SUO....thanks

 

Happy Tuesday Peeps!

Time for a new challenge over at SUO Challenges.

This time we have a great sketch.

I decided to use he pretty Inspiring Iris again and one of my 

favorite colors, Highland Heather.

I stamped the image using Highland Heather and Pear Pizzaz.

My sentiment is from the same set and is stamped with 

Black Memento ink.

 

I used three different embossing folders for my 

background strips. I used the  Tufted, Basket  Weave and he Country Floral 

embossing folders.

My card is a 4-1/2 inch square. The base is Highland Heather and 

then a layer of whisper white followed by

my embossed strips.

 

I finished it with a white twine bow and a few basic rhinestones. 

Have I convinced you that you NEED this set yet? LOL!

Thanks for coming by!

Vicki

SUO...Happy Birthday

 

Hello Peeps!!

It is Tuesday which means another challenge at SUO Challenges.

This week is all about Dies and Die Cuts.

My card is loaded with Die Cuts. 

I used the super nice Rectangle Stitched Dies 

along with dies that cut out my flowers and stems and the

Stitched Nested Label dies for my sentiment.

I used he Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and stamped my flowers

with Lovely Lipstick ink.

My stems are die cut with Old Olive card stock.

 

I really liked how this card came out so much I made a couple

more using different colors and sentiments, I will show you those later this week.

It is simple and straightforward and easy enough to 

mass produce if needed.

 

I finished the card with a few basic pearls and a small lovely lipstick bow.

I hope you can join us this week and show off some of you dies with us.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

 

SUO...Life's a Journey

 

Hello Peeps!!

It is Tuesday which means another challenge at SUO Challenges.

This week is a Masculine Theme Challenge.

I am using the One Wild Ride stamp set for my Masculine themed card.

Masculine is definitely hard for me, you all know I am a floral girl. 

But I gave it whirl. 

I used one of the new Stitched Nested Label Dies for my

motorcycle image. 

I stamped with Black Memento Ink onto the Whisper White 

die cut piece.

 

The base of my card is Smokey Slate card stock.

I then embossed a piece of the Galvanized Metallic Paper and the 

Corrugated EF.

The DSP on here is all from the Classic Garage pack.

I stamped the  sentiment piece directly onto the orange piece of DSP and cut out.

I used some jute twine wrapped behind the motorcycle piece and the 

sentiment piece.

 

Both pieces are added to the card with dimensionals.

I hope you can join us this week and create a Masculine card to share.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

The World Needs More of You

Hello Peeps!

Today I have a fun card to share that also uses a new stamp set.

This is the Floral Essence Set.

I love this flower and how it looks stamped. The solid image is so pretty!

A little tip I learned when using these solid images, 

If your ink pad is too "juicy" use your bone folder

 (or even a Popsicle stick would work), 

rub it back and forth across the pad to push some of the ink down into the pad.

You can tell it is working as the area you rub across will get lighter in color.

Don't rub too aggressively, just a light touch will do the trick.

Once you do this the image will stamp perfectly.

 I used Lovely Lipstick for my flowers and Daffodil Delight for the centers. 

The leaves are Granny Apple Green and come form the 

Everything is Rosy stamp set.

 

I used the Nested Stitched Label Dies again,

so love those!

I stamped the sentiment from the Free as a Bird set onto

my stitched label piece with Black Memento ink.

The base of the card is Lovely Lipstick and then a layer of 

white I embossed with the Basket Weave EF.

I added the stitched die piece to the embossed layer with dimensionals.

I then added my white twine up the side and tied a bow.

I then added my flowers around the stitched die piece moving and

arranging til I achieved an arrangement I liked.

I then tucked in the leaves around the flowers.

 

I finished with a few basic rhinestones.

Linking to the The Flower Challenge:

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Vicki

Everything is Rosy

 

Happy Thursday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the new  Everything is Rosy Product Medley.

This is such a gorgeous suite

I stamped my flowers using Melon Mambo ink and my leaves are

stamped with Pear Pizzazz ink.

 

I die cut the flowers and leaves with the matching dies.

The paper in this set is beautiful as well.

I die cut the edge piece and viney leaves with the rose gold foil paper.

The sentiment is stamped onto a die cut circle with Night of Navy ink.

 

The base of y card is Night of Nacy card stock and then a layer of whisper white that I  

embossed with the Basket Weave EF.

I then made a little matching box.

 

I love to make boxes and figure out the design, I went thorough a few sheets of scrap 

paper to get it right. I am sure I could have found a tutorial somewhere for one like this but

I just like the process of figuring it out myself.

Well, thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

 

I Couldn't Have Picked A Better Friend

 

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!!

Time for a new challenge at SUO Challenges.

This week it is all about Spring.

Nothing says Spring more than flowers, and you know I love making flowery cards. 

I used the sketch this week at Fab Friday for my card.

I used the Pop of Petals stamp set for my flowers.

I stamped three of each color using Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Melon Mambo.

There is a matching punch with his set but after punching out a couple i ended up fussy cutting as the punch left to much of white around my flowers for the flowers I was creating.

 

I stamped the leaves with Pear Pizzazz ink and cut them out as well.

My flowers are mounted to a piece of whisper white that I die cut with one of the stitched rectangle dies.

My sentiment is from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set.

I found a piece of the black and white gingham paper from the Butterfly gala pack in my scrap pile, I thought I had used it all. But after this card I only have a couple of tiny pieces left.

 

The flowers and the Sentiment piece are both added to the card with dimensionals.

I used a piece of Melon Mambo card stock for my banner piece. I die cut a piece of whisper white with a edge die from the Be Mine Stitched Dies to layer behind the Melon Mambo banner.

I fussy cut out a pretty little butterfly from the Butterfly Gala DSP and added it just under the flowers.

Be sure and head over to the SUO Challenges Blog, we would 

love to have you join us.

Thanks for coming by today.

Vicki

 

SUO....Let's Celebrate You

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Time for a new challenge over at SUO Challenges Blog.

The challenge is CELEBRATIONS

Any thing you want to celebrate is great!

I recently picked up the Painted Harvest set and while it is probably more a fall set I decided to use it anyway.

I stamped my flower with Mariana Mist and Night of Navy.

Isn't it pretty in blue?

I stamped the leaf with Old Olive.

 

The base of my card is Night of Navy card stock.

I then embossed a piece of Whisper White using the Corrugated EF.

The DSP is from the Needlepoint Nook pack.

I die cut my image peice with a die from the Rectangle dies, then ran it back through

cutting off one end to make it square.

 

I finished my card with a few little basic rhinestones and white twine wrap with a bow.

I pulled apart a piece of the  Flax ribbon to make the twine.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us, we would love to see your Celebration cards.

Be sure to head over to the SUO Challenge Blog 

to see what the rest of the team did with this fun challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Vicki

 

SUO.....Happy Birthday Sketch

Hello Peeps!!

Today brings a new challenge at

 SUO Challenges

This time we have a great sketch for you to play with:

 

I started by stamping three flowers from the Tea Together stamp set.

I used black stazon and Thick Whisper White card stock.

I colored with Highland Heather and Peat Pizzazz ink and my Aqua Painter

I die cut them out with the matching dies.

 

I used Highland Heather card stock  for my base and followed that with a piece of whisper white.

The DSP is from the Needlepoint Nook pack.

Next up I used a piece of whisper white for my main panel.

I stamped the sentiment with Memento Black ink.

It comes from the Piece of Cake set.

 

I added the flowers with dimensionals.

I die cut two stitched scallop strips from the Be Mine dies with 

Highland Heather and added them to the edges of the white piece.

I finished with a few sticky rhinestones.

Please head over to the SUO Challenge blog and check out what the rest of the team

did with this fun sketch. We would love to have play along with us.

Thanks for coming by!

Vicki

 

 

SUO...Happy Birthday

 

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

It is time for a new challenge at SUO Challenges.

This week is especially fun  because is is 

DESIGNER'S CHOICE!

Make whatever you like, just keep it Stampin' Up only!

I chose to use the You're Inspiring stamp set.

I first created my blue water colored background using Pacific Point ink.

I then die cut with the rectangle stitched dies my frame with thick Whisper White card stock.

 

I then colored my flowers, I stamped with black stazon onto thick whisper white and colored with

Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie. I used Pear Pizza for the leaves. 

I then fussy cut them out.

I used my exacto knife to get into a few areas. I wanted my BG to show through all the areas

around the leaves, so a lot of effort went into cutting out those areas.

I then added the flowers to my piece with dimensionals.

I die cut my sentiments using the Well Written and Well Said sets.

I used a piece of Velum to mount the sentiments.

 

I debated on my base a bit but finally went with So Saffron to mount it all on.

I finished with a few sticky rhinestones.

We would love for you to join us!!

Thanks for coming by.

Vicki

SUO....Birthday Balloons

 

 Hello Peeps!

It is Tuesday so you know what that means....

a new challenge at  SUO Challenges!

This week's challenge is Coloring!

OK, you all know that is one of my favorite things to do.

I just got this fun Hostess set called Hand Delivered and 

thought the balloons in the set would be great for my challenge card.

I stamped the top balloon part twice and the bottom piece once.

I stamped with black stazon onto some watercolor paper.

 

I used Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Pacific Point for my balloons.

The two front balloons were colored and added with dimensionals over the the bottom balloons.

I fussed with this card for a LONG time.

