Sweet Sunday....Birthday Clown

Happy Sunday peeps!! 

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day.

Here is our Sweet Sketch for this week:

I got this cute clown digital image from  Birdie Brown, I just love her images!

I printed the clown out and colored with my copics.

The DSP I used on here are from a retired SU pack called "Big Top Birthday" and it was perfect for this image.

I added a birthday sentiment and a few stars with some silver pearls in the centers.

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-is off this week bt be sure and stop by and leave her some love

Melissa Hubert-My Paper Obsession

Sarah-Jane Kale-Janeybell

Tracy Clemente-Eat Sleep Stamp 

and this week's Sweet Guest Stamper:

Jenny Peterson

Thanks for stopping by today 

Vicki

Seize the Birthday..... Happy Birthday Wishes

Happy

Saturday peeps!!

Today I am sharing a quick card I made yesterday using some of the new Stampin Up sneak peek items.

I love this new DSP called Gingham Garden.

I used the sketch this week at Seize the Birthday.

I used one of the new in colors also, this one is called Strawberry Slush. I colored the flower using my aqua painter and my new Strawberry ink pad.  The flower and sentiment is from the new hostess set called "Simply Sketched", all these new items will be available June 1st.

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

Vicki

SplitCoast Color Challenge.......Thanks So Much

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Today I took a look  at the color challenge over at SplitCoastStampers. First up I saw the pretty colors and then the fact that my awesome friend Wendy was guest designing this month. So of course I HAD to play along!

Here are the colors this week:

Basic Gray, Blushing Bride and Pink Pirouette.

When I went looking through my card stock I couldn't locate my Blushing Bride, I know I have some, but since I re-organized I can't find several things!! LOL!!

Anyway, I knew right away I wanted to use a NEW FAVORITE, The Stampin Up "Simply Sketched" which is gonna be a hostess set in the new catalog.

I stamped the image and sentiment with black stazon onto some Confetti White card stock and I colored with my aqua painter and blushing bride ink pad. I stamped a second image and colored the flower and added it over the bottom one with some dimensionals.  I cut out with my circle nesties and then sponged the edges lightly with basic gray while the nesties was still in place. 

The base of the card is the confetti white card stock, then a layer of basic gray and then a piece of pink pirouette that I embossed with Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder.

I added the nmain panel to the base with some dimensionals. I added some basic pearls and some Organza Ribbon. 

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki

Merry Monday...Peace on Earth

Merry Monday Peeps!!!

Today Lesley has a very fun and simple sketch for us:

Well, even if I say simple, I did have a bit of trouble with this one, I wasn't sure what to do with it. I had just gotten me a few new Memory Box dies and this "Twiggy Tree" was perfect.

I die cut the tree three times with night of navy card stock and layered them together. The little red birds are a PTI die.

The base of the card is Night of Navy card stock and then the next layer is whisper white card stock. 

The sentiment is from the Stampin Up Greetings of the Season stamp set.

Very simple and easily mailed. Not much bulk with this one! 

Be sure and hop over to Lesley's Blog to check out what the rest of the Merry Makers did with this fabulous sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Playing Dress Up

Hello Peeps!! Today I am sharing some cards I made using the Stampin Up Dress Up Framelits. 

I had such fun making these, reminds me a bit of playing with paper dolls.

I used various Stampin Up Designer Paper and card stock.

 I added some Birthday and Celebrate Sentiments to the cards and a couple have some silver glimmer paper.

If you look close you will notice a couple of Sneak Peeks on here in the sentiments.

I die cut all of the Dress Forms using some of the Natural Composition Specialty Paper, I bought this paper when the catalog first came out last year and had NEVER even opened it! What was I waiting for, the best thing is this paper is carried over to the new catalog.

Hope you enjoyed this little "dress up" post!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Friends Gifties

I have been busy the past few days making some little swap gifts for some friends.

I have been playing with the  bottle caps from Stampin Up. 

I flattened these in the Big Shot.

I used the silver and red glimmer paper. 

Here are the little key chains I made, I used the 1 inch circle punch with the silver glimmer and the small hear t punch with the red glimmer. The "friends" comes from the Tiny Tags stamp set. I hand cut these out and added it just under the heart. I covered the while thing with Crystal Effects and then let dry. I used my crop a dial to punch a hole for the chains. I have a bunch of these ball key chains I got years ago at a little junk store.

These are the magnets. I did the same with them as the key chain just didn't add the sentiment. I added a magnet to the back and packaged them up.  After getting them all made up, my daughter commented that they looked like owls!

Now who wouldn't like these???

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sneak Peek...Simply Sketched

Hello Peeps!!

Popping in here with a quick share.

I have a little sneak peek for you from the up coming Stampin' Up catalog.

This image is from a new Hostess Set Called "Simply Sketched". So pretty, and I love the pretty sentiments in this set. 

I also giving you a little peek at one of the new in colors, the light green on here is Pistachio Pudding.

The base of the card is the Pistachio and then some Confetti Cream and then Crumb cake that I embossed with the perfect dots EF.

I used the doily die to mount my main image onto. I  held the cut pieces in place by using some scotch tape on the back of the die cut piece, just letting the very outside pieces come out. Love the look. I colored the flowers with some peach parfait ink and my aqua painter.

Hope you like this little sneak peek. Thanks for coming by!

Vicki 

Edited to Add: I have had several e-mails asking about the doily. This is what I did, After cutting out the doily, the pieces do not fall out without a bit of help, at least on the ones I have done. I took some pieces of scotch tape and laid them over the back of the die, avoiding just the small areas I wanted to come out. Really simple and easy. Pretty much I covered the whole back of the die cut piece with the tape. Hope that helps, if you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask!