Smitten...sketch 94

Here's another Valentine-ish card for you and my take on sketch 94. I love the Little Yellow Bicycle sentiment. Heck, I love the whole set...it's called "Love." How could you not love a set with that name?

I used Nestabilites to cut out the white hearts and the Cuttlebug Polka Dots folder to emboss them. The other two layers are cut freehand. The polka dot paper is from Recollections and I had the brads on hand.

 

Have a wonderful week!

 

Cherie

You're the sweetest...sketch 93

I've never been good at the whole crooked paper thing. I like my elements straight and even lol. So sketch 93 was a bit of a challenge for me.

On this card I decided to echo the swirls in the paper by embossing the white with my Divine Swirl folder. The DP are Paper Pizzazz and the sentiment is from Fiskars "The Sweet Life." Since there is so much pattern, I decided on just one little rhinestone for shine.

 

Hope you're enjoying your weekend.

 

Cherie

 



Happy Valentine's Day...sketch 92

I know, I know...I'm a few months early, but sketch 92 seemed to need this stamp. I can't help it when a card chooses its own stamp.

The DP is more Paper Pizzazz and the sentiment is unknown. I have a few of those, but now I'm doing a better job of keeping track. I added a bit of bling down the strip to make it pop a little. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to place the sentiment. I'm finding myself using it a lot more now that I've watched a few youtube videos on it.

 

Do you ever have a card that chooses its own stamp?

 

Cherie

Hello...sketch 91

Here is sketch 91. I used the same papers as the last card...Paper Pizzazz and Darice Pearlized White. You'll see a few cards with these over the next few days. I cut into those 12x12 pinks and wanted to use them up. I've had them for quite awhile.

I used Nesties to cut out the small shape then hand cut the black one. The sentiment is DeNami. The little bling is from my stash.

 

Enjoy your Friday!

 

Cherie

Happy Birthday...sketch 90

Have you recovered from World Card Making Day? There were so many great blogs and so much inspiration. I had to take a couple of days off after last weekend lol, my brain was on overload.

 

Today I have sketch 90 for you. The DP is from Paper Pizzazz and the sentiment is Hero Arts. The white paper is actually an ivory color. It's pearlized white from Darice. Those little metallic pink things...I've had them forever. I got a whole bunch on clearance and couldn't resist all that shine!

 

 

Today I'm off to take my dad and stepmom to the movies. It's nice to be able to do those little things with the ones you love.

 

Happy Thursday!

 

Cherie

 

 

Missing U and sketch 88

This card is so unlike me, but I kept looking at and now I like it. I never use so many patterned papers together but when I looked at sketch 88, it seemed like a good place to give it a try. All of the patterned paper is from the same 6x6 Basic Grey pad. I used basic black cardstock to help separate the layers. The sentiment is Hero Arts.

 

Time to get inky!

 

Cherie

Miss you all the time...sketch 89

Here's my version of sketch 89. I used a couple of pieces of patterned paper from a Basic Grey 6x6 pad. I'm slowly working my way through it...it's about half way gone. The sentiment is from the Hero Arts set All the Time.

 

Have a good one!

 

Cherie

World Card Making Day with Paper Smooches

If you're looking for the OWH Blog Hop post, click here.

There are three challenges over on the Paper Smooches blog. Here's a card for two of them: use pink and a one layer card. I hope to get the third challenge posted later today or tomorrow.

I cut three squares in a piece of copy paper and used VersaMark ink to stamp the heart. (I have no idea where that heart stamp is from.) I used Stampendous clear embossing powder then a cotton ball with some Stampin' Up! Melon Mambo for the pink. The sentiment is Hero Arts.

I hope you'll pardon the shadows but the sun was shining through the window behind me. I won't complain about it, though, because we've been so lucky to still have it around here!

Happy card making!

Cherie

Happy World Card Making Day!

 
(click here or the picture above to take you to the blog hop page)

 

I'm so excited to be able to participate today! I'll keep this short since I'm sure you have many more blogs to see. I used Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree for the tree and embossed it with Rubber Marbles' Dusk. I like this embossing powder because it's a mix of blues and a bit of purples. I took a close up shot, too, so you could see the colors better.

 

I cut a rectangle out of a piece of copy paper and taped it down over the front; then used Night of Navy and Pacific Point inks from Stampin' Up! with a cotton ball to make the window of color. The sentiment is from Fiskars Season's Greetings set. The paper is a pearlized ivory and it's all mounted on purple Bazzill.

 

 

Here's the close up:

 

I also embossed one in black:

 

Thanks for taking a look. Both of these cards will be going to Operation Write Home and are based on Sketch 16 on the Stars & Stripes blog. I hope you have a chance to make some cards today!

 

Cherie

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love you...and sketch 87

Happy Friday! I'm so ready for the weekend and World Card Making Day tomorrow. But for now, here's my card for today:

I used Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps Sketch 87 because it seemed so perfect to showcase these bright and colorful papers. Unfortunately, when I cut the glitter paper and rubbed the edges, the glitter came off on my fingers. So...I cut up the rest of it for my mom so she could make Valentine cards using this same sketch. We all know that glitter is a no-no for OWH. I did keep some of the heart paper to use later, though.

