Dinosaur Love

Hi friends!


I have two gorgeous grandchildren - Philip who will be 4 in April and Alexa who will be 3 in June - they're truly my heartbeat.  They both love dinosaurs, so this year, for their Valentine's cards, I decided to use the new stamps by Theresa Momber  (StampTV) entitled "Dino-Mite".  


Philip is going to get this card.

The background is made with a CuttleBug Embossing Folder - it looks like snake skin - on Gina K Design Pure Luxury Card Stock "Sand".  That piece was layered on a piece of "Red Hot" CS, also GKD PL.  The dino image was stamped and then masked.  I then stamped the background and sponged it with Distress Inks.  Once that was done, I pulled off the mask and colored the dinosaur with Copic Markers.  I used Spellbinder's Heart Dyes to cute the hear shape, mounted them on the card layer with popdots.   The sentiment was punched out with a scalloped MS 1 1/2 inch circle punch.  Embellishments are Stickles (for the dino's back) and ribbon.  The base layer of CS is GKD Pure Luxury White.  


Alexa will get this card:

It's a girlie dino.  I used a sketch from the sketch challenge over at StampTV this week for the background.  The papers I used were Basic Grey "Sugar Rush".  This card's focal point was created the same as the one for Philip, stamping, masking, sponging and coloring.  Again Stickles was used for embellishment.  On this card I used Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities and dye cut the sentiment using the smaller heart dye, also from Spellbinder.  


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's day!

Cheri

CSS Inspiration Blog Hop

Welcome!  It's the first blog hop for the StampTV Center Stage Spotlight Design Team of February 2011 and I absolutely LOVE the inspirational photo we've been given for this hop.  It's from Southern Living Magazine and suggested by our own Miesje Flach.  Good eye, Miesje.  


If you came from the VERY TALENTED Carolina's blog then you're in the right place.  If you didn't, we invite you to go back to the beginning and enjoy each and every blog for the full impact of what this talented group has to offer.  


And when you're done hoping, we invite you to join us - create your own project, inspired by this photo, and upload it to the StampTV forum link.  We LOVE it when StampTV members join us on these hops.  

Would you look at the color, detail and dimension in this photo?  I am going to play with this inspiration photo a lot more, but for this hop, I made this card as my interpretation of the inspiration.

Details:  CS:  GKD PL  Ivory, Lipstick Red and Chocolate Brown.  Cuttlebug "Branches" folder was used for the textured background.  Stamp set:  Sentiment is from "Arranged with Love", by Melanie Muenchinger .  DP:  Basic Grey Curio.  Flourishes were cut using a Tim Holtz Alterations Dye.  Spellbinders Nestabilities and MS butterfly punch.  Stickles and Pearls were used for detail.  


Now, hop on over to the very talented Deb Felt's blog and check out her fantastic creation.  


Thank you so much for stopping by and I would love it if you left me a comment. 
Have a great weekend!  

Cheri

Glitter On My Nose

Tonight I've been making Valentine cards for my grandchildren and decided to add some Stickles for some pop and fun....so how did it end up on my nose???  Trust me, my nose doesn't need the attention.  I'll post photos of the cards (not my nose) on my blog later so you can see the glitz and glitter!  LOL.  


I wanted to post a card I made for the color challenge over at StampTV this week and talk about a toughie!  If you want a real color challenge go on over to StampTV and try this one.  

I've been playing with Melanie Munchinger's newest awesome stamp set called "Where Your Heart Is" and thought I'd try making this color palette work with it.  I came up with this card.

I love the vintage look on cards and so I wanted to try using these colors in that theme or style.  


Melanie is such a talented lady and her stamp sets have longevity - you'll use them over and over again.  This set has, as the focal stamp, two hands with fingers bending as in the shape of a heart.  I felt so honored when, before this set was released, Melanie gave me a sneak peak and asked me what I thought.  When I saw it, I instantly felt nostalgic. When my son was little, I would watch him get on the school bus and once he was seated on the bus, I would make this sign and he would smile and wave back at me through the window.  Sometimes, when he was in a funky blue mood, I would place this sign over my eye and look through it at him, it would always make him laugh.  


Anywho, as this card began to come together and it took on the vintage look, I thought about all the mothers throughout the centuries who have sent their children off to some kind of service in the world, whether it was off to war, off to work, off to school or off on their life's adventure.  A mother's heart will love you beyond forever and I hope this card reflects that.    


Thanks for stopping by,

Cheri

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C72

Hi blogger friends!


I just found another challenge that looks like fun.  Check out Crazy 4 Challenges Blog thanks to Vicki Dutcher, whose  blog I follow - Vicki is also a fellow CSSDT over at StampTV.  


I was happy to play along with this week's challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges Blog is for a vintage or shabby chic card as these are some of my favorite cards.  I kept this one very simple although it has lots of room to CASE and add more "vintage" to it.  

Details:  Card base is Gina K Pure Luxury CS Chocolate Brown and the pink layer is also GKD PL Soft Pink.  I stamped the Hero Art's French script background on GKD PL layering weight Ivory in with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain.  I stamped the beautiful lady from B Line Designs with Memento Rich Cocoa then layered her in the Chocolate Brown CS cut with a Marvy scalloped oval punch.  Her necklace was popped with Stickles.  The stack of letters stamp, also from B Line Design was also stamped with Memento Rich Coco ink and then cut and popped with pop dots.  The sentiment came from a stamp set designed by Melanie Munchinger entitled "Arranged with Love" for Gina K Design.  I used a Martha Steward doily punch to create the lace effect and all pieces were distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Inks "Antique Linen" and "Tattered Rose".  


Thanks so much for stopping by, and you're invited to follow me, sign my guest book as well as leave a comment.  

Cheri

JUGS 69 Challenge

I hope you're having a great weekend and if you're a crafter, I hope you're enjoying some of the fantastic blogs and blog hops out there.  There's a hop over at StampTV showcasing a great sketch.  Fix yourself a beverage, kick back and enjoy this hop.

This weekend, I wanted to play along in some of the other challenges out there.   I can't always do that because my full time work schedule doesn't permit a lot of "play" time, yet, when I can, I do.  Many of my crafting friends are part of many of these challenges, either as participants or part of the design teams, and it's even more exciting to play along (and disappointing when you can't) when you're friends are part of the fun.  

My dear friend Carla Suto has been this month's guest DT member over at JUGS and if you've never seen Carla's creations, you're in for a treat.  Visit Carla's blog and expect to be awestruck.  This is Carla's last week on the JUGS DT so I wanted to play along on this one.  Check out JUGS and play along too....it's all about flowers!   

JUGS69

I created this card for the sketch challenge over at StampTV, but I think it works very well for the handmade flower challenge JUGS69 too.

Details:  The layering CS is GKD PL Vibrant Violet and the layering CS is GKD PL. DP is from my stash. I've fallen in love with Claudine Hellmuth's Studio Sticky-back canvas and stamped the new Tami Mayberry "Hopeful Hearts" stamp on it. I distressed the edges and created the rose out of scraps of GKD PL Bubble Gum Pink and Lovely Lavender. MS punches were used for edging 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I'm always happy to read your comments.

Cheri