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Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made trying to use three different challenges. 

First up is the SIP Challenge  

which is a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge:

Also my interpretation of the Freshly Made Sketches sketch this week:

 and finally this week at Just Us Girls Challenge:

I generally don't combine that many at once but it all seemed to come together for my card.

My flower comes from he retired set called You've Got This.

 I stamped it with versmark ink onto some Confetti Cream card sock and heat set it with white embossing powder.

I colored using my Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi inks. 

I fussy cut it out and then put it aside to do the rest of the card.

I die cut a heart with Soft Sky card stock to use, this would represent the  rounded square in the sketch shown above, hence my statement of "my interpretation" of the sketch.

I think it works tho, you can still see the "bones" of the sketch.

The base of the card is Confetti card stock and then a layer of Calypso Coral and then more confetti, I embossed that piece using the basket weave EF.

The Heart is then mounted using dimensionals as is the flower.

I added a small piece of black and white DSP across the middle and the sentiment is from he Lift Me Up stamp set. I fussy cut it out and added it to the card with more dimensionals.

 

I finished the card with a few rhinestones and a twine bow. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Freshly Made Sketch......Thank You

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches:

What a fun sketch, love the layers!

I started with a base of Basic Black and then a layer of white followed by another layer of Basic Black.

The DSP on here is from the Go Wild pad and the Neutrals pad.

I used the flower from the You've Got This stamp set. I stamped with Black Stazon and then colored with my aqua painter and ink pads.  I used Peekaboo Peach and Tangerine Tango with a bit of Crushed Curry. The leaves are from the same set and are colored with Old Olive ink. I fussy cut the images out and added to the card using dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Gifts of Love Hostess set. I stamped with black onto my white square layer. I used some Gold Foil paper to mat this piece. I added a small strip of gold along the side as well. I used my Wink of Stella pen to cover the flower and leaves too.

I finished off with a few gold sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Vicki

SIP One Element......Heartfelt Sympathy

Hello Peeps!

Today I sharing a card I made using the challenge this week at Stamp Ink Paper.

This was a fun challenge, a One element Wonder. I pulled out my neglected You've Got this Stamp set from Stampin Up and paired it with one of the new in colors.

I stamped the flower with Black Stazon onto some thick white card stock and colored with my aqua painter using the Peekaboo Peach ink pad. I used some daffodil Delight for the center and Old Olive for the leaves and stems. I used my Clear Wink of Stella Pen to add some shimmer to the flower, I love the look you get with this pen, it does not show in the pic, but is really nice in person.

I stamped the BG image from the same set using Soft Sky ink.

I fussy cut the flower and added it to the panel with dimensionals. 

The sentiment is from a retired Stampin Up set called Close As A Memory.

I matted this panel with a piece of Peekaboo Peach Card stock. 

All of the new in colors are awesome and I can not choose a fave.

I finished it up with three small rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki

SU Only.....Congratulations

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made for the challenge at SUO Challenge Blog.

It was a fairly easy challenge: Butterflies.

Well, after just now going back and re reading the challenge it says to make the Butterfly the highlight, so maybe my card does not meet that qualification. I guess the flower is more the highlight of my card :/

I started my card using a base of  Smoky Slate card stock. 

Next I layered a piece of the Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper with some Black Card stock and cut the end into a banner shape.

The flower is from the Stampin Up You've Got This.

I stamped with Black Stazon onto some Thick Whisper White and colored with my Aqua Painter.

I colored with Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Old Olive ink. I then fussy cut out the flower and added some dimensionals to the back.

I scrunched up some of the Silver Metallic thread and added it to the black paper with some glue dots. I really haven't got the hang of how to do that exactly.

I then added the flower. The sentiment is from  the Zoo babies stamp set.

I added a bit of DSP from the Neutrals pack punched with my small banner punch and then stamped a little butterfly and cut it out and added it on the banner,

I put a couple of small pearls down the center of the butterfly and added a bit more silver metallic to the butterfly for his antennas.

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

Vicki

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Crazy 4 Challenges- Love is....

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

It is time for a new challenge at Crazy 4 Cahllenges.

This week Karen's challenge for us is:

C4C296: MAKE IT ROYAL! Use Royal Colours and/

or Royal Images - your choice.

I don't think I have any Royal images so I choose to go with the Royal Colors.

I wondered about this a bit but decided that gold and purple seem royal to me.

I stamped the flower from the Stampin Up set "You've Got This" using Versmark and then embossed with white embossing powder.

I colored the image with my Aqua Painter and ink pads. I used Elegant Eggplant, Crushed Curry and Mossy Meadow ink pads.

I then cut it out and popped it up onto some Naturals card stock.

I then matted this piece with some Eggplant card stock.

The base of the card is some more Naturals card stock and then a layer of Gold Foil. The bottom piece is some Gold Fancy Foil Vellum. I tied a piece of the gold bakers twine around the base and tied a bow.

The flower piece is added to the base with dimensionals.

I used some eggplant card stock and the Crazy About You stamp set to make my sentiment.

I used versamark and embossed. I punched out my "love is" words using the Bow Builder Punch.

The "is" is actually masked off from the "miss" stamp in this set.

I added a couple of Eggplant candy dots in the top corners.

I think this would be a great Anniversary card or Wedding Card or when you want to tell someone you care,

Love is.........__________

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Sweet Sunday......hello

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the sketch for this week:

I started off by coloring the pretty flower in the Stampin Up "You've Got This" stamp set.

The leaf is from the Remarkable You stamp set.

I stamped the flower and leaf with black stazon and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I used Melon Mambo and Mossy Meadow Inks, the center of the flower is colored with some Hello Honey and Delightful Dijon. I fussy cut them out and layered them onto my white die cut circle.

The base of the card is Basic Black card stock and then a layer of White and then the DSP on her is from the Everyday Chic paper pack.

Next I used a strip of Melon Mambo card stock and then a small strip of glimmer paper

For the sentiment I used the thinlits Greetings. I die cut several, I think 5 and glued them all together.

I then covered them with Crystal Effects.

I love the look. I used s few of the brights sequins, tho they don't show really well on the card. I put a small pearl into the center of the sequin.

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

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Card concept......Hello

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Time for a new challenge at The Card Concept Blog.

Here is our inspiration piece:

I was inspired by the colors and by of course the flowers. Altho my flower is not a daisy as in the pic but still a flower. I started my card off with the flower from the You've Got This stamp set. I stamped the flower with some Basic Gray ink. I colored the flower using So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Smoky slate and some Whisper White craft inks,

The base of the card is white and then a layer of Smoky Slate. Next is a layer of So Saffron that I embossed with the Decorative Dots EF.

I had some fun with the Hello Die. I die cut 6 of the Hello's and layered and glued them all together.

I then used some Crystal Effects on the layered die cut. It is thick and shiny and really pretty IRL, 

I used a few rhinestones and some Bakers twine to make a bow.

Be sure and head over to the Card Concept Blog to see what the rest of the team did with this pretty inspiration piece. I hope you can play along with us this week.

Thanks for stopping by today!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.......Amazingly Amazing

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for another new sketch at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Hee is the "sweet" sketch we have for you this week:

As you can see I flipped the sketch

 so I could use this awesome flower from the You've Got this stamp set.

I started with some water color paper and Versmark ink, I then embosses with some white embossing powder.

I then colored the flower in with my ink pads, I used Watermelon Wonder and Delightful Dijon for the flower head and then some Cucumber Crush for the stem and leaves.

I left the rest of the card fairly simple to let my flower be the star.

I matted the main image with some Crumb Cake card stock.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake and then another layer of Crumb Cake.

The DSP on here is from the new Neutrals pack.

I added the flag using some Watermelon Wonder card stock.

The sentiment is from the Painted Petals stamp set.

The flower is mounted to the main card using some dimensionals.

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

Thanks for stopping by today!

HAPPY STAMPIN!!!!

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