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Challenges, Chipboard/Illustration Board, Copic Markers, Lizzie Anne Designs, Masculine, Techniques 11 Responses »
May 082008

Happy Thursday! So I woke up really early this morning – 6:00 a.m. The problem, I didn’t get to sleep last night until around maybe 1:30 a.m. I settled in on the couch with the pups and my coffee, and then before I knew it, it was 10:00. Mallory was up the dogs were running around, and I never heard a thing. Good nap!

 

We all know that Sunday is Mother’s Day. I have mom’s card done, but I still need to come up with something else. She said the other day she needed to come over and go through my cards. She has resorted to the two for a $1.00 at Dollar General. Now I don’t mind that she sends them, but it does upset me just a bit when she sends one to a good friend and/or a relative that would definitely appreciate one of my cards. I gave her all of my Millie’s from the Dirty Dozen Gallery for her birthday and she said she just couldn’t part with them, but I do think she may have sent one to my sister. She loves the little cowboy from Lizzie Anne, and absolutely loves the zany women that I come up with. So here’s what I thought I would do. Make her some little cards over the next few days and also go through my stash and make her up a bundle for Mother’s Day.

 

I started this one of the cowboy last night, had it laying out to finish today, when I saw today’s Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoast. It’s all about chipboard today and luckily I had not decided where my sentiment was going to go. Hello chipboard!

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The image was colored with Copic Markers, the edges were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, and then roughed up a bit. I made the background panel using the Big Paisley from Lizzie Anne Designs, stamping it in Blue Bayou on Soft Sky paper. To make the photo corner and middle strip, I stamped the same image on Blue Bayou paper with Blue Bayou Ink. For the sentiment, I colored a piece of chipboard with River Rock, sponged the edges with Vintage Photo, and then stamped my sentiment.

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Stamps: Simply Singles Big Paisley, Cowboy and Howdy from Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Soft Sky and Blue Bayou; Prism Tawny Dark

Ink: Tsukineko Graphite Black; Ranger Archival Jet Black and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink; SU Blue Bayou and River Rock

Accessories: Copic Markers; Chipboard; Tonic Tim Holtz Distress Tool; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; SU Ribbon; Brads; Corner Punch; Mounting Tape

I’m off to finish up some cards for mom and work on Saturday’s Stamp Club samples. I hope each of you have a fabulous day!

 

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Posted by Sherry Cheever at 11:54 am Tagged with:

Gardening Hanna

Challenges, Copic Markers, Hanna Stamps, Sewing/Stitching, Techniques 11 Responses »
May 012008

Hey guys! Have ya’ll missed me? I can’t believe that I have slept so much over the last three days. Working the Akron Stamp Show must have absolutely worn me out. Today was the first day I’ve woken up at a decent time and by myself. Of course, my trips start all over again tomorrow when I go pick Mallory up from school. I’m bringing her home for the summer. Her school year is over. I know she can’t wait to get here and I’m just a little excited myself to have her back home for a bit. I have missed her babbling and her running in and out. She is also my eyes when it comes to finishing off a card – I’ve really missed her for that! Maybe I’ll finally get her stamping with me this summer.

Hanna Stamps is releasing four new sets at midnight tonight. There will be a Release Party in the Hanna Forum on Splitcoast tonight that you won’t want to miss. To give you a sneak peek, I decided to use the new Garden Set for today’s card. I’m sure you’ve probably already seen it a few times this week, but you haven’t seen mine

I looked at the Ways to Use It Challenge on SCS today and thought to myself this can’t be that hard. The challenge today is to make pleats, ruffles, etc. Well I have got to tell you – I wasted more time trying to make ruffles with this twill tape that I can even begin to tell you. I stitched basting seams in the twill, and started to pull for the ruffle, and it became so thick and bunched up that I had to start over. After many different attempts and variations, I decided to try pleats. I sat down at the sewing machine and started folding over the twill as I stitched. It’s just a tad bit crooked, but hey the pleats are on the card. It only took three layers of mounting tape to raise the image over the twill.

