FTL126.....Greetings

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the Fall to Layout #126 on the Clean & simple Stamping Blog.

I have been playing with this Make a Monster stamp set that I got ages ago and had never used. I have made a few other cards, I will show you later, but today I am showing you what I am calling "My Pickle Monster"!!!

He is colored with markers and cut out and added to the circle with some dimensionals. I used the square lattice embossing folder on the white circle and then matted with a basic black scallop circle. I embossed a piece of garden green with a stripe (non SU) embossing folder and matted that with more basic black. I added some black brads to the corners. I added a piece of basic black satin ribbon under the monster.

The "greetings" sentiment comes from the "On your Birthday" stamp set. I just inked up a portion of the stamp and used my stamp-a-ma-jig for placement. I added the three little dots with my black marker.

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

Vicki

Thank You....for challenges

Good Monday Morning Peeps!


Today's card share is one I made with a few challenges in mind. I love sketch challenges and I used the Fall to Layout 105 on the Clean & Simple Blog for this card.

I also used the Curtain Call Color Challenge for the colors.

And I am also including the Anything Goes Challenge on the Paper Players Blog


My card is started with a base of crumb cake card stock and I followed that with a piece of Concord Crush, BTW I LOVE that color, and then I followed that up with my whisper white. I stamped the flower stem from the "For All You Do" stamp set with Pear Pizzazz ink. I then stamped on a scrap piece of white the flowers in concord and pear and cut them out and mounted them to the white with some foam tape. I wish I could pick my flower up and move it to the right just a bit because it seems just slightly off center, but I really didn't want to re-do so I shouldn't have even mentioned it but didn't want those of you who noticed this to think I was un-aware...LOL!!!

I stamped the butterfly with pear pizzazz ink and cut out and added to the card with some more foam tape. I stamped the sentiment with concord crush ink onto the pear pizzazz card stock and punched it out with my word window punch. I added some silver pearls to the butterfly center, the flower centers and the sentiment. I used some more concord crush and a MS edge punch for the side piece and finished it off with some white satin ribbon.

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

Vicki

FTL104.....Miss You Already

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with the Fall to Layout #104 on the Clean & Simple Blog.

I am not sure I worked it all out to match the sketch but I was determined to use this beautiful black eye Susan from the SU "Inspired from Nature" stamp set. I stamped the flowers with some chalk ink onto my white card stock. I layered that onto some Early Espresso card stock. I used my MS daisy chain punch and some summer sun 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon. The sentiment comes from the retired "Really Retro" stamp set and is stamped with Early Espresso ink. I used my stamp a ma jig and it is still a bit crooked, the ribbon had already been added so it was hard to hold the stamp a ma jig handle in place. To finish I added another strip of early espresso that I had embossed with an EF.

I do love this flower image! What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

FTL103.....Get Well Soon

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!! Finally we are having some cooler temps her in southwest Missouri, much needed!

Today's card share is made with the Fall to Layout #103 on the Clean & Simple Blog.

I started my card with a base of rich Razzleberry. I stamped the image from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set ont a piece of Crumb Cake with rich razzlebery and old olive ink. The sentiment from the same set is stamped with rich razzlebery ink as well. I really like the color combo and the look of the razzleberry on the crumb cake. I matted the main image with rich razzleberry and crumb cake. I added an old olive bow and ribbon and a small butterfly cut from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit. I then added some small silver pearls to the flower centers and the butterfly. I am really enjoying the clean and simple cards recently.

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

Vicki

FTL102....Sending Extra Love Your Way

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!!

Today I have a CAS card to share made with Fall to Layout 102 on the Clean & Simple Blog

Very Simple, white card base followed that with concord crush card stock, that I used the ticket corner punch on. The next layer is white again and the butterflies made with the Beautiful Wings Sizzix Embosslit die. I used three of the new in colors, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade. The butterflies are attached to the card with white brads.

The sentiment is from the Messages to Mom stamp set. I stamped it with Concord Crush ink and IRL the sentiment doesn't look faded like it does in the pic, not sure why that is.

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

Vicki

Curtain Call FTL.....Get Well Wishes

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with two separate challenges. First up is Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 41 and also the layout comes from the Clean & Simple Blog, Fall to Layout 101.

The color challenge is one I really enjoy participating in and the Clean & Simple FTL is a fairly new, to me, sketch challenge that I am loving!! The color challenge this week are Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake and Whisper White. What could be fresher that those colors! I used the stamp set "Every Moment" for the pretty little daisy and butterfly. I stamped the flower and butterfly with black stazon onto crumb cake card stock. I then colored the daisy in with some whisper white craft ink and my aqua painter. The flower center is colored in with daffodil delight. I used a bit of wild wasabi for the stem. The butterfly is colored with marina mist, crumb cake and daffodil delight.

The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes and is stamped onto a bit of Marina Mist card stock with black stazon. I hand cut the end of the sentiment panel. The image panel and sentiment panel are both up on dimensionals. I added the night of navy ribbon with a bit of sticky tape, scrunching up as I laid it across the tape using my piercing tool. I pierced along the top and bottom edge of the BG panel. The white is embossed with the square lattice EF. I added some silver pearls for accents.

Well, that is it for me today, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

FTL100......With Sympathy

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with the Fall to Layout #100 on the Clean & Simple blog. I just loved this sketch! I will be using it again.

You know I am loving this new set "Every Moment", I love both of the stamps in the set. Yesterday I used the flower, and also used it on another card you will see tomorrow, so I used the beautiful stamp with the bird sitting in the cattails. I don't know birds, so I am not sure what kind of bird this is, or what color it should be, I am sure it will be alot of different colors as I use it more. I stamped the image onto watercolor paper with black stazon. I colored with Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight and Bashful Blue with my aqua painter. I stamped the image again and colored the tops of the cattails, cut them out and popped them up. The sentiment I used is from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" stamp set. I stamped with black stazon onto wild wasabi card stock. I used my word window punch to punch it out and attached it to the edge of the watercolor piece, cutting off the end.

I used a MS punch along the bottom of the main panel and pierced across the top. I added some wild wasabi ribbon. I mounted the main image to a piece of wild wasabi and the base of the card is Early Espresso.

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

Vicki

FTL99......My Heart is with You

Good Saturday Morning Peeps!

I am again playing with retired things, waiting on my order to come, Monday. Even then I only have two new stamp sets coming. With needing to buy all the new paper and ink pads I had to limit the stamps, I have a budget, unfortunately.....{insert rolling eyes here}.

I used the sketch from the Clean & Simple Stamping Blog This is FTL 99.

I changed my card to a standard 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 size because after making my main image panel and strips to the side, it just seem to fit this size better. The base of my card is chocolate chip and I followed that up with some riding hood red, glad this color was in the new returning colors, it was one of my faves before. I used my Swiss Dot EF on the riding hood red layer. The DS paper is from the retired Bella Rose paper pack. The flower is from the retired "Bloomin' Beautiful" stamp set. Even tho it is retired, it is new to me, I had always admired this flower from the set and when a friend was selling some of her retired setsd, it I snatched it up.

I stamped the flower with black stazon onto watercolor paper and used riding hood red and old olive to color it with my aqua painter. I added some shadowing with my tombow gray marker. The sentiment is from the "Small Sayings" stamp set, I stamped with riding hood red and matted with chocolate chip. The image panel and the sentiment strip are both mounted with some dimensionals. I decided I wanted to add the peal brad after it was all mounted, so I sniped off the prongs on the back of the brad and used my glue gun to put it on.

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

Vicki

Favorite Summer Flower

Happy Thursday Morning Peeps!!! Hope your week is going well.

Today's card was made for 2 separate challenges, first up is the Summer time inspiration challenge on the OCC blog. They said "This week we want you to make a card inspired by what summer means to you." I am sooooo NOT a summer person, summer mostly means long HOT days, and I don't do HOT. But if I had to pick something one of my favorite thing about summer would be flowers and in particular, sunflowers or black-eye Susan's, I do LOVE them, they just make me smile! So I wanted to do something for my card that represented these type of flowers.

I used the sketch on the Clean & Simple Blog, Fall to Layout #93.

The flowers are made with the Sizzix Daises #2 die. I used the smallest flower and cut them out with summer sun card stock. I cut two for each flower and layered them up and added a chocolate chip center. I used the Sizzix Little Leaves in always artichoke for the leaves behind the flowers. They are all layered onto a piece of white that i scored on the diagonal to sorta imitate a trellis.

The sentiment comes from the "Kind & Caring Thoughts" stamp set and is stamped with always artichoke ink. I also added two artichoke brads. Of course the base is white and the main panel is matted with always artichoke.

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

Vicki

Live, Laugh & Love

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!


Today's card share covers two different challenges. First up is Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 22. The second one being the layout I used from Clean & Simple Stamping Blog, Fall to Layout 83.

The color challenge this week is Real Red, Pink Passion, Yo Yo Yellow, Whisper White and Basic Black........wowzers, that combo is a bit frightening!!!!

I knew from looking at the sketch that I wanted the main focal to be my sentiment, So I went looking through my stamps to find one that would work. I came upon this one from the "On Your Birthday" Stamp set. I inked up part of the stamp with real red ink and then used my black marker to ink the bottom half of the stamp. I stamped that on whisper white and matted it with basic black that had one edge punched with the pinking heart border punch.

The base is white and then I followed that with basic black and then some real red that I had used the swiss dot embossing folder on. The sentiment was added to the base with some foam tape. The balloons come from the "Crazy for Cupcakes" Stamp set. I stamped them onto the yo yo yellow and pink passion card stock. I cut them out and mounted them to the card with dimensionals. There is two layers on each balloon. I used my white gel pen to add a highlight to each balloon.

So in the end I really don't mind this color combo, it is not as scary as I first thought.

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

Vicki

Friend

Good Friday Morning Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card made with the Fall to Layout #76 on the Clean & Simple Blog.





I love the clean & simple or CAS style, but I find it hard to achieve, well achieve and be something I like. Which leads to my card today.

You know I had to add an extra layer and I am still using all the papers from my last post, hey they where still out.....LOL!

Base is real red and then I followed that with some kraft card stock. The squares are 1 inch and are cut from the "Sending Love" DS pack. I used the "With All My Heart" stamp set in real red. The squares are added with dimensionals and I added some 1/4 inch real red grosgrain. The little flower was punched out with my three flower punch. I added a white brad to the center of the flower and added it to the card with another bit of dimensional. I still thought it "needed" something, so I added the piercing in the top corners.

So what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

2 Clean & Simple Cards

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!! Hope your week is going well so far. While cruising around yesterday on the net I found this site. It is full of clean and simple layouts and ideas. I knew I wanted to try a sketch so I went with this sketch, Fall to Layout # 49.

Well you know me, I had to add a little extra, and extra layer, but it is still CAS I think. I used a base of PTI white followed by some melon mambo and then a strip of white that I ran through the cuttlebug with my swiss dot embossing folder. I embossed the image with white embossing powder onto the melon mambo card stock. I used a little white taffeta ribbon to tie a bow knot. The sentiment is also embossed in white. I used my embossing pal to help keep the stray dots away, but there is still a few.

This next card has a simple layout, I found at this same site here, it is FTL #46.





Again it is started with a base of PTI white and the entire card is made with the Short & Sweet stamp set. I stamped the three cupcakes with black stazon onto some scrap white and colored them in with my blender pen. They cupcakes are punched out with 3/4 inch punch and popped up onto a punched 1 inch circle. The colors I used are bashful blue and mellow moss. I made the box around the cupcakes by cutting a scrap piece of card stock 4 by 2-1/4 inches and carefully traced around it with a pencil, leaving an opening for the sentiment. I used my stamp a ma jig to position the sentiment. I then used my stampin' write black marker and a ruler to go over the pencil lines. I then glued the cupcake pieces to the card, taking care to try and center and line them up.

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

Vicki