Just For You

 

Happy Monday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made a while back and had not posted.

This one uses the fun Inspiring Iris stamp set.

I stamped the carnations with black stazon ink onto some

thick whisper white card stock. 

I colored with my Aqua Painter and ink pads using Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue

and Highland Heather. I did the stems with Pear Pizzazz.

I used the Nested Stitched Label Dies for my image and sentiment piece.

 

The base of the card is Balmy Blue card stock.

Ithen used a piece of Whisper White and embossed i with the 

Tufted EF. 

My DSP on here is retired, from the Gingham Gala pack.

I added some wine wrapped and around and tied a bow. 

This comes from the Flax Ribbon, I just pulled ou a few strands.

 

My sentiment is from the Vibrant Vases stamp set. 

I added the flower piece and sentiment piece to the card with dimensionals.

I would love to help you with any of your Stampin Up needs.

All supplies for making this card are listed below and linked to my online store.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Vicki

PPA......for you

TGIF Peeps!!!!

Are you ready for some weekend fun?

 I know I am, we have plans for dinner out tonight with some friends and chillin' out the rest of the weekend. Suppose to be HOT and humid so probably spending alot of time inside with the AC cranked up!!

 What you doing this weekend?

Today I am sharing a card I made with the sketch challenge this week on  Pals Paper Arts.

 I haven't participated in one of their challenges in a long time and yesterday when I was looking around blog land I came across the sketch challenge this week and wanted to play along.

I wanted to use this new Stampin Up  Hostess set I just got last week called "Love & Care".

 I really love these flowers and colors and I used another fave, the pretty "Sunny Garden" DSP. I stamped the flowers with Poppy Parade and So Saffron ink and used Old Olive for the stems and leaf.

The sentiment part of one stamp from the "Afterthoughts" stamp set another hostess set. I used my 1-1/4 and 1-3/8 inch circle punches for the sentiment.

Did you notice the pretty edging along the side. I made that with the new "Lace Ribbon Border Punch" that will be available In the new Stampin' Up idea book & catalog coming July 1st.

Don't have a demo or access to the new catalog, just give me shout out (e-mail address in my side bar) and I can get one in the mail to you ASAP!!

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

 HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Just a Little Note

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

I was wanting to make a fast card last night for the ol' blogaroni and went looking around for something to inspire, I was tired after spending most of the day in to kitchen making more peach butter, peach jam and sweet zucchini relish, so looking for something easy. I came across this sweet card made by Barbara Anders, and knew I wanted to CASE it. I changed it up a bit to fit the items I had to work with, I used crumb cake card stock for my base, 5 inch square. I followed that with some real red card stock and the DS paper is from the retired "Welcome Neighbor paper pack.

A while back I downloaded and saved a free printable library card from Heather Nichols blog, scroll down a bit in the post and you will see the link to download the card. I thought if it when I was making this card. I printed out the library card onto very vanilla card stock. I cut it out and rounded the corners and used the spiral edge punch along the top. I stamped the leaves, from the "Apple Blossom" hostess set with my crumb cake and real red ink. The {friend to friend} sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes and the "just a little note" comes from the Apple Blossom set. I sponges alot around the layers with my crumb cake ink pad and sponge.

The rick rack and cute little red buttons are some I had in my stash. Well, there you have it, my CASE with my SU changes.

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

Vicki

CCMC106......4U

Good Saturday Morning Peeps! Sorry to MIA the past couple of days, I was helping a friend get ready for her open house.

Yesterday I had some time to play, got a couple of cards done, this one is made with the sketch on Create with Connie & Mary blog.

This is a really fun sketch, I used a new set from the catalog, Apple Blossom, a level 2 hostess set. It is soooo cute!

I started out with some crumb cake card stock, I followed that with real red and then another piece of crumb cake that was embossed with the sqaure lattice EF. I stamped the long leaf with old olive ink ont whisper white card stock. I matted with crumb cake and real red. I used the scallop edge punch on the real red piece and pierced the scallops with my piercing tool. I added three silver brads and some linen thread to this piece. It is mounted to the base with some dimesionals.

The apple is stamped twice once in brown and old olive and then again with real red. I cut out the real red piece and mounted over the other with a dimesional. This piece is matted with real red and a scallop cirle in crumb cake. I pierced around the scallop circle too. Under this piece is a square of real red that has the corners rounded. I added three more silver brads to the base piece.

Well, that is all from me today, I will be back in the AM with my Sweet Sunday Sketch Card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

MTSC81.......For You

Happy Hump Day Peeps! Hope your week is going well so far!

Today's card share is made with the wonderful sketch on Mercy's Blog, I always love Mercy's sketches, they are so easy to work with!

I wanted to use the new set from the new catalog called "Studio Sketches". They have a Thanksgiving feel, well, to me anyway. I stamped the image onto water color paper with black stazon. I water colored the pitcher with some dusty durango, I wanted it to look like a clay pitcher, uh......maybe. I used some kiwi kiss and certainly celery for my pears. I then used some bashful blue all around the image. Very easy peasy!

I then went looking for the BG papers and again I went for this great, now retired, DS paper Autumn Meadows. I so love the hounds tooth pattern in this pack. I paired this DS paper up with some very vanilla and the new color from the neutrals collection, Early Espresso.

The sentiment comes from the "Elements of Style" stamp set and I used some circle punches to punch out and mat. I added vanilla satin ribbon , gold brads and gold sticky pearls.

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

Vicki

SSSC70.......For You

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:



Isn't this a fun sketch? I love the swirl element on it!! I did take a bit of creative license with this one.

The base of the card is baja breeze card stock, one of my all time fav colors! I followed that with chocolate chip card stock. The next layer is the first place I varied it a bit, I wanted to use the chocolate chip DS paper that is on one side but didn't have enough of it left, so I added the flowered side piece with a piece of card stock punched border in between them. My original intent was to have my butterflies on squares like the sketch, but they didn't really look the way I wanted so I added them to the card without the squares and I like the look much better. The butterflies are made with the Sizzix Embosslits Beautiful Wings. They are in baja and chocolate chip and layered up with some pearls in the middle. The sentiment comes from the "Great Friend" stamp set and is stamped with timber brown stazon onto white card stock and punched out with the small oval punch. I added directly to the base and added a very small butterfly to the corner. The pretty swirl element is half pearls.

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

SC277 Hello

TGIF Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with this weeks sketch challenge on Splitcoast.

I have to say I struggled a bit with this one, not sure why, the sketch is not complicated at all. I have been struggling alot with my creating lately, if you read my blog much you know I say this from time to time and I am sure that this kind of thing has its ebbs and flows. I have been trying really hard to push through it, which is how I have always handled the loss of mojo in the past, but this time it seems to be hanging on. You would not believe how long it takes me to make something, and how much paper and card stock I waste!! UGH!!! What do you all do when you are struggling with this kind of thing?

Oh well, onto this card. I started with a base of soft suede. The DS paper is from the "Write Stuff" Specialty pack. I used crushed curry and ruby red card stock as well. The stamp set used is "A Flower For All Season". This is my favorite image from that set, I love the little ladybug and the sunflowers!

I stamped the image onto whisper white with black stazon. I used my aqua painter and ink from squishing my pads together, to color in the image. The sentiment comes from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set. I inked up just the "hello" from the stamp that is "hello baby".

I used some soft suede ribbon and some ruby red buttons with some twine for the accents. I also used the scallop trim edge punch along the ruby red strip.

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

Vicki

For You

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card made with a new set that will be available in the upcoming summer mini, "Elements of Style" Love this set.

I stamped the image with black stazon onto some watercolor paper. I used my aqua painter and ink squished into the lid of my ink pads for coloring. I used rose red, so saffron and old olive ink. I then used some creamy caramel ink to outline and dot around the image.

I then cut it out with the top note die. I cut two more top notes out with basic black and cut them in half to make the mat behind the main image. I used my slot punch to punch a slot out for the basic black satin ribbon.

The base of the card is rose red card stock and the DS paper comes from a retired pack, Raspberry Tart. The sentiment is from the same set, and stamped with black stazon and punched out with circle punches. I added it to the image with a dimensional.

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

Vicki