CC&CC#43 ~ Life's A Beach & Exciting News!

Happy Friday!

I am SO excited to share with you that I've been asked 

(by my long-time bloggy-friend Joanne), to be a Design Team Member for the Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge blog!

Thanks Joanne!  It's very humbling and I am very honored to be a part of such a wonderful, creative team!

This week is  "Life's A Beach" with Bugaboo Digi Stamps as our sponsor.

I chose the Beach Baby 2 image...isn't she just adorable??  She reminds me of my precious granddaughter...

I haven't used digi-stamps in a few years, and I must say, I am really enjoying it!  You are able to print them off whatever size your heart desires.

My lil' sweetie is colored in using my Prisma, then I cut her and those "splashes" out and popped them up for added dimension.  I sponged some orange & yellow ink onto the white bg cardstock for a sunny-feel.

My waves were hand-cut and I ran those through my Cuttlebug, then popped-up as well.  I finished it off with the sentiment banner, some Fancy Floss and that cute little shell-charm.

I sure hope you'll head on over to CC&CC and play along with us, we'd love to see your "beachy" creation!

Have a great weekend!

~Cheryl

Card Recipe:

Cardstock:  SU! Marina Mist & Whisper White, other scraps of blue

Stamps:  Bugaboo Stamps "Beach Baby 2", sentiment from Studio G

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black (sentiment), Prisma Watercolor Pencils, Rubber Stampede

Other:  Cuttlebug Swirls Embossing Folder, Fancy Floss by WeR Memory Keepers, charm

Baby Shower Thank You's

Hey there!

I hope you're enjoying your holiday weekend!

A few weeks ago, I shared some baby shower invitations 
that I created for my niece.

Today, I'd like to show you the "thank-you's" I made for her.

These really were quick & easy!

I had some of that paisley DP left over, 
so of course I incorporated it into these too!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you'll join us at the A.R.T. Color Combo Challenge this week...


 but hurry! Our linky closes Tuesday at Noon (EST).

~Cheryl

Card Recipe:

DP:  Recollections "Pink Paisley"

Stamp:  TPS

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Other:  Butterfly punch, Pink Zig Pen

CAS Sweet Baby Girl

Happy Friday y'all!

Just another CAS baby girl card today, inspired by one I'd seen on Pinterest.

It's hard to tell in this photo, but the stamped/button panel is popped up on foam-adhesives.

Thanks for stopping by today, 

I hope you have a great weekend!

~Cheryl

 

***pssst...if you're looking for a new sketch layout, head on over to my A.R.T. Challenge blog, 

we'd love to see your creation!

 

Card Recipe:

Cardstock:  SU! Whisper White

DP:  TPS Pink & Polka Dots

Stamps:  Baby by Heidi Swapp, sweet by Colorbok

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Other:  Button, white craft string, & foam-adhesives

CAS Cute Baby Girl

Hi again!

I know, it's my 2nd post today, but I wanted to get this one done and posted in time to meet the deadline for this week's Color Throwdown challenge.

Here's my creation...

The layout is from CAS(E) this Sketch.  

A couple months ago, I made a baby-boy card for my nephew & his wife.  Well, as it turns out...they're having a girl.

And this week's CAS-ual Friday's challenge is to use maps, luggage, or something that "goes", and I thought this baby/rocking-horse image would be perfect for that.

Thanks for stopping by again today!

~Cheryl

Card Recipe:

Cardstock:  SU! Pink Pirouette & Whisper White

Stamps:  image by SU! Greetings Galore, sentiment by Inkadinkado

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Prisma & Dew Drop

Other:  Pearl by Want2Scrap, Fancy Floss by WeR Memory Keepers, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, and buttons.

Baby Girl Shower Invitations

Hi everyone, and Happy Monday...

I hope you all had a great weekend!

On top of being busy getting my A.R.T. Card Challenge blog up and running (enter your Summertime themed card by tomorrow, Tuesday the 18th at Noon, and you could win a Guest Designer spot)...I've been in my craft room making 30 invitations for one of my niece's upcoming baby shower.

Here's how they turned out:

They really weren't hard to make, nor did they take a lot of time.  Now, if I had to create 30 different cards, that would've been a different story.  But with these, I just had an assembly-line going.

I thought since she is naming the baby Paisley, that it would be adorable to add some paisley DP to the invites, and I really love how they turned out.

I'm pretty sure she's going to love them.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Make sure to on Thursday morning, head on over to my A.R.T. blog to see the winners and this week's new challenge (it's a sketch!).

~Cheryl

Card Recipe:

Cardstock:  TPS Chocolate & Recollections Pink Buttons

DP:  Recollections Pink Paisleys

Text:  Microsoft Word Pad (Comic Sans font)

Other:  Offray Ribbon, Pearls by Want2Scrap, Butterfly & Circle punches