Sweet Sunday.......So Many Smiles

Happy Monday peeps!!

So sorry for my lack of posts lately, I have been busy and my want to stamp has been sadly missing. Hard to find the time and when I do I have no mojo!!!!!

Anyway I do have a card to share with you today, a day late but you know what they say "better late than never". This is my cared using the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge this week.

I loved working with this sketch, so many layers just make me happy!!

I have not gotten any new catalog stuff yet (well, other than what I pre-ordered) I am still working on what I want to get. So I pulled out a set that I love, Stampin Up's Summer Silhouettes and the Tea for Two DSP.

The base of my card is confetti cream and is a 5 inch square. I then used Island Indigo for matting all my layers of DSP. The flowers are stamped with Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral ink.

The sentiment is from the Petite Pairs stamp set.

Here is a pic of the inside;

Be sure and check out what the rest of the girls did with this sketch:

 Dana White-Dana's House of Cards-

Dawn Easton-Treasure Oiler Desingz

Jackie Pedro-The Scalloped Edge

Karen Giron-The Sweetest Thing

Karen Motz-Paper Playhouse

Lori Telcer-Inking Aloud

Lynn Put-The Queen's Scene

Melissa Hubert-My Paper Obsession

Sarah-Jane Kale-Janeybell

Tracy Clemente-Eat Sleep Stamp 

Thanks for stopping by today 

Vicki

Happy Birthday Wishes

TGIF peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using a couple of challenges this week.

First ups I used the Color challenge on Splitcoaststampers:

and also I used the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches:

The DSP I used is from the new Gingham Garden paper pack from Stampin Up.

The flowers and leaves come from the Stampin Up "Summer Silhouettes" set.

I love how the DSP here echos the lattice die, which is now retired but I love it and will always keep it and USE it. 

The sentiment I used comes from the new hostess set called "Simply Sketched"

After getting my card all together I thought it needed a bit more daffodil so I added the scallop trim on the sentiment piece and down the side of the flower panel. I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Edge Punch.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos.......Happy Birthday

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

I have been keeping a secret and I can finally let the cat out of the bag.......I am excited to announce that I have been asked to join the design team on the Dynamic Duos Blog.

I have loved playing along with this challenge for awhile now and was thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of  the design team.

The colors this week are some really nice colors to work with:

I decided to keep it clean and simple with some pretty flowers, my favorite kind of card.

I used the pretty Stampin Up Summer Silhouettes stamp set for my flower and leaves.

The base of the card is Raspberry Ripple and then the next layer is some white that I embossed with the fancy fan EF.

I used gumball green for the leaves and raspberry for the flowers. I used my circle and scallop circle nesties to cut out.

The sentiment is from the retired Stampin Up Happiest Birthday Wishes. I used a copic marker to color my rhinestones.

I hope you will check out this weeks challenge on the Dynamic Duos Blog and play along, I would love to see what you do with these pretty colors.

Thanks for stopping by today and

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

FMS.....Get Well Soon

Happy Monday Peeps!!!

Still working on an order from a very good customer who asked for a few Get Well and Birthday cards.

This one I made using the sketch this week on the Freshly Made Sketches Blog.

The DSP on here is from the Stampin Up "Fan Fair"  pack and I let that dictate my colors for this card.

I used Pink Pirouette for the base and DSP is matted with Primrose Petals card stock.

  

The flower is from the Summer Silhouettes stamp set and the sentiment comes from the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set. I love the sweet Delicate Doilies Sizzlit Die and I used with more pink pirouette card stock to make the mat piece for my main image. It is added to the base card with dimesionals. I added a little butterfly, a ribbon bow and some pearls to finish off the card. 

  

Thanks for stopping by today, I am off to work in a bit, and hubby has another doctors appointment later this afternoon, talk to you all later

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SSSC169....Get Well Wishes

Happy Sunday peeps!!

 Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. 

Love this sweet sketch Karen has for us this week:

I decide to pull out my Stampin Up "Summer Silhouettes" stamp set to make this cheery card.

I had a request for some get well cards and it seems appropriate since I have been fighting a nasty cold all week.

I used whisper white for my main image panel and stamped the leaves and stems with lucky limeade ink and made the flowers with rich razzleberry, pool party and daffodil delight.

I used one of the Finishing Touches edgelit dies across the bottom.

The base of the card is Rich Razzleberry and the DSP on here is from the International Bazaar paper pack.

I matted each piece of the DSP with white card stock. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

I added some white satin ribbon across the bottom because you know I HAD to have a bow on here and then a few basic pearls to finish it up.

Be sure and check out what the rest of the team has made with this sweet sketch:

 Dana White-Dana's House of Cards

Dawn Easton-Treasure Oiler Desingz

Jackie Pedro-The Scalloped Edge-

Karen Giron-The Sweetest Thing

Karen Motz-Paper Playhouse

Lori Telcer-Inking Aloud

Lynn Put-The Queen's Scene

Melissa Hubert-My Paper Obsession

Sarah-Jane Kale-Janeybell

Tracy Clemente-Eat Sleep Stamp 

and this week's Sweet guest stamper

Tracy MacDonald

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Freshly Made Sketch meets Dynamic Duos

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made combing two challenges.

First I used the colors on the Dynamic Duos Blog:

and I combined it with the sketch challenge this week on the Freshly Made Sketches Blog

When I was making my card I did not have this sketch in front of me so my card varies slightly from the sketch but not that much, so I thought it was still OK.

I love this color combo, River Rock and Basic Black. The dessert option this week was to use brads, I opted for some pearls instead, so I guess I skipped dessert.

The DSP on here is some from a retired pack, I found when digging, not sure of the name. With all the new EF we have now I still favor this perfect dot one alot.

I used the stamp set "Summer Silhouettes"  and the sentiment is from the retired "Occasional Quotes".

Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

Stamping 411......So Sorry

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

Sorry I am late posting my 411 Challenge Card this week. 

Have had a few things going on with DH that kept my focus elsewhere.

He is home from the hospital now and taking it easy.

Now onto my card.

Here is this week's sketch:

Pretty easy and straight forward layout.

I used two Stampin Up sets for this one, the flower is from the pretty "Summer Silhouettes"  and the sentiment is from the "So Sorry" set. Don't you love that pretty font?

The base of the card is white card stock and the next layer is Primrose Petals, one of the new in colors this year. I then used a new Embossing Folder and white card stock again for my next layer

The pretty embossing folder is called Lacy Brocade and is available in the new Stampin Up Holiday Mini.

The DSP is from the pretty "Fan Fair" pack. I used the Labels Collection Framelits for my main image piece. I stamped my flower stem with old olive ink and then use primrose and my stamp a ma jig to add the blooms. I stamped the blooms a second time with out re-inking to ge the lighter effect. 

The sentiment is also stamped with sentiment and primrose ink. The "So Sorry" is one stamp and then the "for your loss"  is another single stamp. There is many other sentiments to go along with the "So Sorry",  this set is really a nice with the variety of sayings. 

I added a little embossed butterfly made with the Beautiful Wings embosslit die. I used some of the primrose ribbon and some silver brads for my accents. 

Be sure to head over to the Stamping 411 Blog to see what the rest of the operators did with this fun sketch!

Thanks for coming by and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki