One more SLEEP!!!!!!! Hay Hanna!

Hanna release is tomorrow night! I am SO excited for you to see all the great sets this month! This is another sneak peek......from the Hay Hanna set.

Did you know that Kristi is offering a coupon until the 31st of January..........here's the deets copied from her blog:

We're pleased to offer you a Store Coupon. Hanna Stamps would like to thankeach and everyone of you for all of your support. Please accept this couponfor 10% off of your entire order. Coupon expires on Jan 31st 2009.
Have a safe and Happy New year!
You can redeem this coupon during checkout. Just enter the code in the boxprovided, and click on the redeem button.The coupon code is SUPPORTDon't lose the coupon code, make sure to keep the code safe so you canbenefit from this special offer.

Another reason to get all the great sets that are available this month!!! Besides, they are all SO cute!

Hope to see you in the Hanna Forum at SCS on Thursday night 9 p.m. est

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hay Hanna, Just what I meant to say

Paper: Real Red, Black and Black Polka Dot DP

Accessories: Copics, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Gingham Ribbon, SU! Star Punch and word window punch. Paper Piercer

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki*****

Ahoy Hanna!

Gonna give you the quick down and dirty this morning as I am running late...........hmmm think I forgot to add punctuality onto my list of New Years Resolutions! These two cards are made with images from the Ahoy Hanna Stamp set, one of the sets that will be released Thursday night in the Hanna Forum. If you go into the Forum now, you will see some Fabulous Sneak Peeks. In addition, you can follow the links to the DT blogs on my sidebar. If you have seen some other cards made with the Lighthouse, you will notice they have a beacon on their lighthouse. I decided to carefully use a sharp exacto knife to remove my beacon, so that I had the option of stamping with or without it. Hanna in her boat was made with Crate Paper DP. I used Mellissa Frances DP along with A Prism Sage Green and Rust coloured paper.





That's it, that's all, sorry for the short post (actually someone might be quite thankful today that my verbage is at the low end of the scale). Have a Wonderful day and come back for more sneak peeks tomorrow please!!!!!


*****Vicki*****

Pink Cat Contest over at Paper Craft Planet

Melissa from Pink Cat Studio is hosting a fabulous contest this week over at Paper Craft Planet. Isn't this image the sweetest?? She was inspired to create Lily the Fairy from a beautiful painting that she made while in Art School. Click HERE to see that painting as well as the details of the contest. You have until January 13th to submit your card to Melissa!!!!

I was inspired to make a Winter Fairy using this gorgeous double sided designer Paper from October Afternoon. I used a base cardstock of Riding Hood Red and Neenah White to to stamp the main image and the sentiment. I coloured with Copics, cut the Red Heart freehand and used white gell pen to highlight the sentiment area. The Scalloped Border on the reverse of the DP was made with the Martha Stewart Border Punch.

Be sure that you submit a sample using the image that Melissa will provide for you by PDF file.
The Prize for the winner is FABOOOOOOOOOOOOO

And OH MY..........you are going to be totally in awe of the Sneak Peeks, beginning soon!!!!!

*****Vicki*****

Sneak Peek-I love my Garden

Happy New Year everyone!!! I hope that you all had a safe and Happy Holiday! Now back to the Grind!!!!!

I was very fortunate to end my holidays with an impromptu visit to my BFF Jacqui's house where I got to spend a couple of days stamping. To top that off, Kristi joined us and we just had the best time!

This sweet gal has got to be my favourite image ever! I know, I know, I say that every month, but I am sure that Love My Garden absolutely takes the cake! The tiny little Grasshopper is from the Backyard Dweller set, also being released this week.

Join us this Thursday evening in the Hanna Stamps Forum HERE
to see all the great sneak peeks, for fun and beaucoup de chatter!!!!






I used Bazzil Cardstock as my base, the colour being very similar to Really Rust. This is one Large Card, having cut the 12x12 paper down to 8.5 x 11 and folding in half. Always Artichoke was my choice for a complimentary colour. I coloured with Copics and sponged in the ground with Creamy Caramel. A little white and black gel pen was used for the highlights and lowlights on the sunflower and SU! Flannel Ribbon to finish.

I will have lots and lots of sneak peeks for you this week.

In addition, Melissa is holding an Awesome Contest over at Pink Cat Studio. Visit her blog HERE for details and watch for a post on my blog later today.

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki*****

Read my Tee and Blog Candy Winner

Well I must say I have been very productive in stamping for the last several days, but I can't share with you yet as I am working on new releases for Hanna Stamps and Pink Cat Studio. This is a card that I made for a Hanna Release awhile back. I had tucked it away and when it came time to post, it had disappeared. Well for some strange reason, it's resurfaced, which is a good thing, because I have something to post!!!!!


This image is from the Hanna Read my "T" set. She is a tall one, the image being just shy of 6 inches tall. I coloured her with Copics and stayed pretty much with a colour combination of Pink Pirouette and Not quite Navy. Stampin' up flower brads and Prima Flowers act as the main accents.

and now for the winner of the Blog Candy!!!!

Here are your random numbers:

10

Timestamp: 2008-12-30 15:22:33 UTC

Jennifer M. that makes you the winner. Email me your snail mail addy at vickig@kos.net and I'll send your goodies out to you!

Congratulations.

*****VIcki*****

Route 66 Riley

Riley got some new chaps for Christmas, which meant of course he had to take a little Roadtrip down Route 66! Friday's Hanna Challenge was to make a card using a Riley stamp as well as some accessories from one of the Hanna Sets, which in this case was the Route 66 Hanna biker set. There are some fabulous complimentary images in this set that will allow you to make a scene!

The sentiment is from Stampin' up! it's your birthday. The DP is a retired one from SU! as well. Base cardstock is really rust, complimentary is Chocolate Chip. I coloured in the image with Copics, sponging in the sky and sand and using white, silver and gold gel pens for accenting. The Hemp Twine and Star punch polish the card of quite niceely don't you think?









Wow only a few more days left in the Year...............what do you hope to accomplish before year's end? Leave a comment and you could be the winner of a Hanna Pirate set, plus some other sweet candy!

Happy Christmas

So, the big day has finally arrived. The gifts are wrapped, the Turkey stuffed....trinket and baubles adorn our mantles...........and it's time to celebrate. Did you take time today to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.......really what it means for you. It could have a strong spiritual or religious significance, maybe strengthen the significance of the value of family and friends, giving or love. The important thing for me is to look beyond the esthetics of the day, the gifts, decorations and food and recognize how fortunate I am to be sitting behind this computer screen this morning, loading photos with my digital camera and enjoying some peace and quiet before the festivities begin.

To realize how blessed I am to have family to share the day with, to have a good job in these tough economic times so that I can enjoy the pleasure of watching my child's face light up as he receives the gifts that he has placed on his wish list. To know that not only will we eat today, but to also feel some guilt over the fact that there will be an overabundance of food, while others in the world go hungry or without gifts, or perhaps are missing a loved one this year. I am fortunate in having my child and parents with me to celebrate the day.

I wish you all a happy day..........and many blessings for the new year....................




These are some quick and easy gift card holders that I put together last night for my Step Grandbabies! The Paper is from Basic Grey, Pomegranite and Soft Sky are the base cardstocks. The image is from Dear Friends a SU! Hostess set as is the ribbon and the Big Snowflakes are from the Dollar Store. These worked up rather quickly, but turned out sweet, I think!




Hope to get a little stamping in later today..................and yes, I am blessed to have the time to enjoy my passion!

Merry Christmas!

*****Vicki*****