Mix It Up Monday

Hi there my dear blog buddies,

There's another "Mix It Up Monday Challenge" over at StampTV and it's all about white...it's a challenge from Cat and here are her details.  Have some fun and play along.   

Hey ya'll!! It's time for another Mix it up Monday Challenge ...and guess who's hosting?  Yep....ME!  LOL!   I got to thinking what could we do....and since it's June...that made me think of Bride's!  Weddings!  White!!  And since it IS after Memorial day...we are going to  WEAR YOUR WHITE!!!   I want to see WHITE!   This does not mean you have to make your card all white.   I want to see accessories in white!  Think white buttons, white brads, white ribbon, white flowers....even white embossing powder will work! 


Here is my card for Cat's great challenge.  

It was a gorgeous, sunny day here in Maine and I just had to celebrate it and take a shot of my card in all the glory of that precious sunshine. 


My card details:  The stamps are from the new StampTV Kit "Springtime Silhouettes" and the sentiment is from the newest StampTV kit "Vintage Chic".  Gina K posted a video showing how to create a great bg paper with inks from the Vintage Chic kit and that's what I did here using some of the great paper that comes with the kit.  The inks I used were Distress Inks Victorian Velvet and Old Paper.  The dress form and sentiment were stamped in Vivid Ink "Cobblestone".  I used Ranger Liquid Pearls "What Opal" on the top of the bodice for some detail and Sakura Gelly Roll clear star pen to highlight the dress form.  CS is GKD white and black onyx.  Also used - Nestability Labels # fourteen.  The white flowers are from GKD.   The lace and pearls were from my stash and the leaves are punched with a MS punches.  


Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Cheri

JUGS88 Woodgrain Challenge

Hi Blog buddies!  
JUST US GIRLS CHALLENGE 88
As many of you may have figured out, I love playing with techniques in my card making and over at JUGS this week they have a technique challenge using a great technique that was featured on my favorite stamping site, StampTV  by Gina K her own self.   Check out all Gina's fab techniques....just click on any one of them on the right sidebar and discover a fabulous technique world.   


Here is the challenge at JUGS:  


It's time for another technique challenge brought to you by Just Us Girls. I'm sure many of you are gearing up for Dad's day which is rapidly approaching. Well today's technique might just help you out with that - we'd like for you to try out the Woodgrain technique as demonstrated by the lovely and talented Gina K from GinaK Designs. Here's a link to the video tutorial if you are not familiar with this technique.


This is my for this challenge using Gina's woodgrain technique.

For my card, the woodgrain is made to look like a boardwalk (I hope).  Although it was created using Gina's technique I didn't use white ink, I started with white CS (GKD Pure Luxury) and then dragged Distress "Walnut Stain" over my embossing.  I then filled in the "cracks" of the boardwalk with my Copic Marker E37 marker.  This is a variation on Gina's technique and it worked for me on this card.  
The stamps I used are from Gina K Designs newest StampTV Kit "Vintage Chic".  Memento ink "Rich Cocoa" and "Lady Bug" were used to stamp the bikes and the sentiment.  After stamping the red bike I went over it with a Sukura Clear Gelly pen for a little pop.  I created the background using tutorials from Theresa Momber, who is a fabulous GKD DT.  


Thanks so much for stopping by,

Cheri

CSS DT Inspiration Blog Hop

Welcome to another StampTV CSS DT Alumni blog hop!  If you've arrived from the extremely talented Carolina's blog then you're in the right place.  If not, then you'll want to go HERE and start this hop at the beginning and see all the fabulous projects in this hop.  


It's another inspiration hop and just look at this GREAT image we were given to work with!  

I saw so much inspiration with this image that I could have gone wild with projects.  I settled on two.


My first card is a Telescoping Card I found from Technique Junkies.  I thought it worked well for this challenge - especially when I couldn't make up my mind which section if the image to play with.   Here is the card closed.

And here it is open.

For this card I used Gina K Pure Luxury Card Stock in colors Red Hot. White, Chocolate Kiss, Wild Dandelion and Green Grass.  The Gina K Stamp Sets I used were from "Enjoy the Sunshine" StampTV Kit and "Eclectic Summer Sayings".  Also used were Nestabilities cicle dies, Alterations Die and Copic Markers.


Here's another card I made using this inspiration image.  This one is for my awesome husband for his birthday.  (we're both Motown fans from the 60's where this sentiment came from)  

For this card I also used Gina K Pure Luxury CS Red Hot, White and Chocolate Kiss.  The StampTV stamp set I used for this card came from "Sweetest Blessings".  Again I used Nestabilities circle dies, Cuttlebug and Sizzix EF and Copic Markers.  The bg came from Webster's Petite Papers "Spring Market, Yacht Club & Country Estate" 6x6 paper pack.   The sketch came from JUGS#87 challenge last week.

Play along with us.....create a card or project using this inspiration image and then post it to the StampTV Forum on the blog hop thread - we'd love to see what you create!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now hop on over to Deb Felt's blog because I know as talented as she is, you're going to love what she's created.  

Cheri

Oh Boy!!!

Hello my blog friends!  


I'm back and I thank you for sticking with me and for your notes of concern!  Let me catch you up.  Friday night, at 10:20 p.m. (Memorial Day weekend) we were notified that my mother (who has Alzheimer's and lives in a residential facility) fell and may have broken her hip and they were taking her to the hospital via ambulance.  My husband and I were at the hospital until 2:00 a.m. before she was admitted and moved to a room on the critical care floor.  She was operated on early Sunday morning - her hip was reconstructed and in two days she was moved to a rehab center.  This has been related in "fast forward".  The good news is that she is doing well and is recovering and the rehab is going incredibly well to get her back on her feet and walking.  This turn of events has consumed my time and I'm happy to be available to her for support, and that's where I've been.  I wouldn't want to be anywhere else....my mom is my best friend and yesterday she turned 86 years old.  


My creative time has been so minimal - however - this weekend there is a StampTV inspirational blog hop, and I'm playing.  I hope you'll come back and check out all the fabulous creations on each hop.  I know you're going to love what you see - just based on the great inspiration.   


I have a card for you - I've been playing with some new stamps called "LaBlanche".  They are made in Germany of silicone.  Here's a card I made using their Peony stamp.  

Thanks so much for stopping by - please come back this weekend for the hop.  


Hugs,

Cheri

Congrats in Kraft

Oh, boy!  It's been awhile since I  been here blogging, but let me tell you what a fabulous reason to be away from it....visits from family....and I don't think you can beat that!  They're gone now and our home seems so empty and silent.  We had such a great time, traveling around Maine seeing sights and eating in some fantastic places....I think my hubby could be considered an official Maine guide.....he finds some fabulous out-of-the-way places to visit that offer incredible photo opps!  (as my DSIL Beth discovered and, I wish she had a blog she could show you her "lobster buoys hanging from a tree" shots.) 


Over at StampTV  it's another "Free For All Friday" challenge.  This time Cat is hosting - here are her details:  

...if you know ANYthing about me it's my love of GKD kraft cardstock!!   Sooo my challenge to you is to use kraft cardstock!!  Easy right?!!  Kraft goes with EVERYthing!!  It's the NEW black!  :D   So show me what you can do with it, don't cover it up, I want to be able to SEE the kraft cardstock!!

(It does not HAVE to be Gina K kraft cardstock, but as close to kraft you can get if you do not have any...but you NEED this cardstock!! LOL!)

Here is my card for Cat's challenge.  

I used a CuttleBug EF to create the background and then sponged some Memento Rich Cocoa ink on the raised image.  A window was cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities Large Octagons and then framed using the scalloped octagons dies.  Using the same Nestabilities the focal image was stamped, cut and  colored using Copic markers.  I drew a glittery edge on the inside of the center of the flower with a Sukura Gelly Roll pen.  The stamps used were Gina K Designs "Year of Flowers" and (sentiment) "Arranged With Love" by Melanie Muenchinger.  Using tiny gold pearls I dotted the frame and then added a bow of twine (purchased from Gina K at StampTV) and a Prima Flower.  The cardstock is GKD Pure Luxury, "Kraft", "Creme de Menthe" and "Ivory".    

Thanks so much for stopping by.  

I also want to add that my prayers and thoughts are with the folks and their families in Missouri, Oklahoma, Alabama and the other areas where the horrific weather has taken so much.  God bless them all.  

Cheri