Tina's Color Challenge

Happy 4th of July Weekend!  "O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave"!  God Bless America!  Celebrate and enjoy fun times!

It's time to play along with another StampTV Mix It Up Monday challenge and this time the challenge comes from my DF and StampTV DT member Tina Gilliand.  She's challenged us to create a card or project using these colors, pink, ivory and grey.

What a gorgeous combination of colors.

I made a CAS card for this challenge and here it is along with the details.  

  I used the technique of paper piecing for the vases from Theresa Momber's Vogue Vases set with Basic Grey "Hopscotch".  The pussy willows were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa.  I took a Copic marker R21 and barely touched each bud with it then highlighted each one with a Sakura Gelly Roll clear pen.  The card stock is all Gina K pure luxury, Ivory, Bubble Gum Pink and Moon Lit Fog.  Before stamping the vase images, I scored "shelves" with my Score Buddy to set them on.  You may not be able to see that in this photo, but they're there.  

Thanks for peeping!

Cheri

CASE the DT - STVFRICT3

Hello blog friends,

I'm posting this card for the CAS the DT challenge for the Free for All Friday at StampTV.  I'm barely getting this in before the deadline, so here we go.....

We were challenged to CASE the fantastic AJ Otto and HERE is her gallery.

This card was made for my wonderful 41 year old nephew who became a father for the first time this year.  The stamps I used were all Gina K Design and they are "Fairy Tales" by Tami Mayberry, and "Follow Your Dreams" by Theresa Momber.

This is my card and this is AJ's card that I CASE'd.  She labeled it IMG_1435.

Thanks for peeping!
Have a FABULOUS 4th of July!

Cheri

CSS DT Alumni Treasure Chest Challenge

Happy Summer and Welcome to another fabulous StampTV Center Stage Alumni Design Team Blog Hop.  This hop is a Treasure Chest challenge called "getting wordy".  We've been challenged to let the words be the focal image of our project.  


If you've come here from the extremely talented Giovana's blog, then you're in the right place, if not, we invite you to take this hop from the BEGINNIG and see ALL the inspiration.  AND, Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (June 28th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!


The cards I made for this challenge are CAS and can be assembled easily. If you don't have a lot of time and want to make quick cards for someone special, these might give you some inspiration.  
Here is my first card and it's all about celebrating the 4th of July!  Hooray! for the USA and it's longevity in democracy.  I made this card to share with the Alzheimer's facility where my mom has been residing.    These folks know all about the cost of freedom and how to celebrate it, so this is for them.   

For this card I used two of Melanie Muenchinger's stamp sets - the first is the back ground flourish and swirls that I made using "Bring the Bling" and "Hip to be Square" for the sentiment.  To "bling" the flourishes, I used Ruby Red Liquid Pearls and Dark blue Stickles.  The big paper flowers are colored with Copic Markers R46 and B29.  GKD Pure Luxury White CS was used for the base and "Little Boy Blue" and "Red Hot" were used for the layering.  The sentiment was punched with a MS punch and covered with a Tim Holtz Circle Fragment.  

Here's another CAS card and for this one I took my inspiration from the cover of Paper Creations Magazine.  The sentiment I used is from the set  "Fairy Tales" by Tami Mayberry.  GKD Pure Luxury Kraft is used for the layer and "Dandelion", "Little Boy Blue" and "Red Hot" were used for the packages.  The ribbon is from GKD fabulous collection of ribbons.  
Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now hop on over to the fabulously talented Carolina's blog as I KNOW she has an outstanding project to inspire you.  


Have a great weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!  

Cheri

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