SplitCoast Color Challenge......Birthday Wishes

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made yesterday using the Color Challenge this week on SplitCoastStampers.

Love this combo, Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry and Mossy Meadow.

I wanted to color so I pulled out this beautiful Stampin Up set called SweetBriar Rose, it is a single stamp and one of my favorites from this catalog.

I stamped with black stazon onto some Confetti Cream card stock.

I colored with my water brush using Rich Razzleberry and Blushing Bride for the flowers, I really like how these two colors look together when water colored.

Does this sketch look familiar to you?

 I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge again for my card. It is a great one for this large image.

I used the Petite Pairs stamp set for my sentiment and I added some dotting and shading around my image. One of the flowers is colored a second time, cut out and popped up for some dimesion.

I added some crystal gems to my flower centers.

I used two different embossing folders in the background, which was also the dessert option on the color challenge (dry embossing).

I am also linking this to the challenge this week at Seize the Birthday:

I opted out of the "toppings" option and just did a Birthday theme.

Well, that is all from me today. Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Color Challenge......Blooming Birthday

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers.

with a dessert option of green.

Perfect color combo for some pretty flowers!

I pulled out my fave stamp right now, the Stampin Up Sweetbriar Rose.

I stamped the flower twice onto some white card stock with black stazon ink.

I then colored using my water brush and old olive and cajun craze inks.

I then cut the entire flower with leaves out using my paper snips and set aside.

The base of the card is some Papertrey white card stock and then the next layer is some embossed Pool Party.

The next layer is Blushing Bride and a piece of white that is stamped with the Hardwood stamp using blushing bride ink. I rounded the corners on both of these pieces.

I slipped a paper doily between the layers and attached the the base.

I then cut out the flowers on the second stamped image. I added them to the card using some dimensionals. I added some Cajun Craze candy dots to the flower centers.

The sentiment is stamped with black and is from the Flower Patch stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by

Vicki

SplitCoast Color Challenge.....Very Merry Christmas

Happy Tuesday Peeps!

I had a little bit of time this morning to play, so I decided to check out the color challenge this week on Splitcoast. 

Old Olive, Calypso Coral and Lost Lagoon. Not your traditional colors for a Christmas card but since I had this set, Joyful Christmas, out I decided to use it. I love this color combo!

I started by stamping my Poinsettia onto some watercolor paper a couple of times, I also stamped three leaves to color as well. The flower was colored using only calypso Coral ink. The leaves are colored with Old Olive. I cut out the poinsettia base and then the second layer is the same flower just cutting off the outside leaves of the flower. I added the center to the base with a dimensional. I glues the three leaves around the bottom of the flower.

The base of the card is Old Olive card stock, then a layer of white. The next is Lost Lagoon that I embossed with the Snow Burst EF. I was originally going to make my card a 5 inch square but then realized I could not emboss the Lost Lagoon piece fully, so I just trimmed it down a bit. The card is now a 4-1/2 inch square.

I added some retired white satin ribbon across the bottom and tied a bow. The sentiment is from the Endless Wishes stamp set and is stamped with Black Memento ink onto a scrap of the water color paper and then curled and added to the base. I finished this card with some gold pearls, non SU, in the flower center and the top corner. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Splitcoast Color Challenge......Here For You

Hello Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers.

Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi and Pool Party.

I love this set from Stampin Up called world of Dreams, it has four nice silhouette images and two sentiments.

I started by stamping my main image with black onto the Confetti White card stock. \

I then used two other images in the set, one with Daffodil and then the other in Pear Pizzaz and once again with pear pizzazz without  re-inking. I choose to use Pear Pizzaz as my wild Wasabi ink pad is not in very good shape.  I then die cut out my oval with the oval framelits. I then used my Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch to punch out a few flowers with Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight. I laid the flowers on my cushion mat and used my stylus around and around in the middle to curl them up a bit. I added them to the image piece with some glue.I created the scallop border around my image panel with one of the edgelit dies in the Adorning Edges set. I cut out a couple of strips and then added them to the oval by cutting some slits on the opposite side of the scallops so the strips would fit the curves of the oval.

