Another Vintage Card

Good Morning Peeps.

I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for all the wonderful comments and e-mails I have received in the last few days concerning my blog post on Saturday. The tornado that destroyed much of Joplin and took so many lives shook all of us to the very core. Not just the people here in this area but many  from around the country. I hear many stories every day of the humanity of man, the strangers coming together to help, the monies being donated, the sacrifices made. Yesterday on a local news broadcast they had a very heart warming story of a young boy who set up a lemonade stand to raise money to help. He had made over three hundred dollars so far. He plans to keep his stand going all summer. Even though this storm took so much it has definitely brought out the best in most people. There has been a few stories of the worse too, and one that effected my family personally but I won't dwell on that. For the most part people are basically good. :)

Now onto my card for today. I needed a birthday card and I wanted to try another vintage hydrangea. I love the look of this one in rich razzleberry. I did tone this one down a bit, less shabby than yesterdays one but I still like it. I did less sponging and distressing and feel like this one is more "me"

The razzleberry DSP is from a retired pack and the other DSP on the bottom is from the Newsprint pack.

I added some rich razzleberry satin ribbon, isn't it pretty? It ties like a dream!

Well, that is it from me, thanks so much for stopping by today and

 HAPPY STAMPING, FRIENDS!!!

Vicki

Vintage Thanks

Hello Peeps!

Today I am sharing I card I made for the CAS challenge today on Splitcoaststampers. The challenge was to scrunch your ribbon. I got that, but the rest of the card didn't turn out to be a Clean & Simple Card. I tend to get a bit carried away. So I didn't link it our add it over on Splitcoast but I still like the card so I am sharing with you here.

I did have part of this card already started. I found the base and the chocolate chip layer with the piece of DSP from the Botanical Gazette pack in my pile of scraps. I thought I could build something from there. I had seen a card made with the hydrangea stamp from the "Because I Care" stamp set made similar to my main image awhile back, of course I can't find it now, so that was my inspiration.

The flower was stamped with early espresso onto very vanilla and then the flower part was stamped with Marina Mist onto some scrap very vanilla. I used my aqua painter to color it in a bit with more Marina mist ink. I added some old olive to the leaves and it combined with the early espresso and made a cool effect.  I used some BG stamps from the French foliage stamp set and added them around the flower. The flower head was then cut out and added over the base flower with some foam tape. the sentiment is from the "Thank You Kindly" stamp set.

To the piece under the main image I added some Marina mist DSP and a small piece of newsprint DSP. I stamped some more splotches around and then sponged it all, both the image and base piece with ealry espresso ink. The glitter was added quite by accident, I was first going to put my scrunched up ribbon across that area and had laid down a strip of sticky tape. After adding the ribbon, I didn't like it so i pulled of the ribbon, but could not get the tape off with out messing up the paper below it so I decided to add some chunky glitter there. I used my aqua painter and some early espresso to tone down the glitter abit. I then added my scrunchy ribbon across the bottom. I finished it off with a few silver pearls! (Sure wish SU would start carrying those, I heart them so much!)

Well, that is all from me, I just want to take a moment to thank all of you for your support, kind comments and e-mails. Continued prayers and good thoughts for this community is appreciated as everyone tries to move forward. My heart goes out to them all and to the families who are beginning to bury their loved ones, may they find the strength needed to get them through. Hug your loved ones and make sure they now how much they mean to you!

Vicki

SSSC119.....thinking about you

Good Morning Peeps!!! It is Sunday so that means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Sample. 

Here is the fabulous sketch that Karen has for us this week:

This was a really nice sketch to work with and I really didn't want to miss out playing with it, so I took some time out last evening to make this quick card. Well, I thought it would be quick but I am so anal sometimes that I make things harder than need be!!!

Anyway......I used the fun little Stampin' Up set from the Summer Mini called "On the Grow". I stamped the image onto very vanilla card stock with black stazon. I used some not quire navy, pear pizazz, baja breeze and soft suede to color the image.

