Effective today, January 3, 2012, I am moving my blog posting over to blogger. You can find the new (and improved) blog here:
http://www.secondchildhoodcreations.blogspot.com/
And to entice you to come check it out, here's a sneak peak of what you'll find today:
Hope to see you over on blogger!
Cherylynn
Happy New Year and Welcome to 2012!
After a wonderful, long weekend playing in the cold and snow, I'm back (somewhat!). I thought I'd be posting a card today to kick off the New Year but I'm having some technical difficulties so the new card will need to wait until tomorrow.
So instead, here are a few pictures from our wonderful weekend snowshoeing in Eastern Oregon where the temperature was a balmy 23!
Anthony Lakes
Trail to Black Lake
Goodbye 2011! Bring on 2012!!!
I hope you come on back soon. I have a bunch of new things to share with you this year, including some giveaways and tutorials!
Hugs and Happy New Year,
Cherylynn
Okay, so I'm a day or two early but this will be last post of the year so I thought I'd end it looking forward to the new year.
The Dreamweaver Dream Team Challenge for this week was New Years or Celebrations so I went with the New Year theme!
When I think of New Years I think of gold, silver and glitz so hopefully I captured all of that in this very hard to photograph card!
I first gold embossed the Dreamweaver Lace Border stencil on silver mirror cardstock. Then I silver embossed the hat from the 3 Hats stencil and immediately covered it with silver glitter. The sentiment I made from my JustRite font set using Stampendous Stamp n Bond powder with Silver glitter.
I'm off to play in the snow for a few days so I won't be posting until the new year. Hope you all have a healthy and Happy 2012!
See you again on Tuesday,
Cherylynn
Okay, as promised, here is my first attempt at the Burgundy and Gold challenge for Dreamweaver's blog. Please definitely go check out the other Design Team creations. They are incredible! (I am working on getting their blogs linked over here but...I'm a bit techno challenged!)
(NOTE: I took a bit of creative license and used golden tan instead of tan for the "gold" part of this challenge. BUT if you count the Gold Stickles and Ribbon, I'm good!)
I love the Poinsettia stencil. When I first bought it a couple of years ago I was really frustrated because I could never get a clean pasted impression. Well no more!!! Thanks to the awesome paste spreader, with one sweep I get a nice clean impression--YEAH!!!
The poinsettia was created with Glossy White Embossing paste mixed with Brilliance Pearlesent Crimson reinker and then embellished with Gold Stickles.
The embossed sentiment is from Hero Arts and embossed with one of Stampendous jewel embossing powders. (Sorry, I don't know which one because my vials don't have the names on them).
This card is perfect for the holiday season because like much of my cards, they are quick and easy!
Hugs and Happy Holidays!
Cherylynn
Merry Christmas one and all,
I think I must be dreaming or else Santa brought me a wonderful early Christmas present! I am so excited to announce that I've been invited to be on Dreamweaver's Design Team for 2012!
Since I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (did I mention LOVE) working with Dreamweaver stencils, this is very exciting for me!
And to celebrate I will be posting several new holiday and non-holiday cards over the next few days. Of course, all the postings will need to wait until I get back from Toys R Us. Sorry Dreamweaver, as much as I love working with stencils, my adorable baby grandson comes first!!!!
Hugs and happy holidays to you all!
Cherylynn
The great thing about challenges is that they CHALLENGE me to work within some predefined parameters. And I have to tell you, this week's Dreamweaver sketch challenge really did challenge me. Here is the sketch:
The challenge was to use the above sketch with a vintage flair. The hardest part was trying to decide what stencil I could use that would work cut up into three pieces. Then it hit me, create a plaid background using the Plaid stencil! DUH!
Except I wanted to do it a bit differently so I tried out a technique I've been working on and I really LOVED the results! Instead of using the stencil as the framework, I used the stencil as my "stamp"! First I brayered the stencil with Brilliance Pearlescent Thyme and then ran that through my Big Shot. Then I turned the cardstock 90 degrees, cleaned my stencil and reinked it with Brilliance Pearlescent Poppy and ran that through my Big Shot. Voila! A faux letterpress plaid that was so quick and so easy!
What do you think?
For the spotlight piece I used the Dreamweaver ornament stencil, ran it through my Big Shot and then dabbed on the same ink colors for consistency.
I finished off the card by sponging some Vintage Photo ink over the stenciled pieces just to age them slightly. I think my hand was a bit heavy on the ornament piece but....
Okay, off to finish Christmas shopping at the mall. If you don't hear from me again, call the Mall Police!
Hugs and happy creating,
Cherylynn
I lucked out today! The challenge this week on the Dreamweaver blog was to use a stencil and CASE a Dream Team member for inspiration. And the Ways to Use it challenge on Splitcoaststampers called for using stencils!
So I CASEd Pam Hornschu's Ornate Christmas Tree idea with a few Cherylynn modifications and accomplished both challenges with one card!
Instead of using metail foil to colorize the Ornate Christmas Tree like Pam did, I used 3 colors of Metallic F/X over an embossed tree to create a similar look. In keeping with the CASE theme, I kept my colors to the tri-color metallic tones of gold, copper and silver. I also kept the theme of using a sentiment with the stencil.
Remember the phrase "It takes a Village to raise a child"? Well I realized that sometimes it takes a village of manufacturers to create a card! This card is a great example of that. To create this fairly simple card I used the following:
Dreamweavers (stencil, paste and Metallic F/X)
Stewart Superior (glue pad)
Fiskars (texture plate, paper trimmer)
Spellbinders (fancy tag die)
Tsukineko (black Stazon)
Ranger (clear embossing powder)
Hero Arts (sentiment stamp)
Coredinations (cardstock)
May Arts (ribbon)
Sizzix (Big Shot machine)
and this doesn't include the X-acto knife I used to cut the copper, the cutting mat, brushes for applying the Metallic F/X, jumbo dauber, adhesive, foam tape...)
It really does take a village of manufacturers to create a card. And my friends who don't craft wonder why I have so much "stuff"! Here's proof that its all necessary!!! And that I do my best to support the economy!
Hugs and happiness to you all,
Cherylynn
My "go to" paper this holiday season has been Graphic 45's A Christmas Carol so when I saw today's Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge (362), I immediately went to that paper (good thing I bought several sheets from Lisa at Stampin Cat in Salem!)
The stamp is one I've had for years and dont know who makes it. The image was stamped with Encore gold and then embossed with Tarnished Gold EP. I matted the image on a cream cardstock cut to 3-1/4" x 3-1/4" and then punched out with my Fiskars Holly boarder punch.
I'm loving participating in challenges because it is forcing me to get my Christmas cards done and I'm not bored with replicating the same thing over and over again!
Hope you have a healthy and happy day!
Cherylynn
I absolutely love the Karen Stolper Stick Chick images from American Art Stamp. They are fun and whimsical and so easy to color!
I first paste embossed the Dreamweaver Plaid stencil with glossy red embossing paste to create the background piece. I love using Dreamweaver stencils to create background papers. So very versatile!
The American Art Stamp Candy Cane image was heat embossed with Red Apple embossing powder to give it a shine like the background piece. I quickly colored the image with a Prismacolor pencil and blended it with Gamsol (my favorite coloring technique!)
The button and twine I picked up at Joann's last week. I didn't have a use for them at that time, but I was so happy I bought them. I think they pulled the entire card together!
Hope this card puts a smile on your face. It did for me!
Hugs,
Cherylynn
I have ADHD! Well, maybe not in every aspect of my life but when it comes to creating Christmas cards I can't make more than 3-4 of the same before I get bored. That's why I love challenges, they keep me motivated and inspired.
And this time of year, I LOVE Splitcoaststampers Monday CAS challenge because their clean and simple (or quick and easy!)
So today I created a simple card for CAS147 which requires the use of twine. I thought I'd do a quick Spirelli wreath using a Spellbinder's Scalloped Oval and some Martha Stewart Twine. By adding red pearls, it transformed into a Holiday Wreath.
The cardstock was embossed in my Big Shot with a Fiskars texture plate and the ribbon is from Amuse. I'm not sure who makes the sentiment stamp. Its a clear acrylic and the backing sheet does not have the name on it.
Could this card be any simpler? Yet, I think it is quite nice for the holidays.
Hope you're finding time to enjoy the holiday season!
Cherylynn
A middle-aged woman living her second childhood through color!
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