Celebrate the Best Day Ever

 

Happy Friday Peeps!

Today's card share is another fall card, this one made with 

the Gather Together

set. 

I started this one by stamping the large leaf in this set several times onto some

Thick Whisper White card stock. I used Versamark ink and embossed the leaf images

with gold embossing powder.

I used my Aqua Painter and ink pads to color the leaves.

 I used Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze.

Although there is a die to fit this leaf,

 I fussy cut my leaf images so not to have any white showing.

I thought my pretty fall leaves needed a pretty blue sky to float around on.

I used a piece of watercolor paper and Balmy Blue ink.

I smashed my ink pad onto an acrylic block and used 

 my Aqua Painter to add color to my water color paper 

after first washing water across the paper

so the blue would flow.

I used my Heat Tool to dry the paper after adding the blue wash.

 

I added the leaves to the Water Colored paper with dimensionals.

I then trimmed it down to the size I needed for my card.

I matted this piece with Cajun Craze card stock.

My sentiment come from the Band Together Stamp set.

I stamped with Versamark onto a strip of Vellum card stock.

I embossed this with Gold embossing Powder.

I wrapped my sentiment piece around the card front and secured it to the back with

tear & tape.

I then added this to my Crumb Cake base.

 

I added a Cajun Craze Twine bow using the twine from the Come To Gather

Ribbon Combo Pack.

I finished with a few gold sequins. 

Listed below are all the "ingredients" used to make this card.  

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Vicki

Magnolia Celebrate

Happy Friday Peeps!

Today's share is my third in my Good Morning Magnolia Series.

I used Mossy Meadow for my card base on this one.

Followed that with a piece of Whisper White and 

a piece of DSP from the Magnolia Lane pack.

I used another piece of Mossy Meadow and

die cut a piece for my flower using the Stitched Nested Label Dies

I added this to the base with dimensionals and then added my flower with dimensionals as well.

 

My sentiment comes from he Band Together stamp set.

I stamped with Black Memento ink and die cut it using a die from the

Detailed Band die set.

I added it to he card with dimensionals and glue.

 

I finished this one with just a few basic rhinestones.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

I hope you are enjoying  Magnolia cards and if you need any supplies

I would be happy if you considered purchasing from me.

Vicki

SUO....Let's Celebrate You

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Time for a new challenge over at SUO Challenges Blog.

The challenge is CELEBRATIONS

Any thing you want to celebrate is great!

I recently picked up the Painted Harvest set and while it is probably more a fall set I decided to use it anyway.

I stamped my flower with Mariana Mist and Night of Navy.

Isn't it pretty in blue?

I stamped the leaf with Old Olive.

 

The base of my card is Night of Navy card stock.

I then embossed a piece of Whisper White using the Corrugated EF.

The DSP is from the Needlepoint Nook pack.

I die cut my image peice with a die from the Rectangle dies, then ran it back through

cutting off one end to make it square.

 

I finished my card with a few little basic rhinestones and white twine wrap with a bow.

I pulled apart a piece of the  Flax ribbon to make the twine.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us, we would love to see your Celebration cards.

Be sure to head over to the SUO Challenge Blog 

to see what the rest of the team did with this fun challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Vicki

 

Celebrate Your Day

 

Hello Peeps!!

Popping in here quickly to share a card.

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 has a fun sketch, I loved working with it.

I am again using a new flower set, 

I guess if I could make nothing but floral cards I would be alright with it!!

I am using the Lovely Lattice set from Sale-A-Bration.

I stamped and cut away just the parts I wanted to use on this card.

I water colored using Daffodil Delight, a bit of Pumpkin Pie and Pear Pizzazz.

 

 

 

The base of my card is Daffodil Delight card stock, followed with a layer of whisper white.

The DSP is from the Gingham Gala 6x6 paper pack.

I used a square of Vellum card stock that I embossed with the corrugated EF.

The vellum piece is added with a few dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Hello Cupcake set.

I stamped it with Black Memento ink onto my die cut circle.

 

The flowers were then added with more dimensionals.

I finished up wih a few rhinestones. 

Thanks for coming by!

Vicki

 

 

Happy 4th of July.......Celebrate

Happy Monday Peeps and Happy 4th of July to all!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the Stampin Up Swirly Bird set.

I love the kites in this set.

Normally I make several Americana cards this time of the year but this is my only one this year.

I love how it came out tho. When I sat down to make a card to post today and knew I wanted to try to make some flag looking kites. this card came out pretty much how I envisioned when I started, which is not my norm. 

Everything on my card is Stampin Up except the little star stickers, these are some I found in my stash as I was looking for something to add to my BG around the kites. They work perfectly, I do not even know where or when I got them.

The kites are stamped with Night of Navy and Real Red ink

. I stamped four of these and layered them up with dimensionals between the layers,

 it really adds great dimension to the front of the card. 

I stamped the tails and bows with the same colors.

The sentiment comes from an old Paper Pumpkin kit from last year.

The navy banner is embossed with the lucky star embossing folder,

I used some cherry cobbler Bakers twine around the top and also added a silver clip there as well.

I added in the silver glimmer paper in the end cos I felt it needed s bit more sparkle and it was the perfect choice.

I have another cute pic of Audrey to share, dressed in one of her Americana outfits:

You can't see much of the outfit, but isn't that bow too cute? 

I hope you that are celebrating this 4th have a safe and happy celebration with family and friends.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Sweet Sunday......Celebrate

Happy Sunday Peeps!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge:

This is a fun sketch with lots of possibilities. I decided to use my new  Stampin Up Celebrate Today stamp set with it's matching framelit dies.

Love this fun set.

I stamped the balloon with some Pool Party ink and the stars and dots are stamped with Lost Lagoon ink. I then die cut the balloon out with the matching die using my Big Shot.

I added the balloon to the white panel with some foam tape and stamped the sentiment with Lost Lagoon ink.

The white piece is matted with some Lost Lagoon card stock.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock and I embossed the front with the large dot EF.

I then attached the front piece with the balloon and sentiment to the base.

I added some twine to the balloon for the tail.

The large bow is made with the bow builder punch and some Lost Lagoon DSP.

The other two small tail pieces are punched from the bow builder punch as well.

Now head on over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the girls did with this fun sketch. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki 

Sweet Sunday.....A Little Birdie Told Me

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the fab sketch for this week:

I pulled out this fun set that I have had for a bit and never inked up, it is called Hello Love by Stampin Up.

I stamped the bird arrow and sun and colored them up. I cut out the circle and the inverted scallop circle is Daffodil Delight card stock.

The base is Crumb Cake card stock and then a layer of Daffodil Delight and another layer of Crumb cake.

I embossed this piece with the retired Cloudy Day EF.

I added the circle element to the base with some foam tape. The little birdie is also cut our and popped up with foam tape.

The sentiment comes from the same set. I stamped with black ink and hand cut my flagged end.

I finished up the card with a few enamel dots.

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog to see what the other girls 

did with this fun sketch!

Vicki

SSSC107....Celebrate

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:




Well, I say fabulous but in reality, I dislike sketches like these, the kind with small squares or circles, they freak me out. The DT has been chatting it up about this sketch and some of the upcoming ones, because one has a tilted panel, and some people really HATE those, not me, I will take a tilted panel over these squares any day, but that is enough whining from me!!! LOL!!

I have figured out that these squares are not getting to me, so if I ignore them they don't win, so that is what I did, oh, they are still there, but grouped close together and with the same color and texture they almost look like one complete panel, and that "works" for me!!! HA! HA!

I used some crumb cake, very vanilla and rose red card stock for my card, I did add in a bit of rose red DS paper from the Sweet & Sour paper pack. I have been having fun lately with ribbon, putting at least two pieces together, today I used some rose red and crumb cake seam binding! Love that look! I used my favorite SAB set called Sweet Slumber and paired it with the cute Aviary set. I stamped the flower flourish with black stazon onto the very vanilla and colored it in a bit with my aqua painter. I stamped the bird cage with the rose red bird inside onto some scrap and cut it out. I added it to the card base with a dimensional, hanging it down past the main image panel, cute huh? The sentiment "Celebrate" is from the Something to Celebrate level 2 hostess set in the occasions mini! I made it into a small flag and added it to the card with dimensionals and added a few little silver pearls to the end.

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-Is taking a bit of a break, but go by and give her some love anyway!

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards


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

Vicki

SSSC74......Let's Celebrate!

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!!! My favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

Here is the fabulous sketch Karen has for us this week, based on my card, see it HERE!





So onto today's card, I have to admit that I was slow to get on board with this fun set from the summer mini, "Tropical Party". Also the DS paper "Island Oasis", can't say why I waited soooo long to get them, but both are awesome!!! Sorry about my picture quality, I am having lighting issues!!! LOL!!

I started the card with a base of rose red, and then followed that with some old olive that was embosses with the Square Lattice EF.

I used two colors of designs from the paper pack, and matted each with more rose red card stock. I then went to work on my main image panel. I stamped the coconut drink onto whisper white with chocolate chip ink and I also stamped the tree with chocolate chip ink. I then stamped the tree again onto scrap white with old olive, and cut out just the top and mounted it over the other with some foam tape. I then stamped the coconut drink onto some little bits of the DS paper and cut out the umbrella and straw and glued them directly over the stamped image on the base.

I stamped the leaves twice and cut out and stamped the large flower with rose red and cut it out. I added a turquoise brad to the flower center and mounted it to the base with more foam tape. I then took the leaves and slid them in under the flower to cover the base of the tree and coconut drink bottom.

The sentiment comes from the "On your birthday" stamp set and was stamped with black stazon. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to get it straight. I then matted this piece with more rose red and mounted it to the base with foam tape.

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

Laura-Scrapnextras

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Nancy-iStamp

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Joanne Basile



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

Vicki

MTSC76.....Celebrate You

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!


Today's card share is made with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

I started my card with a base of white and I followed that with a layer of chocolate chip card stock that was embossed with this fun circle EF, I don't know the name. I thought it was cute with the DS paper, which comes from the retired Sweet Pea DS pack. I also used some Sweet Pea felt flowers, oh how I hate to use them since they to are gone, but I am hoping we get something like them in the new catalog.

The sentiment comes from the retiring set, A Little Birthday Cheer. The mats are made up of old olive and rose red. This was a really quick and easy card, very little stamping and turned out cute, well, I think so anyway!!

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

Vicki

Sweet Celebration

Good Monday Morning Peeps!

Today's card share is made with Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 25. This weeks colors are Only Orange, Yo-Yo Yellow, Green Galore, Pixie Pink and Whisper White. OK, take a deep breath, you can do this.......those are some scary colors!!!

I just got some of the new stamps coming in the new summer mini, that starts May 1st. I used a really fun set, "Sweet Scoops", that these colors seem perfect for. I cute, girly birthday card.

I started with a base of white. I then pulled out a piece of each of the colors. I cut a 1-3/4 inch square of each. I then ran them through my cuttlebug with the sizzix polka dot EF. I used the corner rounder on one corner of each square and mounted them to a piece of white card stock.

I stamped two of the ice cream swirls, one pixie pink and one yo-yo yellow, I then used my two way glue pen and some diamond dust too make the ice cream sparkle. I made a bowl, for the ice cream, (an idea that is shown in the mini) with my 1-1/2 inch circle punch, cutting off half and I added the ice cream to the bowl. This bowl of ice cream is mounted to a piece of whisper white and matted with only orange. I stamped the sentiment with only orange and tied a bow around the card base with yo-yo yellow 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon.

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

Vicki

Scallop Flower Birthday

Good Monday Morning Peeps. Start of another great stamping week! The new SU cattie is awesome and goes live today!!! What will be on your first order? I know for sure I am ordering the new Eyelet Border Punch and some of the new buttons and brads! One of my favorite stamp sets is the Quilt Quips so that will be on my first order as well. I also love the set Thoughts and Prayers and every one of the sets on pages 90 and 91! I just know my wallet will take a serious hit or two the next couple of months!!! LOL!!!

Now onto today's card, first off it is my sister's birthday today, so this card is for her, second of all have you seen This wonderful ladies blog? I just love all she does and I totally fell in love with this amazing card. I knew right away I wanted to try one myself.

I used Jen's Sketch For You To Try for my layout on this card.

I started by making my scallop flower. I cut a piece of riding hood red DS paper 1 1/4 inch by 12 inches and used the scallop edge punch on one side. I then folded the strip back and forth, accordion style, and then used some score tape to bring the two ends together. To make it stay together in the middle I put a large glue dot in the middle and pushed it all together. Then I used one of the circle designs from the SU set "Sweet Serendipity" to make the center element and the two side flowers. I had to cut them out because I didn't have a punch that fit the design, and then used a scrap of riding hood red to punch a 3/4 inch circle to layer. I used a mini white brad for the center and attached it to the flower with another glue dot. The Happy Birthday stem is from the SU set "Stem Sayings" and the "Celebrate" is from "Sweet Serendipity". I used my piercing tool and mat pack to make the "stitched" stems and colored them in with a marker. The designer paper is from the Riding Hood red print pack.

This card is pretty thick with the scallop flower and wouldn't fit into an envelope for mailing, but is great if you want to hand deliver or attach to a present.

On another fun and amazing note I was highlighted on

Nancy's blog. She makes weekly picks of some of her favorite cards and projects that she finds either on splitcoast or blurfing (blog surfing) and she post a list weekly. She picked my Petal Pizazz Card. I am so honored, Nancy is one of stamping idols! So I am doing the happy dance over here!!!

Well, that's all for today, thnks so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Vicki

Celebrate, Laugh, Love

Good Wednesday Morning Peeps! Hope your week is going well so far!

Today's card is made with this sketch on Mercy Kerin's blog. Another sketch I printed out and actually made a card with! Yeah me!!

I started with a base of real red followed by a layer of whisper white and then a layer of real red DS paper from the level 1 hostess pack from the current cattie. The balloons are from the SU set Crazy for Cupcakes. I stamped on watercolor paper and colored them in with markers and blended with my aqua painter. The sentiments on this card are from the SU "Everday Flexiable Phrases" Set and was stamped individually in real red ink. I punched the circle out with my 1" circle punch and layered it onto another real red circle that was punched with the 1 1/4" circle punch. I added some real red striped ribbon and some mini white brads. The balloon colors are real red, pretty in pink and pixie pink. I covered the balloons with some crystal effects, to make them shiny. It doesn't show in the picture, but is really adds a nice touch to the card.

Well, that's it for today, Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!!!

Vicki