Miss You

 

Hello Peeps!!!

I am still here and still stamping a bit here and there.

I have been a very unmotivated blogger as of late.

I apologize for the time laspe between postings, I will try to do a bit better.

With all that is going on in the world and worrying about everything and missing my family, it is taking a toll on us all. I hope you all are holding up and doing what is best for your families and loved ones.

Today's card is one I made a while back. I love the Ornate Garden

Suite of products.

You all know I love a floral image to color. You know I will be using this image a lot.

I stamped with Black Stazon and  watercolored with my ink pads and Aqua Painter.

 

I fussy cut the image out and then embossed using the Subtle EF.

The base of he card is Thick Whisper White card stock.

I used a layer of Pool Party and

then another piece of whisper white that I embossed with the 

Brick and Mortar EF.

My sentiment comes from the Well Written dies.

I die cut each word three times and layered and glued them together.

 

Listed below are all the "ingredients" used to make this project.  

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my host code for April:

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All orders 50.00 and over will receive a gift from me.

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki

Paper Players......I Miss You

Happy Tuesday Peeps

Today I am sharing a card I made using the challenge this week at The Paper Players.

This week they have a lovely color challenge:

Beautiful pastel color pallet,

 I did use a bit of Strawberry Slush ink on my Pink Pirouette flower. I did try it with just Pink on Pink as the other flowers are but the Pink Pirouette ink did just not show well on the Pink Pirouette card stock. The other two flower look well with the same color ink on the cardstock.

I used this awesome Hero Arts set called You're So Lovely with the matching dies. I love this set.

The base of the card is PTI white card stock followed by a layer of Crumb Cake and then a layer of DSP that is from the Go Wild paper stack. 

The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I finished the card up with a few silver pearls, non SU

I have another pic of Audrey to share, hope you are not tired of these:

Thanks for stopping by today,

Vicki

You Will Be Missed

Hello Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made to go along with the gift I showed you yesterday that was for a friend and coworker.

I had to use my favorite stamp set, Stampin Up Good Thoughts, I have said before I love this flower and I am sure you will be seeing it more and more. Hope you don't mind!

I stamped the image onto some Naturals card stock and then again on some scrap naturals, I colored using Melon Mambo and Garden Green inks, I fussy cut out the top of the flower and set it aside.

I used the retired French Foliage stamp set to 'grunge" up my BG around my flower a bit. I used Crumb Cake ink for that and stamped off once before stamping around the flower. I didn't worry to much about getting it on my flower as I knew I would be adding the blossom piece of the flower over the top of the bottom image.

The sentiment on here comes from the Wild about Flowers stamp set. I stamped it twice onto some scrap paper and used my Label Bracket punch. I trimmed off the bottom portion of the punched piece to make it straight across the bottom. I sponged the edges with Crumb cake and added a staple on each side and stacked the two together with some dimensionals. No need to stamp the sentiment twice as I did cos the bottom doesn't show but I was not thinking about that at the time, I just knew I wanted to stack the sentiment to make it stand out a bit more. 

The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock and then a layer of the Naturals card stock. The DSP is from the Neutrals pack/ The black striped piece comes from the Neutrals pack as well.

We had a little going away party for Lynn at a local restaurant on Sunday and I gave her the framed piece, a small matching Faith pin and this card. She seemed to like them very much and that made me happy. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday...Miss You

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

Time for another new Sweet Sunday Sketch Cahllenge.

Here is the sweet sketch we have for you this week:

I am using some more of my sneak peek items.

I love this stamp set called You've Got This.

Of course I am a huge fan of any flower stamps and ones that I can color are even better.

I used some of the New Watermelon Wonder ink to color this one. It is stamped with black stazon onto watercolor paper. I then colored it with my aqua painter and ink pad.

The DSP here is from the Neutrals stack.

My sentiment is made with Alphabet Rotary Stamp and alto not new, it is new to me.

I am a big fan of the label look which is popular now and this is perfect for it. 

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog to see what the rest of the girls made with this fun sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday....Miss You Already

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day 

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

I started  my card with a base of Crumb Cake card stock. I stamped randomly with a few images from the retired French Foliage stamp set using crumb cake ink.

I sponged the edges as well with crumb cake.

I layered a strip of DSP across the middle that is from the Gingham Garden pack and matted with Strawberry Slush cardstock.

The main panel is a piece of Frist Edition DSP that I painted with a some watered down white craft paint. 

I curled and roughed up the edges a bit while the paper was still damp.

I sat it aside to dry and stamped my flowers from the Stippled Blossom stamp set. I used Strawberry Slush and Old Olive ink, stamping of once for the bottom layer and full strength for the top.

I added the flowers to the main panel with some dimensionals and then layered it onto the card base with more dimensionasl. The sentiment is from the retired Really Retro stamp set. I finished it off with some basic pearls.

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

Sweet Sunday.....Miss You Already

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day 

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

What I really miss is Spring!!!  

So I decide to make a Springy type card! I pulled out this single stamp from Stampin' Up called "Blessed Easter" and used these tulips on my card. Tulips are a sure sign of Spring.

I used a combo of DSP  to acheive a Spring feel. The papers are from the Watercolor Wonder and Sweet Sorbet packs.

I colored the tulips using my aqua painter and ink pads, I used Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz and Pool Party inks.

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

Karen Giron

Barbara Anders

Jenny Peterson

 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

Stamping 411......Miss You

Happy Monday Peeps!

How was your weekend? 

We had a great one, got alot accomplished and did just enough of nothing to make you feel good.

I have been working on some primitive wood pieces, I may show them to you later.

I also got a Kindle Fire for Mother's Day! I am so stoked about this.

But onto today's card, I put this together yesterday using this week's sketch on the Stamping 411 Blog.

I pulled out a retired hostess set called "Up in the Air", I loved this set because of these flowers, but I do find myself passing it over time and time again for some reason. So I tried to give it a go again to make soemthing I liked with it.

I stamped the flowers three times across the main panel, masking of the butterflies and sentiment that are part of this stamp. I then stamped the flowers a couple of more times onto some scrap paper. I colored the flower heads with my aqua painter using my daffodil delight ink pad. I then cut out a few from the scrap stamped ones and added them to my panel with some dimesionals.

I used some old olive for my stems and leaves.

The base of my card is daffodil delight card stock, I then used Early espresso card stock for the next layer and the DSP on here is from the Summer Smooches and First Edition paper packs.

I used some Daffodil Delight seam binding across the middle and I tried to get a bow on here like the sketch, but it was just not happening.

My squares are made up of  confetti and early espresso card stock. I used my square lattice EF on those.

I added some butterflies made with the beautiful wings embosslit die and finished it off with some basic pearls.

I am eagerly awaiting a box from Mr. Brown today with some new goodies, so stay tuned1

Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki