Time for a Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--White on White!!!

The hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge, is my good friend and so talented DT member Judy affectionately known as JDK, and the theme is White on White.  This is always such an elegant look and I hope I came close to making a beautiful card:

The Jumpin Jack Santa, was colored with copic markers and cut out to sit on the embossed white cs.  I ran the cs through the cuttlebug and this particular folder has the negative embossed finish for the words, kinda cool huh!!!
I added some MS snowflakes, in white of course, and I added a clear gem to the center of each, for a little extra dazzle to the card.  A pretty white satin ribbon and bow and my Happy Snowman card is complete .  Did I mention I got to play with my white gel pen for the beard, I love winter when I get to play with my white gel pen for beards and stocking caps and muffs, LOL .

To answer a question from last week, it is a plain white gel pen, no glitter pen. The glittery look probably comes from the camera flash off the pen strokes. 
Isn't this a fun challenge?  Be sure to check out the Challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT has to show you and while you are there, go to the store and grab an image or two from the Sassy Cheryl Store and play along with the Challenge.

The next couple of weeks are going to be crazy busy with Christmas for everyone and I hope those of you who can will continue to play along with us, we will be here except for Christmas week when we will be taking a break.
There are so not enough days left until Christmas LOl.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day!!!

Cathy

Beautiful Snowy Owl--Just Inklined

I love snow scenes, although I don't necessarily love snow LOL.  Just Inklined has a new image that really grabbed me and I had to have it as soon as I saw it and had to color it as soon as I had it....Here is Snowy Owl:

I hope I did this majestic bird justice.  I wanted to keep the image as natural looking as possible so colored with copics and kept mostly neutral whites, beige, blue and silver. 

I added a little green for the ever green trees but kept it to a minimum as in the tree lines where this gorgeous bird resides the snow is heavy which requires his white feathers.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by the Justlined.com shop to see the rest of the beautiful Christmas inages and scenes that would make the most beautiful cards or even framed works and because they are digital you could so easily do it!!!

Not sure I like the sun I tried to make look like it was over cast with the clouds and haze, so it may still get covered with a beautiful flower spray of some sort, we'll see.

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Banners or Tags

Are you ready for another wonderful Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge by our wonderful hostesss Dorcas?  The theme this week is, banners or tags.  I chose banners and it was so much fun to create this fun card with this darling image, called Santa's Hat :

Isn't he, called Santa's Hat,  just the sweetest little guy waiting for Santa?  I colored him with copic markers and airbrushed the edge softly with blue for that nighttime feel.  I love to color the fur on caps with my white gel pen, my favorite part of Christmas coloring I think LOL. 

I love the red and white bakers twine which almost looks like candy cane colors wrapped around the panel of green and red polka dots and I left the top of the panel a little taller to have a white background for my banner which was cut out with my cricut.

I love that I could let the machine cut out the NOEL in the banner so perfectly in the plaid banners.  I added a piece of the bakers twine to string the banner across the top of the card to tie it all together.  I cut a red and white paper clip in half for the two candy canes :)

Be sure to stop by the Mo's DT. Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the team has to show you, I know it will be some beautiful stuff. 

We love to have you all play along in the challenges with us and love to see the beautiful cards you create.  Be sure to drop by the store and see the wonderful Christmas images Mo has in case you are still creating your Christmas cards LOL.  I know I am :).

Thanks for stopping by my little piece of cyberspace and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Just Inklined Blog Hop--Blue Christmas!!

Are you ready for a wonderful Blog Hop with Just Inklined Stamps?  Jeni is our wonderful Hostess with the mostess this month and has chosen the theme,  Blue Christmas.  If you came here from Karen''s blog you are in the right spot, if not start over at Jeni's as you won't want to miss a single blog along the way.  Here is the card I created for you:

I love candles and non-traditional colors so this was easy for me.  I thought adding lots of sparkly ribbons and leaves added a lot to the bouquet as that is how I would decorate it and I am not much of a sparkly type of person LOL.
The image, called Christmas Candle,  is one of many new Christmas images created this season and available in the Just Inklined Store where you can now pay with PayPal which is my payment preference :) when making online payments anywhere.
The next stop along your way is the super talented Heidy, and I know she will have a wonderful creation to wow your socks off.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Wonderful Holiday Season.

Cathy

Just Inklined Christmas Mail

I love this Robin on a Post Box with snow on the top from Just Inklined which is so perfect for Christmas Cards: 

The image was colored with copic markers and arranged on an assortment of Christmas dp.  I added a trio of green brads and red I-Rock gems which add just the right amount of sparkle to the Holiday card. 

