SFYTT Here for You

Good Saturday Afternoon/Evening Peeps! So sorry about not posting sooner, I woke up yesterday with a migraine, so there was no stamping going on here.

I am feeling much better now so I worked up this card for Jen's Sketch for you to Try! I am using some of the new in-colors again along with a new set I just got, Greenhouse Garden.

My base is crushed curry followed by some dusty durango and the DS paper is some of the Razzleberry Lemonade. The sentiment comes from the Friends 24-7 stamp set. I stamped it on some scrap white with dusty durango and punched it out with my 1=1/4 inch punch. It is then matted with some crushed curry and then the scallop is dusty durango.

I added some piercing, dusty durango ribbon and some matching dew drops.

My friend Lois was not thrilled with this set and said I would have to "sell" her on it. I hope this one starts to change her mind a bit, I really liked this set and knew I wanted when I got my first look at the new cattie!

Here is a sneak peek of another card with this set I am playing around with:



Maybe this one will change her mind! We will see!!! LOL!!

Well that is all for today, thanks again for coming by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!


Vicki

Congratulations!

Good Thursday Mornings peeps!!!

Today's card is made for the sketch on the Stamps and Smiles Blog.

I had been toying with the idea of the elephants on this card for a couple of days. I wanted to place them on circles, with one standing up a bit, and then I saw the sketch and there it was. Three circles, just waiting for my elephants!! How cool is that?

I stamped the elephants from the Animal Stories Stamp Set in brilliant blue and rose red onto some scrap white cardstock and cut them out. I made the circles behind them with my nesties and cuttlebug. I then mounted the elephants onto the circles with some dimensionals. I added a rose red brad above the trunk on one, hoping to look like it was balancing a ball there! LOL!

I used chocolate chip card stock for my base, which is 6-1/2 inches by 7 inches folded in half. I followed it by some old olive and then some DS paper from the Tall Tales DS pack. I used some old olive 5/8 inch grosgrain ribbon across the part where the two colors of DS paper meet and tied a "knot" bow. The sentiment comes from the SAB stamp set "Congrats".

I think this would be a cute baby card or a card for a little ones birthday. The sentiment could be changed to anything you would like, Happy Birthday, Welcome Baby.....etc.

Well, that is all for today, Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Distressed Flower Friend

Good Afternoon Peeps. It is getting hot again here is southwest Missouri, we had a few very nice days. It was always cool early in the morning when I would head out for my walk and then when I would walk again in the evening it was nice too. Now it is heating back up and that will curtail my walking, I just don't handle the heat very well so when it is 98 degrees out with 90% humidity, this chickie is hiding in the air conditioned house!!!!

Well, on to today's card. I used Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch for this card. I had been wanting to try these cute little distressed flowers that I have seen all over the place lately. So when I saw the sketch I thought one of those flowers would be cute as the circle element shown on the sketch.

I made my flower with three circles of card stock, 2- 1-3/8 inch circles and 1-1 inch circle. The colors I used are dusty durango and crushed curry. I used my distressing tool and ran it around the edges of each circle alot. I added a silver brad to the center to hold them all together. I made my leaves by using a scrap of mellow moss cardstock folded in half and ran through my crimper. I then just cut out three leaves on the fold.

The sentiment is stamped with dusty durango and is from the All Holidays stamp set. I added the butterfly from the Happy Heart Day stamp set. I masked off the trail coming from the butterfly with a post-it note before inking it up with some black stazon. I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up where i wanted it. I then, with a pencil, lightly drew in a trail to pierce. Once I pierced it I erased the pencil line. I colored the butterfly in with a blender pen and some crushed curry ink from my stamp pad.

The DS paper is from the Razzleberry Lemonade DS pack and I pierced all around the designer series layer. I added a piece of dusty durango ribbon and then glued on my sentiment panel.

The flower is mounted with a couple of dimensionals and then the leaves are glued down underneath the edges of the flower. Finally I added a couple of silver sticky rhinestones to the center of the butterfly.

Well, that is all for today, Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

2 Clean & Simple Cards

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!! Hope your week is going well so far. While cruising around yesterday on the net I found this site. It is full of clean and simple layouts and ideas. I knew I wanted to try a sketch so I went with this sketch, Fall to Layout # 49.

Well you know me, I had to add a little extra, and extra layer, but it is still CAS I think. I used a base of PTI white followed by some melon mambo and then a strip of white that I ran through the cuttlebug with my swiss dot embossing folder. I embossed the image with white embossing powder onto the melon mambo card stock. I used a little white taffeta ribbon to tie a bow knot. The sentiment is also embossed in white. I used my embossing pal to help keep the stray dots away, but there is still a few.

This next card has a simple layout, I found at this same site here, it is FTL #46.





Again it is started with a base of PTI white and the entire card is made with the Short & Sweet stamp set. I stamped the three cupcakes with black stazon onto some scrap white and colored them in with my blender pen. They cupcakes are punched out with 3/4 inch punch and popped up onto a punched 1 inch circle. The colors I used are bashful blue and mellow moss. I made the box around the cupcakes by cutting a scrap piece of card stock 4 by 2-1/4 inches and carefully traced around it with a pencil, leaving an opening for the sentiment. I used my stamp a ma jig to position the sentiment. I then used my stampin' write black marker and a ruler to go over the pencil lines. I then glued the cupcake pieces to the card, taking care to try and center and line them up.

Well, that is all for today, Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Mojo Best Wishes

Good Monday Afternoon Peeps!!!

Today's card is made for the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.

I again am using some of the new in colors. I started with a base of Crushed Curry and followed that with some Dusty Durango, I had not even opened that pack yet. I followed with some Razzleberry Lemonade DS paper. The main image is from the Kind & Caring Thoughts Stamp Set and is stamped with dusty durango ink three times with out re-inking. I added the sentiment with black stazon. I used the stamp a ma jig to line it up. My friend Lois gave me some dew drops yesterday and these matched perfectly. I added some dusty durango ribbon and a bow. I punched two butterflies and glued them together in the center and added them to the corner. I put tow sticky pearls in the center of the butterfly.

I like the colors in this card, it reminds me of fall. My favorite time of the year.

Well, that is all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SFYTT Thinking of You

Good Sunday Morning Peeps! Hope you all are enjoying the weekend!

Today's card is made for Jen's SFYTT. I am still loving the new in colors, my fave is Rich Razzleberry and I used it again for this card, paired only with white and no DS paper.

Yesterday while making this card I ruined my swiss dot embossing folder by running through the cuttlebug with it on the top layer instead of sandwiched between, rookie mistake, I didn't even pay attention when layering it up!! So I made a quick trip to Hobby Lobby to pick up another!!! UGH!!!

I started with a base of PTI white, love that paper, and followed it with some razzleberry. I used something on this card that i haven't used in ages, my slit punch, to make the side half circles. I added some white brads to the centers of each.

I stamped the sentiment from the Kind & Caring thoughts onto the paper and then put it through the cuttlebug with the swiss dot folder. I used the flower from the same set, inked with razzleberry and always artichoke. It is up on dimesionals.

Well, that is it for today, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

WSC Good Time Friend

HAPPY 4th OF JULY PEEPS!!!

Just a really quick post today, my card is made for the Weekend Sketch Challenge, this week hosted by Charmine.

This card is pretty self explanatory, I used Crushed Curry for my base and then used some basic black and some of the Razzleberry Lemonade DS paper for the next layer. I created some crushed curry "daisies" for the circle element on the sketch. I thing these actually look like "black eyed Susan's", which I love, sorta of a minature version of a sunflower. I cut six daisy's with my sizzix flower daisy #2 die using the smallest flower on the die. I layered two together, off setting the petals and glued them together. I dug through my button box and found three little black buttons for the centers. I added a very small strip of crushed curry to the center of each button.

The sentiment for this card comes from the Great Friend stamp set and is stamped directly onto the DS paper with black stazon and yes, I used the stamp a ma jig to line it up!

I added some crushed curry polka dot ribbon to the bottom half, and to me the ribbon does not match the paper very well.??!!! It seems a bit brighter to me.

Anyway a cute simple card with not alot of layers, not my usual, but I do like it!

That is it for today, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!!

Vicki