Card Concept.......Happy Birthday

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the inspiration/color challenge this week at The Card Concept. 

Beautiful, Bright and Fresh!

I had been itching  to color this beautiful rose from the Stampin Up Rose Wonder set and this was the perfect challenge to do so.

I stamped the image onto some white card stock with black stazon and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I used a combo of colors for my flower, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Real Red and some Whisper White ink. The leaves are Pear Pizzazz and Wild Wasabi. I colored around the flower Soft Sky.

The sentiment piece is stamped and then die cut with the matching dies to the stamp set. I love the sentiments and fonts in this set.

I kept the card fairly simple, I layered the flower image onto some Calypso Coral card stock and then onto the base with dimensionals.

I wrapped a bit of twine around the top of the card before mounting to the base and then added the sentiment with more dimensionals.

I finished if up with a couple of gold pearls.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

The Card Concept....We are BACK

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

The Card Concept Challenge is back from our Summer break.

We have a great challenge to kick us off: Daisies

Here is the inspiration photo:

I loved the colors and flowers in this piece so that was where I drew my inspiration .

I started with a base of white and then a layer of Pool Party card stock. I then embossed another piece of white with the Brick Wall EF.

I used my Oval Thinlits with Pool Party and White card stock

The sentiment is from the Tin of Cards stamp set.

I made my pretty yellow flower using the Crazy About You stamp set.

I stamped it three times using Daffodil Delight onto whisper white card stock and fussy cut it out.

I layered it up and added a pretty pearl in the center.

The leaves come from the Summer Silhouettes stamp set. I stamped them with Wild Wasabi ink and cut out and added them around the flower.

I tucked in a bit of silver thread and a few Perfect Accents finish it up.

Thanks for stopping by today be sure to hop over to the Card Concept Challenge Blog to be inspired by the rest of the team. 

Vicki

Card concept......Hello

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Time for a new challenge at The Card Concept Blog.

Here is our inspiration piece:

I was inspired by the colors and by of course the flowers. Altho my flower is not a daisy as in the pic but still a flower. I started my card off with the flower from the You've Got This stamp set. I stamped the flower with some Basic Gray ink. I colored the flower using So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Smoky slate and some Whisper White craft inks,

The base of the card is white and then a layer of Smoky Slate. Next is a layer of So Saffron that I embossed with the Decorative Dots EF.

I had some fun with the Hello Die. I die cut 6 of the Hello's and layered and glued them all together.

I then used some Crystal Effects on the layered die cut. It is thick and shiny and really pretty IRL, 

I used a few rhinestones and some Bakers twine to make a bow.

Be sure and head over to the Card Concept Blog to see what the rest of the team did with this pretty inspiration piece. I hope you can play along with us this week.

Thanks for stopping by today!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Card Concept.....Here for You

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!!

Time for another new challenge at The Card Concept Blog.

Here is our inspiration piece for this challenge:

I was inspired by the pretty purples and white in this photo for my card.

It is no secret how much I love this new Stampin Up hostess set called Best Thoughts. 

I used Wisteria Wonder and just a touch of Blackberry Bliss to watercolor this flower, the leaves are Garden Green.

Wisteria is such a pretty lavender color and I love a square card and this large flower image lends itself very well to making a bigger size card. 

I add some glimmer paper to the card cos...well, cos I love it!!

I have not used the antique brads on anything in a long time and decided to pull them out for this card.

Be sure to hop on over the the Card Concept Blog to see what the rest of the girls did with this challenge, I know you will find a lot of inspiration and varies designs and interpretations of the inspiration piece. 

Thanks for coming by today!

Vicki

Card Concept......Hello

Happy Wednesday Peeps!

I am excited to announce that I was asked to join The Card Concept design team.

If you are not familiar with this challenge here it is in a nutshell, 

 bi-weekly challenge with 12 designers featuring 6 different styles:

Clean and Simple (CAS)

Clean and Layered

Clean and Graphic

Freestyle Collage

Shabby Chic

Classy & Elegant.

I am one of the Classy & Elegant style designers.

This week we are serving up cupcakes and your inspiration is:

I was inspired by of course the colors and the texture in the cupcake liners.

I started with a base of white and then a layer of  Wild Wasabi and then another layer of white that I embossed with the Woodgrain EF.

I added a white doily and then I cut a butterfly with one of the awesome Butterfles Thinlits, LOVE those so much

I then cut out four white spiral flowers and roiled them up. they are added to the card with glue dots.

I punched a few leaves using the Bird Builder punch and tucked them around. I used Wild Wasabi for the leaves.

The sentiment is stamped with Versamark onto some black cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder. The sentiment comes from the Hello December stamp set, which is retired, I think, but I LOVE this little "hello"

Finished my butterfly off with a few basic rhinestones.

Be sure and head over to the Card Concept Blog to be inspired by the rest of the design teams.

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Stampin!!!

Vicki