Happy Birthday Wishes with the last Dynamic Duos Challenge

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made last week using the very last color challenge at The Dynamic Duos Blog.

I was too late to get my card into the actual challenge, but I still wanted to share it.

The colors to use where So Saffron, Pool Party and Smoky Slate. Such a Pretty combo. 

I was really sad to hear that Lesley and Anne Marie had made the decision to close the dynamic duos blog. I had the pleasure of designing with them for a 6 month period and it holds a special place in my heart. 

So even tho I am late posting my card I still wanted to post.

I used Smokey slate for my base and then a layer of White. The DSP on here is from the Sweet sorbet pack.

The flowers are stamped with Pool Party and So Saffron ink and are from the Morning Meadow stamp set. I die cut the leaves using the Secret Garden Framelits. The sentiment comes from the Wetland stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

I off to get my hair cut and then have lunch with a friend hope you all have a great day.

Vicki

DD and FMS.....Feel Better Soon

Happy Monday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using two of my favorite challenges. The sketch is from the Freshly Made Sketches:

and the Color Challenge at Dynamic Duos:

I started my card with a base of Crumb Cake card stock and I followed that with a layer of Rich Razleberry and then another piece of Crumb Cake that I embossed with the Woodgrain EF.

Th doily behind my flower arrangement is a MFT die and is cut with basic black card stock. I die cute three flowers using Rich Razzleberry card stock using my Sizzix 3-D flower die. The leaves are die cut with gold using a die from the Stampin Up Secret Garden framelit dies. I added some gold cording and gold wire twirled into spirals. The sentiment is from the Express Yourself stamp set.

Thanks for coming by today!

Vicki

Easter Blessings

Happy Monday Peeps!

Yesterday I had some time to stamp and actually did!!! I was inspired by the color challenge this week on the Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog. The colors this week are Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky and Pale Plum. I used those colors but added in some Old Olive for my leaves, so I am not linking this card over there, but I am loving the color combo!!

I knew that the Rich Razzleberry and Pale Plum (which is a retired color) would make some pretty Spring tulips. So I pulled out my Stampin Up Blessed Easter stamp and masked off the attached sentiment and decide to use this beautiful Easter Blessings single stamp from last year I believe. It is another single stamp from Stampin Up.

I stamped the tulips with black stazon ink onto some PTI white card stock and then colored with my aqua painter and ink pads.

I stamped the sentiment using Razzleberry ink and I colored the swirls with my Old Olive marker.

I added a few matching rhinesones and matted with Razzleberry and Plum card stock.

The base is Pale Plum followed by white and then a piece of Razzleberry that I embossed with a dot EF.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for all you kind comments and e-mails.

Vicki

Dynamic Duos....Love You

Happy Monday Peeps!! 

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week at Dynamic Duos.

Real Red and Island Indigo, I still needed a couple of Valentine cards and I was inspired by one of my fellow Sweet Sunday Stampers Tracy Clemente, for my card. She makes gorgeous cards and I wanted to try one making it with my Stampin Up supplies.

I started my card with a base of Rustic Cream card stock and then the next layer is Island Indigo and the DSP on here is from a retired pack called More Amore.

I used the Hearts a Flutter and Best of Love stamp sets on the main image panel.

I embossed a strip of Indigo card stock with the woodgrain EF and added it to the side. I used my full heart punch and some twine and button to top it off.

I think it turned out kinda cute, what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Dynamic Duos.........Love You Much

Happy Monday Peeps!!!

today I am sharing a card made using the color challenge this week on the Dynamic Duos Blog.

Gorgeous soft color combo. I seldom use Pink Pirouette and it was a nice change.

I love these cute little flowers in the Peaceful Petals stamp set. I stamped them with black stazon ink and colored using my aqua painter and pink pirouette ink pad. I then pulled out my Pink Pirouette marker to add more color to them. I did slip in a bit of yellow in the flower centers.

The base of my card is white card stock and then a layer of Pool Party and the DSP is from the retired Love Impressions pack.

I then used a paper doily and I die cut a heart using the heart framelits and my Big Shot. I then embossed it using the Square Lattice EF. I cut out my two flowers and added them to the heart with some dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Best of love stamp set and is stamped with black ink onto white and then cut and curled and attached to the card with glue and a couple of dimensionals.

I finished it off with a basic pearl in each corner. Simple and sweet.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos.......thinking of you

Happy Monday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the challenge this week at Dynamic Duos.

I used the new set called Peaceful Petals, love some of the new flower sets in this mini. You all know I am a flower girl!!!!

I kinda winged it on this card and it is not my favorite by any means but it is OK.

I do love the new tag topper punch that is this mini too!

Let me now what you think...yeah or nay?

