Cheryl Ann First Expressions: Dr. Seuss

June 10, 2013

Anything But a Card at Catch the Bug

Hi, everyone!

It's an ABC (Anything But a Card) Day over at Catch the Bug, and it's my turn to create something! :0) I always have a difficult time coming up with projects for ABC Day, but I to come up with a graduation gift for my son's very sweet, very unique girlfriend. She has such a wonderful, light, bright personality, and this Bugaboo Stamps Cat in Hat image was a perfect image that worked for a frame I made her (photos here are pre-framing).

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This is a single page 12x12 layout using the Bugaboo Stamps image Cat in Hat - Youer than You. It is going to be mounted into a shadow box frame. I love, love, love the Dr. Seuss stuff! I colored up the Bugaboo image in my PSE, then took it into my Silhouette Designer Studio program to Print and Cut it out for my layout. I picked up the pink Seuss paper at Joann a while back, and knew this would be perfect for the frame, too. I made my ornate frame from a Silhouette cut file on my new Silhouette Portrait (I am loving the compact size of this machine! Awesome!). My title letters are all Sizzix Playground Alphabet Sizzlit die cuts. I used some EK Success borderpunches, some Spellbinder Circle dies and some heart rhinestones. I am going to add her name to the page, too, but wanted to keep that off the internet for her privacy. :)

Here's a closer look at the Bugaboo image.

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So, that's it for me today! I hope you like what you see!

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This project has been entered into the following challenges:

ABC Challenge - O is for Open (Anything Goes)

The Emerald Faeries - Dies/Punches

Country View Crafts' Challenge - Die Cuts

Scrap It Girl - Die Cuts

Silhouette Challenges - #2 Print N Cut

February 9, 2013

Affairs of the Heart - Just be YOU!

It's Saturday, which means a new challenge over at Catch the Bug today! This week's theme has me using an image I have had in my arsenal for a long time, but had yet to have a reason to put ink on:

This week's theme is

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART!

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Material List

Stampin' Up - Card Stock

SVG Heart Border by Me

Dr. Seuss Designer Paper

The paper on this has some beautiful foil hearts; it's always tough for me to pick up the shine on the foil papers in pictures without over-exposing the rest of my photo, so only a few are seen on my pic. I just adore that cute little cat, and didn't want to copy the Cat in the Hat exactly, so he is colored different colors than the one on the dp intentionally. :0)

The sentiment that is on this image is one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Seuss! My son struggles with fitting in, and it is something I try to remind him on a regular basis: just be YOU! With that said, this card is for him. :0)

So, let's see your lovey-dovey, touch-my-heart creation this week! Whip up your project and head on over to Catch the Bug: to play along, enter it into the Mr. Linky located at the bottom of the challenge post!

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