Sweet Sunday.......Hello Fall

Happy Sunday Peeps!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the fun sketch we have for this week.

I wanted to make a Fall type card using some goodies from the Stampin Up Occasions mini.

I love the new Acorny Thank You stamp set with matching punch and

 I have had this corrugated paper from Stampin Up for a few weeks

 and wanted to use them for the acorns and had not done it so this was the perfect opportunity for me to do it!

I stamped the tops of the acorns onto Crumb Cake using Cajun Craze ink.

The bottoms are the corrugated paper punched with the matching punch.

I layered the tops over the base of corrugated acorn using dimensionals.

The leaf behind the Acorns is from the For All Things stamp set.

 I stamped with Crushed Curry ink onto Very Vanilla. I fussy cut it out and them crumbled it all up and then smoothed it back out.

I added some linen thread on top of the leaf and then added my acorns to make the fun little Fall element.

I think this grouping will be making an appearance on my

 Thanksgiving Name Cards. Be on the look out for those!

The base of the card is Crumb Cake and then the center element is Early Espresso and a piece of DSP from the Woodland paper pack.

The sentiment banner is from the For All things stamp set. I used Old Olive ink to stamp that on the Vanilla card stock.

I added a bit more Corrugated paper under the sentiment as well.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday......Witch Way

Happy Sunday Peeps!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is our fab sketch for this week:

I love a sketch with a nice circle element.

I decide to make one last Halloween card, I love this sweet little witch from the 

Stampin Up Haunt Ya Later stamp set.

I stamped her out and colored her with my copic markers.

I love her sweet face and pretty big eyes, she is not scary at all.

I do love her hair here done in grays and black, definitely witch wouldn't you say?

I keept my card fairly simple but I had to use my new Sleigh Ride edgelits, for my "haunted houses", they are so cute!

The DSP  here is surprisingly not from the Halloween paper this year instead it is a fun piece from the Sweet Lil' Things paper pack.

Be sure and hop over to the Sweet Sunday Blog

and see what the rest of the girls did with this sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.....Hello Fall

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. 

Here is our fab sketch this week:

Fall is in the air, it has been beautiful here in Southwest Missouri this past week and the trees are just starting to put on their Fall show! I can not deny that Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year.

So when I was thinking about this sketch I first (of course) thought about flowers, you all know that is my fave, but with fall coming around I wanted to do some pretty leaves.

I asked a friend to borrow this great set, For All Things, to make my card.

Somehow I have gotten to a point that I don't have a pretty fall leaf set. So my friend was happy to lend me hers. 

I stamped my leaves using Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Elegant Eggplant onto some Naturals Very Vanilla card stock..

I fussy cut them out and set aside to use on my card

The base of the card is Soft Suede and then a layer of vanilla and then another layer of Soft Sued that I embossed using the Woodland Textured EF. So love this Embossing Folder.

I added the sentiment using Elegant Eggplant ink, it is from the same stamp set.

I added a bit of linen thread and a few gold sequins. 

The leaves are added using dimensionals on the Crushed Curry leaf and the Cajun Craze leaf.

The Eggplant colored leaf is tucked under the sentiment panel and glued directly to the embossed layer.

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog to see what the rest of the team did with this great sketch.

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.....Peace

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!

Here is our fab sketch for this week:

I love a square card and what fun this one is!

I pulled out my new Stampin Up Reason for the Season stamp set with it's matching punch.

I love this sweet poinsettia and I paired it with some paper from the Home for the Holidays paper pack.

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog 

to see more inspiration with this great sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday...happy birthday

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is our fab sketch this week;

This is a weekend of celebration in my household, it is my wedding Anniversary, 39 years and on the very same day it is our daughters birthday, she turned 29 this year. Yes she was born on our 10th Anniversary. How cool is that?

So this is the card I made for her birthday, she is a pink lover and I am a flower lover so I just went with it! 

The flower is made from the Stampin Up Crazy About You stamp set.

The sentiment is from the Tin of Cards stamp set, as is the sqiggly line below it.

I made a bit of a smudge when stamping my sentiment, so I covered it up with s little perfect dot., can't even see it now huh?

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog to see what the rest of the girsl did with this fun sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.... HI

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new sketch at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and we have a fun little sketch for you this week. You gotta love a circle inside a square on top of a banner right?

I pulled out my Stampin Up Thankful Forest Friends set, I love this bear!

I stamped him with Early Espresso ink onto some white card stock and fussy cut it out.

The sentiment is from the Acorny Thank You set.

All my DSP on here is from the Into the Woods paper pack.

The base of the card is Crumb Cake and I added another layer of Crumb Cake that I embossed with the Decorative Dots EF.

I finished it up with a few gold sequins!

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog to be inspired by the rest of the design team.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday........Trick or Treat

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for  new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!

I am loving this sketch, many possibilities for that butterfly element, 

I am still hving some fun with my new Halloween goodies.

I adore these fun spider web doilies from Stampin Up, the great thing about them are they are white on the back so they can be used for more than just Halloween!

I used the doily for my jumping off point on my card.

I started with some Basic Black card stock and then I used a layer of Naturals Vanilla

The DSP is from the Happy Hauntings paper pack.

I added the doily in the corner and trimmed it to fit.

I added the strip of Vanilla across the doily and stamped the sentiment, which is from the Tags For You stamp set. The spiders are part of the same stampp and I just masked off and used what I needed on here

My super cute and so not spooky owl, which I love, comes from the Howl-O-Ween Treat stamp set.

I stamped him with some Black Memento ink and used the matching framelits to cut him out,

I added him to the card with dimensionals.

The eyes on my owl are some glittery black rhinestones I got locally (non SU).

I added a few round the card s well. One is actually hiding  a small smear spot, but you would never know huh?

Thanks for stopping by !

Vicki

Sweet Sunday......Haunt Ya Later

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

It is time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch!

Here is the fun sketch for this week:

I pulled out my new Stampin Up Haunt Ya Later stamp set.

I love this little witch from the set and I stamped her onto some Naturals Vanilla card stock with Black Stazon

I watercolored her using my aqua painter and ink pads. I used black, Wisteria Wonder, Tangelo Twist , Crushed Curry, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, and Blushing Bride inks.

I stamped her twice and colored the frog and star to cut out and pop up.

She is fussy cut out and added to my die cut circle with some dimensionals.

The DSP I used is from the Happy Haunting pack.

The sentiment is stamped and cut apart and mattted with a bit of Tangelo card stock.

I added a few sparkly black rhinestones (non SU) for the finishing touch.

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog 

to see what the rest of the girls did with this fun sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday.....Happy Anniversary

Happy Sunday Peeps!! 

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

Here is our sweet sketch for this week:

What a great sketch! 

This one is free and easy one that has TONS of possibilities!  

Make the background the focal point, make the center the focal point, it's all up to you!

Well, I kinda made the background and the center the focal points on my card!!

I started out with some watercolor paper and stamped my flower image, which is from the Best Thoughts Hostess Stamp Set.

I colored the image using my aqua painter and ink pads.

After working hard to get this vibrant intense color on my flower and letting it dry thoroughly I moved onto the BG.

I wet the entire BG ( avoiding the flower) with some plain water before adding my ink and letting it flow around. I used Pacific Point for this stage.

I added just a touch of the Melon Mambo in a couple of places, and when mixed with the blue turned a lovely shade of lavender, you can see just a hint of it here and there.

After drying this thoroughly, with my heat tool, I went back in a dropped a few drops of water around again avoiding the flower. After letting the water set for a few I dabbed it up with a paper towel to ge the spotting you see.

The sentiment is from the Timeless Love stamp set and the line under that is from the Tim of Cards stamp set. I then added a few gold sequins to finish it up.

I hope you have some time to play with this weeks sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

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Sweet Sunday......birthday wishes

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

Time for a new sketch over at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Blog.

Here is the fun sketch we have for you this week:

I have been wanting to break into my pack of Stampin Up Go Wild paper stack. So I decided this would be my inspiration for this sketch.

I pulled out my stack and got busy!

The base of the card is Basic Black and then a layer of Crumb Cake and then I pulled out the polka dot print from this pack, I love polka dots, don't you?

My little rectangle elements on the card are layered up with Crumb Cake, Basic Black and another print from the Go wild Stack

I left the middle piece without DSP to showcase my pretty butterfly.

I die cut two with Crumb Cake and one with Vellum, using the Butterfly Thinlits and the Bold Butterfly Thinlits.

I added some Gold Glimmer down the body of the Butterfly and some linen thread for the antennas.

The sentiment comes from the Build a Birthday stamp set and I added a small strip of Gold Glimmer under it as well.

Thank you for stopping by today!!

Vicki

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Sweet Sunday.....Happy Birthday

Happy Sunday Peeps!!!

Time for another new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!

Here is out amazingly "sweet' sketch for this week:

I LOVE a sketch with a tilted panel. do you?

I love the visual interest of the tilted panels,

 some love them and some hate them 

but either way you have to admit this is a great sketch.

 The large panel is open for almost anything!!

When I started my card I had  looked up another challenge which was a color one to use Bermuda Bay, Old Olive and Crumb Cake. So I started off with that not knowing I would end up using my Sweet Sunday Sketch for it. But that is what happened so I didn't get to link it with the color challenge because it ended before this card was to post. :)

But that is where my starting point was, I used my fave new set from Stampin' Up called Best Thoughts which is a hostess set.

I stamped with black stazon onto some naturals very vanilla card stock. I colored with my Aqua Painter and ink pads.

I fussy cut it out to add to my card. 

The base is Crumb Cake and the next layer is Bermuda Bay and then a layer of the Naturals card stock. I stamped the sentiment from the Happy Birthday Everyone stamp set, which is also a hostess set, with Black Memento ink. 

The flower is added using dimensionals.

I added a strip of Old Olive between the tilted panels and then button is an old olive one that i ties with a piece of linen thread.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki

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Sweet Sunday..Congrats to You

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch!

Here is the sweet sketch we have for you this week:

I went simple with my card. I used the Timeless Love stamp set and stamped it a couple of times once on my circle and then another on some scrap. I used some of the new thick whisper white, really loving this new cardstock.

I colored with my aqua painter and ink pads, I used Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Pumpkin pie, Old olive and Early espresso inks.

I fussy cut out the flower portion and added it over the base with some dimensionals.

The congrats to you comes from the Tin of Cards stamp set

The base of the Card is basic Black and then a layer of White. Then I used another layer of Black that I embossed with the Lucky Stars EF.

I used a strip of Silver Glimmer under the main piece.

The DSP here is from the Everyday Chic pack.

I covered the flowers with some crystal effect for some added shine, I then used a few White Perfect Accents to finish it up.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog for even more inspiration using this sweet sketch!

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

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Sweet Sunday......thanks

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

Here is the sweet sketch we have for you this week:

I pulled out my Stampin Up Remarkable You stamp set.

Love the flowers in this set and I stamped two of the three flowers onto some white card stock, stamping one of them twice. I stamped the leaf branch a couple of times as well. I used Black Stazon so I could water color my images.

I used Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight for the flowers and Old Olive for the leaves.

I fussy cut them out and set aside.

The base of the card is white followed by a piece of basic black and then another white that I emboseed with the Decorative Dots EF.

I die cut a circle and added it to the base and then proceeded to build my flower arrangement.

I used dimensionals to add the flowers.

I cut apart the leaves and tucked them in and around the flowers.

The sentiment is from the Fabulous Four stamp set. I masked off the portion I wanted to use and stamped onto some black card stock with Versamark

I then embossed with my white embossing powder.

I cut the v's in the ends and added it to the card using some dimensionals.

I finished up with a few sequins from the Brights sequin assortment pack.

Now be sure and hop over to the Sweet Sunday Blog to see what the rest of the girls did with this great sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday...Happy Birthday

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new sketch at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Blog

Here is our sketch for you this week:

This is a great sketch to use some of those big bold sentiments that are popular right now.

I pulled out my Stampin Up Hostess set called Happy Birthday Everyone for my sentiment.

The gorgeous DSP is from the Painted Petals 6 x 6 paper pad.

I pulled the colors from the paper and used Basic Black and Calypso Coral along with some Very Vanilla for my card.

The sentiment is stamped with Black Memento ink onto the Vanilla card stock and then matted with some Coral card stock.

I added the small wide banner at the bottom in Coral as well.

I then used my Butterfly thinlit and Bold Butterfly dies to cut out my Butterfly layers. I added the butterfly at the top corner of the sentiment piece to represent the circle in the sketch.

I added three basic pearls down the butterfly center.

This card came together very quickly and was probably one of the quickest cards I have ever put together, I am a fairly slow stamper, (like molasses really) and generally angst over all my details, but I just decided to go simple with this and let the DSP do all the work.

Be sure to head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog to see what the rest of the girls did with this fun sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday......hello

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the sketch for this week:

I started off by coloring the pretty flower in the Stampin Up "You've Got This" stamp set.

The leaf is from the Remarkable You stamp set.

I stamped the flower and leaf with black stazon and colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I used Melon Mambo and Mossy Meadow Inks, the center of the flower is colored with some Hello Honey and Delightful Dijon. I fussy cut them out and layered them onto my white die cut circle.

The base of the card is Basic Black card stock and then a layer of White and then the DSP on her is from the Everyday Chic paper pack.

Next I used a strip of Melon Mambo card stock and then a small strip of glimmer paper

For the sentiment I used the thinlits Greetings. I die cut several, I think 5 and glued them all together.

I then covered them with Crystal Effects.

I love the look. I used s few of the brights sequins, tho they don't show really well on the card. I put a small pearl into the center of the sequin.

Be sure and head over to the Sweet Sunday Blog to see what the rest of the girls did with this fun sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vicki

Sweet Sunday....It's Your Day!

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for another new sketch challenge over at Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog,

This week is PICK A FAVORITE, find a sketch from the past that you would like to rework and give new life

You can find all the past sketches HERE

I picked sketch #246

A couple of weeks ago I colored up a couple of these flowers from the Stampin Up Best Thoughts Hostess stamp set, you saw one of them yesterday that I did in purples and this one is done in pinks.

I colored using Strawberry Slush ink and my aqua painter.

I LOVE, LOVE LOVE coloring this flower, I think this set is my favorite of the new catalog, so far anyway, there always seems to be one flower set that I love to color. :)

This one I actually colored twice and cut out and popped up with a few dimensionals.

the flower head anyway, the leaves are just cut and glued to the base leaving the bottom portion of the leaves unglued to allow me to curl them a bit.

The base of the card is Naturals card stock and then a layer of Strawberry Slush

and then the flower panel. I rounded the top corners using the corner rounder on the envelope punch board.

The sentiment is from the Fabulous Four stamp set, I added a pink button, retired I think, and some of the fun new metallic thread looped around and behind the button.

Now be sure and head over to the CHALLENGE BLOG to see what the rest of the girls did with this fun challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

HAPPY STAMPIN!!!!

Vicki