The label and sentiment were cut out with my cricut.   Have I mentioned lately, I love my cricut LOL. 

There are lots of new images in the Christmas section at Just Inklined so be sure to drop by the new store and check them out. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!!!

Cathy

Getting Started on Christmas Cards--Just Inklined

Just Inklined has some wonderful Christmas images for the holidays and I chose this beautiful Fireplace image called, Hanging the Stockings,  for my holiday card.  I need to get busy to get any cards made in time to get them sent out LOL. 

I loved coloring the image with copic markers and sponging with distress inks.  The dp is a Christmas asst. packet I found at Michael's a few weeks ago on sale and I mounted the image on SU cs.
Last week I found this wonderful package of Tim Holtz Christmas Muse Tokens and fell in love with them so added it to the plaid bow.  A couple of fancy photo corners, a few red pearls and this Happy Holidays card is ready to send or the holidays.

Be sure to check out the store and see all the new and old Christmas images and don't blame me if you drop a bundle...there are a ton of must have images for the serious, fun and all the in between cards you need to make. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Tuesday is Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Day--Ready Set Emboss!!!

My good friend, Peggy, is the hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge and chose a theme I often over look, Embossing.  Here is what I came up with using another of Sassy Cheryl's new Christmas images, Lucy Lou hanging Star, they are just too fun to pass up:

I thought about using several different embossing folders an then I remembered this beautiful Christmas tree and thought it would be so fun to have Lucy Lou swing on her star just above this beautiful tree. reminds me of my house when the kids were little LOL.

I colored Lucy Lou with copics and then fussy cut her out and mounted her on 3 layers of mounting squares to look like she could be swinging dangerously close to the beautifully decorated Christmas tree.
The Christmas Embossing folder is Sizzix and I airbrushed it with Atyou Glitter pens in Green and Gold.  I am sure you can't see the glitter in the photo but it is there and the shimmer is gorgeous.
The tree was mounted a layer of red riding hood cs and a red ribbon ties the  layers together. The cracked paint effect of the christmas tree dp is perfect for this little angel and her star to Wish you a Merry Christmas. I added some of my new favorite embellishment, the gold corners, which go so beautifully with the gold threads in the red Christmas ribbons.

Be sure to stop by the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT has to show you and play along, you can use any kind of embossing you want on our card.

Sassy Cheryl has been busy creating the most fun Sally, Polly and Noah images, you just have to stop by the Store and check them out.   After your shopping trip take a few minutes to play along with the challenge and you could win a 5 dollar Gift Certificate next week just by entering the challenge!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Just Inklined BlogHop--Christmas Packaging

Welcome to the November Just Inklined Blog Hop.  You should have arrived here from the super talented Karen's Blog, wasn't her creation awesome?  I decided to use the 3 Christmas Baubles to make a beautiful sparkly tag for a set of tiny christmas balls I am giving to my son and his new wife for their home this Christmas.

The image was colored with copic markers and attached to a white glitter board cut into the shape of a tag.  It was then airbrushed around the edges in blue.  In keeping with the gold tones of the gold of the ball container and the corners and bow I added gold glitter pen lines and gold highlights to the baubles.  Simple but elegant tag, perfect for their gift.

The next stop along your Hop is back to Heidy who is the Hostess of our Hop this month, and wasn't her theme awesome!!!  Her creation is wonderful and I can't wait to give it a try, but before I do, I will have to make a trip to the Just Inklined Store which is now made even easier for me since I prefer to pay with PayPal and now I can with the new store, check it out here,

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Inspired by Song--Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge

Elaine always comes up with the coolest challenge themes for the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge, and as soon as I saw these two little gals I knew I had to merge them and then figure out a song to go with them...Hey it works!!!  I also color my image and then pick the dp...backwards works for me LOL.  My Inspirational Song is:  "His Eye is on the Sparrow"...:

Don't you think the line "And I know he watches me",  goes with the girls? The images I merged were Ragged Angel and Urchin with Bird and I absolutely loved to color them, but they do take some time to color.  I do get a bit over the top with detail...it is who I am LOL.

I had this wonderful dp with the sparrow that I thought was perfect for my Theme and cut it in half  and wrapped a few wraps of bakers twine around it and tied a bow. I used the other half turned sideways for the top right corner accent dp piece.  The music dp is a Christmas piece finished in glossy embossing print and added a stacked Poinsetta flower in the corner and my Inspired by Song card is complete.  I am going to have this sitting on my crafting table for the Holiday Season...

Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has created for this super fun challenge and be sure to grab an image or two from the store and play along with the challenge next week we love to see what you create :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day!!!

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil--Patchwork

Elaine is our hostess this week on Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge and she chose the theme Patchwork.  Mo just created this little darling I just had to use, called Ragged Angel.:

She reminds me of one of my favorite Christmas stories, Little Match Girl and I colored her in the colors in keeping with the pink theme but in the Vintage era of the character.
I mounted her on a scallop circle cut with spellbinder die mounted on a DWVC French Country dp onto which I added a scalloped border on the left side cut from Tim Holtz dp .
I added some of my hand made roses and a few buttons. Are you sick of seeing my flowers yet?  LOL  I love the way they look so get used to seeing them for awhile I have made a few :)  A large green button in the lower right corner and a staggered fancy corner bracket in the upper right corner were all the embellishments I added to this little beauty. Who wants to detract from the image...

Let me tell ya, Mo has been creating the most beautiful images lately be sure to drop by the store and be ready to spend a little time, the images are gorgeous....

Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has to inspire you for the challenge and play along with us, this is a really fun challenge.  Can't wait to see what you create.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.

Cathy

Time for new Sassy Cheryl's Snowmen!!!!

Are you ready for the new Sassy Cheryl's Snowmen?!?  I know I am always ready for snowmen and bears LOL...Sassy Boss Lady Cheryl has created some new snowmen and I have finally had a few minutes to create a card with one of them...believe me there will be more to follow....Without further adeau here is Happy Juggling Snowman:

Colored with copic markers and sponged with distressed ink. The fence was punched from red and then the snow (which is a crushed styrafoam ball, thanks for the tip Peggy) which I store in a zip lock baggy, I tipped the edges of the fence top with the glue and then dipped it into the baggie of styrafoam.  No muss, no fuss.. 

I kept the embellishments to a minimum, just the red checked bow, the poinsettia flower in the lower right and the trio of brads in the upper right corner because I wanted this darling snowman to be the main focus of the card.

Thanks for stopping by and if you want to check out the rest of the darling snowmen, new and old check out the Sassy Digi Store.

Love and Peace Ya All!!!

I had to use this adorable couple, Audrey and Aubrey, for a down home Christmas greeting from the past, Peace!!   Being a child of the 60's these guys just epitomize the hippies who never gave it up.

I had so much fun coloring Audrey and Aubrey I didn't think I would ever stop, I kept adding details, and adding detail, but the images are drawn with so much detail but still have more than enough room to blend and shade and make images that almost look like photographs.
Be sure you stop by and see what the DT has been creating for you to see on the Just Inklined Blog and stop by the store and pick up a few images. There are tons of new images ready for the New Year.  Can you believe 2011 is only a couple of weeks away.  Wow, where has the time gone?
I hope you missed me this past week-end.  I colored this and 3 other Just Inklined images before I went out of town for my Granddaughter, Sierra's 3rd Birthday Party, and to watch the kids so that my daughter and her husband of 11 years could celebrate their Anniversary.  I just got home today at 3 and had to be at work at 6 so I didn't get this created for you until tonight.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are all ready for Christmas.  I am going to be creating some during the holidays so stop by and share a cup of coffee with me.  I'd love to see you.

Have a Wonderful Day!

Cathy

A Snowman's BFF-- Sassy Cheryl's Challenge

The challenge at Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog this week is hosted by the super talented Judy who chose the theme Snowmen:  As you all know, Sassy Cheryl's has the most awesome snowmen around so it was really tough to pick one, I went with a new image called Santa and Little Snowey:

 

It doesn't get much better than a cute Sassy snowman and Santa in one image, and what fun they were to color.

The image was colored with copic markers and sponged with distress ink.  The mittens were cut using my cricut expression Holiday Collection cartridge.  I added a mitten string of silver cord and the sentiment was hand written on a cute little vintage label I thought was the perfect size for the image.  A couple of MS holly leaves and my card is ready  to share.  The background dp is some of my hoarded Eskimo Kisses dp left from last Year's Cosmo Cricket paper pack. LOL 

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT creations on the challenge blog and play along for a chance to win a free image from Sassy Cheryl's.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day wherever you are!!!

Cathy

Mo''s Digital Pencil Challenge--Winter Wonderland!!!

The challenge this week at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge is to create a Winter Wonderland using Mo's Digital Pencil images.  Our wonderful hostess this week is the super talented Lisa.  Here is what I chose for my project:

This is a large card that measures 7 by 9 finished.  I guess I got a little carried away with the trees but.  To me Winter Wonderland is the beauty of falling snow and the grace (?) of skaters on an outdoor pond.  In the small town where I grew up we lived across from the city park and the city would flood the tennis court in winter for a skating rink.  One of my favorite winter past times.  I wasn't good but I sure enjoyed it.

