Hippity Hop ...

It is the hour to rend thy chains,

The blossom-time of souls...

~Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929), "A Song of Waking"

Good morning!

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

Isn’t this bunny cute? I love that it is holding an egg so big you can’t see his face!

Supplies

• Image from Sherry West Designs printed on Hammermill Color Copy Paper
• Design Paper from Colorbok & Cartabella
• Embossing folder from Darice
• Flowers from stash
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from Say it with Crystals
• Sketch used: Unknown, I found this on Pinterest. It was uploaded by Nutz about Stamping

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

Beautiful Birthday

Birthdays! What music in the world! In these unresting times, when nothing intellectual, economic, social, political, seems stable; when customs and traditions hoary with age are mixed with explosive elements, this oldest of institutions is not in danger of yielding to destructive forces. ~J.R. Macduff, Birthdays, 1893

Hi All,

Like many crafters, I have a box of this and that items … those things I started working on and decided not to use or I was playing around wasting time or was an experiment. I’ve been trying to use the items in that box to create cards, scrap pages, gift boxes and such.

Today I am sharing one of the cards I made using a background I’d created using a die I have.

Supplies

Cardstock from The Paper Studios (Base) and Stampin up!

Prima Flower

Rangers Archival Ink

Sentiment Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!

Cara

Another Guy Birthday ...

In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Hi!

While cleaning off my craft table I actually found this card that I’d finished several months ago. I had originally made it for my son’s birthday but when I could not find it, I made a him a different one. (Yes it was that bad – don’t judge me).

I love the images from Unity Stamps because they are great for paper piecing, if you like to do that sort of thing (which I do!). And no matter the design paper I use they always turn out amazing looking!

For this card I stamped Brian Guy onto cream cardstock and die cut it out. Then I did a bit pf masking so I could use a brush and add the ink around the image to make it pop. One done, I stamped the image again onto my design paper, fussy cut everything out then paper pieced both the shirt and the jeans. Usually, I just do the shirt but I found a scrap of design paper in my scrap box that looks like denim and of course I was like ooooo jeans!

Supplies

• Banner punch from Stampin Up!
• Card candy from my stash
• Cardstock from Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Prima Marketing and my scrap stash
• Embossing folder from Spellbinders
• Image and sentiment from The Unity Stamp Company
• Ink from Close to My Heart and Ranger
• Stencil from Stampers Anonymous
• Twine from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

CHALLENGES ENTERED

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge (entry 52)
#277, Anything goes

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog (entry 25)

LTSCB #151, Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog (entry (38)

#508, Anything goes using paper

Water Cooler Wednesday (entry 6)

WWC 328, Tristan;s Challenge, All about Occasions

QKR Stampede (entry 32)
#431, Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday (entry 11)
Challenge #226

Sunny Sunflowers ...

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

Good morning!

Today I am sharing another card made from one of the many quirky images from Sherry West Designs! This image is available in her ETSY shop at https://www.etsy.com/listing/1073577318/sunny-sunflowers-flowers-fall-harvest?ef=shop_home_active_20

I’m just not a rose and orchid kinda gal … I love sunflowers and daisies! Wildflowers call to me so I am delighted with this vase of fat yellow sunflowers from Sherry West Art!

close up of the cute "bow" on the vase

Supplies

• Sunny Sunflowers from Sherry West Designs printed on Hammermill Color Copy Paper
• Cardstock from Pen+gear (Base), American Crafts and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from Scrapbook Wizard
• Embossing folders from Close to My Heart and Stampin Up!
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Unity Stamp Company
• Sequins from my stash
• Sketch used: OWH #88

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

CHALLENGES ENTERED

Shopping our Stash Weekly Challenge (entry 24)

#457, You don't bring me flowers

Arty Divas (entry 32)
October Challenge 2021

Classic Design Challenge (entry 48)

November #11

Crafty Sentiments Challenge (entry 19)

Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenges (entry 20)

PIPP Challenge #2144 Anything Goes

The Crafters Cafe Challenge (entry 45)

#277, Anything Goes

Unimpressed Cactus

Hark! Hark to the wind! ’T is the night, they say,

When all souls come back from the far away—

The dead, forgotten this many a day!

~Virna Sheard (1862–1943), "Hallowe’en," c.1910

Hi!

My card was chosen as a top pick for the September Mirtillamente Challenge and today I have the pleasure of being a Special Guest DT for the November Challenge which runs from the 1st to the 27th of the month so you have lots of time to play along! They really have only one rule which is you have to post to one of your social media sites like blogger or Instagram, for example.

So, when I won, I was allowed to pick an image from the Mirtillamente Store. It was a tough job but I settled on this fun guy “What Pumpkin” which cracks me up everytime I see it! Why you ask? Because I live in Arizona and well, cactus abound and people decorate them for the Holidays! Sometimes it works out - sometimes not so much! So of course, I had to have him! 

This card will be part of the November Challenge you can find HERE

Supplies

• Image “What Pumpkin” printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Archival ink from Ranger
• Artista Gold gel pen
• Background paper for tag was made using a alcohol & ink process
• Banner dies from Lawn Fawn
• Cardstock from Pen+Gear (base)
• Design Paper from Stampin Up and Paper Pizzazz
• Prima Flowers
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from my Stash
• Sentiment from Martha Stewart
• Tag die from Creative Dies Plus
• Based on this sketch from Scrapbook&cards.com Winter 2016

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

CHALLENGES ENTERED

A Perfect Time to Craft, Anthing goes November #11-2021 (Entry 21)

Crafty Sentiments, Anything goes (Entry 73)

Love to Scrap LTSCB #151, Anything Goes (Entry 6)

613 Avenue Create #11, Anything Goes (Entry 335)

Classic Design Challenge #11, Anything Goes (Entry 21)