MTSC....Holly Jolly Christmas

TGIF Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

I am over the top with the vintage Christmas cards this year, I sooo was NOT going to succumb to this trend but it sucked me in gradually and when I got started I just couldn't stop!!! Not that I don't love the cutsie type I have always made, but I am falling for this style too.

The base of my card is a 5 inch square of soft suede card stock. I followed that with some crumb cake card stock and the DS paper is from the Stampin' Up Deck the Halls DSP. I added a strip across the top that is made with crumb cake and embossed with the Northern Flurry EF. The stamp set I used for the cute little snowman is The Stampin' Up Jolly Old Saint Nick stamp set. I stamped him onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon ink. I colored him with my aqua painter and some ink from my ink pads. I used Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake. The sentiment comes from the Bright Christmas Stamp set and is stamped directly onto the DSP with black stazon. I punched a snowflake out with the Stampin' Up large snowflake punch and added it to the card. I also used a large button from the Deck the Halls Big Designer Buttons pack. I tied some twine through the button and made a bow. I finished off the card with some Icicle Stickles.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Mojo Ornament Card

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week you could pick a round or a square card. As you can see I choose round. I love round cards and had the idea right away to make my round card into an ornament. I used my nesties to cut out the scallop card and for all the circles on the card. I used the Stampin Up "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set, it is a favorite of mine and I just keep reaching for it over and over, even tho I have new rubber going UN-inked!!!

The Christmas girl is stamped with black stazon onto very vanilla card stock. I colored with my aqua painter and ink from the my ink pads. I used soft suede, cherry cobbler, more mustard, always artichoke, early espresso and crumb cake ink. I used a bit of watered down early espresso ink to splatter the image a bit.

The DS paper I used is from the Deck the Halls paper pack. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.I punched an extra large snowflake and cut it up to put behind the main image panel. I added a rhinestone to the center of the snowflake. The ornament top is made with always artichoke card stock punched with the Round Tab punch and embossed with the Vintage wall embossing folder. I added a hanger with some retired gold stretch cord.





Well, I hope you like this card/ornament, I think it turned out super duper cute!!! Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

OCC Tag.....Merry, Merry

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made for the Tag your It challenge on Our Creative Corner Blog. The Challenge was to make a tag or simply include a tag. I chose to include a tag on my card. I used the Stampin Up "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set. I stamped the Christmas girl onto very vanilla card stock and colored her with my aqua painter and ink from my stamp pads.

The base of this card is riding hood red card stock and I followed that with some basic black card stock. The DS paper on this card is from the Love Letters and Newsprint paper packs from Stampin Up. The tag is cut with the Tags Two Way die with very vanilla card stock. I added a layer of riding hood red card stock that I embossed with the vintage wall paper embossing folder. I added some always artichoke seam binding ribbon along with some Chantilly crochet trim along with an antique brad.

I added some more of the always artichoke seam binding ribbon and bow. The sentiment tags are from the Tiny Tags stamp set and are punched out with the Jewelry Tag punch. I finished with three mini black brads.

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

Vicki

A Concord Crush Christmas

Good Monday Morning Peeps!! I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed your Thanksgiving.

I am back from my blog break with a Christmas card, made with a few challenges in mind. I started out to make a card for this week's LateNightStampers Challenge. Challenge 98 - Non Traditional Colored Christmas—no red or green. I had in mind to use some shade of purple and the new set I just got the Stampin' Up "Welcome Christmas". While surfing around I noticed Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge was for Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White, Basic Gray and Concord Crush! Perfect! I changed it just a bit and used some Brushed Silver instead of the gray, but still very close, and since she allows similar colors I went for it.

The base of my card is Concord Crush and I followed that with the Brushed silver and the DS paper is from the Lap of Luxury paper pack. I stamped the main image with Concord Crush ink onto whisper white card stock. The sentiment comes from the "A Cardinal Christmas" stamp set and is also stamped with concord crush ink. I matted this piece with brushed silver. I added some concord crush ribbon and a strip of crumb cake punched with the dotted scallop ribbon edge punch behind the ribbon. The main image piece is cut like a tag and I added a concord crush bow and and antique brad to the end. The image is added to the card with some foam tape on an angle. I added my basic black with three mini brads across the bottom. I added a tiny little silver star to the main image and it is popped up with a tiny bit of foam tape.

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

Vicki

GRATEFUL and a small Blog Break

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with the sketch challenge this week on the
Paper Players Blog. I wanted to make a Thanksgiving/Fall card for today's post and when I saw this sketch I knew I could make some pumpkins for the circles on the sketch.

I started the card with a base of Very Vanilla and followed that with some so saffron card stock and the DSP I used on the card is from the Autumn Spice paper pack from the Occasions Mini. Love that paper!! My pumpkins are made with pumpkin pie card stock and the large one is made with the wide oval punch and the small one is made with the 1 inch punch. I embossed all my punched pieces with the vintage wall embossing folder and sponged the edges heavily with Cajun craze ink. I used the Sizzix sizzlet Scribbles Swirls with old olive card stock to make the vines and little leaves. I hand cut the stem and sponged these pieces with old olive ink. I added some very vanilla satin ribbon all scrunched up and a few antique brads. The sentiment comes from the "Falling Leaves" stamp set.

I am taking a small blogging break for the rest of this week. It is a busy week here at my house and I also need a little rest to give my mojo some time to surface again. I am grateful to all my blog readers who stop by and look and for those who leave a comment or two and to those who e-mail me with questions or just to say they enjoy my creations!! It makes me happy to create and it makes me even happier to know someone out there is enjoying my creations! Thank you all and I will be back next Monday, maybe before with more fun stuff!!!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SSSC94....Merry Christmas

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

This is the fabulous sketch Karen has for us this week:




I started my card with a base of Very Vanilla card stock. I followed that with a layer of soft suede card stock. Next up is a layer of Cherry cobbler card stock that I embossed with the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder. The DS paper i used is from the Holly Jolly Paper Pack. The stamp I used is the single Stampin' Up "Dasher Stamp" I stamped him onto very vanilla card stock with Soft Suede Ink. The sentiment is from the "Contempo Christmas" set and is stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink. I used some of the yummy very vanilla satin ribbon and finished it off with a few gold brads and some gold pearls in Dashers antlers.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse

Laura-Scrapnextras

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell is still on vacation this week!!!

Joanne Basile-just a little something....


Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Got Merry?

Good Saturday Morning Peeps!!

Today I am sharing my second sample for the LateNightStampers challenge 96, So Sweet.

I whipped up this sweet little Treat Purse using cherry cobbler card stock. I used some Holly Jolly DS paper on the front and back of the purse. I added a small handle made with card stock as well, I attached that with gold brads. I made a sweet little tag for the front using the "Got Treats" stamp set. I stamped the gingerbread guy onto very vanilla card stock with Soft Suede ink. I used my retired tag corner punch on the edges and matted with old olive card stock. I used my crop-a dial to punch out three circles for the buttons on the front of the gingerbread guy, an idea I saw in the catalog. I made the "buttons with cherry cobbler, old olive and very vanilla card stock. I added a small half circle to the top of the tag and finished it off with some old olive grosgrain ribbon at the top of the tag. I attached the tag with some foam tape to the purse. I tied a bow around the handle with more old olive ribbon. Super simple and easy to make.

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

Vicki