FMS.......Hello

Hello Peeps!!!

Popping in here to share a card I made using the sketch this week at 

Freshly Made Sketches:

I used the Thoughtful Bunches thinlits along with some pretty fall colors to create my card.

I die cut flowers using Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler and Crushed Curry,. The leaf is die cut with Old Olive card stock.

The base of my card is thick Whisper White and then a layer of cherry Cobbler and then more Whisper White.

I used a small strip of  Basic black for my sentiment panel.

I heat embossed the Hello from the Flourish Phrases stamp set.

I used a few Candy Dots in the flower centers to finish it up.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Halloween Baker Boxes

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!!

I had a blast putting these together.

I was very much inspired by the samples in the Holiday mini of all the Halloween projects.

I used the Bakers Box thinlits die to make my boxes.

Love the Halloween DSP this year and that tree is awesome!

The three little ghost on here just crack me up and the "eek"........so cute!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Happy Birthday

Happy Friday peeps!

Yesterday evening I took a few minutes to make this card, I used the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches:

and I also took a peek at the challenge this week at Stamp Paper Ink Challenge Blog, which was a fun tic-tac-toe challenge:

I went with the flowers, Birthday and Black, hope I have enough black on my card.

I pulled out a color I seldom use, Sahara Sand for the base and inner layer.

I paired this up with some Elegant Eggplant and Daffodil Delight flowers made with the Stampin Up Botanical Builder thinlits, I am loving these thinlits, you all know that flowers are my thing and these dies make some really pretty flowers and leaves.

The sentiment is a Lawn Fawn die. 

Also linking to the Seize the Birthday Challenge

I have to share another beautiful picture of baby Audrey:

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Vicki

Sweet Sunday...happy birthday

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is our fab sketch this week;

This is a weekend of celebration in my household, it is my wedding Anniversary, 39 years and on the very same day it is our daughters birthday, she turned 29 this year. Yes she was born on our 10th Anniversary. How cool is that?

So this is the card I made for her birthday, she is a pink lover and I am a flower lover so I just went with it! 

The flower is made from the Stampin Up Crazy About You stamp set.

The sentiment is from the Tin of Cards stamp set, as is the sqiggly line below it.

I made a bit of a smudge when stamping my sentiment, so I covered it up with s little perfect dot., can't even see it now huh?

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog to see what the rest of the girsl did with this fun sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.......Amazingly Amazing

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for another new sketch at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Hee is the "sweet" sketch we have for you this week:

As you can see I flipped the sketch

 so I could use this awesome flower from the You've Got this stamp set.

I started with some water color paper and Versmark ink, I then embosses with some white embossing powder.

I then colored the flower in with my ink pads, I used Watermelon Wonder and Delightful Dijon for the flower head and then some Cucumber Crush for the stem and leaves.

I left the rest of the card fairly simple to let my flower be the star.

I matted the main image with some Crumb Cake card stock.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake and then another layer of Crumb Cake.

The DSP on here is from the new Neutrals pack.

I added the flag using some Watermelon Wonder card stock.

The sentiment is from the Painted Petals stamp set.

The flower is mounted to the main card using some dimensionals.

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

Thanks for stopping by today!

HAPPY STAMPIN!!!!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday......Celebrate

Happy Sunday Peeps!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge:

This is a fun sketch with lots of possibilities. I decided to use my new  Stampin Up Celebrate Today stamp set with it's matching framelit dies.

Love this fun set.

I stamped the balloon with some Pool Party ink and the stars and dots are stamped with Lost Lagoon ink. I then die cut the balloon out with the matching die using my Big Shot.

I added the balloon to the white panel with some foam tape and stamped the sentiment with Lost Lagoon ink.

The white piece is matted with some Lost Lagoon card stock.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock and I embossed the front with the large dot EF.

I then attached the front piece with the balloon and sentiment to the base.

I added some twine to the balloon for the tail.

The large bow is made with the bow builder punch and some Lost Lagoon DSP.

The other two small tail pieces are punched from the bow builder punch as well.

Now head on over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the girls did with this fun sketch. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki 

Sweet Sunday......Give Thanks

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day!

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

I have not made very many fall cards this year even tho it is my favorite time of the year, and since Thanksgiving is this Thursday here in America, I took this opportunity to make a one.

I pulled out my Stampin Up Fall Fest stamp set along with the Hardwood Background and the For All things set and got busy!

I love a square card and was excited to use this sketch!

The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock and then a layer of Cajun Craze and the DSP comes from the Color Me Autumn paper pack.

The center layers are Cajun Craze and another piece of Crumb Cake that is stamped with Crumb Cake ink using the Hardwood BG stamp. I added the sentiment from the For All Things stamp set using Cajun Craze ink.

