Thursday, December 20, 2018

Impression Obsession Designer Challenge- Holiday Greetings






Hello!!!!!!

My design for you is a fun tag made with IO Dies and Prima Santa Baby Paper


Be sure to check out the IO BLog to see who's designing today and to load your Holiday Creations!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

ALSO the WINNER of my BLOG RELEASE PRIZE IS TLADY

Please contact me at summerthmyestudio@gmail.com


--Vicki~~

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Impression Obsession Design Team Feature



Sometimes one needs that extra special card for an extra special someone. You know, those people who save your cards or leave them up because they enjoy them so much?
That is this card!!!! 

I really enjoyed creating this card and really, it wasn't all that difficult!!!

It's hard to see, but the trees and the antlers on the deer are all embossed in gold. I thnk the gold ribbon and the glass glitter are stealing the show here!!!!

The two dies I used for this shaker card project are


Hope you enjoyed my project!!!!

If you haven't looked already, we have been featuring the winter release for the last three days
Be sure to check out my posts and leave a comment. I will be having a draw shortly!


--Vicki~~

XX's and Oh's!

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Impression Obsession Winter Hugs Release day 3



Good Morning!

Sorry I'm a little slow on the uptake today, it's been a crazy crazy week!

Today I'm showcasing a gorgeous sentiment

 I made these pressed leave backgrounds last summer and I pull them out occasionally to use them

I really love the way they turned out.

IO has some amazing large sentiments that will fill a card front and How Wonderful is one of them!

 Be sure to head over to the IO Blog to get the links for today's Hop

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Winter Hugs Hop Day 2






A quick and simple card for you today!!!

Links (the border stamp)

Please be sure to leave a comment to be entered for a $10.00 Gift Certificate!!!

Visit the IO Blog to get a list of today's players

Monday, December 10, 2018

Winter Hugs! IO WInter Release Hop!






Welcome to the Winter Hugs Hop!
I have $10 Impression Obsession gift certificate to give to someone! Comment below with your favorite stamp from the release! All comments will be open until Saturday December 16th at noon CT. Winner will be announced on Monday December 17th.
All of the new stamps are available now! You can find them HERE (link to the new release category) http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc…
The list of today’s participants can be found on the Impression Obsession Blog 

For my card,  I used this sweet Sure Miss You sentiment.
I coupled it with the  image Love my Teddy  Which I coloured in with my Copic Markers
Lastly, I created a background with Beauty Text

Hope you've enjoyed my creation for today!

I'll see you tomorrow with another one!!!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~


Thursday, December 6, 2018

Impression Obsession Designer Challenge-Quick Christmas Cards


Good Morning!!!

This week's challenge at IMpression Obsession Stamps was to make some quick Christmas Cards
I am a little behind finishing my cards, so I thought this challenge was a great way to get a few done quickly.

I started by stamping a back ground on a 12x12 sheet of Craft Cardstock with the  VIntage Tree Cover a Card Stamp. Then I began to add die elements to dress up the card.













Merry Christmas Die and one of the Tree's from the Peace Frame Die






I added a little Nellies effect snow to the cards to give them just a touch more dimension.
The sparkles you see are made with Tulip Beads in a Bottle-Fools Gold

Be sure to head over to the IO Blog to load your Holiday projects and to see who is playing today

  Challenge Guidelines
 ***Use all IO dies/stamps (please list stamp names and/or item numbers on your blog or gallery entry with a  link to Impression Obsession).
***Other company nesting dies may be used for card shapes & mats.
  ***Your entries have to be new (no back dating older projects). 
  ***You may use this entry with multiple challenges (no more than 5) but this challenge must be listed first and it cannot be combined with other projects
in the same post - unless those projects also follow the rest of our challenge guidelines.
  ***You may enter more than once but each entry needs to be in a separate post.
  ***Use a direct link to your project (no general links ) to enter at the bottom of this post.
  This Challenge will be open until Tuesday,January 1st at 7 p.mCentral Time.
Winner will be announced January 2nd.
Have fun and I hope you enjoy playing with us!


XX's and Oh's
--Vicki~~

Thursday, November 15, 2018

IO Thursday Designer Challente-Autumn Colours



Good Morning!!!!!

We have a new Challenge up at IO Stamps today!!!!

We'd love to see your Fall colour creations!!!!!

I made this sweet wreath with the  Patchwork Leaves die.
All I did is distress the edges with Vintage Photo Ink

Once the wreath was created, I cut the sentiment with the  Give Thanks die twice. Once in Mustard and once in brown to give it a shadow effect.
I layered it all over a background I had created with my Gel Press plate and the  Distressed Flower
stamp. 

Lastly, I added some gold drops here and there with my Daler Rowny Gold Acrylic Ink

Make sure you upload your creations on the IO Blog and visit to get the links to the other  designers who are playing in the challenge today!


XX's and Oh's
--Vicki~~

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Peace




Good Morning!!! 

What a beautiful Clear and cool day here in Kingston. I actually had to don my toque when I took Sydney for a little walk. 

I wanted to share this card I made with a few Stencils from a Colourful Life

I used a combination of Stencils as listed below and a few different techniques
I think this warrants a Video and will get onto that soon!!!

I used the following dies.



I must be in the mood for Pink Coloured Christmas Cards this year!!!!

I used a combination of Pan Pastels and Distress ink on this card!!!!

Gotta Run 'Cause I have tons to do today, but I will try to get onto doing a video this week

XX's and Oh's
-Vicki~~

Friday, November 9, 2018

Santa Baby


Good Morning!!!

I can't believe it's just over a month until Christmas

Have you started your Christmas Prep yet?

I wanted to share a couple of Christmas Cards I made with Impression Obsession dies and Santa Baby Paper for a class I taught at Scrap of Paradise this week.   

For this first card, I used the Peace Doves Die    and the Merry Christmas Die     
The Star is  from the SU Stars Set




This was a fun and Pretty Tag to make

I used the following supplies on this tag

I also added a little dimension to the patterned paper with the  Vintage Postcard Stamp set

We made a few more, but I'll save those for another day!!!

I purchase my Santa Baby Paper HERE

Happy Stamping

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Technique Junkies Stamps November Release




What an Exciting Day over at Technique Junkies Stamps!!!!!

It's a new release and Pat has some Fantabulous new images for you!!!!

For my cards, I'm showcasing the Snowflakes Stamp Set
There are 9, YES NINE stamps in the set!!!

6 Pretty Snowflakes and Three fun Sentiments.

For the card above, I added Silver Stars in the Background with the Christmas Stars Stencil




This card has some more Snowflake Goodness!!!!

I will be using this set for my big lot of Christmas Cards this year~~~~

Head on over to the Technique Junkies Blog to get a list of the blogs that are showcasing new release samples!!! Also remember you can save on the new stamps for the next several days and not only THAT you can save an Additional 10% on top of the Sale price by using my Discount Code


XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~










IO Designer Challenge- So Thankful



Good Morning!!!
What are you thankful for?

I'm thankful for clean water, for without that, all living creatures could not exist.
I'm thankful for good friends, family and a good job
I"m thankful I live in a country where I can express myself as I see fit and am not repressed because I am a woman. 

This week's challenge is to create a card of gratitude.

My card features the Leaf Ledger Cover a Card Stamp

A very quick and easy card, but the message so meaningful~

Be sure to head over to the IO Blog to see who is playing today and to get the details on submitting your challenge project!!!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

P.S. I have two posts today!


Thursday, October 18, 2018

Impression Obsession Thursday Designer Challenge -Happy Haunting


Good Morning! Welcome to IO Stamps Thursday Designer Challenge
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My Card is not too spooky, but I wanted to use my Misti to stamp various gradations of colour onto the Pumpkin with Water Based Markers

To begin, I lightly stamped my image with Tan Ink the image I used is 

Once I stamped it, I just kept adding various colours to the image in small amounts and stamping over and over with the Misti until I got the desired effect.

Finally, I added in the sentiment using the Christmas Stitched Word Die

Be sure to visit the IO Blog to enter your project and to see which of the talented DT are participating today!!!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Christmas Whimsy with Technique Junkies Stamps!


Christmas is coming sooner than we know and it sure felt like it when I left work today. BRRRRRR!!!!!

I have a couple of fun cards I created with the Christmas Whimsy Background Stamp  and the  Snowman Whimsy  Stamp



I coloured in the background and the snowman with Copic Markers

I used my circle die cuts to make a window in the background, adding an acetate window and adhering the snowman to it. I used some foam tape in behind to crate a shaker box.

Lastly, I added the Merry Christmas  2 Sentiment



I I didn't want my cut out to go to waste, so I created a clean and simple card using it.
The sentiment is created with the Joy Stencil

Both fun cards to make!!!!

Happy Stamping

and here's a code for a little discount!!!




XX's and Oh's
--Vicki~~




Saturday, October 6, 2018

Happy World Card Making Day!!!


Happy World Card Making Day!!!!

I will take some time today to create, between getting things ready for our Thanksgiving Dinner tomorrow. As I'm typing, I can hear little Sydney "talking" in her sleep. She makes the sweetest noises when she is dreaming, especially the little barks. 



I created this card with the newly released stamps from Technique Junkies.

To make this card I started by adding some Pine Sprays to the card base with images from the Season's Greetings Stamp set. I coloured up the Holly Images from the same set  with Copic Markers and cut them out to use on my card. I made the Background using the Birches background and Tan  and Mist Ink from Impression Obsession I then sprayed the Birch Trees with Mixed Metals shimmering bliss. It's hard to see her, but the shimmer is so pretty!!!

I stamped the Snowman Whimsy Stamp and coloured him with Copic Marker and used paper piecing for his scarf. Lastly, I assembled it all and was so pleased with the results!!!!

In Celebration of World Card Making Day, Pat has a great sale onat has a great sale on at Technique Junkies Stamps 
Take $10.00 of an order between $50.00 to 100.00
Use the code TAKE10

Orders of $100.00 or more will earn you $20.00 off using the Code TAKE20
Note: The discount doesn't apply to Bundles!!!!

and if you're just shopping a little, feel free to use my code


I sure hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!!

XX's and OH's

--Vicki~~


Friday, October 5, 2018

IO STAMPS Designer Challenge- Make it Sparkle!



Good Morning! 

Im a day late to the challenge, but I wanted to share my fun sparkly Halloween card with you!

I started by stenciling a bat background with the Bat Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs

I cut the adorable Monster Dies in Black and then added some fun glitter and googlie Eyes~~~
Laslty, I added a sentiment with the Ghoulies and Ghosties stamp

Be sure to link your project up on the IO Blog for a chance to win a gift certificate!
Here's who else is playing today!



XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

Monday, October 1, 2018

Impression Obsession new Die Release Winner

Happy Monday!!!!

I've drawn a winner from all of the comments on the New Die Release and my winner is.........


Cindy Holmes

Cindy, please email me at summerthymestudio@gmail.com for your coupon code before October 4th.

Congratulations!!!!!

--Vicki~~

Technique Junkies Stamps October Release



Good Morning!!!!

It's that time again!!! TIme to showcase some new RUBBAH!!!!!
I always look forward to showing you some of the new Designs for Technique Junkies Stamps

These two images screamed Vintage to me!!!

For my first card, I must confess I searched Pinterest for Vintage Christmas Cards to get some ideas!

I coloured Santa with Gifts with Copic Marker after creating a little background with a colorful life grunge dot stencil and denim coloured ink.
I actually cut my coloured image out and glued it to the middle of the card.
I stamped the Merry Christmas 2 sentiment in red, because that was a common practice on vintage cards!! Lastly, I added some Nellies effect snow for dimension and sponged around the card in grey ink. I added some white gel pen dots and dashes to create my little blizzard and added some silver 

This jolly little Santa reminds me of a 1950's style card. My Grandmother saved all of her cards, so I've seen many vintage cards in my day!!!


Moving forward a decade or two, we've got a V dub!!! Peace and Love man!!! I just adore this sweet image and sentiment!!! I coloured the image with Copic and jazzed the card up with a little ribbon and some stencilling with the Wonky Harlequin Super Fun!!!

All of the New Release Stamps are on Sale for the next little bit !

If you've been hopping already, you've arrived from the lovely Ceal's Blog

Now head on over to Jeanne's Blog because I know she has some awesome Eye Candy for you!

You can get all the details for the hop and prizes here on the Technique Junkies Blog

Happy Stamping!!

--Vicki~~



Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Snowy dies for Snowy Days! Lots of fun and Giveaways!






Good Morning!!!
We're Celebrating the IO Winter Die release again today and I have a couple more holiday pojects for you.

This one uses:







I LOVE this one. So quick and easy! All I did was cut out the  Die:

and glued it over some fun paper I made with my Gel Press. 
I added a few "Diamonds" and that was that!!! A fun Wintery note card

Be sure to leave a comment because I'm going to pick a winner from today's and yesterday's post for a $10.00 gift certificate. 

Head on over the IO Blog for a list of today's players

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

Monday, September 24, 2018

Impression Obsession Fall Winter Die Release Celebration


Good Morning!!!! 

I'm excited to share a project with a few of the dies from the IO Fall Winter Release.
There are a lot of wonderful new dies and they are all available now on the IO Website

For my project, I combined old and new dies.

The New:

I stamped the pinecones with IO Ink in the following colours


The Tried but true!!


If you like what you see, leave a comment! I will be drawing one name from all the comments today and tomorrow to win a $10.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE 

THE CONTEST IS OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 29TH AT NOON

Check out the IO Blog for a list of players!!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~


Thursday, September 20, 2018

IO Thursday Designer Challenge -Things with Wings!



Hello!!! Today's challenge is to create a project that has wings!! 

Well this sweet little Angel from Santo's Navidad, a new stamp set from Peggy Jo Ackley!

You can find the matching dies here 

I coloured the image and peace banner with copic markers and added a touch of sand coloured glitter.

I paired the image with the delicious paper from Simple Stories  Vintage Christmas

Have you started your Christmas Cards yet?

Head on over to the IO Blog to enter your creations!
A winner will be chosen for a lovely gift certificate!

ALSO stay tuned for a new die release the beginning of next week!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki--

Thursday, September 6, 2018

IO stamps Thursday Designer Challenge- Colours of the Rainbow


Good Morning!!!! Hope you're enjoying these first days of Autumn!

This weeks challenge is all colours of the Rainbow. Today I have two quick cards to share. I'll get the links to the inks a little later today, but i'm on the fly this morning. 
This first one displays fall in all its splendor! I love how Mother Nature Paints a Beautiful Rainbow of Colour across the landscape in Autumn, my favourite time of year!!!


I created the leaves by stamping first in golden rod ink, then orange, cherry red and a touch of tan.
Good grief, I love my Misti!




This card uses your typical bright and cheery rainbow colours and was easy peasy to make!!!

The stamps I used here are

and
one of the stamps from Seth Apters Grunge Grid set

Here's who's hopping today!

Be sure to leave your creation on the IO blog for a chance to win some stamping bucks!!!