Flower winner(S)

Good morning! Yesterday really got away from me and I am sorry for not posting the winner of my flower giveaway yesterday! So today I am going to give all 3 of the lovely commenters a set of these flowers. Please contact me with your addresses Glitterbabe, Rose Petal, and Rhonda and I will get them sent out to you as fast as FTD! Well maybe not that fast! I spent some time after work on Thursday night and made 12 more...having fun creating them and playing around with different punches. I will be back later this weekend with a creation for you...thanks tons for stopping by to see me!

HUGS!

Vicki

FSS Ornate Butterfly

What a beautiful day we have here today! Birds are singing, weather is nice and cool and I have the day off! Can't get much better than that! Speaking of beautiful, that is how I feel about the card above...what do you think? I really love all white cards, like clean and simple. The beautiful butterfly used on this card is Ornate Butterfly....in the FSS Store. Now this awesome butterfly comes as as a digi and cutting file set. I used the cutting file set and cut it out with my Black Cat Cougar. I ran the bottom layer of the butterfly through the Xyron, put the top layer on and then added some glitter. Some of the other elements used on the card are Cuttlebug Musical Flourish and Polka Dots embossing folders and Nestabilities Lattice Rectangles and Labels Eight dies.The embellishments that I used on the butterfly body and on the edge of the frame are from Pizzazz Aplenty. 
Now that my card has been covered, I have a surprise for you today. Today is my birthday and I am giving one lucky commenter a gift...I have begun making my own paper flowers with punches and I will use Random number to pick a lucky commenter on Friday. Want to see what you will get?

 Just leave some love and you are in the drawing! Now know, I am just learning to make these so they may not be "perfect" but I think they are surely usable! Have a great day today and thanks much for stopping by!
HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Teacup Pansies

Good morning! Hope you are off to a good start of your day today! I have a quick post today...just wanted to drop in and share with you a card that I created using the FSS Blue Pansies colored set. I cut the image out using Labels 18 nestie and added some glitter around the edges and to the cup. It is pop dotted on top of a blue piece of cardstock embossed with the Cuttlebug Musical Flourish folder...geez I really like that folder! Underneath that blue card stock the card is framed out with some gingham blue ribbon from Pizzazz Aplenty...I just thought it made a nice frame under the blue cardstock instead of it sitting right on the card base. Also you will see that I used some blue pearls...also from Pizzazz Aplenty...to embellish the card. The punch I used on the edge of my card I think was called Tulips...EK Success. Lot of fussing with this card but I do like how it turned out.
OH GOSH! Wanted to share with you in case you didn't already know...Judy at Pizzazz Aplenty is running her biannual sale on her rhinestones and flatback pearls...BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!
Well gotta run...I wish you all a great day today in whatever you are doing! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving some love!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Lenten Roses

Good morning! What a beautiful but overly warm weekend! We were very busy this weekend catching up with each other...my husband and I! He had been gone for 10 days out of state and although we talked to each other daily, it seemed like forever! Yesterday we visited our state park but didn't stay too long since it was really too warm to do any hiking. So I did get a chance to work on some projects since the weather called for some indoor time! My card today is using the FSS Lenten Rose image again...as well as the same sentement I had used on my previous card...just presented a little differently. The embossed layer is one of my new Cuttlebug folders Musical Flourish...I am really liking the way it looks. The ribbon is from Pizzazz Aplenty...AND it is currently on sale! I think it was among one of my first purchases from Judy. Well today I am going to play some more AND do some long overdue visiting! I can't wait to see all the creations you have been making! Have a blessed day and happy creating!
HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Emma the Mermaid 40% Off!

Happy 4th! What a beautiful sunrise we had this morning! I was up super early today...we had an over excited neighbor in our area today who decided to light a firecracker about 5 AM! Yikes....a day off and I could have slept in!! Oh well, coffee is on and I am getting my post ready early! I am excited to have been able to pick one of TWO digis of the week this week at the Fred She Said Store that are 40% off. I chose the Emma The Mermaid set. My card for today was created with elements of the colored set. The "water" paper, seaweed and that darling crab are all elements of the set! I just HAD to add the googly eyes. I had wanted to add a sentiment on the front of this card but ran out of room so I will finish up the inside with "OH CRAB!" Sorry I forgot your birthday! or something to that nature. I also had made this card for my grandaughter's birthday a couple of weeks ago with the same set:

There are LOTS of fun stuff in this set...I hope you hop on over to the Store and put it in your cart! OHHH and while you are there, we have ANOTHER dig this week that is 40% off...Emma in the Strawberry Patch. Please take a look at the most awesome card that Carol created using this set...simply amazing Carol! Well, I am off to start my day...no big plans for the day today...I am just enjoying the day off work! Hope your day is full of fun. Thanks so much for taking a moment to stop in! Have a GREAT day!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Lenten Roses

Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying the long holiday weekend! I just wanted to stop by and show you a card I worked on today for a friend of mine. This image is from Fred She Said and it is called Lenten Roses. I used the precolored image as I wanted to try printing the image on photopaper just to see how it would come out! Tracey does such a marvelous job coloring that I had no doubt it would be nothing but beautiful and I was so right. The sentiment is also from Fred She Said...Angel and Christian Sentiments. I used Photoshop to do my editing. The embossing folder I used is one of my new ones Cuttlebug Tiffany. The flowers that I used are from Pizzazz Aplenty and I added my own textured leaves using a MS punch. The gold outlining around the cut out of the image was created using a Krylon Gold Leaf pen...looks nice...went on easy...BUT, not so sure it will STAY on that photo paper. Well going to close for now...thanks so much for stopping in to see me...hugs to all of you and have a great 4th of July!!!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS WEE HUMINGBIRD and PETUNIA

Hello all! Gosh I try so hard to not fall behind in posting! I am sorry for being so long between posts again. Was a little preoccupied mentally...we got some bad news about our new little grandson Dax. My DIL called me to tell me that his checkup at the pediatric cardiologist did not go real well. Our little guy has 2 holes in his heart...his little heart is only the size of his tiny little fist and two holes! Right now they are going to observe him but most likely he may have to have open heart surgery to repair. We are just devastated. We had him for a few hours on Friday night and I just held him and hugged him and prayed that the Lord will see him through it! We were with all the kids again on Sunday for Father's Day and Ava's birthday and got to love on him some more. We just need to put our trust in God. I do have a card to share with you today...the image I used was the FSS Wee Hummingbird and Petunia colored set. I cut out the oval part of the image with an oval nestability and layered the petunia and pop dotted it for dimension. Added a little glitter to the tunies, AND to the pop dotted wee hummingbird as well. I matted the image on the beaded oval nestie and mounted the whole thing on an embossed white layer. I really like how it turned out. Hope you do too. OHHH here it is!

And of course I had to add some blue flat back rhinestones from Pizzazz Aplenty for a finishing touch!
OHHH and I wanted to mention that Fred is running a sale on a digi of the week each week through the end of the month of July. The DT members get to choose what digi we would like to see offered at 40% off...yep you read that right...40% OFF. This week's digi image was chosen by Robin and here is a link to her card she created with the digi she chose...The Old Truck. She did an awesome job with her creation. I will try to keep you updated each week on the digi that is for sale. Please take a moment and check out Robin's creation and visit the store!
Well, I have to run for now...hope to get some much needed visiting in. Thanks so much to all of you who stick with me through thick and thin for better or worse! Your support is greatly appreciated!

HUGS,
Vicki