The heart paper is Paper Pizzazz and I fell in love with it because it's so garishly bright. I'm not sure who makes the glitter paper, but my mom got the pink, purple and blue shown here as well as some green and black. The sentiment is Hero Arts Year Round Sentiments. This is one of my favorite sets. Not only does it help support OWH, it has so many great sentiments.

 

I hope you get a chance to get inky today.

 

Cherie

Wish...sketch 86

This card was so easy and fun to make and also follows sketch 86. I used some Bella Press polka dot paper I bought at the DeNami warehouse sale a couple of years ago. The sentiment is one of those $1 Recollections you find in the bins at Michaels. Those cupcakes are EK Success and are dimensional stickers. I Cuttlebugged to turquoise to reflect the dots on the paper.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cherie

Bundle UP! sketch 85

I recently bought this cute Fiskars set and found the perfect place to use it, sketch 85. I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug folder then dragged a silver ink pad over it to give it some extra texture. I really wanted to put my penguins on here but they didn't pop enough. So I colored them with some Zig markers and put them on some matching turquoise  paper. The ovals are done with Nesties.

 

Have you started your holiday cards yet?

 

Cherie

Holiday Greetings...sketch 84

My first holiday card of the season! This is sketch 84 and seemed perfect for a holiday card. All of the cardstock I had on hand, and that black is pearlized even though you can't really tell. I wanted it to shine a little. The snowflakes were stamped in silver to match the ribbon. It still needed a bit more so I added the gems.

Birthday Wishes and sketch 83

I enjoyed doing sketch 83. I like the different sized squares with the circle as a focal point. The patterned papers are Recollections and the solids are all Bazzill. The circle stamp is DeNami and the star is Hero Arts. I used Nesties to cut out the circles.

 

Happy first day of October!

 

Cherie

Thank you...sketch 82

For this card, I used sketch 82. I believe the patterned paper is DCWV. The image is Studio 112 and the sentiment is Hero Arts. The brad is Hot Off the Press and I got it in a goodie bag at an OWH Birthday Bash. The image was cut out and mounted on some white to help tone down the paper.

I have to admit the only reason I chose the paper is because it was on top of the pile I had with me at my mom's lol. I've had it for ages and it was screaming at me to be used. I made four of these cards to use up the whole piece. Sigh...but I still have one piece left.

 

Hope you're having a great weekend!

 

Cherie

Thinking of you...sketch 81

This sketch (number 81) gave me some problems. It took me three tries to get anything I was remotely happy with sending to OWH. The patterned paper is Recollections and the sentiment is Hero Arts. I'm not sure where I got the flower but I like how it brightens up the card. The shapes are cut out with Nestabilities.

 

 

I hope you get some time to be crafty today.

 

Cherie

Together Forever and sketch 80

I'm moving right along on finishing the OWH sketches by the end of the year. This one is based on sketch 80. I started with some K & Company patterned paper and worked from there. The sentiment is Kaiser Crafts and the brad is Studio G (it says I love you). I wish I had layered both pieces in black, but I still think it looks ok.

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Cherie

 

 

True Friend...sketch 79

This is a card kit I did for a party. I debated on using it because it has so many layers. The patterned paper is Recollections and the sentiment is Fiskars. The teal matches so well because I had the patterned paper with me when I bought it lol. It was missing a little something so I added the hole punched circle to it. Both the teal and tan papers are Bazzill.

It's also sketch 79 on the Stars & Stripes blog.

 

Thanks for taking a look.

 

Cherie

Sketch 78...I love you

This card happens to have a lavender background because I cut too many bases for my last card and didn't want them sitting in a pile waiting to be used. Continuing on my quest for finishing all the sketches this year, this is sketch 78.

The embossing is a Sizzix folder and the hearts are a punch from The Paper Studio. For the sentiment, I used a stamp from the Hero Arts OWH set Year Round Sentiments. The circles are made with Nesties.

 

Off to work on more sketches!

 

Cherie

Let It Snow and sketch 77

This adorable card was inspired by several posts on Pinterest. It also happens to be based on sketch 77. It's pretty basic but has several steps. Cutting out the circles, stamping snowflakes on the background, trimming the snowflake punch for arms, punching eyes, making noses, cutting ribbon, stamping the sentiment, dotting the eyes, edging all the circles in silver. Whew! But it was fun and I made 11 kits from it.

The ribbon is one of those little spools you can buy for $1 at JoAnns. The eyes are a simple hole punch. I think the last time I used the orange for the nose is the last time I needed it for some free hand snowman noses lol. For the arms I used an EK punch and trimmed it. The body is all Nestabilities and sentiment is Fiskars. I'm not sure where the snowflake stamp is from, but I used VersaMark to make the watermark background paper.

 

This is my first winter card of the season. I haven't been making holiday cards like Halloween and Thanksgiving. I can't seem to make the OWH deadlines!

 

Cherie