Happy Birthday

 Hello Peeps!!

Today's card share is a cute birthday card using the challenge at Inspired By:

My card:

I think I only have this set with a frog, so that is what I went with, the Charming Duck Pond, which is retired. This set was a Suite of products, and the DSP is Lily Pond Lane.

The paper has great colors in it. I used Pretty Peacock for my card base and the die cut panel on the front.

I used a die from the suite to die cut the top piece, I then embossed with the Dashing Designs EF. 

I also cut the "cattails" with some Granny Apple Green and Early Espresso. Also die cut are the lily pads and flowers 

I used a piece of Basic White and sponged the bottom to look like the pond.

I stamped two frogs and colored them up and die cut out with the matching dies.

This is another fun fold card.

Thanks for looking

Vicki

Love You Lots

 Hello Peeps and Happy Sunday.

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

I have been having fun playing with some of my retired sets recently. Since uncasing them last winter and putting into clear sleeves, I can find them easily and flip through them to see ones I hadn't thought about in a long tme.

This led me to this fun set called Love Cats, my card:

I really liked thios set when it came out, it was released as a Valentine set, but really you could use it for a lot more occasions. I decided I wanted to try to use it on this sketch and hoped it would fit into my circles. I ended up having to cut the tails out before die cutting with my circle dies from the Stylish Shape Dies.

                             I think it works, even though my circles are a bit larger than the sketch shows.

The base of my card si thick basic white and then another layer of basic white that I embossed with the Gingham EF .

I used a piece of gingham DSP from the retired Birthday pack.

I added a narrow strip of Pretty in Pink cardstock to the edge of the DSP.

I colored the hearts with Pretty in Pink using a Blend, I added the cat circles to the base with dimensionals.  

My sentiment comes from the Sweet Bugs stamp set. 

I finished up with a few Pretty in Pink adhesive dots.

Thanks for coming by today and Happy Stampin!!

Vicki

You Make My Heart Smile

 Hey Guys, I am popping in here with another card. This one I made using a couple of challenges;

The sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments

  

and the challenge at Just Add Ink is to use Dies-Stencils or Both

My card:

I am again using the retired Layers of Beaty stamp set.

I used the stencil/Mask to color with Lemon Lolly ink and leaves with Old Olive.

I die cut it out with the matching dies and I then fussy cut some of the flowers apart.

I used the beautiful Floral Delight DSP, also retired.

The Base of the card is Crumb Cake followed with a piece of DSP that resembles Burlap.

Then a layer of yellow gingham DSP.

I embossed a square of Basic White with the Time Worn EF.

I layered this onto a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock.

I added my flowers and greenery to this panel with dimensionals.

 

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and is embossed with white embossing powder on Basic Black cardstock. I die cut it with a die from the Textured Notes Dies.

I finished with a few adhesive backed Lemon :olly dots.

Thanks for coming by.

Vicki

Best. Day. Ever

 Happy Saturday Peeps!!

Today's card share is one I made using a few challenges:

Try a Sketch on Tuesday

the challenge at As You See It:

and the The Card Concept

My Card:

My card is pretty CAS. I used the retired Let's set Sail stamp set along with the Sailboat Punch.

The base of my card is Thick Basic White.

The sailboat uses Misty Moonlight and Poppy Parade.  t

The pole and boat are Crumb Cake.

I made the small flags banner with some Misty Moonlight DSP/

Thanks for coming by today!

Vicki

Thankful for you

 Hello Peeps!! Hope all is well with you.

Today' card share is one I made with a couple of challenges in mind.

The challenge at Inkspirational is a pretty Visual Prompt:

and I used the sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

When I looked at the photo prompt, I thought the flowers looked like Hydrangeas and I was drawn to the green one. That was my jumping off point. I have made several Hydrangea cards but never nade a green one.

My card: 

I really like how this one came out. I used the retired Thankful Garden stamp set with the matching stencil/masks and dies.

I used Soft Seafoam for the green and Garden Green for the leaves.

The base of my card is Basic Black cardstock and then a layer of Soft Seafoam followed with some white that I embossed with the Brick & Mortar EF. I then used a strip of Soft Seafoam DSP from the Subtles pack down the side. 

I stamped the sentiment on Basic Black with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder/

I cut it apart and fussy cut around the thankful part my skills at cutting out words are a bit rough, I need some more practice.

I finished up with a few Back Matte Dots and a small twine bow. 

That is all for now, Thanks for coming by!

Vicki

Birthday Wishes

 Good Morning Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week at The Paper Players.

My card:

I again used the retired Mixed Florals stamp set. I love coloring flowers and this set is perfect for that.

I stamped my image using the Hybrid black ink pad onto watercolor paper.

I colored using Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green.

I die cut it out using the matching dies.

I die cut aa Arch shape with Basic white using the Everyday Arches dies.

I stamped the sentiment from the Itty Bitty Birthday set at the bottom of the arch.

I then cut a slit in the arch above the sentiment to tuck my flowers in to. 

The base of the card is Gorgeous Grape cardstock and the DSP comes from the Love Notes Mix and Match DSP pack.

 I added the main image piece to the base with dimensionals.

I finished with a small white twine bow and a few Brass Butterflies.

Do tulips come in purple? I don't know but mine do!

Thanks for coming by today and 

Happy Stampin!

Vicki

Warm Winter Wishes

 Hello guys! Thanks for coming by.

My card today was made using a few challenges,

The challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

 

and the challenge at Jingle Bells: 

Dashing through the Snow. 

Also the challenge at Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge

I did a scallop shaped card using the new Scallop Blooms Dies.

The stamped set is the retired SnowBody Better. 

I stamped the image with Black Memento on Basic White cardstock.

I colored with blends using Pretty in Pink, Balmy Blue, Pumpkin Pie and Misty Moonlight. I shaded all around my snowmen and inside their bodies with Smoky Slate. My gray is subtle, but it is there. I also stamped the sentiment using Smoky Slate ink

I die cut the image out with the second to largest scallop die.

I then used a piece of Misty Moonlight folded in half to die cut with the largest scallop die, leaving the top edge of the die just above the fold of the cardstock.

I embossed the front of the large scallop using the Winter Snow EF.

I used my craft ink pad to gently run across the embossed card to highlight the Snowflakes.

I added several snowflakes from the loose snowflakes embellishments, retired.

Too many?

I got a bit carried away, but what the heck, it's all good! 😁

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin!!!

Vicki