MTSC Penguin Love

HAPPY HUMP DAY PEEPS!

Today I am sharing a card I made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I love Mercy's Sketches!!!


Edited to Add: I don't EVER CASE a person without giving them proper credit, however it has been brought to my attention that my card today is almost identical to this hot chocolate holder from Ilina Crouse. I don't remember seeing hers, but it looks so similar to what I have made I must have. Please head over to her blog and check out her fabulous creations.



I started the card with a base of bashful blue and followed that with some whisper white and then real red that I embossed with my cuttlebug and embossing folder. The center element is made up of whisper white and bashful blue. I used a snow flake stamp from the "Serene Snowflake" set and stamped with white craft and then embossed with white embossing powder.

The penguin, ice, sign and sentiment are all from the "Cold & Cuddly" Set. I stamped them onto whisper white and cut out. I used some ribbon from the ribbon originals across the bottom and added the sentiment over the ribbon.

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

Vicki

Mojo Merry Christmas

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!

Today I am sharing the card I made with the Mojo Monday Sketch and also the Clean & Simple Challenge on Splitcoast.

The base of my card is soft suede. I used some designer paper from the Christmas Cocoa Speciality Pack. The sentiment is from the "Four the Holidays" stamp set. I used the Simple Snowflake stamp and the Large snowflake punch. I used my petite scallop nesties to layer the snowflake on. The snowflake is added to the scallop circles with a small dimensional. I added a single crystal rhinestone to the center of the snowflake. I used a spiral clip brad and some soft suede ribbon on the top strip.

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

Vicki

C4C10 A Cardinal Easel

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card is made for the challenge on the Crazy for Challenges Blog. This week's challenge is to make an easel card. I had never made this kind of card, but they have a couple of links to some really great tutorials.

I used some retired papers on this, Riding Hood Red cardstock and the DS paper is a scrap I had left from the Bella pack. The stamp set is "A Cardinal Christmas". I love this set and I love to watercolor the cardinal! I stamped the cardinal onto some watercolor paper with timber brown stazon and colored it in with my aqua painter and inks. I used real red, riding hood red, more mustard, and old olive. I used some crystal effects on the berries and the eye of the cardinal. I then used my white gel pen to add some highlights. I used my chocolate chip marker to define the limbs. I then very carefully cut the cardinal out using my paper snips and then my craft knife.

I cut put another piece of watercolor paper with my labels three nesties and also in riding hood red. I left the nestie on the watercolor paper and sponged some bashful blue onto the paper. I then mounted the cardinal to the nesties with a few dimensionals. I used the large snowflake punch and a flower filigree with a red crystal brad in the middle.

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

Vicki

SSSC43 Snow Buddies!

Good Sunday Morning peeps! It is my favorite time of the week, time for another
Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!

If you follow my blog at all you have seen me use this set a time or two or three this week! I love the set! This was actually the first card I made with it last week, but I couldn't, of course, show it to you til now!

My card uses taken with teal and whisper white cardstock and the DS paper is from the Holiday Lounge pack. The stamp set is "Snow Buddies" and is a level 2 Hostess set in the Holiday Mini.

Here is the sketch we are using this week:



I used the top note die in whisper white and taken with teal for my front panel. I embossed the snowflakes onto the BG with white embossing powder. I cut out the snow drifts and the snow buddies and mounted them over the BG. The hats and scarfs are paper pieced and colored with markers. I used my white gel pen to add some dots to the scarf and for the pom-pom on the hat. I added some white satin ribbon and three white mini brads. No sentiment on this one.

So what do you say want to play along with us? Come join in on the fun and create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen's blog and link your card so all of us can see your creation!




Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this weeks sketch!


Karen-the Sweetest Thing

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Nancy-iStamp

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell


So thanks so much for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

WSC Merry & Bright

Good Saturday Morning Peeps!

Today's card is made with Beate's weekend Sketch Challenge.

I am soooo loving this snowman set, it is "Snow Buddies" and it is a level 2 hostess set from the holiday mini. I stamped the snowman onto some whisper white cardstock with black stazon.I colored in his nose and scarf with markers and stamped his hat onto some Holiday Lounge DS paper and cut it out. I colored in parts of his hat with the SU basic black marker. I cut out the snowman with my circle nesties and the black scallop is also a nestie. I then glued on his hat, it sticks out of the top of the circle just a bit.

The base of the card is Shara sand and then basic black and the DS paper is from the Holiday Lounge pack. The sentiment in the lower corner is a single stamp called "Merriment" and is stamped directly onto the designer paper with black stazon.
I added a black mini brad to the corners and mounted the snowman to the base with a few dimensionals. I added a little stardust stickles to the snowman and to the ground below the snowman.

Isn't he cute, like I said before I love this set! Be sure to come back tomorrow to see the fun little card I made with this same set for my Sweet Sunday Sketch card.

Thanks so much for coming by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

PPA15 Blessings

TGIF Peeps!!! Hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to an even better weekend!

My card today is made for the color challenge on Pals Paper Arts. Love these colors together.

This card is a CASE of this fabulous CAS (clean and simple) card. I really am a big fan of clean and simple and Deb is a master at it, all her cards are fabulous. I have a hard time with it, I can't seem to stop adding layers and embellishments when I am making a card.

Anyway, I changed up the card a bit from the original, I added an extra layer under the main panel, no surprise there huh? I used a different sentiment and changed the colors to work with the challenge, basic gray, taken with teal and ruby red.

The sentiment comes from the "Grateful Greetings" Set and the leaves are from the "Autumn Splendor" set. I stamped the sentiment with basic gray ink and the leaves are in taken with teal and ruby red ink. I cut them out and added a basic gray corduroy button and then added them to the main panel with few dimensionals. The two stripes of card stock across the card are ruby red and taken with teal. The base of the card is basic gray. I then added three antique brads.

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

Vicki

MTSC Happy Holidays

Happy Hump Day Peeps!

Today's card is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I have to say I took a few liberties with the sketch, hope you don't mind Mercy. {wink} I used a circle instead of an oval, I will be getting the oval nesties this week, and then I flipped the sketch, putting my image on the opposite side. I hope it still qualifies for the sketch!!!

For this card I used the fun hostess set "Snow Buddies" a level 2 from the mini. I am so loving this set, I have another card to show you with this set later in the week!!!

My card is a 5 inch square. I used regal rose, real red and whisper white cardstock. The DS paper and the sentiment, which is a sticker, is from an old retired Simply Scrapping kit, Winter Bright.

I stamped the snowman onto whisper white and then used my circle nestie to cut it out. I left the nestie in place and then sponged some bashful blue ink around the snow "girl"! I colored in her scarf and hat with my regal rose marker. I added some star dust stickles to the side of her and used my white gel pen to add some snowflakes and dots to the hat. I used a bit of liquid applique for the top of the hat. I mounted the image to the base with some dimensionals. I added some regal rose ribbon and some white brads.

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

Vicki