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 two 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

Friend

TGIF Peeps!!!

Today's card is made with the sketch on the Stamps and Smiles Fresh Batch Blog. I was very much inspired by this beauty, by Connie Collins. I really love her style and creativity!

I used the same stamp set and colors that she used and just changed it up a bit to fit the sketch challenge. I used some shimmer white to stamp the flowers onto with black stazon. I used creamy caramel, baja breeze and mellow moss to color the flowers. I added the dots with my SU black marker. I do love the now old in color of baja! It was one of my favorites. The DS paper is from Sweet Slumber and Parisian Breeze. I love the country homespun feel of the gingham and dots.

The friend sentiment is from the Bella Blossoms stamp set, now retired, and is stamped with black stazon onto shimmer white and punched out with my small oval punch. I ran the edges of the oval around the baja ink pad to add a bit of color to the edges.

The two white button is from the Designer Buttons, Latte pack, and I threaded some sheer black polka dot ribbon through and tied.

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

Vicki

Thank You Friend!

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!! Hope you all are having a great week!

Today's card is made for this weeks sketch on Splitcoast.


I used more of the new in colors, rich razzleberry and so saffron. Can't stop myself, I am loving the rich razzleberry!!! I also used the new razzleberry lemonade DS paper, you know you have to have some of it!!!

I used my 1-1/4 and 1=3/8 inch circle punches to punch out the Ds paper and the mat of rich razzleberry. The sentiments come from the Garden Greetings stamp set and I used my stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect positioning. I punched out a few flowers, again with rich razzleberry, with my three flower punch,. and added a silver brad to the middle and placed them randomly. The circles are all up on pop dots.

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

Vicki

Just Because

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!! Hope you all are having a great week so far and are looking forward to the Holiday Weekend!!!

Today's card is made with The Mojo Monday Sketch. This is a new one, for me, I have always been a little nervous about participating in a sketch challenge that has such a large following, don't really know why? I have borrowed a few Verve Stamp Sets from my friend Lois, I have one, but she has alot more and I love this large butterfly. Now you know if you follow this blog, I am a STAMPIN' UP girl, through and through, but I occasionally get wonder lust and check out a few other companies, and Verve is one I have always admired, the have really cute designs.

Anyway, I started the card with a base of Rich Razzleberry, (have I told you how much I LOVE the new in-colors) I followed the base with a piece of DS paper from the Razzleberry Lemonade pack. The next layer begins with crushed curry and more DS paper. I created the "faux ribbon" with strips of crushed curry and rich razzleberry cardstock. The butterflies are stamped twice in rich razzleberry and crushed curry ink and cut out and layered. I added some sticky pearls to the center and mounted them to the main panel with a dimensional.

The sentiment is from the same set and is stamped onto white with rich razzleberry and punched out with my large oval punch and layered onto a punched scallop oval. It is mounted with dimensionals. I added three sticky pearls to the right side and it is done. I have to say I LOVE this card, and i don't say that very much about my cards, I just love the butterflies and the colors! Hope you like it too!

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

Vicki