FSS Wee Hummingbird

Good morning! Well back from my business trip...oh my gosh it was so nice and warm in Arizona and it is so unseasonably cool here at home! But I do love fall, and I am ready for a change in the season. I am all unpacked and had a little time yesterday to play...soooo above you will see my creation! I used the FSS Wee Huminbird colored image and desaturated it in photoshop...wanted to work with black and white yesterday but ended up with gray and pink! I do love how it turned out though. The MS punch around the page punch that I used was Vintage Floral. The embossing folder is one from Paper Studios (Hobby Lobby) and I scored the right hand side of the card with the ScorPal. Of course had to add some fancies to the card...all the pink flat back pearls are from Pizzazz Aplenty and the pretty pink flouish on the side is from Cheery Lynn Designs called Tropical Flourish. I am finding that I really like the lacey feel and look to the MS punch. I think I will use it quite often.
Today I will be out taking pictures for my photography class...my honey got me a Cannon Rebel for my birthday in July and I am now taking a class to learn how to use it...it was too expensive of a camera to just use it as a point and shoot camera so off to school I go! We will be getting 2 of our grandsons for an overnight visit later on in the day today after church. Hope your day is filled with fun today as well! Thanks tons for stopping in to see me...as always I appreciate the love you leave!
HUGS!
Vicki

Glitterbabe Sale on Friday and a NOEL card!

Hello and happy Wednesday! I wanted to share with you a sale going on at Glitterbabe's Art Shop! She has some really awesome xmas images out there...please stop by and take a look...you'll be sure to want them all!! I also have a card to share with you today...

This image was in a bag of stamps that was given to me and it does not have a notation on it as to what company put it out. I hate when that happens...oh well, I love how this turned out. I colored the image with copics, blinged it up with 2mm red rhinestones from Pizzazz Aplenty and cut it out and matted it with the Long Rectangle Nestie. Added a 1/2 inch strip of Scor Pal tape under the image and glittered it up! The punch used at the bottom of the card is a MS punch. All the card stock used on this card was purchased from Pizzazz Aplenty as well...I wish you could see the red card stock...it is sooooo shimmery...really adds to the card. Well I am off to finish up some cooking for tomorrow. I hope each and every one of you have a blessed Thanksgiving...I am thankful for each and every one of you...thank you for stopping in today!

HUGS!
Vicki

Anniversary Card

Good evening! Well I did get to do some awesome visiting last night and I was so inspired by all that I saw and really realized how much I truly miss visiting all of you. Today's card was created for my son and daughter in law's first wedding anniversary. They were married a year ago on June 5! Oh my gosh how time has flown! I created this card using the same colors that I had created their wedding invitations and programs with. Lucky me I had some of it left over! This is a 6x6 gatefold card. The panels were embossed with the Sizzix Diamonds and Dots embossing folder. The medallion is a Spellbinders Pendant called Lotus. The sentiment was created using JustRite Wedding Stamp Ensemble kit and then cut with the Circle Nestie and embossed. I sprayed the whole card with Shimmerz Frost...although you really can't see it. I didn't have a 6x6 envelope so I made my own using my Scor Pal. If you would like to know how to do that there are directions on their web site for using the scor pal to make all different sizes of envelopes. Sure comes in handy when I make an odd sized card that I don't have an envie for. Well I hope you all had a great day today! Thanks for taking time to stop in and see me! We are sitting with two of our grandkids tonight overnight...how blessed we are to have our grandkids so close so we can love on them!

HUGS!

Vicki

Squigglefly card

Well, I did make it back today! Better late than not at all! The card posted above was done with an image from Squigglefly...this image just spoke to me and my second passion...gardening! Oh how I would love to have a potting shed like this. Anyhooo, I colored the image with SU markers...no copics on this one. Tried to create the impression of a worn but loved potting shed. The image was mounted on SU card stock punched with MS Lace Border punch. The sentiment is from SU as well. It is very hard to see in the pic but I also did some scoring on each side of the image with my scor pal. Hope you enjoyed your visit and thanks for coming back to see me tonight. Tomorrow will be a Stamping Boutique challenge so be sure to come by to see what we have cooked up for you and join in the fun! Bless you all...

HUGS,

Vicki

Need a Lift?

Good morning again! So glad to see everyone again today! I sure hope you had a chance to stop in at the Stamping Boutique yesterday to see the new images that Tracey, Stef and I had for Fab Friday...were they awesome or what? And today is another digi release over at Squigglefly so hop on over there to see what goodies are in store....from the sneak peaks we have seen, it looks to be a good one again! Today I plan on getting my tree down...yes....it is still up! Took me forever to get it up and now forever to get it down! Got some new paper racks from a scrapbooking store downtown that closed down for a really good price that hubby is going to hang for me and I hope after getting all that organized I can find some time to play! Speaking of playing....today's card was one that I made while playing in a challenge over at Squigglefly a week or so ago. Stef's hubby had a heart attack and Holly started a challenge over at Squigglefly for us to create get well cards for him. The response was overwhelming...and Stef's honey is doing great now. The card deets are....the stamp was from Stampabilities Gruffies line called Wheelbarrow Ride...colored with copics...matted and mounted on white card stock that I had scored with my Scor Pal....The sentiment was computer generated. Hope you enjoyed looking at it. Well I am off to start my day today...lots to do....just hoping I get it all done. Have a wonderful day today and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for stopping by and leaving me some love!

HUGS,

Vicki

Peace

BRRRRRRR! Way too cold here again today! But supposed to get up to 29 by Sunday so that is a heat wave compared to this cold blast. I really have not had much time this week to play so I am glad I was able to get some cards done last weekend! This card was created mostly with the Cuttlebug again...The die/embossing folder combo is called Dove I think....pop dotted a couple of embossed panels onto some silver foil paper....added some ribbon....the scoring at the bottom of the card was done with the Scor Pal and then I stamped and heat embossed the Peace sentiment. I sure hope you all have a great weekend planned...we are going to have 2 of our grandsons tonight overnight and need to finish some shopping for xmas this weekend...gosh I don't even have my tree up yet! Next week! Hugs to all and thanks tons for coming to see me again today.

Vicki

Snowman Laundry

Hug a Veteran today!!!

Good morning! Slightly chilly here in the Illinois Valley this morning...we have been spoiled with temps in the middle 60's for quite a few days so the 30 degree temps this morning were a little shocking! Speaking of cold, today's card is a little on the chilly side! Tracey has a challenge going on at the SNR Card Universe for Stamping Boutique and she has given an image to work with. Thanks tons Tracey! The challenge is to show off our techniques for making snow! Stop on over and play along...there is a lot of fun going on there. For my card, I scored my base card with the Scor Pal...colored my image with copic markers. I used a silver Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter pen to highlight the stars and chalked a little blue on the sky. My snow is Diamond Dust purchased in the Christmas craft aisle at Hobby Lobby. I created my sentiment on the computer. I scored around the image with the Scor Pal as well and then matted it on some red card stock from Hobby Lobby. The ribbon is also from Hobby Lobby. Oh, and I finaly figured out what I was doing wrong with my pictures of my cards!! Today's card you should be able to click on it and get a larger image of it...most of my other cards to this point you would get an image the same size as originally displayed. So go ahead and click on that card!!! It looks better in a larger display.  :) I am off to work today with a little anxiety...we put a new server into production last night and this is the first day for staff to be using it...all seemed to go well but one never knows...wish me luck! Thanks so much for visiting me today...your kind words keep me going. I plan on doing a little visiting myself later on so be looking for me!

HUGS!!!

Vicki

Wedding Card

WowZers!!! So much has gone on since my last post! First, on Friday, I got to meet Stef! Oh we had a blast...time flew so fast. I am blessed to have a friend like her in my life! While at Stef's we made a call to Holly!! And holy moly....I have more followers! Tons of thanks to all of you who follow me...I really do appreciate you stopping by. This weekend was a real busy one...but a good busy. I was blessed to spend time with all four of our grandchildren this weekend...and there is nothing more precious than time with the grandchildren. I really had no time for card making or visiting blogs this weekend but I do have a card that I created in June to share with you. This card was created for my son and daughter in law for their wedding. This card has lots of embossing on it and I also used the Scor Pal! The bride and groom were cut from a cartridge on the cricut. The bride's dress was also embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. Of course, I had to add some Skittles for bling. Thanks again for visiting today and hope to see you again soon. I will be by to see each of you as well today. Have a great Monday!

HUGS,
Vicki

Another Birthday Card

Well it seems like I am stuck on Birthday cards! But here is another one anyway! This card's base was the paper I love so much (Beckett). The outside edges of the card base were scored with the Scor Pal. The blue paper is from Coredinations and it was embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and sanded. I so love this paper too! I then used one of my Martha Stewart punches (Lattice I believe it was called) to edge out the blue card stock. The heart was again cut out using the Beckett paper and embossed with the Birds and Swirls Cuttlebug folder. I used the Scalloped Hearts Nestabilities to cut the heart. I used a watercolor marker that I had in my stash to lightly shade the embossed area of the heart...the ribbon was from my stash too. Thanks for stopping by to visit and I hope your day was as beautiful as mine was! Thanks for stopping by to visit me!

Happy Birthday

Hello all! Have been so busy the last few days here in Texas. We are visiting relatives day in and out and eating like there is no tomorrow! This area of Texas has not had any substantial rainfall for 385 days...but since we arrived on Tuesday of this week, they have been blessed with rainfall daily! It has not spoiled much for us though cause typically it will rain and the sun comes out soon after. We will stay here until next Tuesday and then we are off to spend some alone time at the Gulf of Mexico. :):)
Today's card is another simple card. This card is 5x7...the embossing is the Divine Swirls cuttlebug folder. I also scored under the embossed area with the Scor Pal. The silver ribbon and apricot flower were from my stash. The silver foil paper was from a paper pack I had purchased from Hobby Lobby in the Christmas section. Hope everyone had a wonderful week and enjoy the upcoming weekend! I will be back later this weekend with another card. Thanks for visiting me and please come again! Take care.

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Vicki

Friends 5x7

For today's card, I again designed something in Design Studio using an aperture from Beyond Birthdays. I really like that cartridge. I welded a design from Storybook into the aperture window 4 times and manipulated it till I had a design I was happy with. The paper is from a huge stack of patterned paper given to me by my daughter in law. Under the patterned paper I scored the card front 3 times with the Scor Pal. The heat embossed stamp on the bottom of the card was from My Big Ideas Sassy Icon collection that I had purchased at Michaels. Hope you had a wonderful day...happy crafting.