Happy Birthday ~ PoppyStamps Blog

It's my day over on the PoppyStamps blog. 

I hope you will jump over there and check out my card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Dancing Pig ~ Ai Sequin Challenge

Have you played along with our current challenge at Art Impressions yet?

I was so excited to see that the challenge was to use "sequins" on your card.

Here is my take on this challenge.

(COPICS USED: C3, C5, C7, N0, N1, R20, R46, RV23, E15, E37)

I decided to create a sequin shaker card for the challenge.

I used the Dancing Pig image along with the Hog Wild Birthday sentiment. I colored the image using copic markers and then I paper pieced her little tutu.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

Supplies Used:

Paper: Neenah Solar White, BasicGrey Highline

Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers

Stamps: Art Impressions Dancing Pig

Misc: Crate Paper Frame, Glue Pen, Pop Dots, Sequins

hello friend ~ STS#23

Time for a new sketch challenge over at Seize the Sketch and this weeks sketch was created by Lee Ann.

Meet sketch #23!

This was a great sketch to work with and my card came together rather quickly once I figured out what to use. That is sometimes a process in itself.

I had the butterfly, oval cut and hello sitting on my desk in my diecut bowl so it was a matter of just picking some papers to match the butterfly.

I used some new to me papers by BasicGrey from the Hghline collection. That hello die cut was originally white, but I did some watercoloring with my Persimmon distress marker and then added some pink color using my watermelon gelato.

Make sure you stop over at the Seize the Sketch blog and check out what the design team created with this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

some bunny ~ PoppyStamps Blog

I am up on the PoppyStamps blog today sharing a card I made trying out a new to me technique.

I hope you will stop over and say hello.

You can see the card here.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Crazy Cat Lady ~ Ai Michaels Blog Hop

Thanks for joining us for this special blog hop! If you haven't heard the news yet, we have FIVE new stamp sets at Michaels  Arts & Crafts stores! They are Ai licensed designs that are manufactured and distributed by Hampton Art exclusively for Michaels stores!

You should have arrived here from Melissa's blog.

I used the new Ai People Crazy Cat Set (SC0652) and even though I am not personally a cat person I did enjoy coloring up this fun image.

(Copics used:  E000, E01, R20, R30, R05, Y21, Y23, YR12, 

YR61, YR65, RV21, RV23, RV25, BG000, W1, W3, W5)

Your next stop on this blog hop is Lezlye's blog and if you get lost along the way you can always go back to the Art Impressions blog and see the full list of participants in todays hop.

There are a total of 5 new sets at Michaels and a couple of them just happen to be calling my name. I have posted a photo of all of them below.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

supply list:

ink: Copic Markers, Tuxedo Black ink (Memento), Stazon

paper: Solar White (Neenah), Highline (BasicGrey), Vellum (PaperTrey Ink)

misc: enamel dots (My Minds Eye), Sewing Machine, 

Getting Old ~ Art Impressions

I am up on the Art Impressions blog today sharing a card I created.

Meet Eunice! 

I love everything about her, especially those tennis shoes.

Of course I had to paper piece that outfit of hers and thought that star paper was just perfect.

I stamped the sentiment 'getting old' on some vellum and then sewed it down with my sewing machine and left the tails long for a little bit of texture on my card.

Hope you enjoyed my card today and happy stamping!

Eunice (Sku#K1619)

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets

*October Afternoon 8 x 8 MIDWAY Paper Pad PP499

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Happy Fathers Day to my Weekend Warrior

I wanted to wish all the men out there a Happy Fathers Day and what a better way to do it then with an Art Impressions "Weekend Warrior" image.

(Copics Used: E000, E01, E11, E04, E31, E33, E34, E37, E39, E55,

B91, B93, B95, YR04, YR18, YR12, YR24, YG03, YG93, C3, C5, C7, W1, W3, W5)

So do you have special plans for today to celebrate the guys in your life? I know we will be doing something fun  to celebrate.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me

. ~ hugs Sherry ~

happy birthday ~ watercolor

I recently purchased some of the Art Impressions watercolor sets and yesterday I finally sat down and played with them.

