God Bless America

Good morning! Well today is another one of my cards for the SB Blog Hop that was on Saturday. As I had mentioned in an earlier post, the blog hop was dedicated to our men and women in uniform. This card was created using the Eagle head...all coloring and creation was done digitally. I really loved how it turned out....If you look close enough you can actually see the texture that I added to the beak and eagle's head digitally. The star I cut out on my cricut and just made each layer of it a tad bigger. The sentiment was computer generated.

Today was a rather sad day for me...I decided not to continue on my DT path at the Stamping Boutique as of May 1. There will be a new DT call for the Boutique very soon so be on the lookout for it! Tracey is awesome to work for and she takes very good care of her Design Team. I want to thank Tracey for giving me the opportunity...this was my very first DT assignment...I served two terms and I did enjoy it. I will continue to create with the SB images as they are of the best quality and design. I will also continue to create sentiments and most likely give away some freebies from time to time. Right now I am having a creative spurt with my cricut so I will contine down that path for a while. I have one more card created from the blog hop that I will post tomorrow and then I promise to get my camera out to take pics of my many cricut creations over the past few days. I can't wait for you to see them so please check back in. I hope your day is a great one today...thank you for leaving all the encouraging comments...I appreciate them more than you know. Till tomorrow!

HUGS!
Vicki

I Pledge Allegiance

Hello again! Off to another crazy work week! I wanted to show you another card I did for the SB digi day on Saturday. This card used the Flag image that Tracey has in this series. I colored the flag with copics, used my Clear GellyRoll Stardust glitter pen on the stars. The paper I used on my background was created digitally. For my sentiment, I put the Pledge of Allegiance...cut it out with Nestabilities and added some ribbon and a couple of silver stars. I have 2 more to show you this week and then I will post some of the creations I have been making with my cricut. I was lucky enough to get a lot of cutting time in this weekend so I should be able to post cards all week this week! I feel like I am getting back into the swing of things after having such a loss of mojo for quite some time! We had a wonderful weekend...spent quality time with all 4 of our grandchildren and had dinner with our oldest son's family last night. I hope your weekend was awesome...and the upcoming week goes well for you. Thanks so much for stopping in to see me and my creations! I have even caught up with a lot of my visiting...if I have missed you, I will be by to see you soon!

HUGS!
Vicki

Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

Hello everyone! Hope your Sunday is a gorgeous day....we had lots of rain last night but we really needed it here! I have a rose bush to get planted today if the weather cooperates. My dear friend who has cancer brought me a knock out rose bush...the roses are the mosr awesome deep pink! What a sweet heart she is...she told me it was a knock out rose for a knock out friend! I love her for that! Well, here is one of 4 cards that I created for the SB digi day...is this eagle awesome or what? Tracey did a knock out job on these images. I found a mountain scene that I put into photoshop and added the eagle...with the American Flag blended into his head....I love how this card turned out. I created the sentiment myself. I hope you like my creation. Have a blessed Sunday! I will be by to visit all of you today...thanks so much for coming to see me!

HUGS,

Vicki

Stamping Boutique Digi Day

Happy Saturday! I have several cards created to show you however, I can't post them until after tonight as they are for tonights Stamping Boutique Digi Day over at SNR! From 7PM-9PM tonight we will be showcasing Tracey's new images and our theme is "Marching With The Troops". This digi day theme is near and dear to Kym's heart as her son Travis is a Marine serving overseas...so please come join us for a couple hours of fun! We have 3 challenges planned with PRIZES of course...and several games also.
We will be showcasing cards that Kym, Helen and I have created with these awesome new images. Hope to see you there! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!
Vicki

Another Mother's Day Card

Good morning! I hope I don't bore you with my cricut designs...I am really having fun creating the last 2 nights! My poor hubby...he is retired so he is alone all day and then when I come home, the last 2 nights I have been in my craft room!! Alone some more! But he knows where I am at and comes to visit me regularly! Today's card is another creation using a couple of Penny's files...If you have SCAL and a die cutting machine, pay her a visit! I used a cut line file and a Lacy Butterfly file. The solid card stock is from SU, the pattened card stock is Itsy Bitsy from K&Company. And the sentiment is one I designed. I did spray the butterfly with Sparkle Shimmer Spray but it is hard to tell in the picture...I also took some Glittered Pearls and lined the butterfly's body with them. Used Nesties to cut out my sentiment and lightly inked it with Momento ink. This card is going to be for one of my dear DIL for Mother's Day...geez, hope they aren't looking! I will need another one so I may do one more!

Just a reminder...the card from yesterday has not been spoken for and is still available if you have a use for it! Just drop me a line at vldiaz@verizon.net and I will be glad to send it on to you. It needs a good home!

Well, thanks from the bottom of my heart for coming to visit me! I hope you enjoyed your stay and are inspired by my creations. I will be off to do some visiting with you later on today! I hope you have a wonderful day today.

HUGS!

Vicki

Mother's Day Card

Hello! I know it has been a few days since I have posted...I have been very busy outside the last few days and have also been contemplating my card designing techniques. I have not really been using my cricut at all lately...It is a very expensive machine to just be sitting collecting dust! Then I happened on a web site that totally got my creative juices flowing...Penny Duncan Creations. Penny is a very, very giving and kind person. I struggled with the folding of this cut and she very quickly answered my call for help! If you have a die cutting machine and can cut SVG files, please go pay Penny a visit...her files are awesome and FREE. What a gift Penny has! On my card, I actually used 2 of Penny's files...the cutting line file with all the folds and also the swirly border on the top and bottom of the card. I used one of my EK Success punches to create small scalloped edge on the border and then also matted that green border with a white border that had also been edged with that same punch. I added some pearls around the design and the sentiment in the middle of the card is one of my new sentiment creations that will be in the Stamping Boutique store soon...yes, I have been creating a few new sentiments. Hopefully tomorrow I will post a preview of the new ones in the store. Well, I hope you enjoyed my creation today....AND because I really do not have anyone to give this card to as my Mother passed away a few years ago, I will send this card to the first person that sends me an email requesting it! So if you could use this card, please let me know...I will send an envie with it! Thanks for stopping in to see me and I hope you have a blessed day today. I promise to get back into the swing of things and be by to visit you today!

Have a MOOtiful Day

Hello all! I wanted to share with you my card for the one stop blog hop that TSB had on Wednesday. This card was not at all favored on the hop...I just don't have the knack sometimes. I like to be different in my designing and that most times is not what others like. That's ok....I had fun creating this card. The image I used from the Stamping Boutique was AJ the Farmer...he is a doll isn't he? The cow in the background was part of a free coloring page that I had found on the internet that I edited in photoshop. The clouds and sun were created in photoshop using brushes. I colored the image with my copics and the sentiment was computer generated. I added a little glitter pen to the sun to make it sparkle. The card really is rather cute in real life! I have been very busy outside this week trying to get the yard back in shape after winter...got my pond opened and all my grasses trimmed. Last night I mulched 4 flower beds...have more to do but today it is raining so that may have to wait for a better day! Well hope your week has been the best ever...and that the weekend coming up is also wonderful! I will be out to see what you have been up to a little later in the day today. Thanks so much to my followers for visiting me daily...I appreciate each and every one of you!

HUGS!
Vicki