It's Tuesday--Sassy Cheryl's Challenge -Yep, I'm the Hostess Again!!!

Like I said I am the hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge.  I know not too many got to play along last week but this is such a busy time of year with vacations and school starting soon or maybe it was the Challenge :(  I thought it was a good idea last week and this week's Challenge is:  Black, White with pink embellishments.  Here is my card:  

I didn't exactly make the dress, hat and  bow black but shades of grey.  The image is called Freebie 600 and you can get this darling image by Joining Sassy Cheryl's group on Paper Craft Planet.  All of Sassy Cheryl's images are so cute and awesome and the Freebie images are no exception.  You know how some companies have kind of questionable freebies ?!?  Sassy Cheryl's freebies are as meticulously drawn as the images available in the store.
I like bold color combinations like Black, white and red :  Black and White,  and so I thought it would be fun to change it up just a bit.  What do you think of the Black, White and hot pink?  I like it.  The ribbon was white grosgrain ribbon dyed with SU reinkers.  The color is Passion Pink.  The image was sponged with pink and black soot distresss ink. 
My fellow DT member on another team, Sandy Hulsart, FORCED me to buy some new dies and one of them is the lower slotted flower .( Sandy didn't really force me :) , but I loved the dies on some projects she has on her blog and went to the Sweet Stamps site and picked out 3 dies).   I added two prima flowers on top.  They are really nice Dies but I did have to add some ejection foam that I had on hand so I could get the flowers out of the die.  Always feels good when I have something on hand to make my life easier. Even better than that is I remembered exactly where it was when I wanted it LOL!!!   I had bought the ejection foam a couple of years ago for some QuickKutz dies, and have only used a couple of  pieces of it.

Be sure you stop by the rest of the DT's blogs to see what they created for the challenge today.  I know it will be worth the visit.  Try to find a few minutes to play along there is always a chance to win a 5.00 gift certificate from  Sassy Cheryl's Store and there are over 700 images to choose from, gotta have something you can't live without.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.  I am almost recovered from my trip and should get some more projects posted this week. 

Cathy

Cowboy UP!!! You gotta see this image!!!

You all know I love Mo's Digital Pencil Images and I want them all, but once in a while I see an image that I HAVE to have NOW!!!  This was one of them, Tex: 

I could hardly stand it until I got home last night so I could print this little cutie off.  I colored him in "real" cowboy hat colors and the holsters for his double shot of bottles got a little trim of red.  The binkies in the holster are colored in boy colors too, no sissy binkies for this Dude.

For this special card I used some of my hoarded Outlaw dp from SU.   I haven't seen a SU catalog for quite a while so don't know if the dp is still available or not, but I broke down and used two pieces of it for this card. 

The image was colored with copics and sponged with distress ink.  The Sentiments are from my awesomely talented friend, Theresa Momber's  stamp set, called Out West available at GinaK Designs.  Love ya, GF 
When I used the Cowboy Up stamp I intended the sentiment to read more like the Cowboy is Up  Let the Rodeo begin.....On Mo's Facebook page she thought it should have had an inside sentiment of "Ya Big Baby"...that's funny too!!!  Maybe next time LOL.

I finished off the image with a lasso, which I created with twine cut to length and tied, not like a real lasso but it works for the card...

Well, that's all I have for you tonight.  I have been busy coloring and have several images that I need to create the cards but I am going out of town for the week-end for my granddaughter Leigha's First Birthday!!!  It will be fun, busy but fun.  I will be back in time, on Sunday night, to go to work but probably won't post anything until Late Sunday night or maybe even Monday, it depends on how tired I am when I get back.

Thanks for stopping by...Always love have visitors, especially ones I don't have to clean for, LOL!!!

Cathy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Special prizes!!! GD Search

Wow, lots included in the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge this week. First the Challenge is to create using something with wings.  I chose one of the new 5 little Fairies.  They are just so cute:

Aren't these little Fairies just adorable.  I have been having a ball with them.  I decided to keep the colors pastel, which is not my usual but I do like it, just always seem to gravitate to the deeper tones. 
I actually used quite a few die cut elements now that I look at this card LOL.  The main image are spellbinder circle and scalloped circle dies.  The SU Top Note die, which will always be one of my favorites, and the QuikKutz flourishes, Sizzix and Spellbinder flowers.  That 's a lot of die cuts...guess I got a little carried away, but I like it.

The dp is from Michaels and is nursery dp, but I liked the colors and design of it so it works for anything I want it to right?

Other than the rhinestone flower center and the Sukara Stardust Glitter pen on the wings, wand and crown, it is just a cute Fairy greeting card perfect for any occasion.

Now to the rest of the important details of the Challenge.  The DT will be choosing their favorite card from the challenge and the majority will determine the Guest Designer for next month.  So play along, show us what you got, There are so many winged images, there has got to be one you can really strut your stuff.  I can't wait to see the projects!!! 

Mo is also giving a 20.00 dollar Gift Certificate, to the randomly drawn winner, from all entrants who use a  Mo's Image with wings.  Mo has been creating like crazy the past couple of weeks and the images are sooooo cute,  Did you see Tex.???? What a hoot, I printed him off tonight and plan to color him up as soon as he is dry enough.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT has created.  It was wonderful to see so many people join us this week in the challenge and can't wait to see all the entries this week. 

Have a great day. 

Cathy

Here Kitty Kitty!!!

Mo's Digital Pencil created a litter of darling cat images last week called FatCat, and I just had to have them....I say that about all of them, but it is true!!!!  I have always loved cats and until a year ago I had a cat.  Now I am trying to be happy with just a small dog and so far I am okay with that.  Here are two cute cat cards I created:

I call this one Gone Fishing!!! LOL  I think I got a pretty realistic look to the fishbowl, that is always the hardest part,  at any rate I think it worked. 
I had the cute fish bones dp which I got a couple of years ago and don't remember the mfg. sorry, I got it at my LSS.  The blue is Blue Bayou from SU and the brown worn edge dp is from Michaels  I did sponge the white over with blue to match the rest of the layout.
The  kitty was colored with copics and sponged with..........distressed ink.  I tried to keep it fairly simple with just the flower in the upper right corner.

My second card is Princess Cat in Purple, such a regal color:

I think purple is an okay color, don't wear it and find it my last choice of colors to play with, but thought it was perfect for this Miss Priss kitty.  I love this dp and maybe that is why I colored the kitty in these colors.  I used my Spellbinder oval scalloped die for the kitty image. 
The horizontal panels were created with a MS punch for the purple and the white was created using my large QuickKutz multi rectangle large die set.  It has a fine scallop edge which looks very elegant.  The two scrolled dies are also QuickKutz and my only other embellishments are the half pearls in the corners.

You should check out the whole set, it is adorable.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.

Cathy

Guess who the Challenge hostess is this week for Sassy Cheryl;'s ...MOI!!!!

Well, did everyone guess whether Sassy Cheryl got all of the DT cards with the right designer?  I know but I am not going to tell....Yet!!!  This week I am the hostess for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge and I have chosen the theme Altered Notebook.  I love to make them, hope you do too!!!  Here is my project:

I don't have a Bind it all or any of the other binding machines so I buy my little notebooks at Michael's in their dollar bin.  I decided to go with a Christmas theme for two reasons. Sassy Cheryl's has soo  many cute snowmen I can't get enough of them  and I need a Christmas Wish List book for this year.  I chose Which List snowman..What do you think, naughty or nice?

With 13 grandkids and their parents I have to write down their wants and needs so I don't forget, not only what they want but what I have already bought...My kids are wonderful to give me ideas all year long for things their kids would like and if I find it on sale wonderful.

Back to my project.  The notebook is a tall thin Journaling notebook and the spirals match up with the SU spiral punch so that I can decorate all the way to the edges, no fuss no  muss...done!!!  I used some of my favorite Holiday dp from Cosmo Cricket, from last year, called Eskimo Kisses.  I colored the Snowman to match the village scene dp.  I added the green polka dot  strip along the binding edge punched the spiral punched edge on one side and the MS fancy scalloped punch border on the other.  I angled my Snowman which of course was colored with copic markers and sponged with distress ink...a shock I know.

I finished the little notebook with a stamped Christmas 2010 sentiment at the top and tied coordinating ribbons on the binding.  It looks so cute sitting on my shelf :)

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Did you guess that this card was mine for the Stump Cheryl Challenge?

Yep,  Frankie and I stumped Sassy Boss Lady, but I didn't really feel like I changed that much, just didn't do any sponging....


I can't wait to see what you all come up with for the challenge.  Thanks for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create.

Have a great day.

Cathy

I had play time over the week-end ---Yeah Me LOL!

I have a new work schedule and that means that I am back to having the time I want to create and still go to work.  I work from 5 pm to midnight, which means I get to craft all day and then go to work and earn money for my car and crafts...win win for me!!!  I created a couple of cards over the week-end and would love to show them to you:

First is one of Just Inklined's super cute Animal images.  It is called: Dick Van Duck Surfer.  I just called him Dude!:

Isn't he just the cutest surfer dude?  I finally got my tiny bubbles embossing folder, Thank you Elaine (fellow DT member for Mo's Digital Pencil) I also got seeing spots...Elaine steered me to the online store where I could get the folder since I couldn't get it locally. Thanks for enabling me Elaine LOL!!!

I also created  a card using one of Mo's Digital Pencil  new 5 Little Fairies:  Here is one of the fairies in blue:

These little fairies are so quick to color and a few sparklies and they are done.  I am having a lot of fun coloring them but you know how I am about creating the cards.  I work a lot harder to make the card than i do coloring the image.  I think this one turned out pretty cute though.  The little fairies are so perfect for a little girls Birthday Wish card,  a Magic want wish, anything thing with fairies and sparkles will delight almost any little girl. 

As usual the images were colored with copic markers and for the Fairy I used a Sukara Stardust glitter pen for the sparklies...

I am going to save the rest for another day, don't know for sure what this week will bring.  I may need a card to post.

I am the hostess this week for the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge and it is going to be fun ( at least I think so)  Did you all try to figure out if Sassy Cheryl guess the DT members cards correctly?  Yeah, I sure couldn't figure it out.  Maybe I would have stood a chance if we hadn't worked so hard at fooling Sassy Boss Lady I might have stood a better chance of guessing. 

I'm going to close for tonight.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Where is their Mother?!? LMBO

I got to play with Mo's Digital Pencil newest images tonight.  A huge set called Bethy's Wagon.  What a riot!! So many possibilities for merging.  Here is my first attempt with the set...

It actually took me about an hour to merge the layers in PhotoShop Elements 7 but it is so worth the outcome.  I used Bethy and her wagon first, then I added another Bethy and her wagon and erased everything but the wagon and put the brother in it.  I added Bethy's sister in the first wagon and left a space between the two wagons thinking I would add a tongue between them but then I thought another little sign between would be fun.  I thought about having the sign say something like 2 for 1 special but then I decided "Have had Shotz" would maybe more appropriate for this age group LMBO....I can just see my girls having done this.  Good thing we lived in the country!!!!

I can image that time permitting I will play with more of the elements of this fun set tomorrow.  I have designated tomorrow as a play day for myself before I go to work. 

Hope you like this fun project.  Don't be intimidated by merging images, it is not as hard as it seems you just have to be patient and remember to make each file a separate layer so you can erase the overlapping parts.

Thanks for stopping by and Thanks Mo for creating another fantastic set of images that we all can relate to...did I just admit that?!?  That being said my kids turned out normal in spite of their mother LMBO.....