All Shook Up

Happy New Year's Eve peeps!!!

I am still playing with Elvis, sorry no post yesterday, I have been battling a cold since before Christmas and I am worn out, so when I sit down at my stamping desk night before last, nothing came to me. :(

But last night, Elvis was calling my name and I got "All Shook Up". LOL!! I made two similar cards, using the same stamp the same sentiment and colors but changing the layout and embellishments.

I was in a Valentine mood, so I used real red, basic black and PTI white cardstock. I used the cuttlebug and heart embossing folder on both of them as well. The first one is a simple and basic layout with some scallop borders and ribbon embellishments. Don't you just love Elvis?



As soon as I finished the first one, the idea for this layout was forming in my mind, so I immediately stamped another Elvis and layered him up in the same way as the first. I also cut two more red and black pieces the same size as the layers on Elvis. I ran the red piece through the cuttlebug and then layered onto the black. I stamped the BG of red with the heart from the SU priceless set with versamark. I angled the two panels on the front, putting the Elvis one up on dimensionals and added some silver sticky rhinestones to the corners. For the sentiment I used my black marker and colored in the words, two at a time and stamped them in two lines so they could be punched out with a circle punch. Layered it as well with red and black, added some piercing and dimensionals, and I am "all shook up" for the second time!!!!

So which do you like best? My daughter picked the first, she liked the scallops and ribbons, I think my fave is the second.

Well, that's all for today, thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!!

Elvis in the House

Good Monday Morning Peeps! Hope you all had a fab weekend!

Yesterday I took a drive to a friends house to borrow some of her awesome Elvis Stamps!!! She has a whole basket full and didn't hesitate a second about letting me borrow the King!

My very good friend Becky, is a huge Elvis fan and her birthday is on the 10th, so I wanted to make her a Elvis Birthday card and a set of Elvis Note Cards. The first card is made with
Jen's Sketch. The card is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square.

Lois, my friend who loaned me the stamps, had made this fabulous black and white Elvis card and so when I got home I got out the black and white to make mine. I like hers better and plan on CASEing it, before I return her stamps. I must get me some of the Elvis stamps, the are so much fun!

The next idea I had in mind was to make a set of note cards as part of the gift. I dug into my scrap box to find some pieces of colored cardstock. I chose some so saffron, almost amethyst, cool Caribbean and pink passion, cut some 2 3/4 x 3" squares and stamped on Elvis with black stazon ink, three on each color of card stock. I layered them up with some black, and made these simple note cards.



Made a total of 12 note cards, 3 of each color, the are sized 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" also. I didn't add any sentiments, so she could use them for whatever she likes. I also found an Elvis Beanie Baby to go along with the Elvis cards! Hope she likes them!

Well, that's all for today, Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!

Vicki

Another Desktop Calendar

Good Morning Peeps. Hope you are all having a great Saturday so far!

Today I have another desk top calendar to show you. You can find my first one here. That post will give you all the links to the original and where you can download a free calendar, if you want to make some of these fun little projects.

I am making a few to give to some friends, well, I will mail them, for New Years Cards. I hope they like them.

I used the Washington Apple DS paper from SU and pulled my colors for the card stock from it. I used Riding Hood Red for the base and layered it with either so saffron or bashful blue. I also used the top note die to cute the BG for each page.



I used a snowflake from the SU set Season of Joy for the January through March page. Punched it out with 1 1/4 inch punch, layered onto a piece of punched cardstock with the 1 3/8 inch punch, and layered that onto another punched piece with the scallop circle punch.

I did the same on each page with different stamps, the April through June page has a bird from the SU Spring Solitude set.



The other two pages both have flowers from the SU set Eastern Blooms.






These are so much fun to make and are really quick and easy once you get have your colors and stamps picked. You really need to give it a try!

Well, that's all for today, thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!!

Vicki

Friendship Thank You!

Good Morning, Hope you all had a super Christmas!

My card today is for the Limited Supply Challenge on Splitcoast and also for this weeks Sketch challenge. The rules for the limited supply are: - no holiday stamps (and I mean December holidays - Valentine's Day, birthday, that's ok)
- no snowflakes
-no red, green, or any shades of red or green (pink is ok )
- no holiday sentiments


I wanted to use one of the new in colors that I had never used, pacific point, I hadn't even opened the ink pad yet and I got it when they first came out, so I thought it was about time.

When I stamped the pacific on the kraft card stock it looked just like not quite navy, so I just went with those colors. I used Kraft for the base and layered not quite navy, foll wed by another layer of kraft. I pierced along the outside edge all the way around, with my piercing tool and mat pack. For the main image panel I stamped the flower from the SU set upsy daisy first in baja and then again in pacific, moving over slightly to give the shadow effect. The top panel is up on dimensionals.I distressed the edges of all three of the layers on the main panel with my distressing tool. Super simply card and great for mailing, not alot of bulk.

That's all for today, thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!

Vicki

Masculine Birthday and a RAK

Hello peeps! Hope you all are ready for Christmas. I know this is a hectic time of the year and I so appreciate you coming by and commenting! I love to read the comments.

Next Friday, January 2nd, is one of my brothers birthdays and it feels good to already have his card done. I have seen several of these "cattail" cards around made with the SU set Inspired by Nature, and I wanted to give it a try and knew it would work well for a masculine card.

I stamped the grass image from the set on PTI white cardstock with artichoke ink. I used some scrap chocolate chip cardstock and my slit punch to make the cattails heads. I randomly placed the punched out piece onto the ends of the grass with some snail adhesive. The card base is chcolate chip cut 5 by 10 inches and folded in half. I used some always artichoke to layer along with a piece of DS paper from the SU Wintergreen pack, retired. the main panel is up on dimensionals as is the sentiment, which is from the SU set upsy daisy, I just love the sentiments in that set. I added a strip of chocolate chip that I had pierced on both ends and three brads. Simply, quick and masculine. I think he will like the card as he loves camping and fishing.

One more thing to show you today I received this fabulous card in the mail yesterday from Michelle Redman. Isn't it gorgeous!!!!



Thanks so much for stopping by today and Happy Stamping!!!

Vicki

Valentine Flower

Good Morning! It is so bitterly cold today, as it has been all weekend, but a warm up is heading this way!

Today's card is made for my Splitcoast Bloggers Group #6. This is our very first challenge. Linda picked the first challenge to be a sketch.

I am calling this my Valentine Flower Card, I love this flower stamp it is from Penny Black . It has to be one of my all time favorite stamps. I don't think you can make a bad card with this stamp. So later on it might be my Easter stamp or my Summer stamp or.....you get the idea!!!

I started with a base of riding hood red and followed that with a piece of whisper white and layer some designer paper onto the white, the paper is from the Bella Rose DS pack from SU. My layers at the bottom start again with white that has one edge punched with the scallop edge punch, followed by a layer of riding hod red and then a piece of white taffeta ribbon. Next comes the main image layer, I inked up the flower stamp with some lipstick red and warm red colorbox chalk ink and added some warm brown for the flower center and used a SU marker in old olive to color in the stems and leaves. I stamped the flower 4 times, inking up the stamp each time. The sentiment is from the All Holidays set and is stamped in the corner with black stazon ink. I layered the main panel with some riding hood red and white and popped it up with some dimensionals. I then added some tiny silver sticky rhinestones in two corners.

I really think you could use this card for Valentine's or for any other occasion you like. The stamp is really versatile. I have made cards with it in alot of different colors, purple, yellow, pink, red and even brown.



That's all for today, thanks for stopping by, have a great day and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Happy Heart

Happy Saturday!!! Hope you are all ready for the big day, I am still running behind!


Today's card is made with the SU set "A Happy Heart", it is such a great set, I hope it makes it into the new cattie, it is so versatile, can be elegant and also it can be fun and whimsical. I bought this set solely because I loved this one stamp, but the more I play with the set, the more things I love about it.

I started with a base of riding hood red, and then followed that with a piece of so saffron cardstock that is on dimensionals. The DS paper is from SU and is from the Washington Apple Pack. I used the top note die to, love it, and you know you need it so quit waiting, just order it already!!! :)

I couldn't fit any ribbon on here, tho I tried, but it just didn't work for me. Which is OK I guess, because the card is more mailable this way. I used some bashful blue brads in the corners. The middle image/sentiment panel is up on dimensionals too. I think now that I should have used riding hood red ink for the flower and sentiment panel. What do you think?

Well, that's all for today, Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!!

Vicki