MTSC....Thank You

Good Wednesday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is one I made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I wanted to make a thank you card for a special etsy customer and I also wanted to use the Deck the Walls DSP but not make a Christmas Card. I will miss this paper when it retires, I think there is alot of the paper that can be used for non Christmas cards, case in point.

I started this card out with a base of always artichoke. I followed that with some crumb cake card stock and of course, the DSP is from the Deck the Halls paper pack.

For the main image piece I used the script stamp from the French Foliage set and the Flower and sentiment comes from the Because I Care stamp set. I used very vanilla card stock and crumb cake ink. The sentiment is stamped with Early Espresso ink. I used the sizzix butterfly embosslit to make my layered butterfly. I sponged the edges with crumb cake and always artichoke ink. I tied some twine around the butterfly center and above for his antennas. I added some very vanilla seam binding ribbon and few sticky back pearls that I colored with a copic marker.

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

Vicki

MTSC....Holly Jolly Christmas

TGIF Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

I am over the top with the vintage Christmas cards this year, I sooo was NOT going to succumb to this trend but it sucked me in gradually and when I got started I just couldn't stop!!! Not that I don't love the cutsie type I have always made, but I am falling for this style too.

The base of my card is a 5 inch square of soft suede card stock. I followed that with some crumb cake card stock and the DS paper is from the Stampin' Up Deck the Halls DSP. I added a strip across the top that is made with crumb cake and embossed with the Northern Flurry EF. The stamp set I used for the cute little snowman is The Stampin' Up Jolly Old Saint Nick stamp set. I stamped him onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon ink. I colored him with my aqua painter and some ink from my ink pads. I used Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake. The sentiment comes from the Bright Christmas Stamp set and is stamped directly onto the DSP with black stazon. I punched a snowflake out with the Stampin' Up large snowflake punch and added it to the card. I also used a large button from the Deck the Halls Big Designer Buttons pack. I tied some twine through the button and made a bow. I finished off the card with some Icicle Stickles.

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

Vicki

MTSC....A Merry Christmas

Good Friday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday sketch Challenge.

Another vintage type card made with the Stampin Up set "Bells & Boughs". I stamped my main image, the holly leaves onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon. I then stamped the sentiment from the same set onto the card stock with cherry cobbler ink. I colored in the holly leaves with always artichoke ink and the berries with cherry cobbler ink using my aqua painter. I splattered the image with some watered down always artichoke ink. I added some crumb cake ink around the outside of the image. I matted the image with crumb cake card stock. The oval and the scallop oval was cut with my nesties. The DSP I used is from the Deck the Halls paper pack. The base of the card is made with Crumb Cake card stock and the DS paper is matted with very vanilla card stock. I added some always artichoke punched edge along one of the layers. I also used some always artichoke seam binding to tie a pretty bow. I added a few little pearls in the top left corner and finished the card of by adding some crystal effects to the holly berries, to make them pop and shine! Love the look of that!

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

Vicki

MTSC......Merry Christmas

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I love this sketch, I did change it a bit and put my bottom piece, the piece with my sentiment, across the top of the main image panel instead of behind like the sketch, I did see a few others did this too so I think it is OK.

I started the card with a base or soft suede card stock and then I used some DS paper from the Deck the Halls paper pack. I then used some cherry cobbler card stock that I embossed with the Petals a Plenty embossing folder. I used the Greeting Card Kids stamp set, I do have to say this is one of my favorite sets this year, I have used it more than any other I have bought, I think.

I stamped the image onto very vanilla card stock with black stazon ink. I colored the image in with my aqua painter and soft suede, cherry cobbler, more mustard, and always artichoke ink from my ink pads. I used my circle and scallop circle nesties to cut out the image and I pierced the scallop circle. The sentiment is from the Four the Holidays stamp set and is stamped with Cherry cobbler ink on the very vanilla card stock. I curled the piece by rolling it around a pen and hand cut the end. the button is from the Deck the Halls designer button pack and I tied some natural twine through the button and made a bow. I glued the button on with my glue gun.

