Caroling Mice

 Hello Peeps 

Today I am sharing another card made with retired products for the challenge at 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

 

and also the challenge at Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge.

This fun card was made using the Caroling Mice Bundle

The base of the card is Poppy Parade  and the DSP is more scraps from my DSP scrap drawer.

I colored the singing mouse and lamp post using my Blends.

They are mounted with dimensionals onto a die cut circle from the stitched Shapes Dies.

Well, that is all for now. Thanks for coming by!

Vicki

Happy Birthday Cake

 Hello Peeps!

Popping in her for a quick post to share a card I made for the 

challenge at AAA Cards Challenge.

I dug out another retired set called Best Day, I remembered it had a cute cake image.

I stamped the iage onto Basic White and colored with my Blends, I used Bubble Bath, Balmy Blue

Medium 400 and Daffodil Delight.

I die cut it out with a die from the Textured Notes Dies.

I mounted this onto a piece of Bubble Bath that I embossed with the Gingham EF using dimensionals.

The base is also Bubble Batch cardstock.

I did add a few little pink gems to finish.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Sweet

Hello Peps!

I have a fun card to share today, again using retired products.

The challenge at The Paper Players this week was to make a CAS card featuring food.

My card uses the Sweetest Cherries Bundle:

I started with abase of Thick Basic White and then a layer of Real Red and then another Basic White layer that I embossed with the Gingham EF.

I don't know the name of the DSP, it is one I had in my scrap DSP drawer, if you know what pack it is from let me know.

I stamped 2 cherry images with Real Red and leaves and stems are stamped with Old olive. I then used the coordinating punch to punch the images out. I added these to the card with dimensionals.

I stamped the Sweet sentiment with Real Red on some scrap card stock and then fussy cut it out and added it with dimensionals as well. 

The birthday wishes is from the same set and is stamped with black and added under the sweet. 

Here is another one I made with the same bundle, might as well use it while it was out: 

The inside of the card I finished as well.

So that is it for now, Thanks for stopping by.

Vicki

You're in my thoughts today

Hello guys

Today's card share us a card I made for the challenge at Just Us Girls 

My card:

I love a flower card, this one uses another retired set. Thoughtful Expressions. stamp set and the matching dies are great.

The base of my card is Poppy Parade and I followed that with a piece of Basic white that I embossed with the ornate floral EF.

I stamped the flower image twice with Black Stazon onto watercolor paper and colored with my ink pads and water brush.

Hope you enjoy my journey back into a lot of my retired sets. It is fun to pull them out and feel like they are new.

Thanks for coming by

Vicki

Let Your Heart be Light

Hello Guys!!

Today I am sharing a card made using the Christmas Challenge at 

Addicted to Stamps & More

 Keeping with my theme lately in using retired stamps and DSP, here is what I made:

A fun Fold card using the Whimsy and Wonder DSP and Whimsical Trees Bundle.

I think this DSP is one of my favorites, I generally like more traditional colors, but this one is so pretty

I think this fun fold is called a Tri-Fold Shutter Card. 

You can google samples and instructions on making it. 

The base of the card is Blushing Bride. 

Also, I used Mint Macaroon  noth of these are retired colors that is why it is a good idea to hang on to those retired colors. 

The sentiment comes from the Christmas to Remember stamp set.

Hope you enjoed this fun Christmas Card

Thanks for coming by.

Vicki

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