I used Watercolor containers, flowers and foilage sets along with my Tim Holtz distress inks.

Not too bad for the first time playing with the stamps  don't think but definitely need to tweak it some.

Well that is it for me today, I will be back tomorrow to share another card using one of my neglected stamp sets.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Hello Sylvia

I am still working on inking up all my un-inked stamp sets and today I played with one of the Art Impressions Golden Oldies 'Sylvia'.

She reminds me of me only she is a much skinnier version.

(copics used: E000, E02, E09, E11, E13, E15, E18, R30, BG000, 

R05, YG23, N1)

I colored the image in with Copics and then paper pieced her dress and pants using papers from the Studio Calico Lemon Lush collection. I then added a rub on from the garden collection by Pebbles to the vellum and stitched it all down with my sewing machine. Popped on a few sequins at the very last minute.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

little man ~ hip to be square challenge

Today I am sharing a card for our newest challenge at Art Impressions.

Yep, we want to see square cards.

I just recently got this little man stamp set and he was so fun to color. I also did my favorite technique and that was paper piecing the hat and diaper.

(Copics used: E000. E01, E04, E11, R20, NO, TO)

I hope you will check out the Ai blog and see what the rest of the design team created for our newest challenge.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

supplies used:

stamp: little man (art impressions)

paper: solar white (neenah), special delivery (pebbles)

ink: memento tuxedo black, copic markers

misc: enamel dots, glossy accents, special delivery diecuts (pebbles), tiny attacher

Boy, n. ~ STS#22

We have a new challenge for you over at Seize the Sketch. 

Sketch #22 was created by Lori T!

This was a fun sketch to play with and my card came together pretty quickly once I knew I was going to use my May Simon Says Stamp card kit.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

something to crow about

It's my day up on the PoppyStamps blog I hope you will stop by and check out my card and say hello.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Surprise for my Sister

I have been working like a mad woman the past week trying to complete a scrapbook for my much older sister Linda and finally finished it last night.

I thought before I send it off to her in California I would share it with you here.

I used an old dictionary and photos that her daughter in law sent to me.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

it's exhausting...

I am still working on inking up my stamps and trying to use them at least once.

I got a new shipment of Art Impressions stamps in the mail last week and just had to use this image as it so me reminds me of ME and my BFF Judy.

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(Copics Used: E000, E01, E02, R20, R35, N0, N1, E09, E23, E25, 

E29, Y02, Y06, YR15, YR18)

This Laughing Set was such a fun image to work with. 

I paper pieced most of the clothing and colored in the rest of it with my copic markers, I then added a couple strips of matching papers to the top and stitched them on at an angle leaving the tails long. Next up I added a flair badge that matched the design pretty well. (or at least I hope it does)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

supply list:

stamps: Laughing set (Art Impressions)

paper: Solar White (Neenah), Highline (BasicGrey)

ink: Memento, Copic Markers

misc: Sewing Machine, Flair Badge (Fancy Pants)

hey - rs117

Quickly posting a card that I created a couple days ago for the current challenge at Retro Sketches before the link closes for submissions in a few hours.

I finally cracked open my Simon Says Stamp June card kit after I saw one of the design team members cards for this sketch.

Here is this weeks fabulous sketch.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

Birthday Gal Front & Back

I am up on the Art Impressions blog today sharing a card I created using one of the front and back sets called Birthday Gal.

Here is a look at one section of the card, stop over and check out the rest here.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. 

 ~ hugs Sherry ~

retail therapy! STS#21

You still have time to play along with us at Seize the Sketch!

Our current sketch was designed by Lori.

I created this card using one of the Art Impressions Card Keeper sets called Cash Keeper. So easy to color and then cut a slit to place the money. Perfect birthday card for anyone and you don't have to worry about getting the right size or if they will like it.

(copics used: EOOO, E00, R20, R30, EO4, R32, N1 T1, T2, YG05, YG07, YG23, Y11, Y15, Y19)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me.

 ~ hugs Sherry ~