More Hero Arts

Good morning crafty friends, a bit of a dull day but at least the snow has gone here.

Thank you for your lovely comments, a couple more cards using the Hero Arts stamp set as in my previous post.

The inspiration for this card shape came from the super talented Debbie Olsen

Oh my! I do love the new background stamp from JustRite Floral Flourishes, that's the yellow matt.

This 3 step stamping card includes 4 more stamps from the set, all come with Framelits to die cut them if you wish. There are lots of demos on you tube showing this technique, it's really fun.

Additional to the previous post

Paper ~ Petal Fresh LOTV & Nitwit

Cardstock ~Bashful blue, So Saffron SU

Stamps ~ IO sentiment

JustRite floral flourishes background 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Ink ~ So Saffron, Bashful Blue  SU

Spellbinders ~ edgeabilities classic scallop

Thanks for popping round have a brilliant day,

Hugs cherie x

Fun on the Farm

Hi friends, long time no see!!!! I hope you're doing good.

A big thank you to two lovely ladies Ruth and Francis who both said they missed my posts,  your encouraging comments made me feel wonderful, I appreciate them very much.

A lot of decorating and a mojo that took a holiday has kept me away... but a play with some Molly Bloom stamps for Whichcraftuk, has got the fire burning again.

So I thought I would share them with you. I will be round to visit you all and catch up!!!

This on is a simple step card... which has 2 1/2cm step at the front.

Nitwit papers and Molly Bloom stamps,

farmyard Molly

Percy Pig

Dilly hen

Old wooden fence

feed sack

farmyard barn background available from Whichcraftuk link on my side bar.

All stamped onto Neenah card stock brilliant to use!! and coloured with Copic markers.

The sentiment is from a Woodware clear stamp set.

More gorgeous Molly Bloom stamps on a fabulous Whichcraftuk Scallop Shutter Card

with love sentiment 

scarecrow

haybale

Nitwit papers

I distressed the edges with TH tea dye ink.

A couple of challenges to join:
Crafters Companion Monthly    ~Birthday for a girl
The ABC challenge     ~two or more images

It's lovely to be back.

Hugs Cherie

Have a beautiful day!

Hi lovely friends, are you ready for a new challenge...

Super entries for our last challenge over at Teddy Stampers thanks to all who took part. Hope you'll be able to join us again for our new challenge which is

EMBOSSING

Dry or heat embossing or both is up to you... but don't forget you need to have a stamped or digi stamp BEAR on your creations to be in the draw for the prize.

You'll want to be in for this fortnights prize as our sponsor is

 Simon Says Stamp

My DT card

My inspiration for this card came from Sue Nelson, Heartprints.net thank you Sue for showcasing this lovely embossing folder by Craft Concepts and available from Cutting Edge Crafts.

Sue's site is well worth a visit!!!

The frame just fits onto an A6 Bazzil card. I gave my beloved Copics the day off and coloured this gorgeous

 Penny Black ted with Promarkers.

Bear ~ Satin, Putty, Tan and Cinnamon

Clothes ~ Azure

Fowers ~ Pear green, Khaki, Pink carnation, Orchid, Buttercup, Pastel pink, Lipstick red, Tulip yellow, Peach, Terracotta, Lavender and Powder blue for the shadow.

I also used black and burnt umber Polychromos pencils for the deeper shadows.

I heat embossed the Personal Impressions sentiment with cosmic shimmer amethyst mist lustre embossing powder.

The button is clear I stuck a piece of the Bazzil paper on the back and the ribbon is a good way to use up all the little ends.

Challenges to share with

Paperplay ~ Embossing

Sarah Hurley ~ embossing

Totally Papercrafts ~ add buttons

Crafty Sentiments ~ animals

Thanks for stopping by have a fun weekend

Hugs cherie

The good old red white and blue.

Hi friends and welcome to my lovely new followers it's such a pleasure to have you join us,

There's a new challenge for you over at Creative Card Crew.

For this week we'd like you to use

The Colours Of Your Country

So any creation the choice is up to you.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is Digital Delights by Lou by Loo

I thought that Bryce in a Car would be perfect to use the colours  red white and blue

I took the inspiration to make a digi image in to a shaped card from the super talented Colette from 

Teddy Bo

It's quite amazing how versatile quality digi images can be. I took this one up to 5" high at the tallest point and the same at the widest and the definition is still good.

