OCC....Thanks

Good Morning Peeps!! It is Saturday and that means it is time for another new challenge at Our Creative Corner.

This week our challenge hostess is the fabulous Jen Rzasa from Our Change of Art. Jen has challenged us to use Fabulous Floss! Embroidery floss is a versatile embellishment that can be used to jazz up your papercrafting. It's inexpensive, fun to use, and comes in every imaginable color. Don't be afraid to think beyond embroidery to incorporate floss into your next project!

I broke out a new stamp set, Stampin' Up Fabulous Florets for my card. I used some pretty in pink, crumb cake and very vanilla card stock. I stamped the stem silhouette onto the very vanilla with pear pizzazz ink. I then stamped three of the flowers onto very vanilla and colored them in with pretty in pink ink using my aqua painter. 

I wasn't sure how I wanted to incorporate my floss into the card but finally decided to go with just a few cross stitches along the edges. I used my piercing tool and mat pack to pierce the holes and then went in with my needle and three strands of the floss and made the stitches.  I added a button with more floss to the end of my sentiment piece. I added a basic pearl to the flower centers and the base and main image are both added to the card with dimesionals.  The DSP I used on here is from a retired pack and I don't remember the name.

I hope you’ll play along this week and have fun with this challenge! Be sure to check out the rest of the OCC design team creations! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment linking to your project over at Our Creative Corner so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.

Well, that is all from me for now, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SC330...Happy Birthday

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card made with this week's sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers. I used the pretty set from Stampin' Up called Happiness Shared. I love this flower blossom, I think it is a wild rose, alot of those are single layer and when fully bloomed look like this and the buds on this look like rose buds to me. I have used this set alot and have always used a light pink and made a soft flower and card. Well I decided to go bold with this one and I pulled out my poppy parade ink pad and aqua painter and went to work on coloring this one. I like the pretty red rose. I used some pear pizzazz ink on the leaves and soft sued on the stem. I then used some crumb cake to shade around the flower and give it an aged feel. I added a few dots with my chocolate chip marker and then splattered it a bit with some watered down soft suede ink.

The base of the card is crumb cake and then I used some poppy parade card stock that I embossed with the square lattice EF. The gingham paper is from the retired Sweet Slumber Specialty paper pack. I mated the main image with poppy parade and crumb cake card stock. I added three antique brads and pear pizzazz seam binding ribbon. The sentiment is from he Something to Celebrate hostess stamp set and I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up!

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

Vicki

Color Challenge......On My Mind

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!

Today's card share is made with the splitcoaststampers color challenge. The colors are Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue and Baja Breeze.

All pretty colors and all from the soft subtles family, but to me the baja and bashful blues don't go together so well, I struggled a bit putting it together but finally found a way that made me happy.

I decided to just use the baja on my main image panel. I stamped the flowers from the Stampin' Up Upsy Daisy stamp set onto white card stock with black stazon ink. I then sponged some certainly celery and baja breeze ink. I love the look of this and made a few cards like this when this set first came out with sunset colors.

I wanted a card to send out to a friend who had a loss recently so I chose the sentiment from this set that would tell her I was thinking of her during her difficult time. I think these flowers look nice for a sympathy card too.

 I stamped the sentiemnt with black stazon onto the white and used the large oval to punch it out. I used the scallop oval punch to punch a matt piece with some certainly celery card stock.

My card base is white card stock and then I used some bashful blue card stock. I embossed the blue card stock with the tulip frame EF. The main panel is added  to the blue embossed panel with some foam tape. I added some celery satin ribbon and some basic pearls to the corners. The sentimnet piece is added to the main panel with more foam tape.

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

Vicki

TLC322....thinking of you

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the Splitcoast Technique Lovers Challenge . This week the challenge is to stamp in the die.  All you have to do is stamp your image using a background stamp or any other large image that will cover the whole die so the unstamped edge under the die creates the frame. ....easy peasy!!!

My base is a 5 inch by 10 inch piece of Blushing Bride card stock, folded in half. I followed that up with some crumb cake and then the DSP is from the Paisley Patterns paper pack. I then put this layer through my big shot using an extra large EF. The main image piece was easy, I used a round nestabilities and very vanilla card stock. I left the die in place and stamped my french script BG stamp onto the card stock, while the die was still in place i sponged around the edges with crumb cake ink. I stamped the flower branch from the Easter Blossom stamp set with timber brown stazon ink . I then used my aqua painter to color in the flowers with some blushing bride ink. I matted this piece with a scallop circle of crumb cake card stock. I used some crumb cake and very vanilla seam binding ribbon to make my bow.

I added the small layered butterflies in the top of the circle to cover a smudge. I then added the sentiment piece and an antique brad. I put two small basic pearls in the center of the butterfly and in the upper right corner.

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

Vicki

SSSC114.....Just for You

HAPPY EASTER PEEPS!!! It's Sunday which means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample This is the fabulous sketch Karen has for us this week;



I have to say these are the kinds of sketches that make me cringe. I want layers baby!!! I always struggle with the sketches that have less layering. When I first got the Paisley Patterns DSP, I shied away from the bold prints and used the side of the paper with the small more muted prints, but I decided to go bold with this sketch. I wanted to highlight one of the patterns as the main image. I used bashful blue card stock for my base and then followed with some bravo burgundy card stock. I then added the DSP and a piece of bravo burgundy that was embossed with the square lattice EF. I pulled out my Stampin Up four Frames stamp set and stamped one of the frames with bravo burgundy ink onto some very vanilla card stock. I used the decorative label punch to punch it out. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I added a flower made with the flower fusion die in bashful blue and a couple of little flowers punched with the itty bitty punch pack. I cut a couple of little leaves from the DSP too. The pearls are kaiser silver pearls, (the look gray to me tho) that I had in my stash.



Not my favorite card ever but It'll do! LOL!!

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

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

Vicki

OCC Easel Card

Edited to Add-My directions for the easel drawer has been added to the bottom of this post.



Good Morning Peeps!! It is Saturday and that means it is time for another new challenge at Our Creative Corner.

This week I am the challenge hostess again. My challenge is to make an Easel card. I had such fun making my easel card. I used the tutorial here for my base card. I then decided it need something more and I had seen some made with a drawer so I decided to add one to mine. I searched around but couldn't find a tutorial for the drawer that was free so I created my own. It was really fairly simple and if any one is interested I can give you the measurements for the one I made just let me know.

Here is a picture of the card before adding the drawer:




I used a favorite set of mine, the Stampin' Up Greeting Card Kids stamp set. I used the little heart girl and made a very girly birthday card/gift holder. The drawer could hold some chocolates, a gift card or some jewelry. I used some pretty in pink card stock for my base and then some very vanilla card stock. The designer paper I used is from a retired pack. I used a MS punch for the bottom of the card and for the vanilla piece on the top of the drawer. I used some prima roses that I had in my stash and some pretty in pink satin ribbon. I added a vintage brad for the drawer pull.



I hope you’ll play along this week and have fun with this challenge! Be sure to check out the rest of the OCC design team creations! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment linking to your project over at Our Creative Corner so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.


Well, that is all from me for now, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!
Vicki

Since I have had so many request for directions for the drawer I am adding them here.
Edited to Add the drawer directions:

To create the drawer for the easel card:
start with a 6-1/8 inch x 6-1/8 inch square of card stock
Score at 1 inch on all four sides. Use your bone folder to crease all scored lines
Cut up to the intersecting scored line on two sides.
Fold up to form the box and secure with sticky tape.
Your box should be a 4-1/8 inch square.
Next you will need make a sleeve to slide the box into.
Start with a piece of card stock 4-1/4 inches x 11 inches.
Score at 1 inch, 5-1/4 inch, 6-1/4 inch and 10-1/2 inches.
Crease all your scored lines with your bone folder.
Apply sticky tape to the 1/2 inch section of the scored card stock.
Attach the two ends together to form the sleeve.
Slide your box into the sleeve and attach your easel card to the top and decorate as desired.

Thanks everyone for all the positive responses!

Vicki

SC329.....Hey There

Good Friday Morning Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the sketch challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers.

The base of the card is crumb cake card stock and I followed that with some Cajun Craze card stock. The Designer paper here is from the Paisley Patterns paper pack.

The cute little bunny comes from the Stampin Up set called The Nicest Things. I stamped two bunnies with black stazon onto some watercolor paper and colored in with my aqua painter and some ink from my ink pads. I used two separate EF on here, the square lattice and the elegant lines. The sentiment is from the retired Really Retro stamp set. I added some crochet lace trim and a few silver pearls.



Well, that is all for now, HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Color Challenge....Thanks

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card with you I made with this weeks color challenge on Splitcoaststampers.

The colors for this challenge are Crumb Cake, Concord Crush and Very Vanilla! What a great combo. I started my card with a base of Crumb Cake card stock. I followed that with some very vanilla and then the concord crush was embossed with the Vintage Wall EF. I rubbed some shimmer paint onto the concord with my finger hitting just the raised pieces ever so lightly. It is really a pretty shimmer IRL, doesn't show so much in the picture.

I used the Perfect Trimmings die for the scallops in very vanilla then on top of that some more crumb cake. I ties some concord crush ribbon around the base and tied a pretty bow. The main image is made into a large tag. I layered crumb cake and concord crush and then the very vanilla. The flowers come from the Friends 24-7 stamp set and the Sentiment is from the retired Kind & Caring Thoughts stamp set. I added some ribbon and jumbo silver brad to the tag. I then finished is off with some silver pearls on the scallops and on the top corner.

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

Vicki

SSSC113.....Thank you for your Kindness

GOOD MORNING PEEPS!!! It's Sunday which means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample This is the fabulous sketch Karen has for us this week;



I had fun with this sketch, well maybe not fun but it was interesting. I made this card, the main image part, three different times. I had worked out the colors and paper to use fairly quickly but I couldn't get the main part right. I knew I wanted to use this pretty butterfly from the Stampin' Up set Thanks for Caring, isn't it pretty? Love it! I wanted to use this butterfly for the butterfly image in the sketch, but I couldn't get much further, frankly it is what I have been dealing with all week, a lack of mojo!!! I got stuck on using the rest of the same set for the circle panel, I tried two different things that ended up in the circular file! I finally just put it aside for a couple of days and then I decided to look through my stamps to see what struck me and I love these daisies in the Every Moment set, so I stamped a few onto some watercolor paper and colored them with my aqua painter and some pretty in pink and rose red ink. I cut them out and added them to my circle element and added the sentiment, which is from the Occasional Quotes stamp set. I finally liked the end results but it was very frustrating getting to this point!!!





I added some stickles to the butterfly and three basic pearls to the bottom. I tied a bow around the side piece with some basic gray taffeta ribbon.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

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

Vicki

OCC...3D Easter Project

Good Morning Peeps!! It is Saturday and that means it is time for another new challenge at Our Creative Corner.

This week I am excited to be the challenge hostess. My challenge is to make a 3-D Easter Themed Project. There are so many fun projects that would fit this theme, cute bunnies, baskets and treat holders just to name a few. No cards allowed for this challenge.

I tried several different things before landing upon this little Easter Basket, my mojo has been lacking this past week and you know that would be the week I am the challenge hostess!!! LOL!!

I found the tutorial for this basket HERE. It is super simple and so cute! I made my basket with some pretty in pink card stock. I decorated with some pretty spring paper from the Nursery Suite Speciality paper pack. I used some silver jumbo brads to hold the handle in place. The sentiment comes from the Stampin Up Easter Blossom stamp set. I used my wide oval punch to punch out the sentiment. I used the scallop oval to matt the sentiment. I used three scallop punches to make the matt. I decorated the front of the box with some prima flowers. I used the lace edge punch with some white card stock to trim the top of the basket and added a satin white ribbon bow. I then filled the basket with some Easter goodies and it is ready to give away! :)

I hope you’ll play along this week and have fun with this challenge! Be sure to check out the rest of the OCC design team creations! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment linking to your project over at Our Creative Corner so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.


Well, that is all from me for now, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!
Vicki

SC328....friend to friend

TGIF Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers.

I had a ton of problems while making this card, that has been my M.O. lately, I am in a bit of a stamping slump and have been trying to push through it. I decided right away with this sketch to use this sweet image from the Stampin' Up "The Nicest Things" stamp set. I stamped it onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon ink. I pulled out some paper from the Springtime Vintage paper pack and used that for my color pallet for coloring this image.

After getting it all colored, I set the image aside to work on the design of the sketch. I tried several colors and designs of the paper before I settled on the one you see here and even now I am second guessing this, I think I should have made my base with the rose red and then the very vanilla, but it is done now.

While coloring on the card stock is not that hard but you do have to be careful not to over-saturate the paper. The card stock tends to curl just a bit, so when I was adhering it to the matt, I flipped it over on my work surface, (which is the stampin up grid pad) and ran my hand over the back of the piece to smooth the image and make sure it laid flat. When I picked it up, it tore. I guess there was some adhesive on the grid paper and it gabbed hold of the image piece right in the middle and tore it. Man I was so upset. I smoothed it out the best I could and it didn't look to bad except in the are of the middle of the basket. So came the little popped up flower. It covered the messed up part pretty well and looked OK. I finished up the card with some basic pearls and rose red seam binding. DONE!!!!






I guess some days are just like that and you find new ways to make it work. Ha!

Well, that is all from me today, be sure to come back by tomorrow for another Our Creative Corner Challenge!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Color Challenge....Just for you

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the color challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers. The colors this week are, pear pizazz, so saffron, and pretty in pink.

I decided to do some water coloring for this card, I had just replenished my stock of watercolor paper, I had been out for a few days, and we just can't have that, because I LOVE to water color.

I stamped the leaf image from the Stampin' Up Growing Green stamp set with black stazon onto the water color paper. I colored it in with my aqua painter and pear pizazz ink, darkening the color at the base of each leaf. I then stamped two of the flowers from the same set onto more watercolor paper and colored these with pretty in pink and so saffron. I did add a bit of regal rose to darken the pink flower some. I used an bit of pear for the center of the so saffron flower. The flowers are added to the base of the leaf branch with some dimensionals.





I made the base of this card with pear pizazz card stock, it is a 5 inch square. The DSP on here comes from the greenhouse gala and the play date paper packs. I messed around with the bow for a long time, trying to get it where it didn't intrude onto the image piece so much, and finally decided on this half bow with long tails because the two sided bow just was to big. I added some basic pearls in the corners and called it done.

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

Vicki

Birdhouse Condo

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!!

Today I am excited to share a cute little Birdhouse Condo. I designed this project for the April Paper Crafters Sampler

I was sooo stoked about this project, I had to make another one to show you all here.
This one is made using wild wasabi card stock and the designer paper is from the Woodland Walk paper pack!

A side view:




Another view:



If you would like step by step instructions to make your own birdhouse condo head over to the
Paper Crafters Sampler Blog and sign up for the Avian Art Sampler. There are several other great projects in this issue too, You won't be disappointed and if you sign up be sure and use my code PCSVB.

Thanks so much for coming by today and have a great day.

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SSSC112.....Happy Birthday

GOOD MORNING PEEPS!!! It's Sunday which means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample This is the fabulous sketch Karen has for us this week;

Loved this sketch! I started my card with a base of pear pizzazz card stock and I followed that up with some daffodil delight. The next layer is some designer paper from the Springtime Vintage pack. I used the Stampin' Up Nature Walk stamp set, I really love the flower in that set. I inked with pear pizzAzz and used my daffodil delight marker to color in the flower heads. I stamped directly onto a piece of DSP from the Botanical Gazette paper pack. I stamped the flower several times, leaving a space in the middle for my sentiment, which is from the Something to Celebrate Hostess set. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig and black stazon ink for the Happy Birthday. I love the font on this, it looks old fashion. The flowers come from the retired Pretties Kit and I used a dauber and daffodil ink to color them. I added some basic pearls in the centers of the flowers and corner of the card and a string under the sentiment. I finished it with three pieces of daffodil ribbon.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

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

Vicki

OCC....Tea"rific"

Good Morning Peeps!! It is Saturday and that means it is time for another new challenge at Our Creative Corner.

This week our challenge hostess is Sharon Wheet from Designs by Sharon, and her challenge for us this week is - It's a Tea Party! Create a card, 3-D project, scrapbook page, etc. Make your item around afternoon tea/tea party theme! Get creative, and at most, have fun! Get out those adorable stamps with tea pots/tea cups, your doilies, all things that scream 'afternoon tea'!

What a fun challenge and even tho I am not really much of a tea drinker I knew right away that I wanted to make a tea bag holder and use the Stampin' Up Morning Cup set.

I started with a piece 3-1/2 inch by 10-1/2 inch of baja card stock. I scored at 3-1/2 and 7. I cut the panel piece on the right side at an angle, see inside picture.






I used some score tape to hold the angled piece down just taping along the bottom edge. This is where the tea bag slides in, I didn't have any tea bags here for my picture but you get the idea.

The front piece is decorated with a tea cup and tea pot that I paper pieced. I used DS paper from the Springtime Vintage paper pack. the sentiment is stamped with black stazon and I used very vanilla satin ribbon to hold it closed. I also used some not quite navy brads in the corners. I decorated the inside with another stamp from the same set and colored that in with my aqua painter.

I hope you’ll play along this week and have fun with this challenge! Be sure to check out the rest of the OCC design team creations! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment linking to your project over at Our Creative Corner so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.


Well, that is all from me for now, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!
Vicki

SC327...Thank You

Happy Thursday Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made using this sketch on splitcoaststampers. This was a fun sketch to work with and I decided to go monochromatic. I used always artichoke and very vanilla card stock with just a pop of melon mambo.

The stamp set I used is the Stampin' Up set Just Believe, this set has not gotten much use since I got it so I decided to give it some love for this sketch. I used the small leaf stamp for my main image piece. I added some itty bitty flowers to the leaves with some melon mambo card stock. I used one of the punches from the itty bitty punch pack for the flowers. I made them curl up a bit by using my stylus and rolling it around in the middle of the punched piece. I added some tiny basic pearls to the centers of the flowers.

The tulip frame embossing folder was used to frame the sketch. The designer paper is from the Springtime Vintage paper pack. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and was stamped with always artichoke ink onto very vanilla card stock. I used the large oval and scallop oval punch for the sentiment. I added some always artichoke seam binding ribbon and three basic pearls for the finishing touches.

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

Vicki

Totally Totes

Happy Hump Day Peeps!

Today I am sharing a fun little treat holder that I made using the Technique Challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers.

I have seen these purses around for several years and always thought they were so cute but I had never made one. Don't know why I waited, they are so fun to make and super easy! Just print the pattern directly out on the card stock and follow the directions to make. Easy Peasy! What surprised me about these are that they are so small, you know how when you see a picture and you can't really tell the size?

I used some basic gray card stock for my tote. The designer paper is from the Lap of Luxury paper pack. The little bunny is from the Stampin' Up set The Nicest Things. I stamped it with black stazon onto some watercolor paper. I colored it with my aqua painter and ink pads. I used the wide oval punch to punch it out and to punch the mat. I added some silver brads fro accents and some pretty in pink sating ribbon.

I filled this with some yummy chocolate carrots for my daughter.

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

Vicki

Crazy 4 challenges.....Friends

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!! Hope you are all having a good week so far!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the sketch challenge this week on the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. You all know I love me a good sketch challenge and this is a great one, the kind I like best,not to busy!

I wanted to watercolor again so I pulled out this Stampin' Up set called t
The Nicest Things. I stamped the little girl image onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon and colored with my aqua painter and ink from my ink pads. I used the Ice Cream Parlor Paper pack that was from SAB. It is not available anymore but I just love the melon mambo piece in this pack. It is definitely girly and fit this image well, so I used the colors in the paper pack for the colors on my girls.

The base of the card is melon mambo and I followed that with some pink pirouette and then the DSP. The sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp set. I added accents of basic pearls and some very vanilla satin ribbon.

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

Vicki

Paper Crafters Sampler~~Avian Art

Good Morning Peeps!!!

It won't be long before the April Paper Crafters Sampler goes live!! The 10th is just around the corner.

This month we're going to continue celebrating the joys of spring by honoring our feathered friends.

The April sampler, "Avain Art", showcasing project ideas relating entirely to our delightful winged creatures who share their spirit-filled songs and fanciable flight.

This issue includes several hand-made cards featuring the "Nature's Walk" stamp set. Group these cards together to create your very own "Nature's Walk" stamp camp workshop!

If you're looking for a dynamic 3D spring project, then the two-story 3D birdhouse is what you need!


This "Avian Art" issue offers ideas for your Spring crafting. You will not be disappointed with this issue!!! If you want more information on how to sign up go HERE and if you decide to sign up make sure you use my promotional code of PCSVB or just mention my name.

Here is a little sneak peek of my project for this month's sampler:







Thanks so much for stopping by!!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!!!

Vicki

SSSC111....Easter Wishes

GOOD MORNING PEEPS!!! It's Sunday which means it is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

This is the fabulous sketch Karen has for us this week;




As you can see I flipped the sketch! I wanted to use this cute little bunny from a retired Stampin Up stamp set. It is called "A New Little Someone" and I just got it. I know it is a baby set but that bunny is so cute and can totally be used for Easter. As you guys know I love to watercolor and I have been playing around alot the last few months with water coloring on regular card stock. It really is a nice look and not hard to achieve just be careful to not over saturate the paper or it will become a big ol' mess. I colored this cute little bunny with soft suede, pretty in pink and rose red ink and my aqua painter. The sentiment comes from the All Holidays stamp set and the DS paper I used is from the Lap of Luxury paper pack. I added some pretty in pink satin ribbon and a few basic pearls.





I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.


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

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards


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

Vicki

OCC....Girl Power

Good Morning Peeps!! It is Saturday and that means it is time for another new challenge at Our Creative Corner.

This week our challenge hostess is Sharon Wheet from Designs by Sharon, and she has challenged us to Go Girly! Create a card, 3-D project, scrapbook page, etc. Let's show our feminine side, and make something girly! There are requirements: included a hand-made paper flower, ribbon, and some bling (rhinestones, glass glitter, etc.). Doll it up!

What a great challenge huh? I LOVE girly!!! I choose to make a pretty, feminine, vintage looking treat box.

I started with a piece of Designer Paper from the Springtime Vintage DSP, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Score at 1-1/4" on both log sides and 3-1/4" on both short sides. Cut and fold into a box. I added a 3/4" handle. I decorated my box with a hand made paper flower. I made my flower with rose red card stock and my scallop circle punch. The sentiment on here comes from the Hostess set, After Thoughts. I added around the top of the box some trim I had in my stash.

I hope you’ll play along this week and have fun with this challenge! Be sure to check out the rest of the OCC design team creations! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment linking to your project over at Our Creative Corner so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.


Well, that is all from me for now, Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!
Vicki