Bits of Cheer

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

My blog candy winner: Ann Marie

Ann Marie is the winner of my blog candy, which is a copy of my children's book, "Card Auntie's Wonderful Workshop" (Written & illustrated by Sharon Hickey, Mirror Publishing, 2010). Waiting for Ann Marie's mailing address! Congrats and thanks to everyone who left a comment. It was such a great hop at OWH!

Saturday, May 24, 2014

OWH MEMORIAL DAY BLOG HOP!

Thanks for visiting my stop on the ginormous OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop! It's such a great way for we card makers to honor our fallen heroes: sharing ideas and inspiration for the cards we make for heroes who are serving now. The theme of our hop is RED, WHITE AND BLUE. Here is my thank you card; it's very basic design based on OWH Sketch 68. I used one of my favorite techniques: paper piecing! I love Inspired Stamps' new "Hymn Girls" line and the faux stitching stamps in their "Bind and Stitch" set! FYI: the music imprinted on Hymn Girl's outfit is part of the clear stamp. I love it.

Stamps: Inspired Stamps "Hymn Girls: May Flowers" & "Bind and Stitch"

DP: Authentique "Pride" 6x6

Modern Label & Word Window punches: Stampin' Up

Sentiment: Memory Box rubber stamp

Ribbon: Paper Source

Star brads, Pearl Pen

We have a winner of my BLOG CANDY: Ann Marie ! Please email me your snail mail address, Ann Marie!

Enjoy this wonderful blog hop! Have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend!

Click HERE to return to the main page of the blog hop at OWH Stars & Stamps blog.

Thanks again for visiting!

Sherry

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Friday, May 23, 2014

New Sugar Creek Hollow challenge: Food & Drink

Welcome! The new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow is "Food and Drink" and you have two weeks to post your vintage or shabby chic creation! We have a guest designer joining us for this challenge, the very talented Apollonia (Plony) DeJong. Be sure to visit Plony's blog to enjoy her beautiful work.

For my card for the SCH Design Team, I used a favorite image from Digital Two for Tuesday. I hope you enjoy my card.

Image: Digital Two for Tuesday

Window frame die: Poppy Stamps, Inc.

Heart banner die: LaLa Land Crafts

Provocraft Swiss Dots embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by; please leave me a comment! Have fun creating something vintage or shabby chic for the Food & Drink Challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

OWH MWT Challenge: Two birthday cards for guy and gal

Hi! It's pouring rain here so I couldn't really get a great photo of my two cards. I wanted to try to make a masculine and feminine card from the same 6x6 pad. I'm not sure if the card with the butterflies and flower is "girly" enough. Maybe it's the lighting. Anyhoo, all the DP came from Echo Park's "Time & Seasons 2) 6x6. It's based on a sketch from the archive but I need to look the number up again.

Thanks to our MWT coordinator, Allison, for another fun challenge! Don't forget the big OWH hop on May 24!! It's legendary!

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

"All About Him" at A Vintage Journey

Welcome! The new challenge theme at A Vintage Journey is "All About Him." For this card I tried some of the stenciling and masking techniques I learned both at Tim Holtz' blog and at A Vintage Journey. I'm enjoying trying new techniques on this vintage journey! Nearly every product I used is by Tim Holtz, with the exception of the gear dies, clock brad, "one way" sticker, Dad and rubber stamps on the background paper:

I love vintage cardmaking for the fun and creative challenge; it's a nice change for me from my primary activity of making cards for our heroes through Operation Write Home. Most of these vintage type cards are too thick with embellies to qualify for OWH. They nestle in a shoebox until I decide how to use them! Thanks for visiting and I hope you're having fun on your own vintage journey!

Sherry