The base of the card is very vanilla, followed by some embossed pear pizazz. The DSP is from the retired, Vintage Springtime paper pack. I matted with not quite navy card stock. The sentiment is from the "Touch of Kindness" stamp set.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with and don't forget to link it up over at Karen's blog 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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Card

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

Vicki

A Turning Point.......

Some Reflection and Moving Forward.

Sorry I have been MIA all week, as some of you know and some of you may not know, I live about 5 miles away from where that devastating tornado plowed through Joplin Missouri. We lost cable and Internet on Sunday around the time the tornado hit and it was just restored here late last night.

While we were so very fortunate to have not lost our home we did suffer some losses. Friends loss their Mother/Grandmother who was in Joplin attending a High School Graduation.  Family members loss everything they own, and are just grateful to be alive. Another friend's Mother was in the path of the storm and lost her home.

Everywhere you turn there are stories of terrible losses, and there are stories of great sacrifice and heroism. We had storms upon storms for several more days following the tornado. I have never really been a person who freaked out when we had them and know I am TOTALLY FREAKED!!!!!! I will never take those storm warnings and tornado sirens lightly again.

We drove into Joplin right after it happened, not knowing what we would see or get caught in. We had no idea. You just never think this kind of thing will happen to you. We didn't even get to the area where the major damage was, just to the outskirts of it and what I saw made me sick. We turned around and headed home, I knew we were in the way and didn't want to be hindering any emergency vehicles. Even now trying to type this up I am shaking and tears are in my eyes.

I would be the first to tell you that I don't have alot as far as material things go, I don't live in the nicest house on my block, I don't drive the newest car out there, but you know that has never really bothered me alot and believe me, through the years people have tried to make me feel bad for it. But things like this make you really realize what matters.  I am Blessed, enough said.

I want to thank everyone who e-mailed me, who called, and who expressed so much concern for me. It touched my heart and means more than you know.

I will be back soon with some thing fun for you to see, I have a couple of design commitments to take care of and then I will be back to my regular schedule of posting, I hope.

SSSC118......Perfect Adventure

Good Morning Peeps!!! It is Sunday so that means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Sample. 

Here is the fabulous sketch that Karen has for us this week:

I pulled out the fun Stampin' Up set "On the Grow" to use for this sketch. I had not inked up the cute little vespa stamp in this set and this sketch had the perfect image panel for it.

I wasn't sure how to color my vespa so I just did a google search and found alot of images of real vespas to copy from. I knew I wanted to make mine red, that would be the color I would get if I ever got one! LOL!!

I used real red and riding hood red for the body of the bike and then used basic gray for the rest. I colored in the flowers and flower pots with poppy parade, daffodil delight, old olive and cajun craze. I used soft suede for the ground and added some baja blue for the sky, but that doesn't show much in the picture. I then shadowed around the image with a bit of crumb cake.  I matted the image with basic black card stock

The base of the card is basic black and then very vanilla. The DSP is from the Love Letters pack. I used the Perfect trimmings die for the large scallop across the bottom and added some basic black satin ribbon and tied a bow. I then added some silver pearls across the scallop piece and at the top corners of the image piece.

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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

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

Vicki

OCC....Frame It

Hello Peeps!!

It is Saturday and that means it is time for another challenge at Our Creative Corner. This week Linda our challenge hostess has a great challenge for us. Frame It. Create a frame out of Card stock, chipboard or any other medium you can think of and add it to your card, page or project. The frame should be 3-D as in raised up off the background.

I played around with this one alot before coming up with a design I liked. Alot of things ended up in the circular file on this challenge. Making the frame was  fairly easy. I started with a piece of card stock measuring 5-1/4 x 4 inches. I then lightly penciled in lines with my ruler 3/4 of an inch in on all four sides. Using my cutter I trimmed out the inside leaving just the frame. Be sure an erase your remaining pencil lines and then emboss the frame.  The inside of the frame piece was started with the apple label stamp, from the retired Stampin' Up Farm Fresh stamp set. I stamped with black stazon onto very vanilla card stock. Cored with my aqua painter and riding hood red, old olive, soft suede and crumb cake ink. The DSP is also retired from the Sweet Slumber paper pack. I added some crochet trim and a few leaves from the bird punch.

OK, did you notice my cute little flower? My first made Ala Linda, The Funkie Junkie style. I got my crinoline and directions for making the flower from her! So fun and I am sure you will see more of these in the coming weeks! I added a red button to the center and tied some floss through the  button holes. I still thought it "needed" something so I added the friend to friend flag. That sentiment comes from the Stampin' UP Pocket Silhouette stamp set.

I hope you’ll play along this week and have fun with this challenge! Be sure to check out the rest of the OCC design team creations! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment linking to your project over at Our Creative Corner so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.

Well, that is all from me for now, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Free 4 All....thanks

Hello Peeps! Hope you all are having a great day!

I am popping in her to share a quick little card I made this morning for the Free 4 All Challenge on Splitcoaststampers today. The challenge is called opposite attracts, Using the color wheel, create something with colors on opposite sides. I choose to use red and green.

I wanted to color some flowers, no big surprise there huh? I actually used Poppy Parade, my favorite red to use for water coloring lately. This color does so well with water coloring, I love how it looks kinda peachy. I used the flowers from the Stampin' Up Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. I don't know why I didn't use one of my new sets, but oh well, these flowers are pretty!! I stamped them with black stazon onto some scraps of watercolor paper I have. I colored and then cut them out. I used an oval nestie to mount these to. I sponged the oval with the die still in place to create a bit of a frame. I stamped the stems directly on the oval and colored with some old olive ink. I added the flowers to the oval with some foam tape and then added a bow of poppy parade ribbon. The little "thanks" tag comes from the Herb Expressions stamp set and I just inked up the one word and stamped onto white and hand cut the little tag.

The base of the card is white and the next layer is also white that was embossed with the square lattice EF. I added to strips of DSP, of Poppy Parade and Old Olive. I finished off with three silver pearls. I was worried with the red and green that this would have a bit of a Christmas feel but have been assured it doesn't! :)  

Well, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Color Challenge....Thinking of You

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the color challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers. The challenge is Rich Vanilla Rose, Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla and Regal Rose. I used an old Sweet Sunday Sketch for my card, changed up just a bit. I made the card a 5 inch square. I used regal rose for my base and then followed that with some rich razzleberry. The Designer Paper I used is from a retired pack called Georgia Peach.

I used an image from the Stampin' Up  "On the Grow" stamp set. I stamped with black stazon onto vanilla card stock. I colored with my aqua painter and some regal rose, rich razzleberry, bashful blue, old olive, and soft suede inks.

I used the square lattice EF on the razzleberry circle that is behind the main image. The sentiment comes from the same set. I embellished with some razzleberry satin ribbon, basic pearls and the butterflies are from the sizzix embosslit.

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

Vicki

Thinking of You

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!

Today I am sharing another Flower Fest card, very similar to the one I posted on Sunday you can  it seen HERE.

I had an e-mail from a very sweet etsy customer who wanted a card like the Sunday one but wanted it to be the standard A2 size and wanted it to have a Thinking of You sentiment. I was happy to make up one for her since I really enjoyed making the first one.

I again used poppy parade, so saffron and paper from the Sunny Garden Designer Series Pack. I did change things up a bit, I made the middle element round instead of oval and used some pear pizazz ribbon. I added some silver pearls to the corners and to the scallops.

The white scallops are from the Tasteful Trim die. The sentiment is from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set.

Hope you like this one too, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

I am a Freak.......

Hello all!! Just popping in with a short announcement here, I am pleased and honored to announce that I have been asked to join the Control Freak Swap Group.

It all started with a sweet little e-mail a couple of weeks back from Lorri Heilling. She was asking about a technique I used on a card and then went on to inquiry if I had heard of the Control Freaks Group and if I would be interested in joining them when an opening came up?

Really Me?

