To a Wonderful Friend

Hello everyone...I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday. I have been playing a little bit today, trying to catch up with challenges for the next week and having fun with a new image by Jess Holland at Squigglefly. The image is called Wonderful Friend. I decided to make this into a holiday card using the snowflakes and silver foil paper. The card base is cut out using the largest of the Labels Eight Nestabilites cut on a folded piece of paper. I then took the next size down from there and cut out the other white layer and embossed it with Sizzix Snowflakes #3 embossing folder. To get the silver layer, I took that same die and put it on the paper and traced around the oustide of it to get a slightly larger shape...of course I had to cut this layer out by hand. I cut the Oval shape out of the white layer using the Ovals Nestabilities...and becasue I wanted my oval cut out on the silver layer to be slightly smaller, I traced on the inside of that oval nestie and cut it out by hand as well. IF I was lucky enough to have both the Ovals LG and Ovals SM I would probably not had to do all that hand work, but since I don't, I improvised! I decided the card was complete once I cut out a white and black snowflake using the MS snowflake punch...I used an 8MM Crystal Brad trimmed in silver from Pizzazz Aplenty for the center of my snowflake. Thanks tons for stopping by! I plan on doing some visiting today now that I feel "caught up"...plan on seeing me at your place a little later on today!

HUGS!
Vicki

Card and first snow!

Happy Saturday to you all! Well we got our first big snowfall of the season overnight last night and this morning...a whopping 7 inches for sure...could actually be more! Any of you who know me, know I LOVE snow! I am the one who gets all excited when a snow storm is predicted then depressed when whe don't get anything! LOL I know, crazy...So today's card is perfect for the weather outside! The background of the card is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, cut and embossed the Beaded Oval Nestie....added some snowflake ribbon. The adornments on the ends of the ribbons are the ends of one of the Nestabilities Fancy Labels. The snowflake in the center of the card is a brad from Paper Studio Spare Parts...purchased at Hobby Lobby. Well, I have to run...lots to do today and not enough time in the day! I hope your day is wonderful...thank you so much for stopping by! Catch you all later!

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

Family pic and a card

Well it has almost been a week since I posted last! Time is just getting away from me. I have an awesome card to share with you today...I cased this card off of Kittie at Kittie Krafts. Thanks so much for the inspiration Kittie! Is this beautiful or what? All of my paper is from Pizzazz Aplenty, the punch is a MS punch and the ribbon is from Hobby Lobby. The greenery is also a MS punch with a little "Holly Snow" on it...what you think? I also wanted to take a moment to share a pic of my babies from Thanksgiving! My oldest son is sitting with all 4 of my grandchildren on one couch...let me tell you this is a very very rare occasion to get all 4 kids in one pic at the same time! Of course grandma seen this as a photo op!

Meet from left to right...my oldest son, Michael, Collin James(1 1/2), Jacob Michael (3), Ava Sophia (2) and Nathan Michael (11)...what a blessing I have received from God! Well,  hope you had a wonderful day today and thank you for visiting and letting me share my joy with you!

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

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

Simple Card

Back again! I hope your Sunday has been a great one. We worked out in the yard for a while today to put away the last of the summer things and raked some leaves. We have a huge oak tree in our back yard that covers the whole back yard like an umbrella...it is beautiful and provides us with tons of shade in the summer and blesses us with TONS of leaves in the fall! I am about to start dinner but wanted to get this card posted. Today's card is created using the largest of the Scalloped Circle Nestabilities....fold a piece of paper in half and place the nestie a little above the fold to get a card. :) I then cut out a circle nestie in blue and embossed it and for the top layer, I used a silver foil doily with the solid center cut out. My snowflake is something I picked up in the dollar bin at Michaels this summer....now I wish I had more of them! Well, got to run and get that chicken pot pie made for dinner...have a great rest of you Sunday and thanks for stopping by today!

HUGS!
Vicki