This is a kit that's been 1/2 done for months and I finally got around to coloring and putting it together.

 

 

I'm still wavering about giving the monster some googlie eyes. What do you think?

 

Cherie

Thank You

Here is my first card for the Any Hero card making party I hope to have this year at our local veterans' home. I made six of them. Why six, you may be asking. It's because I had six of those blue buttons! My mom was cleaning out her sewing/crafting/office and gave me tons of buttons. Some of them are still on their cardboard so it will be easy to know how many to make of certain cards lol.

 

This card has my mom all over it. She gave me the button, the paper and was with me when I used my Michaels gift card to buy the Inkadinkado thank you stamp set. The patterned paper is Yankee Doodle by Moxxie and the dark blue is from DeNami embossed with the Cuttlebug Stars folder. I used Recollections embossing powder on the sentiment.

 

 

This card also fits in with the ODBD challenge for the month of January. Happy Monday!

 

Cherie

Something smells fishy

Today I used up the fish paper I had left over from making coasters for my dad's Christmas present. I'm so glad to be rid of it, but I knew it would make some great masculine cards. It has fish on one side and flies/dots on the other. All of these cards use patterned paper from The Paper Loft called Hooked on Fishing (just in case you're dying to get some!), some Bazzill and plain cardstock.

 

First up, OWH sketch 152. I have to thank my friend, Sandy, for letting me use her Fish Love stamp set from The Paper Co. The only fish ones I have are cartoonish ones. I wanted the sentiment to stand out so the fish here are stamped in silver. They go nicely with the shiny blue scalloped Bazzill. The circles were done with Nesties.

 

Next is OWH sketch 153. I used the same stamp set on this one. I like how you can only tell those are flies on the paper if you know what you're looking at lol.

 

 

This last sketch was an eye opener for me. It's Mojo Monday 120. I'm so used to OWH sketches having measurements that it took me a bit to adjust my thinking. I used Nesties for the circles and an EK punch for the bottom border. I believe the bling is Recollections.

 

 

Have you made any crafting resolutions this year? My first one is to make at least one card kit a month so I'll be prepared for any card making parties that might come up. My second one is to see if I can plan an Any Hero card signing party at our local veterans' home. I talked it over with my hubby and a couple of friends who agree it's a great idea. Who would know better what to right in an Any Hero card than a hero? Now I just have to get the courage up to write that first letter to the administration!

 

Happy New Year to you and yours!

 

Cherie

My Favorite Cards from 2012

It's time to choose my Top Ten favorite cards I blogged about in 2012. I have lots to choose from since I made it through all of the sketches. It was a fun challenge and now I need to find a new challenge for 2013. But for now, here are my Top Ten. If you're interested in reading the original blog post, simply click on the picture.

Missing you all the time:


Thinking of you:


Missing you:


So many hearts:


I heart you (love this card with the fun inside):


So cool:


Miss ewe:


Hello friend


Happy birthday:


Chickie:


I hope you enjoyed my favorites! Have a wonderful 2013!

Cherie

OWH sketches 150 & 151

Today I have the last two sketches for 2012, at least the last ones I could get done before my craft area became our Christmas tree area!

I used my Stampin' Up! I Dig You set for the first time to make this card for sketch 150. I like how the Teresa Collins polka a dot paper gives it a more girlish feel. After all, girls can like trucks, too. The brown paper is Bazzill and Nesties were used for the circles.

 

This one is sketch 151. The red paper is Bazzill and the black/white pattern is Femme Fatale by Recollections. The black and white circles were done with Nesties. I used red and black rhinestones from Michaels for the bling.

 

 

Do you have any crafty resolutions for the new year?

 

Cherie

 

OWH sketches 130 & 131

It's time to backtrack to a couple of sketches I missed posting. Actually, I didn't miss them...I couldn't find them lol. They were tucked in the front of my card holding box so I wouldn't lose them.

For sketch 130, I started with some dark blue from DeNami and turquoise Bazzill. Using some Nesties, I cut out the polka dot circles from some Stampin' Up! paper. The sentiment is from Endless Creations. I used some clear embellishments I purchased at Craft Warehouse for the finishing touch.

 

Here is sketch 131. The papers are all Bazzill except for the patterned, which is from Memory Box. I layered a flower punch to make the flowers and used the same clear embellishments for the center flowers.

 

 

I hope you're enjoying the last few days of 2012.

 

Cherie

 

Sketches 142 and 145 - 149

Moving right along with the OWH sketches! Here are several more for you. These use the same two patterned papers from Recollections, Femme Fatale and Purple Pinstripe, along with some cardstock.

Sketch 142: I really do like this sketch. I can't wait to use it again. This one uses a Lifestyle Crafts die and a sentiment from SRM.

 

Sketch 145: Here's another fun, easy one. The sentiment is Studio G and the bling is Studio 18. I love these two papers together.

 

 

Sketch 146: This one uses another Studio G sentiment and a Crate Paper brad.

 

 

Sketch 147: One of my favorite new stamp sets is used here...Epic Love by Hero Arts. The sentiment is stamped in Encore Ultimate Metallic Silver. It really pops on black paper.

 

 

 

Sketch 148: Two more stamps from the Epic Love set.

 

 

Sketch 149: The circle is done with Nestabilities. The dog stamp is Paper Smooches and the sentiment is Studio G.

 

 

I love the feeling of accomplishment when I finish up a piece or 12x12 paper, don't you?

 

Cherie

 

 

 

 



 

 

Sketches 140 & 141 and 143 & 144

Today I have four cards for you and four more sketches.

 

The first two are sketch 140 and sketch 141. They both use Bazzill and a piece of double-sided Pink Paislee Taffeta paper, along with stamps from Chubby Chums by Paper Smooches. On the inside of the first one I stamped a cute chickie in pale gray. The brads are from my stash. The second one is colored with some Copics to match the papers.

 

 

 

Next is sketch 143. The white and light blue are Bazzill. The dark blue and silver are cardstock. Everything else is done with the same EK Success border punch.

 

 

Last for today is sketch 144. The yellow is Bazzill and the rest of the papers are cardstock. The sentiment is from Magenta and the flower sticker is SRM. The bling is by Michaels. The flower really does match the pink paper, I promise! 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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