FSS Love You This Much

Good morning! The weekend is here and what a relief. It has been a long work week for me. Hope you all have some fun planned for this weekend. Me...may watch some of the grandchildren but otherwise no big plans...which is good...that may mean some play time! Well todays card is very similar to one I made back in April...it was a requested card for a friend's little neice's first birthday. The image I used is FSS I Love You This Much...one of the colored versions. The red paper I used is from Pizzazz Aplenty...I just LOVE this paper...it is like velvet! The heart frame is my own creation! I designed it it Make the Cut...this is my first time using it on a card and I think I chose the perfect image to use it with! Well, I am off to work out and get my day started...Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by to see me!
HUGS!
Vicki

FSS The Old Truck

Hello! Quick posting for now...I have been so overwhelmingly busy but had to find some time to create a card for a dear friend of mine. She had asked for a "no frills" simple card for her boss for Boss's Day. Well since he is a man, I immediately thought of the FSS The Old Truck image. This is the most awesome image for a masculine card and the colored images come in several colors besides the brown you see here. I just did a little photo shop and added the sentiment...matted it on brown card stock and voila...very simple "no fuss" card but an awesome card to say the least. I will be back hopefully tomorrow with another creation that was also a request! I hope you have all been well, I need to get caught up on my visiting as I am very far behind. I truly appreciate all the kind words you have left me over the last few posts! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!

Vicki

Doodle Panty Challenge and COUGAR!

Good morning! I don't have a card to show you today but wanted to remind everyone that the Doodle Pantry Challenge starts today!! Please hop over to the Doodle Pantry Blog to get all the deets and join in the fun! Also...I had a BLAST on Monday night playing with my Cougar again and Make the Cut software! It was like training myself all over again since all that I had learned I kind of forgot! Ohhhh geez did I ever forget! But first thing I did was to create my very very own design in MTC! I amazed myself that I could actually do it...and THEN with some help from my friend Penny Duncan, I was able to cut it out too!! Well, I hope I am on a roll now, I do miss using my Cougar and really should have not quit trying! Here is a pic of the frame I designed in MTC:

Pretty huh? And I do believe I can make it fancier if I try but not bad for a first! If I have any followers that can cut SVG files, please contact me by email and I will be glad to share my file with you! Well, I am off for the day...work, and then photography class tonight! Thanks for stopping by and letting me share my Cougar/MTC joy with you! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!
Vicki

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