The base of the card is Confetti White and then a layer of Daffodil Delight. The DSP is from the retired Newsprint pack. I then cut a banner from a piece of DSP from the Park Lane pack.

I added it to the base and curled up the ends just a bit. I then added some twine around the top and tied a small bow.

The main piece is then added to the base with some dimensionals.  I added some basic pearls to the flower centers. The sentiment comes from the retired SU set called Occasional Quotes and I used my stamp a ma jig to position it in the right place.

You may notice that I have no Pool Party color on my card, I totally forgot when I got caught up in making my card so when I finally realized, I wasn't sure how to fix it, then it hit me, a couple of little blue eggs in the nest may work:

So what do you think? Do you like the little blue eggs? I think they kinda work out alright.

Well, that is all from me, Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki

Color Challenge.....Thank You Blossoms

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

I was off work today and since it is a scorcher here is Southwest MO, I decide I would spend some time at my stamping table.

I took a peek over at Splitcoast at this week's Color Challenge and was elated to find the challenge was called "All Abloom" and we had alot of colors to choose from.

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Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush, choose any three or choose them all. The neutral this week is white.

I choose Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding and Lost Lagoon.

I love the leaves in the Stampin Up Kinda Eclectic  and I decide to pair them up with another fave set from Stampin Up called Stipple Blossoms. I inked up the flower base with Strawberry Slush ink and stamped it off once on scrap paper before stamping on my whisper white card stock. I stamped the overlay to the flower with Strawberry Slush ink full strength. The leaves are stamped with Pistachio Pudding ink and then all the flower and leaves are hand cut out with my paper snips. I stamped the sentiment from the Wetlands stamp set onto more whisper white and used a circle die to cut out. I then arranged my leaves and roses around the circle.

The base of the card is PTI white card stock and the Lost Lagoon DSP is from the Moonlight pack.

I added a small strip of Lost Lagoon card stock down the edge of the DSP.

I added the center piece to the card base with some dimensionals. The edges are slightly over the edge of the card base on both sides, and I am OK with that. 

I finished off with a row of basic pearls on the lost lagoon card stock strip. I did keep the BG on my pretty clean and simple so that the pretty leaves and flowers could be the "stars".

Thanks for stopping by today 

Vicki

Splitcoast Color Challenge.....With Sympathy

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing another Corner Garden Card, this one is much like the last one I did, I just used different colors and a different sentiment.

I received an order for a set of these card after posting my last one and I was mixing them up just a bit, I took the opportunity with this card to use the SplitCoast Color Challange for my colors on this card.

Cherry cobbler, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight with the dessert option Add A Fourth Color

I used Wild Wasabi for my leaves.

The base of the card is Rustic Cream card stock and then a layer of Cherry Cobbler and then the image is stamped onto more Rustic Cream card stock. I then colored with my water brush and ink pads.

The sentiment is from the Blooming With Hope stamp set. When stamping  I got a line of black across the top from the rubber, my fault totally did not check to see if I had ink around the edge. So I used that little mishap to embellish. I added the row of pearls across the top to cover it and then added another row under the sentiment to balance it.

I then added some pearls to the center of a few flowers. 

Hope you like it, this BG stamp is really fun to work with and to color, if you like to color or want to learn this is a great stamp to use. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Easter Wishes

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made combining the Sketch Challenge and Color Challenge on SplitCoast.

The dessert option on the color challenge was to make an Easter card. I decided to pull out an old but favorite set called "A New Little Someone" and use the bunny for an Easter card.

I stamped the bunny onto some rustic white card stock and colored qith my aqua painter and ink pads. I used Sahara Sand, So Saffron and Baja Breeze all on the main image. The bunny was colored with the Sahara Sand and then I used So Saffron on the bow and pads and inside the ears a bit.

I then used some Baja around the outer edge of the Bunny.

The main image is matted with So Saffron and then the angled piece behind that is Sahara Sand card stock.

The DSP is from the Sweet sorbet pack.

The sentiment comes from the Abundant Hope stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Color Challenge.......Hello, You

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card i made using the color challenge this week on SplitcoastStampers.

Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, and Primrose Petals. Such a pretty color combo. I pulled out my single Stampin Up stamp called "People Like You". I love to color this fun flower stamp.

I used my aqua brush and Pumpkin pie and Primrose petals to color the flowers.

I also used a bit of crushed curry in the middle of the flowers and some pear pizzazz on the stems.

I used some rustic cream card stock for my base and also for the image. I stamped with black stazon to water color.

I decided to use a different sentiment than the one on the stamp so I pulled out my "Regarding Dahlias" stamp set for this sentiment. I then used the Decorative Label Punch to punch out the sentiment and then two other punches with Pumpkin Pie card stock and matted the back. I then used some dimensionals to add the sentiment.

The main image is matted with Basic Gray and Pumpkin Pie card stock. I then mounted this piece with some dimensionals to the base at an angle. I finished it up with a few sticky back gold pearls in the corner and under the sentiment.

I wanted to keep it fairly simple for easy mailing.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki    

Splitcoast Color Challenge.......HI

Happy Wednesday peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week on Splitcoast.

I messed up a bit on the colors:

Somewhere between looking at the challenge and getting the colors out to make my card I thought I needed Raspberry Ripple instead of Primrose Petals. The rest is fine, Blushing Bride and Wild Wasabi but I used the wrong color. I didn't figure it out til I was uploading over on Splitcoast, but I just put it up anyway. I have been fighting a bit of the stomach bug and not feeling the best, not sleeping so I just blamed it on that.

I had made another shaped card this week, I will pot it tomorrow, so I had the Stampin Up Floral Frames dies, out so I decide to make this card a shaped one as well.

I am so loving the Peaceful Petals Stamp set, I can't stop using this flower.

The DSP I used is from the Birthday Basic pack. I sorta messed up my sentiment when stamping and had to cove it with another piece of card stock, hence the flagged ends on the white piece. I outlined my flower image using the Chalk Marker. I decided to stop there, I had already messed up a couple of times so better not risk ruining the whole thing. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Happy New Year

Happy New Years Eve Peeps!!!! 

I  finally have a new card to share with ya'll!!!

I made this card using the color challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers. Mary is the hostess this week and she picked some fun colors for making a celebration card, which is the dessert option. 

The colors are:

Basic Black, Silver and Whisper White. I pulled out my Stampin Up Happy Hour stamp set to make this card. I stamped the glasses using Smoky Slate ink onto some Whisper White card stock, I stamped the glass twice and then added my sentiment under the glasses. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I used my stamp a ma jig to line it up. I then used my Pierced Circle dies to cut out, these are not SU.

I matted with basic black and a scallop circle.

The base of the card is Basic Black and then a layer of Silver Foil paper and then an embossed piece of white. I embossed with the Perfect Dot EF. I dug through my stash of DSP and found some retired black and white, this comes from the Night and Day pack.

I then decided I wanted to make a pretty bow for the bottom, I have the SU Gift Bow die, but it was too large so I used my oval punches to make this one. I added a piece of Silver Glimmer to the center of the bow and mounted it on the card using my glue gun. I also added some silver glimmer to the glasses for the liquid in them. The bubbles are some silver pearls and I added two larger ones to the top corners of the card.

Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year!!!!

Vicki

Color Challenge.....Birthday Wishes

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made for the Color Challenge this week on Splitcoast. 

Love these soft colors, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe and Crumb Cake.  I got to make my favorite kind of card, a flower card! :) The dessert option this week was to repeat something on your card, I repeated several things so I guess I had a few desserts! 

I used the Stampin Up Morning Meadow Hostess Set for my pretty Crisp Cantaloupe flowers and the leaves are from the Secret Garden Stamp Set in Pistachio Pudding. I stamped four flowers and hand cut them out, I do have a punch for this flower but I always have a hard time getting it to line up, I know there is a trick for that, I need to research that. I stamped two of the leaves and used the matching framelits to cut them out.