I added two small snowflakes that I had in my stash of stuff, not sure where they came from, they are white but I think they look OK don't you? Loving the look of this baby!!!

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

Vicki

Mojo Pumpkin Thank You

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing another card for the Late Night Stampers Thankful Challenge and I am also using the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.

I used the Autumn Spice DSP for this card along with some very vanilla card stock. I am hooked on this fun pumpkins. This one is made with the wide oval punch. I punched three ovals with pumpkin pie card stock and sponged it with Cajun Craze ink. I glued the two back ovals together and added the top oval with some foam tape. I then added a stem and a couple of swirls from the Sizzix Scribbles Swirls to the top of the pumpkin. I tied a small bow with some twine and added that to the pumpkin also.

The sentiment is from the Curly Cute stamp set and I stamped with Cajun craze ink and hand cut the little flag. I added a few brads to finish it off.

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

Vicki

MTSC.......Happy Holidays

TGIF Peeps!!! Hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to some weekend fun!!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I again reached for some Deck the Halls DSP! I think I am hooked on that paper, I had shied away from this paper, but once I got into it I can't stop using it.....LOL!!!

The stamp set I used is Bells & Boughs from the holiday mini. I stamped the bells onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon. I then used my aqua painter to color. I used more mustard, cherry cobbler, bravo burgundy and always artichoke ink. I sponged the edges with crumb cake ink. The sentiment is from the stamp set Four the Holidays. I added some always artichoke seam binding ribbon and a button from the Deck the Halls button pack. I threaded a bit of always artichoke card stock through the button and added to the bow. I finished it off with a few antique copper brads.

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

Vicki

MTSC....Birthday Wishes in Pink

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge and also the Stampin Up LateNightStampers Challenge to use pink!

I used melon mambo, crumb cake and white card stock for this card. The flower is from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. I stamped with versamark onto the crumb cake and used white embossing powder and my heat gun to emboss them. I then used my aqua painter and melon mambo ink pad to color them in. I stamped and colored one onto the crumb cake and cut it out and popped it up over the middle flower. The little bit of DS paper is from the retired Razzleberry Lemonade pack. The sentiment comes from the Level 3 Hostess set Occasional Quotes stamp set. I stamped onto some scrap crumb cake and cut apart and matted with some melon card stock.

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

Vicki

MTSC95......Merry Christmas

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. My card uses the Contempo Christmas stamp set and the Jolly Holiday DSP.

I stamped the tree from the set with timber brown stazon onto some very vanilla card stock. I used my aqua painter to add some old olive ink to the tree and a bit of daffodil delight to the star. The sentiment is from the same set and is stamped with cherry cobbler ink onto the very vanilla. I offset the cherry cobbler piece behind the image panel and add some piercing around the edges. I used some of the Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon across the top.

The base of the card is a 5 inch square or old olive and I followed that with cherry cobbler card stock and then some of the DS paper. The small strip across the top is more DS paper and the next layer is old olive card stock that is embossed with the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder. I finished off the main image panel with some sticky rhinestones under the sentiment and one tiny one on the star at the top of the tree. The image panel is attached to the base with some foam tape.

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

Vicki

MTSC....Happy Halloween

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

You knew it couldn't last long.....I made another Halloween card, I do love me some "Halloween-y" fun!!!

This card is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. What could be more fun? Halloween and a Mercy sketch two of my favorite things!!!

My card is made with a base of Cajun Craze and I followed that with some DS paper from the Wicked Fun Speciality pack. I made the strips behind the main focal image with basic black that I had embossed with the spider web EF. I then rubbed a bit of Platinum Shimmer Paint. I dabbed a bit of the paint onto a sponge and lightly rubbed it across the embossed areas of the paper.





I turned the main image panel a bit from what the sketch showed, not sure why, I just thought it looked better. The little witch and the little Dracula are from the "Fang-tastic" stamp set. I stamped them twice, once on the narrow panel and once on some scrap white. I colored them with my aqua painter and ink from the ink pads. I also stamped the pumpkin and cat on the scrap and cut them all out. I added them to the panel with some dimensionals. I added some 1/8 inch rich razzleberry taffeta ribbon to both ends. The sentiment is from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" stamp set and is stamped with black stazon onto whisper white and punched out with the word window punch. It is added to the base with some dimensionals too.

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

Vicki

MTSC.....Witch Way is the candy?

Good Thursday Morning Peeps! Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #93.

The base of my card is a 5 inch square of basic black. I followed that with some rich razzleberry and the DS paper is from the Wicked Fun DS paper pack. I even tried a little sewing on this card. I sewed around the outside with my sewing machine and some black thread. The middle layer is rich razzleberry and more of the DS paper from the same pack. I sewed this layer too. The middle image piece is made from the "Fang-tastic" set. I stamped the witch, and the cat onto the piece of whisper white card stock. I made the side walk with my black marker and a ruler. I used a mask with a small circle to sponge in the moon with some daffodil delight and a bit of Cajun craze ink.





I stamped the broom and the pumpkin on some scrap white and colored and cut them out. I also stamped the sentiment on some white and cut it out. I added the sentiment to the card and then the pumpkin with some dimensionals. The main image piece is added with some dimensionals too. I finished off the card with some razzleberry satin ribbon bow.

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

Vicki

MTSC....One good Friend

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

My card share for today is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

I used my new "Kimono Kids" Stamp set. I stamped the little girl onto whisper white card stock and also onto some Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz card stock. I cut out the dress and umbrella and pieced them onto the kimono girl. I colored in the girls face and hands and feet with my aqua painter and my blush blossom marker. I added some cheeks with a dab of poppy parade ink. I also colored in the bottom of her shoes and flowers in her hair with Poppy ink.

The DS paper is from the Level 1 Hostess pack, I used some DS paper in Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade. The base of the card is Pear Pizzazz and I matted with blush blossom and pear pizzazz card stock. I added some Poppy Parade ribbon and some silver sticky pearls, Non SU. I stamped the sentiment, from the same set, with black stazon, it reads "One good friend is worth a thousand relatives."

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

Vicki

MTSC90......Spooky

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #90.

My card base is basic black and I followed that with some rich razzleberry. I used the new Spider Web Embossing Folder on the razzleberry. The three strips of the DS paper is from the Wicked Fun Specialty Paper. The stamp set is used is the Wicked cool set. I stamped the boots onto some shimmer white card stock. I then used my stamp-a-ma-jig to add the Spooky sentiment. I then stamped the witch hat onto a scrap and cut it out and added it to the main panel with dimensional. I used my nesties and inverted circle nesties to mat with black and razzleberry.

I added some rich razzleberry ribbon and cut some basic black swirls with the Scribbles Swirls and added it around the bow. I then finished it up with some rhinestones.

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

Vicki

MTSC89.....Happy Halloween

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

I used some retired Halloween paper on this card. The base of the card is made with kiwi kiss card stock, I followed that with basic gray. I embossed the gray with a EF, borrowed from a friend.

The little witch is from the Greeting Card Kids stamp set. She is stamped onto some shimmer card stock and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I added some pumpkin pie ribbon and silver pearls. the sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I punched it out with the word window pinch.

Thanks for coming by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

MTSC87.....Thankful Thoughts of You

TGIF Peeps!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

You know one of the nice things about some of the old in colors returning as new core colors, as is River Rock, is that I still have a stash of DS paper that matches it! This DS paper is from an old retired pack called, Apple Cider, I think.

The base of the card is a 5 inch square of river rock. The next layer is another piece of river rock that I used my new EF folder on, it is a larger folder so it accommodates larger pieces of paper. This one is called Polka Dots. I used Dusty Durango to mat the DS paper and I used cajun craze to sponge the edges and to stamp the leaves. Nice how all these rusty shades blend together so well. The leaves come from the Autumn Splendor stamp set and the sentiment is from the "Grateful Greetings" Stamp set. I added a button and some river rock ribbon, both retired.

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

Vicki

MTSC86.....Wish Big

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I was playing around a bit with my copics coloring these fun little flowers in different colors. I like them, might not be traditional colors for a daisy, but still cute.

