A Cherry Hello and Catching Up!

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Hello friends!  I hope that you’re enjoying your week so far!  Summer is now in full swing over my way and it certainly is feeling that way too!  

Where I live, June is also a time of year when the blooming cherry trees from May now turn into the cherries ready to be picked!  If you’ve never tried a cherry jam, I highly recommend it!  With the freebie image over at Beccy’s Place, it seemed like a great idea to make a card with it:

Without the sugar, cherries can be extremely tart and so it’s never something I would pick from a tree and eat especially with a pit in it!  I do love a good cherry pie though!

Coloring cherries is also fun!  I opted to use the non-colored version of the image and I printed it out twice because I cut out the front cherry and front leaf on the image to pop up with foam tape for dimension.  I used Copics to color it in along with the background circle it’s on.  I also added a white highlight with a gel pen.

I thought it would be fun to make a punny sentiment to print out “A Cherry” on my computer and then cut it out to weave into my white heat embossed “hello” cut from red cardstock.

I die cut the scallop circle which also cuts out the center that the cherry image is on.  I layered it onto the Doodlebug gingham paper and attached it to the white scallop rectangle that is all attached to a red A2 top folding card base.  I finished it with a couple of red rhinestones.

  • FOR THE CATCHING UP:  The last several months/year, it seemed like my blog posts were really random and sometimes I would go a few weeks before posting the next time.  I seem to struggle on and off with having no motivation to get crafting or even go into my craft room at all.  I know this happens from time to time, but it seemed to be up and down and all over the place which is why I took on joining a few challenge design teams.  It helped to get me a routine of at least getting motivated to get into my room on a regular basis anyway.  I didn’t want anything that was too strenuous, or I felt that I would give up completely.  This is also the reason why I do art journaling…it helped with “no pressure” on what I could create and use whatever I wanted.  After looking at things I’ve created, I still have things that I’ve made but never posted about!  So I thought I’d try to catch up with some of the things I’ve done and finally post it.  There will have to be some more posts to catch up with it too!

So here is the start of some of my catching up towards the end of last year…

Do you remember the 12×12 Sampler SWAPS that I was doing with my blog buddy group? (Patti, Shirley and Donna) We would swap out the squares and then finish it ourselves by adding the background papers and placing into 12×12 shadow box frames.  We had completed one for each season, but for this last one we decided to make one about our “favorite craft”.  Here’s all of the squares that is still hanging up on my wall right above my computer and next to a clock and other craft items I made.  I enjoy looking at it and seeing all of  the squares from fellow crafting friends.  This was fun to participate in and it really helped me with struggling motivation as well, so I’m glad I did it!  Plus, it is cool to have it for inspiration in my room!

I actually had this done AND photographed last June!  I forgot to get it posted on my blog.🙄

This is the square that I decided to do for this swap.  I do love lots of glitter, so of course there is glitter on the floor spilled over along with glitter on the “walls”.  If you don’t recognize these cute mice, they’re from Lawn Fawn Just Add Glitter stamp set.  For each square, I wrote each person’s name on the paper from the table.  Of course my name is on this one.

I was also asked to commission a card for someone’s very special birthday in November last year and forgot to post it as well:

I thought this one turned out so cute!  I was told this card was to be for a special lady’s birthday who turned 100 and that she really liked plants.

Of course my first thought turned to plants and green colors.  Then I thought, I don’t think I have any “plant” style stamps!  The only thing that I thought of at the time was this darling My Favorite Things Sittin’ Pretty stamp set from my stash.  I also thought it would be fun to have a banner going across a wreath with the special number over it.  I found the My Favorite Things “Fall Wreath” stamp set (not in store) and the banner came from an older (retired) Lawn Fawn set.

I also had a fern embossing folder that I embossed over green cardstock and then rubbed some gold wax over it to bring it out.  I gold heat embossed the banner and popped it up over the wreath.  I was just going to place the colored plants around it, but decided it would be cute to add the girl sitting on the wreath.  She’s there to wish the special lady happy 100 with all of those plants around her!  I added a border of grass at the bottom to help ground everything, added some gold foil for a layer and attached it to a green A2 card base.

Here’s what I did for the inside of the card:  I stamped the wreath off the edge on each side of the panel with green ink and then sponged around the edges with the lighter green ink.  I gold heat embossed the sentiment.

  • I hope you’ve enjoyed my new “Cherry Hello” card today as well as the projects that I am catching up with posting about!  There will be more coming!

THANK YOU FOR STOPPING IN!  I’M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND THOUGHTS!

Challenges: (For Cherry Hello card ONLY)

  1. Beccy’s Place – June Freebie image (THANK YOU!) optional: Food
  2. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – PIP2425 Anything Goes
  3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Emboss it (embossed hello)
  4. Alphabet – ‘F’ is for Fruit
  5. Ally’s Angels – Anything Goes
  6. Penny’s Paper Crafty – Anything Goes Using Paper
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23 thoughts on “A Cherry Hello and Catching Up!”

  1. Love your cherry hello card. Great colouring!

    Also love your quilt with cards. And that 100 year-old person must be very happen with your beautiful card!

    xxx Margreet

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  2. I love cherries, including the sour ones 😀 so your latest card really spoke to me. I need to go pick some cherries and some strawberries soon before they are gone for the year. And those are great art pieces in your catch up section. I love the sewing 12×12. You’ve really captured the whole idea. And I know exactly what you mean by art journaling too. ❤️. I hope

    it’s cooled off for you and thanks for this fun post. Hugs ErikA

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  5. Awww, I love all of these! The cherry image is really fun and I, too, love (sweetened) cherries! Glad you posted the other projects that you hadn’t yet shared. It doesn’t hit me very often but I have also gone through periods of not wanting to craft. I think that happens to everyone.

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  7. What wonderful projects Vici, but I must start at the beginning of my convulsion of loud laughter with that little mouse that said “I arted “…so stinking cute and funny, my laughter was heard by my neighbor, I loved the whole SWAP collection and the little girl sitting in the grass with the potted plants..100 what a fabulous achievement and the gloss on those gorgeous cherries and lovely rich red..fabulous.

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  8. There is so much to see here and so much to keep us smiling. I love the cherry card and how you popped one up for dimension but that designer paper is just yummy looking. The squares are all so stinkin’ cute and make such a great framed wall hanging too. I love that quirky “I arted” sentiment – always good for a good chuckle. The cared for the amazing 100th birthday looks amazing with that cute image, the plants and all the gold accents. Your cards are all fantastic and thanks for sharing them. My feet are dragging lately with posting, but I’m enjoying the slower pace of it all. Have a great week ahead and keep smiling 🙂

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  9. Your cherry card is fantastic Vicki, you did a wonderful job with the colouring. I like how you added some extra dimension with the additional leaf and fruit. Gingham always makes me think of summer and picnics, and the cheery red colour works perfectly with the image. Great sentiment too!
    Cheers,
    Beccy

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  11. Beautiful cherry card and image your colouring is brilliant and love the punny sentiment too. Fabulous craft sampler you all made and I did a double take on the I arted too lol.Absolutely beautiful 100th birthday card -I love the image and all the gold embossing.

    Carol x

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  12. Love the cherry card! I am a big fan of cherry pie-so tasty! I really like the 100 card too-so cool! I know just what you mean about motivation. It is also the reason I joined a few design teams, and why I review books (got me back into reading.) Sometimes it helps to have a little extra motivation and a challenge to get inspired to do the things we love.

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  13. Wow, you are a fantastic colorist, those cherries look so real! Love this card.

    Also, here in Texas we have a grocery chain called HEB that markets many of its own products and their Cherry and Blueberry fruit spread is my fave. I like to have half a toasted Lenders bagel for a snack with coffee and when I want a desert, I add that spread. I bet cherry jam is delish. And yes to the pie too, lol.

    Yup, the design teams help for sure. I only do a handful and they have been keeping me on my toes.

    I also love the green card, especially with the gold wax on the raised embossing, it adds so much.

    Finally, your 12×12 framed artwork is fabulous. I love to see others decorate like I do and I do love both the idea and your finished work. Now, you should do one with all of your OWN art! XOX

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  14. Love your cherry card – as well I love cherries. My grandma had one in the back yard and made the best cherry pies. I remember helping pit them (not fun). I was fun to see your catch up cards – my sampler is always in my room we had so much fun making those samplers, and all were different. The little girl sitting with the plants is too cute, I have her as well as plant stamps which I think I will work on this afternoon. Have a great day.

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    1. Thanks so much Shirley! I really enjoyed making the samplers and it’s always above my for inspiration! So happy to have done this with you girls! I look forward to your plant creations soon! Have fun my friend!

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  15. Your fruity card is so sweet. Thanks for joining the Alphabet Challenge. Love Dawn x

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  16. Cherries are my favorite fruit. Your card is gorgeous. Thanks for playing with us at Penny’s Papercarft.

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  17. Your “Cherry Hello” card is delightful with its playful theme and meticulous crafting details! The use of Beccy’s Place freebie image, colored with Copics and accented with a gel pen highlight, adds a charming touch. The punny sentiment “A Cherry” woven into the white heat-embossed “hello” on red cardstock gives it a whimsical flair. It’s wonderful to hear how joining challenge design teams has helped rekindle your motivation, along with the joy from participating in the 12×12 Sampler SWAPS with your craft buddies. Your commitment to catching up on your craft projects is inspiring, and I look forward to seeing more of your creations!

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  18. Wow, such beautiful cards! The little mice and sentiment made me smile and your 100th birthday card is so wonderful, loving the quilted design and greenery – perfect 😊. Happy wishes! Hugs, Jo x

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  19. Beautiful cherry card. Your cherries look very realistic, great coloring. Adding patterned paper to the card panel makes the card feel fresh.
    The card for a hundred-year-old lady is simply stunning. I love the delicate gilding on the embossed leaves, and the idea and design of the card is wonderful.

    xx

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