VLVOct2013 Week5

Hi this is another catch up Christmas card using this months VLV sketches.  The sketch for week 5 was an interesting one and I started with Poinsettias but my images were far too big for the circles so I used snowflakes and changed my design completely.  I used the stamp sets from Verve called Christmas is in the Air and a small one  called Frosty Flakes.  The sentiment is from another company but I can't remember who.

 

I used an embossing folder on the background paper that I have had in my collection for ages.  The ink colours are Memento Paris Dusk and Teal Zeal.  All the snowflakes were embossed with a clear glittery powder - most of which blew all over me!  Some Mermaid Stickles has been added to the centres of the teal snowflakes.  Thanks once again for checking my cards out.

VLVOct2013 Week 4

I am trying to catch up on some Christmas Cards.  I have been making odd ones for MFP challenges but I have not kept up with my 13 a month for CCC13.    I therefore decided to use the last two VLV sketches for October for Christmas cards.

My week 4 ones sticks very closely to the sketch and uses Verve Holly Jolly ornament stamps with a sentiment from Verve Glad Tidings.  There are 4 red gems on the card but none of them sparkle here and number 4 fades into the paper!

 

Hope your Christmas cards and projects are coming along fine.

FOSTV96 - Halloween

This week we are celebrating Halloween at Friends of Speedy TV.  The stamp set one person will win is called Halloween Selections.  Please check out the challenge here at Speedy TV

I tried to make a cute card as I don't really agree with celebrating all the evil and dark side of the occasion.  I used VLVSketch3 for October which you can find here

The first photo shows the outside of my card and the second one shows the inside.

The images are from the MFP Stamp sets called
I'm Going Batty and What a Scream

 Thanks for looking and keep safe this week.

12 Days of Christmas - 3D Tags

Welcome to MFP 12 Days of Christmas Challenge!  I hope you have been playing along as today is Day 5.

Each day there will be a new project featured. You will see samples on the MFP Blog and a full tutorial on MFPSpeedyTV!

There are daily prizes and a whopping great prize for one person who completes all the challenges. What is the Grand Prize? $350 worth of the current stamp sets from Mark’s Finest Papers a Heinrich Co! That’s 20 large stamp sets of the winner’s CHOICE! Just in time for the holidays! So start stamping!

Today’s Challenge is 3D tags

 

I made two based on the tutorial and another 3D tag using the Poinsettia set with foam pads between the layers.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking and don't forget to join in the fun.

High Hopes Embossing Challenge

The High Hopes challenge this week is to use embossing.  Scooter Santa is embossed with clear powder and the snow is embossed with some strange puffy glittery EP which is very hit and miss!  The holly is also embossed with some red and green sparkly powders.  The background panel was dry embossed with an embossing folder - Santa has a long way to travel!

Thanks for checking out my card and thanks to High Hopes for this stamp - I won it recently and I think it is really cute - don't you?

FOSTV95 - Fall / Harvest

I love the autumn when you get crisp dry days and the colours are fully on show.  Sadly at the moment we are getting quite a lot of rain and yesterday's walk with Mum's dog Tess was a complete washout.  10 minutes into the walk "the heavens opened" and we had pouring rain, thunder, lightning and then a hail storm.  The two of us and Tess arrived back at Mum's house like drowned rats.  We had to wrap in towels while our jeans dried off! 
Fortunately before this wet spell we did get some lovely walks in to enjoy the colour changes. 

This week at FOSTV we are celebrating autumn, fall and harvest and there is a cute set which relates to harvest for one lucky participant called Corn Ears.

 

You can double your chances of winning by using Marks Finest Papers stamps but if you don't have any please play along just the same.

 

 

My card this week focuses more on the harvest side of things and uses the set called No Sour Grapes along with the leaves from Autumn Splendor.  The little acorn charm is also from MFP.  The edge was punched with a Martha Stewart border punch.

 

 



Thank you for visiting and please drop by the rest of the FOSTV team's blogs to see their cards in all their glory.

High Hopes Challenge 190 - Give Thanks

I played along with a sketch challenge presented by High Hopes (Challenge 188) just over a week ago and I was lucky enough to be chosen as the winner.  I won a choice of stamp and was invited to be a guest for this week's challenge.  The challenge theme is: Give Thanks (either a Thanksgiving card or a "Thank You" card).  

I used a VLV sketch for this Thank You card - week 2 for October.  The image is called Hay Ride and I coloured it with Prismacolor Pencils.

The High Hopes blog can be found here and the new challenge is 190.  Thanks for visiting.