Belle and Bronte Skating were colored with copic markers as were the 3  Christmas Trees I added to create my scene.  The pond was covered with Crystal Effects and outlined with MS Snow Glitter.  The falling snow in the sky is also MS snow glitter and I created the drifts of snow with snow glitter as well.
I didn't add too many embellishments, just 5 silver glitter snow flakes and gold metallic ribbon tied like a packge bow, as I wanted you to enjoy the little scene and smile a little.
Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and check out the rest of the DT  cards.  We have a new DT member, Dorcas,  joining us this week.  Welcome teamie!!!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by the Digital Pencil Store to see all the newest images Mo has created...I'm making my list!!!

Have a great day!!

Cathy

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--Yep it's Tuesday!!!

Yippeee it's Tuesday and that  means Sassy Cheryl's Challenge is here!  This week our hostess is ny good bud Judy and she chose for us to use at least 2 Sassy Cheryl's images.  That is easy enough, the hard part is deciding which two super creative images to use?!?  Here is what I came up with:

The jury is still out on the dp but I love the image and the way it colored up.  There is just something about this adorable tree trimming Moose that I fell in love with, maybe he reminds me of myself LOL.  The sweet little girl image I used is, A Special Tree and the oh so funny moose is, Christmas Moose.
The image was colored with copic markers and I added a red and green ribbon with a gold metalis edge.  I llike the reversible ribbons and the green and red were perfect for this card.  The corners were punched with a MS corner punch so a little of the plaid background dp showed through.
I only added a trio of buttons and a little gingerbred mini cookie cutter to the ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure you enter the challenge for a chance to win the cutest little snowman figure you could imagine.  I may hijack the mail and have it diverted to me!!!  Have I mentioned I LOVE snowmen!!! Yeah I thought I had a couple of times :)  And in case you hadn't noticed Cheryl creates the absolute cutest snowmen you could ever want.

You know Sassy Cheryl's will have some new awesome images for you today so be sure to stop by. There is also the weekly challenges and Cheryl's featured Artist. Join us in the fun.

Have a good day,
Cathy

Stitch It!! Just Inklined Blog Hop

Are you ready for another fantastic Just Inklined Blog Hop? ! ?  If you arrived here from Peri's blog you are on the right track, if not you might want to start at Debbie's Blog which is the beginning so you won't miss a single creation. along the way.  Debbie is the hostess this month and her choice of theme is to Stitch on your card, either real stitching or faux is fine.

I used the Poinsettia Wreath image for my card.  I love to color poinsettia's and this wreath was awesome to color, what do you think?

I actually did a lot of stitching on this card.  The base beige snowflake layer has a double row of gold metallic stitching, the scalloped circle was stitched in a circle just inside the scallops, I actually kept it pretty straight, LOL.  I then used free motion stitching in scalloped designs around the corners and border of hte red plaid layer.
A red velvet ribbon with gold bell, and NOEL cut from the red plaid dp in the upper left corner and my stitched card is complete.

The next stop along your Hop is the super talented Joyce, who I know has a wonderful project for you to see.

Thank you for stopping by and be sure to stop by the Just Inklined Blog on your way to the store where you can purchase any of the wonderful images you on your hop!!!

Have a great day,

Cathy

Glitz and Glimmer--Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge

I can't believe it is already Thursday...I am still catching up from Thanksgiving week-end.  Time for another Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge and our hostess this week is Lisa and her terrific choice for the challenge is Glitz and Glitter.  Here is my card using Cat's in the Christmas Tree:

 Until last year we have always had a cat at our house and although they didn't ever do this I love the image and the Charlie Brown tree is just too fun.  Lots of glitter on this card but it is so hard to photograph well so I took another pix below at an angle to show the glitter more.

The image was colored with copic markers and the sentiment was cut with my cricut expression out of silver glitter cardstock.  It took me a minute to get the sentiment to cut deep enough to cut all the way through but when I did a multi cut it worked great. 
Below is my image where you can see the glitter better.  All the balls and the Christmas tree skirt, the branches of the trees and the sentiment.  I don't think I over did it....well maybe for me but it was fun and I really like the way it turned out.

Be sure to stop by the Challenge blog and see what the DT have created for you. Be sure you stop by Mo's Digital Pencil store to see all the wonderful Christmas Carole images she has for you...they are really cool!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cathy

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog Hop---Thinking of Love!

Hello everyone and thank you for joining us on our First Sassy Cheryl's Blog Hop and the chance to win a FREE  Sassy Cheryl Digi!!! :)
If you arrived here from Janetlynne's blog you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start at the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge blog, where all the details are given, along with the entire list of designer's links. If for any reason any links are broken or you get lost along the way, simply return there to find the link to the next blog stop.
Eash Sassy Gal will select one person from those who commented on her blog.  That means there is one winner for each post in the hop!!!
The Hop will run from 5 am Eastern time November 30, until 5 pm Eastern time December 6.  The winners will be announced on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog on December 7.  Now here is my card:

I know I say it about all of Sassy Cheryl's images but I absolutely fell in love with this sweet little girl giving her change to those less fortunate.  To me this is the Spirit of Christmas and the greatest LOVE...to all humanity.  The image, The  Simplest of Gifts, was just so much fun to color and I wanted to keep my favorite color scheme right now, pink and green and just happened to have this awesome glitter dp that is beautiful IRL.
The Winter Wishes sentiment was cut with my cricut and  airbrushed with two shades of green and topped with faux flower soft snow.  A white sheer ribbon topped with a Christmas brad, and this little darling is ready to spread love to someone as their Christmas card!
Next on your travels through the Sassy Cheryl's Blog Hop is the mega talented Dawn. I can't wait to see what she has for you.  Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a free image of your choice. One lucky winner will be  chosen from the challenge winners to win this awesome plate licensed by Cheryl and sold at Hobby Lobby.  Isn't this awesome?

Isn't this just the most wonderful plate..

Sassy Cheryl's has some wonderful new images in the store so after the Blog Hop be sure to check them out.

Thank you so much for stopping by, Good luck on the drawing.

Cathy

Happy Thanksgiving and Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge!!!

For those of us in the United States today is Thanksgiving.  It is also Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge day and this week our wonderful hostess is Lydia, who chose for us to use Swirls and Flourishes.  The Little Drummer  Boy has always been one of my favorite Christmas Carols and when Mo created this wonderful little guy called, Shall I Play for You?,  I had to have him and couldn't wait to create this card:

As you all know who have been reading my blog, I got a  Cricut Expression last week and have had more fun "playing" with it.  I wanted to use a  piece of sheet music for the background of Shall I Play for You?  image so I printed one off the internet  on beige cardstock.   I wanted to not hide all of the title and musical notes with the image, but wanted the image to be the focal point, so I cut out the oval just off-center in the music using my Cricut Expression  center image feature.  I then cut a black matt for the inside (that was the tricky part, but I am getting better). 
I centered the image under the cut out oval and taped it down.  The swirls were cut using my cuttlebug and because I wanted it to be simple and vintage like, I only added 3 poinsetta flowers for embellishments.
Mounted on a final layer of black cardstock my little Drummer Boy is gracing my craft table and making me smile.

Mo has lots of new Christmas images in the store right now, a Kitten with a Santa Hat, Some Scrooge Characters, my little Shall I Play for you and many more and as always they are exquisitely drawn and so fun to color.

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and I hope you have time to stop by the Challenge Blog to see what wonderful creations the Design Team has to show you.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Cathy

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge--Must be Tuesday!!! Thankful Wishes

The wonderfully talented Jeni  is our hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl;'s Challenge and she has chosen, Thankful as the theme.  Here is my card:

I absolutely fell in love with this, Christmas Candy Cane Girl, last week when I saw it and knew that no matter what the theme this week I was going to use it.  Thanks for not choosing a snowman theme Jeni LOL!!!  I tried to keep the vintage feel of this with the colors and tone.

I got myself an early Birthday and Christmas present.  I have been wanting a Cricut Expression for a long time but when I went down to craft with Peggy a couple of weeks ago, has it been that long already?,  I made her show me what it could do with one, and I was sold.  What I love is that I bought the software so I don't have to buy all the cartridges, which would have put it out of my budget.  I have tried to find the Tim Holtz bird cage die  here in Omaha but it was never available when I went so I searched and found a SVG file with this bird cage and the cool thing is that I could re-size it to fit my card.   I also cut the I Love You sentiment with the expression.   I added handmade roses instead of a bird.

The reason I chose an I Love You sentiment is because I am sooo very thankful for my familiy, friends, DT family, and all of my blog followers who make me feel special,  and wanted to say Thank you and I Love you all. 

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT projects on the Challenge blog and you have to check out Sassy Cheryl's new images, she has some super adorable new images.

In case you didn't know Sassy Cheryl has licensed products which are sold in Hobby Lobby Stores and as a special treat one of these awesome plates will be given as a prize to a random drawn winner this week.  Here is what you could win:

 I can't wait to get to Hobby Lobby to see the rest of the collection.  Aren't they adorable?  You have to enter for a chance to win so grab one of the new images and play along.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.