I’m on a Roll!

Sherry Cheever — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:32 +0000

Happy Thursday! I would say good morning, but once again I’m running late and once again, I didn’t get my morning paper. This is two days in a row that I’ve not had my morning crossword, Sudoku and jumble fix. I called the paper and they offered to deliver it with tomorrow’s paper . . . what’s going to guaranty that I’m going to get tomorrow’s paper? Nothing! They no longer deliver the paper to Southern Indiana if your carrier fails to bring it. WHAT? They told me to get it offline. Well, the puzzles are not the same online and how else am I going to know if I’m alive if I can’t read the obits! I could go on and on here . . . like how they charge $20/month for a paper that used to have some substance and now consists of maybe five pages that’s full of ads . . . .

Moving on and staying on task . . . I have a card today!

All of a sudden I realize that I’m hooked on this paper and these colors this year . . . I just can’t help myself . . . .

The image was embossed with gold EP and then water colored with Distress Re-Inkers. The panel on the side was made with the largest of Spellbinders™ Labels Six and then cut in half to fit the side of the card. It’s a bummer, I covered the berries with Glossy Accents and it looks pretty cool in real life, but the picture blurs it.

Stamps: D2762 Holly Swag from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps
Paper: Arches Watercolor; Memory Box Spiceberry; Sage Shadow and Cranberry Crisp
Ink: Ranger Distress Embossing, Vintage Photo, Old Paper, Walnut Stain, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Mustard Seed
Accessories: Spellbinders™ S4-190 Labels Four and S4-230 Labels Six; May Arts Ribbon; Ranger Queens Gold Embossing Powder, Matte and Glossy Accents; BasicGrey Button; Tsukineko Sponge Daubers; Foam Mounting Tape; Watercolor Brush; Sewing Machine; Brads

That’s all I have today (I’ve suddenly developed a mental block). Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day!

Snow Covered Pine Cones!

Sherry Cheever — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:02:20 +0000

Happy Thursday! How y’all doin’? Thanks for your responses yesterday on my class project. I met with the girls from Lavender Sentiments yesterday and I’ve made a few changes to the project. Those will come later in the week. We did decided on everything else though. My class will be on Monday, December 14, 2009, 6:00 pm., at Lavender Sentiments on Charlestown Road in New Albany. The class fee is $20 and you can sign up by calling 812/945-0790.

Now for today’s card. I started working on this last night and needed to wait until this morning to finish it. While browsing StarLit Studio last week, I noticed that Cindy had the recipe for Tim’s snow listed on her site. Since I had all the required elements to make the snow, I decided to try my hand at it. That’s why I needed to wait . . . the snow needed to dry before I could go any further!

The pinecone was water colored with Distress Re-Inkers, masked and then the branches were stamped. I die cut/embossed the image using Spellbinders™ Labels 8 before I added the snow to the ornament. The fun part for me was adding the carol, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, as a background panel. My grandfather’s sister was a teacher in a one room school house and played the organ for their church. I happen to have the old pump organ that she played along with all her hymnals. I remember singing from these hymnals as a little girl. I had put them away a few years ago and couldn’t find them (that memory lapse thing) a few months back when I was looking for them. This morning I went into the storage room and pulled them right out of storage . . . yep, that memory thing! I can’t tell you the name of the hymnal, as it’s been battered and torn, but some of the others were published in 1920. That should give us some guess at the age . . . somewhere between 80 to 90 years old.

I copied the song onto regular printer paper, added some Old Paper Distress Ink, and then lightly added Vintage Photo around the edges. You can see I even left the Hymnal No. on the page.

Stamps: All that Glitters from Flourishes Stamps
Paper: Arches Watercolor; BasicGrey Wassail; Prism Herbal Garden Dark; Papertrey Kraft
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black and Old Paper, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo, Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, Frayed Burlap Distress
Accessories: Spellbinders™ S5-019 Labels 8, S4-140 Petite Ovals – Small, S4-139 Petite Scalloped Ovals – Large, and S7-014 Grand 12” Classic Lace Border; Ranger Matte Accents, Glossy Accents, UTEE, White UTEE, Pearl Perfect Pearls; Tsukineko Sponge Daubers; 7 Gypsies Paper Fasteners; Sewing Machine; Ribbon; Art Institute Krystallos Vintage Glass Glitter; Sulyn Crystal Glitter

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day!