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Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I have a little sneak peek for you

 from the Holiday mini called Seasonal Wreaths.

This is the first thing I inked up from my pre-order, I love this set.

I stamped the wreath image, which is just one curved stamp, 4 times to make the wreath circle

on thick Whisper White using Black Stazon ink.

I colored the image with my Aqua Painter and ink pads using

Terracotta Tile for the flowers and Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow for the leaves.

I die cut out the image using the Stitched Rectangle Dies, 

I ran it through a second time to get it square.

 

I mated the wreath image with Early Espresso card stock.

I die cut a stitched Scallop piece with Terracotta Tile card stock using a 

die from the Be Mne Dies. 

I added it across the bottom of the wreath panel.

The base of the card is Early Espresso card stock.

The pretty DSP is from the Come to Gather DSP pack, also from the 

upcoming Holiday Catalog.

I die cut the sentiment piece from the Stitched Labels Dies.

I added the sentiment which is from the Seasonal Wreath set using Early Espresso ink.

 I added it to the wreath image with dimensionals.

I added a burlap twine bow and a small flower image from the set, that I colored and fussy cut out,

to the end of the sentiment piece.

 

I finished with a few rhinestones and faceted dots.

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

Wildflower Meadow Birthday

Hello Peeps!!!

Another sweet little sneak peek. Love this new set with matching embossing folder called Wildflower Meadow.

I saw a card similar to this one on Stampin Connection (a demo only site) and had to give this technique a try.

To start you stamp the image with white craft ink onto the Crumb Cake card stock. I then used my ink pads and aqua painter to color the image. Love the results.

I used some Primrose Petals and Raspberry Ripple card stock for the base and the mat.

Admittedly I need some more practice with this technique but it sure is fun to work with!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Happy Birthday

Hello Peeps!!

Today I have another sneak peek share for you,

I love this new DSP, called Gingham Garden, isn't the gingham so pretty?

I used daffodil delight for the base of my card and then some white card stock to amt the DSP onto.

I made another tissue paper flower, this time I used daffodil delight ink to color the flower.

 I punched out about 8-10 layers of tissue using my scallop circle punch. I used my piercing tool and mat pack to put a small hole through the center of the scallop circles. I then added a small brad through them to hold all the layers together.

Then using a sponge and the ink pad start sponging ink onto the layers of tissue all around and then pull up the first layer and repeat with each layer of tissue. Does, that make sense? It is really easy and makes some pretty cute flowers. :) I made the leaves using the blossom builder punch. 

The sentiment is from the retired "Something to Celebrate" set. I finished off with a few basic pearls.

Thanks for stopping by for a peek!!! 

Have a great day!

Vicki

Sneak Peek...Simply Sketched

Hello Peeps!!

Popping in here with a quick share.

I have a little sneak peek for you from the up coming Stampin' Up catalog.

This image is from a new Hostess Set Called "Simply Sketched". So pretty, and I love the pretty sentiments in this set. 

I also giving you a little peek at one of the new in colors, the light green on here is Pistachio Pudding.

The base of the card is the Pistachio and then some Confetti Cream and then Crumb cake that I embossed with the perfect dots EF.

I used the doily die to mount my main image onto. I  held the cut pieces in place by using some scotch tape on the back of the die cut piece, just letting the very outside pieces come out. Love the look. I colored the flowers with some peach parfait ink and my aqua painter.

Hope you like this little sneak peek. Thanks for coming by!

Vicki 

Edited to Add: I have had several e-mails asking about the doily. This is what I did, After cutting out the doily, the pieces do not fall out without a bit of help, at least on the ones I have done. I took some pieces of scotch tape and laid them over the back of the die, avoiding just the small areas I wanted to come out. Really simple and easy. Pretty much I covered the whole back of the die cut piece with the tape. Hope that helps, if you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Retro Sketch......friends

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using this week's Retro Sketch.

I also using some fun new items that will be available August 1st from Stampin Up's Holiday Mini Catalog.

I used the Perfectly Preserved stamp set and matching dies.

I am totally loving these. 

And how about that new DSP that co-ordinates with this set, it is called Orchard Harvest.

The apples and one of the cute jar covers is stamped with Raspberry Ripple and the other jar cover is more mustard. You can also see another sneak peek and bit of the Woodgrain Embossing Folder.

The sentiment on here is from the Sweet Essentials set. 