 I was surprised but jumped at the chance, after all that group has some of the most elite SU demo's around!!

A week or so later I get another e-mail from Lisa Martz, the Control Freaks Mom, so to speak asking if I would like to join and the requirements. Again I responded with a resounding yes!!!

Well, that's it peeps.....It is official....I am a FREAK.............a Control Freak anyway, but a freak none the less!!!

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

SSSC117....Happy birthday

Good Morning Peeps!!! It is Sunday so that means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Sample. 

Here is the fabulous sketch that Karen has for us this week:

Such a great sketch!! I haven't made this size card in quite some time. I used a base of Poppy Parade, 6-1/2 inches by 3-1/4 inches. I trhen layered some whipser white and the DSP here is from the Sunny Garden paper pack.

The flowers are from the Stampin' Up Flower Fest stamp set that is available in the new Summer Mini. I stamped with versmark onto poppy parade and so saffron paper and then embossed with white embossing powder. I cut out and layered up the roses. I added several leaves which are embossed with white onto pear pizzazz card stock. The sentiment comes from the retired "Something to Celebrate" stamp set.

I added some pearl swirls that I had in my stash. I really like this card, I don't usually say that but those flowers done with the white embossing just looks so cute I think!

 I wanted top make my card a stand up that opened at the top and I didn't have any card stock the size to make that work so I just improvised and cut two pieces of white 6-1/2 x 3-1/4 and joined them together at the top with a small piece of 1/2 strip folded in half and glued to both of the white pieces. Then I mounted my front piece to the base. this size card will fit into the small open ended envelopes from Stampin' Up!

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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

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

Vicki

OCC...Au Natural

Good Saturday Morning PEEPS!!!

It is time for another new challenge over at the Our Creative Corner Blog. This week our challenge hostess is Linda, the funkie junkie and her challenge for us is:

 Au Naturel with a twist - Au Naturel. Create a project using ONLY neutrals (and gold/silver OR metallics). The main project must use only pale neutrals (ivory, white, beige, tan, grey) with darker neutrals (dark grey, brown, black) as accents only. The twist is to include lace and buttons.

I choose Crumb Cake aka Kraft for my neutral. I used the Stampin' Up Inspired by Nature stamp set. I inked up one of the flowers with whisper white craft ink and used my daffodil delight and old olive markers. I stamped one flower onto the crumb cake piece and then did the same two more times onto some scrap crumb cake. I cut out two of the flowers and added them to the piece with some dimensionals. I embossed another small piece with the vintage wall EF and added it to the bottom portion of the panel.  The sentiment which is from the Stampin' Up Upsy Daisy stamp set was stamped with black stazon. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up.

I added my twist elements, the lace and the button across the panel. I used some sticky to gather the crochet trim and hold it in place. I then threaded some silver cording through the button and tied a bow. I used my glue gun to adhere it to the card. I added two silver pearls to the top corners. That and the silver cord is my metallic! I think I got it all there!

I hope you’ll play along this week and have fun with this challenge! Be sure to check out the rest of the OCC design team creations! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment linking to your project over at Our Creative Corner so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.

Well, that is all from me for now, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SC332.....Bundle of Love

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the sketch challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers. I used this fun little set I just got from Stampin Up called Baby Bundle. I stamped the baby carriage with black stazon ink onto some water color paper. I added the baby peeking up out of the carriage. I colored in with my aqua painter using baja breeze, old olive, riding hood red, and soft suede.

The papers are from the Nursery Suite Speciality paper pack. I started with some whisper white and then I added some baja breeze and then a piece of DSP. I used some chocolate chip that I embossed with the square lattice EF and then more DSP.

I used some old olive satin ribbon and some silver pearls for accents. The sentiment comes from the same set and is stamped and then punched out and matted with the oval punches.

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

Vicki

Color Challenge....Friend

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with this week's color challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The colors for this challenge are Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery, So Saffron and any neutral of your choice. The dessert option is FLOWERS!!! Well, that is right up my alley!

When I start a color challenge card I first pull out a piece of each of the colors and see what strikes my fancy, I have to say I struggled a bit with this one. Not the flowers of course, I knew right away, the leaves certainly celery and the flowers blushing bride and so saffron, no problem there, but the problem was getting a layout and layer of papers that was pleasing to me. I hadn't intended to use the paper lace doily strip like yesterdays card but after trying some other things that I didn't like I grabbed the lacey doily piece and then it all came together!

The base of the card is whisper white and then I used some Blushing Bride that I had embossed with the square lattice EF. I added the strip of paper lace doily across the bottom. I used a nestie, label 4, for the middle sentiment piece. I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin' Up "All Holidays" onto the label with Certainly Celery ink. The flowers and leaves were stamped onto scrap whisper white and then cut out and mounted with dimesionals. I added some silver pearls and a certainly celery satin bow.

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

Vicki

Mojo.....Thanks

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. Pretty sketch huh? I really like it and think I will probably use it again!

I started with a base of white card stock. I then use a piece of Marina Mist card stock that I had embossed with the vintage wall EF. Notice the pretty lace doily paper? I love it. It is recent etsy purchase, fellow OCC design team member Linda recently opened her own etsy shop and she has some wonderful things for sale over there. She had used this paper lace doily, which is just like a paper doily but comes in straight pieces, so when I was getting some crinoline for making some of her flowers I got some of this and I have to say it is fabulous!!

The sentiment on here comes from the Afterthoughts stamp set. I stamped with black stazon onto some whisper white card stock I matted with some pear pizzazz card stock that I cut with my lacey square nestie. The flowers are from the Vintage Vogue stamp set and I stamped with Marina Mist and stamped again with out re-inking the stamp to get the lighter color. I layered two large flowers up and added a smaller one in the middle. I put a dimensionals between each layer and added a silver pearl to the center. I stamped a few leaves with pear pizzazz ink and added them around the big flower. I put two smaller flowers in the opposite corner with a few leaves and silver pearls too. I used some pear pizzazz ribbon to make a pretty bow.

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

Vicki 

Paper Crafters Sampler--With This Ring

Happy Monday Peeps!!

The 10th is almost here and that means it is almpost time for the unveiling of the May Paper Crafters Sampler. This month's issue, "With This Ring", offers project ideas for upcoming the upcoming Summertime weddings.

This special wedding issue includes elegant wedding greeting cards, tabletop decorations, favors and more.

Here is a sneak peek of my contribution this month:

You will LOVE  this issue!!! If you want more information on how to sign up go HERE and if you decide to sign up make sure you use my promotional code of PCSVB or just mention my name.

Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

SSSC116......Enjoy the Simple Things

Good Morning Peeps!!! It is Sunday so that means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Sample. 

Here is the fabulous sketch that Karen has for us this week:

I changed the sketch a bit, I made a standard size card instead of a square and I left off the flourish on the bottom.

I wanted to play with this new little set from the Stampin' Up Summer Mini called Touch of Kindness. I kept my card fairly clean and simple. I used a base of Crumb Cake and then another layer of embossed crumb cake card stock. I embossed that piece with my swiss dot EF. My main image is stamped with black stazon onto some watercolor paper and I used my aqua painter to color with. The cute little kitty is stamped onto a scrap piece and cut out and added to the main piece. I colored the kitty like one of our cats, Twitchy. Twitchy is a beautiful mischievous little boy. I have to say that if this was really our Twitchy in the picture, those birds would not be safe! Twitch loves to chase birds!!!

The DS paper on here is from the Sweet & Sour Speciality paper pack and the image and sentiment panels are matted with pumpkin pie card stock.

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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

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

Vicki

OCC....Paper Weaving

Good Morning Peeps!! It is Saturday and that means it is time for another new challenge at Our Creative Corner.

This week our challenge hostess is the fabulous Jen Rzasa from Our Change of Art. Jen has challenged us this week to do some paper weaving on our card or project. I weaved a lattice trellis for my flowers on my card. I started with a base of white card stock and then added some marina mist and then the weaved piece. I made this piece by first cutting out the center with a Nestiablities Die, Label 4. I then ran it through the big shot with my dot folder. I then turned it over and added some double stick tape around the opening. I cut several small strips to weave and used my grid paper to line it up, that part is a bit fussy, getting the strips woven AND lined up. I added a piece of Marina Mist DS paper behind the weaved section.

I used a couple of flowers from the new Flower Fest stamp set from Stampin' Up. I stamped with black stazon onto water colored paper and used poppy parade ink to color in. I used pear pizzazz for the leaves and added some yellow brads to the center of the small ones. 

The sentiment comes from the Something to Celebrate stamp set and I stamped with black stazon and matted with more Marina Mist. I curled and cut the end to make the flag.

I added some basic pearls to the corners and called it done.

I hope you’ll play along this week and have fun with this challenge! Be sure to check out the rest of the OCC design team creations! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment linking to your project over at Our Creative Corner so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.

Well, that is all from me for now, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Mojo......thinking of you

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. I used another fun new set from the Stampin Up summer mini, this one is called On the Grow. I had to have it, because those flowers are in a mason jar and I collect those, love the old blue ones. I got out a couple to sit behind my card for the picture.  My jar is colored with some baja ink and reminds me of my fave mason jars. I also used some daffodil delight, pumpkin pie, pear pizzazz, always artichoke and crumb cake to color in the jar of flowers. I did have alot of trouble getting a nice picture of this card. The jar on the card looks really pale but IRL it is a very nice aqua color.

I used some very vanilla card stock for my base and I followed that with some pear pizzazz and then the DSP here is from the Paisley Patterns paper pack. I then used some more very vanilla and the square lattice EF. I also punched one edge with a MS punch. the next layer is more pear pizzazz and some so saffron DSP. I used my circle and scallop circle nesties to cut out the main image and matt. I piecrced all around the scallop circle. I added a small little flag of pear pizzazz with some basic pearls.

The sentiment is from the same set and I used my oval punches cut out. I used some floss from my stash and more little basic pearls.

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

Vicki

Water colored Friend

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the Stampin Up set called Happiness Shared. Last week I spent some time with a friend to share some water coloring tips with her. She didn't really need any help as she is awesome on her own.

This is one of the images I worked with and I wanted to finish it up and so I sit down to create this card yesterday. I challenged my friend to take her image and make a card too.

I used some very vanilla for my card base which is a 5 inch square and then I followed that up with some old olive card stock and the olive DS paper is from the Jolly Holiday paper pack. I then pulled out my Lacey Squares Nestabilties die and used the largest one along with some crushed curry card stock. I then added some old olive and more DSP, this one from the Razzleberry lemonade pack. I used a circle nestie to cut out the flower, that I had previously colored with crushed curry and old olive ink. 

I added some gold pearls and tied a half bow with some very vanilla satin ribbon. The sentiment comes from the "You're a Gem" stamp set. The main piece as well ass the scalloped square piece are both added to the card with some tap.

OK, now head on over to Wendy's Blog to see the card she made with her watercolored image!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING

Vicki

SSSC115......Whee!

Good Morning Peeps!!! It is Sunday so that means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Sample. 

Here is the fabulous sketch that Karen has for us this week:

I pulled out another new set from Stampin' Up's Summer Mini which goes live today, May 1st. I love the cute little images in the fun little set called "Recess" and you all know I love to water color. I stamped the image onto some water color paper with black stazon and used my aqua painter to color. I had to use a not SU sentiment stamp, because it just sooooo fits I think. This comes from a PI stamp set I have and the entire sentiment is "Start each day with a whee!" But i just inked up the "whee" and stamped it on the top of the image piece.

I matted with some riding hood red card stock and the DS paper is from a retired pack called Sweet Slumber. The base is Crumb cake and I added some retired riding hood red ribbon and a few silver pearls.

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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

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

Vicki