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

Thanks for your Thoughtfulness

 Hello Peeps!!

Todays card share is one I made using the challenge at Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I went the diagonal route, Pink. Embossing and a free space.

My card:

                                                I used a favorite stamp called Flowers Fair.

I colored the flowers using Melon Mambo Blends and the leaves are colored with Lemon Lime Twist and a bit of Pool Party around the centers of the small flowers.

I embossed the image panel using the Dashing EF and matted with a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock.

The base of the card is Thick Basic White. I stamped the sentiment, from the Sunshine a Tulips stamp set, before embossing the front with the Beautiful Pattern EF,

I finished up with a few Brass Butterflies.

Thanks for coming by today and Happy Stampin!!!

Vicki

Sending A Garden of Love

Happy Monday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made for the challenge at Inspired By 

I pulled out another retired set Cheerful Daisy, I just used the dies, 

My card

I die cut the daisies a few times to use in my arrangement.

The vase or bucket for me comes from the Country Flowers dies.

I die cut my leaves using Garden Green cardstock.

I put together my arrangement and added it to a die cut rectangle from the Textured Notes Dies with 

dimensionals.

My sentiment is from the Sunshine and Tulips stamp set.

The base of my card is Misty Moonlight. The DSP is from the Country Lace pack and I used it for the die cut bucket as well.

I colored the centers of my daisies using a Daffodil Delight Blend. Finished with a few blue dots. 

That is all for now! Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stampin!!!

Vicki

Old Friends

 Hello guys!!

Popping in here quickly to share a card I made using the challenge at SUO Challenges

This time is CASE the Designer, love her pretty card!

My card:

I pulled out the fun new suite of products, The Silly Old Bear Suite.

I used a base of Golden Glow and followed that with a layer of the DSP from the sute.

I stamped Pooh and Piglet with our new Hybrid Black Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock.

I colored with my blends using Golden Glow, Narley Blush and Old Olive. I die cut out with the matching die.

Using Very Vanilla and a sentiment from the Sweet Words and Labels Dies set I stamped the sentiment on a 1" strip.

I also die cut a label using the same set of dies with Golden Glow cardstock.

I mounted Pooh and Piglet to the die cut label and added to the 1" sentiment strip.

Then added this to the card.

I finished with a few golden glow dots.

Well, thanks for coming by today, My daughter and granddaughters will be here soon and we are going shopping for some flowers for my flower bed!

Happy Mother's Day to all!

Vicki

Hello

Hello guys!!

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

My card:

I have always said I love a sketch challenge, but this one was more than a bit of a challenge for me, all those little squares and getting them all lined up was not easy. I came up with a little trick that helped me a lot. I cut 4 strips of white the size of my squares and then mounted them to the strips, I then could trim the edges to make it all look cohesive. I layered my strips onto a piece of white the size of them all together.

And another trick I learned when making quilt cards was to use to emboss your panel, it hides a multitude of tiny inconsistence in the pattern. 

I used the Tin Tile EF.

I used a variety of DSP from a few packs, I just pulled ones I thought would all go together with my vase of flowers.

The little vase of flowers comes from the Pop Up Petals stamp set.

I stamped the vase using Balmy Blue

and colored the flowers with my blends using Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and 

Crumb Cake,

All this was mounted on a piece of burlap look DSP from a retired pack.

My sentiment comes from the Layered Flowers set. 

I layered this all onto a Crumb Cake Base and finished up with a small twine bow and a few yellow adhesive dots.

I really like the outcome and even thought my squares are not perfect it still looks good, I think so anyway. 😉

Thanks for coming by and Happy Stampin!

Vicki