Justrite Prayers Go Up

Well it is hard to believe that another year has gone by. I wanted to say thank you to all that have supported me throughout the year! Today I had some time that I rarely get anymore to create a special card...goes out to all my blogging friends. I pray the coming new year will keep us all in good health and surround us with many blessings! The stamp I used is from the JustRite Kaleidoscope set. I added lots of bling as you can see! The shimmery silver paper that I used for my trim and the die cut is from Pizzazz Aplenty...although it is hard to get a good picture of this shimmery paper. Not much on my agenda until later on tonight...sitting with 2 of my grandchildren for the New Year after church...what better way to bring in the New Year than with our grandchildren! Again, thanks for all your support this year and best wishes to each and every one of you for a healthy and happy new year!

HUGS!
Vicki

Doodle Pantry Color Caterpillar Hugs

Hello! I sure hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! I have been very busy as I know all of you have too! Hopefully things will slow down now and I can get back to what I love doing! So for today, I have a really cute image to share with you!! This is an early release from Doodle Pantry and is called Colored Caterpillar Hugs...I just love it! My card is a center step card...there are  two patterned papers and the three sentiment are included with this image!! I embossed the background layer and the sentiment layer with a cuttlebug heart folder...the green die cuts on the step are from MFT and the swirlies are pieces of the Fanciful Flourish from Cheery Lynn Designs. Then to finish framing out the center frame, I used  iridescent string of pearls  from Pizzazz Aplenty. Ohhh and of course I had to add a little Stickles to the grass. :):)
Hop on over to the Doodle Pantry and check out the 3 early releases and to take advantage of the SALE that begins today, Dec 29 and runs through Jan 2...50% OFF SALE!!!
Hope to be able to do some much needed visiting this weekend...I have missed seeing what you all have been up to. Thanks tons for stopping by to see me today!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Emma the Hugger Tag

Fred She Said is having a fun little Christmas Challenge! The theme is " Make a Christmas Tag OR Share a favorite Holiday Recipe "
The PRIZE is a $25 GC to the Fred She Said Store.  There will be one winner chosen randomly.  Entries will be accepted until Friday DEC 30th midnight EST.  ... more details at the Fred She Said BLOG

Hugs,
Vicki

FSS Blog Hop

Welcome to the FSS Blog Hop! If you arrived here from Debbie's blog you are on the right path! If not you will want to be sure to start at the beginning of the hop here. Our theme is to create a project with Christmas/Winter in mind. Well, I wanted to get some Christmas tags created and Fred has the cutest images for Christmas/Winter. I chose to use Emma the Hugger the Snowman Edition. This was so much fun to create...added the sentiment...which comes with the set...along with a few others. Doesn't this make the cutest tag? Well I am sure you are wondering what the prizes are and how to win???? Here you go:
PRIZES:  3 random winners.  1 winner for each prize below:
$30 GC for www.cropstop.com  
$30 GC for  Fred She Said
$30 GC for Fred She Said

At each hop stop you will need to collect the secret word/s to make a phrase. Entry instructions will be at the FSS Challenge BLOG.  Entries will be accepted for 2 weeks - until Friday December 2nd midnight EST.  Winners will be announced Saturday December 3rd. Hope you have had a blast so far on the hop and come away with some awesome creative ideas! Now continue on the hop...next stop is at Michelle's!! And one last thing...my secret word is HOLIDAY. Thanks tons for stopping by and playing along with us! Have a great day!

HUGS!
Vicki

Squigglefly Kris Kringle

 

Good morning! This morning I have a Squigglefly image to share with you...meet Kris Kringle! Is this the most awesome image or what???? The image is shaded so lovely that there is really no need for coloring but I chose to color his hat and the berries in his poinsettia. Also added a little glitter to the ball on his hat. The sentiment is computer generated by moi. I love this so much that I actually made 3 cards using this same image! Ohhh and I have to share that all the paper used on this card is from Pizzazz Aplenty...I just ordered some more of that awesome red card stock that feels like velvet...really honestly it just makes the card feel so expensive! The silver paper is some of Pizzazz Aplenty's shimmer card stock. How is that for some Pizzazz??!! Thank you so much for stopping by today...AND leaving some love! Each of you know that I will be by to see you as well...can't wait to see what you have today! Have a great day!

HUGS!

Vicki

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

Doodle Pantry 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

Good morning and WELCOME to the Doodle Pantry 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! The hop will go from today through November 8 and there will be at least 5 random drawn prizes! The more entries, the more prizes there will be! (one entry per person). We are so tickled to have you all! We are so excited to be showing off one of Doodle Pantry's newest additions to the store...12 Days of Christmas!
We will focus on showing you how versatile the new 12 Days of Christmas image set is, we hope you'll join us!

The set comes in color or can be purchased as outlines only! I chose to use the colored version of the partridge, one of the digital papers in the set, and two of the sentiments! I had loads of fun designing this card and have several other ideas for the set...as I am sure you are going to see from the rest of our DT members! If you have gotten to my from Amy's blog you are on the right track...and should hop on over to Glenda's blog to see what goodies she has for you! The hop order is also listed on the Doodle Pantry blog if you have just happened on my site today not aware of the hop! Thanks for joining in the fun! Have a great day!

HUGS!
Vicki

Doodle Pantry Blessed Christmas

Hello my friends! Well, after a few rough days I am feeling way better and have been able to create some cards!! Today's card I am just absolutely thrilled with...I wanted to create a simple, serene yet elegant card that possibly would be my Christmas card for this year...and this one MAY be the winner! The image I used is from Doodle Pantry and called Blessed Christmas...this was a pre-colored image and the sentiment on the card ALSO comes with the image! Once I had my image manipulated in Photoshop, printed it and then embossed around it with one of my new Sizzix embossing folders....and shame on me I was so excited to use it I forgot to mark the folder with it's name! But it is a pretty popular folder right now so I am sure many of you have seen it, or have it! I scored my base card a little larger and mounted the image on the base card...then I added the Diamond Stickles all the way around the embossed area. Thanks so much for stopping by, leaving some love and sharing your day with me! I so appreciate you all. Have a great day!

HUGS!
Vicki

Doodle Pantry Christmas Wreath

 

Hello all, and happy November! Hope everyone had an awesome Halloween! Today is new release day at the Doodle Pantry! Laurie has given us a number of awesome images to work with and I chose to play with the Christmas Wreath. My card is VERY clean and simple but thought the image needed no competition! The image is pre-colored and the sentiment was computer generated. After adding a ribbon and some stickles, I was happy with it! The square gems in the corner are from Pizzazz Aplenty. Been a little under the weather the last couple of days, hope to get my hiney moving today...it is beautiful here in our area....sunny and almost 70! Thank you much for stopping in and please do go check out the new releases at the store! Have a great day!

HUGS!

Vicki

FSS Christmas Cardinal

Good morning! Today's card makes me yearn for Christmas and SNOW! I know if I wait long enough they are BOTH just around the corner! I used FSS Christmas Cardinal image on my card for today...it is pre-colored and just one in a series of winter birds that Tracey has in the store. All the paper used on this card is from Pizzazz Aplenty...the silver and green paper has such a pretty pretty shimmer to it that I just couldn't catch on the camera. I used the Fancy Square nesties to emboss the silver layer and die cut the green layer. The flourish is a Marrianne die...added a silver doily behind the image to help set it off the card. My corners were cut with an SU punch and embossed with Cuttlebug folder. As I look at this card now, I wish I had added some sparkle in the image with some stickles or glitter....guess I can still do that. Anyhoooooo, hope you enjoyed my creation today and are inspired to go out and check out this set of winter birds in the FSS store! Have a great day today and thank you for dropping in and leaving some love!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Emma the Skating Elf

Hello to all! I had a pretty productive weekend...both in the yard AND in my room! I had a blast playing with this new image of Tracey's. I used Fred She Said's Emma the Skating Elf  pre-colored image. Isn't she just so cute? This was a really fun image to play with...the possibilities are endless with it! After printing the image, I cut it out with Nestability circle, matted with a slightly larger nestie circle and added some glitter around it to make it festive. I don't know if you can see it, but there is also some clear glitter in Emma's coat and hat. I used the Score Pal to score the white paper in behind the image and an EK Success punch for my border. The gold paper I used was from my stash and the gold flat back gems are from Pizzazz Aplenty! If you have not been out to see Pizzazz Aplenty lately, you really need to....wow what a new assortment of beads and stick pin accessories and charms she has! Guarantee you won't be disappointed! Well, it is late and I am ready to call it a day. Thanks to all of my awesome supporters who have been leaving love...it is very much appreciated. Hope to be back little later in the week or maybe even tomorrow, who knows! Take care!

HUGS!

Vicki

Doodle Pantry Quirky Penguin

Good morning! We had a wonderful time at the wedding last night...went with oldest son and daughter in law and really had a nice time visiting, eating and dancing! I wanted to get a card posted this morning before I started my day and got busy. Today I am sharing the Doodle Pantry's Quirky Penguin....he is one happy fella and was fun to work with! I used the colored version of the image....and added some Glossy Accents to his feet and beak. The patterned paper in the forefront of the card is one of the two that come with the image set...and so is the sentiment...of which there are several of them as well! This image pack is just packed full of fun! I added one of my own handmade flowers in the corner for a little more fun!
I am so excited to say that I have been asked to stay on with the Doodle Pantry now until February!! WHOOOO HOOOO! More fun ahead! Thanks to Laurie for asking me to stay on and thank you to the awesome Doodle Pantry DT for their warm welcome!
Well, I better get this posted and get on with my day...I hope your Sunday is a blessed one and that you have fun in whatever you do today. Thank you for stopping by!

HUGS!
Vicki

Wedding Card

Good morning! Busy weekend for us! We have a wedding to attend today and tomorrow hopefully we get to some of the much needed yardwork! We have a huge oak tree in our back yard that blesses us with tons and tons of shade which means it ALSO blesses us with tons and tons of leaves in the fall! And I need to get my pond ready for winter so my outside friends can survive the winter. Just got home from my workout, got a shower and thought I better get this card done while my hair was drying! This is a pretty clean and simple card but does have some elegance about it. The brides colors are black and white so I thought I would go with that...used the Ornate#2 Sizzix folder to emboss the card around the bride and gooms' names, added some black flatback pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty, spritzed with some Sheer Shimmer and that was it! Not bad for a quickie. Well, have to run...hopefully your weekend will be a wonderful one and I thank you tons for stopping in and sharing some of your time with me!
HUGS!
Vicki

Doodle Pantry Quirky Owl

Hello!!! Well this was one fun card to make! I worked with Doodle Pantry's Quirky Owl....OMG the colors and patterns in this image set are just phenomenal. I used the colored version of the image set but it comes with the outline image as well as the two patterned papers that I used in my design...as well as two sentiments...one of which I used. It was just fun to play with it. The pretty square shaped pink bling is from Pizzazz Aplenty. I also used a different fold for my card and also decorated the inside as you see below:

Please take a moment and visit the Doodle Pantry...there are soooo many fun images to play with I bet you won't be able to pick just one! Hope your day was wonderful...thank you very much for stopping in!

HUGS!

Vicki

Doodle Pantry Snow Birdie

Good morning! What a beautiful Sunday morning God has blessed us with! I have a creation today from Doodle Pantry! This image is one of the new releases for this month...Snow Birdie. If you have not had a chance to check out the new releases, please do so...they are awesome as always! My card is fairly simple in its design but it turned out to be a lovely card. The image I used was pre-colored, I added the fake "snow" on the birdie's had as well as on the ground. The patterned paper in the background is included with the images pack as well as the sentiment I used! I had tons of fun with this card! Will be back tomorrow with another! Hope you have a blessed day and thanks for making mine special by stopping by and leaving some love!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Love You This Much

Good morning! The weekend is here and what a relief. It has been a long work week for me. Hope you all have some fun planned for this weekend. Me...may watch some of the grandchildren but otherwise no big plans...which is good...that may mean some play time! Well todays card is very similar to one I made back in April...it was a requested card for a friend's little neice's first birthday. The image I used is FSS I Love You This Much...one of the colored versions. The red paper I used is from Pizzazz Aplenty...I just LOVE this paper...it is like velvet! The heart frame is my own creation! I designed it it Make the Cut...this is my first time using it on a card and I think I chose the perfect image to use it with! Well, I am off to work out and get my day started...Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by to see me!
HUGS!
Vicki

FSS The Old Truck

Hello! Quick posting for now...I have been so overwhelmingly busy but had to find some time to create a card for a dear friend of mine. She had asked for a "no frills" simple card for her boss for Boss's Day. Well since he is a man, I immediately thought of the FSS The Old Truck image. This is the most awesome image for a masculine card and the colored images come in several colors besides the brown you see here. I just did a little photo shop and added the sentiment...matted it on brown card stock and voila...very simple "no fuss" card but an awesome card to say the least. I will be back hopefully tomorrow with another creation that was also a request! I hope you have all been well, I need to get caught up on my visiting as I am very far behind. I truly appreciate all the kind words you have left me over the last few posts! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!

Vicki

Doodle Panty Challenge and COUGAR!

Good morning! I don't have a card to show you today but wanted to remind everyone that the Doodle Pantry Challenge starts today!! Please hop over to the Doodle Pantry Blog to get all the deets and join in the fun! Also...I had a BLAST on Monday night playing with my Cougar again and Make the Cut software! It was like training myself all over again since all that I had learned I kind of forgot! Ohhhh geez did I ever forget! But first thing I did was to create my very very own design in MTC! I amazed myself that I could actually do it...and THEN with some help from my friend Penny Duncan, I was able to cut it out too!! Well, I hope I am on a roll now, I do miss using my Cougar and really should have not quit trying! Here is a pic of the frame I designed in MTC:

Pretty huh? And I do believe I can make it fancier if I try but not bad for a first! If I have any followers that can cut SVG files, please contact me by email and I will be glad to share my file with you! Well, I am off for the day...work, and then photography class tonight! Thanks for stopping by and letting me share my Cougar/MTC joy with you! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Emma the Hugger-Snowman

Good afternoon! Well, I have been working on this card for almost 2 hours!!!! I am the SLOWEST card maker in the world! BUT, I had tons of fun creating it and tons of frustration photographing it!!! I used a FSS image today...Emma the Hugger-Snowman. I used the pre-colored image, cut it out with scalloped circle nesties, and layered the image with the teardrop circles nestie. Added a little Diamond Dust to the snow and on Emma's hat. For my card base, I used a 4x6 card and folded the front of the card in half. Added an embossed layer (Sizzix Snowflakes #3) to the front and inside of the folds. On the inside of the card I had a blast with using photoshop to add the elements of the snowman to the melting snow! The sentiment that I used is part of the image pack. The paper I used for the matting and the inside of the card is also from FSS..called Catchin Flakes. My snowflake embellies were made with a MS snowflake punch, velum and Diamond Dust. Here is the card opened up:

Hope you enjoyed my creation! I now need to get on with the rest of my day! LOL. I think this week I may be concentrating on re-acquainting myself to my Cougar so be on the lookout for some Cougar creations! Hope your Sunday is beautiful and blessed...I am thankful for all your support and love!

HUGS!

Vicki



Doodle Pantry Candy Cane Ants!!

Hello again! Well it is a new month and I am delighted to have been asked to stay on as a Guest Designer for another month with Doodle Pantry! And oh oh oh, what awesome images we have to work with this month! I chose to work with Candy Cane Ants.This is one of the pre-colored images...Laurie does a great job with her coloring...I just added a little Xmas Red Stickles to that sweet candy cane. I used a MS punch around the page punch...Vintage Floral I believe it is called to frame out my image...the inside of the frame was cut out using Scalloped Square nestabilities. The awesome red gems, the red paper and the red and white bakers twine are all from Pizzazz Aplenty. The sentiment used on my card is included in the set along with some other sentiments and some digi paper! I just love those darn ants...they are so fun to work with and just make a card unique. Be sure to stop over at the Doodle Pantry today and check out all the new releases for October...and come back often as I will be showing off some more of those awesome images! Hope you have a great weekend...we are off to a wedding this weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS!
Vicki

Doodle Pantry Candy Corn Ants

Good morning again! If you are looking for the FSS Blog hop posting, please go here. Today, I am sharing a creation using the Doodle Pantry Candy Corn Ants....OMG these ant images that Lori creates are the most fun to work with! Actually if I was truthful with you...I have worked with this image twice now! My dear granddaughter got up to my desk and took a marker to the first card I created with this image! OHHHH gosh, my DIL was horrified...ahhh it happens and she is such a cutie pie, how could I be mad???? So this is my second attempt at a creation with this image. I used the colored version of the image, cut it out with oval nestabilities. Lots going on here on this card...used MS punch to fancy up the corners of my frame around the image as well as create the inside border piece. I just had to play off of the ghost in the image so I used a cuttlebug die I had to cut out some cute little ghosts and place them in such a manner around the frame that looked like they were hiding behind the frame. The pumpkin is also a cuttlebug die as well as the BOO!. The flourish is from Cheery Lynn Designs called Fanciful Flourish. And of course I had to add some pizazz from Pizzazz Aplenty...the yellow beading around the image is from Judy. You will also see a little bling on the piece of candy corn...I used the Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pens to glitter up that candy! OHHH and  the paper in the background is part of the colored image pack!!! What fun this card is! LOL I may just use this card as my dear granddaughter's Halloween card! Yeah one down, 4 to go!
Well not a lot planned today, may have a football game to go to later on this afternoon if the rain stops. Other than that, a free day for me! Hope you all are well, thanks tons for stopping in to see me and letting me share my fun as a Guest Designer for Doodle Pantry this month. Have a blessed day today.

HUGS!
Vicki 

FSS Fabulous Fall Blog Hop

Welcome to our Blog Hop!!! Believe me, you are in for one heck of a treat on this hop! If you've gotten to my blog via Robin's blog, you are on the right path! We were challenged to design a creation that uses 2 of the following colors...red, green, yellow, orange, gold or sky blue...and the creation did not have to be a fall design. Now all those colors had me tempted to do a fall design BUT when Tracey created her most recent images, I just had to create with one or more of them! For my creation I used a combination of the Cardinals and Daisies and Blue Jay and Raspberries. I just couldn't pick ONE of those images to work with!! I did a little photo shop magic to combine some of both files into one image. I used the colored version of both files...Tracey's coloring is over the top beautiful. Soooo...now that you know about the card I created, here are some of the deets of the hop!

Along the way, you will be needing to collect a word or two from each blog which will create a secret phrase...my words are A JOY.  To WIN, each hop participant will have a special word/s, collect them up to form the secret phrase! At the last stop of the HOP, there will be instructions on how to make your entry. Blog Hop entry date ends Friday September 30th midnight EDT.

THE PRIZE:

£15 Gift Voucher to Bearly Mine Designs
$10 Prize Package of yummy goodies chosen by Judy from Pizzazz APlenty
$30 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store

Ok...now you know all the deets!! Your next stop on the hop is to Darsie! I am sure she has a beauty to share with you as well! Thanks so much for stopping in and playing along with us! Have a great day!

HUGS!
Vicki

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

FSS Hydrangea

Good morning! Still out in Arizona but had this card made ahead of time and wanted to share. I had a blast with this card! The image is from Fred She Said called Hydrangea Bouquet. Is it just beautiful? There is a lot going on with this card...the embossing is from a Paper Studio embossing folder that I had purchased from Hobby Lobby...sorry I didn't write down the name of it. The patterned paper on the bottom was from SU. And oh my gosh I am loving that doily die from Cheery Lynn Designs!!! It was just perfect for this card. The bling added at the bottom of the card I had purchased on sale at Michael's quite some time ago. Around the doily you see some flat embellies...these were actually a string of flat pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty and I cut them off the string to place one by one on the doily. I really like how this card turned out and hope you do too! Well I have a busy day of meetings today so need to get moving...I hope you have a blessed day and thank you very very much for stopping in to see me and leaving some love!

HUGS!

Vicki

Doodle Pantry Ant Masquerade

Good morning! Just wanted to share this fun card with you! OMG is this the cutest image or what? This is one of many images and sentiments included in the "ANTS MASQUERADE COLORED PACK" at the Doodle Pantry. Once the image was printed, I used nestabilities to cut it out and mat it...added my ribbon and a homemade flower. The butterflies are from an MS punch just cut from the border strip and placed on the corners for "fun". The swirly is a flourish die from Sizzix. And that awesome butterfly paper...it is included in the colored set as well...this is a really fun set and is so versatile. As you can tell, I am having quite a lot of fun playing with the Doodle Pantry Design Team this month as their Guest Designer. Just take a walk through the store and you will see instantly why I am having so much fun!

Well, I am going to be leaving for the airport here in about half an hour. Will be back on Friday but hope to have another card posted more towards mid week.

One last important note...Today is the 10th anniversary of Sept 11...please take a moment to remember all those who lost their lives ten years ago in the terrorist attack on our country. God Bless the USA.

HUGS!

Vicki

FSS Hollyhocks

Hello to all! Hope you have had a great week! Geez mine has been very very busy with work...not much time for myself. I created this card last weekend and am just now getting to post it! Better late than never huh? Well this card is showing off the beautiful hollyhock image from FSS store called Hollyhocks. Tracey has a variety of precolored hollyhocks in the colored set...I chose the white ones. I added some clear stardust pen to the image to add a little sparkle. And now what about that awesome frame? Isn't it just perfect for this image? I used the Japanese Lace & Flourish Frame by Cheery Lynn Designs. I purchased the die from Beverly at Classy Cards 'n Such...pay her a visit...she has a very nice variety of supplies in her shop and she is just fab to work with. Her customer service is very quick!

Well, this weekend is going to be a busy one for me...getting packed up to leave on Sunday for Arizona. I attend a conference 2 times a year out there for work. And ohhh geez, yes, I am flying out on Sept 11. I have flown several times on Sept 11 since that dreaded day in 2001 and really have never been concerned or afraid. I have to admit, this year, with all the chatter going on about the possible threats, I am a little uneasy.

I hope to get to play a little bit tonight or tomorrow and have another creation for you before I go. Thank you so much for stopping in to see me! Have a great weekend!

HUGS!

Vicki

Doodle Pantry Quirky Ostrich

Good morning! I have been asked to be a Guest Designer for the month of September for the Doodle Pantry! I am so delighted to be able to work with this talented Design Team for the month as well as tickled pink to work with Laurie's images! We are working with new images that will be in the store this month and I chose to work with the Quirky Ostrich. How cute is this little bugger???!!! And colorful! What a great pack of images you receive...I used the colored image as well as the designer paper that comes with the set. There are several sentiments that accompany the set as well...including the one on my card! Just a fun image to play with. I will be back a few more times this month to show off some more of my Doodle Pantry creations. Hope your Labor Day is a great one and thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out the rest of the Doodle Pantry's DT members creations!
Hugs!
Vicki

FSS Nolan and Bullfrog

Good morning to all! Wow what a gorgeous "fall" day we are having here in the valley! My prayers go out to those living in the path of Irene...I hope you are all staying safe. I know my presence here has been very sporadic but I hope to get back on track soon. I have been very busy at work...last week I put in almost 70 hours and this week is going to be a long one as well! Today I was able to drop in my craft room for a few hours to play. The card for today was created using one of Fred She Said's new images in the store...Nolan and the Bullfrog! This set comes with the colored image as well and that is what I used. I added some glossy accents to the frog but you really can't see that in the picture. I used several dies to create my card..and the sentiment I created on the computer. Hope I have inspired you to go out to the FSS store and take a look at some of Tracey's new images...they are awesome as always! Have a wonderful day today and thank you very much for stopping by!

HUGS!

Vicki

Shaun the Sheep Birthday Card

Good morning! After a wonderful, busy day yesterday, we are off today to a birthday party for our 4 year old grandson. He is a Shaun the Sheep lover...watches him all the time on Netflix when he is over...between Shaun the Sheep and Thomas I am not sure which is his favorite but I made his birthday card with Thomas last year, so this year I chose Shaun. I found the image as a free coloring page. The kite had some kind of a face inside it and I removed it and put the number 4 inside (with Photoshop). Lots of green going on as that is his favorite color! The green mat border was created with Martha Stewart punch around the page punch. The cloud background I created in Photoshop as well with some brushes. I am tickled with how it came out...hope he is too.
I have to tell you part of our day yesterday was spent watching this grandson's soccer game...it was such a joy to watch all these little ones play! I almost forgot what it was like when my children were little! Anyhooo, my grandson is quite the ham...when he saw me standing on the sidelines with the camera, oh boy did he start showing off! Here is a pic I captured as he was running after the ball and waving at Grandma...priceless!

Of course Grandma told him to watch the ball, but throughout the game he continued to show off for us! LOL what a blessing to have grandchildren! And I mentioned that our littlest grandson, Baby Dax was baptised yesterday...what a beautiful child he is and now he is a child of God. I am so thankful!

Well it was just a beautiful day yesterday! I know today will be fun as well so I better get my rear in gear and get ready. I hope your day is filled with joy and thank you for letting me share a little bit of my joy with you! Thank you for stopping by!
HUGS!
Vicki

Baptism Card

Hello! Busy weekend coming up for me...just a quickie post to show you a card I created for our newest grandson's baptism. I created the image for this card in Photoshop using brushes. The image of the lamb was a free coloring page that I resized. I have not played much in Photoshop lately so really enjoyed creating this. I had seen a card on the net that I liked and created this one using some of the same design ideas. The card base was created using largest of the Lattice Rectangles nestability. Today we have the baptism and a soccer game to go to and tomorrow is a birthday party for our 4 year old grandson! I may be back tomorrow with a card for the birthday boy if I get time to create.
Today my dear friend Glitterbabe called me to tell me that her hubby passed away. I am deeply saddend for her. She is doing as best as can be through all this but I do know she would be touched by a visit and some prayers.
Well, for now that is all...soccer game in about half hour so I need to run. Hope your day is a blessed one and that your weekend is fantastic. Thanks so much for stopping by.

HUGS!
Vicki

Doodle Pantry Froggie

Good morning! I am back this morning with a card that was rather fun to create but posed a slight challenge for me! My oldest grandson is turning 12 on Sunday...and I always make the kid's birthday cards. Well 12 is a hard age...not grown up by no means but yet nothing to childish will do either!! So, I had seen a card on the internet somewhere a long while ago with a frog and jokes on it and I thought maybe that would be just the right thing for my young man! So the image I used is from Doodle Pantry called Little Frog. Laurie does a great job with her pre-colored images and it was just what I needed to get this card together! I printed the image out twice and cut out the frog on the second print so I could pop dot it over the original image for a little dimension. I created my sentiment and all the jokes in photoshop and found that cute little dragonfly on the net. It has been a while since I really played in Photoshop and I had a blast doing so and working with Little Frog! Well I am off to get some things done today...and I do apologize to all my lovely commentors for not getting out to your blogs over the last couple of weeks...I promise to do better...and thank you from my heart for leaving love! Thanks tons for stopping in today!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS meets Quilling

Good morning! First I would like to thank all of the blog hop commenters for the love that was left on my creation! I hope you all enjoyed the hop. To find out who the winner of all the wonderful prizes is please visit the FSS Blog! Well after a small break, I have a card created for you...I am playing around with quilling again so don't be surprised if you see more of this in future cards. My quilled creation was layered on my card with several colors of cardstock and then matted with the spellbinders nestie...Fleur de Lis. And, the sentiment used on my card is one in the FSS store and is 40% off this week!!! Yep, it is part of the Angel Patience Digi & Coloured and the Sentiments Pack and the pack is on sale! I did add some shadowing to the original sentiment in Photoshop to give my card a little dimension. The white layer of my card was embossed with a Sizzix folder and then scored at the bottom of the embossing with the Scor Pal. Hope you enjoyed my creation, and hope you hop on over to the store! BTW, another DT member Anne has her pick for the digi of the week as well so please pay her a visit!

On another note, rather sad one, I would love you to pay a visit to my friend Glitterbabe. She has been a very good friend of mine for a couple years now...and many of you may have had the pleasure of visiting her blog and getting a huge smile from her on a daily basis. Her humor is never ending! Well, my dear friends hubby is in grave health and hospice is now involved. Please pay her a visit and leave her some prayers...I know she will appreciate all of them! And thank you for doing so!

Well, have a great day today, thanks for stopping in, leaving love and please come back to see me!

HUGS!!

Vicki

FSS BLOG HOP!!!

Good morning and welcome to another Fred She Said blog hop! This blog hop starts today and runs through midnight Friday, July 29th EDT. If you got to my blog from Donna's then you are hopping on the right path! If not and you seemed to have lost your way, stop by the Fred She Said blog for the list of participants. The theme for this hop is FAVORITES and Tracey asked us to interperate that as we wish. So, my FAVORITE holiday is the Christmas season and anyone who knows me well KNOWS my favorite season is winter...SNOW, SNOW, SNOW! LOL if I sound like I am out of my gourd, I might be cause our weather has been so horribly hot (heat index 120) that my mind may be fried or dehydrated!! Anyhoo, I chose to cool things down in my mind with the FSS Christmas Cardinal (colored version). I made the white mat with a border punch I had...and no it was not a punch around the page set! Had to do some math to get it to work out but I think it came out pretty even. Once I had my image printed I glitzed it up a bit with some Sakura Stardust Gellyroll pens.  I matted the image with white cardstock cut with the Spellbinders Square nestability and then matted that with red cardstock cut with the Spellbinders Eyelet Squares Nestability. The sentiment was computer generated by myself and cut out with the Spellbinders Ribbon Tab Trio. And all my bling...from the flatback pearls to the Baker's Twine are from Pizzazz Aplenty! The snowflake was cut out using a Cuttlebug die. OK, OK...now that you have gotten through all that you MUST be wondering what the prize is and HOW to qualify!! ONE lucky winner will win:

$15 Gift Voucher to Bearly Mine Designs

$15 Prize Package of yummy goodies chosen by Judy from Pizzazz APlenty

$30 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store

The WINNER will be announced Saturday morning July 30th on the Fred She Said Blog AND the FSS Challenge Blog. To ENTER, please leave a comment on each BLOG HOP POST. There will be ONE winner. A random hop post will be chosen and then a comment on that post will be chosen randomly to win. BLOG HOP closes Friday, JULY 29 midnight EDT so please leave your comments by then. Commenting on ALL the hop stops is not necessary to WIN... BUT it definitely increases your chances of winning and spreads some LOVE! Please make sure you leave your name in your comment! NOTE: some DT's moderate their comments for evil spam so please be patient if you don't see your comment right away.
I hope you enjoyed seeing my creation and enjoy the hop! Please hop along to Debbie's blog and see what she has in store for you! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving some LOVE! Have a great day!

HUGS!
Vicki

STAMP TV Challenge

Well today I decided to join in the fun over at STAMP TV...there is a CAS sketch challenge that ends Sunday night so I thought I might try it out. For my card I used all Gina K paper and stamps. The stamps I used are from the Spring Mix set. I stamped the butterflies on the background layer using Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink. The flower is heat embossed onto the card stock and the white sentiment layer is pop dotted for dimension. I used some Chocolate Chip flat back pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty for my corner embellishment. This was a fun card to create and got me back to doing some stamping which I have not done in a while. Well, not much on my agenda for the rest of the day...maybe some playing and visiting are in order. Thanks for stopping in to see what I have been up to and please do come by again! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!
Vicki

Flower winner(S)

Good morning! Yesterday really got away from me and I am sorry for not posting the winner of my flower giveaway yesterday! So today I am going to give all 3 of the lovely commenters a set of these flowers. Please contact me with your addresses Glitterbabe, Rose Petal, and Rhonda and I will get them sent out to you as fast as FTD! Well maybe not that fast! I spent some time after work on Thursday night and made 12 more...having fun creating them and playing around with different punches. I will be back later this weekend with a creation for you...thanks tons for stopping by to see me!

HUGS!

Vicki

FSS Ornate Butterfly

What a beautiful day we have here today! Birds are singing, weather is nice and cool and I have the day off! Can't get much better than that! Speaking of beautiful, that is how I feel about the card above...what do you think? I really love all white cards, like clean and simple. The beautiful butterfly used on this card is Ornate Butterfly....in the FSS Store. Now this awesome butterfly comes as as a digi and cutting file set. I used the cutting file set and cut it out with my Black Cat Cougar. I ran the bottom layer of the butterfly through the Xyron, put the top layer on and then added some glitter. Some of the other elements used on the card are Cuttlebug Musical Flourish and Polka Dots embossing folders and Nestabilities Lattice Rectangles and Labels Eight dies.The embellishments that I used on the butterfly body and on the edge of the frame are from Pizzazz Aplenty. 
Now that my card has been covered, I have a surprise for you today. Today is my birthday and I am giving one lucky commenter a gift...I have begun making my own paper flowers with punches and I will use Random number to pick a lucky commenter on Friday. Want to see what you will get?

 Just leave some love and you are in the drawing! Now know, I am just learning to make these so they may not be "perfect" but I think they are surely usable! Have a great day today and thanks much for stopping by!
HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Teacup Pansies

Good morning! Hope you are off to a good start of your day today! I have a quick post today...just wanted to drop in and share with you a card that I created using the FSS Blue Pansies colored set. I cut the image out using Labels 18 nestie and added some glitter around the edges and to the cup. It is pop dotted on top of a blue piece of cardstock embossed with the Cuttlebug Musical Flourish folder...geez I really like that folder! Underneath that blue card stock the card is framed out with some gingham blue ribbon from Pizzazz Aplenty...I just thought it made a nice frame under the blue cardstock instead of it sitting right on the card base. Also you will see that I used some blue pearls...also from Pizzazz Aplenty...to embellish the card. The punch I used on the edge of my card I think was called Tulips...EK Success. Lot of fussing with this card but I do like how it turned out.
OH GOSH! Wanted to share with you in case you didn't already know...Judy at Pizzazz Aplenty is running her biannual sale on her rhinestones and flatback pearls...BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!
Well gotta run...I wish you all a great day today in whatever you are doing! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving some love!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Lenten Roses

Good morning! What a beautiful but overly warm weekend! We were very busy this weekend catching up with each other...my husband and I! He had been gone for 10 days out of state and although we talked to each other daily, it seemed like forever! Yesterday we visited our state park but didn't stay too long since it was really too warm to do any hiking. So I did get a chance to work on some projects since the weather called for some indoor time! My card today is using the FSS Lenten Rose image again...as well as the same sentement I had used on my previous card...just presented a little differently. The embossed layer is one of my new Cuttlebug folders Musical Flourish...I am really liking the way it looks. The ribbon is from Pizzazz Aplenty...AND it is currently on sale! I think it was among one of my first purchases from Judy. Well today I am going to play some more AND do some long overdue visiting! I can't wait to see all the creations you have been making! Have a blessed day and happy creating!
HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Emma the Mermaid 40% Off!

Happy 4th! What a beautiful sunrise we had this morning! I was up super early today...we had an over excited neighbor in our area today who decided to light a firecracker about 5 AM! Yikes....a day off and I could have slept in!! Oh well, coffee is on and I am getting my post ready early! I am excited to have been able to pick one of TWO digis of the week this week at the Fred She Said Store that are 40% off. I chose the Emma The Mermaid set. My card for today was created with elements of the colored set. The "water" paper, seaweed and that darling crab are all elements of the set! I just HAD to add the googly eyes. I had wanted to add a sentiment on the front of this card but ran out of room so I will finish up the inside with "OH CRAB!" Sorry I forgot your birthday! or something to that nature. I also had made this card for my grandaughter's birthday a couple of weeks ago with the same set:

There are LOTS of fun stuff in this set...I hope you hop on over to the Store and put it in your cart! OHHH and while you are there, we have ANOTHER dig this week that is 40% off...Emma in the Strawberry Patch. Please take a look at the most awesome card that Carol created using this set...simply amazing Carol! Well, I am off to start my day...no big plans for the day today...I am just enjoying the day off work! Hope your day is full of fun. Thanks so much for taking a moment to stop in! Have a GREAT day!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Lenten Roses

Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying the long holiday weekend! I just wanted to stop by and show you a card I worked on today for a friend of mine. This image is from Fred She Said and it is called Lenten Roses. I used the precolored image as I wanted to try printing the image on photopaper just to see how it would come out! Tracey does such a marvelous job coloring that I had no doubt it would be nothing but beautiful and I was so right. The sentiment is also from Fred She Said...Angel and Christian Sentiments. I used Photoshop to do my editing. The embossing folder I used is one of my new ones Cuttlebug Tiffany. The flowers that I used are from Pizzazz Aplenty and I added my own textured leaves using a MS punch. The gold outlining around the cut out of the image was created using a Krylon Gold Leaf pen...looks nice...went on easy...BUT, not so sure it will STAY on that photo paper. Well going to close for now...thanks so much for stopping in to see me...hugs to all of you and have a great 4th of July!!!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS WEE HUMINGBIRD and PETUNIA

Hello all! Gosh I try so hard to not fall behind in posting! I am sorry for being so long between posts again. Was a little preoccupied mentally...we got some bad news about our new little grandson Dax. My DIL called me to tell me that his checkup at the pediatric cardiologist did not go real well. Our little guy has 2 holes in his heart...his little heart is only the size of his tiny little fist and two holes! Right now they are going to observe him but most likely he may have to have open heart surgery to repair. We are just devastated. We had him for a few hours on Friday night and I just held him and hugged him and prayed that the Lord will see him through it! We were with all the kids again on Sunday for Father's Day and Ava's birthday and got to love on him some more. We just need to put our trust in God. I do have a card to share with you today...the image I used was the FSS Wee Hummingbird and Petunia colored set. I cut out the oval part of the image with an oval nestability and layered the petunia and pop dotted it for dimension. Added a little glitter to the tunies, AND to the pop dotted wee hummingbird as well. I matted the image on the beaded oval nestie and mounted the whole thing on an embossed white layer. I really like how it turned out. Hope you do too. OHHH here it is!

And of course I had to add some blue flat back rhinestones from Pizzazz Aplenty for a finishing touch!
OHHH and I wanted to mention that Fred is running a sale on a digi of the week each week through the end of the month of July. The DT members get to choose what digi we would like to see offered at 40% off...yep you read that right...40% OFF. This week's digi image was chosen by Robin and here is a link to her card she created with the digi she chose...The Old Truck. She did an awesome job with her creation. I will try to keep you updated each week on the digi that is for sale. Please take a moment and check out Robin's creation and visit the store!
Well, I have to run for now...hope to get some much needed visiting in. Thanks so much to all of you who stick with me through thick and thin for better or worse! Your support is greatly appreciated!

HUGS,
Vicki

FSS Monarch Butterfly SVG

Feeling a little pink today? I am tickled pink on how awesome this card came out. I know...tooting my own horn is not very nice but I do love how this card turned out. Let's start with that awesome butterfly. This butterfly is an svg file from FSS called Monarch Butterfly SVG. I used the double sided adhesive I had talked about in this post from All That Jazz Supplies to cut out both layers of the butterfly and applied pink glitter to the top layer and clear glitter to the bottom layer. Of course, I did all my cutting with my new best friend my Black Cat Lynx. What a beautiful butterfly. The layer with the white swirly images was created by moi...stamped the swirls randomly with white ink onto vellum. Layered underneath the vellum with various other card stock and of course some more glitter. The sentiment is from SU. The corners of the card were cut with an SU corner punch and adorned with some flatback pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty. Oh and if you look close you will see those same pearls on the body of the butterfly. I love working with vellum and should do more of it. Well, let me know your thoughts! Please be so kind to leave some love...it is so greatly appreciated. Hope your day was beautiful and your night is the same! Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Emma the Mermaid

Happy Monday...a little late! I have been working so hard to create a birthday card for my little grandaughter who will be 3 at the end of this month. Finally after deciding to try the center step card design I then chose to use the FSS Emma the Mermaid Colored set to create my card...This was a blast! The set comes with all the png files you need to create a scene...as well as an underwater scene background and the underwater paper! And is that mermaid to die for??? LOL my husband says the mermaid looks just like our sweet girl! You have to go check out this set...it is superb and has so many possibilities! I used one of my new nestability dies...Ribbon Banners...to cut out the computer generated sentiment. Of course I had to add some stickles for some bling! Here is a look at the inside....the sentiment was created with JustRite alphabet sets. And that fish with the balloons...was just perfect for birthday cards!

I used one of my Martha Stewart punches for the mat here...thought it looked like bubbles! I am pleased with this style of card and think I will make some more...there are so many possibilities. Well, I am going to get off this computer for the night...I hope you all had a wonderful day today and got lots of play time in! I will be by to see what you have been up to...have some coffee ready! LOL...thanks so much for taking the time to leave me some love...it is truly appreciated.

HUGS!
Vicki