It said stop on the sign, in my graphic package I put a white rectangle over the word and added

 Happy Birthday instead.

I  printed the image on all the colours in a light weight 160gsm card and cut out all the pieces, in the same way you would put a die cut together.

As I wanted it to be a one layer card I used pencils to colour his skin and hair as copics would have gone through. I did use  B60 to add some shading but forgot about the white areas. It has gone through a little.

I'm going to keep this one as a sample and next time print the back first.

I used 250gsm cardstock but if your printer won't take that weight you could stick the image to the front of an A5 card blank and cut around it.

On the side view you can see the back. If you look close the fold is just to the side of the card which lost part of the bumper but I added that as an extra piece if that makes sense.

Allsorts challenge ~ men /boy

Thanks for stopping by have a great day,

Love cherie   //*.*\\

Yappy Birthday # Creative Card Crew

Good morning lovely friends,

Sorry i'm late with my post I just don't know where yesterday went.

A new WEEKLY ( YES IT'S WEEKLY NOW WHOOHOO!!) challenge for you at Creative Card Crew we'd like to see a creation with

                                       

More Than One Fold

Our sponsor for this week is Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and more

My DT step card features 'Puppy Paws' from our sponsor

I took a piece of 6" x 12" lilac bazzil and scored it at 1 1/2"  3" and 4 1/2" to make a simple step card

The gorgeous papers are from Wild Rose Studio  'Floral Paper stack'

Copic colours: Dog E50 53 57 59 YR20 21 R02 05  W1

Grass G20 21

Sky BG000 BV000

I created the sentiment on the computer

The circle is the largest from  Nestie classic circles, you could raise it higher if you wish.

I was going to then had a senior moment and thought it wouldn't fit in to a 6"sq envelope...of course it would silly the depth is only 4 1/2"

Check out the ribbon at The Ribbon Box you get a bundle of different shades very good value and so useful.

Martha Stewart butterfly border and large buterfly punches and 3mm pearls from The Hobby House

Roses are from Wlid Orchid Crafts and the gorgeous leaves are made with an Xcut,  cut and emboss punch.

Challenges to have fun with:
The Crazy Challenge ~  Animals
Allsorts ~ Fancy Folds
Secret Crafter ~ Tons of Texture

Have a brilliant day take care and thanks for stopping by,

Love cherie   //*.*\\

Birthdays at Christmas

Hi friends,
Well Christmas is nearly here and this will be my last post for 2010 but I look forward to seeing you all again in January.

Our challenge over at Creative Card Crew is  Birthdays at Christmas

I have to admit that I struggled with this one, so i've gone for the sparkle and glitter of Christmas.
For some fabulous inspiration check out the rest of the crew.

The prize for this challenge will be a Guest Designer Spot.
There will be more than one winner chosen.

My Dt card

The base card is cream I think i've over done the photo effects!!!
It's made from a kit from The Ribbon Box
You get everything you need to make 2 x C6 cards.
The second card has a fabulous matching handbag on.
It includes the templates so you can create your own designs.
The shaped heel piece and the flower come on a printed sheet which you cut out and cover with the glitter.
On the heel piece I did as it suggested and used pva glue, but the flower I used double sided tape, that comes in an A4 sheet it was easier and less messy.
You could add any embellishments to the front, would look good done with micro beads 'mm keep that thought'!!!
I bet you could even make it in to a shoe shaped card, oooh! the ideas are bubbling away.

So why not have a go
i'd love to see what you create and you could be in with a chance to design with the Crew.

I'd like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas with those you love,
and Good Health and Happiness in 2011.   xxx
Stay safe!!


Love Cherie   //*.*\\

It's our Birthday Blog Hop # Teddy Stampers

Good morning crafty friends,

It's time to celebrate Teddy Stampers is turning ONE! whoohoo!!!
We've been stamping with our teddies for a year and want to celebrate with you, by having a
                                        
                                                BIRTHDAY BASH!


Please come and join us today for a blog hop as the Teddy Stampers design team share ways to say
                                            
                                               HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!

We hope our creations will inspire you to create a birthday project or two of your own.
There are lots of prizes to give away this week so if you want to win you need to participate!

