MFT Sketch Challenge.....Birthday Wishes

Happy Friday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch challenge this week at the MFT Challenge Blog.

I love this sweet little Pure Innocence girl called Happy Banner.

I colored her with my copic markers.

I decide to color her banner to match some Sahara Sand card stock so I could use that as my base.

I did end up using some Concord Crush card stock for the base and the Sahara Sand for the next layer.

I added a Concord Crush circle and a Wisteria Wonder banner behind the little girl. She is added to the card with foam tape. I die cut a few small stars and added them with foam tape as well.

The Birthday Wishes is from a retired SU set.

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy Stamping!!!

Vicki 

Happy, Happy Birthday

Happy Tuesday  peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made today.

I was playing around with my distress inks again and made this fun background.

I used Squeezed Lemonade, Salty Ocean and Picked Raspberry.

This time I applied my ink to a piece of acetate and then spritzed with some water and squished it onto my watercolor paper. I started with my middle color, the Salty Ocean and then went to the Squeezed Lemonade and then to the Picked Raspberry.

I really love how these colors combined and ran together. I spritzed a bit more water onto the piece as needed to get the colors to blend and flow. I hit the paper with my heat gun in between each color to set them and keep them from muddying up.

I used the MFT Pure Innocence Happy Banner  girl and colored her dress to match my BG using my copic markers.

She is die cut out with her matching die.

The balloons are from the MFT Somebunny stamp set and colored with copics as well. I cut out the balloons and added them to the base with foam tape. I just hand drew in the tails.

The happy banner girl is added to the base with foam tape as well.

I stamped the rest of the sentiment onto the base with Black Memento Ink. 

I am adding this to the Curtain Call Inspiration challenge:

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

MFT Sketch........Happy Hello Beautiful

Happy Friday Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch this week on the MFT Challenge Blog.

I did take a bit of creative license with the sketch, but I think you can see the basic sketch in may card.

I had been playing around again with my water coloring and I used the same technique that I used on my last card. I had this BG piece already made up and decided to use it on my card.

I used the MFT Happy Hello dies, I die cut the hello out of the bg piece and layered some white cardstock behind it. I then cut another hello out of some white card stock. I embedded this hello into the BG and then used the negative pieces from the BG hello to fill in. Does that make sense? I am sure you all know how this works. I die cut my hello at an angle to mimic the angle in the sketch.

I used the MFT Pure Innocence Happy Banner. I stamped and die cut her out and then colored using my copic markers.

The Be You {Tiful} sentiment is from the Stampin Up Flower Patch stamp set.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock. 

I finished the card off with a few enamel dots.

Vicki

MFT Sketch Challenge.......Bear Hugs

Happy Saturday Peeps!!

I was playing around with this cute little Pure Innocence stamp from MFT

 called Big Bear Hugs and decided to take a look at this week's MFT Sketch Challenge. 

 I thought my little girl with her bear would be perfect.

I had already colored her so I had to go in search of some matching paper. I found this green piece in my stash, it is some Stampin Up but I don't know which pack it is from. But it has polka dots, and I love polka dots, so I thought it was perfect.

I decided to keep it fairly simple. I used some Kraft card stock for the base and then a layer of white.

I then cut the DSP in the shape of the element on the sketch.

I added a strip of kraft across the DSP and stamped my sentiment on it.

I dropped my block while stamping the sentiment and smudge some black onto the card so out came the sequins to cover the little smear. I contemplated adding something else on the white piece, maybe some embossing or stamping but in the end just kept it simple. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.....Best Friends are the Best Gift

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day! 

Here is the sweet sketch Karen has for us this week:

I pulled out my new MFT Pure Innocence stamp called "Big Bear Hugs".

I have always been a big fan of the Pure Innocence line and this one is super cute!!

I went with my purple color theme again, (Sorry about that, I will put it away soon, I promise.)

I stamped the image with black memento ink onto some white card stock and colored it with my copic markers. I then die cut the circle with the pierced circle die-namics.

The square is made up of Concord Crush card stock matted with white. I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and embossed with some white embossing powder.

The base of the card is white card stock and then a layer of Concord Crush. I used a circle stencil

and some white craft ink to make the BG. I added a strip of DSP across the top and then mounted the main image piece to the base with foam tape. The circle is mounted to the square with foam tape as well.

I die cut the small banners with white card stock and tucked them in behind the square panel.

I finished off with a few sequins and a couple of small stars.

So let's see what the rest of the girls did with this sweet sketch:

Karen Giron

Barbara Anders

Jenny Peterson

 Dana White

Lori Telcer

Lynn Put

Sarah-Jane Kale

Tracy Clemente

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Thanks for stopping by today

Vicki

FMS.....I'm All Ears

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

I wanted to use this cute little Pure Innocence stamp 

called I'm All Ears that I was gifted by my sweet friend Karen Giron.

 I have had it for quite some time and have never inked it, so it was about time.

I stamped it onto some white card stock with black memento ink and colored with my copic markers. I paper pieced the dress and bow.

The base of the card is some retired Concord Crush card stock. 

I followed that with some whisper white and then a layer of Wisteria Wonder. 

The DSP is from a retired in color pad. 

I fussy cut out the little girl and mounted her onto the circle frame with some foam tape.

The sentiment is from the same PI set. I finished it up with some iridescent sequins.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Another Sweet Sunday........Hay There

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

I am popping in here with another card I made using this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!

I made two cards this week and could not decide which one to use. For this one I used the MFT Pure Innocence Farmer Girl. Isn't she cute?

I stamped her onto some Confetti Cream card stock with Memento Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake card stock and I used some retired SU DSP.

I matted the main image with Island Indigo card stock.

The sentiment is from the same little PI set and I used one of the SU Word Bubble dies to cut it out.

I added a few sequins and rhinestones to finish it up.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday....Love You Muchly

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day! 

Here is the sweet sketch Karen has for us this week:

I turned the sketch on its side. I wanted to use this cute little Pure Innocence stamp called Daisy Girl.

I stamped her with Black Stazon ink onto some Crumb Cake card stock. I then colored using my water brush and ink pads.

The sentiment is from another Pure Innocence stamp called Flower Girl. 

The base of the card is Crumb Cake and the DSP is from

I like how the design in the paper looks like daisy petals, cute huh?

I added three small gold pearls at the top.

Now let's see what the rest of the girls did with this fun little sketch:

Karen Giron

Barbara Anders

Jenny Peterson

 Dana White

Lori Telcer

Lynn Put

Sarah-Jane Kale

Tracy Clemente

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Thanks for stopping by today

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.....Hello Pumpkin

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

It is Sweet Sunday Sketch Day!!

Here is the sweet sketch Karen has for us this week:

I just had to use this sweet little Pure Innocence stamp I ordered awhile back.

I love this line of stamps and yes, sometimes I stray , but the rest of the elements on the card are from Stampin Up.

I started with a base of Chocolate Chip card stock and then all the DSP on here is from the fun "Sweater Weather" paper pack.

I used it to paper piece my little girls clothes and bow. I even paper pieced the jack-o-lantern face that is on her shirt, which is a separate stamp so she can be created without it for non Halloween cards, love that.

 How sweet is she? I mean seriously!!

I colored the rest of her using my copic markers. 

I added a button and some twine to the corner and then added my sentiment flag.

Be sure and check out what the rest of the girls did with this sketch:

 Dana White-Dana's House of Cards

Dawn Easton-Treasure Oiler Desingz

Jackie Pedro-The Scalloped Edge

Karen Giron-The Sweetest Thing

Karen Motz-Paper Playhouse

Lori Telcer-Inking Aloud

Lynn Put-The Queen's Scene

Melissa Hubert-My Paper Obsession

Sarah-Jane Kale-Janeybell

Tracy Clemente-Eat Sleep Stamp 

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Thanks for stopping by today

Vicki

March Calendar Page

Happy March 1st Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing my March calendar page. These Pure Innocence little girls are adorable. This one is a digi image. She is printed out and colored with my copics. I used garden green and certainly celery card stock on this page. The DSP is some I had in my stash. The sentiment comes from the Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. The ribbon is certainly celery and the little gold charm is from my local craft store as is the little round embellie by her feet.

You can see my February page HERE and the January page HERE.

Be sure and head over to my friend Wendy's Blog to see her Calendar Page for March too!



Thank you for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

February PI Calendar Page

Happy February 1st Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing my February calendar page. I am thrilled with this one! This Pure Innocence little girls are adorable. This one is a digi image. She is printed out and colored with my copics. I used real red and regal rose card stock on this page. The DSP is from the SU Playdate paper pack. I cut the hearts with the Heart to Heart embosslit die, one in regal rose and real red. The ribbon is regal rose and the little gold charm is one a friend gave me. I added some beautiful prima roses to the hearts.

The sentiment is printed out from the computer and made into a little flag, that I curled on the ends.

Be sure and head over to my friend Wendy's Blog to see her Calendar Pages!

Thank you for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

My January Calendar Page

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

The month is about over, so I had to get my January calendar page done. I spent some time yesterday, at a friends house, working on my calendar pages. I have a couple more done!!! I am showing this one now and will show the rest of the pages as the month's go along. I am using all Pure Innocence stamps and digi stamps on this calendar. I really love these Pure Innocence little girls, they are sooooo cute.

I colored this little Winter girl with my copics. I used bashful blue and ballet blue card stock to embellish this page. The snowflakes are a combo of nesties and punches. I added a silver sticky pearl to the center. The DS paper is from a local stamp store and the sentiment on this one comes from another MFT stamp set.

I added some glitter to the girls hat and boot cuffs and on the snow. The small snowflakes around her are some of the pieces that came out of the punched panel from above. I just added a few randomly around her. I think it turned out really cute, if I do say so myself and just wait til you see some of the other pages!!!

Well, that is it from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

SSSC99....Miss You Already

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING PEEPS!!! It's my favorite time of the week, time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample

This is the fabulous sketch Karen has for us this week:






Today's card is made with a Pure Innocence stamp I have had for a long time and frankly all of the playing I have been doing lately with the Stampin' Up Greeting Card Kids lead me to this stamp for today's card. I think these pure innocence stamps are about the cutest stamps ever and I just had to pull this set out and give it some love too!

I started my card with a base of crumb cake card stock. I followed up with some whisper white and Peach Parfait card stock. I used the SU square lattice embossing folder on the peach and white and then layered a piece of white behind it. I stamped the little My Balloon girl onto some GP card stock with my Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the girl in with my copic markers. I am still learning those and hope to some day be as good as my fellow Sweet Sunday stamper Karen Motz, she is my hero!!! So be kind Karen, and tell me my coloring is great, even tho I know I still need to practice alot more...LOL!! Love ya Karen!!!

I added some Peach Parfait ribbon and a few silver pearls for accent. The sentiment is from the retired SU set, Really Retro.




I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse

Laura-Scrapnextras

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell


Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Lonely Without You

Good Thursday Morning Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made awhile back and hadn't posted. This card was made with one of my new Pure Innocence stamps, this one is called My Balloon. I was also playing around with my copics. I am still learning with these and I am excited that I am taking a class in August. So please go easy with me on my coloring skills! :)

I used some retired DS paper on this, the pack is Good Morning Sunshine, I think. The base of the card is the awesome Pacific Point and the ribbon is some satin Kiwi Kiss.

The sketch for this card is an older Sweet Sunday Sketch. Hopefully I will have something new for you soon, I have some errands to run this afternoon so don't know what I will get done, it has been sooooo HOT here it is just zapping my creativity!

Thanks for coming by today and remember to do something today that make you happy!

HAPPY STAMPING!!!!!

Vicki

My first Pure Innocence

Good Tuesday Morning Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made with my very first Pure Innocence. I have been seeing these everywhere and I just LOVE those sweet little girls!!! This one is a digi that I bought from etsy. I have since getting this one bought a few of the stamps and I am waiting for their arrival!! I can't wait to play with them some more.

This is also colored with a few copics. I only have a handful of them so far and plan on getting more, I am hoping to take a class this summer to learn how to use them better, so don't be tooo hard on me on the coloring! :(

The base of the card is kiwi kiss and I followed that with some basic black and the DS paper is from the Rockabilly paper pack, retired. I used a MS punch and some black satin ribbon. I also added some white and black brads.

I am still having trouble getting a decent picture, not sure why....maybe because it has been cloudy and gloomy here for what seems like forever.

I also wanted to let you all know that my posting will be a little sporadic this week as I have lost the WANT to create, not sure why on that one either, but hoping it will line itself out soon. I will definitely be back on Sunday with my Sweet Sunday Sample and hopefully sooner but we will see.

Thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki