Casing Sweet Miss Daisy

This Jolly little fellow was created for the Featured Stamper Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. This week, one of my Favourite Card Artists and fellow Design Team Member for Hanna Stamps, Anna Wight was the Featured Stamper. It was quite a feat choosing from her all of her delightful creations, but I settled on THIS CARD. I loved the way she made this Santa look so vintage and hoped to create a similar effect on my Card. If you have never visited her blog, check my Sidebar for her Blog Link and Go there!!!!!! She happens to be an amazing Photographer as well. Her Blog and Splitcoast Gallery are definitely divine for the eye!!!!

I am totally in love with this Christmas paper from Imaginisce. I have made several cards with it now and am coming close to depleting my stock pile (unfortunately for once in my life, I was frugal and only purchased one sheet of each!). The card base and matting is SU'S! Always Artichoke. Isn't this Santa the cutest??? He can be purchased in the SU! Holiday Mini, which is available until November 30th. I stamped Santa with Black Stayzon onto watercolour paper and coloured the image with Aquapainters and SU! Markers. A little Button with Linen Thread, Hardware and printed twill completes the folk art feel of the card. His little "star Garland" was created with fine gauge wire and little star confetti that I picked up somewhere. I find the best way to roll ribbon is to remove the nub off of one end of a Q-tip. Then wrap the wire tightly around the post until you achieve the length that you desire. The wire then slips off easily to be used as a cute embellishment. I supposed that a fine knitting needle or crochet hook would work for this as well.

Clearly Hanna!

Although she was tedious to Photograph today, you can see that Hanna looks CLEARLY terrific!!!!!

Have you ever stamped on Acetate? Well it's a snap Here is a Cool Tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers to help you along. I probably could give you great directions too, but I am a little lazy and why reinvent the wheel!!!!

Not too much time to babble today, so heres the goods:

Stamps: But I need it, Hanna Stamps
Paper: Acetate, Watercolour Paper, Chocolate Chip and Pixie Pink.
Ink: White and Black Stayzon

I coloured the Beautiful Hanna in with STampin' Write Markers and then blended with an Aquapainter............both of these Products are available through Stampin' Up!!!!!

TTFN!!!!!

Vicki

Fresh and Clean-Happy Thanksgiving

This card was created for the SCS Inspiration Challenge. To me, it has a very clean look and is quite different than my usual designs. I just HAD to have the Pick a Petal stamp set when it first came out and sadly, it has been collecting dust ever since!!!!

For my Canadian Friends, I hope that you are enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving Weekend. I have my Bird in the sink awaiting a bath and Mom is upstairs whipping up some of her AMAZING stuffing! Jonathon will even get in on the action this year as he attended his first cooking class last week and they learned to make Maple Glazed Sweet Potatoes. He is eager to try the recipe out at home. Now THAT is amazing in itself. No Sweet Potato has tickled his palette since he started eating Tuna Sandwiches at the age of 10 months. I am sure that if I had whipped up this dish and asked him to sample it, he would have wrinkled up his nose and said NO WAY (he is pretty much a salad and raw veggie guy). I think I better keep him in cooking classes...................next one is Thai themed (Yum!).

So today I am Thankful for many things; for my small but wonderful family, good friends, a warm safe home and the ability to enjoy my passion of papercrafting. I am thankful for the many great people that I have encountered and gotten the opportunity to know through this hobby and for being blessed to teach my love for stamping to others.

Well, I better get on to getting that Turkey ready...............................it is sitting in the sink. The package said Young Turkey,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,which evoked mixed emotions..............I was thinking "Young mmmmmmmmmmmmm very very tasty", but then on the other hand I was feeling horrible that this poor little birds life had to end so soon!!! Couldn't they just have put TURKEY on the package, or TASTY TURKEY or perhaps REALLY TASTY TURKEY THAT HAD A FULL LIFE ????? YOUNG Turkey..................what' were they thinking?????? Nobody would buy a tough old turkey.................anyways, I am rambling again.

The Card Recipe:

All materials from SU! with the exception of the cutest little Basic Grey Buttons

Pick a Petal, So Much (the White part in the middle of the Flower), All in a row
Paper: Bashful Blue, Gable Green, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Pixie Pink
Ink: Pumpkin, Pink Passion, Bashful Blue
Paper Piercing Tool!!!!

Hanna Hatbox Christmas

With Christmas rapidly approaching and given the fact that I am a total procrastinator, I am vowing to get onto my Christmas Cards early this year!!!

I am really embarrassed to admit it, but first of all, I am HORRIBLE at sending out cards to people (thus a lot of belated birthday greetings get sent!!!) and last Christmas, I sent quite a few Store Bought Christmas Cards!! ( I hope that I didn't cause anyone to fall of their swivel chairs or that you will never come back to visit because you are so thoroughly disgusted by this revelation!!!!)

So, this year I commit to sending ONLY homemade cards!!! I will not buy boxed cards......I won't, I WON'T!!!! (They say affirmations are good to correct behaviours!) It will definitely help that I will be off recovering from Surgery for 8 weeks, so I really don't have much of an excuse this year.............my hands won't be affected!!!!

Well, on with the card details:

Isn't this Designer Paper Yummy???? It is from the Imaginisce Christmas Collection. ABSOLUTELY Gorgeous EH???? The Hat box Images are from HANNA Stamps
of course! I haven't been able to put this set down since it arrived at my doorstep (Did I tell you about chasing the Hot Purolator man down the driveway as he just about left with Hanna????? Well, that's another story anyway!) So I stamped two hat boxes onto the main panel. I stamped a third onto scrap, coloured them all and them cut out the third box separating the lid from the bottom. I cut the cute little penguin from the patterned paper and mounted him slightly behind the bottom of the box. I mounted the lid on dimensionals to give the card a little more depth. The sentiment comes from the naughty but nice stamp set that can be found in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue Finally, the card is embellished with Fire Brads and Stickles!!!!

Bloggers Challenge Week 15 Orange and Black

Yes, Hanna shops again! With her Halloween fete fast approaching, she needs to get each and every detail just perfect!!!! Unfortunately she was so laden down with all of her goodies, that she had to wear her costume hat on her head!!!!! If you haven't met Hanna yet, read my two previous posts for all of the Juicy Details!!!!

This card was created for my Bloggers Challenge Group Orange and Black Challenge. To see additional Orange and black ideas, take a look at the galleries that I have lined under the challenge group in my Sidebar.





Happy Halloween Card Recipe:

Stamps: But I need it: Hanna Stamps
Party Punch Stampin' Up!


Ink: Stayzon, Orange

Paper: Only Orange, Basic Black, Whisper White, SU! Halloween DP.
Accessories: Stickles, Martha Stewart Bat Punch, SU! Spritzing tool, Aquapainters, Stampn'write markers, Gingham and Polka Dotted Ribbon. Do you see the Mini Clip to the top left hand side of the card. Is it not the CUTEST????? You can get an assortment of these for a limited time in the Holiday Mini Catalogue

Hanna has a new look today!!!!!

Hanna is a versatile Woman!!! From Chic to Casual, she wears it all well!!!! Today Hanna is out Shopping for her Autumn wardrobe! Seeing that is has been quite warm here, there has been no rush to shop (Although you will know that Hanna LOVES to shop!)

Speaking of Shopping, do you know that Kristi at Hanna Stamps is offering Free Shipping for the entire month of October!!! How Cool is that??????

Not only that, there's more!!! If one of your creations featuring a Hanna image gets published, you will receive a hundred bucks COLD HARD CASH!!! from Hanna Stamps!!!! Yep, no catch here, this offer is open to anyone that creates with Hanna Stamps. Check it out!!!

This card was made with Chocolate Chip, Pink Passion, Old Olive and Whisper White Cardstock. Images were coloured with SU! Stampin' write markers, some directly onto the image and shading with the Markers scribbled onto a CD and picked up with aquapainters.

The Funky Ribbon came from the $ bin at a local craft store and the tiny metal edge tag hails from Memory Makers I embossed the Chocolate Background with a Cuttlebug embossing Folder.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see what Hanna is up to next!!!

I can hardly wait to post!!!!!

Have a dandy day!

Vicki

The Best Kept Secret is out of the bag!

Allow me to introduce you to Hanna!!!! Isn't she the cat's pajama's???

"BUT I NEED IT " is the debut Stamp set in a Fabulous new line of stamps that are being launched by Kristi Ferro this Friday. Be Sure to follow the link to read ALL about it!!!!!

A couple of months ago, Kristi contacted me to ask if I would consider joining her Design Team. Let me tell you, if I had a wig, I would have most definitely FLIPPED it!!!!!!

Oh my Gosh, I didn't hesitate to reply with a YES, YES, YES!!!!!!! and it has been KILLING me to keep this secret, but I did!!!! and now I am Thrilled to share some of the details with you and whet your appetite for the rest if the story and what is to become of Hanna in the future. You won't believe what Hanna is up to next, but you'll have to stay tuned!

So Thanks a Bunch Kristi for bestowing this honour on me!!! Kristi has went all out in selecting some of the best stampers out there for her design team and I am astounded to be a part of those who are bringing Hanna's images to life! 'Kay, so enough of the mushy stuff!!! Check out my sidebar to view more sensational projects! I am sure that before you know it, you will find yourself saying "BUT I NEED IT"!!!!!!

Check in with me tomorrow, Hanna and I have some very Cool Scoop to Share!!!!!!

Stamps: But I need it-Hanna Stamps
Paper: Stampin' Up! /Bazzil/DCWV Glitter DP
Accessories: SU! Corner Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Template, SU! Markers and Aquapainters