I used a piece of the 1-1/4" burlap ribbon across the bottom. I stamped three pumpkins from the Fall Fest stamp set using Pumpkin Pie and Crumb Cake ink. I cut them out with the matching dies and sponged the edges with Cajun Craze ink. I cut three small leaves that are from the Fun Fall Framelits and crumbled them up a bit. I added them to the pumpkins and then used some small buttons and twine to top them off.  I used a bit of crystal effects on the leaves to make them look a bit wet and then colored all over the pumpkins with my Wink of Stella pen to add a bit of a glow.

close up to show the shimmer:

I finished off with a few gold sequins.

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

Merry Monday.....Joyful Christmas

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the Merry Monday Challenge this week. 

Use Black, gold and Silver! I knew I want to play along this week when I took a peek at the challenge. I love these colors for Christmas, well the gold and silver and with the added black I thought it would be fun!

When I thought about what to do for my card, well let me say what I finished up with is NOT what I started out with but I do like my finished card so I guess that is all that matters in the end!! LOL!!

The base of the card is Basic Black and then I used a layer of the SU silver foil paper and then another layer of black.

I stamped the poinsettia flower from the Joyful Christmas with my Gold and Silver Encore pads onto black card stock. I cut them out and layered them up putting a dimensional between the large and small layers.

I added some gold little pearls to the center and cut a few swirls and leaves with the gold foil to tuck in around the flower.

The sentiment is from the same set and I stamped it with Silver ink.

I made my ribbon treatment with the 1/8 inch silver ribbon and added a couple of frosted jungle bells. I  attached then to the bow with some silver wire. I curled the wire around a small wooden skewer to make the curls. 

This card with definitely need to be hand delivered or I may need to make a special envelope/box for it.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

  

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    

Sweet Sunday......Happy

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day 

Here is the sweet sketch Karen has for us today:

I pulled out another fun new set I got from Stampin Up's Occasions Mini, this one called  "So Very Grateful". Another great flower set that makes me Happy, hence the sentiment...You can never have to much Happy which comes from the "Yippee Skippee" stamp set.

I stamped the image onto some white card stock with black stazon and then stamped again onto some scrap. I pulled colors from my DSP. The base of the card is Crisp Cantaloupe and then a layer of Basic Black and then the DSP comes from the "Sweet Sorbet" pack that will be available in the upcoming SAB catalog for free with a 50.00 dollar order!

The colors I used on the flowers are Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding and Summer Starfruit. I then edged a bit with crumb cake ink. 

I colored the three main flowers again on the scrap piece and cut out and mounted over the the base with some dimesionals. Here is a little close-up of the flowers:

Ain't they sweet???!!!!!

The sentiment was stamped with black and I washed a bit of cantaloupe across the happy. I matted the main piece with more Crisp Cantaloupe  and then my strips are made with Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, and Pool Party card stock and then embossed with another SAB item, "Decorative Dots" Embossing Folder.

I finished off with some basic pearls in different sizes. 

Now lets see what the rest of the team did with this fun 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

Merry Monday....Christmas Bells

Merry Monday Peeps!!!

Today Lesley at Always Playing with Paper has a fun new sketch for us:

I flipped the sketch, well actually it is a mirror image of the sketch.

I moved the flag panel piece to the opposite side to accommodate my sentiment piece. 

My image of the pretty bells  comes from the Stampin Up "Bells and Bough" stamp set and I was very much inspired by THIS BEAUTY created by the super talented Amy White.

I loved how she colored and layered the image and wanted to try it myself. 

Here is a closeup pic of the layers:

The DSP on here is from the Festival of Prints pack and the pretty plaid is from the Storytime pack.

The sentiment is from the "Open Sleigh" stamp set.

I added some crystal effects to the berries and covered the rest of the image with a bit of shimmer paint:

The base of the card is Riding Hood Red, one of the colors that is retiring. I then added a lyer of white and then the DSP.

I think this may be my favorite Christmas card, I have made so far this year!

Now be sure and hop on over to Lesley's Blog to see what the rest of the Merry makers 

did with this great sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Happy, Happy Birthday

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Just popping in her with a quick share of  card I put together, I was making this for a challenge, but I sorta strayed a bit so I am just sharing it here.

I have a few new favorites on her, this Stampin Up set called "Stipple Blossoms" is so pretty and I used a couple of the new in colors, Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals. I have to say that I LOVE the Raspberry.

I first stamped the flowers with Primrose and then the darker shadows are Raspberry. I did my leaves with Certainly Celery and Wild Wasabi.

The base of the card is Raspberry Ripple card stock. I then used a piece of whisper white and embossed it with the perfect dot EF. The DSP on here is some I had left over from a Simply Sent kit and it matches the Raspberry very well.

I added some Raspberry Ribbon and some silver pearls.

The sentiment is fromm the retired Happiest Birthday Wishes, I just used my stamp a ma jig to stamp the "Happy" twice.

That is all from me thanks for stopping by and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki