Love

How are you enjoying this Beautiful Sunday?

It's absolutely gorgeous here! It does feel a bit like Autumn as it's quite cool, but the sun is beating down and there is a lovely breeze. I plan to spend some time outside this afternoon.

I created this card a few weeks ago for one of my best friends' daughter.

She's getting married in August! I'm totally excited about her wedding as I love weddings! I'm even more excited about hers as she will being having two ceremonies as she is marrying an East Indian fellow. I can't wait to experience this service, as I've never had the opportunity before. I am sure it is going to be a beautiful day!

I kept my card neutral in shades of soft pink and ivory

Supplies used:

Gown Die

I ran this through an embossing folder to give it a touch more dimension

Love Doves

I cut this twice, once in pink and once in ivory. I cut the Ivory Doves and mounted them on top of the first die with dimensionals

All in one Frames-Squares 2

I added some pearls and this perfect little flower bouquet brad that I had on hand (see, it pays to have  drawer full of stuff!!!!)

Whatever you happen to be doing today, do it with Joy and Exuberance!

Happy Creating!

-Vicki~

Impression Obsession Designer Challenge-It's Party Time

Good Morning! It's Party Time Over at IO Stamps today!

We want you to create a fun "Party" card using you IO Stamps and Dies!

I started off wanting to make a simple card. That card came together so quickly I thought "why not make a set"? It's always great to have an extra card or two around in a pinch! 

The great thing is, that I made these cards using one set and one die!

The stamp set is a lovely clear set called Let us Celebrate

The die is All in one Frames-Circles

If you head on over to the   Impression Obsession Blog you can get a list of all the players for today as well as submit your entry. Play along and you can win a sweet prize from IO stamps

I was thinking that this set might make a nice little gift package. You could bundle the four together with some envelopes and tie them up in a bit of Raffia. I used to do card packages for my Grandmother as she loved to send cards. I made her a good assortment, so she had something handy for every occasion. Thinking of her puts a smile to my face! I miss her much

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Stamping

-Vicki~

Heart

Hi!

I took some time to play and created this card for the Try a Technique Challenge  over at Splitcoaststampers. Just a quick and easy card!

Stamps by Impression Obsession

Heart Definition

Textured Heart

I made the splatters with Dyan Reavely Paint, which I purchased at

Scrappin' Great Deals!

Happy Stamping!

Impression Obsession Thursday Designer Challenge-Ocean Breeze

Hey! 

Hope you're all doing well. It's been pretty quiet here on the Blogging scene, but I'm happy to say that I've finished my Bedroom and Bathroom Reno's and will have some more time to play! YAY!!!!

This weeks Challenge is Ocean Breeze. I wanted to share how wonderful the Impression Obsession Stamps can work for Scrapbooking! I created this Ocean themed page. The photograph captured one of many beautiful sunsets I enjoyed while in Grenada last winter. I used stamps to create the background textures for the base and panels behind my main image. 

The stamps I used included

Cover a Card Sand

Starfish

and

Large Conch

I adhered my picture to the Layout and used Pier Posts to create an interesting embellishment. I gave the post a little more dimension by stamping it twice, cutting out the hemp wrap and adhering it to the main image with silicone! Every Pier Post needs a Bird so I added the tall Heron from the Shore Birds die collection. Finally I finished off the layout by adding the

Summer in Verse sentiment as my title. {yes, I used this one on last challenge! It's one of my faves!

Flower and Ribbon by Prima Marketing!

I was very pleased with the way that the layout turned out and hope that you enjoy it too! Make sure you head on over to the  Impression Obsession Blog to see who's playing today and to get the goods on entering the challenge!

Happy Stamping!

Vicki

Caribbean Safari

I had a wonderful weekend with my best girls at Victopia this past weekend. It was one of our quieter events, with a small showing, but it was intimate and lovely! I SO appreciate my friends and how good they are to me!

I had a fabulous time creating this layout using  this great Sketch that can be found at Stuck?! Sketches. I LOVED feeding these gorgeous Monkeys in the Rainforest in Grenada last winner. What smart and beautiful creatures. 

The Bo Bunny Safari Collection was perfect for these pictures

I can't wait to use more and share with you!

IO Challenge- Summer Fun!

Welcome to this weeks IO Challenge-  Summer Fun!

For my creations, I used the Following Products

Summer in Verse

Sunny Days Kite

Sun and Moon Die

  Get inspired by the wonderful Impression Obsession  Team (listed below). 

  Anna Wight 
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher

Follow the guidelines below to enter challenge and have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our online store. Good luck!

  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 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 be in a separate post.

  Challenge will be open until Tuesday, May 19th at 7 p.m. Central Time. Winner announced May 20th. Winner must respond within one week of the day the challenge ends to collect prize.

Gone Fishing!

You probably think i've gone fishing, or something of the sort!

Truth is, I've been working on my room. I'm pretty close to being done and will have pictures posted soon! What I will tell you, is that I LOVE my little Coastal Sanctuary!

In honour of National Scrapbooking Day, I thought I ought to create a layout

I also received a whack of Goodies from Scrappin' Great Deals, Including this great BO Bunny Forever Young assortment! Such fun and Lively Paper!!!

This is Jon around 2002

I used this Fabulous Sketch from the Stuck?1 Sketches Challenge!

Supplies

Bo Bunny Forever Young Collection

Fresh Air

Yum

The rest of the paper is actually pieces from The  Ephemera Kit

I combined zig zag and Straight stitches to adhere the papers

The cool black chipboard shapes are also from the Ephemera Kit

Lastly, since I found the base paper a little stark, I took my Fan Brush and added splatters with

Dylusions  Paint in Vibrant Turquoise and Black

See you soon!

Vicki