MTSC.....Witch Way is the candy?

Good Thursday Morning Peeps! Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #93.

The base of my card is a 5 inch square of basic black. I followed that with some rich razzleberry and the DS paper is from the Wicked Fun DS paper pack. I even tried a little sewing on this card. I sewed around the outside with my sewing machine and some black thread. The middle layer is rich razzleberry and more of the DS paper from the same pack. I sewed this layer too. The middle image piece is made from the "Fang-tastic" set. I stamped the witch, and the cat onto the piece of whisper white card stock. I made the side walk with my black marker and a ruler. I used a mask with a small circle to sponge in the moon with some daffodil delight and a bit of Cajun craze ink.





I stamped the broom and the pumpkin on some scrap white and colored and cut them out. I also stamped the sentiment on some white and cut it out. I added the sentiment to the card and then the pumpkin with some dimensionals. The main image piece is added with some dimensionals too. I finished off the card with some razzleberry satin ribbon bow.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

TESC129....Happy Birthday to You

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Here is the other card I told you about yesterday, made with Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #129. I have to admit I like yesterday's card the best, but this one is cute too with the big pumpkin pie bow from the satin ribbon. I stamped the cupcakes with black stazon and used my aqua painter and ink pads to color them in lightly. I cut the circle and blossom matt with my nesties. I used the Sweet and Sour Speciality paper and the matching colors are rose red, pumpkin pie and very vanilla. I added some sticky rhinestones too.

Well, that is it from me today, tomorrow I am back to a fun little Halloween card so be sure to swing back by. Thanks for coming by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

TSSC141.....Happy Birthday to You

Good Tuesday morning Peeps!!!

My card today is made with Mary Jo's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. I am taking a bit of a break from the Halloween and Christmas that I have been making lately. I wanted to play a bit with this new DS paper, Sweet and Sour Speciality Pack. Love the colors, Rose red, pumpkin pie and very vanilla! I am using the "Crazy for Cupcakes" stamp set. I stamped the image onto the very vanilla card stock and colored it a bit with my aqua painter and some rose red for the cherries and pumpkin pie for the cup cakes. I thing orange cupcakes would be YUMMY, don't you? I used some Star Dust Stickles for the icing! I added some pumpkin pie satin ribbon and a few rhinestones. I have another card made with this same set and papers I will show you tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Curtain Call.....Heartfelt Thanks

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

A quick post this morning, I am sharing a card made with the color challenge this week at Stacey's Stamping Stage. The colors this week are very vanilla, real red, Sahara sand,soft suede and basic black.

The base of my card is made with Sahara Sand and I followed that with some basic black and then the DS paper is from the Newsprint and the Love Letters packs. I used the tasteful trim die to make the basic black zig-zag that divides the 2 strips of DS paper. I added a strip of soft suede card stock across the middle that was embossed with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder.

The main image is from the Punch Potpourri stamp set and is stamped with soft sued ink and colored a bit with red ink and my aqua painter, I added a bit of old olive and a touch of daffodil delight. The heart is punched out and added over the stamped heart edge from the Sweetheart stamp set. I added a button with a bit of twine. The sentiment is from the Sweetheart set and is stamped directly on the DS paper with some black stazon.

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

Vicki

Favorite Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge-What's Yours

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample


This week Karen had a fun challenge for us, Pick your favorite past sketch and make a new card with that sketch! Pick any sketch you like best, your all time favorite.

OK you know I had to choose this one, it was one Karen based on a card of mine and just for Sarah a "tilted" panel!!!



My card base is basic black, followed that with some rich razzleberry and the DS paper is from the Wicked Fun Specialty Paper pack. The center strip is more black and razzleberry and I used the fun new die, Tasteful Trim, from the Holiday Mini for the basic black strips across the middle.

My tag is made up razzleberry, basic black, and pumpkin pie. I stamped the cute little image from the "Fang-tastic" stamp set onto some watercolor paper. I added a jack-o-lantern and a bat from the same set. I drew in the sidewalk with my black marker. I colored the image with my aqua painter and ink pads. The sentiment is stamped with black stazon onto the bottom of the tag. I added a circle piece with basic black card stock and some glimmer brads in pumpkin to the tag and to the bottom of the card.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse

Laura-Scrapnextras

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Joanne Basile-just a little something....


Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

PPA61....Grateful Greetings

Good Saturday Morning Peeps!!! Hope you all have some fun plans for the weekend!!

Today I have a card to share made with the Pals Paper Arts Challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge.

The base of my card is very vanilla card stock. I used Cajun Craze for the next layer and the DS paper is from the Autumn Spice Speciality Pack that is the Holiday Mini.

I used the wide oval punch to make the Pumpkin. I punched the three ovals with pumpkin pie card stock and sponged heavily with cajun craze ink. I used some old olive to make the stem and the swirls are made with old olive and the Scribbles Swirls Sizzix die. I stamped the sentiment from the "Grateful Greetings" stamp set with Cajun Craze ink onto the very vanilla panel. I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up and make it two lines instead on one.




I added some very vanilla satin ribbon, that I scrunched up along the top strip with some score tape. The end of the strip and the end of the ribbon is cut in a "V". I added a piece of old olive across the bottom with a punched edge. I like how this card came out and think I will make a version of it for my Thanksgiving name cards.

Well, that is all from me today thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Gift Tag/Test Tube Gable Box

Good Friday Morning Peeps!! I have a fun little project to share with you today. I found the tutorial for this on Becky Robert's blog HERE! I had just gotten in on a bulk buy of some of these fun little test tubes, I actually got two sizes, this box holds the smaller ones they are around 4 inches tall.

Anyway I just loved this project of Becky's but I changed mine up to be for a Christmas. I used the cute set from SU called "Jolly Old Saint Nick". I used the DS paper from the Holiday Mini, Candy Cane Speciality Paper pack. I used the Santa to make my tags and to decorate the front.

Here is the contents of the box:



I made 5 3-1/4 by 2-1/2 inch gift tags, this image colors up really fast I used my real red marker for the hat and I used my aqua painter to color the face and to add the cheeks and mouth and a bit of "rosy" to the nose. I used a bit of gray to add some shadowing around the beard and hat, you could also add some liquid applique and some glitter to step it up a bit. I used the ornament punch and the oval and scallop oval for the outside tag and tied it up with some blushing bride ribbon.

Here is a pic of the inside before pouting together so you could see the test tubes:




I had a blast making up this box, you should definitely give it a try!

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

Vicki

MTSC....One good Friend

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

My card share for today is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

I used my new "Kimono Kids" Stamp set. I stamped the little girl onto whisper white card stock and also onto some Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz card stock. I cut out the dress and umbrella and pieced them onto the kimono girl. I colored in the girls face and hands and feet with my aqua painter and my blush blossom marker. I added some cheeks with a dab of poppy parade ink. I also colored in the bottom of her shoes and flowers in her hair with Poppy ink.

The DS paper is from the Level 1 Hostess pack, I used some DS paper in Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade. The base of the card is Pear Pizzazz and I matted with blush blossom and pear pizzazz card stock. I added some Poppy Parade ribbon and some silver sticky pearls, Non SU. I stamped the sentiment, from the same set, with black stazon, it reads "One good friend is worth a thousand relatives."

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

Vicki

Greeting Card Kids Corner Bookmark

Happy Hump Day Peeps!! The first day of FALL!!!

Today I have a fun little project to share, it is a Corner Bookmark, made with the "Greeting Card Kids" Stamp set! I just love this stamp set and I have to say it is about my favorite in the catalog. The tutorial for the bookmark can be found HERE!

My bookmark is made to coordinate with a card I made a few weeks ago, you can see it HERE! One thing I learned after making this bookmark, do not use a border punch that has a intricate design like the one I used here, it catches and bends and crumples a little when using. UGH! a nice scallop would be pretty I think!

The book mark is made with so saffron card stock and the DS paper is from Play
Date paper pack. I used my nesties to cut and matt the image. The little girl is stamped with black stazon onto watercolor paper and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I added some real red ribbon and some silver sticky pearls. I sponged around the image with real red while the nestie was still in place.

I also wanted to share a bit about my day yesterday. A friend a I took a road trip to Kansas City, a 2-1/2 hour drive, to take a copic class. We also arranged to meet up with a couple of on-line friends we meet through blogging. We had a BLAST with these girls, Pam and Rhonda! Hey girls!!!