Here's how it works, from the Teddy Stampers blog... hop around to each of the designers blogs   and              LEAVE A COMMENT on each blog... we're not a large team so it won't take you long.
Then hop back to Teddy Stampers and upload a BIRTHDAY CREATION of your own, don't forget you must have a stamped or digi stamp teddy on your project.


You must complete ALL these steps in order to be eligible for a prize.

It would be brilliant if you would like to become a follower but it's not a requirement on my blog... to be in with a chance of  winning my prize.
We have some brilliant sponsors taking part:

Digital Delights by Louby Lou

Dragon Lair Designs

The Cutting Cafe

Doodle Dragon Studios

Deedee's Digis

Simon Says Stamp

That's a lot of chances to win! Plus some of our fabulous team have a prize up for grabs for one lucky hopper too!!!
Here's my prize

That's right not one...not two... not three... but FOUR GORGEOUS BEAR STAMPS from Lili of the Valley.

If you've joined me from ANGELIQUE then you're on the right path if not hop over to the Teddy Stampers blog and start from the begining from me you need to hop to
                                                             COLLEEN

Here's my DT creation

The base card is a die cut scallop concertina step card only available from Whichcraftuk
 Gorgeous Popcorn Bear from the Party Time... Smile... and Birthday Hugs stamp sets.
Popcorn was lying on a parcel which I cut away to use on the gift box and I also cut away the little duck.
All coloured with copics some of the colours I used:
bear E30 31 33 R20  ducks YR12 YR21 Y00 Y21 parcels and balloons G00 G21 Y00 BG93 YR02 YR04 YR21 Y11 YR07 YG11 YG24 R20 R22
DP is Kioshi by Basicgrey
I used sakura stardust pens to add glitter
Sentiment is from Stampin' Up

Other challenge to have fun with:
Pile it on ~ Beary good friends use a bear with a friend
ABC challenge ~ G is for glitter... it is there
Crafty Sentiments ~ make a gift
Cupcake insirations ~ photo i've used the colours
Paperplay Playtime  ~ Use a clock, ticket or tag

The lovely Jerusha asked us if we'd like to do a tutorial for the hop well i've had a go... hope it's ok it's my first one!!!!!
Tutorial for the gift box...

I forgot to mention score on the lines 1/2"  4"  5 3/8" and 8 7/8"

Sorry to all those who work in metric. It's just so much easier to use the Martha Stewart board, for projects like this.
At a later date I hope to start a separate tutorial section but for now it'll have to stay on the post.
Hope i've made it clear enough any questions please feel free to leave a comment and i'll edit it in.

So come on join the fun you might be one of the lucky prize winners.
Have a fun weekend and
HAPPY HOPPING!!!!

love cherie      //*.*\\

Just Edwin

Hi hope you're all doing ok,

I've always felt that compared to all the gorgeous creations we see with Tilda as the star...
that poor Edwin doesn't get much of a showing.

Well I came across another challenge blog for stampers who love Tilda and Edwin
Magnolia Stamp Lovers who are show casing Edwin for this challenge, so I had to join in.

I made a step card and added a die cut circle. After embossing with cuttlebug swirls I sanded the blue cardstock to show the white core for a wave effect.
The sky was done with chalk and the ship is a die cut in Magnolia pirate paper.
I tore some sand coloured paper and inked the edges with distressing ink.
Pirate Edwin, barrel and skull were coloured with copics.
'Ahoy' sentiment is from pirate stamp set and 'Happy Birthday' from DIY set both by Woodware.
I inked them while the nestability was still on.

Thanks for stopping by have a fun weekend.

Love cherie   //*.*\\

Gardening Forever

Hi, it's July 1st and another year older, yes it 's my Birthday today what's left of it.
Thank you to my fellow teamie Annie for the lovely card and to Lisa Jane  for the birthday wishes.
As I said to Lisa at 58 i'm getting ever nearer to 60 to want to shout about it.
I found out last night that Lisa's mum also celebrated her birthday today... she's still young at 83!!!
so maybe I should stop thinking about it.

I'm making some simple little cards with garden and flowers theme for a charity, here's one I made earlier as they say.
This one was inspired by Annie's card.

challenges to enter :
Creative card Crew ~ Easel Card
Everybody Art ~ Birthday
The Crazy challenge ~ Make it in an hour

My easel card is 4" x 4" and was really quick and enjoyable to make.
I bought 2 new stamp sets by Born to Shop/Docrafts called 'Go Green',
 and an A5 pad of fabulous double sided papers to match.
The sentiment  on the circle is already part of the image.
Birthday Wishes sentiment is by woodware 'Sincere Salutations' set.
Ribbon and oval punches are from Stampin' Up
I coloured it with my copics.

Don't forget to check back tomorrow we have a gorgeous new challenge over at Teddy Stampers... you're going to love it!!!

Thanks for stopping by,
Love Cherie  //*.*\\

Happy Bearday

Hi friends, how ya doing, ok I hope,

My card today is for the following challenges:

Just Cute Bears ~ I followed their sketch, and they have a DT call
Penny Black Saturday ~ Lots of Dots
Rosie D's ~ Easel card
Little Red Waggon ~ Birthday
Sir Stampalot Monthly ~ Butterflies and Blossoms

I didn't want to wait till the morning and used a daylight lamp so the photo is a bit brighter, but hey ho that's what you get when you're impatient.
I'll make it quick as it's really late.
The gorgeous ted is from the teddy and company stamp set, and I used the flowers on the base from
the Wonderful set both by Penny Black.
Copics ~ E30 31 33 B63 BG10 G03 G21 Y21 YR23 and chalk for the background.
Base cardstock celery and ribbon from SU
DP hopscotch by K&Co
Embossed from stash.
Sentiment from the sincere salutations set by SU from Victoria

Thanks for stopping by and for your lovely comments,

Love Cherie  //*.*\\

100 Birthday Wishes

Good Morning, it's a lovely sunny day here, hope the sun's shining for you.

Penny Black Saturday  and Stamp Something are both celebrating their 100th challenge this week,a huge congratulations!!!
 PB are having a blog hop check them out there are some amazing treats going on.

For my card I used the Penny Black sketch. Look closely and you will see 100 clever ay!!

I've used a scallop card from Craftwork Cards, DP by Melissa Frances and a piece of Basic Grey.
The hedgey comes from the 'Wonderful' clear stamp set by Penny Black, coloured with copics and the background I did with chalk.
 Scallop border punch by XCut and Nesties circles
Sentiment from the sincere salutations set by Stampin Up from Victoria

Have a wonderful day, thanks for stopping by,

Love Cherie,
ps  i've got a really exciting weekend coming up but more about that later!!!

Crazy 4 Challenges # 34

Here is the card I made for my daughter's 30th birthday today.
I was looking for inspiration, and saw the gorgeous cards on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog.
Their challenge is to copy one of the DT creations either layout, theme, colour or the whole card.
They are all gorgeous, I chose a card by Silke Kittmann so I could use  my new paper from Stampin' Up.

The base cardstock is from the neutrals pack,  dp is called bella bleu and ribbon all from SU
from Victoria
I embossed cream linen cardstock with the Happy Birthday embossing folder by Crafts-Too.
It's the same size as a Cuttlebug I just cut it shorter.
I cut the large scallop border after drawing round a small oval, didn't have a punch to do that.
 Clear stamp set is by Magenta lovely for adding layered designs.
Pearl brads from Hobby House.
The flower is made with punched circles.
If you put them through the ribbler quite a few times it breaks the fibers and makes the paper more pliable.
I wraped the ribbon around my hand a couple of times and used the large brad to pin it.
Don't make a hole in the ribbon just bend the legs of the brad around it.

Thanks for stopping by,
Love  Cherie    //*.*\\

lili of the valley # 51 Sketch

HI happy weekend, and a BIG HELLO to a new follower Shannon, thank you so much for joining us.

The challenge over at Lili of the Valley is a gorgeous sketch.

I thought it would make a nice tent card there's a tutorial here
Other challenges I am entering:
Just Cute Bears: Flowers
Cute Card Thursday: Touchy Feely

Pee Po thought you might like to see the inside.

From the side view.

The image is by Lily of the Valley don't forget there's a brilliant tutorial for colouring this image on their blog here

 Double sided paper by Little Yellow Bicycle the back is called "green bird."

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Craftwork cards I put these through the ribbler

Copic colours:

Bear E30 E31 E33 +Blender

Green YG03  YG06       G21 for green in flowers and envelope

flowers V000 V12 V15 RV10 RV21 RV23

E93 for daisies

Y15 YR23 for centers

W1 for shadows

 Thanks for stopping by have a great weekend

Love Cherie  //*.*\\