Well, thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SSSC159......Birthday Wishes

Happy SundayPeeps!!

It is time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the SWEET sketch Karen has for us this week:

A fun sketch with lots of layers and accents....my favorite kind!!!

I started out with a base of rich razzleberry card stock. 

I once again used pulled out the Stampin Up Floral District DSP and the "Betsy's Blossoms" stamp set. Both of these are just a tiny sneak peek of what is in store for you when the new catalog comes out June 1st.

I pulled my colors from this fun DSP, rich razzleberry, daffodil delight, old olive and whisper white.

Isn't that little bird so cute? Love the floral wings! 

I added some little flowers using one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack, and some 1/8 inch razzleberry taffeta ribbon. I stopped myself from making a sentiment flag, which is something I tend to do way to much, I stamped this sentiment, which comes from the retired "Occasional Quotes" stamp set,  with black ink directly onto my main panel. The bird and the wing are on dimesionals. I used the Pinking Heart edge punch to add the little element on the edge of the main piece.

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, and Guest Designer has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing 

Jen-JenTapler Designs-on vacation

Karen-Paper Playhouse-

Lynn-The Queen's Scene-is celebrating her 20th anniversary this weekend but will have her card up on Monday

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell 

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

and this week's Sweet Guest Designer: Melissa Hubert

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

Vicki

Hello

TGIF Peeps!!

Hope you all have had a great week, it has been non stop rain and gloom here in southwest MO all week.  So I thought I would try and chase away some of the gloom with a bright sun shiney card.

I hear that yellow and gray is a hot color combo right now and I can certainly understand why after working with them.

I wanted to use some of the new and coming to customers in April, "Summer Smooches" products. I finally dove into the Designer Paper and Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon.

The base of the card is Basic Gray card stock and then I added pretty piece of DSP.

I then used another piece of basic gray card stock that I had embossed with the dots folder.

The stamp is from the "Just Believe" stamp set from Stampin' Up. I stamped it with Basic Gray ink onto the  whisper white card stock.

I then used my Boho Blossom punch and punched a few flowers with some daffodil delight card stock.

the smallest flower at the top is made with one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. I "cupped" all the flowers by using my mat pack and stylus. Lay the punched flower onto the foam piece from the mat pack and using your stylus make small circles in the middle of the flower which makes the flower curl up a bit.

I added the flowers to the card using my tombow glue. I then added a pearl to each flower center.

The sentiment comes from the SAB Elementary Elegance stamp set.  I used the 1-1/4 inch and 1-3/8 inch circle punches to make the circle sentiment piece. I added a row of pearls under the sentiment and some pearls to the corners.

Thanks for stopping by today and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

A Cutesy Sneaky Peeky

Happy Friday Peeps!!

Today I have a fun sneak peek for you!

One of the fun new products that would be available to purchase in April.

 A fun new suite of products that will be in the 2012-2013 catalog called Summer Smooches. 

  Well, as a demonstrator I was able to preorder that product at the beginning of March so I can play and make some samples to be ready when it is available in April. 

 I was so excited to play with this new die.

The Petite Purse Bigz Die

Cute!!

The Summer Smooches Suite also contains some pretty new DSP, fabric covered brads, fabric, daffodil delight seam binding ribbon, as well as a new stamp set. More on all those later, I just couldn't bring myself to cut into the new DSP yet.... it takes me a few days!! LOL!

I just grabbed some paper and card stock from my scrap folder to make these two little purses!

Well, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Snow Much Fun

TGIF Peeps!!!

Today I have another sneak peek for you. This is from an up coming new set called "Snow Much Fun"!! Ya'll know I love me some snowmen!! This guy is such a cutie!!! I used some retired DS paper from last year, since we didn't get any Christmas/winter type paper in our sneak peeks. This is from the Deck the Hall paper pack.

I stamped the snowman onto the very vanilla card stock with black stazon ink. I colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I used basic gray, cherry cobbler, always artichoke, soft suede and pumpkin pie.I added a bit of dazzling diamonds to the snowman but the picture didn't capture it at all.

Since the snowman is quite tall, he is almost 4 inches, he takes up alot of room on the card. I struggled a bit with where to add my sentiment. I finally decided to use part of one of the sentiments and cut it apart and add it to the main panel. I added some cherry cobbler and always artichoke seam binding and a few basic pearls.

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

Vicki