We meet for lunch a Chili's had a great time! Pam had to get back to work, but Rhonda was able to do a little shopping with us, we went to Archivers and a HUGE JoAnn's. Since Pam wasn't able to shop with us she called me after getting back to her office and asked if we could meet up again for a quick bite before our copic class and she was bring another friend and her upline to meet us too! Of course, we meet Pam and Jeri, I didn't get another picture, DARN!! Pam's friend and upline Jeri, made Lois and I a cute little treat holder, I love it, and want to try my own soon, I will get a picture of it soon and show it to you all!!!

We had a great time, we laughed and talked and laughed and ate! Such FUN!!! It is awesome when you meet new people and feel like you have known them forever!!! We can't wait to go back and spend more time with them!! We had to run way to soon to our copic class, it was a blast as well. It was fun and FAST, the teacher was great but it was alot to take in, in a short time, can't wait til we can take another one, it takes alot of practice and work to learn these! Anyway it was a GREAT day and even tho I had a sprained ankle and could barely hobbly around it was a BLAST!!!!!

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

TSSC140.....Birthday Wishes

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with Mary Jo's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge.

I really love this sketch, I love the top note die and I used some fun new stuff, new to me, the Newsprint DS paper. I used very vanilla for the base and followed that with basic black and then some Cherry Cobbler, I love this new core color, that I used the Swiss dot EF on. I cut a top note with basic black and with the Newsprint DS paper. I trimmed the DS paper so that the black would mat it. I made a sentiment flag out of black a very vanilla. The sentiment is from the Level 3 Hostess set "Occasional Quotes". I stamped that with black stazon onto the very vanilla card stock. I stamped the flower, from the "Vintage Vogue" stamp set with Cherry Cobbler ink onto some very vanilla card stock and cut it out and mounted it to the top note with some foam tape.

I added some of the new Chantilly crochet trim to the bottom of the sentiment panel, ruffling it a bit. I finished the flower with a bow made with some of the basic black 1/8 inch taffeta ribbon. The top note is also mounted to the base with some foam tape.

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

Vicki

Curtain Call....Happy Hallo-scream

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!! Hope you all had a great weekend, we had as return of Summer in these parts, miserably HOT!! I am ready and yearning for Fall, for the leaves to change for the temps to cool a bit, for all the sites and feelings that come with my favorite time of the year. Frankly I think I just need some comfort, to feel surrounded by things I love, like Fall.

On to today's post, I made these two fun little 2,4,6,8 boxes with the color challenge this week on Stacey's Stamping Stage. The colors this week are rich razzleberry, wild wasabi, peach parfait, poppy parade and very vanilla. I used whisper white as I didn't look at the colors again after starting this project and for some reason I had white in my head. I could have used vanilla just as easy but I was sure it read white, that is what I get for not looking!

I made my two boxes, one with rich razzleberry and one with peach parfait. I used the spider web embossing folder on the paper before putting the box together. The witch and the Dracula images come from the fun little "Fang-tastic" stamp set from the Holiday mini. I stamped the images onto whisper white card stock and used my ink pads and aqua painter to color them. I used wild wasabi to color in their faces and hands and the "counts" vest. I used razzleberry and peach parfait on the clothes. I added their cheeks with some Poppy Parade. I cut them out and used some foam tape to mount them to the punched out piece from the Extra Large Decorative Punch. I sponged each of the punched pieces with poppy parade ink. The sentiment is from the same set and I stamped with black stazon. I added some strips of DS paper from the Wicked Cool pack and the Level 1 Hostess Paper pack. I added handles to my boxes with some floral wire that I twisted and curled a bit. To finis I tied on a bow with some 1/8 inch rich razzleberry ribbon. I shredded some rich razzleberry and peach parfait paper to stuff in the boxes.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

SSSC86.......Witch way is the Candy?

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

This week we have another fabulous sketch drawn by Nancy McKinney:




My card has a 5 inch square base of basic black, I followed that up with some DS paper from the Wicked Cool Speciality Pack. The main image panel is made up of basic black and crushed curry that I sponged with cajun craze ink. I tore a bit of old olive cardtock for the ground. All the stamped images are from the "Fang-tastic" stamp set from the Holiday mini. I Love this set, it has all the cute-ness that I like about Halloween and none of the grime eerie stuff I don't like, altho I have come to like the sugar skulls that are really popular right now.

I stamped the witch onto some pear pizzazz card stock and cut her out. I then stamped her onto some of the DS paper and pieced her dress and hat. I mounted her to the circle image with some foam tape. I stamped the pumpkin onto pumpkin pie card stock and cut it out. The trick or treat bag is also stamped onto the DS paper and cut out. I stamped her broom onto some more mustard card stock and cut it out and added it to her hand. The bat is a MS punch! Isn't is cute? The sentiment is from the same set and stamped onto white and cut out and added with some foam tape.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.



OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse

Laura-Scrapnextras

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Joanne Basile-just a little something....

and sketch designer:

Nancy McKinney-Card Worthy



Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

TSSC139.....Merry Christmas Set

Good Saturday Morning Peeps!!!

Today's card was made with Mary Jo's lunchtime sketch challenge. My first time playing along with this challenge. I just loved the sketch! I used some more of my new stuff, the stamp set is "Contempo Christmas" the DS paper is Jolly Holiday! I used Cherry Cobbler card stock along with old olive and very vanilla. The sentiment is stamped with black stazon and comes from the same set.

I couldn't resist making a matching notepad:



This altered junior notepad was made with the directions found HERE, by the fabulous Nancy Riley! I used all the same materials that I used on the card, I did use my new ribbon punch and added some gold brads.

Here is a shot of the two together:




Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by today, be sure and come back by tomorrow for my "witchy" Sweet Sunday Sketch Card!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

CCMC116.....Got Treats Card Treat Holder

TGIF Peeps!!!! Hope you all had a great week and have some fun weekend plans!! For me, I got a large SU order yesterday and plan on playing with some friends with some of our new goodies!!!

Today I have a fun little card/treatholder to share with you. I made this card/treatholder with the sketch this week on the Create with Connie & Mary Blog. When I looked at the sketch and decided what stamp set I wanted to use I thought my card should be a treat holder, after all the set I used is the fun "Got Treats" set. It is made to co-ordinate with the milk carton die, which I just got in this order, but it can adapt to just about anything, but expect to see some milk carton treat holders in the future.

I made the base of my card with the new in color peach parfait. I cut the base to 5-1/2 inches by 9 inches and scored at 4-1/4 and 4-3/4 inches. This makes the top fold a 1/4 inch wide, to accommodate the treat holder on the inside. I matted my DS paper, from the level 1 6x6 hostess pack with basic black. The Black DS paper is from the Wicked Fun Speciality paper and is mated with basic black too.

I stamped the three pumpkins with peach parfait onto some scrap whisper white and also with crumb cake onto my image panel base. I used my chocolate chip marker to edge the pumpkin stem and swirl a bit to give it an aged feel. I then cut out the three peach pumpkins and mounted them over the crumb cake pumpkins with some foam tape. The sentiment is from the same set and is stamped with black stazon and I used the word window and modern label punch to make the sentiment piece. I added some of the fun raven lace trim from the holiday mini. Fun Stuff!!! I then used a few black sticky pearl embellishments from the mini too.

Now the inside:




So cute right? I made the inside little pouch with some basic black, and matted with peach and more of the DS paper. The inside sentiment is also from the Got Treats stamp set. I stamped with black and peach and punched out the black circle with my 1-3/4 inch circle punch. I don't have the extra large scallop punch yet so I had to use my scallop nesties for the black mat. I cut out the words in peach and added over the black with more foam tape. If you need directions for the inside pouch just let me know.




Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Curtain Call....Just Believe

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with this week's color challenge on Stacey's Stamping Stage.

The colors this week are whisper white, crumb cake, always artichoke and early espresso. I started my card with a base of whisper white and I followed that with some always artichoke card stock. I distressed the edges of the artichoke with my distressing tool. The front panel is crumb cake that was heavily sponged and distressed. I stamped the flower image from the Just Believe stamp set with early espresso ink. I added the sentiment from the same set with always artichoke ink. I added three brads under the sentiment and added a double bow with some 1/4 inch artichoke grosgrain ribbon. I used my white gel pen to add centers to two of the flowers.

Well, that is all from me today, I am super excited as I am expecting a SU delivery today, two boxes of goodies!!! I can't wait!!! Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Rustic from the Heart

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!

Today I have a rustic, beauty to share with you. I made this card with the Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge in mind. This month's challenge is

Rustic Beauty: As the leaves start to change colors to usher in fall, we want to see your rustic beauty! Interpret this challenge however you like – want to use a little distressing? Want to use shades of rust? Want to use things that look aged or antiqued? You choose! Just make sure the end result has a rustic feel to it!

I think this card fits the bill, I love how it came out, pretty, fallish and a bit of distressing, so all in all rustic I think.

I started this card with a base of kraft card stock, measuring 5 inches by 11 inches and folded it in half. I followed that up with some distressed very vanilla and the DS paper is distressed around the edges and comes from the Autumn Spice Speciality Paper Pack from SU. The image used is a retired set, Branch Out. I used Early Espresso, River Rock, Always Artichoke and Cajun Craze ink for the leaves and tree. I sponged the ground in with a bit of Wild Wasabi ink and added a little Bashful Blue sponged in for the sky. I matted the image with Cajun Craze card stock that I punched along the bottom with a MS punch. The sentiment is from the SU Watercolor Trio set, I stamped with Cajun Craze and used the oval and scallop oval punch. The ribbon I used is some I had in my stash and I added some die cut swirls made with the sizzix Scribbles Swirls. So what do you think guys.....is it rustic pretty?

Well, that is all from me today, Thanks so much for stopping by and if you have the time please leave me a comment, it sooooooo makes my day to hear from you. HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

SFYTT......BOO!

Good Monday Morning Peeps!

Today's card share is made with Jen's Sketch for you to Try. This was a fun sketch to work with and of course I am still on a Halloween kick! I used the fun little set called Greeting card kids. I stamped the little witch onto watercolor paper with some black stazon ink. I colored with my aqua painter and ink from my ink pads. After coloring her in I wanted to jazz her up a bit so I used some of my Doddlebug sugar coating glitter. I have an assortment pack and it has 12 different colors of glitter, I used my glue pen and glittered up the pumpkin with some orange and yellow, I used black on her hat and lime green on her dress and purple on her cape and socks. It looks so cute IRL. It is really hard to get a good pic of just how nice the glitter looks!

Here is a detail shot to give you a better idea of the glitter-fication.....LOL!!!



The sentiment is from a retired set, Autumn Apparitions, an all time favorite set of mine! The base of the card is basic black and the DS paper is all from the Wicked Fun Speciality Paper Pack. I used a strip of 1/4 inch old olive grosgrain and a MS punch on the strips of DS paper.

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

Vicki

SSSC85....Happy Birthday

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

This week we have another fabulous sketch drawn by Nancy McKinney and all the Sweet Sunday Samples will be Birthday themed cards for Operation Write Home. You can find more info on this on Karen's Blog.

Here is this week's sketch:



Nice sketch huh? I sure struggled with this one, and I have scraped at least three other cards before getting this one finished. I did, in the end, change the sketch just a bit, using squares instead of circles and a strip of ribbon instead of the rectangle behind the squares, but I think you can still see the "bones" of the sketch in my card.

My card base is made with chocolate chip card stock and the DS paper comes from the Island Oasis paper pack. I used my scallop edge punch along the bottom of the tempting turquoise paper. The sentiment comes from the On your Birthday stamp set and the cupcakes are from the Short & Sweet stamp set. I added some silver sticky pearls and popped up the cupcakes with some dimensionals.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.



OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse

Laura-Scrapnextras

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Joanne Basile-just a little something.... taking the week off

and sketch designer:

Nancy McKinney-Card Worthy



Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

MTSC90......Spooky

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #90.

My card base is basic black and I followed that with some rich razzleberry. I used the new Spider Web Embossing Folder on the razzleberry. The three strips of the DS paper is from the Wicked Fun Specialty Paper. The stamp set is used is the Wicked cool set. I stamped the boots onto some shimmer white card stock. I then used my stamp-a-ma-jig to add the Spooky sentiment. I then stamped the witch hat onto a scrap and cut it out and added it to the main panel with dimensional. I used my nesties and inverted circle nesties to mat with black and razzleberry.

I added some rich razzleberry ribbon and cut some basic black swirls with the Scribbles Swirls and added it around the bow. I then finished it up with some rhinestones.

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

Vicki

Halloween Punched Art Blog Hop

Good Wednesday Morning Peeps, and welcome to the Halloween Punched Art Blog Hop!!!

I am very excited to share my "Punchy Alien Robot" with you. When I first started thinking about joining the blog hop, I wondered about what to make and I started looking through the SU catalog for some inspiration and came across the "Greetings Earthlings" stamp set and thought I could make a robot from punches. So I went to work and came up with this cute little fellow. After I got him made I decided that I wanted to add him to a test tube candy holder. I used a pattern from Lisa Sommerville.

For the robot you will need the following punches:

Body & Head: Key Tag, (retired, you could sub an oval) trim off top for the body and for the head cut in half and use the corner rounder punch to round out the cut corners.
Neck, Legs and Arms: Word Window Punch, trimmed
Claws: small star punch
Eyes: 1/2 inch circle, owl punch
Body Gears: slot punch and 1/4 inch punch
Mouth is an end of the word window
The feet are just small rectangles and the antenna is a very thin strip and another end of the word window, all old olive is sponged with old olive ink.


My next project is a Halloween Easel Card:



The Jack-O-Lantern, the Ghost and the Bat are all made with punches, these are not my original idea, they are very widely done around blogland. They are just toooo cute tho, so I had to try them out. The pumpkin is made from the 1 3/8 inch circle punch and the ghost and bat is made with the owl punch. The bat wings are made with the large oval and 3/4 inch circle punch.

OK let's check out what the rest of the participants have made:

Paper Punch Addiction

Blinkin', Thinkin', & Inkin'

Kelli's Korner

Northwest Stamper

Ink Paper Stamps

Gwen's Paper Expressions

Stamping My Life Away

Gettin' Crafty

Krafty Kates Kupboard

Brenda's Stamping Corner

Beth-A-Palooza

Bonnie's Creative Place

Craft Choas

Stampin' With Heather

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

Vicki

Halloween Ghirardelli Chocolate Purse

Good Tuesday morning Peeps!!!

Today I have another fun little treat holder to share with you. This one will hold a ghirardelli chocolate square or a few small 3 x 3 cards. I found the instructions for making this treat holder HERE!

I used some retired Halloween DS paper on this one, it was my first and I don't like to waste current paper, OK really I am just a hoarder, in case I make a mistake. I used a MS punch for the fence in basic black. The pumpkin is made with 1-1/4 inch circle punch. I punched three circles with pumpkin pie and sponged with Cajun Craze. The face is one of my much loved Peach Keen pumpkin faces stamp. I used some old olive card stock and the Scribbles Swirls and Little Leaves Sizzix dies for the swirl and the leaf. I punched another 1-1/4 inch circle with crushed curry card stock and sponged with Cajun Craze ink. The sentiment is stamped with black stazon and is from the Wicked Cool stamp set. I added some black grosgrain ribbon and old olive brads for the handle.

I didn't have any Ghirardelli chocolate here right now to show you in the box, but will be getting some on my next trip out so I can make a few more of these!

Well, that is all from me, but you will want to be sure and stop by tomorrow, because I am participating in a super fun Halloween Punch Art Blog Hop and I have a couple of really cute things to show you!

Thanks so much and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Punched Kitty treat bag

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!! Happy Labor Day to all my American friends!

Today I have a fun and super cute little punched kitty Halloween treat bag! I saw the kitty instructions HERE! Around our house we all love kitties, and this one is no exception! He is all dressed in black for Halloween! I couldn't resist putting a big ol full moon behind him, I punched it with crushed curry with my 1-3/4 inch circle punch and sponged the edges with Cajun craze ink. I added the kitty to the moon with some dimensionals. The kitty is made from punches, the head is the large oval punched in black and slide back into the punch and punching off a bit more of the oval. The body is the word window that is trimmed up the side to a pint at the top. The legs and feet are punched hearts from the heart to heart punch. The collar is the slot punch and the eyes are 1/2 inch circles cut flat on one side. The ears are also made from up side down hearts. the eye pupils are tiny strips of old olive. I made my tail a bit different from the original, I used my oval punch and the negative from another cut oval.

My sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and is stamped onto a scrap of Cajun Craze card stock with black stazon and punched out with the word window punch. The topper is made with the top note die in basic black and the DS paper is from the Wicked Fun Speciality paper.

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

Vicki

SSSC84.......Merry Christmas

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

This week we have another fabulous sketch drawn by Nancy McKinney:




I changed my card up just a bit, I made it a 5 inch square to accommodate my little Christmas girl. I just love this set, Greeting Card Kids from Stmapin' Up! I used the Jolly Holiday DS paper and pulled my card colors from it, Cherry Cobbler, (love this new core color), old olive and very vanilla. The sweet little old fashion girl pulling her Christmas tree, is stamped with black stazon onto water color paper. I used my aqua painter and ink pads to color her with, I used cherry cobbler ink for all the red and pink you see, just adding more water to lighten it up. I used old olive and early espresso for the tree and sled. I added some red and icicle stickles. I used my blush blossom marker to color her face. I cut the image out with my rectangle nesties and sponged the edges with the nestie still in place with crumb cake ink.

The sentiment comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set, I stamped with cherry cobbler onto a scrap of watercolor paper and used the word window punch and sponged this as well. I added some old Olive taffeta ribbon crinkled on the side of the image by using sticky tape. I finished with some antique brads.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.



OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhousetaking the week off for "Lobour" Day....LOL!!!

Laura-Scrapnextras

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Nancy-iStamp not playing for a while, but go by and give her some love.

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Joanne Basile-just a little something....

and sketch designer:


Nancy McKinney-Card Worthy



Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

PPA58-Pretty in Pearls

Good Friday Morning Peeps!!! I have two cards for ya today! Both are very similar and are made with this weeks challenge on Pals Paper Arts Blog. Their challenge this week is PPA58-Pretty in Pearls, to create a clean and simple card using pearls!

As I was thinking about this challenge, a card came to mind, I had made a similar card to this one with a friend last year, in reverse, I think. The red was white embossed with red pearls in the center and a stamped red message. So I decided to re-create this one with the challenge to use pearls. I embossed the real red card stock with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. I made two cards one with the bouquet from the top and one with it coming up from the bottom. I used the new, from the Holiday Mini, extra large Decorative Label Punch. The sentiment is different on each card, one is from the Grateful Greetings and the other is from Snow Swirled.

I love that SU now has sticky back half pearls!! Love them!!! So which do like best?




Both are clean and simple and both would be a fast and easy and very mailable card, no extra postage needed for these.

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

Vicki

MTSC89.....Happy Halloween

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

I used some retired Halloween paper on this card. The base of the card is made with kiwi kiss card stock, I followed that with basic gray. I embossed the gray with a EF, borrowed from a friend.

The little witch is from the Greeting Card Kids stamp set. She is stamped onto some shimmer card stock and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I added some pumpkin pie ribbon and silver pearls. the sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I punched it out with the word window pinch.

Thanks for coming by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

CASE-ing Chat

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I have a pretty little card to share with you that is a CASE of this beautiful card by Chat from Me, My Stamps and I! She has an awesome blog be sure and click over and check it out.

When I am feeling some what mojo-less, I like to CASE some one and change up a few things, in this case I only changed the colors, the designer papers and the sentiment stamp. I wanted to use my new fall DS paper, Autumn Spice.

The base of the card is very vanilla and I followed that with some chocolate chip and then the DS paper. The flowers are made with more mustard card stock and the 1-1/4 inch, 1 inch and 3/4 inch punch and embossed with the square lattice embossing folder. I used the sending love epoxy brads in the center. I stamped the swirl from the Elements of Style with chocolate chip ink and added the flowers with some foam tape. I added some brown satin ribbon and the sentiment comes from the Watercolor Trio stamp set. I also added a strip of more mustard punched with the scallop trim edge punch.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki