Doodle Pantry Topiary Seasons

If you are here to play in the Doodle Pantry Blog Hop, click here for that link. How are you all today? I am tired...I feel like time sprang ahead instead of falling back! Well, I have another Christmas card for you today! This one is using the Doodle Pantry Topiary Seasons set. And I colored this one myself! I have not colored for a while so thought I had better pull those Copics out before they dry out on me! After adding a few stickles to the image, I mounted it on some shiny gold cardstock and placed it on the base card on top of that awesome die cut. The die cut is called Cathedral Lace from Cheery Lynne Designs. I had lots of fun creating this card...forgot how much I enjoyed coloring. This post is short and sweet today...off to get some much needed chores done! Hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for sharing part of it with me!

HUGS!
Vicki

Fly By Easter Greetings

Hello again! I just wanted to share another one of the cards that I created for my 6 card Easter order...these cards were made for a lady at work...individualized for each of her grandchildren. Now this card was for a 4 year old boy who loves planes. Gosh, I was challenged! How do I make an airplane into an Easter card? My imagination just has not returned to me yet! But I did find this coloring page and decided to try my hand at it. All my coloring was done in Photoshop...except for the shadow around the plane...that was created using BG00000 Copic marker. The sentiment was a stamp. Added some spring colored paper trimmed on the corners with a MS punch and voila...an Easter card! Now most of you may not have been challenged by this type of request but you have to remember...I have been out of commission for a while! OHHH I forgot to mention the "eyes" I glued onto the plane! Maybe not the most appropriate thing to put on a card for a 4 year old but I just couldn't resist! Hope Mom keeps a close eye on him! Well that is all for today, hope to see you back soon. I am making sure that I return the visit to all of you who leave me love! It is greatly appreciated. Have a great day today!

HUGS!
Vicki

JustRite meets Make the Cut

Good morning again! I really was not sure I would get back this weekend but I had some great play time yesterday! I am one happy camper...got to play with my JustRite stamps AND my cricut using the Make the Cut software! I am just having a blast. Today's cards image is from the JustRite Stitched with Love set...colored with copics and cut out and embossed with the circle nestability. And for the base of my card and my mat, I created that in Make the Cut! I learned a new technique from Beanie...go here for the tutorial...be sure to look around while you are there...she has lots of cute ideas using Make the Cut software. Thank you Beanie for the tutorial! If you are interested in my mtc file I will be more than glad to share it with you...just drop me an email...I don't have it saved as an svg file yet but will do so if you would like it in that format. Now...for my bling...that's right a girl has to add the bling....I used an 8MM pink brad from Pizzazz Aplenty...the flatback pearls are also from Pizzazz Aplenty however, they were white...I colored them with one of the copic marker colors that I used in my image. And last but not least, I embossed the card base with an A7 Cuttlebug folder. Those A7 folders sure come in handy for the larger cards. This card measures about 4.75 x 5 so I am going to have to make my own envie for it...but that isn't hard to do! Well I hope you are having as awesome of a day as I hope to...off to do some more playing so hopefully I will have some cards to show you through the week. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me...I will be by to see all of you who leave me love a little later in the day today!
HUGS!
Vicki

Coming Soon!

Good morning! Well I am off to work today, holidays are over! I did get to play a bit yesterday and will have a few cards for you this week. Today's card was created with a new "coming soon" image from Glitterbabe. It is called Pacific Dogwood and will be an upcoming attraction at Glitterbabe's Art...be watching for it! What a beautiful flower! I colored it with Copic markers, added a pink border around it using one of my JustRite stamp borders. Then cut out the image and matted it using the oval nestabilities. The background was created using the smaller of the Fleur De Lis dies...cut and embossed 6 of them and glued them to the pink cardstock...then added the bow. The bow might be a little tooooooo big for the card...hope it doesn't overpower it...but it is on there now!!! I plan on doing some heavy duty visiting tonight and I will be sure to be by to see all of you who leave me love! Thanks so much for stopping in today.

HUGS!
Vicki

Toadally Merry Christmas

Oh wow, sorry for being gone so long...time has flown by for me! I spent all day Friday with two of my grandsons and they spent the night...Saturday morning after Dad came to pick them up, I went in to make the bed and pulled my back out of place picking up a pillow!!! Can you believe that!! Needless to say, Saturday and Sunday were a wash for me...couldn't sit, couldn't stand, etc! But today I did get into the chiropractor very early this morning so I am back on the road to recovery! AND...I haven't made my bed since!!! LOL. I have been blessed with two card orders from ladies at work...for a total of 18 Christmas cards. The one you see above is one of them. One of my ladies has a relative that loves frogs...so...this is my creation for her. Pretty simple...the image is from Pink Cat Studios...colored with copics and a little glitter added to the hat. The image was cut out with the Lacey Square Nestability then matted on two Inverted Scalloped Square nesties cut in half and lined up. The background of the card was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and spritzed with Frost Shimmer. My sentiment was computer generated and cut out using the Labels Eight nestability...added some flatback pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty to the tag and used some of the Red and White Bakers Twine from Pizzazz Aplenty to tie the tag to the image. Turned out kind of cute! I hope to be back tomorrow with another creation...and I will be sure to come by and see all of you as well...I thank you for stopping in to see me today and hope the rest of your day is a great one!

HUGS!
Vicki

Sad Goodbye to Squigglefly

Happy Monday! This is a sad day for me...today is the last day for me on the Squigglefly DT...my term is up. I enjoyed working with the rest of the DT and with the Squigglefly images...thank you for having me Squigglefly! For our challenge today, we were to create a card using snow and or snowflakes...well if you have been visiting me lately, you know snowflakes come easy for me! LOL right up my alley as we sit in about 7 inches of new snow here in my neck of the woods! I chose to use Santa Mailbox image...colored with copics and Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pens. I used some "Holly Snow" at the bottom of my image and added an embossed background of snowflakes using the Sizzix Snowflakes embossing folder. I used the Square Nestie and the Eyelet Square Nestie to enhance my image. Add a ribbon and some bling from Pizzazz Aplenty and voila...Be sure to join us over at the Challenge Blog...and check out my fellow DT members awesome creations for some inspiration. I hope your day is a great one...thanks so much for coming by and leaving some love!

HUGS!
Vicki

Glitterbabe Challenge

OHHHHH it is Thursday again and time for a new Glitterbabe Challenge! This week we are being sponsored by Digi's with Attitude and we must use button(s). We were given a couple of images to use and some sentiments...The image I used is called Birthday Gretchen...I colored the image with copic markers...the icing on the cake is colored using Sakura Stardust GellyRoll pens. I used nesties to cut out my colored image and to mat it...the background paper is from DCWV and the corners were cut using a MS punch. I added a couple of black swirls and done! What fun it was to work with this image...you have to stop by the challenge blog to see what my fellow Glitterbugs created...and hey...why not join in the fun! Hope your day is wonderful, thanks tons for stopping in and leaving some love!
HUGS~
Vicki

Squigglefly Challenge

It's time for another Squigglefly Challenge! Our challenge this week is to create something with a Thank You/Give Thanks theme. I decided to go with the color scheme of Thanksgiving/fall but to use one of the Squigglefly images that screams Thanks! The image I used is Shy Bear Hugs. Colored the image with copic markers and stippled a little Momento Tangelo ink on the background. All the paper used for my card is from Papertrey Ink...and of course you can see I used nestabilities too! The Thank You sentiment is from Just Rite Stamps and the embossing folder I used was Cuttlebug Dots. Please be sure to stop over at the Squigglefly Challenge blog to see with my fellow DT members created...they are all so awesome. If you have not been to Squigglefly lately, be sure to check them out. There was a really big release this weekend and they introduced THREE new artists! One of the new artists is none other than fellow design team member Marlene Shaw! We are also welcoming Brian Lock and Suzanne Urban to Squigglefly. Well I am off to have a few medical tests today and then plan on getting some thorough housecleaning done! Wish me luck with that housecleaning! LOL. Hope you all have a great day...thanks for stopping in!

HUGS!
Vicki

Glitterbabes Challenge....Autumn Leaves

Gosh it is Thursday again ALREADY!! That week has flown by! And it is time for another Glitterbabe Challenge. Today we are being sponsored by Patti's Creations and we were challenged to use a Thanksgiving theme using our choice of images that Patti provided us. This image is so fun!! I colored it with copics, chalked the sky and the ground...also cut out a few extra leaves to cover the ground. I created the sentiment myself in Photoshop and cut out the image using one of my new nestabilities...fancy squares...matted this onto a burgandy scalloped rectangle also cut with nesties. The designer paper is from my stash! My bling on this card is the awesome topaz gems you see around the fancy square...these are from Pizzazz Aplenty...my recent purchase from Judy has allowed me to create with bling at such an affordable price...believe me, these really look awesome on my card in real life. If you have not been to Pizzazz Aplenty, you are really missing out on some awesome bling...and we all know that BLING is the main requirement on Glitterbabe's Challenge creations...pay Judy a visit and check out her bling...Please hop on over to the Challenge spot and look at what my fellow Glitterbugs created...we make a great team! And consider playing along with us this week...it is so easy to bling up a card! And Glitterbabe has a freebie area...check them out...if you haven't been to the shop in a while you are missing out on some spectacular images. After a rough day yesterday, I hope to have a good day today at work and I wish you the same with whatever you do today. Thank you so much for stopping by to see me!

HUGS!
Vicki

Glitterbabe's Challenge

OOOOHHHH I am so sorry for being late with my posting today for Glitterbabe's Challenge! I wanted to be sure to get this posted before the day end so...here is my creation! I used Glitterbabe's Dove image...how serene is that image? Stef did an awesome job drawing it! I colored the image with copics, cut it out with an oval nestability and the matching scallop. Used the cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to add some texture and dimension. Added a corner punch from EK Sucess and ohhhh yeah...some more of that awesome bling that I purchased from Pizzazz Aplenty. You will be seeing lots more of that bling in cards to come! To finish off my card I stamped a Peace sentiment across the image and then scored around the card with Scor Pal....I am so happy with how this one turned out. Be sure to stop by the Challenge blog to see all my fellow DT members cards...they really turned out some neat cards...and we had a Guest Designer this week as well! Dawn made one awesome card using 2 of Stef's images! Beautiful job Dawn and thanks so much for playing along with us! Well that is all for me today, I hope your day was a blessed one...and thank you so much for stopping in to see me!
HUGS!
Vicki

Autumn Blessings

Good morning!! And it is Glitterbabe Challenge day! Our challenge this week is sponsored by Jennifer at JLJ Designs. Please stop by and check out her shop and images! Thanks so much for sponsoring us Jennifer! The winner of this weeks challenge will get three...yes THREE digi images and a paper pack from her store! Be sure to include your BLING as that is the main requirement from Glitterbabe! We were also challenged to frame the image we used. I chose to use the pumpkin image....printed it in 3 sizes...colored with copic markers and layered it. For my frame, I created a ring of leaves. I used the Martha Stewart leaf punch to create my leaves and punched them out of glittered card stock for my bling. I stamped and embossed my sentiment on a Spellbinders tag and added a couple of buttons. I received an awesome assortment of fall colored buttons from my daughter in law...I just couldn't wait to use them. Thanks so much Melissa! Well that is all for me for today, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for hanging with me during my absence! I will be out to see all of you later on today to see what you have been up to! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!
Vicki

Glitterbabe's Challenge

Hello everyone, I am sorry for the amount of time that has gone by without a post. I hope to be back more often...please bear with me! Well you are not here to hear my problems! Today, the Glitterbugs are sponsored by DeeDee's Digis! What cute images we were given to play with! I chose to use Hay, Pumpkin!. I colored the image with copic markers, added some bling to the yellow areas of the pumpkins using Sakura Stardust pens...although you really can't see the glitter. I used an acetate die cut by K&Company as an overlay on my card...lots of bling on that as well. I chose to hand write the sentiment on my card. Please stop by Glitterbabes Challenge blog and check out the designs created by the rest of the Glitterbugs AND play along! I thank you much for taking the time to stop in and see me...have a glorious day!

Glitterbabe's Challenge!

OH MY! It has been a week since I have been here! I am struggling to keep afloat here but this too shall pass! I almost forgot to post my card for the challenge today!! Well if you haven't already been to Glitterbabe's Challenge today, please stop by to see what the rest of the DT created for this week and play along with us! Glitterbabe has lots of freebies to use and we would sure love to have you play along! This week's challenge is to use the colors red, purple, and yellow. Well this was right up my alley for a special card I had wanted to try. My neighbor's mother is an AVID Red Hat Society lady and I had wanted to use one of Stef's lovely 3 hats to design a card for her...what an awesome opportunity! Doesn't that hat just scream HATTITUDE!!?? The sentiment was computer generated by myself. the embossed card was created using the Cuttlebug Perrenials Embossing Plus folder. Before removing the paper from the folder, I colored over the embossed areas using a copic marker. When I trimmed the embossed paper, I intentionally cut it a little short so I could have that red border on the left hand side of the card...which I scored a line through using the Scor Pal. I hope my neighbor's mother likes the card...and hope you do too! Well I am off for now...I have some packing to do for a trip. I will be in Phoenix AZ all next week and need to start getting things together. Thanks for stopping in to see me! I hope your day was a blessed one. I will be by to see each of you later on today or early tomorrow morn!

HUGS!

Vicki

New Glitterbabe Challenge

Happy Thursday! And welcome to a new Glitterbabe Challenge! Our challenge today is sponsored by Robyn's Fetish...we were given a choice of 4 images to use and the card must contain 2 flowers. Of course I fell in love with the bird image...colored it with copics, added a computer generated sentiment and stippled a little light blue on the background. I used sticker flowers...and yeah there are two flowers on the card...and I also added a sticker butterfly. I used a Martha Stewart punch to punch around the image and mounted it on some SU paper that I had leftover from another project. I am a little disappointed in my card this week...but I will do better next week...some days I am just off! Well I am off to work...thanks so much for coming by to see me...have a fantabulous day.

HUGS!

Vicki

Glitterbabe Challenge

Hello Ladies! I am so sorry for not being here for such a long time. I believe I am finally over my health issue for now! Tomorrow is my last day of taking meds for 10 days and I am finally feeling a little more like me. Thanks for being patient with me and coming back to see me! Enough about me...how bout that challenge at Glitterbabe's this week? We were given a sketch to follow and are being sponsored by Stampin Dragon Designs! Isn't this the cutest image? The sentiment was computer generated by me. All the cardstock used was glittery card stock from my paper stash...the image was colored with copics and the little tree was cut and embossed using a cuttlebug die. I added some stickles to the tree and to the little guy's hat and wings just for a little more bling! A big thanks to our sponsor! Well be sure to go to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT ladies created. They are all awesome card makers! Thanks for stopping in to see me, I hope to be here more frequently now that I am feeling better! Have an awesome day!

HUGS!

Vicki

Time for a SNEAK PEEK!

Happy Friday! I am beat...have been on the road all week training and supporting our docs and nurses using our new module of our clinical software...ready sooooo ready for a day or two off! AND tomorrow, I am going to CHA!!!!!!! I can't wait...will be fun. Before I go....here is my card for today! A sneak peek from Squigglefly. Love the image...my coloring needs to be worked on but I am getting there. Be sure to stop by Squigglefly tomorrow to see the new releases! Every weekend is an adventure at Squigglefly! Hope you have a great day today. I thank you for stopping in to see me!

HUGS!

Vicki

Glitterbabe Challenge

Happy Thursday!!! And it is Glitterbabe Challenge day!!! We have had so much fun creating for Glitterbabe so far and are so excited to see all of you play along! Wow and you have all made some really awesome cards...some of those cards should have been accompanied with a warning....BLING CENTRAL...SUNGLASSES REQUIRED!!! Our challenge this week was a Back to School theme. Gliterbabe gave us some really cool images to work with. I used the apple and crayon. Colored both with copics and pop dotted them onto my card. This card was created with a big BLUNDER! I created my chalk board with one of the Nestie frames...colored both pieces with copics and wrote the alphabet on the outside frame....and school days on the "chalkboard". Well I went to run the pieces through the Xyron and put the darn things in the WRONG way! All the glue ended on the TOP of my pieces. GEEESH...well, the mistake solved my dilema of not knowing for sure where to put my bling...yep...you got it...right on that sticky chalkboard. Be sure to go to the challenge blog to check out the other DT members cards...they really outdid themselves again. Come play along with us this week, we would be glad to have you. Thanks for stopping in, have a great day, and hope to see you tomorrow!

HUGS!
Vicki

Elephants Don't Forget

Good morning! Hope you are all doing well today and staying cool where ever you may be! I just wanted to share another new image that is in the new Squigglefly release today...it is called African Elephant...The image itself is just one elephant...I added the second elephant and the balloon to the image. Colored with copics...cut out with Nesties and matted with an assortment of paper. Added a little Glossy Accents on the balloon and a few flowers colored with copics. The inside of the card says "Elephants don't forget, and neither do I...Happy Birthday!" Be sure to stop on by Squigglefly today and check out all the new releases! Have an awesome day and thank you so much for stopping by!

HUGS!

Vicki

Squigglefly SNEAK Peek!

OHHHH happy Friday! Yipppeee! AND even more to be happy about is that tomorrow is another weekly Squigglefly release! Yep...and what you see above is a new Shy Bear release...is this cool or what! How refreshing is this scene in this sweltering heat! AHHHHH how I wish I was sitting along that beach. SLAP!!! Ok....I am back to reality now...sorry for slipping away there for a few! Once I colored the image with my copic markers, I cut out the area around the palm tree down to the water. I mounted the cut out image on some light blue glittered paper to appear as sky. The border on the edge of the card is the Lotus Border from Nestabilities...one of my purchases when I went to the convention in Collinsville in June. What you see there is half the border...then I colored the cut out flowers from the border and glued them into place and then put an eyelet in the center of each using the Cropodile Big Bite. I really love how it turned out...and maybe I might be enabling a little! Bet you will be running out to get this one on Saturday! Be sure to stop by Squigglefly to check out all the new releases tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by to see me...have a blessed day!

HUGS!
Vicki

Challenge at Glitterbabes

Hello, hello, hello! Well it is time for a new Glitterbabe's Challenge! Wow, that week went by sooooo fast! We had several wonderful entries into last weeks challenge...and Glitterbabe will be picking a winner tomorrow so be sure to check to see if you won! And come join in the fun for this weeks challenge! We were asked to create a card using a sketch that Glitterbabe provided...and of course...bring on the BLING! Today is sweltering hot in the Illinois Valley so I decided to cool it down...(if only in my mind!) with one of Glitterbabe's winter images called Snowman Hugs...lol a snowman hug ought to cool ya off on a day like this! I embossed my background paper with a Sizzix embossing folder and used a Krylon silver leafing pen to accent that embossing as well as frame out that background paper. Added a few glittered snowflakes to the card and glittered up the image a little. All my coloring was done with copics.

I also wanted to thank all of you who stopped by yesterday and wished me a Happy Birthday! I am so touched. I have a rough time being here every day with a full time job so I was just sooooo touched to see those wishes! I did have a wonderful day! My youngest son and family are in the Ozarks this week so I didn't get to see them but my little 2 year old Ava did tell Grandma happy birthday on the phone...made me just get goosebumps! And later on in the day I got a call from our oldest grandson (Ava's big brother) who is 10! And GUESS who came to see me on my birthday????? Glitterbabe herself!!! How awesome is that!!! Yep, Stef and Clyde stopped by, we grilled out and had some lucious ice cream cake! Later on in the evening my day was complete with a visit from my oldest son and family! Litte Collin is only 1 and isn't talking much yet but he sure joined in the festivities when the candles were lit and everyone sang happy birthday! Our Jacob is 2...soon to be 3...he sang Happy Birthday and it was awesome! Bless his heart he helped me blow out the candles and then said..."Grandma, now you are 3 like me!" These are the moments I will cherish in my heart forever...how could it get any better...the love of family and friends! Thanks for stopping in today...I am going to try very hard to get by to see all of you this weekend...it is back to work for me tomorrow after a wonderful 3 days off!

HUGS!

Vicki