Hugs and Kisses

I got these new stamps a few days ago and haven't had chance to play with them until today. So I'm joining in the ATS challenge where the theme is 'Valentine's Packaging'.

 

I made this treat box out of Kraft and acetate, making my own template - I know!! It worked first time too! I shaded Emma and added white spots to her outfit and a punched red heart to match the choccies inside the box.

Just punched a few more hearts and stuck them to the box before adding a strip of spotty paper and a layered up sentiment from the same set of stamps. Here's a close up:

I think I may have to write the measurements down and draw the template out before I forget for this one as I imagine I'm going to want to make more. I love this time of year - lots of reasons to make lots of pink things!

Edited to say I've done the tutorial and you can see it here.

Thanks

Victoria

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Owl always love you

This week over at Creative Card Crew, our challenge is 'Valentine'. The Design Team have come up with some fabulous ideas to inspire you so please pop ove and take a look.

I made this cute pocket card, based on a design by Bekka (I think!). We made this style of pocket card at a demo day a few weeks ago.:

Most products are Stampin' Up except the owl which is a cute new digi image by Sally-Ann at the Digi Stamp Boutique and the mats which were cut using nestabilities.

The whole thing is held together by the ribbon looped through a buckle out of the Hodge Podge kit. And here's the inside:

 

I love the mini clip on this. I'm joining in with these challenges:

• Double Dutch - Be my valentine
• Stampavie - Love card
• Cuttlebug - Create a red pocket card - better late than never but too late for the challenge!
• Alphabet Challenge - N for new - new image
• Dare you to digi stamp - Hearts / valentine
• The Corrosive Challenge - All you need is love

I wanted to use these colours again after the lovely feedback on the last card I made using them. Really chuffed with that card as I won at The Little Paper Shop Challenge.

We're still full of the snuffles and Zac is having a bad time expressing himself about it and is crying and throwing tantrums. Hey ho, hope he gets better first!!

Thanks for visiting, I'll be posting on my other blog Blue Jelly Stampin later today.

Victoria
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Four legged friends

This week at Cupcake Craft Challenge our theme is 'four legged and furry'. We have a fab sponsor and prize up for grabs so get busy and load up your creation to the challenge blog.

I used this cute puppy image by Merrigan to make this simple card:

 

I coloured the puppy with SU inks and a waterbrush and coloured his nose in with a red marker. I wrote the sentiment by hand - very unlike me and this is the inside:

 

I'm joining is with Susie's Sassy challenge as the theme is red, white and blue. Please hop over and look at the other Design Team creations at Cupcake as they're fab.

Thanks

Victoria

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Sweet kisses

It's time for another challenge over at Bee Crafty, this fortinght our theme is 'Romance'. Please remember to use a digi image or element somewhere on your creation.

I used this fab new image by Merrigan to make this card:

Love the image. And I'm joining these challenges:

• Little Paper Shop - Kraft, red and chocolate
• Caardvarks - Use red and hearts
• Hand Full of Stamps - Hearts
• Friday Sketchers - Sketch
• Polka Doodles - None traditional valentine
• Fussy and Fancy - Hearts
• Saturday Challenge - Hearts
• Sweet Stampin - Scallops

Other than Merrigan's image, everything is made with Stampin' Up! products. I used kraft, real red and chocolate chip. Please take a look at the fabulous creations made by the rest of the Design Team.

Thanks
Victoria
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Matching set

ooh eck, I should have posted this on Tuesday and it totally slipped my mind! This week at Cupcake Craft Challenge our theme is to make a matching set. I created these little cards with the gorgeous digi images we were given:

And here's a close up

I'm joining in with:

• Flutterby Wednesday - Fairy, angel or butterfly
• Fab n Funky - Any digi image
• A Spoon Full of Sugar - Free style

I'm feeling back to my old self again so will be blogging and crafting again and catching up - yey about flippin time too!

Hope you have a fab weekend

Victoria

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Creative Card Crew Creation

This fortnight at Creative Card Crew our theme is 'Punch it'. You can use any punches or shaped borders etc, loads of choice. We also welcome some new members to our design team: Pauline, Janna and Barbara - welcome ladies! I must also welcome Maria who joined us for our last challenge. Here's my creation:

I'm joining in with these challenges:

• Double Dutch - Baby it's cold outside
• A Spoon Full of Sugar - Lots of layering (we're talking paper, coats, scraves, gloves lol!)
• Passion for ProMarkers - Any colours and girlie stamps
• Flutter by Wednesday - Fairy, angel or butterfly
• Our Creative Corner - Green and Blue Colour Challenge
• Three Clovers - Baby it's cold outside
• Stampin' B's - Winter fun card
• Fussy and Fancy - Winter
• Our Creative Corner - Sketch
• Sunflowers and Dragonflies - Winter Wonderland
• Saturday Spotlight - Go wild with snowflakes

It's ages since I've used these papers and I don't think I've used this stamp before either so fun on both counts. I've tried a new way with ProMarkers, well new to me anyway by pressing the lighter shade onto the nib of the darker shade and blending that way. Think it works better for me that way.

I used this metal clip out of one of my Stampin' Up! pots to hold the punched sentiment on, I think I'll use these more often as I like the look. I enjoyed straying away from my usual colours to make this one.

Thanks to everyone who's already had a peek at my goodies on ebay, still lots of time to bid for a bargain!

Love
Victoria
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A Cupcake Sketch

This week at Cupcake Crafts Challenge we have a fabulous sketch for you to work with, pop over to take a look and to oggle the DT creations too, they're a bit yummy. Here's my take on the sketch:

And I'm going to join these challenges too:

• Alphabet challenge - Lilac
• If the Shoe Fits - Lilac, purple and grey
• Totally Gorjuss - Monochromatic
• Corrosive - Let's go digi
  

All of us on the DT were given these digi images to create our projects with, isn't this little ladie a cutie? I had such a late night last night, no I wasn't up partying or enjoying myself in anyway, I was listing loads of my rubber stamps on ebay!! I've got 58 on there so have a look if you want to grab a January bargain.

Thanks
Victoria
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