A Hello Spring Card :)

It has turned into a cold and rainy day here in Eastern Ontario, more of a true spring day!! I am much happier having the rain instead of more snow and I am so happy to watch all that snow being washed away!!!

Today I am here to share a cute springtime card I made using my Silhouette. When I first saw this cute little bird, branch and Bird feeder in the Silhouette store I knew what I wanted to make.

Here are the supplies I used to make this cute little card:

I started off using the image #75488 from the Silhouette store and welded it into an oval shape and welded that into a rectangle.

I then used the MFT wood grain background stamp to create the wood grain design. I used my Versa Mark ink and some black Martha Stewart embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment which was from Obsession Impression stamp  on to the front of the card. I used some Tumbled Glass Distress ink to daub some clouds onto card behind the bird and then glued all my pieces into place.

Here is a video that I posted on my YouTube channel describing this spring card and my super hero card from my last post:

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Super Boy Card

It seems like I am forever needing masculine cards, for our boys, our nephews or their friends. I don't seem to make as many masculine cards as I do feminine cards so when I saw a superhero image in the Silhouette store I was excited to get it and create a really fun card!!!

This is the super hero image and the city building that I got for my card:

and here is the card that I created:

and the supplies that I used:

To create this card I cut out the super boy, city buildings and the speech bubbles using my silhouette. 

For the background I used three colours of Distress Inks, Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Faded Jeans. I used my distress tool and went from the lightest to darkest.

I added some Glossy accents to the super boys eyes, his star and to the city's windows. For the sentiment I used a My Pink Stamper stamp from the Boy Crazy stamp set to finish off this cute little card  :) 

Thanks for stopping by,

 Cheryl

Some Sunday Fun!!

What a weird weather day we've had today!  (I feel so Canadian opening with the weather...lol) It started off dark and snowing this morning, big beautiful flakes that inspired me to listen to Christmas music (and I would've too if I didn't think that my family would kill me..lol) and then we ended with the most beautiful sun this afternoon and evening. We even had light in the sky at 7:30 PM today thanks to daylight savings!
I am also happy because this week's low is projected to be 0 Celsius!! We might get our sidewalk back and begin to defrost...lol

Over the last couple of days including today I have had some nice crafty time down in my craft room! I have had some time to create some projects that I have planned for a while now and I am looking forward to sharing them with you over the next couple of days :).

Today I am sharing some cute little Tiddly Inks digital downloads that I have coloured in with my Spectrum Noir markers.
I have begun to think ahead for spring and these two cute little images are ready to go for some upcoming cards that I would like to make for my sister and friend.

Here are the coloured images and the markers I used for each:

I hope that you've had a nice Sunday and 

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

A Fun Sketch Card

This week I went through all my stamps that I have and decided to pull out some of my old favourites to make a cute card for my niece. I had fun going through all that I have and seeing all my old stamps, it really makes me appreciate having  all of them!!

I decided to use two stamp sets from Papertrey ink, Heart to Heart #6 and Think Big Favorites #15 for my card . 

I am participating the in the Make It Monday challenge: Doodling With Stamps on the Papertrey ink blog Capture the Moment. I stamped out all the images for the card including the sun cut from a coordinating die and then traced around the outer edges with a pencil to create the doodled look for the card.  

Here is the card I created:

This technique was a lot of fun to try and I think that the card turned out so cute, I will be trying this again for sure!!

Thanks for stopping by

Cheryl

Some Project Life in My Kitchen...

My son Nathan is home sick today, he has a bit of a fever and is just feeling lousy :(.
We spent this morning on the couch cuddling and watching t.v (which I just love and really miss since he has started school) but this afternoon I wanted him to have a rest so I decided to start my project life scrapbook for 2015!!

One of my Christmas presents was the 5th and Frolic project life core kit!!! I have been wanting to start project life for a few years and this year I have!! It is really a cool way to scrapbook. For me it gets me out of my head and just allows me to do it...lol
I usually sit in front of my pictures and paper with Google images open to various scrapbook layout ideas and it takes me forever to get going and do a layout. With project life there is very little to decide so you can just get the pictures arranged and the memories recorded, which I just LOVE!!!

Today I sat at my kitchen table and got all of January done. I have not really embellished it so I will share more of my layouts from today at a later date but I am really pleased that I got as much done as I did :)

sorry for the glare...

I wanted to share this last picture because I am really loving this little bag! I use it to carry my crafting things from the basement to the kitchen and it can fit almost everything!! I also use it when I am going to crops and I have a lot of little things I don't want to put into my big scrapping tote. The thing I love the most is that it was less than $10 from Michael's!! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Some New Finds :)

Hello and Burr...lol. I was watching the news one night last week and I heard that we are once again in a polar vortex... :(. It has been so cold outside that my scarf is frosting up as I walk my boys to and from school just from the warmth of my breath!! I cannot wait for this cold air to leave and return to some more seasonal temperatures...lol

Today I was out and about, I had several stops to make and some of them were fun :)
I stopped at Michael's and picked up a paper pad that I was very excited to get. I had wanted this paper pad for a while and it had been out of stock forever... until today...lol.
I wasn't even going to go to Micheal's today, but as I was driving by I quickly turned into the parking lot and I am glad that I did! There was one Recollections comic book paper pad in stock so I quickly picked it up and went straight to the cash!!

I have a couple of scrapbook layout ideas already to go and some card ideas too!! I think that I will spend some time tomorrow getting some layouts done with my new papers :)

After Michael's I headed over to the mall (which is just up the road from Michael's) and went to two stores. My first stop in the mall was David's Tea to pick up some new Matcha tea. I got two different flavours to try:

I could not wait to try it out the moment I got home. I like it but to be honest it was just ok. It has a really strong taste but it has so many health benefits that it is worth it!!

My last last stop of the day was to pick up some new shampoo for my son Bobby from one of our favourite stores, Lush. 

We were watching some of the YouTube videos about their new shampoo and Bobby really wanted to try it, so I told him I would pick one up for us. We had already chosen which one we wanted mainly based on the name...lol. I wanted something with a neutral smell that our whole family would like to use and he loved the name of it, so it was an easy choice. 

I got the Honey I Washed My Hair shampoo bar:

 and the storage tin

It smells so good!!! I am really happy that it does not smell too sweet.  With having four guys in the house that will be using it I really wanted something subtle but nice, and I found it with this!!!  Actually, I was really impressed with all the shampoo bars, they all smelled really good and I can't wait to try them all.

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Getting Ready for Valentine's!!!

Hello! I hope this post finds you well, I have been a little sluggish over the last couple of weeks but otherwise good :)

Over the last couple of days maybe even weeks I have been getting ready for Valentines day. I have been working on cards for our family and friends (which I am sad to say have not made it into the mail yet). Today I was busy making cards and a favor box for the girls group I co-lead at church.
Wednesday is our meeting night and tomorrow night's craft will be a sea of red and white!!!

The hearts are cut from  Plaint Schoolhouse Cricut's cartridge and the stamped Happy Valentine's Day is from a My Pink Stamper stamp set. The favor box is cut from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge.  The white card stock is cut to make an A2 sized card once it's folded.


I included the last picture because I thought my youngest son photo bombing my picture was so cute!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl