A couple more for VSN

These are another couple of card I managed to get done for some VSN challenges over on SCS this weekend.

Challenge F was to use a trellis, so I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday's Challenge #262 and my clay flowers I made yesterday to come up with this - love these flowers, just wish I had made more than 3 in each colour, so will have to make some more!

And here's my card. (Can't wait to start on the Sketch Saturday DT next week!)

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Stamps: Tiny Tags from Papertrey Ink

Papers: So Saffron, Pale Plum (Retired), Whisper White, So Saffron Prints DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

Inks: So Saffron, Pale Plum (Retired), Reinkers in Pixie Pink (Retired), Yoyo Yellow (Retired), Tempting Turquoise, Pale Plum (Retired), Cameo Coral (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Buttons & Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds, Simply Pressed Clay, Little Leaves Sizzlits Die, Subtles Brads all from Stampin' Up, Oval Nestabilities, Tiny Tags Die from Papertrey Ink

Challenge G was to make a one layer card, which I always find difficult to do as I love my layers. I used a scalloped square Nestabilities as a frame to sponge my grass and clouds so it didn't look too empty and blank!

Recipe:

Stamps: Women of Life from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Stampers Select White from Papertrey Ink

Inks: Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Scalloped Square Nestabilities, Clouds Dies from Papertrey Ink both used as masks

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by!

A few VSN cards

It was VSN or Virtual Stamp Night this weekend over on Splitcoast Stampers, which I totally forgot about. I didn't have much time to do many of the challenges, but I did what I could, combining them with other challenges where possible, but I only managed to get 5 done in the end. Oh well nevermind.

Challenge B was to make a card with some summer toys on it. I went straight for my kites (I actually haven't played with one of these properly since I was a kid, but we made some in school a while ago for our own Indian Kite festival and the kids loved it. Was such fun running around on a very windy day trying to fly a kite!). I combined it with A Passion for Papertrey's Circles Challenge and my fave new combo of the summer - turquoise, yellow and grey. Keep seeing combo this around a lot and I love the brightness of it.

Recipe:

Stamps: Background Basics: Medallions, Up, Up & Away, Up, Up & Away Sentiments all from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Lemon Tart, Hawaiian Shores both from Papertrey Ink, Whisper White

Inks: Lemon Tart, Hawaiian Shores both from Papertrey Ink, Smoky Slate from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Lemon Tart Grosgrain Ribbon, Double Ended Banner Die both from Papertrey Ink, Circles Nestabilities, Lacey Nestabilties, Dew Drops

Challenge C was to use splashes of ink with a summer theme, so I used my markers and my spritzer to make a rainbow of colours. We get lots of rainbows in the summer here in the UK, only because we get so much darn rain during the so-called summer LOL

Recipe:

Stamps: Happy Trails from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Island Indigo, Perfect Plum all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Basic Black, Stampin' Up Markers in Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Island Indigo, Perfect Plum, Blushing Bride all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: 3/4" Circle Punch, Spiral Punch (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Happy Trails Die from Papertrey Ink, Speech Bubbles Dies from X-Cut

And Challenge D was to use red, white and blue, so I used my new Mosaic Madness stamp set and coordinating embossing folder to come up with this one.

Recipe:

Stamps: Mosaic Madness, Label Love both from Stampin' Up

Papers: Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Whisper White all from Stampin' Up

Inks: Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Night of Navy all from Stampin' Up

Accessories: Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder, Mosaic Punch, Artisan Label Punch, Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon (Retired) all from Stampin' Up

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

VSN Back To School Challenges M, N, O & P

Last post for the VSN Challenges over on Splitcoast Stampers - be sure to get all your cards uploaded by Monday 10pm EST

Challenge M, hosted by Marg, was to make a card depicting food that children love to eat. I instantly thought of ice cream and how I used to love eating tons of it as a child (OK so not much has changed there!) and used SC401 to come up with these HUGE ice cream!

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Challenge N, hosted by Cindy, was to make your own school themed designer paper - You can use designer paper or whatever other embellishments you would like but NO STAMPING! The ONLY item that can be stamped on your card is the SENTIMENT. I made a card for this challenge, but missed out ONE important element - the fact that it was supposed to be a school themed designer paper. Mine isn't so I'm not submitting it for this challenge - oops! Note to self: read the instructions properly!

Challenge O, hosted by Mary, was to choose a row from the homework assignment list and make a card using those elements. I chose numbers, stars and crayons. The only crayons I could find are my watercolour ones, so I used those on my rocket and blended them a bit with my aqua painter, which has gone all funny on the end, so I need to order some more. This one is also for Viva La Verve's Sketch #3 for September.

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And the final challenge, Challenge P, hosted by Michelle, was to create a card or project using something that starts with the letters A, B, and C. Mine were A = Apothecary Art Stamp Set, B = Baja Breeze and C = Colouring. This one is also for Create with Connie and Mary's Challenge #219 for the sketch.

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And that's all the challenges for this VSN. Hope you all had fun browsing at the huge collection of my cards! And I hope you find time to join in some of the challenges!

VSN Back to School Challenges G, H & I

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Challenge G, hosted by Michelle, was to use anything that sprays to graffiti up your project! I knew immediately what I wanted to do for this one! I don't have many spray inks, but I do have a silver Cosmic Shimmer one that was perfect for this challenge, so I die cut my spider webs dies and used them as a mask for the background and I love how it turned out! I used SC403 for the sketch and F4A135 to use googly eyes as well.

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Challenge H, hosted by Lori, was to make a card using the Glitter Window technique. It's been a while since I used this technique, but had lots of fun with it. I used Waltzing Mouse's Sketch #116 and ColourQ's Challenge #155 to use this pretty colour combo.

And here's my card.

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Challenge I, hosted by Brenda, was to use apples as your inspiration. I so wanted to use my new Resplendent Rectangles Nestabilities for a card and thought they would be great on this one. Aren't they just gorgeous?! Big thanks to Beate for using them on this gorgeous card, which made me go out and buy the set!

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And that's all for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by! More VSN Challenges coming up next!

VSN Back to School Challenges D, E & F

This is the next part of my VSN Challenges from Splitcoast Stampers this weekend.

Challenge D, hosted by Carla, was Phys Ed or PE to us British Teachers and you had to include some sort of physical activity in your card. I haven't done my card for this challenge yet, so will upload it tomorrow when I do it! ETA Done my card now! This one is also for Just Add Ink's Challenge #136 to just add kids and CR84FN63 to use these colours - perfect for a boy's card!

And here's my card.

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Challenge E, hosted by Alicaz, was to make a bookmark. I combined this one with CC393 to use Lucky Limeade, Primrose Petals and Pink Pirouette. I no longer use bookmarks as I have my beloved Kindle instead (I always said I wouldn't have one as I love the feel and smell of a new paperback, but I would not be without my Kindle now!), so I'll pass this one on to someone who will use it.

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Challenge F, hosted by Lori, was to use some type of supply on your card or project that you would find in the classroom. I used one of my cute mini bulldog clips! I use various different types of clips at school but not ones this size :P I used the sketch from Stamping Royalty's Challenge #142 and the colours from Play Date Café's Challenge #150 as well.

And here's my card.

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And that's all for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to pop back for my other VSN Challenges posts.

VSN Back To School Challenges A, B & C

It's Virtual Stamp Night over on Splitcoast Stampers this weekend and I'm hostessing a challenge later on tonight! But first here's my cards for the first three challenges of the weekend.

Challenge A, hosted by Leslie, was to use some notepaper on your project. Because I was also doing Mojo Monday's Challenge #259 and Color Throwdown's Challenge #210 to use these fab colours, I made my own notepaper so the colours would match.

And here's my card.

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Challenge B, hosted by Anita, was to create a card with wheels on it and an added bonus was to make a round card, which I also did for Cute Card Thursday's Challenge #235 to make a card which wasn't either a square or rectangle shape. I pulled out my long loved Loads of Love set for this one. I used to use this one all the time, but it's been a bit forgotten of late. Still think it's a cute one though.

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And Challenge C, hosted by Barbara, was to use 3R's. That is three different things beginning with R. I went with Red, Ribbon and Roses on mine. This was the first time I used the velvet ribbon from SU as well, despite having it for months and it is a gorgeous soft velvet one. Ties into a bow really easily as well.

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And that's all for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to pop back for all the other VSN challenges this weekend!

VSN Challenges L - P

And my final post for this month's VSN Challenges.

Challenge L was to which I didn't get time to do.

Challenge M was to try a new technique. On the challenge write up Lydia put a video of the heated ribbon flower technique. You didn't have to use it, but I had never done one of these before so thought I would give it a go. I love how this turned out and it was so quick and easy to do as well. I used the sketch from Waltzing Mouse's Sketch Challenge #102 as well.

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Challenge N was to make an encouragement card. I love this sentiment from Flower Fusion #12 but have never found the opportunity to use it before, but this challenge was perfect for it.

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Challenge O was to use the inspiration photo of a cruise ship with a fab multicoloured pattern on the side. I took the rainbow of colours and all the dots as my inspiration. I totally love this card!

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And my final VSN card for Challenge P was to use something related to time and space on your card. I know somewhere I have a clear stamp set with aliens and a spaceship in but could I find it?! I hunted everywhere but still found zilch! So I went for the easy option and used stars - they're in space! This card is completely inspired by one Maile Belles did a little while ago!

Recipe:

Star Prints from PTI Framed Out #1 from PTI Basic Gray Ink/Cardstock Whisper White Ink/Cardstock Pale Plum Cardstock/Ink Retired Blush Blossom Ink/Cardstock (retired) from SU Purely Pomegranate Ink/Cardstock Retired from SU Framed Out #1 Die from PTI

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And that's all my VSN cards! I sure had lots of fun and tried out a few new things as well! Thanks for stopping by!

VSN Challenges F - K

Carrying on with the VSN challenges from SCS this weekend. I didn't manage to get them all done - I just didn't have the time to do them all.

Challenge F was to look back at your own cards and recreate one. I looked back in my SCS gallery at earlier VSN cards I had done and found this monstrosity! I made this one back in 2008 before I had discovered Copics and still had a thing for heat embossing everything! I re-did this card, keeping the pastel colours and the sketch, but left out the embossing and the weird ribbon thing!

Recipe:

Sweet Blossom from Whimsy Stamps Tag-Its #3 from PTI Pretty In Pink Ink/Cardstock Certainly Celery Ink/Cardstock So Saffron Ink/Cardstock Soft Sky Cardstock/Ink Retired Copic Premium Seriously Smooth White Cardstock Spring Fling DSP Retired from SU Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Copic Markers - Various Colours Circle Nestabilities Ribbon from Stash White Opal Liquid Pearls

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Challenge G was to be inspired by the song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot. I had never heard of this song before but lyrics were just so sad. I don't have any ship stamps at all, so copied a few other people and made a sympathy card instead.

Recipe:

My Friend from SU Hopeful Thoughts from SU Bashful Blue Ink/Cardstock Baja Breeze Ink/Cardstock Whisper White Ink/Cardstock Versamark Whisper White 5/8 Inch Organza Ribbon from SU Clear Embossing Powder from SU

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Challenge H was to incorporate movement/motion/travel into a baby card. I generally don't have any baby stamps so had no idea what I was going to do for this one. I searched through my Stampin' Up excel file which lists all the set I have and what type they are and found 2 baby sets! I had completely forgotten that I had this cute little train set, but a perfect choice for a baby boy's card, don't you think?!

Recipe:

Choo Choo Retired from SU Right on Track Wheel from SU Bundled in Love Retired from SU Baja Breeze Ink/Cardstock Soft Suede Ink/Cardstock Basic Gray Ink/Cardstock Very Vanilla Cardstock Elegant Soiree DSP (Retired) from SU Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon (retired) from SU Framelits Labels from SU

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Challenge I was to use the mirror technique, but I didn't get the chance to do this one.

Challenge J was to use a map or globe element on your card. To be honest I didn't particularly want to do this one as maps on cards just don't do it for me!

Challenge K was to incorporate weaving of some kind into your card. I don't think I have ever used paper weaving on a card before so no time like the present to do so! It took me a while to sort out the strips to get them to weave, but eventually I came up with this! Looking back at it, I should have used more of the green DSP in the weaving.

Recipe:

Happy Day from PTI Beautiful Blooms II from PTI Rose Red Ink/Cardstock Whisper White Ink/Cardstock Cameo Coral Cardstock/Ink Retired Kiwi Kiss Ink/Cardstock Retired from SU Raspberry Tart DSP Retired from SU Kiwi Kiss Striped Grosgrain Ribbon Retired from SU Happy Day Die from PTI Beautiful Blooms II #1 Die Collection from PTI Clear Gems from stash

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And that's all for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by. Hope you're all enjoying the VSN challenges as well.