Have a great Monday!!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos......Thank You

Hello Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week at the Dynamic Duos Blog.

Had fun with these colors, I had an idea for this card when I saw the colors and it came together very quickly, which is not that normal for me. My cards generally take me awhile, this one was completed within 30 minutes. It is of course a fairly simple card so that helped! :)

I started with a base of crumb Cake card stock and then a layer of basic black. The main panel is Crumb Cake. I used the Flowering Flourishes stamp set with black stazon. The flowers are from the Flower Shop stamp set and are stamped onto some Rustic White card stock again using black stazon ink. I used the matching punch to punch out the flowers.

I added some black buttons from my stash to the flower centers. The flowers were added to the base with dimensionals. The black rhinestones come from the retired Black Flourishes pack.

The sentiment is from the Four You stamp set. There you have it a quick CAS card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki 

Dynamic Duos......Hello You

Hello Peeps!!!

I am sharing a card today that I made using the color challenge this week on the Dynamic Duos Blog.

Love this soft pallet.

 I wasn't sure when I sit down to make something what I wanted to do, so I pulled out a favorite set, Stampin Up's Secret Garden, one of my go to sets.

I stamped the flower onto some rustic card stock with Versamark and embossed with some white embossing powder. I colored the flowers with my aqua painter and So Saffron ink pad. I cut them out with the matching die.

The sentiment is from the Regarding Dahlias stamp set. 

The DSP is from the I Am Me paper pack and I used one of the Delicate Designs EF with Pistachio Pudding card stock down one side. I added some retired Very Vanilla satin ribbon and tied a bow.

After getting this all together I thought it needed something, so I took a paper doily and cutout the edge and slipped it under my sentiment circle piece and viola it was just what it needed.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Vicki

  

Dynamic Duos....Feel Better Soon

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!

today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week at The Dynamic Duos Blog.

This is Black Tie week, one of my faves and to go along with the black is the oh so pretty Pool Party.

I knew right away that I wanted to use some of the Stampin Up Modern Medley paper, I just love this pack!

I started with a base of basic black and for a bit of added interest I rounded the bottom corners of the card base. The next layer is Very Vanilla and then a piece of the DSP.

The butterfly I used comes from the Stampin Up set Backyard Basics. This set comes with matching dies I did however not use them this time, I hand cut my butterfly because I wanted it exact.

I added dazzling diamonds to my popped up butterfly altho in the picture you can not really tell. but it is so pretty IRL.

I manged to get the dessert option in this time, I used my fave all time EF the square lattice on two of my BG strips.

Hope you like my card, thanks for stopping today.

Vicki

Dynamic Duos....Hello

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card i made using the color challenge this week on the Dynamic Duos Blog.

I am excited about this card, finally I made a card I am happy with, it has been awhile and I was feeling my mojo had left for good. I used the new Stampin Up Flower Shop stamp set with it's matching punch. I inked up my flower with Blushing Bride ink and then used my Basic Black marker to color in the centers, after gently wiping away the Blushing Bride ink from the stamp with a Q-tip. I stamped onto some Very Vanilla card stock and then punched out with the pansy punch.

The base of the card is Basic Black card stock and then a layer of Very Vanilla card stock. The next layer is some DSP from the Modern Medley paper pack.

The next layers are more basic black and some Blushing Bride DSP from a retired DSP in color pack.

I then used one of my new Chalk Talk Framelits to cut out the tag that I mounted my flowers onto.

I matted the tag with some basic black that I hand cut to fit.

The leaves are Pistachio Pudding  and come from the Secret Garden stamp set and are cut out with the matching framelit dies.

The sentiment is from the "Four You" stamp set. I added some Very Vanilla satin Ribbon, retired, to the top of the tag and tied it with some twine. The tag is added to the card with dimesionals. I finished the card with three basic pearls.

Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Happy Birthday Wishes and some Blog Candy

Hello Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using two challenges, first up was the Dynamic Duos Color Challenge:

Before you all say I used an extra color, browns is one of the allowed neutrals, I used one of the new In Colors called Baked Brown Sugar. 

Then I tried to use the sketch this week on the Freshly Made Sketches Blog:

I guess I missed a layer, but you can still see the inspiration was there. I did add my small little flags on the opposite corner too.

I had seen a card made with this technique HERE and wanted to give it a try, normally I am not a technique person but this was so easy.

I made my card very similar to the one shown just changing colors and sentiment and placement.

I think it turned out nice, what do you think? 

Leave me a comment and I will have a drawing at the end of the week for a some Blog Candy.

I wanted to thank all my loyal readers and all those who have been so supportive the past year. I continue to get e-mails daily from all of you asking how things are going and letting me know that you miss me. It means a great deal to me.

So what is the Blog Candy you ask?

 How about this a $50.00 dollar Stampin UP shopping spree. 

That's right, one luck reader will get to place a 50.00 dollar Stampin Up order with me and have it shipped free of charge to your home!! Sorry, but this has to be limited to US readers only!

Be sure to leave your e-mail addy with your comment so I can contact you!

Thanks for stopping by and 

Have a great week!!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos....Birthday Wishes

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

I took some time  out of my Sunday afternoon to make a card! Yea me!!!

I took a look at the challenge this week on the Dynamic Duos Blog and decided to try my hand with the the colors:

I love this new Stampin Up set called "Regarding Dahlias", so I pulled it out for this card.

I stamped the flower onto pear pizzazz card stock with Versmark and embossed using wome white embossing powder. I then used a couple of Copic Markers to color it. I really like how it turned out, altho I am not sure dahlias come in green.

The base of the card is Garden Green card stock and then a layer of white and then another piece of Pear Pizzaz. I embossed the "X's" across the bottom of the Pear Pizzazz with one of Needlepoint Border EF and added the Sentiment, which comes from the Four You stamp set.

I cut out the colored flower and added some dimensionals to the back before adding it to the base.

Clean and Simple!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos.....Hello

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the color challenge this week on the Dynamic Duos Blog:

I was a bit late hoping on the band wagon with this set, the Stampin Up Mosaic Madness with it's matching punch. This kind of stamp is not my favorite, but I have seen so many pretty cards made with it so I decided to give it a try. I love these colors and I think my card turned out pretty nice.

I used the Mosaic Embossing Folder on whisper white for the BG. I added some flowers punched with on of the Itty Bitty Punch pack punches and alot of bling in the way of some basic rhinestones.

The sentiment is from the Stampin Up Regarding Dahlias stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki 

Dynamic Duos.....Thanks So Much

Hello Peeps!!

Today's card share is made using the color challenge this week on the Dynamic Duos Blog.

I pulled out a retired Stampin Up set called "Kind and Caring Thoughts". I love this set, the imagesd and the sentiments are wonderful.

I stamped the leaf image using Pear Pizzazz, twice. The sentiment is added with black stazon.

The DSP is also from a retired pack and the ribbon is retired as well.

Thanks for stopping by.

Vicki

Dynamic Duos Blue Birthday

Happy Tuesday peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using this week's Dynamic Duo's Challenge.

I guess you knew I would have to make a card with some flowers!  This flower is from the Stampin Up "Secret Garden"set. I stamped my flowers with Bashful Blue ink and then sponged with Midnight Muse.

The leaves are stamped with Crumb Cake.

The sentiment is from the Stampin Up Petite Pairs stamp set.

I added some bashful blue satin ribbon, I love this satin ribbon!

The DSP is from the Prints Poetry pack. I used some basic pearls for corner accents and in the middle of the flowers.

Well, thanks for coming by today!!

Vicki

Dynamic Duos meets the Paper Players for Father's Day

Hello Peeps!!

Today I  am sharing a card I made combining two of my favorite challenges

The Dynamic Duo's Challenge this week is a great combo:

and the challenge this week at The Paper Players:

I love Pacific Point and don't use it very much and masculine cards are always a challenge for me and I thought combining the two would be the perfect marriage for my card.

The motorcycle is a retired Stampin Up single stamp that I just recently acquired. I stamped with black stazon and colored with pacific point.

The DSP on here is from the International Bazaar pack and I added in the basic black to mat and make my flags. The flags I embossed using the square lattice EF. I added a few silver brads at the top,  keeping it simple. 

I know just who will be getting this card! Hope he likes it. 

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki 

Dynamic Duos.....Birthday

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

today I am sharing a card made using a color challenge at Dynamic Duos.

This week is their one year anniversary and to celebrate they are asking us to choose a favorite past color combo. Well, as most of you know I love Concord Crush and I know it is retired but I love it so and I stocked up a bit before it retired, and team it up with Wisteria and it just sings!!!!

I decide to use a pretty Stampin Up set that is about to retire, "Just Believe" will be gone soon, lounging on a beach somewhere and soaking up the sun, but not my set, it is a keeper.

I stamped the image with Concord Crush a couple of times onto some Whisper White card stock and then made a mask for the moon with a post it note and my 1-1/2 inch circle sponge. I then sponged over the whole thing with Concord Crush going very dark to very light top to bottom.

The base of my card is a 5 inch x 10 inch  piece  of Concord Crush folded in half, then a layer of Wisteria Wonder and then I used my diagonal score board to create the lines on the white piece.

The main image is matted with wisteria and concord card stock.  The sentiment comes from the Happiest Birthday wishes stamp set. I added some Wisteria ribbon and silver brads to finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki