Kisses Card

Hi Everyone,

I saw this image over at The Paper Shelter and just had to have it!
It’s just adorable isn’t it?

I’ve coloured using copics, and tried to give the little boy a bit of a blush – which turned into a major flush  

The image was cut with Spellbinders and layered over the gap. A lovely white satin ribbon to close and a layered flower topped with a massive heart gem!

I’ve sewn the panels on to the gatefold card to create some interest and the paper is from My Minds Eye and decorated the inside too. This little heart patterned circle had been floating around my desk for a week or so, it fitted perfectly here! I knew I was keeping it out for a reason.

I hope you enjoy my valentines card, I’ll be entering at…

1.The Paper Shelter – Love is in the Air challenge

2.Card Makin Mammas – Valentine

3.Truly Scrumptious – Love & Hearts

Have a great week now…Cheers, Vicki xx

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Reindeer Christmas Card

Hi Everyone,

I thought I’d better get in early this week with my Christmas Card for the
52 Christmas Card Throwdown as I missed the linky list last week!

Here it is…

I’ve used a couple of different stamp sets, The Papertree one I used on the last card for the Reindeers and the bauble, a Crea8tive Life set for the banner and the Christmas sentiment came from another christmas set altogether!

This week it’s a sketch challenge…

I had a lot of fun with this card. Christmas Card Challenges this week is to make your own background. The reindeers were embossed in gold on cream cardstock and I’ve then sprayed my own home-made glimmer mist all over to create a hazy background in the 3 colours of the card (gold, red & green).

Then I sponged the edges in Burgundy to tie it all in with the base colour.
 Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge this week is to Use a Spray, so I’m entering this card over there too

The middle layer was dry embossed using a poinsettias folder and some gorgeous gold foil stickers were laid around the edges to finish it all off.

I’ve also decorated the inside with the Kaiser paper that was used at the bottom on the front of the card.

I decided to cut a Christmas bauble shape from it, just for fun. Also, I’ll be able to use the circle I cut out on another card. Using It Up is what we are aiming for this year after all. 

If you’d like to take the Pledge to Use it Up too – check out Fran’s post HERE.

- Or – 

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Cheers, Vicki xx

Leibster Award

Hi Everyone,

I received a lovely award from fellow blogger, card maker and all round nice crafty person - Mynette from On a Stampage .Thank you so very much Mynette - I gotta say I love the recognition,  who doesn't?

The origins of the Liebster Blog Award are somewhat unclear but the general consensus is that they originated in Germany. Liebster, meaning-favorite or dearest to showcase bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. Upon accepting this award, the recipient must then pass it on to 5 more blogs.

This is going to be hard as there are so very many blogs that I enjoy looking at on a regular basis who have less than 200 followers!


I guess my choices are as follows:-


1. Trish and Treasure - this is a 'no brainer' for me as Trish is one of my bestest friends and also the person who started me off paper crafting! She is my main inspiration and the one person who most challenges me to try different things or just to make anything at all! Thank you for pushing me into it - I have never looked back! (totally sucked into the vortex as your husband would say - Willingly I will add :)


2. Olena's Place - Olena makes the most wonderful cards and I am often popping in to see her stuff. Olena has a distinctive style that I just love and I am surprised she doesn't have more followers. 


3. Queen of Grunge - Gerri also has a disctinctive style, although it is very different to Olena's. I really admire Gerri's quirky stamping style and always find inspiration to step outside the square while cruising around her blog.


4.My Stamping Obsession - Martina is a wonderful at colouring digis! She has a number of DT positions up her sleeve and I aspire to be able to colour in like her some day. I also like how Marina embellishes her cards, it's always distressed, layered and balanced beautifully.


5. Anna Christensen Crafts - Anna found and followed me through my blog candy recently and writes lovely comments that always make me feel good. In turn her own blog is quite amazing and she is well deserving of this little appreciation award.


I'm really happy to be a part of this online community of crafty people and ladies, enjoy your awards - you can take the button above too for your blog. It's almost as much fun giving it as it is receiving one!


Cheers,
Vicki xx

White on White Grace

Hello Again, thanks for popping by,

Today I’ve created this gorgeous White on White card for the Card Crafters Circle challenge this week.

A Challenge it was too – I ended up having to use just a little colour (Stampin Up’s Sahara Sand to be precise). I embossed my new Paperbag Studios ‘Grace’ stamp with White embossing powder on White cardstock. She was just a little too hard to see, so I inked over her with the Sahara Sand and I think she looks wonderful!

There is quite a bit of embossing on the base layer and I’ve layered two more plain squares behind her to lift her up and define a frame around her. I swiped the edges of these layers with ink too. The Chipboards are set up high too. A border die cut was placed along each side and lost of ribbon & paper flowers were used.

It was difficult to take a photo of this card so I’ve taken it with the light in different places for you.

The chipboard letters were painted with white acryllic paint and dabbed over with glitter glue. The beautiful rose ribbon was another purchase I made at the closing down sale yesterday of my favourite and local craft shop.

The Wonderful sentiment was cut out of a digi that was free over at Birds cards. I trimmed the word out and then glued it to a Spellbinder 4 shape. I embossed the whole shape with the word glued in place and it kind of hid the edges where I’d cut around the sentiment and stuck it down.

Word of warning if your going to try this – make sure the glue is dry before you emboss it all together, otherwise the glue squeezes out and it all sticks to the embossing folder in a gluggy mess!

I hope you like my card as much as I do, I’ll enter it at the following challenges as well as Card Crafters Circle’s White on White Challenge, for which it was made.

1. http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-20-anything-goes.html
2. http://hotshotcraft.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/challenge-3-flowers-and-winner-of.html
3. http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/challenge-36-embossing.html
4. http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/stamp-man-embellish-it-challenge.html
5. http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/challenge-2-embossing.html

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Christmas Card with Bling

Hi Everyone,

How fun was this card to make, lots of stamping, cutting, embossing, layering and Using It Up of course! The Ho Ho Ho down the front of the card was on a little peice of scrap that I just couldn’t bear to throw out – I knew I’d Use It Up somewhere! lol

The sentiment used was given to me by another crafter last year and has been floating around in my Christmas drawer since then.

I have actually been naughty this week and must confess….I bought some stuff instead of Using it Up and blew my pledge! My local craft shop is closing down (boo hoo, we’ll miss Jackie terribly), anyway, there was a HUGE sale happening to clear the stock out of the shop and suffice it say – I helped !

The stamps I used here were one of the items I purchased (at 50% discount – no resisting that). It’s a Papertree set of Christmas stuff and I just love it!

I’ve decorated the inside of the card too. Used up the little scrap of dp left over and stamped another of the stamps in the set inside.

Check out all the gems – 52 Christmas Card Throwdown will love this card for their first embellishment challenge – Lots of Gems here girls!

I also had been dying to use this little present ribbon topper. I picked up a whole packet of these in different colours last year and this present stamp is the perfect size for them! The present and the glasses are both popped up on dimensionals. A little silver chord was tied into bows for the glasses too.

I’ve also done a bit of embossing on this card, the white card was embossed with snowflakes and the red paper was embossed with flourishes.

This card is entered in the following challenges;

1. http://52cct.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/embellishment-challenge-1.html
2. http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com.au/

When your done pop over to My Blog Candy post if you’d like a chance to win some goodies.

Have a great day!

Cheers,

Vicki xx

Round and Square card for Mojo Monday

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been enjoying quite a bit of time out in Girl World after working this week and have completed a few cards. These two I made using the Mojo Monday Sketch #226 as a guide, and I couldn’t decide between Round or Square, so I did both of them!

     

Inside too  …       

The image above is a digi called Sylfie from The Paper Shelter, who’s challenge this month is “Love is in the Air”.

My copic colouring needs a little help with hair I think, but I really like how the colours blended on the base of the mushroom. I’ve sponged a little ink of over my uneven layers – one of these days I’ll get it to mat down straight!

There is a bow of seam binding ribbon and some gem flowers layered atop a Quick Cuts Flourish that has been coloured with Atyou Spica pen to make it sparkle.

Here is the Mojo Sketch that I used.

The papers are from an unknown source, but perfect for declarations of love and I used the same paper on both cards – Using It Up of course!

The sentiment is a Kaiser Craft stamp from the Love set. I’ve used a paper flower layered with a smaller punched flower and a yellow gem. The leaves are a Martha Stewart punch and the swirly die cut behind the sentiment is a Memory Box woven circle die. The card base is cut with Spellbinder scallop and circle dies.

I hope you like these bright and cheery valentines cards, I guess I’ll be off to find someone to give them to now!

These are the challenges I’ve entered:-

1. http://mojomonday.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/mojo-monday-226.html
2. http://www.craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-118-pink-white_03.html
3. http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-12-all-loved-up.html
4. http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/time-to-brighten-up-your-day-d.html
5. http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-49-love-is-in-air.html

By the way...I have a Blog Candy Giveaway happening - I'm willing to mail the prize anywhere in the world so don't hesitate to follow me and put your name in the Linky list on this post HERE for your chance to win!
Good Luck!

Cheers, Vicki xx