Summer Door Hanger

Good Monday Morning Peeps!

Today I am sharing a Summer door hanger that I made yesterday. My friend Wendy has been making several of these door hangers lately and she inspired me to get my blank wood door hanger out and make me a Summer one.

On Saturday Wendy texted me and asked if I would like to take a little road trip with her. Where? I asked. To a scrapbook/stamp store came the reply. I'm in was my quick reply! LOL!! So off we went to Shawnee Mission Kansas, a couple of hours drive from us. Wendy was in search of some stamps she wanted for a special birthday card she needed to make and I was "just looking". :)  I ended up with a couple of things, one being some of the cute polka dotted paper you see on my door hanger. The rest is all Stampin' Up ~~ card stock, punches, ribbon and buttons.

I free handed the watermelon, well the base anyway. I first made a little template with some scrap white card stock and folded it in half to get both corners the same. I cut a  red piece and a dark green piece for the watermelon and layered them together, making the green piece a little bigger of course. I then used my scallop circle punch to take a "bite" out of the watermelon piece. The "seeds"  are made with the blossom bouquet triple punch, the pieces that are punched out of the flower are perfect little "tear drops" for seeds.

The crow is made up of punches and I used the instructions I found HERE. I changed it just a bit, I made feet for my crow with the snowflake punch and I used the square lattice EF to make my crow's hat look like straw and I added some googlie eyes to mine too.

I made some sunflowers using the 5-petal flower punch and the center is made with a 1 inch circle punch. I added some daffodil delight satin ribbon to the top and the buttons are some I got during SAB. I turned them to the back side because that side matched my colors better. I threaded some black jute through the buttons.

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

Vicki

OCC..Color Challenge Thanks

Good Saturday Morning Peeps!

It is time for another new challenge over on the Our Creative Corner Blog. This week our challenge hostess is Lori Rider and she has a fun color challenge with a twist for us.

The twist: use at least three different punches, and one of the three has to be a border punch.

I used a retired SAB set called "Sweet Summer". I really love this set and these fun flowers. I stamped with black stazon onto watercolor paper. I stamped the flower heads onto some scrap watercolor paper and colored them in with my aqua painter using both razzleberry ink and regal rose ink. I colored the stem and leaves with soft suede ink. I cut out the flower heads and added them to the main image piece with some dimensionals.

I used my first punch to round the top corners of the image panel. I then decided to use two border punches to make my ruffled bottom pieces. I used the lace border and scallop border punches. I used baja breeze, regal rose, soft suede and rich razzleberry card stock.

 

I added some rich razzleberry satin ribbon to tie around and make a bow. The sentiment on here comes from the Afterthoughts hostess stamp set. I added alot of tiny silver pearls to the flowers.

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 today, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

OCC...ATC's

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 Rebecca Ednie from Eclectic Endeavours and her challenge for us is:

Let's make ATCs! These mini pieces of art measure 2.5x3.5" and are fun and quick to make! Show us your ATC as is or incorporate it into another project. Here's the Twist. You have to use Kraft plus cream or white, black or chocolate and ONLY ONE other main colour.

I chose to incorporate my ATC into my card and show it to you that way. The ATC is easy to spot on here, it is the middle piece. I had never made an ATC until this challenge, so be easy on me. I too, mis-read the instructions, (Hey, it happens!), when making mine ATC. So when I started making this I thought I needed to use cream, my watercolor paper, and to use Kraft or chocolate or black, but it really was yo use Kraft plus chocolate or black. But by the time I realized my mix-up I wasn't in the mood to start over, so my black comes in the form of the stamped outline of the flowers and leaves. Sorry about that, but after the week I have had it just has to be that way! LOL!!!

My one color on here is Pacific Point, love that color! My base is crumb cake and then I used pacific point for the next layer. I embossed that layer with the tulip frame EF. The middle piece or the ATC is made up Crumb Cake, Pacific Point and my water colored piece. I added the flower heads to the piece with some foam tape. The flowers are from the Stampin' Up Sweet Summer stamp set. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. I used a bunch of small silver pearls on the flowers and added some very vanilla seam binding ribbon.


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

Springtime Smiles

Good Monday Morning Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made for the Paper Players Challenge. This week the Challenge is Spring has Sprung.

I really love this SAB set, Sweet Summer, I colored my flowers with perfect plum and certainly celery inks. I stamped the flowers onto watercolor paper and used my aqua painter to color. The sentiment is from the Easter Blossoms stamp set and I used a couple of nesties on this card. I stamped the butterflies and cut them out and added them to the card with a bit of a dimensional. I added some stickles to the wings of the butterflies too. I used some certainly celery satin ribbon to weave the sentiment piece through and tie a pretty bow.

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

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

Mojo.......Birthday Wishes

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.

I chose to make a square card, this one is 5 inch square of crumb cake card stock. I followed that with rose red card stock and the DSP is from the Springtime Vintage paper pack.

The stamp set I used is one of the free SAB sets called Sweet Summer. Love this set, it may be my favorite of the SAB stamps. The sentiment is from the Occasional Quotes Hostess set. The rose red scallop is the new 2-3/8 inch punch. I ran that scallop circle through the square lattice EF. I added some rose red seam binding and some crochet trim layered together and tied into a pretty bow.

The flower heads on the main panel is cut out and added to the panel with dimensionals. I used rose red and old olive to color in the flowers with my aqua painter.



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

Vicki

SSSC106....Miss You

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:


What a great sketch, I love working with circles! I reached for the SAB set Sweet Summer for this card. I stamped the image onto very vanilla card stock with black stazon. I also stamped three flower heads onto some scrap very vanilla. I colored this in with baja breeze and crumb cake ink using my aqua painter. I cut out the flower heads and added them to the image with some dimensionals. I used some of the basic pearls on the flower and image. I cut out my circle image with my nesties and also a scallop circle matt.

The base of the card is crumb cake and I followed that with another layer of crumb cake that I embossed half of with the square lattice EF. The designer paper on here comes from the Elegant Soiree DSP pack. I used some crumb cake seam binding ribbon to tie around and make a bow. The sentiment on here come from the Three Little Words stamp set.



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

SC319....Get Well wishes

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

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

This was a fun sketch to work with. I used the Sweet Summer set that you can get free during the SAB promotion going on right now. I stamped the flower heads on some watercolor paper and colored them in with some regal rose ink using my aqua painter. I cut them out and then stamped the stem/leaves image onto another piece of watercolor paper. I colored them in with old olive ink and my aqua painter. I then used some dimensionals and added the flower heads onto the stems.




I stamped the little butterfly and colored it in with a bot of bashful blue and then cut it out and added it with a dimensional too. The Designer Series Paper I used comes from the retired Georgia Peach paper pack I used some Regal Rose ribbon and tied a pretty little bow.

The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and is stamped with black stazon onto a scrap piece of watercolor paper. I used my word window punch to punch it out and I added it to the ribbon with some sticky tape. This is to mimic the square piece on the sketch, a bit of a stretch, I think, but hey it is an element there, so it works!



Well, that is all from me, tomorrow and Saturday I will be showing you some more of my "Monster Cards", so stay tuned for them! Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

OCC....Happy Birthday!

Hello Peeps and Happy Monday!!!

Today I am sharing a card i made with the challenge this week on the Our Creative Corner Blog. It's a "Three Musketeers" color challenge which actually means an analogous color scheme challenge. So we are to choose any 3 colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. I choose, Red, Orange and Yellow, which translates in my colors as, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie and More Mustard. I have to admit, this is NOT my favorite card I have ever made, the colors are a bit much for my taste.

I used the SAB set Sweet Summer and water colored the flowers with the colors I choose. I also used some always artichoke for the leaves! The base of the card is Poppy Parade and I followed that with some pumpkin pie card stock and the DS paper from the Sweet and Sour Speciality Pack. I used a bit of more mustard that I had embossed with the square lattice EF, I cut the image out with my circle nesties and matted with a scallop circle nestie in poppy parade. I used some poppy parade ribbon and wrapped it around and tied a pretty bow. I was going to have the sentiment hang from the bow but couldn't get one I liked to work. So I just ended up stamping and using the word window punch and added it across the middle flower at the bottom. I finished it off with a few silver pearls and called it done!!

I have a mojo card to show you tomorrow that I like much better and this weekend will be a busy time on the blog, Saturday I will have my first item up as one of the new Design Team members on the Our Creative Corner Blog and the Paper Crafters Sample Design Team will be having a blog hop and of course the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, so be sure and keep an eye out for all the FUN!!!

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

Vicki

SSSC101.....Thank You for your Kindness

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

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




I started my card with a base of Pear Pizzazz. I followed that up with some designer paper form the Springtime Vintage paper pack, which is a new pack in the Occasions Mini Catalog. Love this paper! I then used the Top Note die and some Baja Breeze card stock and another piece of paper from the Springtime Vintage pack. The main element is an oval piece of watercolor paper that is matted with a pear pizzazz scallop oval.

I used a SAB set, that will be available starting the 25th for free with a $50.00 purchase. The set is called Sweet Summer. I am really liking this set for water coloring, so pretty. The sentiment is from the Hostess set Occasional Quotes. I added some pear pizzazz ribbon and some pearls to the corners. I also added some diamond dust glitter to the bee's wings and to the flower centers.






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.

This week we are welcoming a new member to the Sketch Team: The fabulous Dana White from Dana's House of Cards. Be sure and stop by and welcome her to the team!!


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