Thanks a Bunch

 

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!

Popping in here quickly to share a card.

This one used the sketch his week at  Freshly Made Sketches.

I have to admit I struggled a bit with this one.

I made the bouquet of flowers easily, the rest was the struggle.

I used the Beautiful Bouquet set.

I stamped the several of the flowers in a variety of colors, Flirty Flamingo,

Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky, Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder.

The stems are die cut with Pear Pizzazz card stock.

 

I assembled the bouquet on a whisper white piece of card stock 

and matted with Crumb Cake card stock. 

I ended up keeping the background fairly simple and monochromatic.

The flowers are pretty busy and the monochromatic background seemed to be what I liked best.

 

The sentiment is from the same set and is stamped with Black Memento ink.

I die cut it with a circle die and added it to the card.

I finished up with some rhinestones.

Thank for stopping by.

Vicki

Welcome, Little One

 

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!!

Over at Stamps, Ink Paper the challenge this week is Something for Baby

This was perfect timing for me, I needed to get stared on a planned surprise for a lady I work with who is welcoming her first grand baby in a couple of months. What a better way to start but a card, to set the whole theme and color choices for the surprise.

I only have a couple of baby themed stamp sets and this bunny is my favorite.

It comes from the retired A New Little Someone.

I love to color it and make a "vintage" looking stuffed rabbit.

I used my water brush and ink pads. I used chocolate chip, flirty flamingo and lovely lipstick.

 

I stamped the bow again and cut out to add with a mini dimensional.

I matted the image with Crumb Cake card stock.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake as well.

I then used a layer of white and the DSP is from the All My Love pack, perfect for a baby girl.

 

The sentiment is from the Nursery Necessities stamp set.

I finished up with a wine bow and a few rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by!  

Vicki

 

 

For Your Birthday

 

Happy Monday Peeps!!

Over at The Paper Players

they have a great sketch challenge this week.

You all know I LOVE a good sketch challenge!

I pulled out the All That You Are stamp set to use.  

I love that set as well.

I stamped with Black Stazon onto thick Whisper White card stock.

I colored using Rich Razzleberry and Wild Wasabi ink 

and a bit of Daffodil Delight with my water brush.

 

I stamped an extra flower to add to my image. I fussy cut it all out and put it aside to do the rest of the card.

 I used Rich Razzleberry card stock for my base.

I then used a layer of white and another piece of razzleberry that I embossed with the Subtle EF.

I added a white doily to the edge and trimmed off the side.

Over the doily middle is a circle of Razzleberry card stock.

I added a couple of pieces of ribbon across the bottom portion of the doily.

The image piece is then added with some dimesionals.

 The sentiment comes from the Birthday Cheer set and was stamped with Black Memento ink.

I fussy cut around it and added it to the card with more dimensionals.

I finished with a few basic rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

 

Celebrate Your Day

 

Hello Peeps!!

Popping in here quickly to share a card.

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 has a fun sketch, I loved working with it.

I am again using a new flower set, 

I guess if I could make nothing but floral cards I would be alright with it!!

I am using the Lovely Lattice set from Sale-A-Bration.

I stamped and cut away just the parts I wanted to use on this card.

I water colored using Daffodil Delight, a bit of Pumpkin Pie and Pear Pizzazz.

 

 

 

The base of my card is Daffodil Delight card stock, followed with a layer of whisper white.

The DSP is from the Gingham Gala 6x6 paper pack.

I used a square of Vellum card stock that I embossed with the corrugated EF.

The vellum piece is added with a few dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Hello Cupcake set.

I stamped it with Black Memento ink onto my die cut circle.

 

The flowers were then added with more dimensionals.

I finished up wih a few rhinestones. 

Thanks for coming by!

Vicki

 

 

A Little Note

 

Happy Friday Peeps!!

I wanted to pop in here quickly to share a fun card I put together yesterday using the Butterfly Gala stamp set and matching punch!

The butterflies in this set are so pretty and a really nice variety.

I first stamped the butterflies onto some thick whisper white card stock.

I colored with my aqua painter and ink pads.

I used Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight on one set 

and Mariana Mist and Call Me Clover on the others.

I then punched them out with the matching punch a

and added them to my white die cut piece with my Tombow Glue.

 

I told you how I have been obsessed with this Gingham black and white paper from he Butterfly Botanical pack that is a free in the Sale-A-Bration catalog this year.

I used it again! LOL!!!

The base of my card is thick Whisper White card stock, 

followed with a piece of basic black and then the DSP.  

I haven't used ribbon on any of my cards in a while,

 but pulled out some black retired ribbon for this one.

I then added the butterfly piece to the base with some dimesionals.

 

The sentiment is from the same set and is stamped with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

 I finished up with a few rhinestones on the butterflies and card.

Thanks  for stopping by today.

Vicki

 

Hello Beautiful

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today's card features the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

I pulled my Lovely Lattice stamp set to use.

I stamped the image onto some thick whisper white card stock and fussy cut out just a portion of it to use on my card.

 

I used Calypso Coral and some Daffodil Delight on the flowers.

The leaves are colored with Granny Apple Green and I colored in between some I couldn't cut out with a little Pool Party.

The base of my card is thick whisper white card stock.

I then used another piece of thick whisper white that I embossed with the Basket Weave EF.

I die cut the scallop edge pieces with black card stock. 

This scallop edge is in the Be Mine Stitched Framelits, and I love it!

 

I glued the embossed piece directly to my card base.

The piece of black gingham DSP is from the Botanical Butterfly pack and is a freebie in the Sale-A-Bration catalog. I need another pack because I have used most of the black gingham already!

The flowers are added to the card with dimensionals. 

The sentiment is from the Butterfly Gala stamp set.

 I stamped it onto some scrap whisper white with Black Memento ink and fussy cut around it.

It is then added to the card with dimensionals as well.

The gold pearls are some I bought at a local craft store.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Vicki

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!!

The challenge this week at Stamp, Ink Paper  is all about Love.

I had not used my Meant to Be stamp set and matching framelits yet, because to be honest, even tho I had seen tons of wonderful cards using it, I was uninspired and a bit intimidated by the set.

I told that to a friend and she was surprised and replied that she thought I was never intimidated by anything. LOL!! So many things intimidate me.

 

But once I stared to work with the dies a bit it all came together.

 

 

 

I die cut some hearts with  real red card stock and some DSP from the All My Love pack

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All the die cuts beside the circle sentiment piece are from the framelits set.

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

 

SUO.....Sweet Wishes

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Time for a brand new challenge at SUO Challenges.

This week is all about Birthdays!

I am using a fun set that is a freebie in the Sale-A-Bration called Hello Cupcake.

This is a such a fun set!

I used the sketch this week at Fab Friday 

for my card layout.

 

My card is definitely girly,

 I used a Lovely Lipstick base and  and some DSP from the All My Love pack.

I stamped the cupcake using Crumb Cake ink and he icing is done with lovely lipstick.

The little heart is flirty flamingo.

My white die cut scallops are from the Be Mine Stitched Framelits and 

the little embellishment at the top is also from the framelit set.

I hope you can play along with us at SUO Challenges

We welcome anyone as long as you are using Stampin Up only in your creations, 

current or retired is  fine.

Thanks for coming by.

Vicki

Winter Cheer

 

Happy Monday Peeps!!

Over at  The Paper Players 

this week they have a Clean and Simple challenge with Winter theme.

I already had this pretty image stamped onto the die cut piece.

I just colored it up and added it to my base with some dimesionals.

I kinda like how it hangs over the edge, adds a bit more visual interest.

The sentiment is from the Spirited Snowman set and I stamped with Versmark on 

a piece of real red cards stock.

I then embossed with white embossing powder.

 

Thanks for sopping by today! 

Vicki

Friends

 

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Sorry for the late post, I had this scheduled to go live this morning and for some

reason it failed to do so, could be operator error or maybe just blogger being fussy!! 

Over at Addicted to CAS, the code word is Friends

and at Just us Girls Challenge  they are looking for Pastels

This card would had been one layer but I dropped my water brush while coloring and go a blob of color on the top of card. 

So I ended up cutting it down and adding a layer.

 

I am using the Lovely Lattice stamp set from Sale-A-Bration.

It IS lovely for sure!

I colored using my water brush and  Flirty Flamingo ink.

I didn't get the depth I wanted with just the single color this time and ended up going back in with some Lovely Lipstick to darken a bit

The leaves are colored with Pear Pizzazz ink.

I used a bit of Pool Party to color the background a little.

 

The sentiment comes from a set from last year's Sale-A-Bration called Happy Wishes.

I finished with just a few rhinestones in the flower centers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Happy Birthday

 

 Happy Saturday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using a new set

 from the Occasions Mini called All That You Are.

You know I love this set and it was on the top of the list for me.

I am a "flower" girl from the get go. Give me a flower to color and I am a happy camper.

I stamped the image onto thick whisper white.

I wanted to add a couple of extra flowers to the image, so I stamped

one of the other flowers in the set a couple of times as well.

I used Lovely Lipstick to color the flowers. 

Lovely Lipstick is really close to Melon Mambo and when water colored looks considerably lighter.

 

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, loosely for my card layout.

 

I used Granny Apple Green and Old Olive for my leaves. 

I added just a touch of Daffodil Delight to the flower centers.

The base of my card is Daffodil Delight 

and I am loving the new Gingham Gala DSP.

 I used a couple of the colors on this card.

 

The sentiment is from the same set.

I am also linking this card to the Seize the Birthday  anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Thoughts and Prayers

 

Happy Friday Peeps!

Last week I was playing around with this fun set, called You're Inspiring.

I love the daffodils in this set. 

I stamped the flower image on some thick whisper white card stock with black stazon.

I colored them with my water brush and ink pads.

 

I used daffodil delight and pink pirouette for the flowers

 and wild wasabi for the stems and leaves.

I used some soft sky to go around the flowers. 

The sentiment is from the Wishing You Well stamp set.

 

 

 I added a few rhinestones to finish it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Happy Birthday

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made trying to use three different challenges. 

First up is the SIP Challenge  

which is a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge:

Also my interpretation of the Freshly Made Sketches sketch this week:

 and finally this week at Just Us Girls Challenge:

I generally don't combine that many at once but it all seemed to come together for my card.

My flower comes from he retired set called You've Got This.

 I stamped it with versmark ink onto some Confetti Cream card sock and heat set it with white embossing powder.

I colored using my Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi inks. 

I fussy cut it out and then put it aside to do the rest of the card.

I die cut a heart with Soft Sky card stock to use, this would represent the  rounded square in the sketch shown above, hence my statement of "my interpretation" of the sketch.

I think it works tho, you can still see the "bones" of the sketch.

The base of the card is Confetti card stock and then a layer of Calypso Coral and then more confetti, I embossed that piece using the basket weave EF.

The Heart is then mounted using dimensionals as is the flower.

I added a small piece of black and white DSP across the middle and the sentiment is from he Lift Me Up stamp set. I fussy cut it out and added it to the card with more dimensionals.

 

I finished the card with a few rhinestones and a twine bow. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki