Freshly Made sketches.....happy birthday

Hello Peeps!!

So sorry for being so quiet her on the ol' blog, life is busy and I am having a hard time finding time to stamp. thankfully I have a few days off work so I squeezed out a bit of stamping time this evening.

I took a peek at the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches:

and knew right away I wanted to play along.

I went simple but I like the end result.

 I pulled out the hardwood BG stamp and stamped some Crumb Cake cardstock along with a bit of Peekaboo Peach and Wild Wasabi. I used the same color of ink for each color of card stock.

I then cut out my flowers and leaves using the Botanical Builder framelits. 

I like the added texture the stamping gave to them.

The flower was layered up using a bit of dimensionals between layers.

I glued the Peach flower to the Crumb Cake BG piece 

and then tucked the leaves in and around the flower. 

I added a pearl to the center of the flower and a few tiny pearls around the floral arrangement.

The sentiment is from the bonus stamp set in the April Paper Pumpkin. I love it!

The base is a piece of the Thick Whisper White card stock.

I had an email asking for a new Baby Audrey pic so here she is:

Such a sweetheart she is!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Freshly Made Sketches.......Happy Birthday

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

Popping in here quickly to share a card I made using the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

I decided to do another water colored BG for my card.

I started with a piece of water color paper. I taped it down to my water color board and begin to color it up

I used some Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie and lots of water.

I dried this piece with my heat tool and then dropped a bunch of water on the dried piece to get the splatters. I let it set for a few then used a paper towel to pick of the drops. I love this fun effect and it is so easy to achieve. 

I used the two colors to represent the two shades in the sketch.

I used my Botanical Builders dies to create my floral piece.

I used some scraps from my scrap pile for this. I used Coral, Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie and white card stock

The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder set.

I added a few rhinestones around to finish it up.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Paper Players.......Happy Birthday

Happy Monday  Peeps!!

Today I sharing a card I made using the challenge this week at The Paper Players.

This week it is  a Tic Tac Toe Challenge:

I went with the top line: Yellow, Twine and Birthday.

I, of course, have a few other colors going on besides the yellow. I do have to say I used the Botanical Builder framelits again for this car and I am totally obsessed with them. You all know how I love making flower cards and with these framelits you can easily make gorgeous cards without much stamping.

I die cut my flowers using white card stock and then sponged on Daffodil Delight. I really like the look with the white around the edges.

I also used the Rose Garden thinlits for leaves. I used Gold Foil and Pear Pizzazz card stock for them.

The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder set.

I added some white twine across the bottom and tied a bow.

I added a few white enamel dots on the flowers and scattered around the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Vicki

Freshly Made Sketches.......thanks

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

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

I started out with a base of Crumb Cake cardstock. I then layered another piece of Crumb cake onto some Basic Black card stock.

I used the Botanical Builders Framelits to make my pretty flower, I just love these flower dies. I used Calypso Coral card stock to die cut the flower. I added a basic black center. The leaves are cut using Old Olive card stock.

I die cut a piece of gold foil paper using a retired doily die. I slipped that under the sentiment panel which is crumb cake card stock as well.

I added a small piece of DSP under the sentiment for some added interest. 

The sentiment is from the Cottage Greetings stamp set.

 I added a rhinestone to the flower center and a few tiny pearls all around.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Happiest of Birthdays to You

Happy Thursday Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made with a few challenges.

First up I used the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches. 

I also used the color challenge this week at Stamp Ink Paper Challenge.

The base of my card is Chocolate Chip card stock and then I used a strip of DSP from the Neutrals paper pad.  I followed that up with a piece of thick white card stock.

You know how the swirl of twine, jute or thread behind the elements on a card is trendy right now? I love the look but have not been very successful at getting my attempts to look right. It came to me when looking at the new Swirly Bird stamp set, that I could die cut a swirl and lay it down to sort of mimic that look.  Much easier for me anyway and I like the look.

I die cut the large swirl in the die set using Pool Party card stock and glued it down to the center of my thick white card stock.

I used the Botanical die set for my flowers, I used Calypso Coral, Pool Party and white along with some Mossy Meadow for the leaves.

I embellished the flowers with some rhinestones and some enamel dots from the It's My Party pack.

The sentiment is from the Birthday Blooms stamp set and is stamped using Chocolate Chip ink.

Gonna leave you with another pic of our sweet little Audrey, a collage pic from her 1 month photo session

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

The Paper Players.......You are just the nicest

Happy Day Peeps!!

Popping in here to share a card I made using the sketch this week at The Paper Players.

This week it is a great sketch:

I knew I wanted to use my Stampin Up Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, I am crazy about these.

I pulled out another fave of mine, the Go Wild DSP and decided on a few colors to use.

The base of my card is Crumb Cake and then I used three strips of the DSP.

I die cut a circle using my MFT pierced circle dies.

the flowers are cut using some Crisp Cantaloupe card stock. I used a bit of Basic Black for the centers and then added some yellow candy dots. The leaves are cut from a scrap of card stock from my stash, I think it is Pear Pizzazz.

The sentiment comes from the  Picture Perfect stamp set. 

I wanted to take a moment to share with you why I had been MIA this past week;

My beautiful grandaughter came into this world this past Tuesday, April 19th at 11;14 P.M.

We are over the moon about her, she is our first grandbaby and I could not be more thrilled.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Vicki

The Challenge.......Birthday Wishes

Hello Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch this week at The Challenge.

This week is a sketch:

I had just got the Botanical Blooms and matching framelits so I needed to use them ASAP!

I pulled out the Birthday Boutique DSP and pulled my colors for this card from it.

I used Pool Party, Blushing Bride and of course White, with a bit of Old Olive and Daffodil Delight thrown in.

I did move my sentiment to the middle of the card but added some pretty little rhinestones in the place where the sentiment was indicated in the sketch. 

I do love the flowers framelits that cut these flower and I know I will be using them a lot!

Hope you like it

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki