MTSC67 You're Too Kind

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. What a fun sketch huh?

I pulled out my Pick a Petal stamp set, haven't used it in forever, and I have seen a few people using it of late around blogland, so I have been thinking of it and this sketch was perfect for it. I off set my flower to the top side of the main image panel to account for the small element from the sketch.

The base of my card is barely banana and that is followed by some chocolate chip card stock. The DS paper on this card is from the Tall Tales paper pack and also from the Tea Party paper pack.

The sentiment is from the SAB "Whimsical Words" stamp set. The flower is up on dimensionals as is the whole main panel. I used the pinking heart edge punch and added some chocolate chip grosgrain and bow. I used my slot punch to thread the ribbon up through the main piece.

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

Vicki

Celebrate You

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!

Today's card is made with two challenges. The sketch is from Jen's Sketch for you to Try and the colors are from Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23.

The colors this week are Kraft, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black and Whisper White. These colors are so pretty together and my card looks so much nicer IRL. When I look at the card the colors just pop, in the photo, not so much!

The base of my card is Kraft and I followed that with pretty in pink and then basic black. The DS paper is from the Sweet Pea DS paper pack and the retired Night & Day paper pack. The flower is from the "Inspired by Nature" stamp set and I used my markers to color directly onto the rubber and then stamp onto whisper white card stock. I used my nesties to cut out the mats for the main image. It is then mounted to the base with some foam tape. I added a pretty in pink butterfly cut with the Embosslit Beautiful Wings die. I added two black mini brads to the center of the butterfly.

The sentiment comes from the "A Little Birthday Cheer" stamp set and is stamped with black stazon onto Kraft card stock. I added three pretty in pink brads.



The inside:



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

Vicki

SSSC62 Just Because

Good Sunday Morning Peeps!!! Time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!


I am super excited about this sketch because Karen chose a card of mine to base the sketch on. You can see my original card here.

This is the sketch:




The base of my card is rose red card stock. I followed that with certainly celery and then pretty in pink card stock. It is very hard to believe that I used NO DS paper on this one.

My original card had a large tag for the focal point and I guess I couldn't break that style because I made this one the same. The main image is from the SU stamp set "Close as a Memory". I inked it up with my markers in rose red, pretty in pink and certainly celery and then used my aqua painter to mix the colors around a bit. The sentiment comes from the retired "Best Yet" stamp set.

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

Nancy-iStamp is taking the month off but go by her blog anyway.

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

and joining us this week is the fabulous and uber talented:

Joanne Basile

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

Vicki

MTSC66 Simply Said....Thinking of You

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!! The week is flying by and we are on the down hill slide to the weekend. I am leaving on Friday afternoon to go a friends condo at the Lake of the Ozarks for a Girls Getaway Weekend!! I am super excited. So this might be my last post of the week, we will see, but I have alot to get done before leaving and today I am doing a bit of shopping and having lunch with a friend.

But onto what you are really here for. Today's card is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge You know I love Mercy and her awesome sketches!!!!

The card base is rich razzleberry and is a 5 inch square. I followed that with some whisper white and pale plum card stock. The DS paper is from the beautiful Cottage Wall paper pack, seriously I am on my second pack of this paper!!

The stamp set I used is an oldie, that quite frankly I have never been a big fan of, but I pulled it out and dusted it off, and gave it a bit of love. The flowers are stamped with black stazon onto the pale plum card stock. I used razzleberry ink and my aqua painter to color in the flowers. I added some silver sticky backed rhinestones to the center of the flowers. I them matted that piece with rich razzleberry card stock and then some whisper white. I pierced the top and bottom of the white piece. I added some rich razzleberry ribbon and bow. The sentiment comes from the "Three Little Words" stamp set. I finished it off with three more silver rhinestones.


I wanted to show you a picture of sme beautiful daffodils, picked from my yard yesterday.......amazing they survived this past weekend, with the snowfall and freezing temps that came through.



Beautiful...huh? They were all laying over and looked so sad, so I had to cut them and now they look so pretty, just makes me smile!




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

Vicki

Live, Laugh & Love

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!


Today's card share covers two different challenges. First up is Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 22. The second one being the layout I used from Clean & Simple Stamping Blog, Fall to Layout 83.

The color challenge this week is Real Red, Pink Passion, Yo Yo Yellow, Whisper White and Basic Black........wowzers, that combo is a bit frightening!!!!

I knew from looking at the sketch that I wanted the main focal to be my sentiment, So I went looking through my stamps to find one that would work. I came upon this one from the "On Your Birthday" Stamp set. I inked up part of the stamp with real red ink and then used my black marker to ink the bottom half of the stamp. I stamped that on whisper white and matted it with basic black that had one edge punched with the pinking heart border punch.

The base is white and then I followed that with basic black and then some real red that I had used the swiss dot embossing folder on. The sentiment was added to the base with some foam tape. The balloons come from the "Crazy for Cupcakes" Stamp set. I stamped them onto the yo yo yellow and pink passion card stock. I cut them out and mounted them to the card with dimensionals. There is two layers on each balloon. I used my white gel pen to add a highlight to each balloon.

So in the end I really don't mind this color combo, it is not as scary as I first thought.

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

Vicki

SFYTT Friend to Friend

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!!

Today's card is made with Jen's Sketch for you to Try. This was a fun little sketch to work with.

My card was inspired by this card by Chat, she does beautiful work be sure to click over and check out her blog.

The base of my card is whisper white and I followed that with some basic black and then pretty in pink. I ran the pink through the cuttlebug with a hounds tooth embossing folder, it doesn't really show that much. The DS paper is from the Sweet Pea paper pack and each strip is backed with basic black. I used my blossom nesties for the focal mats and the cute little bird in a cage stamp comes from the SAB "Happy Moments" stamp set. Isn't it adorable? I added a silver eyelet, can't remember the last time I used one of those. I used some black gingham ribbon for the "hanger".

The sentiment comes from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" stamp set. I was inspired to hang the flag piece off the card from yesterdays Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample. I punched a pretty in pink flower and added a black brad and added it to the end of my sentiment flag. I finished it off with some more black brads on the strips behind the focal image.

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

Vicki

SSSC61 Happy Birthday

Good Sunday Morning Peeps!!! It is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!!!


Here is the sketch for this week:



Ok, it is simple, not much stamping and it's monochromatic but still cute huh? I like the monochromatic look and when I decided I wanted to use this big daisy for my focal point and I cut them out with my melon mambo card stock the rest of it just had to stay simple. I looked for some DS paper to match and came upon this paper from the "Razzleberry Lemonade" paper pack. The card base is melon mambo, followed by whisper white and then the DS paper. I used the pinking heart border punch, which I just got, I was trying to convince myself that I didn't need anymore punches, but who am I fooling I NEED all the punches I see!!! The sentiment comes from the "Stem Saying" stamp set. The middle of the daisies is a big silver flower brad. I have found it hard to use many of these big brads, but it really works for the center of this daisiy.

Well, 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

Nancy-iStamp is taking the month off but go by her blog anyway.

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

and joining us this week is the fabulous and uber talented:

Joanne Basile

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

Vicki