Thanks a melon...

Recently, I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the winners of Taunya Butler's (Daisies Girl) many birthday giveaways during the 12 days leading up to her birthday on April 12. The little package that I received was chockfull of delicious Doodlebug products. I decided to use some of them to make a quick thank you card for Taunya.

One of the products Taunya included was the fruity Washi tape that you see at the top of my card. It was my inspiration!

I cut the word "melon" and my watermelon image from the Preserves cartridge. I added the "bite" out of my watermelon by using a small scalloped circle die. Some Diamond Glaze on the seeds made them look like real seeds!

Here's a picture of the roll of Doodlebug Washi tape and some pretty buttons that were also part of my prize package.

The buttons are in shades of orange - not quite the color I wanted for my card. But - no problem! I just colored one of them with a red alcohol marker and it became the perfect shade!

See what I mean?  The perfect color! A little green thread tied in a tiny bow was the finishing touch.

To decorate the inside of my card, I simply added a strip of that cute Washi tape. It was just the right touch of color and fun.

I'm entering this card into the Double-Click Skittles Challenge #20: Thank You or Teacher.  Taunya is a big inspiration over on the Double-Click Skittles blog, too. Check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl

Masculine thank you card...

Just a quick post from me today. I needed a masculine thank you card and just happened to have some of this map paper in my stash. I thought it would be perfect for a guy.  My daughter had also given me some sheets of burlap - what's more masculine than that? I cut a banner shape and used my sewing machine to stitch it across the top to help keep it in place.

The encircled letters were some stickers from my stash. I added some Diamond Glaze to each one to make them a bit more substantial.

I created a couple of corners out of kraft cardstock and inked them with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink before adhering them to my two right-hand corners. If you look closely, you'll see that I also inked the edges of my burlap banner.

I left the inside blank so that I could write a personal note.

That's it for me today. See? Short and sweet!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl

How've you bean?

I just got the Latte Love stamp set by Fiskars and set about making a card.

In fact, it was so much fun and so easy that I made two!

The coffee cup was stamped on a separate piece of cardstock and fussy cut before I added some paper-piecing for the colored sections, The whole thing was then popped up on some foam tape.

The beans were also stamped on a scrap of cardstock, colored and then fussy-cut. One of them is popped up with foam tape.

After stamping the steam with some brown ink (I stamped off first), I added some sheen to it with a glitter pen. I know this doesn't show well in the picture, but it looks great IRL.

The background paper that I used is from Jillibean Soup. Love this pattern with its warm colors and homespun look. The rectangle for my image was cut with a Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die.

I thought the lime green twine fit nicely with the warm, homespun look and feel of the card.

The inside of my card was decorated with a piece of the yellow cardstock that is also on the cup and one of the hearts from the background paper. Easy Peasy!

Here's a peek at both cards. There are some more cute stamps in the Latte Love set, and I can't wait to try making a few more cards with them.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl

Tone on tone butterfly thankyou...

I know I've shared a card with you before using the Butterfly Heart die by Memory Box, but it's just so darn pretty that I've decided to share another.

 

For this card, I used the die with some lavender paper. Once the butterfly shape had been cut (all the butterflies remain attached at the top and bottom points of their bodies), I slipped a piece of scratch paper under each wing and inked it lightly with some purple ink. I also stamped the thank you beneath the heart. Once that was done I matted the lavender piece with some white cardstock and attached the whole thing to my dark purple card base.

 

I used a Viva Décor pen to add a little pearl to the center of each butterfly.

 

For the inside of my card, I used a butterfly border embossing folder which still left plenty of room for me to write a personal note.

 

I want to thank those of you who sent me get well wishes when I mentioned that I had experienced an awful bout of food poisoning. I want you to know that I am back to feeling 100% again. It is so nice to no longer have sore stomach muscles and to also have my appetite back (although it would be good for me to have kept THAT at bay for a while!).

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

Happy Birthday in pink tulips...

On April 12, Taunya Butler of Daisies Girl, celebrated her birthday after 12 days of posts featuring Doodlebug projects and giveaways. It was a fun 12 days, and my name was actually selected to receive one of the giveaways. Thank you again to Taunya and Doodlebug!!

Taunya and I exchanged birthday cards this year, and this is the one I sent to her.

I used an old (1997) Stampin' Up tulip stamp that I think is so pretty. The white mat was cut with a Lifestyle Crafts scalloped rectangle die and the sheer ribbon was from my stash.

I stamped the center tulip first, then masked it off to stamp the other two.

The stems and leaves were hand drawn/colored in with my ProMarkers

The little folded banner die is from La La Land. I have a computer file with some basic arched sentiments so that I can just print them out (a sheetful at a time) and then cut them with the die when I need them.

For the inside of my card, I used another scalloped mat and a birthday sentiment stamp from Woodware.

I hope Taunya enjoyed receiving her card and had a fabulous birthday on Saturday.

My weekend was not so hot. I suffered a bout of food poisoning and even spent a couple of hours on Saturday morning at the clinic trying to get something to relieve the stomach pains and nausea. It took a good 24 hours for it to begin to subside. I am MUCH better now - nearly back to normal - but I was really surprised at how AWFUL food poisoning can be. My sympathies to anyone who has (or will) experience it!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl

Moo-chas gracias...

I recently won these three Stampendous stamps from Jamie Martin over at Stamp This. Thank you so much, Jamie! I was excited to receive them, as I knew they would come in handy for some cute and fun cards.

My first idea was to make a thank you card for Jamie. Here's what I came up with:

I stamped one of the images a couple of times on white cardstock. I colored up one of the images and cut it out with a circle die. On the other image, I colored only the butterfly, the nose/mouth/eyes area, the top hair and the cowbell/neckband. Then I cut these pieces out, shaped them with a ball stylus and adhered them to my first image with dimensional foam tape or glue dots.

I think you can see a little of the dimension these pieces add in the picture on the left.

Here's looking at it from another angle, and you can see how the "hair" locks flip up a little and the rounded dimension of the nose area and the cowbell.

I also added some Diamond Glaze (similar to Glossy Accents) to the eyeballs.

I used my ProMarkers to color this sweet little cow and some chalk for the sky and grassy areas.

There is so little coloring, so it was VERY quick and didn't require much skill. Thank goodness, because I don't have much!!

The dotted green mat (some leftover packaging material) behind my image was cut with a Spellinders Peony Nestabilities die. The other papers are from a Jillibean Soup 6X6 pad that I've had for quite a while.




My sentiment was computer-generated. I thought the little twine bow and a couple of green enamel dots added just the right amount of embellishment.

I kept the inside of my card pretty plain so that I had lots of room to write a personal note to Jamie.

I'm entering this card in Challenge #19 at DoubleClick - AKA Abusybee: Use a punny or funny sentiment. I think this card qualifies, don't you?

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl

A simple Christmas card...

I am continuing my struggle to make approximately 10 Christmas cards each month. This is one I actually made back in February, but hadn't yet shared here on my blog.

I had some deep blue (looks black in the photo) starry paper left from a few Christmases ago. I decided to use it with my Marianne Creatables Pine Trees Horizon die to make a simple Christmas card.

I used the Marianne die to cut some plain white cardstock, on which I applied some spray adhesive and then some white glitter.

I heat embossed a Penny Black "Season's Greetings," and that's about all there was to the front of my card. So simple, but really sparkly and effective in person.

I stamped another Penny Black sentiment on the inside and added a sparkly white stripe at the bottom. It was made with some double-sided tape and white glitter. Super easy!

I have some more Christmas cards to share with you, but they will wait for another post.

I hope that the weather has turned to Spring wherever you are and your tulips are poking their pretty heads through the ground.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl