It's a Stamp Thing: February 2014

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Sweet Sunday.....Wild Thing

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day

Here is the sweet sketch Karen has for us today:

I decided to play around with my new Stampin Up set called "Life in the Forest". I had this idea for this sketch and this set to make a card for my Hubby. I gave him this card on Friday for Valentines Day,

I thought it turned out cute.

I made my base with Crumb Cake card stock and then the orange DSP comes from the Retro Fresh pack. This is my favorite DSP right now.

Another layer of Crumb Cake and then more DSP. The green DSP is from the "Birthday Basic" paper pack.

I hand cut my curvy hills.

I stamped the trees onto some cream card stock and colored with my copic markers. I then cut them out and added them to the scene with dimensionals.

I stamped the cute little raccoon onto some Smokey Slate card stock and colored in the black parts with a marker and then smoothed them out a bit with my aqua brush. I stamped him again and cut out the face and colored and added it to him with a dimensional.

Most people are all about the cute fox in this set, BUT I adore this little raccoon.

The sentiment is created using the Designer Typeset Photo polymer set. I spelled out the sentiment using individual letters, hence the crooked spacing and lines, but I am OK with it!

The little arrows below are also from the same set.

I decorated the inside with some more trees and added a little personal message for hubby.

"You Make My Heart Sing" using the Typeset letters.

Let's see what the rest of the girls did with this fun little sketch:

Dana White

Thanks for stopping by today

Vicki

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Sweet Sunday.....Birthday Wishes

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day

Here is the sweet sketch Karen has for us today:

I pulled out my Flower Shop Stamp set and the Petite Flowers

stamp set and their matching punches for this card.

The base of my card is Crumb Cake followed by real red and the DSP I used is from the Fresh Prints pack.

I used Real Red, Crumb Cake, and Coastal Cabana ink for the flowers.
The sentiment comes from the Four You stamp set.
I added the flowers to my circle piece with dimensionals and then added a pearl to the centers. I used a big button and some twine for my upper embellishment.

Let's see what the rest of the girls did with this fun little sketch:

Dana White

Thanks for stopping by today

Vicki

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Color Challenge.......Hello, You

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card i made using the color challenge this week on SplitcoastStampers.

Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, and Primrose Petals. Such a pretty color combo. I pulled out my single Stampin Up stamp called "People Like You". I love to color this fun flower stamp.

I used my aqua brush and Pumpkin pie and Primrose petals to color the flowers.

I also used a bit of crushed curry in the middle of the flowers and some pear pizzazz on the stems.

I used some rustic cream card stock for my base and also for the image. I stamped with black stazon to water color.

I decided to use a different sentiment than the one on the stamp so I pulled out my "Regarding Dahlias" stamp set for this sentiment. I then used the Decorative Label Punch to punch out the sentiment and then two other punches with Pumpkin Pie card stock and matted the back. I then used some dimensionals to add the sentiment.

The main image is matted with Basic Gray and Pumpkin Pie card stock. I then mounted this piece with some dimensionals to the base at an angle. I finished it up with a few sticky back gold pearls in the corner and under the sentiment.

I wanted to keep it fairly simple for easy mailing.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Paper Players....Happy Heart Day

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a cute little Valentine Treat holder.

The challenge this week at The Paper Players is "Sweet Treats"

I have this adorable mini coffee cups, thanks to my sweet friend Wendy, and have been itching to make some Valentine's with them.

This one uses some retired DSP and some pretty gray Chevron ribbon. Love how it turned out.

The little cloths pen with heart is some I had in my stash along with the round stickers I used on the top.

The cups are a little challenging to cover and I ended up taking one apart to make a template for myself. I found one on the web and printed it out and when I cut my DSP using it, it was too small, a waste of the DSP!

The carrier for the two cups is made using a tutorial on Becky Robert's Blog, Inking Idaho, that girl is a genius, I tell ya!!!

These cups are so tiny and just the right size for some kiss candy or M&M's or something like that.

I used the Tags 4 You stamp set for the Happy Heart Day, I put one on both sides of the carrier.

Once I got the DSP figured out they came together rather quickly I made 5 sets, I will show you some more later.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Monday, February 3, 2014

Dynamic Duos....Love You

Happy Monday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week at Dynamic Duos.

Real Red and Island Indigo, I still needed a couple of Valentine cards and I was inspired by one of my fellow Sweet Sunday Stampers Tracy Clemente, for my card. She makes gorgeous cards and I wanted to try one making it with my Stampin Up supplies.

I started my card with a base of Rustic Cream card stock and then the next layer is Island Indigo and the DSP on here is from a retired pack called More Amore.

I used the Hearts a Flutter and Best of Love stamp sets on the main image panel.

I embossed a strip of Indigo card stock with the woodgrain EF and added it to the side. I used my full heart punch and some twine and button to top it off.

I think it turned out kinda cute, what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Sweet Sunday.......Sunshine

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day

Here is the sweet sketch Karen has for us today:

I have seen these cute sun and clouds around blogland made with the new Stampin Up banner punch and Word Bubble Framelits and I wanted to make one for my card.I thought this layout would be great for it.

The base of my card is Coastal Cabana card stock and then a layer of rustic cream and then the DSP is from the Retro Fresh pack.

I used one of the Word Bubbles for my clouds and then embossed with the Decorative Dots EF which is from the SAB catalog. The sentiment is also from the SAB catalog, it is called "See Ya Later".

The sun is made using my 1-1/2 inch circlepunch and the rays are the cute little Banner Punch.

I added two more banners to the ends of my sentiment and finished it all off with a few silver pearls.

Let's see what the rest of the girls did with this fun little sketch:

Dana White