Crazy 4 Challenges.....Teacher Thank You

Happy Saturday Peeps!

Time for a new challenge over at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog.

This week's challenge is:

 School will be letting out here in the US soon, let's make a teacher appreciation card and actually USE it. If you don't need it for yourself, gift it to someone who does.

Going a bit old school with my card this week.

I will never tire of this retired set , Stampin Up's Greeting Card Kids.

I pulled it out to make my Teacher Appreciation card.

The image is stamped onto some Vanilla cardstock and watercolored with my aqua painter and ink pads.

I cut the kiddos out and added them to the circle which is some paper from the retired Storytime paper pack. All of the DSP on here is from that pack. I love it.

The little "thank you" is from the Lotus Blossom stamp set. I hand cut a apple to add it to.

I tied on some red bakers twine and added a small black library clip. To finish it up are a few red candy dots.

Be sure and head over to the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog to be inspired by the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos.....Thinking of You

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

Time for a new color challenge at the Dynamic Duos Blog.

Here are our colors this week:

I pulled out a fave set of mine, the Stampin' Up "Greeting Card Kids". 

You all know that I love this set and this sweet little girl can be used for many occasions, not just Valentine's.

I love her for friendship and 'thinking of you" type cards like the one I made here.

The base of the card is Pink Pirouette and then a layer of rustic white card stock.

The DSP is from a retired pack.

The rest of the Dynamo Design Team have some wonderful examples with these colors so be sure and hop on over to Dynamic Duos Blog for some great inspiration!!

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Sweet Friend

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the Sketch Challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers.

I thought this sketch was so much fun to work with, I loved the bottom layers!

I wanted to make a Valentine card and use my fave "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set.

I pulled out some retired DSP, Love Letters, this was the very last of my pack, it is just scraps and bits and pieces.

the base of the card is Basic Black and I also used Riding Hood Red,

I used the Tasteful Trim Bigz die for my scallops. 

I used some shimmer red for the big heart behind the girl.

The sentiment I used is from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set. I stamped the two words onto some very vanilla card stock and hand cut the "v" ends. The flags are tucked in between the rosette and the heart.

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

HAPPY STAMPING!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.....Merry Christmas

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge day.

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

Love this sketch and I love how the main image panel kinda looks like a file folder. Cute huh?

I absolutely could not let the Holidays pass without using this sweet image from the Stampin Up "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set one more time.

She is so sweet and vintage looking, 

I did dress her up a bit with some fun DSP from the "Be of Good Cheer" pack.

The base of my card is Gumball Green card stock and the DSP is matted with cream card stock. 

The image is stamped with black stazon onto the cream and colored with my water brush and ink pads.

I added a few basic pearls on the tree and the girls coat. I finished it off with some Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon cos, cos well I had too....LOL!!

Be sure and check out what the rest of the team has made with this sweet sketch:

 Dana White-Dana's House of Cards

Dawn Easton-Treasure Oiler Desingz

Jackie Pedro-The Scalloped Edge

Karen Giron-The Sweetest Thing

Karen Motz-Paper Playhouse

Lori Telcer-Inking Aloud

Lynn Put-The Queen's Scene

Melissa Hubert-My Paper Obsession

Sarah-Jane Kale-Janeybell

Tracy Clemente-Eat Sleep Stamp 

and this week's Sweet guest stamper

Danielle Lounds

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Happy Holidays

Happy Monday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using a couple of challenges. First I used the challenge this week on the The Paper Player's Blog, which is a fun color challenge:

and I used the sketch challenge this week on the Freshly Made Sketches

The colors this week are perfect for a Fall card but this set has been calling my name, so I decided to try my hand at making them work for a Christmas card.

Not your traditional colors for a Holiday card but I liked the end result.

I used the Stampin Up "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set. I used my aqua painter and ink pads to color the sweet little image.

The DSP comes from the Orchard Harvest paper pack.

The sentiment is from the retired "Four the Holidays" set.

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SSSC166.....Happy Halloween

Happy Sunday peeps!!

 Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. 

Love this sweet sketch Karen has for us this week:

I knew right away that I wanted to make a Halloween card. You all know that I Love Halloween and the Stampin Up set "Greeting Card Kids" probably just about my favorite stamp set of all time!

I pulled out the new "Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP and used the colors from the paper for my card.

The base of the card is basic gray card stock and then a layer of basic black and then the DSP.

The next layers are basic gray and more DSP.

I used some tangerine tango card stock that I embossed with the spider web EF.

I made the banner using more of the DSP and the Pennant Punch. I added three small black pennants between the DSP and then added some gold and black glitter brads to the centers.

The little witch is stamped with black stazon onto some very vanilla card stock and colored using my water brush and ink pads.

The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. 

Be sure and check out what the rest of the team has made with this sweet sketch:

 Dana White-Dana's House of Cards

Dawn Easton-Treasure Oiler Desingz

Jackie Pedro-The Scalloped Edge

Karen Giron-The Sweetest Thing

Karen Motz-Paper Playhouse

Lori Telcer-Inking Aloud

Lynn Put-The Queen's Scene

Melissa Hubert-My Paper Obsession

Sarah-Jane Kale-Janeybell-taking this week off

Tracy Clemente-Eat Sleep Stamp 

and this week's Sweet guest stamper

Becca Whitham

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

SSSC165......Just for You

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

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

I played around a bit with this sketch before landing on this card idea.

I used an old favorite stamp set, "Greeting Card Kids" from Stampin' Up.

I decide to use the "back to school" theme since it soooo close to that time here.

The DSP is from the "Storytime" pack and it fits perfectly with this stamp set I think.

I stamped the kids onto some very vanilla card stock and colored with my water brush and ink pads.

the base of the card is crumb cake card stock and the DSP and image panel are matted with riding hood red card stock. The apple is from the Perfectly Preserved stamp set and sentiment comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Be sure and check out what the rest of the team has made with this sweet sketch:

 Dana White-Dana's House of Cards

Dawn Easton-Treasure Oiler Desingz

Jackie Pedro-The Scalloped Edge

Karen Giron-The Sweetest Thing

Karen Motz-Paper Playhouse

Lori Telcer-Inking Aloud

Lynn Put-The Queen's Scene

Melissa Hubert-My Paper Obsession

Sarah-Jane Kale-Janeybell

Tracy Clemente-Eat Sleep Stamp 

and this week's Sweet guest stamper

Amy White

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Merry Monday.......very merry

Happy Merry Monday peeps!!

Lesley asked me to stay on for another week on the Merry Monday challenges.

This month is a bit different as Lesley is taking a bit of a blogging break she asked us to choose our favorite past Merry Monday sketch and create a new card using it. 

I picked sketch #8:

I couldn't let my time on with the Merry Monday sketches go by and NOT use my favorite stamp set of all time, The Stampin Up "Greeting Card Kids" set.

You all know how much I love this set and in particular this stamp from the set.

I stamped the sweet little Christmas girl, onto some white card stock with black stazon ink. I colored her using my aqua painter and ink pads. I die cut this out using the label Framelits die.

The base of the card is Cherry Cobbler card stock and I used a card from a Simply Sent kit, Everyday Elegance, I think,  for the DSP and pretty die cut edge. I actually cut up the card and added the DSP and die cut edge to my base, I then added some white card stock to the bottom and stamped my sentiment.

I then cut another piece from the card front of the Simply Sent card, the piece with the embossed dots and the stripes of cherry cobbler and white and added it just above the sentiment panel piece.......LOL does all that make sense? :)

I added the main image piece to the base with dimensionals and then added a few silver pearls to the top scallops. 

I love how this card turned out, clean and simple but sweet and not to many layers or embellishments that would make it bulky for mailing.

Be sure and hop on over to Lesley's blog to see what the others did with this sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by and

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Merry Monday on Tuesday

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

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

The idea behind these sketch challenges are to get a head start on your Christmas cards.

I pulled out my favorite Stampin Up set, "Greeting Card Kids". You all know I love this sweet little Christmas image from this set. 

I stamped the image with black stazon onto some confetti cream card stock and colored with my aqua painter. I used Marina Mist,  Crumb Cake and Riding Hood Red ink. 

The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock and the DSP is from the "Letters to Santa" pack. I matted all the DSP with Early Espresso card stock.

The holly and berries are from the "Bells and Boughs" stamp set. I stamped onto some confetti card stock and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I cut out and added to my image panel. I used a bit of crystal effects on the berries.

The sentiment is from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" stamp set.  I added a few basic pearls to finish it off.

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

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Sweet Friend

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made last week, using the sketch on the The Paper Players Blog.  I started this on Wednesday or Thursday but didn't actually get it finished til this past weekend which was too late to link up there but I thought I would share it anyway. 

I liked this sketch, it was a fun one to work with. I used the Greeting Card Kids stamp set for my main image, I have used this set alot but I don't think I have ever colored this little girl's dress green. I used Lucky Limeade to color it with and paired it up with the SAB Everyday Enchantment DSP.

The sentiment comes from the You Are Loved stamp set and I used one of the Adorning Accents EF across the middle. I finished it off with some silver pearls and crochet trim ribbon.

Well, that is all from me for now, have a great day and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

OCC....Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday Peeps!!! 

It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 
This week our hostess with the mostest is Lori Rider and she has a fun sketch challenge for us:

I pulled out a pack of Designer Paper that I hadn't used yet, it is the Stampin Up Beau Chateau.

I used Soft Suede and Pink Pirouette card stock. I used one of my fave stamp set, Greeting Card Kids and the sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.

The circles are punched with my 1-3/4 inch circle punch and the pink pirouette flowers are made with Bouquet Blossom Triple Layer punch. I then embossed the circles with the square lattice EF.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog 

to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun challenge.

I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

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

Vicki

SC368.......Valentine Hello

Happy Friday Peeps!!

Just popping in with a really quick post.

I wanted to share this card I made using the sketch challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers. It is a really nice sketch and very fun to work with.

The DSP I used is from the Everyday Enchantment that will be available during SAB. You have to get some if it, it is so pretty!!

The little girl is from the Stampin Up Greeting Card Kids stamp set and I stamped her onto some confetti cream card stock and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads.

The sentiment is from another SAB set. 

The card is pretty simple and self explanatory I think, but if you have any questions be sure and let me know!

Thanks for stopping by today!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

CCMC182......Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Hump Day Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made over the weekend using the sketch challenge on Create with Connie and Mary. I wanted to do a Valentine card so I pulled out my all time favorite stamp set, Stampin Up's Greeting Card Kids. 

I used some retired DSP,  the Love Impressions Specialty Pack.
I used some of the silver and red glitter paper to make my hearts and the edge punch is the pinking hearts. I used the square lattice EF for the embossed piece on the bottom.
The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and is stamped with black stazon.

The little Valentine girl was stamped with black stazon onto white card stock, I then used my water brush to color her using ink from my ink pads. I used pretty in pink, real red and blush blossom ink. I added a highlight to the heart with my white gel pen.
I added two silver brads and a small bow to the heart on the sentiment flag.
Well, that is all from me thanks fro stopping by and we will talk again soon, if you have any questions be sure and let me know!
Vicki

Season's Greetings

Happy Tuesday Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made last week with Wendy's Sketch from the Our Creative Corner challenge this week. I ended up not using this card on Saturday in favor of another one I made but I still like this one. Of course I would it has my favorite little Christmas girl from the Stampin Up Greeting Card Kids stamp set.

I used the circle element on the sketch to make another ornament. This time attached to the card but it could  be removed. I used Cherry Cobbler card stock for the base and followed that with some Confetti Cream card stock and the DSP is from the Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty pack.

The sentiment I used is from the "Many Merry Messages" stamp set. I stamped with black stazon ink onto the confetti crream card stock. I matted this layer with more cherry cobbler card stock that I used the lace edge punch along the bottom. I added some basic rhinestones and a couple of snowflakes from the Norther Flurries Sizzlets Die strip. I put some of the cherry cobbler bakers twine through the top of the ornament for a hanger.

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

Vicki

CCMC......Very Merry MOJO Ornament Card

Happy Hump Day Peeps! Can you believe it is the last day of November already?  The year has just flown by!

Today I am sharing a card I made using two different challenges, the color challenge on Create with Connie  and Mary and this weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenge.

I again am using one of my fave sets, Stampin' Up "Greeting Card Kids". You all know how I love this little vintage looking girl pulling her sled. It doesn't matter what colors i use with her, she just sings!!

I choose to make the round card from the sketch and made it into an ornament card. I cut a scallop circle by folding my night of navy card stock in half and using the largest scallop circle nestie, leaving the fold just below the cut line on the die. I then cut a circle with river rock card stock and embossed with the square lattice EF. I used some Well Worn DSP at the bottom.

I used some lucky limeade ribbon across the bottom and down the side. I made a bow and added a antique brad to the center. The main image is added to the card with some dimesionals.  The sentiment is from the Stampin Up "Short & Sweet" stamp set and I stamped onto white card stock used my word window punch to punch it out. I matted it with a night of navy piece punched with the modern label punch. I added some basic pearls to the ends.

I made the card into a ornament by adding the top piece, made with the round tab punch with lucky limeade card stock and folded in half. I embossed this piece with the square lattice EF too. I added some white bakers twine for it to hang by.

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

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Color Challenge Pocket Card

Good Friday Morning peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a pocket card I made using the color challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers. The colors to use are Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz and Marina Mist with a neutral of white or vanilla. The dessert option was to make it a Christmas card. Check!

I decided I wanted to make a pocket card I had seen a darling one made by Beate and used it as my inspiration for this. I changed it up to use the stamps and papers I have and too match the color challenge.

I started with a base of Marina Mist 4-1/4 inches x 11 inches, scoring at 1-1/2 and 5-1/2 inches. I rounded all four corners with my corner rounder punch. Then folded it up and used some sticky tape along the sides.

The insert is 5 x 3-1/4 inches.

Now just decorate like you like. I used the Stampin Up Greeting Card Kids stamp set and the doily in the corner is cut from the  Flirtatious DSP. I added some buttons and pretty ribbon. The DSP on the front and the insert is from the Stampin Up Letters to Santa paper pack, The sentiment comes from the Stampin Up Bells & Boughs Stamp set.

I colored the image with my aqua painter and ink pads. The image is stamped with black stazon onto white card stock. I added a few small basic pearls that I colored with a marker and added them to the tree.

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

Vicki

More Christmas Tags

Happy Friday Peeps

I have another set of Vintage-Style Christmas tags to share with you.

These are made the same way as the last ones I shared using the top note die and Crumb Cake card stock.

I used the Stampin Up Greeting Card Kids and Serene Snowflakes stamp set. The sentiment is from the Bells & Boughs stamp set.

You all know I love this little girl from the Greeting Card Kids set. I stamped her with black stazon and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads, using Bravo Burgundy and Early Espresso Ink pads.

I stamped the snowflakes and the sentiment with Bravo Burgundy ink. I sponged the edges with early espresso ink. I used some of the pretty Cherry Cobbler quilted ribbon. 

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

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

OCC...Fabulous Faces

Happy Saturday Peeps, 

It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 

This week our hostess is the fabulous Marjie Kemper  from She Who Stamps & Scraps. Her challenge for us is: 

Fabulous Faces:

Whether you like stamping, card making, altered arts, scrapbooks or collage, I bet faces have played a part of your artwork at some point.  

Show us what you’ve got… whether you like vintage ladies in lace or fresh and funky kids…. steampunk engineers or shabby chic chicks…. even photos of yourself or your family. 

 Please show us your favorite faces this week.

After a bit of thought I knew exactly what "face" I wanted to use. My favorite Christmas girl from the Stampin' Up "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set.

I stamped this sweet vintage little girl onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon ink. I went to my DSP packs to pick my colors and decided to use the "Letters to Santa" papers, I love the vintage feel to these. I had used this paper for the first time earlier in the week for another card and knew that it had a "blue" paper in it and I wanted to dress/color my little girl with that color. I checked the catalog and found that the blue is Marina Mist so that was my staring point. Her dress and hat is colored with Marina Mist and I used River Rock for the dress and hat trim. The gloves and tights are a combo of the blue and a bit of riding hood red.

 I paired this DSP with some Crumb Cake card stock for the base and some Early Espresso for matting.

When looking for a sentiment to use on my card I pulled out the "Bells & Boughs" stamp set and the idea to use the Holly leaves for an accent hit me. I stamped them onto very vanilla and colored them with my aqua painter and cut them out  and added them to the oval frame.

I added some crystal effects and dazzling diamonds to the berries. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and I added a bit more holly and berries by it. I made a double bow with some crumb cake seam binding ribbon and an antique brad I added some crochet trim over the seam binding ribbon across the card. I finished it off with a few basic pearls on the top corners.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun  challenge. I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

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

Vicki

SSSC139.....Spooky

Good Morning Peeps!!!

It is Sunday which means it's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

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

What a fun sketch! I love the little banner element, you see these alot now days but I don't think I have done any, even though I do have the Stampin UP pennant punch!

 I am still on a Halloween kick and I couldn't let the month pass by without using my favorite "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set. I love to color these little kids!

I stamped the little Halloween Kid onto some white card stock with black stazon ink and used my aqua painter to color her. I knew I wanted to use the Frightful Sight DSP for this card so I used the colors in that paper for my image. The pumpkin is colored with Cajun Craze and the little witch is colored with old olive, basic gray and cherry cobbler.

The base of the card is Basic Black card stock and then some of the DSP. I made the banner using the punch a papers from the Frightful Sight paper pack. Easy Peasy. I used some bakers twine to hold my banner and add a couple of bows to the ends of the banner. The main image is matted with old olive and I added a bit of trim with basic black a border punch. The sentiment is from the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set, but the little witch is really not very spooky at all.

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-

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki