Adulting is Hard

 

Hello Peeps!!

Popping in here for a second time today to share a quick card that I made using the challenge

this week at The Paper Players:

I just had to get this set, even tho I am definitely not a coffee drinker, 

there is chocolate and cocktails in the set too and just how cute are these cups?

The look so retro, I LOVE them!!

I stamped the cups with Pool Party, Mango Melody and Melon Mambo. The little stars are done with Night of Navy.

 

The base of the card is Night of Navy and the center

 strip is Pool party as is part of the sentiment.

 

Cute, right?

Super easy and flat for mailing. 

We need simple sometimes.

Listed below are the "ingredients" used to make this project.

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 host code for August:

SSUJN4BB

 

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

Christmas Cardinal

 

Happy Friday Peeps!!

Finishing up the week with another Christmas card.

This one uses a couple of Christmas sets from the annual catalog.

The Toile Christmas stamp set and the Beautiful Boughs Dies for the pinecones and greenery.

This card was made last month for a Christmas in July color challenge. 

The colors to use were Cherry Cobbler, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry and Cinnamon Cider.

I did use a bit of Mossy Meadow, but it is in the Neutral family so I thought it was OK. :)

I managed to fit them all on here.

The new items on here are the Tasteful Textile EF and the pinecones are made using the new InColor, Cinnamon Cider, I also sponged the edgers of the pinecones using Cinnamon Cider ink/

 

The sentiment I used is from the new Poinsettia Petals stamp set. I embossed with Versmark and White Embossing Powder on Basic Black card stock.

 

My only added embellishment on here is a small bow made with the Braided Linen Trim.

 

Listed below are the "ingredients" used to make this project.

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 host code for August:

SSUJN4BB

 

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

Merry Christmas Bells

 

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!

How about we switch gears to Christmas for a couple of days?

I have made many Christmas cards already and haven't posted them yet, so let's get to it!

This Bundle "Sounds of the Season" was one I got right away!

I love bells and had hoped for a few years that Stampin Up would have some

pretty Bell dies for Christmas and this was the year and these are so nice!

I really like the holly and berries that are cut into these dies.

They are a bit tedious, because they are so small, to do but so worth the bother.

 

I die cut these with Gray Granite, Old Olive and Real Red to create the bells you see here.

I sponged the edges of the bells a bit with Gray Granite ink before adding the details.

After cutting the Gray Bells and pulling out the holly leaves and berries parts, I added some 

tape to the back covering the openings where the leaves and berries are to be replaced. This makes adding the Old Olive leaves and Real Red berries a bit easier.

These bells would be so pretty using gold or silver foil and I am going to try those next, but for this card I wanted a bit more country/prim look.

The Bells are added to my embossed scallop rectangle with dimensionals.

The pine greenery are dies from this set as well and make a great little bough to hang the bells from.

 

I used the pretty Red Braided Trim for my bow and bell srings.

The DSP used here is from the Tis the Season 6x6 pack.

The sentiment is from the same set and the red gems are from gems are from the Wonderful Gems pack.

Listed below are the "ingredients" used to make this project.

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 host code for August:

SSUJN4BB

 

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 Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I have another Fall card to share.

I made this one using the Beautiful Autumn Bundle along with the Gilded Autumn DSP!

I used one of the samples in the catalog for my inspiration. I made the wreath similar to the one pictured, I added  a few more leaves than pictured, but it was my jumping off point for my card. 

Most of the leaves and the Acorns I used were punched from one of the sheets of DSP.

I stamped the leaves that are Early Espresso and fussy cut them out to add to the wreath. 

 

The base of the card is Early Espresso card stock.

I then used another layer  of the Gilded Autumn Dsp down the middle of the base. I flag cut the bottom.

The next layer is another piece of DSP from he same pack. I stamped my sentiment on this piece.

I used Early Espresso ink and the sentiment is from the a returning favorite set, Gather Togeher.

Next is a Thick Whisper White piece that I die cut a circle in using a die from the Layering Circle Dies

The leaves are then arranged around the circle and acorns added in the corner.

I finished with a Braided Linen bow and a few basic rhinestones that I colored with my Pumpkin Pie Blend.

Listed below are the "ingredients" used to make this project.

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 host code for August:

SSUJN4BB

 

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

Spooktacular Time

 

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!! 

Are you ready for a fun Halloween card?

I had a blast putting this one together, it uses a lot of different die sets....The Pumpkins and wheat stalks come from the Autumn Essentials Dies ( I hand cut the eyes, nose and the mouths are from a couple of circle punches.) 

The cobweb Background is a die cut from the Tasteful Labels and embossed with the Cobweb EF.

The Pumpkin Pie die cut piece behind the black is a die from the Hippo & Friends Dies.

I made the sliver of Moon from a circle punch and is done with Daffodil Delight.

 

The base of the card is Basic Black.

 I used another layer of Basic black and embossed it with the Tasteful Textile EF.

I swiped my Whisper White Craft ink pad lightly across the embossed black area, as well as on the black cobweb piece.

I used a piece of plaid DSP from the  Plaid Tidings pack.

I die cut a couple of pieces of Blackberry Bliss cardstock strips to edge the plaid DSP. 

This edge die comes from the Ornate Borders Die set.

I wrapped a piece of Metallic Mesh Ribbon around this piece and tied a large bow at the top.

I then glued this piece to my base.

Then the main image layers were added to the base with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Ghoulish Goodies stamp set and stamped with Black Memento ink and die cut with a die from the Ornate Frames Die set.

The three little bats are from a retired punch from last year's mini catalog. 

I added some Wink of Stella to the bats to make them shine!

It is a busy card I know but OH SO FUN!! Don't ya think?

 

Listed below are the "ingredients" used to make this project.

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 host code for August:

SSUJN4BB

 

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

Hey there, pumpkin

 

Happy Monday Peeps!!!

Is it fall yet? UGH!! 

The heat is on here and it feels like Fall is far away.

But no fear, I have Fall, Halloween and Christmas cards to share this week, so at least

we can think cool thoughts and maybe it will get here quicker! LOL!!

Today's card features the Love of Leaves Bundle, along with a no line watercoloring pumpkin from the  Harvest Hello stamp set.

Also the wheat stalks come from the Autumn Essentials Dies.

I begun by stamping the Pumpkin with Cajun Craze ink onto

Thick Whisper White card stock and colored with Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze and my Water Brush.

There is a matching Punch for this stamp set, but I fussy cut out my Pumpkin because I didn't want the small white border around the pumpkin that the punch does.

I used a bit of white craft ink on the pumpkin after it had dried.

The stem is stamped and colored with Early Espresso ink.

I die cut the leaves, which are seriously so amazing! 

I love the look of these with the stitched lines!

I used Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso card sock for my leaves.

The wheat stalks are done in Very Vanilla card stock.

 

The base of the card is Crumb Cake followed with Very Vanilla and then another layer of Crumb Cake that I embossed with the Tasteful Textile EF.

I added a small strip of DSP from the Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP pack across the bottom.

I layered on my leaves and pumpkin with dimensionals.

The sentiment comes from the Harvest Hellos set and is stamped with Early Espresso ink and cut apart to add to the card.

 

I colored a few basic rhinestones with my Pumpkin Pie Blend to add  along with 

a small bow from made with some Braided linen.

Listed below are the "ingredients" used to make this project.

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 host code for August:

SSUJN4BB

 

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

Happy Birthday to you

 

Happy Thursday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing another card I made last week while playing

 with the All Things Fabulous set!

I stamped and cut out several flower and leaf images 

and this is one of the cards I made with them.

As I mentioned before  (in the first card I posted) when stamping these flowers I made up a template and used my Stamparatus which made it really easy to crank out a bunch of flowers.

I used a variety of colors, Highland Heather/Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight/Bumblebee,

Rococo Rose/Merry Merlot and Flirty Flamingo/Melon Mambo for the flowers.

The leaves are Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow.

 

I mounted my floral arrangement on a die cut from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.

I sponged a bit of So Saffron on before adding my floral arrangement

 and the sentiment is from the Best Year stamp set. 

Listed below are the "ingredients" used to make this project.

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 host code for August:

SSUJN4BB

 

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