Love Never Melts

 

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Today's card share is one I made last week with my Granddaughters in mind.

My big snowman is simply made.

I used a large layering circle die and a small circle die from the Ride With me Dies for the face and eyes.

The rest is just a few straight cuts.

 

I used a piece of plaid DSP from the Wrapped in Plaid pack for his scarf.

His hat is made with Basic black card stock and I added a strip of Gold Foil for the hat band.

I hand cut a piece of Pumpkin Pie for his nose and his cheeks are sponged on with Flirty Flamingo and a Sponge Dauber before adding the nose.

I die cut several Snowflakes using a die in the Frosted Frames die set.

I added one to the Hat and a few around the card .

The base is Balmy Blue followed by another piece of Balmy Blue that

is embossed with the Subtle EF.

 

The sentiment is from the retired Spirited Snowman Stamp set and I added a few

basic rhinestones in the middle of the snowflakes.

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Vicki

Merry Monday......Warm Wishes Snowman

Happy Friday Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the challenge this week on the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge Blog. ( I am going to try and play along more with this challenge, I got several new Christmas goodies this past year and never got the time to use them.) 

The challenge this week is Snowman or Snow People:

This paper from Stampin Up is one I love and hardly got to play with this past Season, it is called

"Winter Frost"  The colors in this paper are so pretty. 

My snow man is not a SU stamp but I just love her.

I paper pieced her scarf and used my aqua painter to color her hat, face and the shadows.

The base of the card is some Brush Silver card stock followed by a layer of Coastal Cabana and then the DSP.

I added a strip of Silver Glimmer paper across the middle and edged them with more Coastal Cabana. This card really shines IRL!!

The sentiment below the snowgirl comes from "Snow Day" stamp set and I used my stamp a ma jig to line it up and used just a portion of  stamp.

I added two button snowflakes that I cut the shank off  of to the sides using some glue dots.

Hope you like her, I think she turned out pretty cute!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Merry Monday....Holiday Cheer

Merry Monday Peeps!!!

Today Lesley at Always Playing with Paper has a fun Tic Tac Toe Challenge for us:

I went with Ribbon, Paper Piecing and Red.

I had also just picked up this cute Penny Black snowman stamp and wanted to use him this week.

I stamped the snowman onto some rustic white card stock and also onto some DSP from the Stampin Up "Be of Good Cheer" paper pack. I then cut out and "pieced" the scarf and hat on the snowman.

I then stamped his hat again onto more card stock and pieced the hat brim again. I covered the hat brim with a bunch of stardust stickles.

My card turned out a bit bigger than a standard card, the base is 5-1/2 inches by 4-3/4 inches. 

Then a layer of black and then Crumb Cake and then some Cherry Cobbler, my red. I embossed the Cherry Cobbler with my swirl EF.

 The snowman is cut out with a circle nestie and then I cut a black scallop circle to mat with. 

I used some of the Stampin Up Natural Trim Ribbon across the bottom and tied a bow. 

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is stamped with black and cut with my nesties.

I added some black brads and some black rhinestones on the sentiment piece.

I love this cute little snowman!!!

Now be sure and hop on over to Lesley's Blog to see what the rest of the Merry makers did with this fun challenge!

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Merry Snowman

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

Today's card share is for the LateNightStampers, Challenge 99 - Blue-White and Silver – use only these colors on your card.

I choose Baja Breeze for my blue on this card. I used Baja for the base which is a 4-1/2 inch square. I followed that with a layer or whisper white that was embossed with the Stampin Up Northern Flurries EF. The snowman image comes from the Stampin Up Jolly Old Saint Nick stamp set. I stamped the snowman onto whisper white card stock with black stazon ink. I colored his mittens, scarf and hat band with baja breeze ink and my aqua painter. His hat is colored with Basic gray ink and the aqua painter as well. I masked off the snowman with a post it not and stamped some 2nd generation baja breeze snow flakes. I added some Diamond Dust Twinklets glitter to the ground around the snowman.




The silver comes into my card in the form of the silver tinsel from the Stampin Up winter mini. I added two strips of silver tinsel across the card. I added a Baja Button from the Candy Cane Big Buttons Pack. I threaded more silver tinsel through the button and added two mini tags to the button. One tag is Baja punched with the jewelry tag and the second is "merry" from the Tiny Tags stamp set.

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

Vicki

PPA Mojo Winter Wonderland

Good Friday Morning Peeps!! It is October 1st, which is a very special day in my household. 34 years ago today I married my dear sweet husband and 24 years ago today my dear sweet daughter was born. That's right, dear daughter was born on our 10th wedding Anniversary!!!!

I guess with all that, I should have an anniversary card or at least a birthday card to show you huh? Well, not so much, I have a fun little Christmas card!!! LOL!!

This card was made with two challenges in mind, first up I wanted to use the Pals Paper Arts All Buttoned Up Challenge and when I knew what I wanted to do for that I went looking for a sketch challenge to incorporate with my idea. I found the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge and with a slight change or two I made it work with my idea of the snowman button card.

The sketch could be either a round or square card, I chose the square but used the circle center element that was on the round card. I stamped the snowman from the Jolly Old Saint Nick stamp set with some black stazon onto my whisper white card stock. I colored him up a bit with real red and basic gray and baja breeze around the snow. I added more snowflakes, around the snowman with baja breeze.

The base of the card is real red and I followed that with baja breeze and the DS paper is from the Candy Cane paper pack that is the Holiday Mini. I used three of the smallest buttons from the Candy Cane Big Designer Buttons pack. I threaded, with great difficulty, some 1/4 inch real red grosgrain thought he buttons and tied a knot. I added the buttons to the card with my glue gun. I added some red stickles to the snowman gloves, scarf and hat band. The sentiment on this card comes from the Bright Christmas stamp set and is stamped with black stazon onto the DS paper. I used dimesionals to add the snowman piece and to add the square striped piece to the card.

