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