SUO...Life's a Journey

 

Hello Peeps!!

It is Tuesday which means another challenge at SUO Challenges.

This week is a Masculine Theme Challenge.

I am using the One Wild Ride stamp set for my Masculine themed card.

Masculine is definitely hard for me, you all know I am a floral girl. 

But I gave it whirl. 

I used one of the new Stitched Nested Label Dies for my

motorcycle image. 

I stamped with Black Memento Ink onto the Whisper White 

die cut piece.

 

The base of my card is Smokey Slate card stock.

I then embossed a piece of the Galvanized Metallic Paper and the 

Corrugated EF.

The DSP on here is all from the Classic Garage pack.

I stamped the  sentiment piece directly onto the orange piece of DSP and cut out.

I used some jute twine wrapped behind the motorcycle piece and the 

sentiment piece.

 

Both pieces are added to the card with dimensionals.

I hope you can join us this week and create a Masculine card to share.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Crazy 4 Challenges......thinking of you

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

Time for another new challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges.

Our challenge for you this week is:

The 7th of August was National Lighthouse Day , so for our challenge today create a

card featuring a lighthouse. 

If you don't have a lighthouse, think where you would find a lighthouse… 

near the sea,beach etc and use

that for your

inspiration.

I don't have a lighthouse stamp so I decide to create a little beach scene, I tried a few times and finally just cut down a piece and went with it.

I used the ink on an acrylic block method here. I used Lost Lagoon and So Saffron ink onto my acrylic block and then spritzed it a couple of times and stamped it directly onto some watercolor paper. I then used a a small paint brush dipped into some water to spread around the color a bit.

I then used the Wetlands stamp set to add the small birds. 

The sentiment comes from the Sheltering Tree stamp set.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake and I stamped the bottom portion with another stamp from the Wetlands set. I used Crumb Cake ink.

The main image is matted with Lost Lagoon card stock and the DSP is from the Neutrals Pad.

I used some linen thread and wrapped around the bottom of the card and tied a small bow.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Paper Players...Be the Star

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

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

The challenge is to use some form of transportation.

I didn't have much to use for this one, but remembered I had a few if these motorcycle images from the Stampin Up Rev Up the Fun stamp set.

I pulled one out to use for this fun card.

The image is stamped with black and colored with some daffodil delight and smoky slate ink.

The base of the card is Smoky slate and then a layer of Silver Foil paper. On that is a layer of Basic Gray that I embossed with the stars EF.

Next is the motorcycle image cut with a circle die and then layered onto some daffodil delight that is die cut with an inverted scallop die. I added this to the main piece with some dimensionals.

Next is the DSP layer which comes from the Moonlight paper stack and is matted with more daffodil delight.

I added two small flags, one cut from silver foil and the other with daffodil delight. 

The little sentiment is from the Be the Star stamp set.

Well, that is all from me for now

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Birthday Boy

Happy Monday Peeps!

This week at Crazy 4 Challenges the challenge is to make Birthday card and they added a twist, make it masculine.

Masculine cards are certainly not my forte but I wanted to give it a try. I thought about what to make and my little boat die came to mind. I could make a "little boy" birthday card.

This die is such fun it is made by "My Favorite Things"

All the DSP I used is from some retired packs, Sweet Slumber and Sweet Pea, I think.

The sentiment is from the Stampin Up Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set.

So cute huh?

I added a little red button with some twine to finish it up,

Whatcha think, I think it turned out pretty cute!

I am also linking this over at Seize the Birthday: 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.....Rev Up the Fun

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day 

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

I pulled out a fun set that is retiring from the Stampin Up catalog and is no longer available. I love this fun set called Rev Up the Fun. I was down to the wire making this card so I went fairly simple, but I still like how it came out.

I started with a base of real red card stock and used the Off the Grid stamp with real red ink and stamped the image a few times around the card base.

The next layer is white followed by some Silver Foil card stock. I embossed using the Chevron EF.

I like the masculine feel to this card it could be used for a little or big boy.

The image was stamped with black stazon and I colored it in with some red and yellow and a bit of gray.

The sentiment comes from the same set and was inked using black stazon and my real red marker.

I added the image piece and sentiment piece using foam tape.

Now let's see what the rest of the girls did with this fun little sketch:

Karen Giron

Barbara Anders

Jenny Peterson-is off this week

 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

Rev Up the Fun

Happy Sunday peeps!!

So sorry for the long silence, I have been crafting just not much card making, more on that in a bit

I wanted to share a card I made for the color challenge in Splitcoast,

This was the colors for 9-24:

The dessert option was to use the Chalboard Technique. This is a technique I had played around with a bit but not much so I decided to give it another whirl.

I pulled out this new to me set from Stampin Up called "Rev Up the Fun" and went to work.

I first pulled out some Basic Black card stock and used my Embossing Buddy to cover it just to try and keep the specks to minimum. 

I stamped each element with Versmark and embossed with White Embossing Powder seperately. (embossing with heat gun after each element).

All images and words come from this same set. I then used a sponge and some craft white ink to sponge around to add the "chalk dust look".

The lines around the panel was added using the new Chalk Marker from Stampin Up, I really love that pen.

I then stamped the "every day can be" part of the Joy Ride sentiment onto some white card stock using Gumball Green. I clipped the ends and curved it a bit and added it to the panel with some dimesionals.

I added some green "Candy Dots" and the green strip with some Black Rhinestones. Finished it off with clip and a bit of Gumball Green Ribbon.

I think it turned out great and I love that I was able to make a Man Card, which is not my forte.

So a bit of what else I have been up to lately:

Been making a ton of "Prim Pumpkins" I love primitive decorations and once I start something I tend to get a bit obsessed. 

I have been selling these locally and even shipped a few to customers. If you like and want any just shoot me an email!

A few more things I been working on:

I LOVE these Sunflowers: They are Super easy to make and have twigs for stems!

I also have been working on some Prim Christmas items, more on those later.

Thanks for stopping by and I will have more cards to share later, so did give up on me! :)

Vicki

Seize the Birthday.....Stylin' Mustache

Hello Peeps!

Second post for today,

I wanted to get my card for this week's Seize the Birthday posted.

This week's is masculine theme with this sketch:

I first saw this idea to use some of the stamps from the Stampin Up "Stylin Snowfolk" to make this guy face on Diane Gibbs. I thought is was so clever and had filed it away in my memory to make myself sometime. Well,sometime was now, masculine cards are really not my forte but I have been trying to make myself do some.

I pulled out some fun DSP called Big Top Birthday from Stampin Up, this is retired but I think you may still be able to pick up a pack off the clearance rack.

The sentiment is from the Made for You stamp set and I added a clip to my circle sentiment pieces. I finished this off with several silver pearls.

Thanks for stopping by and leave me comment, I would love to hear from you!!

Vicki 

Dynamic Duos.....Happy Birthday

Today over at Dynamic Duos we have a great new challenge for you:

Love the black and gray combo and the desert option of making a Masculine theme.

I dug through my stash and found these stamped images that I have had for several years and never used. They would be perfect for the theme and colors I thought.

The images are from the retired Stampin Up set called "Classic Convertibles".

The are stamped onto some very lite gray card stock with black stazon.

The DSP is from some more Stampin Up retired items. this is from the Nouveau Chic paper pack. I was looking through all my papers to find some with black or gray and came across this pack.

These cards came together rather quickly for me, and since we are going masculine, not a lot of "fufu-ing", LOL, is that a word? 

I kept the design fairly simple using basic black for the base and then basic gray for the next layer.

I added the DSP under the stamped image and used some basic gray taffeta ribbon between the two. I tied a knot with the ribbon and used a couple of black brads at the top.

The sentiment comes from the "Made for You" stamp set. and is stamped onto the same paper as the image and punched out using the Ticket Duo punch. I added the sentiment with some dimensionals. 

Be sure and hop on over to the Dynamic Duos Blog and 

see what the rest of the girls did with these colors.

Thanks for stopping by today 

and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

SSSC81........A Note of thanks

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

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




This is my CAS Sweet Sunday card. I love the new core color of Cajun Craze and paired with Crumb Cake it gives this card a fall masculine feel, don'tcha think?

I used another fave, the level 2 hostess set called Apple Blossom. I stamped the tall leaves with Cajun craze and early espresso. The brads used on the side are some I had in my stash. I used the spiral edge punch along the top and added the strip down the side in Cajun craze that was embossed with the square lattice EF. I stamped the sentiment with Cajun craze ink, it comes from the "Kind Thanks" stamp set.

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 not playing for a while, but go by and give her some love.

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Joanne Basile-just a little something....



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

Vicki

SSSC75......Enjoy the journey!

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:




I was at first glance a bit intimidated by this sketch, but after giving it some thought I decided on a plan of attack and set out to see if what I had in mind would work.

I knew I wanted to try and make a sun, I had seen this somewhere, but I can't seem to find it now, I used a circle nestie to start, I cut it with so saffron card stock. I then used some crushed curry, cut into 3/8 inch squares to make the rays. I glued them on with my quickie glue pen at an angle, matching point to point around the circle. I then took another circle and glued it to the back to help hold the rays in place.

I used the awesome little single stamp from the summer mini, "Motorcycle". I stamped it with black stazon and did just a bit of coloring with my so saffron marker. The sentiment comes from another set from the summer mini, "Pedaling Past". I stamped it with black stazon onto a piece of crushed curry and cut out and mounted to the sun with some dimensionals.

The base of the card is a 5 inch square of basic gray. I then used some going gray and then more basic gray that was embossed with the new square lattice EF. The sun is then added to the embossed piece with some dimensionals.

I then began to think about the circle elements of the sketch. What would go with the manly type card I was making? I thunked and thunked and then I realized the answer, the extra-large cog punch, which I didn't have. I really hadn't given it a second glance, but I knew my friend Lois had it, and she was such a sweetie to let me use it! She is sooo generous.

I punched a bunch of cogs with the punch in gong gray. and then began to play with them a bit. I ended up using the large ones across the bottom with the center circles set slightly of center with some fun little screw brads that I had in my stash. I then added two little cogs with screw brad centers to the top corners. I think it turned out kinda cool...huh?




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

Happy Birthday

Good Friday Morning Peeps!

Today's card is made with this weeks sketch on Splitcoast. I flipped the sketch to accommodate the stamp I wanted to use. The stack of presents are from the SAB "Happy Moments" Stamp set.

I stamped them onto watercolor paper with black stazon. I water colored with my aqua painter using ruby red and crushed curry ink. The sentiment is from the same set and I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to align it up.

The DS paper is from the "Write Stuff" Specialty paper pack. I used soft suede, ruby red and crushed curry card stock. I added some gold sticky back rhinestones and added a spiral clip with some crushed curry ribbon to the corner of the image panel.

I think this would be a great masculine birthday card, not much foo-foo on this one. So what do you think, I am struggling a bit with creating right now.....maybe need a break, took me two days to come up with this one....UGH!!!!

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

Vicki

Curtain Call....On Your Birthday

Good Morning Peeps!!

Today's card is made for Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 18.

I was a bit nervous when I started this card, but I do like the final results. The colors this week are night of navy, ballet blue, kraft, old olive and whisper white.
I started the card with my base of kraft and then followed that with some night of navy, whisper white and then the DS paper is from the Tall Tales pack. The stamp set I used is "Thoughts & Prayers" and the sentiment comes from the "On Your Birthday" set.

I stamped the tree with old olive and chocolate chip ink. I added some ballet blue and night of navy buttons tied on with some thread. I also used a spiral clip and some ballet blue and night of navy 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon. I stamped the sentiment with night of navy ink and punched it out with the modern label punch. The strip behind the main panel was created with kraft card stock, punched along both edges with the scallop trim border punch. I added a strip of ballet blue and then pierced both edges. The main image panel is mounted to the base with dimensionals.

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

Vicki

Masculine Birthday and a RAK

Hello peeps! Hope you all are ready for Christmas. I know this is a hectic time of the year and I so appreciate you coming by and commenting! I love to read the comments.

Next Friday, January 2nd, is one of my brothers birthdays and it feels good to already have his card done. I have seen several of these "cattail" cards around made with the SU set Inspired by Nature, and I wanted to give it a try and knew it would work well for a masculine card.

I stamped the grass image from the set on PTI white cardstock with artichoke ink. I used some scrap chocolate chip cardstock and my slit punch to make the cattails heads. I randomly placed the punched out piece onto the ends of the grass with some snail adhesive. The card base is chcolate chip cut 5 by 10 inches and folded in half. I used some always artichoke to layer along with a piece of DS paper from the SU Wintergreen pack, retired. the main panel is up on dimensionals as is the sentiment, which is from the SU set upsy daisy, I just love the sentiments in that set. I added a strip of chocolate chip that I had pierced on both ends and three brads. Simply, quick and masculine. I think he will like the card as he loves camping and fishing.

One more thing to show you today I received this fabulous card in the mail yesterday from Michelle Redman. Isn't it gorgeous!!!!



Thanks so much for stopping by today and Happy Stamping!!!

Vicki