Somebunny with eggs ...

A toast once heard: "To my big sister, who never found her second Easter egg until I'd found my first." ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Good morning!

Today I am sharing another fun Easter card made with an adorable Digi-Stamp from Sherry West Designs! Please note that image is not in her shop so if you want to purchase it you may contact her via or ETSY Shop or message her on her Facebook Page, Sherry West Coloring. Links are below.

So fun to color!

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image from Sherry West Designs printed on Hammermill Color Copy Paper
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and American Craft
• Design paper unknown
• Dies from Gina Marie Designs (Nested Pierced Fancy Labels)
• Pearls from my stash
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Close to My Heart (Easter Bunny)
• Wink of Stella
• Sketch by Me #CCBC20

Please visit Sherry’s shop and blog sites. We love to see what you're up to!

Sherry West Art, Artist, Author, Illustrator

Etsy Shop

Facebook: Sherry West Coloring

Instagram: SherryWestArt

Sherry West Art WordPress Blog site "Happy Art for A Happy Heart!"

Rubber stamps of Sherry West Art images available through Stamp Addicts

Stamp Addicts' FB page

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Christmas Truck ...

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ~Stephen Levine

Good morning,
Today I am sharing another card made with an image by the talented and missed Sandra Caldwell of Babycakesdnd who is now drawing and laughing with friends and family long gone from this world.

I printed this image and colored it a while back and have been sitting on it. I pulled it out and created another sweet Christmas card

While her shop is still active, I am unsure how long that will be. Sadly, you will not be able to purchase this image but she has many more to look at!

Babycakesdnd

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• DigiStamp (Reindeer Truck 3042) printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Candy die unknown
• Cardstock, The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper, scrap
• Embossing folder from Stampin Up! (Winter knit 3d)
• Judikins Diamond Glaze
• Momento Ink
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Crafters Companion (Joy to the World)
• Sketch: Match the Sketch 069

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Nesting ...

I have noticed that when chickens quit quarrelling over their food, they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same way with the human race.

~Don Marquis, "random thoughts by archy," archy s life of mehitabel, 1933

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a fun Easter card made with another quirky image from Sherry West Designs! Please note that image is not in her shop so if you want to purchase it you may contact her via or ETSY Shop or message her on her Facebook Page, Sherry West Coloring. Links are below.

I am so in love with this image! So fun and sure to bring out a giggle and a big smile to someone’s face!

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image from Sherry West Designs printed on Hammermill Color Copy Paper
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Design Paper from DVWV (Sweet Stack)
• Eyes from Fun Stampers Journey
• Momento Ink
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Stampingbella (Easter bunny chick)
• Stampin Up! Banner Punch
• WRMK corner punch

Please visit Sherry’s shop and blog sites. We love to see what you're up to!

Sherry West Art, Artist, Author, Illustrator

Etsy Shop

Facebook: Sherry West Coloring

Instagram: SherryWestArt

Sherry West Art WordPress Blog site "Happy Art for A Happy Heart!"

Rubber stamps of Sherry West Art images available through Stamp Addicts

Stamp Addicts' FB page

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Happy Howlidays ...

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. ~Author unknown, 1940s

Good morning!

I noted in a previous post that Sandra Caldwell, aka Babycakesdnd recently passed away. As a member of her Design Team, I had the pleasure of being able to color her images before they made their way into her shop.

Today I am sharing another image that never made it to the shop and therefore a one-of-a-kind image!

 

Isn’t he adorable? If you look closely enough, you’ll see he is trying to lick the candy cane on the sly!

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Image #3793 Puppy for Christmas printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from my Scrap box
• Flower embellishment from my stash
• Ink from Memories
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Avery Elle “Santa Paws”
• Tiny Snowflake on nose from Stampin up!
• Sketch: I Spy Sketch ISSC 144

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

To Sandra with Love ...

To think of death, to hold ideas or views or beliefs about it, is simply to hold views, ideas, or beliefs about life. The first great idea, perhaps, that we want to hold deeply is that death is not the end of life but simply an event in life. ~Lilian Whiting (1847–1942), "The Unseen World: The Incident of Death," The World Beautiful: Second Series, 1896

Hello All,

Today I am sharing a card I made with an image created by Sandra Caldwell, aka Babycakesdnd. Unfortunately, this image never made it to her shop as she passed away unexpectedly last week.

Heaven has gained another wonderful, kind and talented soul!

Needless to say, those of us who considered her a friend are feeling her absence both personally and creatively. 

As part of her Design Team, we decided to go forward and post our cards & projects in memory of her. We will also be posting other cards & projects made with her images over the next couple of days and invite everyone who has and loves her images to please share on her Facebook Fan Page found HERE

Rest in Peace my Friend ... 

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Image #3857 Egg Fairy Time printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Card candy from Jot (Dollar tree)
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Die (Happy Easter) Unknown
• Embossing folder (Confetti) from Close to My Heart
• ProMarkers

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Colors of the Sun(flower) ...

Colors of the summer sun illuminate the meadow. Gold, the massed gold of hawkweed; the burnished gold of black-eyed Susans; the delicate, demure gold of stargrass, cousin of the daffodil; and the sun's very rays captured by the field's wild sunflowers. ~Hal Borland, Seasons, 1973

Hi everyone!
Today I am sharing a card I created for our Color Challenge at The Outlawz Challenges using an image from our Sponsor, SheepSki Designs

This fortnight we are using a color wheel to find our color of choice.

For my card, I used yellow from the top half with Blue & Green from the lower half, finishing the selection

The design paper on this card is actually some paper from some note "scrolls" my daughter bought me years ago. Never use them until on day I saw one of them had the exact paper/colors I needed for a card I was making. This paper is from another scroll I took apart. It is actually quite stunning and rich looking IRL. 

I fussy cut the sunflowers out the tucked the stems under the oval to give a nice 3-d look to the image.

Supplies used

• Image, Sunflowers Image 112 printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from my stash and Stampin Up! (Marbleous)
• Glimmer paper from Neenah
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Nuvo clear crystal drops
• Oval die from Precious Merieke (Winter Wonderland Oval)
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Close to My Heart (Wordfetti)

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

Faith in Falling Stars

To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars... and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit, in God's out-of-doors — these are little guide-posts on the foot-path to peace. ~Henry Van Dyke, "The Foot-Path to Peace"

I am running late posting this card, but a new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through April 2, 2022

Our sponsor this challenge is Oddball Art

The prize offered is a $10.00 gift card

www.oddballartco.com

www.creepycuteart.com

www.creepycuteart.com/creepy-cute-chronicles

Our Song/Rhyme this Fortnight was selected Margaret

Catch a falling Star

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Never let it fade away

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Save it for a rainy day

For love may come and tap you on the shoulder

Some starless night

Just in case you feel you wanna' hold her

You'll have a pocketful of starlight

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Never let it fade away (never let it fade away)

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Save it for a rainy day (save it for a rainy day)

(Save it for a rainy, rainy, rainy day)

For when your troubles starting multiplying

And they just might

It's easy to forget them without trying

With just a pocketful of starlight

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Paul Vance / Lee Pockriss

Catch A Falling Star lyrics © Music Sales Corporation, Emily Music Corp., Emily Music Corp

Reading this poem, it just made me think of my faith, not only in general but especially when my faith is being tested and I have to remind myself that when days are uncomfortable have faith that there are better days ahead and don’t get discouraged.

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Sponsor Image printed in Hammermill Card Stock
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Bazzill
• Memento Ink
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from my stash
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

Great Guy ...

In the mouths of many men soft words are like roses that soldiers put into the muzzles of their muskets on holidays. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), "Drift Wood, A Collection of Essays: Table-Talk," Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1857

Good morning,

I had some scraps laying on my worktable and decided to see what I could do with them and now I am sharing my masculine card with you!

Supplies: 4.25 x 5.50

• Brad from Stampin Up!
• Cardstock from Pen & Gear (Base) and scraps
• Circle punch from Marvy
• Scallop border die from A-muse Studios
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps
• Silver Liquid Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Sizzlet die “Little Leaves” from Stampin Up1
• Tag punch from Stampin Up!
• Sketch used Cardabilities #126

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

The Outlawz Crash your Stash Challenge: Spray Inks

To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Good morning!

We have a new Crash your Stash Challenge starting at The Outlawz Challenges which will run through April 14th

Our sponsor this month is Oddball Art with a prize of 3 images from her shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/OddballArtCo

The challenge cue for this month is to use ink sprays!

We all have them! Those luscious ink sprays for multi media project. Using with stencils etc. I have quite the stash and rarely use them anymore. In fact, I need to soak the sprayers as the ink has dried up inside making them unusable as a spray on ink!

I created a fun bubbly background for my sweet seahorse image using a couple different colors from Tattered Angels and Tsukineko along with a bit of liquid silk.

Supplies

• Image (Cute seahorse with glasses) from Oddball Art printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Card Candy from Jot/Dollar Tree
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stamping Up!
• Design Paper from my Stash
• Glimmer mist from Tatter Angels
• Handmade paper from my stash
• Ink from Momento
• Liquid silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Nuvo clear drops
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from (Seashore Sayings) JoyCraft
• Stencil (Bubbly) from Taylored Expressions
• Walmint Ink from Tsukineko

Now come on over to The Outlawz Challenges to play along with us or one of the other challenges that are always in process!

It's Happy Hour!!!

People who drink light beer don't like the taste of beer — they just like to pee a lot. ~Beer drinkers' saying

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a new image from Sandra Caldwell, aka Babycakesdnd. These have just been released and you can purchase this one and several other new images in her ETSY SHOP!

This image is 3850 Gnome Luck! … I love an ice-cold mug of good beer so I just had to have this image to play with!

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Image #3850 Gnome Luck printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Reminisce “Lucky You”
• Glitter glue from Studio G
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from my stash
• Sentiment from Inkadinkado
• Based loosely on My Favorite Things Sketch MFTWSC313

Don’t forget to visit her Facebook page where there is always something happening!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643440135938124/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/192920250808985/

http://babycakesmerrywhatever.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Shhhh ....

The ancients did well when they typified the soul as a butterfly! ~Bram Stoker, Dracula, 1897

Hi everyone!

A new Color Challenge has started at The Outlawz challenges and will run through March 21st. 

Our sponsor is SheepSki Designs

ETSY SHOP

Ursula slected this amazing color board and a twist of using circles … love all these colors!

You must use at least 3 of the 5 colors

Supplies used

• Digital image, Butterfly Girl, printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock: The Paper Studio (Base), Stampin Up! & scrap bin
• Die, Flower Bramble from Cricut
• Embossing folder, Subtle from Stampin Up!
• Momento Ink
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Inkahootz!
• Sequins from my Stash
• Based loosely on Sketch 252 from, My Favorite Things

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

CHALLENGES ENTERED

Unicorn Challenge Blog

#74, Dots and/or Stripes

Entry 20

Pammies Inky Pinky Challenges

PIP Challenge #2210, Anything Goes

Entry 11

Girls just wanna have fun ...

"Take your shoes off," purred the ocean waves. ~Dr. SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

Today a new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges and will run through March 20th

Our sponsor this challenge is Mirtillament

www.mirtillamente.com

mirtillamente.blogspot.com

mirtillamente-challenge.blogspot.com

Our Song/Rhyme this month was selected Jen and a fun song it is!

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper

I come home, in the mornin' light

My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"

Oh momma dear, we're not the fortunate ones

And girls, they wanna have fun

Oh girls just wanna have fun...

The phone rings, in the middle of the night

My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"

Oh daddy dear, you know you're still number one

But girls they wanna have fun

Oh girls just wanna have

That's all they really want

Some fun

When the workin' day is done

Oh girls, they wanna have fun .....

This was such a fun image to color! I created a mask of the images so that I could stamp over the top. The sun I punched a circle from copy paper and using the negative space and a brush colored in the sun.

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Image Le Gine printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock: The Paper Studios (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper" Marbleous from Stampin Up!
• Die: Word Bubbles from Stampin Up!
• Embossing folder: Splattered circles from Spellbinders
• Ink: Momento, Stampin Up! and Close to My Heart
• Promarkers
• Stash: Sequins
• Stamps: Birds from Stamping Up! Seaside Sketches
• Stamps: Clouds from A Stamp in Hand, A Cloudy Day
• Stamps: Sand & Sandcastle from Inkhootz!

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara  

Progressive Freebie Challenge: March 2022

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966, © Thomas Paine McLaughlin

Good morning!

A new Progressive Freebie Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges.

If you are not playing along and wish to join the rules are very simple:

You need to be a member of The Outlawz Challenge, join the challenge the send us an email to outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com. We’ll send you the image. All you have to do is enter a card/project made with the image supplied before 6:00 pm Outlawz Time on the last day of the month and you will automatically get the next image. If for any reason you don’t get your project made and you would like to rejoin us, contact us and we will let you know how to jump back in. And as long as you enter before the end of the month you will get the next one free and you will then get them automatically each month you enter a project.

The months image from Moonflower DigiStamps

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MoonFlowerDigistamps

Here’s my card made using their image called Lust

Supplies

• Image printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock Pen+Gear (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from Paper Reflections and Provocraft
• Momento Ink
• Nuvo Crystal drops
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from 7 Gypsies
• Sequins from the Dollar Tree
• Sketch used: Mojo Monday #66

Now come on over to The Outlawz Challenges to play along with us or one of the other challenges that are always in process!