Merry Monday......Warm Winter Wishes

Happy Monday Peeps!!

It is our very first Merry Monday Challenge of the New Year!

This week it is a fun color challenge:

I was a little late getting my card loaded up on the design time blog cos I ran in to a bit of a hiccup when making my card.

This actually is not the first card I made with these colors, I had made another one, and when I went to upload it I saw that it was a bit similar to one another girl had made so I thought I should make something different, hence me being a bit behind.

It is all good tho, I like this one too. I pulled out the fun Stampin Up set Wonderful Winterland.

This little skater is so cute, but these images are very small. I tried to color with my aqua painter but could not, I switched to my copics and was able to get a close color match.

The sentiment is from the Stampin Up Winter Memories stamp set.

I added some snowflakes that I die cut from the Northern Flurries Sizzlit strip.

I used pool party and island indigo for the snowflakes and added rhinestones to the center of each.

Be sure and pop over to Lesley's Blog to see what the rest of the design team did with this pretty color combo.

Vicki

Sweet Sunday......Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is our sweet sketch this week:

This is another sketch designed by our very own and oh so talented Karen Motz, who I Love!

I also love this great sketch, very easy to work with.

I am again using the Stampin Up Pleasant Poppies, hey it was out and on my desk.

This time I stamped a portion of the flowers onto some white card stock and then stamped again. I colored and then cut out the flower heads and added them over the top of the first ones with dimesionals.

I used raspberry ripple ink and my aqua painter to color them.

I wasn't planning a Valentines card when I started out but after putting it together I thought it looked very "Valentine-y" 

I am also linking this to the The Paper Players Challenge: Love is in the Air

I used one of the delicate doilies sizzlits to mount my flowers onto. 

The base of the card is Raspberry Ripple card stock and then I followed that with some white and the next layer is some DSP from a retired Simply Sent kit.

I then added more white and some more DSP from the Patio Party paper pack.

The edge along the bottom of the DSP is made from one of the Finishing Touches edgelits dies.

I added another strip of white that I embossed with the Chevron EF.

I finished it off with a loopy bow with a button and a few basic pearls.

I added some dazzling details to the flowers, 

Here is a closeup where you can see the sparkle and dimesion a bit:

Be sure and check out what the rest of the team has made with this sweet sketch:

 Dana White-Dana's House of Cards

Dawn Easton-Treasure Oiler Desingz

Jackie Pedro-The Scalloped Edge

Karen Giron-The Sweetest Thing

Karen Motz-Paper Playhouse

Lori Telcer-Inking Aloud

Lynn Put-The Queen's Scene

Melissa Hubert-My Paper Obsession

Sarah-Jane Kale-Janeybell

Tracy Clemente-Eat Sleep Stamp 

and this week's Sweet guest stamper,

 the fabulous  

Shannon White

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos.....Happy Birthday

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

I am excited to be back with our first color challenge of the new year on the Dynamic Duos blog.

Love this color combo, I pulled out my Stampin Up Pleasant Poppies stamp and inked it ups with some black stazon. I stamped it onto some confetti white card stock and colored in the flower heads with my aqua painter and melon mambo ink from squishing the ink pad together.

I then cut them all apart and layered them onto the embossed BG piece using some dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I made a loopy bow and added a melon mambo button to the center. The DSP on here is from the Summer Smooches paper pack. I added some dazzling details to the flowers to add some sparkle and shine, very pretty IRL. Here is a close-up shot that shows the sparkle a bit:

Be sure and head on over the the Dynamic Duos Blog and see what the rest of the team did with these colors! Sure hope you can play along!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Sweet Friend

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the Sketch Challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers.

I thought this sketch was so much fun to work with, I loved the bottom layers!

I wanted to make a Valentine card and use my fave "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set.

I pulled out some retired DSP, Love Letters, this was the very last of my pack, it is just scraps and bits and pieces.

the base of the card is Basic Black and I also used Riding Hood Red,

I used the Tasteful Trim Bigz die for my scallops. 

I used some shimmer red for the big heart behind the girl.

The sentiment I used is from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set. I stamped the two words onto some very vanilla card stock and hand cut the "v" ends. The flags are tucked in between the rosette and the heart.

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

HAPPY STAMPING!

Vicki

Color Challenge....with love

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

It sure doesn't seem like a Wednesday to me, with the holidays and all, my days are all mixed up!!! LOL!

I decided this year the only New Year's resolution I would make was to participate and a few more challenges on Splitcoaststampers. That is an easy resolution and one I should not have too much trouble keeping!!

So to start things off on the right foot I looked to see what the Color Challenge was yesterday.

It is this beautiful, elegant combo of gold, silver and white.

 Since I had some time I decided to see what I could come up with.

I pulled out a piece of Stampin Up Brushed Gold and Brushed Silver card stock and also some scraps of Whisper White.

The base of the card is the Brushed Gold and then the next layer is a piece of the Brushed Silver and then more Brushed Gold that I embossed with the Fancy Fan EF. I used a piece of the Brushed Silver and one of the Delicate Designs EF for the piece across the bottom, I trimmed along the scallop edge of the embossing with my paper snips.

I added some Whisper White satin ribbon across where the gold and silver layers came together and tied a pretty bow.

I then embossed and cut out an oval frame using the Designer Frames EF and some of the Brushed Silver card stock.. I used my Sizzix 3-d flower die to cut out the flowers, I rolled them up and added them to the frame using my glue gun. I punched out a few leaves using the Silver card sock and the bird punch and added them around the flowers. I then added some dimesionals to the back of the frame and added it to the base. My sentiment is from the Stampin Up Field Flowers stamp set and I used black stazon on Whisper White card stock. I cut it out and "V" cut the ends and curled it just a bit and tucked it in by the flowers.

I finished it off with some silver pearls in the flower centers and top corners of the card.

This card could be used for a number of different occasions, Wedding, Anniversary, Valentines or just a Thinking of You card. 

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Still addINKtive.....Pinwheels

Hello Peeps!!!

Here it is, our very first challenge at Still addINKtive.

This week is a color and sketch challenge:

I had to make some fun pinwheels using the new Sizzlits Die that is in the Stampin Up Spring Mini, which will be available to purchase on the 3rd. So much fun!

I used some mini silver brads for the center and added dowels for the pinwheel handles.

The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Be sure and hop over to the Challenge Blog to see the rest of the design teams creations and I sure hope you can play along.

Thanks for stopping by and 

HAPPY STAMPING!

Vicki