Having a blast!

We are having a blast at the cottage! I've had my cousin's girls since Sunday night and we came to visit my Mom & Dad ( great aunt & uncle) at the cottage on Tuesday! So far we've been fishing for tiny sunfish, did a 550 piece puzzle, took a craft class, painted bird houses, watched movies, coloured, went for walks, went out in the Zodiac and swam! That is the kids swam, lol it's too cold for me (62 degrees F) brrrrrrr! How kids can swim and stay in the water for over an hour at that temp is beyond me! I am having fun and so is Mom but I sure could use a nap lol! I'm not used to this!!

Each of the girls caught fish, boy they were huge! 

 Only ducks and crazy children are brave enough to swim in the frigid waters of Colpoy's Bay

They painted bird houses to stick on Aunt Becky's fence

We all made Christmas stars at Karen's Creations in Wiarton! What a nice lady Karen is and her store is awesome!

Last night we made waffle cones stuffed with mini marshmallows, chocolate chips, banana chunks, caramel chunks and skor toffee bits. We wrapped them in tinfoil and because it was raining we used the BBQ to cook them…..YUMMY! I saw it on Pinterest, click here to go to the recipe. Now tonight is a campfire and toasted marshmallows! I don't want to see the scale when I get home!!

Oh did I mention we've only been here 2 days LOL……can u say busy?

Chat at you later!

Cheri

Simple Design

Happy Sunday everyone! It's finally a nice day! I'm just sitting in the backyard by the pool composing this post…… Sunday bliss! So I have another card to show you. I tried to keep this one simple. By simple I mean basic shapes, one pattern of paper and not a lot of embellishments. I love the "girlfriends" series of stamps from Art Impressions! I got mine at The Paper Trail, they are so cute and funny.

• To start I made a card base from a 12 x 12" piece of card stock at 6 3/4" x 4 3/4"
• I cut my base coloured layer at 6 5/8' x 4 5/8'. 
• The patterned paper I used is from AC Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Collection. It's called Simple Romance and I cut that at 6 1/2" x 4 1/2". 
• I used 2 shades of pink card stock at 5 3/4"x 3 7/8" and 5 5/8" x 3 3/4"to layer behind my stamped image. 
• Using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, I stamped my image on Copic paper and coloured it in with my Copic sketch markers. 
• I stamped the sentiment for the outside of the card onto a piece of white card stock and then using the Fishtail Flags Layer Stax from MFT, I made a small banner.
•  Taking Distress Ink in Vintage Photo I inked all the edges of my papers with the applicator tool. 
• Glue all the pieces together and attach to the card, popping up the sentiment with pop dots. 
• I used my black sakura gel pen to colour in the sunglasses.
• Using gold and star dust Stickles I added glitter to each of the ladies. 
• For the inside of my card I used some of the leftover papers, Spellbinder Labels 18 dies and stamped a sentiment.

Copics Used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Lips: RV17

Girl #1

Dress, purse, earrings & shoes: G20, G21, G24

Hair: E15, E18, YR21

Girl #2

Jacket, pants & purse: E31, E35, E50

Top, Earrings & shoes: BG70, BG72, BG75

Hair: E42, E44, E47

Girl #3

Top & earrings: Bg10, BG11, BG32

Skirt: W1, W3, W5

Hair: E31, E35, E50

Girl #4

Jacket, pants, purse, shoes & earrings: RV10, RV32, RV34

Top & hat: E31, E50

Hair: C1, C3, C5

SUPPLIES

You can find the products I used at The Paper Trail (TPT), One Crazy Stamper (OCS), Simon Says Stamp (SSS) & My Favourite Things (MFT). Click on the images to go directly to their online stores

Enjoy your day! Chat at you later!
Cheri

Girlfriends: Uptown Girls (TPT)	Fashionistas Stamp (AI)	Sentiment Stamp (AI)	X-Press It Blending Paper (OCS)	Memento Ink (OCS)	Copic Sketch Markers (TPT)	Tim Holtz Distress Ink (OCS)
AC Dear Lizzy NEOPOLITAN 6 x 6 Paper Pad (SSS)	Zapdots 3D Adhesive Dots (TPT)	Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator (TPT)	3-In-1 Advanced Craft Glue (TPT)	Glossy Accents (OCS)	Stickles Star Dust (TPT)	Stickles Gold (TPT)
Sakura - Glaze Pen - Black (TPT)	Fishtail Flags Layer Stax (MFT)	Nestabilities LABELS 18 Spellbinders (SSS)

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My Craft Room

I just posted a video tour of my craft room on YouTube. I am always looking at other people's craft room videos. I'm always curious how other people set their rooms up and how they store things. I'm still learning the whole editing thing etc in iMovie so bare with me as I continue to try to improve my videos! Hope you enjoy it!

Chat at you later,
Cheri

Sneak Peek!

Good morning!

It's that time again! As I mentioned before I make cards for my Husband's clients 3x a year, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. So I've started to work on the 70 Thanksgiving cards we are going to send out. Below is a sneak peek of my design. I pre-ordered paper from The Scrapping Bug, a local store where I live. It should arrive mid September, so I decided I would start on the Copic colouring and cutting all the die cuts out etc. So this is what I will be working on all day today as the weather is not the nicest today! A good day to work on craft projects. Stay tuned for more of this card design……

Chat at you later,

Cheri

Exciting News!

I am so excited and honoured to announce that I have been asked to be on The Design Team for The Paper Trail. They were looking for Design Team members so I submitted a card and a brief bio. I just heard on Sunday that I was one of the 3 new members chosen! This is what I have been looking to do for a long time now! So for the next 3 months I will be creating cards using their products and hope that you will follow along with my new journey!

Click on the image to visit The Paper Trail!

The Paper Trail is an Online Canadian store with a focus on stamping and stamping products as well as scrapbooking supplies. Chelsea Van Iterson is the owner and She's based in Kamloops British Columbia! Please head on over and check out The Paper Trail's store and blog!

This is the card I entered for the Design Team call

inside of card

I am so honoured to be apart of this team with 2 more wonderful ladies! Both these girls have much more experience than me and I'm sure I will learn a lot from them! I'm really looking forward to getting to know everyone! Check out their sites and see the amazing work that they do!

Nancy: The Nickel Nook

Janet: Janet's Joy

Ok that's it for today LOL, 2 posts in one day wow!

Chat at you later,

Cheri

I won!

Wohoo! I won this amazing Summer School Prize Giveaway from Simon Says Stamp! I am so thrilled, I have never won anything from any of the contests I have entered! Check out Simon Says Stamp, their store and blogs are amazing!

Chat at you later!

Cheri

Making a card #2 video

Well I did it again!!! I made another video of a card I designed. It's for a friend's daughter for her 11th birthday! I had the stamp set for a while now and finally figured out who to use it for! Check out the video below , I hope you enjoy it!

Supplies Used:

Copic Sketch Markers

Bazill cardstock in Berry Sensation

MME "Hey Girl" 6x6 paper pad

Ribbon from my stash

Bow easy

Stickles in Crystal

Glossy Accents

3-in1 glue by Beacon

3D foam squares by Therm.o.web

Memento Ink in Tuxedo black

MFT Hybrid ink in Natural

stamp set Doodle Garden Far out set by MFT

rhinestones from my stash

Die-namics Oval Stax I by MFT

Die-namics Rectangle Stax II BY MFT

Die-namics Fish Flags Layer Stax by MFT

Labels 29 by Spellbinders

pre-made 5 1/2" square card

Chat soon!

Cheri

My First Youtube Video wohoooo!

Well I finally got my video all figured out and uploaded. It turned out not bad for a first attempt. It's on how to make a book card. Have a peek and let me know what you think!!

Chat at you later,

Cheri

Swinging Bye To Say Hi!

I have had the stamp for a while and was dying to get it out and create a card with it. It was so much fun creating all the layers with my die cuts and I absolutely love the stamp! I coloured the stamped image once again with my Copic Sketch markers onto Copic paper and "fussy" cut out the image. Then came the fun part of designing the background. The "grass" paper is called "pretty please" from the Neapolitan Collection by Dear Lizzy. I used my Die-namics "snow drift" die from MFT to make the hills. I edged the grass hills with memento ink in the colour pear tart to make the hills stand out a bit. I cut out the flower border and then layered another cut out of the same die to create the different coloured flowers. Layering the grass over top of the flowers completed the bottom of the card. The cloud paper in the background is from My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad called "charm". I cut out a fence and tree from metal dies to complete the top half of the card. I glued everything onto a 6x6" card I made from white cardstock. Using some pop dots I adhered the image to hang from the tree, added a cute sentiment and presto another finished card!

Supplies Used:

White Cardstock

MME "Charm" 6x6 paper pad

"Pretty please" paper by Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Collection

Flower border die by C.C. Designs

Fresh cut grass die-namic by MFT

Tree die by Marianne Designs Creatable LR0257

Roberto Rascals "swingin" stamp from C.C. Dsigns

Snow Drift die-namics by MFT

Copic Sketch Markers

Copic Paper

Yellow stickles

Various green card stock from my stash

glue and pop dots

Guess what????….. I finally filmed a video of me making a "Book Card". I am just in the process of trying to edit it and then hopefully I can figure out how to upload it here and onto you tube. Wish me luck!

Chat at you later,

Cheri

SImon Says Stamp July Kit

I finally had time to get out my July card kit from Simon Says Stamp. It's such a fun kit this month with the theme being "sending happy mail". The papers are from the Pink Paislee "Pen Pal" collection. I can't wait to get my hands on the whole 6x6 designer paper pad. Everyone loves to get "happy mail" instead of bills in their mailbox. 

Supplies used:

SSS monthly card kit

Crystal Stickles

Pure Innocence Sending Happy thoughts stamp and die from MFT

Alphabet stickers in black

Memento ink in Paris Dusk

SSS Lipstick Red Ink

Enamel Dots by Basic Grey

Twine

Red ribbon from my stash

Pop dots

I always look forward to getting my monthly card kit from Simon Says Stamp. Today they released a preview of the August card kit on their blog. It's gonna be a super cute one, can't wait!

Chat at you later,

Cheri