I think my little snowman looks very happy on his card home! LOL!! I am really loving this Candy Cane paper and have made my Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample card with this paper, you won't want to miss it. Well, that is all from me today, thanks for coming by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

C4C15 Merry Christmas

Good Monday Morning Peeps! It is a cold gloomy day here in Southwest Missouri. Hope you are warm and toasty where you are.

The card I have to share with you today was made for the challenge on the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. This weeks theme was to use a snowflake or snowman on your card or creation. So I used both!

I used some retired SU DS paper, Wintergreen, I think it is called. Love the colors in this pack, I used certainly celery and always artichoke. My snowman is from the fun little level 2 hostess set "Snow Buddies". The sentiment comes from the "Delightful Decorations" stamp set. I die cut a big snowflake from the certainly celery card stock with the sizzix snowflake 2, I borrowed it from a friend. I sponged the edges with always artichoke and added some dazzling diamonds. The scarf and the stocking on the snowman are paper pieced and colored with the always artichoke marker.

Well, that is all for today, have some holiday errands to run, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Mojo Pretty in Teal Snowman

Good Thursday Morning Peeps! Hope you all are having a great week so far!

Today I am sharing a card with you made with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.

Boy did I struggle with this one!!! I made the base and layers up fairly quickly, knowing I wanted to use this beautiful "Holiday Lounge" DS paper. The problem came in when deciding what to use as my main element. I tried several different things before finally landing on this one. I have seen people use just the head from the "Simple Seasonal Thanks" around in several places and so I decided to give it a try for this card. I stamped the head onto some whisper white card stock and cut it out. I stamped it again onto some of the DS paper and cut out the hat and scarf and pieced them onto my snowman head. I colored in his nose with my pumpkin pie marker and I also used some liquid applique on the hat.

Well, that is all for today, gotta keep it short, lots to get done today! Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!!

Vicki

MTSC Let it Snow

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card with you made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge Don't you just love this sketch?

I wanted to make a very non-traditional Christmas card for a very "non" traditional friend. I was inspired to use these colors by this cutie made by Pam Speidel.

I used the stamp set "Big on Christmas" and the "Snow Buddies" stamp set. I stamped the "Let it Snow" onto some whisper white card stock and then stamped it again onto some scrap white and then stamped the large snowman from "Snow Buddies" onto scrap. I colored in the S-N-and W with my sage shadow marker. I then cut out my large snow man and mounted it over the snowman head on the main image panel with some dimensionals. I cut out the hat from the original image and added it to my big snowman. I then stamped the large snowman onto some of the DS paper and cut out the scarf and added it to the snowman. I used my black marker to color in every other square on the scarf and also the hat. I hand cut out holly leaf from some scrap garden green card stock and added it to the hat. I added a couple dots of red stickles for the holly berries on his hat.

The base of the card is basic gray and I followed that with some sage shadow and the DS paper is from the Nouveau Chic pack. I added some sheer white 7/8 inch ribbon and three snowflakes to the top corner. After all was put together I added some stardust stickles to the snow letters.

Detail shot:



Very sparkly IRL!!

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

Vicki

SSSC46 Starry Snowman

Good Sunday Morning Peeps!!!

It is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!!! Here is the sketch we are using this week:



Loved this sketch and you know I lovin' this super fun "Snow Buddies" stamp set from SU. It is a level 2 hostess set and I am thrilled I was able to get it. I love snowmen and find them all adorable and this one is no exception.

I started my card off by choosing my DS paper, which comes from the Holiday Lounge DS pack. The card stock I used is Taken with Teal, Shara Sand and of course whisper white.

I stamped the snowman with black staZon onto whisper white and then stamped it again onto some taken with teal scrap, so I could cut out his scarf. I used my white gel pen to color in his dots on the scarf. I stamped the hat separate and col red it in with black and teal markers. I then cut it out and glued it on his head, just slightly askew. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to add his arms and the string and the star he is holding. The other 2 stars where stamped onto scrap white and colored with my summer sun marker and cut out and mounted to the main image panel with a bit of a dimensional. I used my circle and inverted scallop circle nesties to cut the snowman image and mat.

I added a bit of stardust stickles to the stars and the ground under the snowman. I pierced around the edge of the teal DS paper layer and added 3 silver brads and the sentiment comes from the "Christmas Greetings" stamp set and was stamped with taken with teal, I should have used black.

I hope you have some time to play along with us this week. Come join in on the fun and create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen's blog and link your card using Mr. Linky so all of us can see your creation!




Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this weeks sketch!



Karen-the Sweetest Thing

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse

Laura-Scrapnextras

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Nancy-iStamp

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

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

Vicki

Ghostly Greetings & a Punched Snowman

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

Today I have two cards to share with you, the first is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I really love this sketch and will save it for future use.

I used another stamp from the Twick or Tweet Stamp Set, that will be available Sept. 1st. I stamped the ghost onto some PTI white cardstock with black stazon. The base of the card is pumpkin pie followed by basic black and the DS paper Cast-A-Spell.

I used my MS drippy goo punch at the bottom and added the "X" stitches with black embroidery floss and a needle. I used some pumpkin pie ribbon and a black grommet and tied a knot through the grommet. I added some stardust stickles to the ghost. I stamped the greeting onto some scrap white and punched out with the word window punch and mounted it to a pumpkin pie piece punched with the modern label punch. I added two black sticky pearls to the label.

This next card is a total CASE of this adorable creation by Heather. She has a video and a free PDF file to download for this cutie.





I think that snowman is the cutest thing I have seen in a long time. I am seriously thinking of signing up for her online punch class.

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

Vicki