Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Tuesday Peeps!

I loved the sketch at  Fab Friday 

so much I decided to use it again on this Thanksgiving card.

I made this with some of the leaves I had left over from yesterday's card.

These leaves using the Gathered Leaves Dies are so pretty and really fun to make.

Push the die into your ink pad before die cutting and you get a nice contrast on the leaves.

 

I stamped my Pumpkins with Black Stazon ink on thick whisper white card stock and  colored with

my Aqua Painter and ink pads. I used Cajun Craze and Crumb Cake ink pads.

I die cut a circle using the Stitched Shapes Dies and Thick Whisper White card stock.

I added the leaves and pumpkins to the circle with dimensionals.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock.

I then used another layer of Crumb Cake that I embossed with

the Tin Tile EF.

 

The DSP is from the Come To Gather paper pack.

I matted it with some Cajun Craze card stock and I used an embossing die on one edge that is from the Stitched  Labels Dies.

The sentiment is from a Paper Pumpkin kit.

I finished up with a simple twine bow on one of the pumpkins!

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

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

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All orders 50.00 and over will receive a gift from me.

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki

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.  

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my hostess code:

XMNJUGYP

 

All orders 50.00 and over will receive a gift from me.

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki

Season of Thanks

 

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!

Today's share is my 4th in my Fall Leaf card series.

This may be my favorite so far, because of that pumpkin!

I love the Pumpkins in this set, Gather Together. 

I

I stamped my pumpkin with with black stazon ink on thick Whisper White and colored with my 

Aqua Painter and ink pads. I used Cajun Craze and Crumb Cake.

I added some highlights with my white gel pen.

 

I die cut a circle using the Stitched Shapes Dies with Whisper White.

I stamped the sentiment using Early Espresso ink and then again on scrap whisper white with 

Cajun Craze.

I added the leaves to the circle with glue and dimensionals and then added the pumpkin in front with more dimensionals.

All of the cards in this series are chunky,  I love them that way. 

The just feel substantial when you hold it.

The base of the card is Early Espresso and the DSP piece form the Come To Gather pack is layered onto whisper white card stock.

I used a piece of Cajun Craze card stock and embossed with the Basket Weave EF.

I matted that with another piece of Whisper White and added it to the base pieces with more dimensionals.

The circle is then added with even more dimensionals.

 

I hand cut the word "Thanks" from the piece I stamped in Cajun Craze

and added it to the sentiment with a mini dimensional cut in half.

I finished with a few basic rhinestones and a twine bow on the pumpkin sem.

A look at the inside:

 

I have enjoyed this card series, fall is my favorite and 

so tomorrow I will have another card using the

Come To Gather stamp set.

 I did some watercoloring, I think you will like i! 

So be sure and stop by to see it.

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

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my hostess code:

XMNJUGYP

 

All orders 50.00 and over will receive a gift from me.

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki

Smiles & Love

 

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!!

Today brings my 3rd card in my fall leaves series.

This is actually the first one I made when I sat down with this set to use the leaves I had die cut.

.

The leaves are from the Gathered Leaves Dies and the DSP is from the matching

Come To Gather paper pack.

I used Pretty Peacock, Mint Macaron, Merry Merlot, and Early Espresso for my

leaves on this card.

 

I pulled my leaf colors from the DSP, all but the Early Espresso, 

which is in the pack of paper just not

the ones I used here. It works well with the other colors.

I used Pretty Peacock for my card base and Mint Macaron for the next layer.

The Second piece of DSP is layered with Pretty Peacock.

I die cut an oval using the Stitched Shapes Dies with Thick Whisper White.

The sentiment, from the Gather Together stamp set, was stamped onto the oval with

Pretty Peacock ink.

I added he oval to my card with dimensionals.

I then added the leaves around the opposite side of the oval gluing a few down and 

popping some up on dimensionals

I added a white twine bow to the center leaf.

 

I added a few peacock rhinestones from the Noble Peacock pack.

The inside: 

 

After making this card I went on to do a small gift box, holds just a couple of chocolates.

I used another Stitched Shapes circle and the sentiment is from the Tiny Keepsakes stamp set.

 

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

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my hostess code:

XMNJUGYP

 

All orders 50.00 and over will receive a gift from me.

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

So Grateful

Happy Tuesday peeps!!!

Today I have another in my leaf series, this one definitely has a fall feel.

All of my cards in this series have the same basic layout.

The leaves I used are some I made when I was playing around with the dies from the Gathered Leaves Dies.

I pressed them into the ink pad and then into the matching card stock.

These are done with Cajun Craze, Early Espresso and Crushed Curry inks and card stock.

The base of my card is Early Espresso and both of the DSP's on here are from the 

Come To Gather pack.

 

I die cut a stitched oval using a die from the Stitched Shapes Dies. 

I used thick Whisper White for the oval die cut.

I stamped my pretty sentiment, from the Country Home stamp set, with Early Espresso ink.

I added the oval to the card with dimensionals.

The second piece of matted DSP is also added with dimensionals.

I then arranged my leaves around one side of the oval.

I added a second Cajun Craze of the first with more dimensionals.

I die cut a few sprigs using a die in the Bouquet Bunch dies, 

using Cajun Craze and Early Espresso to add to my leaf arrangement. 

I finished with a burlap twine bow and a few basic rhinestones.

A peek at the inside:

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

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my hostess code:

XJ3K2FGZ

 

All orders 50.00 and over will receive a gift from me.

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki

Wishing You Well

 

Happy Monday Peeps!!!

I pulled out my Come To Gather Bundle along with the matching Designer Series Paper.

I was determined to embrace and use one of the color combos in the paper

that I had been ignoring.

They really didn't say "Fall" to me but I wanted to try.

I like the outcome of this card and besides the leaves, it almost has a winter feel to it. 

I used a technique I had read somewhere, press the die into the ink color and then die cut with

the same cardstock. I really like how that looks. In fact I did a bunch of leaves in

several colors. 

I have a whole card series to share with you the next several days using all the leaves I die cut.

 

The base of my card is Pretty  Peacock and then both designs of the DSP are matted with Mint Macaron.

The Die Cut circle is thick Whisper White and the die is from the Stitched Shapes Dies

I added it to my card with dimensionals.

I then arranged the leaves and glued the leaves in place. I added a second Pretty Peacock Leaf over the first with some dimensionals.

The leaves are from the Detailed Bands Dies and the white leaves are from the Bouquet Bunch Dies.

I tucked these around the leaves and glued down.

The sentiment is from the Gather Together stamp set and is embossed with white embossing

powder on Peacock card stock.

I cut the words apart and added them to the circle with mini dimensionals.

 

I added a white twine bow and a few little rhinestones from the Noble Peacock rhinestones.

A peek at the inside:

 

I am adding this to the challenge this week at The Paper Players.

A Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge:

I am using the diagonal...Leaves, die-cut and Patterned Paper.

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

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my hostess code:

XJ3K2FGZ

MY SEPTEMBER SPECIAL!!!

Place an online store order valued at $50 or more (before shipping and tax),

enter the host code  XJ3K2FGZ

and you will earn YOUR CHOICE of ANY Current Item valued at $15 or less! 

Be sure and email me your choice after placing your order.

Items will be ordered and shipped near the end of the month

 

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki

Happy Harvest Blessings

 

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today's card share is a Clean & Simple Harvest Blessings card.

I used the sketch this week at CAS(E) this Sketch . I hadn't played in any

challenges lately and I decided I needed to get back to doing some.

This card came together very quickly. 

I already had the leaves cut, I cut several when

making a card last week and

 they were just laying in a bowl of spare parts on my desk. 

I used a base of thick whisper white card stock and then I used another layer of thick white

for the main panel.

 

I stamped the sentiment, from the Country Home stamp set, first using 

Merry Merlot ink.

I had intended to emboss this piece, but I forgot after stamping the sentiment.

I added the Crushed Curry leaf first and then the other two on the sides, 

Merry Merlot and Cajun Craze.

I then added another Crushed Curry Leaf over the middle one using a few dimensionals.

 

I then added the main panel to the base with more dimensionals.

A very simple card but also elegant in it's simplicity.

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

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my hostess code:

XJ3K2FGZ

MY SEPTEMBER SPECIAL!!!

Place an online store order valued at $50 or more (before shipping and tax),

enter the host code  XJ3K2FGZ

and you will earn YOUR CHOICE of ANY Current Item valued at $15 or less! 

Be sure and email me your choice after placing your order.

Items will be ordered and shipped near the end of the month

 

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki

Season of Thanks

 

Happy Monday Peeps!!!

Today's card share is another fall themed card.

I love Fall and the Fall color palette, I used Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze,

and Merry Merlot.

I die cut my leaves from the Gathered Leaves Dies in the above colors, spritzing the cardstock first.

That little trick gives a much better embossed leaf and a two tone effect of color.

 

The base of my card is Cajun Craze.  

Then I used another piece of Cajun Craze,

that I stamped using the Buffalo Check stamp and Cajun Craze ink.

I die cut a piece of Whisper White to use for my Leaf Arrangement.

The die is from the Stitched Labels Dies.

I arranged my Leaves layering and gluing down when I got an arrangement I liked.

I used a die from the Detailed Band Dies with Crumb Cake cardstock to add a bit more interest my arrangement.

When I wen to stamp my sentiment, I of course, smudged it.

So I had to develop an alternate plan.

But I think it works and if I hadn't confessed you may have not known I didn't 

intend for my card to be the way you see it now.

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

 

I stamped the sentiment from the Come to Gather stamp set  using Black Memento ink

and added the scallop die cut to the bottom, it comes from the

Be Mine Stitched Dies.

I slide it in under my leaves, in two pieces, coming in from both sides 

I finished with a jute twine bow, I pulled individual strands from the

burlap ribbon, I added it two my card with a glue dot.

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

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my hostess code:

XJ3K2FGZ

MY SEPTEMBER SPECIAL!!!

Place an online store order valued at $50 or more (before shipping and tax),

enter the host code  XJ3K2FGZ

and you will earn YOUR CHOICE of ANY Current Item valued at $15 or less!  

Be sure and email me your choice after placing your order.

Items will be ordered and shipped near the end of the month

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki

Fall Pumpkin Set

Hello Peeps!!!

Hope you all are having a great weekend.

I have been enjoying several days off work due to escorting Hubby to some

doctors appointments and to attend Grandparent's Day

at my Granddaughter's Preschool.

This was our first ever Grandparent's Day and oh man, I have to say it was sooo

much fun!!

We had a blast watching the little's sing a couple of songs they 

learned for us and show us around their classroom.

Anyway I  had an idea to make a pumpkin with Sunflowers, much like the 

floral arrangements that are popular this time of the year.

And when I made my first, I liked it so much I made a few more. 😆

I stamped my pumpkins, from the Harvest Hello set and my "Sunflowers" from

the Daisy Lane set, on thick whisper white with Black Stazon and

colored with my Aqua Painter and ink pads.

I fussy cut out the Sunflowers and stems, the Pumpkin is Punched out with it's matching punch from the Harvest Hello Bundle.

 

This is the first one I made, I used Early Espresso for my base and the DSP is from the Come To

Gather paper pack.

Each Pumpkin and Sunflower is set on a Die Cut from the Nested Stitched Labels Dies.

 

Each card has a few similarities and a few differences.

Each has a different sentiment, from The Gather Together set, the Seasonal Wreath set and the 

To Every Season stamp set. 

 

I used the Birch Background stamp for this one and the Buffalo Check Background

for two of the others.

I also used the Corrugated and Subtle Embossing Folders.

 

I finished each card with a linen bow on the pumpkin and a few sticky back gold sequins that are from this month's Paper Pumpkin kit.

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

If you would like to buy the products for yourself,

 I would be very happy for you to shop with me.  

You can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

If you purchase from me be sure and use

my hostess code:

XJ3K2FGZ

MY SEPTEMBER SPECIAL!!!

Place an online store order valued at $50 or more (before shipping and tax), 

enter the host code  XJ3K2FGZ 

and you will earn YOUR CHOICE of ANY Current Item valued at $15 or less!  

Be sure and email me your choice after placing your order.

Items will be ordered and shipped near the end of the month

As always if your order is 150.00 or more don't use the hostess code, you will

still receive a gift from me.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Vicki