BIRTHDAY MONSTER!!

Hello!! Our great nephew turns 7 years old tomorrow and I got this card into the mail just in time!!  I used Whipper Snapper Designs -Birthday Monster for my main image.

 I just love images like this!! You can use any colors you want for them! No rules1  I tried to match the little monster to some old Bo Bunny papers

Guess that's it! A busy day today which includes a bridal shower to attend!
Have a sensational Saturday!!
Cheryl

Mo's project of the month BLOG HOP!

Hello and welcome!! Thanks for so many wonderful comments on my last Magnolia card! Mwah!
Today is Mo's Dream Team blog hop and I'm so glad you've stopped by! The challenge is to use nestabilites or punches in your project! Easy to do! You should have come here from Liza's wonderful blog. Our host and first Hop Stop is the delightful Rosette.

I almost always use a nestability shape for my focal image, so this time I pulled one out that hasn't seen much use. I also decided to make an easel card. They're fun, easy and I hadn't done one in awhile. The image is Kai at Halloween. There is another one with him dressed as a pirate and the winter Kai is adorable too so I've linked the whole search page for "Kai" for you.

Kai is colored with copics. I've started to add another color to skin for better blending so now I'm using E000, E11, E01 and R30.

His cat costume is all the odd numbered Cs (cool Greys)

the pumpkin is YR12, YR15 and YR18

I didn't want to use greys around the image as I often do because of all the grey already in his costume so I use Violets-V0000, V01 and a touch of V06 in the darkest shadows. My pics don't show the depth of color around him as well as I'd like.

Anyway, it was so much fun to color my first Halloween image of the season and I hope you like it, too.

Now off you go to Debbie P's place in Australia!

Thanks a bunch! Have a superior day!

Cheryl

You're a Star!

Hello and Happy Monday! Still not back at work so I can say that! I have postponed the card and box I made for my niece (Happy birthday, Amber!) and decided I needed to show a Mo's Digital Pencil image instead. This is Gregory Tap dancing, and, oh my goodness, isn't he cute! This card came together in my mind as soon as I got my Stampin' Up order with this new designer paper called Elegant Soiree, Baja Breeze and Soft Suede-YUM!! My friend, Lisa Kind, gave me this EK success star edge punch as a birthday gift last week. She used it on a card recently and I loved it! I feel as happy as Gregory to own this punch now. (Note to self: Look for the corner star punch now!) She gave me the punch in a wonderful box with a matching card! Scroll down her blog and you will see it! Thank you, Lisa!!

Close up of Gregory!

I used BG10 and BG72 for his shirt and hatband.

E000, E11 and R30 for his skin

Y21, E99, E35 for his hair

E42, E43, E25 and just a touch of E28 for his pants, hat and bow tie.

Thanks for visiting today! Off to get some other stuff done now and I need to take a walk on this beautiful morning!

Hope your day is beautiful as well!

Cheryl

Pool party!

Everybody into the pool! Our weather has been just great during May and so far June is no different! While I had some bright colors out for yesterday's card I also colored this image up in some of my favorite colors for summer-hot pink, orange and aqua. Love them! I just love this craft of ours where if I want Bella to have a sparkly pool noodle she can have one! I also used Crystal effects on Bronte's tube and the swimmies Bella is wearing. Mo's image Pool Party was just perfect for the colors. Of course, I got it colored and had no idea what papers I was going to use! So even though I colored her on Monday, it took me a couple of hours to finish the rest of the card on Tuesday evening!

The image reminds me of High school when we had to wear those hated bathing caps in the school pool! But I think Bella is in for more fun than we had. I have no idea how she got all her hair into that thing, though!

I was able to use some much neglected supplies on the card.

I used some Core-dinations paper with the swirl CB embossing folder and then sanded like crazy to reveal the core of the paper. Then I uncovered my sand castle EK Success punch for the border at the bottom.

My image was colored with my NEVER neglected copic markers in the following colors:

E000, E11 and R30-skin

BG10, BG11, BG72 suit

R20, R21, RV14 and RV25 pinks

YR21, YR12, Y38, YR04 oranges

E31, E33, and E35 beach and W00, W2 and W3 around the image.

Wishing YOU a great Wednesday (wow the days fly by!)

Cheryl

Super duper girl!

Hello!!
Here is an image of Mo's called "Super Duper Girl" Do you have a Super duper girl in your family? We do! Ours is Amber, our almost 23 year old niece. She is working and going to grad school in Buffalo and just got a promotion on her job. She's kind, gentle, patient, loving and beautiful! We're so proud of her! Can you tell! The sentiment is computer generated, based on the title Mo gave the image. My close up below shows a little of the pizzazz I added. Shiny rubber boots, Stardust stickles on her emblem and I used a clear glitter pen on her crown and the blue stripe on her cape. Wish you could see it!

I'll give colors below. You can get the image here on Mo's Digital Pencil

Have a Super duper day!

Cheryl

copics:
skin E000, E11, R20
Reds R22, 24, 29 and 59
blues B21, 14, 16
Yellow Y21, YR21, Y32, YR15
Hair Y32, E08, E29

Happy New Year!

No, not just yet, but that's what we'll be getting ready for soon! If I don't get going on our Christmas cards I may as well send New Year's cards! Suzanne challenged us to make a pop up card for the blog hop and Mo created this special image for us to use! You can get yours here: Mo's Digital Pencil. I'm sure you will love the ideas you get as you hop around! Suzanne started the hope so if you started here you may want to go to ScrapBitz. I know she'll have something fabulous cooked up!

My card is a Wiper card and can be found in the resources section of SCS. When you pull on the sides of the card the "wiper" panel with the sentiment pops up and looks like my New Year's Baby is reaching for it! Love how this one came out!

I used the following colors:

E000, e01 and R20

B41, b21, b45

YG21, YG93 and YG95

E43 for the sash

From here you will travel to the wonderfully talented Mina! I know she'll have something special to show you! Go HERE!

If you're lovin' the hop, please let us know in your comments! We all love to here from you!

Thanks for the love you send me every day! Your visits warm my heart

Cheryl

Meet....Sophie!

Hello! Here is Sophie-an image from Mo's Digital Pencil! I just love her! She is so darn cute!! You can see her here at Mos' Digital Pencil.
I used my copics to color her, and I'm sorry , but I cleaned up my desk before writing the colors down. She is match to dps from Cosmo Cricket (Nutmeg collection) and the new My Minds' Eye (Beloved). I love that they have the same colors! I used an old Taylor's Expressions sketch and a new Martha Stewart edge punch to complete my design.
I'm off to do the Featured Stamper challenge for today. Well, I think I'd better get some presents wrapped first while my DH is gone to visit his brother.
I hope you are up to something today that's lots of fun for ya!
Hugs, Cheryl

And, don't forget you can see more of Mo's images made into cards and projects right HERE! It's our blog!

PeppermintSticky!

Hello stampin' friends and Happy Friday! Wow, am I ready for the weekend! Isn't this little guy the cutest thing?! I just love him! His name is Sticky and he is available at Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored him up with my copics. I just love lime green (like the Grinch) with red!
Look at the stripes of Basic Grey paper! Dont' they remind you of peppermint sticks? That's what I was going for!
Not much more to say as I am typing this late and night and should get to bed! (If you ever have any question please ask! I'll try to answer!)
I'll add the colors tomorrow! Kay?
Enjoy your day!
cheryl

Hey, did you know there's a blog where you can see the Mo's Design Team's cards all in one place?!
Suzanne has it set up right HERE. Take a look!

And this card fits the challenge on Mo's challenge blog for the week! to make a card with traditional Christmas colors! If you've got Christmas cards to make, why not enter?