I thought the front one matched the new in color, poppy parade, fairly well, so I picked that color for card base. Since I haven't gotten much new DS paper yet, I needed this one to not have any, sigh!!!!! I used some basic black for matting. I stamped the flower onto some PTI white and colored with the copics. The sentiment is from the Short & Sweet Stamp set. I added some felt rick-rack ribbon from my stash and a couple of white brads.

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

Vicki

MTSC85.....A Note of Thanks

Happy Hump Day Peeps!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

Love this size of card, it is a 3-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches and will fit in the SU small open end envelopes.

My base is made from the wonderful daffodil delight, I can't get enough of this color and the DS paper comes the colorful "Play Date" paper pack. I masked of just this little girl from the "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set and stamped her onto watercolor paper with black stazon ink. I used my aqua painter and ink in daffodil, real red, soft suede and riding hood red to color her in. I cut the oval and the scallop oval with my nesties. I keep the nestie in place and sponged some real red ink around my main image. Isn't she adorable, with her little apple and cute little bow. Just love her!

I used some so saffron grosgrain ribbon to make my ribbon treatment across the card. I used some sticky tape to hold it in place and ruffled it with more sticky tape. The sentiment comes from the retired set, "Thank You Kindly". I added some red brads from my stash and used the pinking heart edge punch om the red layer.

Well, that is all from me today, I have lots to get done today, peach jam and zucchini relish, so I must scurry off. Thanks for stopping by and be sure and check out yesterdays post if you want to win a bit of blog candy!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

MTSC84......Thank You

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

I am soooo loving these cute little "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set. I mean, How cute are they?

I stamped the cute little heart girl onto watercolor paper with black stazon, I colored her dress with the new Marina Mist. I used pretty in pink, daffodil delight and blush blossom. I used pretty in pink whisper white and marina mist card stock for the layers. I used the Swiss dot folder on the first layer and on the second layer of pink I scored the BG with my scor pal and added small pearls at each intersection of the lines. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny wishes stamp set and is stamped with black stazon onto the whisper white piece. I rounded the edges on the sentiment panel with my corner rounder punch.

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

Vicki

MTSC83......Greeting Card Kid

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!

Today I have another Halloween project, well a card anyway! This is one of the first sets I knew I would order when seeing the new catalog. This cute litte set of kids kinda remind me of the Campbell Soup Kids, remember them?

I did find them a bit hard to color, they are small with little details, making it a bit harder to watercolor, for me anyway, my eyes are not as good as they once were.

This card is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch challenge.

All the DS paper used here is retired from a few different packs. I just pulled some out I liked and I also used pumpkin pie, concord crush and old olive card stock. I cut the circles with my nesties, one for the little witch image and an open concord crush one was created by using two nesties one inside the other, the circle is a bit off but not to bad. I used the inverted scalloped circle nesties in old olive to mat the main image. The sentiment is grom the Grateful Greetings set. I stamped with black stazon and used my stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up, even with that it took me three times to get it acceptable....UGH!!!

I added some vintage brads three inside the circle and one on each end of the sentiment piece.

Well, that is all from me today, I won't have anymore Halloween for awhile, anyway. LOL!!!

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

Vicki

MTSC82......hello

Happy Hump Day Peeps!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I was inspired by this card. I loved how she punched the image out with the extra large flower punch, so I wanted to give it a try.

The base of my card is melon mambo and I followed that with some whisper white and then my three panels across the bottom are old olive, so saffron and melon mambo. Each color was embossed with the square lattice EF.

The main image that is from the set "A flower for All Seasons", was stamped onto whisper white with black stazon and colored with my aqua painter. I added some leaves to the "flower" with old olive punched with the 5-petal flower punch and I ran that through my crimper. I mounted the "flower" to a base of bashful blue {I was thinking sky} that was cut with my scallop circle nesties.

I added a scallop piece across the top of my three panels. The sentiment is from the "Hello Again" stamp set. I stamped it with melon mambo. I added some piercing around the top white panel and around the scallop circle a scallop strip.

Well, that is all from me today, Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment if you have time, I so LOVE to hear from you.

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