Photo card

Hello again! Today's card is a little out of the ordinary for me and a little out of my comfort zone but I think it turned out pretty good. I am not a photographer at all but love to take pictures of scenery and nature...and of course my grandbabies! The photo on this card is one I took of the sunrise from the balcony of our room when we were on vacation in Rockport, Texas. I had a stressful day today and I had such a peaceful and relaxing time in Texas...working with this photo helped me to unwind. Hope you like the card even though there is no stamping on it! I may make more as time goes. I hope you all had a great day today. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today. Hugs to all!

Ho Ho Ho

OMG!!!! Have you been to Squigglefly lately???? If not, I suggest you RUN over there to see all the new images released on Saturday nignt. Kudos to the artists. The card above was made from "Jolly Old St Nick", one of the new images. How cute is that? I created this card for Stef's color challenge...rules were to use red, white, and blue. First thing that came to mind for me was something patriotic...but I was not really wanting to go there...so the paper I found to use was perfect for this image! The paper pack was from K&Company... 12x12 double sided Brenda Walton Specialty Paper. Because I wanted to use both sides of the paper, I decided to do a gatefold card. I created my sentiment around the image in Photoshop...I was really pleased with the way it turned out...I actually went ahead and colored the jolly old guy in photoshop too while I was in there. The image was matted using standard and scalloped circle Nestabilities and then I used Frost Stickles on his beard and Crystal Stickle on his hat and coat.
Thanks for stopping by to visit me today...I will be by to  visit you all a little later...have the coffee on!

HUGS!

Warm Winter Wishes

As chilly as it is today, it feels like winter is just around the corner...no I mean REALLY around the corner. But if I am sounding a little out of my mind, how silly did I sound yesterday when I THOUGHT I was loosing an hour? Stress will do strange things to a person. The image from today's card is one of my new ones from the Stamping Boutique called Snowman Scrapbook Journal...I think he looks adorable on a card! The recipie for this card: card base from American Crafts Earth Tones cardstock...the vellum layer was ran through the Cuttlebug using Sizzix Snowflakes folder...Nestabilities Classic and Scalloped rectangles framed the image. Red ribbon is from Hobby Lobby. I used the ZIG glue pen to outline around the image and then sprinkled on some Lily White glitter.I really liked how the vellum took on a life of it's own after embossing. It was hard for me not to add some more embellies...the tempataion was there but I felt they would only compete with the rest of the card. That's all for today...enjoy your day! Thanks for stopping by!

Three's a Charm Bloghop!

Happy Halloween to all! I am busy getting my last minute preparations done for the little goblins who will stop to see me tonight...as I am sure you all are. As I rush to get things done today, my DH reminds me that we have to turn our clocks back tonight and loose an hour!!! WHAT!!!??? I don't have time to loose an hour! Anywho, also wanted to let you all know that the Stamping Boutique is joining up with Ildi Co and Sunshine's Stamps to have a huge blog hop beginning on Nov 7...be sure to keep checking back for more details to come! Hope everyone has a SPOOKTACULAR Halloween. Thanks for stopping by to see me today.
HUGS!

Design Team Member!

WHOOOO HOOOO! I am so excited to announce that I have been asked to be on the design team for Stamping Boutique! There are lots of exciting things going on over at the Boutique and the images are fabulous. Thanks to Tracey for giving me the chance to be a part of her team! It is a rainy night again here...I swear we are going to have to build an ark if this weather persists...thank goodness it is not SNOW yet! I will be back later with a card...waiting for my camera battery to charge.

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Whew!! Finished the last Halloween card...this one is for my 10 year old grandson...hope he likes it. The paper for this card was from a package of Earth Tones AC Cardstock. I rather like their cardstock. The cut out on the card is a SVG file that I purchased and cut out on the cricut using Sure Cuts A Lot software. The "FREAKY" sentiment was from a package of Halloween epoxy embellishments fro Reminisce. That's all for tonight. Thanks again for stopping by.

HUGS!!!!

Vicki

Halloween Card

Happy Wednesday night! I sure hope you all had a good day today. Mine was not too bad actually and it was HUMP day to beat! I am trying so hard to catch up on my cards for Halloween for my grandchildren...one more to go after this one! Three of my babies are very young so I didn't want anything scary for them. Todays card base and layers were a collection of papers I had purchased in those big bundles we see at Hobby Lobby etc....sometimes I wonder why I buy those darn things cause I struggle with coordinating but don't think this one was too bad. The digital image I used on this card is called Witchy Poo that was a freebie on Doodle Place. I colored the sweet thing with copics and added a little Lavender Stickles to the buckle on his hat. The pumpkin is the Cuttlebug Pumpkin Spice die and embossing folder with a some stickles added to it also. I generated the sentiment on my computer and used the Spellbinders Double Ended Tags Shapeabilities. Thanks for visiting! Have a good evening! God Bless.

HUGS!

"Beary" Happy Halloween

Hello everyone! Well I am back from my conference in Arizona...and ready to get back to making cards! I missed visiting all of you! I will be trying to catch up this week. Speaking of catching up, I need to catch up on my Halloween cards! I still have two to make after this one. I really like how this card turned out. The image I used was one I won from the recent Whimsie Doodles blog hop..."Little Pumpkin". The image was colored with copics...I actually did have lots of fun playing with this image...feeling a little better about the coloring and shading. The sentiment was computer generated in photoshop. I used the classic and scalloped squares for Spellbinders to mat the image on the card base. The paper for the card base was from a Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday Glitter pak I had purchased at Jo-Ann Fabrics last fall. Thanks for stopping by...I hope to be here more often now that I am back home! Have a good day!

HUGS!