Elephants Don't Forget

Good morning! Hope you are all doing well today and staying cool where ever you may be! I just wanted to share another new image that is in the new Squigglefly release today...it is called African Elephant...The image itself is just one elephant...I added the second elephant and the balloon to the image. Colored with copics...cut out with Nesties and matted with an assortment of paper. Added a little Glossy Accents on the balloon and a few flowers colored with copics. The inside of the card says "Elephants don't forget, and neither do I...Happy Birthday!" Be sure to stop on by Squigglefly today and check out all the new releases! Have an awesome day and thank you so much for stopping by!

HUGS!

Vicki

Squigglefly SNEAK Peek!

OHHHH happy Friday! Yipppeee! AND even more to be happy about is that tomorrow is another weekly Squigglefly release! Yep...and what you see above is a new Shy Bear release...is this cool or what! How refreshing is this scene in this sweltering heat! AHHHHH how I wish I was sitting along that beach. SLAP!!! Ok....I am back to reality now...sorry for slipping away there for a few! Once I colored the image with my copic markers, I cut out the area around the palm tree down to the water. I mounted the cut out image on some light blue glittered paper to appear as sky. The border on the edge of the card is the Lotus Border from Nestabilities...one of my purchases when I went to the convention in Collinsville in June. What you see there is half the border...then I colored the cut out flowers from the border and glued them into place and then put an eyelet in the center of each using the Cropodile Big Bite. I really love how it turned out...and maybe I might be enabling a little! Bet you will be running out to get this one on Saturday! Be sure to stop by Squigglefly to check out all the new releases tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by to see me...have a blessed day!

HUGS!
Vicki

Challenge at Glitterbabes

Hello, hello, hello! Well it is time for a new Glitterbabe's Challenge! Wow, that week went by sooooo fast! We had several wonderful entries into last weeks challenge...and Glitterbabe will be picking a winner tomorrow so be sure to check to see if you won! And come join in the fun for this weeks challenge! We were asked to create a card using a sketch that Glitterbabe provided...and of course...bring on the BLING! Today is sweltering hot in the Illinois Valley so I decided to cool it down...(if only in my mind!) with one of Glitterbabe's winter images called Snowman Hugs...lol a snowman hug ought to cool ya off on a day like this! I embossed my background paper with a Sizzix embossing folder and used a Krylon silver leafing pen to accent that embossing as well as frame out that background paper. Added a few glittered snowflakes to the card and glittered up the image a little. All my coloring was done with copics.

I also wanted to thank all of you who stopped by yesterday and wished me a Happy Birthday! I am so touched. I have a rough time being here every day with a full time job so I was just sooooo touched to see those wishes! I did have a wonderful day! My youngest son and family are in the Ozarks this week so I didn't get to see them but my little 2 year old Ava did tell Grandma happy birthday on the phone...made me just get goosebumps! And later on in the day I got a call from our oldest grandson (Ava's big brother) who is 10! And GUESS who came to see me on my birthday????? Glitterbabe herself!!! How awesome is that!!! Yep, Stef and Clyde stopped by, we grilled out and had some lucious ice cream cake! Later on in the evening my day was complete with a visit from my oldest son and family! Litte Collin is only 1 and isn't talking much yet but he sure joined in the festivities when the candles were lit and everyone sang happy birthday! Our Jacob is 2...soon to be 3...he sang Happy Birthday and it was awesome! Bless his heart he helped me blow out the candles and then said..."Grandma, now you are 3 like me!" These are the moments I will cherish in my heart forever...how could it get any better...the love of family and friends! Thanks for stopping in today...I am going to try very hard to get by to see all of you this weekend...it is back to work for me tomorrow after a wonderful 3 days off!

HUGS!

Vicki

Glitterbabe's Challenge!

Hello and happy Thursday! Today is the second challenge going on over at Glitterbabe's Challenge Blog! Wow, we had lots of very, very nice cards entered into the challenge, full of sparkle ...and the winner is going to be announced today so be sure to head on over and see if it was you!!! This weeks challenge is a color challenge...using orange, pink and turquoise....and I used Glitterbabe's Flamingo image. I matted my card first with orange and turquoise (shhhhh I know it is really light blue but it was the closest i could come!) glitter paper...trying to portray the sky at sunset and the water. The image is printed out on acetate and colored the back of the image with copics....I am not really sure I like this technique but was intrigued enough to try it...for sure there is plenty of sparkle on this card...one of Glitterbabe's biggest requirement! Be sure to stop on over to see us at the challenge blog...the rest of the DT has some really awesome cards as well to show off! I hope you have a blessed day today and thanks for stopping in to see me!

HUGS!
Vicki

Just for You Vellum Card

Hello again! Whew is it warm where you are? Really hot and humid here but hey...it IS July and I live in the middle of corn country so what should I expect huh? Well I hope my card is refreshing at least! Today's card is done in vellum...heavy weight (48lbs). My image is from the Fancy Flowers collection at Squigglefly. I printed it on the vellum and then flipped over the vellum to make my design. The flower itself is not colored at all...it is the pink bacground paper showing through...the leaves I colored with copics. My corners were cut with the SU corner punch. I really am liking working with vellum...it gives me a feel of elegance...hope you like! Thanks bunches for stopping in today...hope to see you again soon. I am off to see each of you later on today!

HUGS!

Vicki

Wind Beneath My Wings

Today is our first challenge as part of the new Squigglefly DT. Todays challenge at the Squigglefly Challenge Blog is such an awesome one!! We were able to do whatever Squigglefly image we wanted to! Be sure to come check out all the awesome cards that the other DT members created for this challenge and play along with us! There are always prizes! I chose the butterfly from the Fancy Flowers collection. Colored it with copics and added some glitter using a Sakura Stardust pen. The sentiment was computer generated in Photoshop...thought it was perfect to go with the image.

Of course you can tell I used my circle nesties to mat my image..and i used a corner punch to create some interest in the corners. I love how it turned out. Hope you are having an awesome day...we will be spending some time with our kids tonight. I am off to see each of you...have to catch up on what is going on in your world! Thanks for stopping in to see me today!

Happy 4th of July!

Hello! Thought I would drop in to wish everyone an awesome 4th of July! I will be back tomorrow with some new cards I have been creating. I made my first two cards as a new Squigglefly DT member and am anxious to share them with you. If you haven't been over the the new Squigglefly group at Paper Craft Planet, be sure to do so! The fun is still going on...lots of prizes and fun! AND if you haven't already heard there is 30% off all Squigglefly images through today so hop on over to the blog to get the code and check out the new releases! Have an awesome day...I plan to do a little visiting today so have a nice cold drink for me when I arrive! Thanks so much for taking time to come see me!

Hugs,
Vicki