I added several basic pearls to my card, in the flower centers and at the corners of the card. The flowers are mounted to the image piece with dimesionals and there are dimesionals in between the layers of flowers as well. 

The base of the card is a 5 in square of Crumb Cake and then a layer of white and then another layer of Crumb Cake. The DSP is from the Birthday Basics paper pack. The embossed piece of Crumb Cake is some that I found in my stash already embossed with the square lattice EF. 

I added my sentiment which comes from the Petite Pair Stamp Set. I stamped with black onto white card stock and then used my 1-3/8" circle punch to punch it out. I then punched out a 1-1.2" circle of Crisp Cantaloupe to layer it onto. I added four small pearls under sentiment. and added it to my card with some dimensionals. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

A Merry Christmas

Hello Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week on SplitcoastStampers.

Some fun colors this week:

Gold, Wild Wasabi and Daffodil Delight, not your traditional colors for a Christmas card, but I do like the results. I started with a favorite stamp set, Stampin Up's A Beautiful Season, retired. 

I stamped with black stazon onto some confetti cream card stock. I then colored with my aqua painter and ink pads, I used wild wasabi, daffodil delight and basic gray. I used some ink from my gold encore pad to color the holly berries, but then in the end I covered them with some small gold pearls. I thought the gold ink looked very dull and I liked the gold pearls better.

I stamped a second image and colored the leaves to cut out and pop up, the dessert option on this challenge was to fussy cut something, so I did. 

I used some crumb cake ink to shade my image and I used my white gel pen to add some lines to the holly leaves. The sentiment comes from the Bells and Boughs set and I used some Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon to make my bow and added a very vanilla button to the center.

The DSP on here is from a retired pack, Woodland Walk. 

The base of the card is the same Confetti Cream as the image is stamped on and I used some gold foil paper to mat my image and DSP.

I finished up by doing a bit of doodling around the image with my black marker.

Hope you enjoyed this one!

Vicki

Color Challenge.... Happy Birthday

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week on Splitcoast. 

Old Olive, Real Red and Calypso Coral, with a dessert option of a flying image, bird, butterfly, Santa.....etc.

I did sneak in some blue for my bird, I did first do it in red, but didn't like it so I switched to some Island Indigo and liked it much better.

I used some Rustic Cream card stock and the DSP is from two different packs, the Tea for Two and the Beau Chateau packs.  I also used some soft Suede card stock. I colored my image with Calypso Coral and Old Olive and then used the Real Red to deepen the shading on the flowers and also on the berries. 

The sentiment is from the retired Something to Celebrate stamp set.

I used some crumb cake ribbon and a vintage ivory button with some twine for my bow.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki

Color Challenge.......Merry Christmas Chickadee

Happy Tuesday Peeps!

So sorry for the lack of posting, I am just not stamping much. I attribute that to not enjoying alot of my stamps. You all know that I am a loyal Stampin' Up girl, but to be honest the last few catalogs do not have much to my liking. I am not really a "trendy" stamper and I am having a hard time fitting my style into the SU mold lately. Makes me sad to say and maybe I shouldn't here on my blog but it is what it is.

Anyway onto this lovely card, I DO like this one, but it is done with mostly retired items, the stamp set, Beautiful Season retired last year, I will always keep this one, it is so pretty and makes pretty cards. The DSP on here is from the retired, Deck the Halls pack, I love this pack and the vintage feel of it.

The colors come from the Splitcoast Color Challenge:

When I saw these colors I knew right away I wanted to use this set. 

The sentiment is from the Petite Pairs stamp set. I used some Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon to make my loopy bow.  I added some basic pearls and an antique brad to the middle of the bow. The image is die cut with the Window Frame Dies.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

P.S. I was made aware recently that there was a problem with some of my e-mails, so if you e-mailed me and I did not reply, chances are I did not receive it, so please forgive me and resend. All issues have been resolved, I hope. 

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