Ride With Me

 

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a couple of fun little trucks I made with 

the Ride With Me stamp Bundle.

I love these little trucks and I was 

super excited when I saw this Bundle in the new

catalog. 

I got this on my first order and immediately made a truck when my order

arrived. My first one was a bit disheartening, not hard but

definitely a bit fussy putting it all together.

I sit aside and hadn't tried again til yesterday. I am glad I gave it a 

go again this time it came together much better for me. Still a bit tedious to put ttogether

but I absolutely LOVE the outcome.

 

I made these using Real Red and Pacific Point, for the 4th of July.

The balloons are a stamp that come with this set and are so cute. 

I colored them with the same colors and left a few plain white for my 

Red, White and Blue theme.

Here they are lined up for the 4th of July parade...

 

Thank you for sopping by!

Vicki

Happy 4th of July.......Celebrate

Happy Monday Peeps and Happy 4th of July to all!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the Stampin Up Swirly Bird set.

I love the kites in this set.

Normally I make several Americana cards this time of the year but this is my only one this year.

I love how it came out tho. When I sat down to make a card to post today and knew I wanted to try to make some flag looking kites. this card came out pretty much how I envisioned when I started, which is not my norm. 

Everything on my card is Stampin Up except the little star stickers, these are some I found in my stash as I was looking for something to add to my BG around the kites. They work perfectly, I do not even know where or when I got them.

The kites are stamped with Night of Navy and Real Red ink

. I stamped four of these and layered them up with dimensionals between the layers,

 it really adds great dimension to the front of the card. 

I stamped the tails and bows with the same colors.

The sentiment comes from an old Paper Pumpkin kit from last year.

The navy banner is embossed with the lucky star embossing folder,

I used some cherry cobbler Bakers twine around the top and also added a silver clip there as well.

I added in the silver glimmer paper in the end cos I felt it needed s bit more sparkle and it was the perfect choice.

I have another cute pic of Audrey to share, dressed in one of her Americana outfits:

You can't see much of the outfit, but isn't that bow too cute? 

I hope you that are celebrating this 4th have a safe and happy celebration with family and friends.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Hoo-Ray Treat Pails!!

Happy Friday Peeps!!

Popping in here quickly to share some cute little treat pails I made.

 My wonderful friend Wendy form WeeBeeStampin4Fun challenged me a while back to use these pails again, (you may remember our challenge back in February with these pails, you can see THAT POST HERE). 

So challenged accepted, even tho I was down to the very last minuted doing these, I think they turned out cute. 

I have a lot to live up to with Wendy, I feel she is the queen of the treat makers, she makes treats for all the holidays and they are always sooooo cute!!

So anyway, I went off to Michael's and found me a few more of these pails to decorate.

I just got these three done, I used Real Red and Night of Navy and the striped paper is some from an old Paper Pumpkin kit.

The stamps are from the Be the Hero stamp set. such a fun set with the stars and cute sayings.

On the first one I used the Night of Navy card stock and embossed it with the Lucky Stars EF.

I added the string of stars around the top, which is also from the same Paper Pumpkin kit that the striped paper came from

To all the pails I made a little key chain type sentiment holder using the Hoo-Ray stamp and added it to the bottle cap with some dimensionals.  I used my Crop a dial to punch the hole for the chain and the pails come with a little washer that is used to open the lid on the pail. It is on the chain as well.

This one used the Real Red card stock  that is embossed with the Lucky Star EF as well.

This one has the striped DSP and the celebrate is from the Endless Birthday Wishes set.

I made pom poms for the top of these with red, white and blue yarn and I added a bow to each one using some of the silver 1/4" ribbon.

The stars are stamped and added with dimensionals as well. I layered more stars over the top of a couple and stamped stars on one of them, all from the same stamp set.

Another little shot of all three:

I didn't have any chocolates on hand (they are a no-no for me right now) but I did find some of these cute little red and white striped mints in the cabinet and they fit the theme so win, win!!!

Be sure and head over to Wendy's BLOG to see what she did with this creative challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today 

HAPPY STAMPIN!!!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday......Celebrate

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!

Here is the sweet sketch we have this week:

Since the 4th is just around the corner, and the sketch had stars (of course you do NOT have to use stars) I immediately knew what I wanted to do.

I started with a card base of Naturals card stock.

I then uses some red stripe paper from a past Paper Pumpkin Kit.

The Night of Navy is made with the Hearst and stars Decorative Mask (stencil)

I used some modeling paste along with the mask to add the white stars, I love the look of that technique. 

I added a strip of  silver glimmer paper across at an angle.

The large star comes from the Be the Star stamp set and scored the lines in the star and folded it to create a 3-D effect.

I added some looped twine behind and attached the large star with dimensionals.

The smaller stars are punched out with the star punch in the itty bitty punch pack.

The celebrate is from the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set.

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog to see what the rest of the girls did with this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Star Treat Box

Happy Friday Peeps!

You know how you will have something for a long long time and never use it? Especially when it comes to a crafting item or pattern? You had to have it when you first saw it and then you just file it away and forget about it. You look at it every once in awhile and think I need to make something with that. This little box is one of those things.

I have had the template for this cute little box forever, years I think and I had never made it.

I ran across it earlier this week while looking at some files on my computer, so I printed it out and decided to make a matching little treat box to my Celebrate 4th of July card.

It is so cute! 

I printed it out directly onto the Real Red card stock and cut it out. It has the cut and score lines marked so it makes it very easy.

I again used some of the papers I have from a past Paper Pumpkin kit. Love that striped paper, the kit was actually a Christmas kit but it looks great for a patriotic theme as well.

The stars are from the Be the Star stamp set. I added a few little glimmer stars that are from the garland in the kit.

I didn't close up the top of the box so it is easy opening to fill.

I threaded some ribbon through the lid and through the star on top looping it at top and knotting it on the inside of the lid.

I then add a bow around the top loop.

I did add some small brads to the side to hold the dispenser part in a permanent position, this could be glued or left loose to allow it to close up.

I do not even remember where I got this template and upon doing a quick internet search I could not find it available any longer.

This fun little dispenser type box would be cute for many holidays or celebrations,  Halloween, Valentine or any type party favors. 

I have another card to show you using this same theme, it will be up on Sunday, so be sure and stop by then.

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Freshly Made Sketch.....Celebrate

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

I love all things patriotic and I love making patriotic cards.

This one was fun to put together.

I used some things from a past Paper Pumpkin kit, the red striped paper and the string of stars are some leftovers I have in my stash. Really I have a lot of leftovers. LOL!!

The base of the card is Naturals card stock then I used  the Lucky Stars EF to emboss some Night of Navy card stock and also some of the Naturals. 

I added a small strip of the red striped paper sown the side of the Naturals card stock.

I made a rosette with the same paper and added it to the base with some glue.

The blue star is from the Be The Star stamp set and I used Night of Navy ink. I cut it out and added it to the rosette with some dimensionals.

Next is the small glimmer star added with another dimensional.

I used a sentiment from the Endless Birthday Wishes set and embossed it with white embossing powder.

The string of stars is also added with a few dimensionals.

A peek at the inside:

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.......USA

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day!

Here is the sweet sketch Karen has for us this week:

While on vacation my friend Wendy and I worked on some 4th of July projects, in between all of our sightseeing, I will show you some of those items later this week, but when I got home after playing with my new Zinnia stamp that you all saw on last Sundays card, I wanted to make another 4th of July card. 

I had picked up a pack of stickers at Hobby Lobby by K & Company a few weeks back so I pulled it out and this card came together rather quickly

The base of the card is Night of Navy card stock and then a layer of Rustic Cream and then all the the DSP on here is also from Hobby Lobby.

I did stamp just a bit, the splotches in BG behind the USA is stamped with some Tim Holtz distress ink.

The forever is part of a sticker, I just cut apart to use.

I added the tiny flags using my banner punch and punched out of the DSP different stripes.

I added a button with twine and the little star burst are stickers from the same pack.

I love all things Americana and especially in the muted tones on this card.

USA...forever indeed!!

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

Karen Giron

Barbara Anders

Jenny Peterson

 Dana White

Jackie Pedro

Karen Motz

Lori Telcer

Lynn Put

Sarah-Jane Kale

Tracy Clemente

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Thanks for stopping by today

Vicki

Happy 4th of July

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Funny how things creep on you.

 It seems it is already the 4th of July. 

Most of you that follow my blog and have followed it for sometime know that I love the 4th celebrations and that I generally make several Americana type cards to post here. I think this may be only the second one of this type I have made this year.

July has just gotten here way to fast and frankly the 4th almost passed by with out any acknowledgement here, so yesterday, in between the errands and the pre-holiday cooking I found a few minutes to make this card.

I did have the idea for this rolling around in my head for a few days, so it came together fairly quickly.

The base is Crumb Cake card stock and then I used Riding Hood Red, Confetti Cream and Night of Navy for the stripes. I embossed these with the square lattice EF.

I used my scallop and circle nesties for the center element. I then punched three stars with night of navy card stock and stacked them together using some dimensionals between each. I added a small cream star to the middle and then added a silver pearl to the middle.

I added two more small stars.

The sentiment is from the retired single stamp "God Bless America".

I thought I would take this time to show a few more of my non paper Americana projects that I have made this year:

Firecrackers made from old posts

I made a few sets of these, one for myself and the other for a couple of friends.

Flag Display Box, made from old fencing wood.