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I stamped Hanna first and then stamped her again on a sheet of printer paper. Cut out my mask, and then stamped the wheelbarrow. I colored the image then with Copic Markers, hand drawing the grass (I know, I can’t draw grass). The bag of dirt was popped up over the images with mounting tape. Since this is a gardening card, I thought it would be fun to distress the edges a bit and sponge on some dirt. To finish off the card, I found a gardening charm from a cheap charm bracelet and basted it to bow made from some extra twill.

Stamps: Garden and Things Hanna Would Say from Hanna Stamps

Paper: Georgia Pacific White; Prism Intense Kiwi and Suede Brown Dark; BasicGrey Sultry

Ink: Tsukineko Brilliance Graphite Black; Ranger Archival Jet Black and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Accessories: Copic Markers; Sewing Machine; Tonic Tim Holtz Distress Tool; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Twill; Brads; Oval and Circle Punches; Gardening Charm; Mounting Tape

I hope you all have a wonderful day and if you have sunshine where you are, get out and enjoy it!

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Posted by Sherry Cheever at 1:24 pm Tagged with:

Ethel Strikes Again

Challenges, Copic Markers, Humor, Rubbernecker, Sewing/Stitching, Techniques 11 Responses »
Apr 242008

Good morning! I don’t have much time today. I’m expecting Dave sometime this afternoon, and I still have things I need to finish up before he gets here. The samples need to be labeled with recipes and put in clear envelopes. In addition, I need to get pics made of some I finished up last night, and I need to make that grocery run for coffee and chocolate. Heaven forbid that I should leave town and not have chocolate and coffee in my bags. Jeanne normally takes care of the coffee, but she’s not traveling this trip. Bummer!

 

Here’s a card for today’s Ways to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast, to use scissors. You just gotta love Ethel! Now the pun with this card is, Ethel is wielding a frying pan, right? Well, the paper is Calamity Jane from the Cosmo Cricket Wanted Collection.

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The image was colored with Copic Markers, and Ranger Glossy Accents were applied to her glasses for an added dimension. I used scissors to cut out two different sized flower images from the paper, snipped the petals to separate them, and then sponged all the edges with distress ink. The background paper was sewn to another panel on the sewing machine.

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Stamps: Rubbernecker Old Characters Collection Flaunt It Text SKU:74-14 and Ethel With Frying Pan SKU:74-09 from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Tan; Prism Frosted Teal; Cosmo Cricket Wanted Collection – Calamity Jane

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black, Archival Jet Black and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Accessories: Copic Markers; Spica Gold Glitter Pen; Ranger Glossy Accents; Tsukineko Dauber; Ribbon; Brads; Punches; Mounting Tape; Sewing Machine; Mounting Tape

I hope you have a great day today, and I’ll try to have some pictures to share with you the next few days from the Akron show.

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Posted by Sherry Cheever at 8:44 am Tagged with: ,

All Tied Up

Rubbernecker 3 Responses »
Apr 172008

Good Thursday afternoon! I’ve got to tell you, I took yesterday off! I didn’t crawl out of bed until 10:30 and then just putzed around the house all day. I read three days worth of papers, walked the dogs and enjoyed the sunshine, and than finally last night – I did my most hated chore — I paid the household bills! At least that is done for mid-month and that monkey is not crawling on my back for the next two weeks. You’ve got to love the weather we are having here! For me, it’s short weather – 70 degrees and sunny!

 

Since I didn’t stamp yesterday at all (heck, I never even walked downstairs), I am in the mood today. I started working on this card a few nights ago and when I saw the SCS Ways to Use It Challenge today, I modified it just a bit. Now that I’m done with it, I realize that it could actually be used for a Father’s Day, birthday or even a thank you card for that special guy! I’m actually glad that I did change this card up from the first layout – I like it more this way!

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The tie was stamped on a piece of BasicGrey Archaic, cut out and placed on a layer of white. It doesn’t really qualify as paper piecing, but it’s the same general idea. I sponged the edges of this panel and the sentiment panel with Adirondack Cloudy Blue ink. The background papers are also from Archaic. To comply with the challenge today, I stamped the background stripes by painting directly on my stamp with a Ranger Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber. I love the mottled and different look that the acrylic paint gives you when you stamp with it. I distressed the bottom edges of the middle panel with my trusty scissors, and when I added the twill, it reminded me of a belt. How cool is that!

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Stamps: Rubbernecker Guy Stuff Collection Tie SKU:30-01, Striped Background and One in a Million Sentiment from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: Georgia Pacific White; Prism Mystic Light and Herbal Garden Dark; BasicGrey Archaic

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Cloudy Blue and Archival Jet Black

Accessories: Ranger Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber; Tonic Tim Holtz Scissors (for distressing); Brads, Photo Tag and Ribbon Slide Hardware; Mounting Tape; Twill Tape; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber

I hope everyone has a great day, and you get to enjoy some sunshine in your neck of the woods. I’m gonna take the dogs for another walk and then head back to the stamp room!

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Posted by Sherry Cheever at 12:40 pm Tagged with:

I Used an Eyelet

Challenges, Copic Markers, Garden, Lizzie Anne Designs, Photography, Sewing/Stitching, Spellbinders, Techniques 2 Responses »
Apr 102008

Can you believe it’s Thursday already? I can’t! Not only that, I can’t believe it’s already afternoon here. We are still having some technical difficulties with the blogs, but I have no doubt that the guys will figure it out. They have been working the last few days and are probably screaming as loudly as we are. I’ve got to give them props though, they are the best!

 

A few days ago I was out walking the dogs and noticed that my Bleeding Hearts were starting to bloom, but the Hyacinth are so pretty this year that I had to snap a picture.

 

Flower bed

 

 

You can just barely see the Bleeding Hearts in the background. I also see the Astilbe peaking up behind the Hyacinth. I also see tons of work to be done in the flower bed and should really be out there while it’s pretty and not in the house. I also need to move some hostas from the front walk, but I keep procrastinating. Do you think the gardening fairies will come visit?

 

Today’s Ways to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast is to find ways to use eyelets, grommets, etc. Now lets face it, I’m not an eyelet person. I LOVE my brads and never ever reach for anything that resembles an eyelet. For me, this definitely WAS a challenge!

 

 

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The image was stamped, and then cut out with rectangle Nestabilities. I embossed it, and then using the die as a stencil, the background was airbrushed very lightly. I colored the image with Copic Markers, and then decided that it was too flat and highlighted the flowers with Spica Glitter pens. Which, you can’t even see in the photo. The background paper, my new BasicGrey Cupcake, was sewn to a panel of SU Old Olive. The grommet was inserted into the triangle panel (it helps if you have something that will set these things – I thought a Crop-o-dile would – BWAHAHAHAHAHA), and the ribbon was wrapped around the background panel, up through the grommet and tied in a bow. I was a little bothered with the size of the flower panel, and decided to cut a larger scalloped panel for the bottom. I then raised the top panel with mounting tape. I like it better.

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Stamps: Thanks Bunches from Lizzie Anne Designs

 

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Old Olive; BasicGrey Cupcake

 

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black

 

Accessories: Copic Markers, Airbrush System and Spica Glitter Pens; Spellbinders Rectangle Nestabilities and Wizard; Karen Foster Favorite Things Grommet; Sewing Machine; Ribbon

 

I hope all of you have a terrific day and if the sun is shining where you are – enjoy! It’s gonna be in the mid-70’s here today but we are expecting thunderstorms. I need to catch up on some projects I have going and I keep getting farther and farther behind.

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