 I just couldn't find a layout or DSP I like when putting it together.

I finally just decided to go simple with my background and I do like the end results.

The sentiment comes from the same set and I stamped and cut it out by hand.

I added a piece of red card stock cut the same way under the edge.

 

I finished the card with a few little sequin flowers  

from the Gingham Gala Sequin pack and a few small rhinestones.

Be sure and head over to the SUO Challenge Blog 

we would love for you to play along. 

Vicki

Congratulations

 

Happy Thursday Peeps!

I have had another busy week of work and not much crafting time.

I did get a chance to sit for a bit and I made this card.

I used three challenges for my inspiration.

First I did a loose interpretation of the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches 

As you can see I flipped it.

The challenge at The Paper Players

is a fun "Spring Fever" challenge.

 

 and at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge

I am using gingham, from the Gingham Gala pack.

 

The pretty flowers come from the Bloom by Bloom set.

I used Night of Navy and Balmy Blue inks.

My sentiment is from the Bouquet Bunch stamp set.

I stamped it with Night of Navy ink on a scrap piece of card stock.

I hand cut the end in a banner and added it to my card with some dimensionals. 

The base of the card is thick whisper white and then another 

layer of white that I die cut with one of the dies from the rectangle framelits.

 I used he Basket Weave EF and added a piece of blue gingham DSP.

The flowers are fussy cut out and added with dimensionals.

I used a few leaves that was cut from a die in the Wonderful Floral framelits.

I finished with a few little rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

 

SUO....Hello Beautiful

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Today brings a new challenge at the SUO Challenges.

We have a fun color challenge for you this time.

Lovely Lipstick, Granny Apple Green and Pool Party 

with the optional color of Mango Melody.

I opted out of the optional color and just went with the 

Lovely Lipstick, Pool Party and Granny Apple Green.

I pulled out my Climbing Rose set to begin my card.

Let's face it, if I could make a flower type card every time I stamp I would be in heaven. LOL!

I stamped my image and colored with lovely lipstick for the flowers and granny apple green for the leaves. I used Pool Party around he flower image 

I used my new Rectangle Stitched dies to cut out my panel.

 

I also stamped a couple of Butterflies from the Butterfly Gala set and used the matching punch to cut them out.

I colored these two little guys with pool party and granny apple green.  

T he base of my card is Lovely Lipstick card stock.

Then another layer of Lovely Lipstick that I embossed with the Lace Dynamic EF.

I added the image rectangle to my base piece with dimesionals.

I cut a strip of Basic Black to emboss my sentiment on to.

The sentiment is from the Butterfly Gala set.

 

I stamped and fussy cut out  a few of the leaves to add over the edges of my design.

I then finished up with a few basic rhinestones. 

Be sure to head over to the SUO Challenge Blog, we would love it if you joined us.

Thanks for stopping by.

Vicki

SUO....Happy Birthday

 

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Today brings a new challenge over at SUO Challenge Blog.

The challenge is to use a favorite set from the Occasions mini or SAB.

You don't have to look far to know that I LOVE flower cards, so I choose to use the Lovely Lattice stamp set from the SAB catalog along with a few other favorites from the Occasions mini.

I stamped the flowers on some thick whisper white with Black stazon.

I colored hem using my aqua painter and ink pads. I used Highland Heather, Daffodil delight and Pear Pizzazz inks.

I fussy cut out the flowers I wanted to use and hen sit them aside to make the rest of my card.

 

Another fave for me is the Gingham Gala DSP, I just love it!

I just got the Lace Dynamic EF so I had to try it out.  It is so pretty!

The base of my card is Thick Whisper White followed by Highland Heather and then my embossed layer.

The sentiment comes from the All That You Are set and I used a die from the Rose Trellis Thinlits.

I finished up with a few sequins from the Gingham Gala Sequins pack.

Be sure to head over to the SUO Challenges Blog we would love to have you play along.

Thanks for coming by.

Vicki

Stinkin' Sweet

 

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

I am using the fun sketch at  CAS(E) this sketch 

for my card today.

  Also the theme challenge this week at The Paper Players is all about Love.

Do you think my stinkin' sweet skunk qualifies? 

He is awful cute and spreading some love so I say yes!! :)

He comes from the Hey Love set, and he my be my favorite from the set.

I stamped the image and sentiment onto my oval die cut with Black Memento ink. 

I colored with my Copic Markers.

 

I used a base of basic black card sock.

I then took another piece of basic black and embossed using the Corrugated EF.

I added a small piece of black gingham from the Botanical Butterfly pack.

I used a small strip of Real Red between the two layers.

I cut out a red scallop oval to mat my image piece and added it to the card with dimensionals.

 

I finished it off with a few basic rhinestones.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Vicki