Star Display Box, 

made with same old fencing, the stars are some old cast iron pieces I got at a local flea market:

I made several sizes of these. 

My primitive American table display:

The rag rug is a treasured item that my Mom made many years ago. 

And finally my teddies:

Years back, probably more than 15, I purchased an old quilt at an auction, it was tattered and had several torn places in it and I got it for practically nothing. 

I had always thought I would use it to make some kinda of crafty items, well I finally did!

Love how these came out!

Hope you enjoyed these.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Vicki

July Door Hangers

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I am sharing some 4th of July door hangers I have been making. These are a complete CASE of my friend Wendy's design. You can see her door hanger HERE. I saw her door hanger a week or so back and LOVED it, I knew I wanted to make some right away, so Wendy invited me over to "play" and I started one of my own. Of course, with all the chatting, and running out for more supplies and getting lunch I didn't finish mine, but I had a chance yesterday to finish up my first one and to make a couple more.

This is my first one:

Wendy had the paper and stamps for this one and then when we went shopping I picked up some more paper and made this one:

 

and this one:

The flag stamp is a retired Stampin Up single stamp called "God Bless America" and of course all the stars are Stampin Up punches. The small star punch retired last year and the large star punch is retiring now, so get it while you can!!! I used my oval and scallop oval punches for the "Happy July 4th" which is a non SU stamp. I thought they turned out cute!!!

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

Vicki

SSSC76......Happy 4th of July!!

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS and HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

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




I kept my card fairly simple, as those who follow my blog know I have been doing a theme this week, patriotic! It has been so much fun to come up with Americana type cards this week, especially since my patriotic stamp sets are nil. I did borrow, mid week, a couple of sets from a friend. This is the fun set from the summer mini called "July Fourth".

The base of the card is whisper white and I followed that with some night of navy. I used one of the firework stamps and versamark to add a design to the navy card stock I also added a few of the small stars to the navy as well.

The main element is made with whisper white and I stamped the sentiment with night of navy ink. I then inked up the firecracker with real red and summer sun markers and stamped it beside the sentiment. I then added some stars to the corners with real red and navy ink. I used the corner rounder punch on one side and matted with real red. I added a strip of real red under the main image panel with two white brads at one end. The large star is from the same set and is stamped in red and punched out and added to the main panel with some foam tape. I finished off with more white brads an a bit of 1/4 inch grosgrain red ribbon.

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 (on vacation this week)

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Nancy-iStamp

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Joanne Basile



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

Vicki

PPA49......Let's Celebrate

Good Saturday Morning Peeps!

Here is another star spangled card. I used the inspiration challenge on the Pals Paper Arts Blog I have had the best time this week making nothing but patriotic cards! It has been great to find so many challenges this week that fit my theme week! You don't think they did that just for me do you?? he he!!

Here is the inspiration photo they had to inspire us:




This card has almost no stamping, just the sentiment. I used a base of white and then I followed that up with some night of navy with more white over the top part of that. I added a strip of real red that was pierced and brad-ed. LOL! Is that a word? I used the large and small star punch for the stars in real red, night of navy and white. I added two red brads and a tiny navy button with some white embroidery floss knotted in it.

I am keeping this post short as I have alot to get done, be sure and come by tomorrow for the final patriotic card of the week made with the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by and if you have enjoyed this theme week leave me comment and let me know.

HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

CCMC.....Stars & Stripes Forever

TGIF Peeps!!!!!

Today's patriotic themed card in my week long celebration is inspired by the challenge on Create with Connie & Mary. Of course their challenge fit my theme week perfectly, Fourth of July! I also used the color challenge from Stacey's Stamping Stage again.

I am not sure about this one, I don't do distressed well. I like clean and crisp. The base of the card is kraft, I mean Crumb Cake and I followed that up with a layer of real red. I embossed the real red with a star embossing folder, I then used my distressing tool all around the edges and then I just crumpled it all up. I then took a sponge with real red ink and sponged all over, this step is not really showing in the photo. I folded the corners and tore a few places on the edges.

The sentiment and the flag come from the Red, White & Blue jumbo wheel, I borrowed from a friend. She had bought this wheel and cut it all apart. I am soooo doing this myself. I stamped the flag image onto the crumb cake card stock and then distressed the edges. The flag was colored with my real red and night of navy marker. The sentiment is stamped with night of navy ink.

I added some vintage brads and some twill ribbon and a red button with a cotton thread bow.

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

Vicki

MTSC80.....Let's Celebrate

Happy Thursday Morning Peeps!

Today's card is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge # 80

The base of my card is PTI white and then I follwed that with some real red and night of navy. I used the scallop edge punch on the night of navy piece, I also ran it thorugh the cuttlebug with the Swiss Dot EF. The red star piece I created by using a piece of whisper white and a 6x6 star template made by the crafters workshop. This template came in the kit I bought from Taylored Expressions. It looks like this:



I laid the template/stencil over my white cardstock and sponged with real red ink. I LOVE how this came out, it looks like designer paper huh? LOVE IT!!

I added a strip of real red between the star BG paper and the night of navy. The sentiment on this card comes from the "On your Birthday" stamp set. I stamped with night of navy ink and cut the circle and scallop circle with my nesties. I pirced all around the circle. I then added some white satin ribbon to finish.

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

Vicki

Mojo Monday......Celebrate

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!!

Today's card is made with the Mojo Monday sketch challenge.

This week it was either a round or square card for the sketch:



You can see, that I chose the round, I love making round cards, such fun!! The base of my card is night of navy card stock cut with my scallop nesties. I then used some white and real red for the next layer. The white was embossed with the Swiss Dot EF.

I made a cute little pinwheel with my small star punch and added a white handle. I added this to my white circle element with some foam tape. I matted with another scallop circle cut with real red card stock. The square element is night of navy that I embossed with my star EF.

The sentiment is from the "A Little Birthday Cheer" stamp set. I just masked of the "You", with a post it note, as I only wanted the "Celebrate" and stamped it with night of navy ink onto white and cut out and curled a bit. My sentiment is in place of the star element in the sketch! So whatcha think?

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

Vicki

TESC......Celebrate Freedom

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with the sketch challenge on Taylored Expressions Blog.

This fun little Americana card is made with the kit I purchased from the Taylored Expressions Store. The base is a 5 inch square of blue and I followed that with the pretty red from the kit and then the DS paper is also from the kit. I stamped the fireworks with SU riding hood red ink and then applied some glue and glitter. The sentiment is stamped with night of navy ink.

I added a star to my sentiment panel, punched with the large star punch with blue and then using the small star punch I added a cream one over the blue with some foam tape. I then topped both stars off with a pretty blue star rhinestone that is also from the kit.

The bottom element is the blue punched with the scallop edge punch and then I added the cream Ric-rack. The small sticky stars was purchased locally.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for coming by and check back tomorrow for another fun patriotic card!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Curtain Call Color Challenge......USA

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with the color challenge on
Stacey's Stamping Stage Act 36.. Also this kicks off a week of patriotic themed cards on the ol' blog-o.

Now if you click over to Stacey's blog you will see that her sample card for this weeks color challenge is very similar to mine, pure coincidence!!! Her sample was not even posted when I looked at the color challenge yesterday morning, I swear!!! All I can say is great minds think alike.

I started my card with a base of whisper white and then followed that with some kraft that was embossed with a star EF. I have to admit that my center element was already made. I had made it up a couple of weeks ago, when I found the fun little sticky stars at Michael's, and it was just laying on my desk waiting for the opportunity to be used. When I saw the color challenge, kraft, whisper white, real red, and night of navy, I knew my flag would finally be used.

I mounted the flag to the base with some foam tape and then added the "pole". I made it out of some chocolate chip card stock and shaded it a bit with black ink and my aqua painter.

I added two strips of navy grosgrain ribbon before adding the flag and the "USA" is cut with my naturally serif alphabet die in red white and blue.

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

SSSC73.....Happy July 4th

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!!! My favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

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





I was sooooo inspired by this card by Karen, that I ordered three patriotic stamps and paper kit from Taylored Expressions. This is actually the first card I made when the kit arrived at my doorstep on Monday. You can see another one I made with this set here.

Everything on this card came in my kit except the EF I used on the red BG piece. The stamps, the paper the ribbon, the ric rac and the DS paper all coordinate so well oh and the pretty star gemstones, so cool!!!

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

Nancy-iStamp

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Joanne Basile



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

Vicki

Mojo....Happy July 4th

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!

I have some new non SU stamps I am playing with and I have too tell you I am totally loving them. The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays, I LOVE making patriotic cards. Last week I saw this beauty made my Karen and it totally sent me over the edge. I ordered a kit from Taylored Expressions that included stamps, paper, DS paper, ribbon glitter, and rhinestones. Awesome kit!!!!

My card today is made with the Mojo Monday Sketch. The base of the card is the blue from the kit. the next layer is the red from the kit and I used the SU large flower punch to make the scallops across the bottom. I punched a couple of flowers out with the cream from the kit and cut them apart to make the scallops. The next layer is a piece of the DS paper. I stamped the image twice with backaroo blue and real red ink. I matted the image with red and added the ribbon on the side. The sentiment is over stamped with black stazon. I cut out the two stars in red and added them over the blue with some dimensionals. I then used the SU large and small star punch in red and cream. I added a blue star rhinestone that comes with the kit. I added the red rhinestones, from my stash, across the bottom.

I really like this kit and I think you will probably see a few more of these type cards. :)

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

Vicki