Vickie Lou Designs

Saturday, 3 January 2026

A Round of Hellos Lovely & Beautiful Thank You Card. Project Share Blog Hop January 2026

Good Morning Everyone,

Today I'm tkaing part in The Project Share Blog Hop. We are a small group of likeminded Stampin Up Demonstrators who do a little hop once a month around a theme. This month is Anything Flowers.

Which was perfect for me to showcase the stunning Lovely & Beautiful DSP which is due to be released on 6th January. I kept my design super simple and clean to show off as much of the Paper as possible, adding a small sentiment from A Round of Hellos stamp set.

What do you think?

Measurements

Calypso Coral Card Stock

1pc - 8 1/4" x 5 7/8"

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

1pc - scrap

Lovely & Beautiful DSP

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3/4"

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Take the Calypso Coral card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the Basic White piece to the inside.

Glue the 3/4" strip of DSP to run along the bottom edge of the floral piece of DSP, then add this to the card front.

Cut out a circle using the 2 3/8" circle punch and a scrap of Basic White card stock.

Stamp the Thank You in Calypso Coral ink towards the top of the circle, then add the You're Amazing.... stamp in Old Olive just Below. Then cut off the lower portion of the circle under the stamped strip. Lightly ink the edges of the cut out with Calypso Coral ink and then add to the card front in the lower right corner - making sure the bottom edges are flush with each other.

I absolutely loved creating this card - using this lovely DSP and kicking off another year of Project Share Blog Hops.

Please do continue through the hop - these ladies are very talented so you are sure to get lots of inspiration. Heather is up next - click the button below to head over to her blog

If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon

Vickie

Xxx

Friday, 2 January 2026

Friendly Foliage Get Well Soon Card. We Fall in Colours Blog Hop. January 2026

Good Evening Everyone,

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a fabulous Festive period?

Today I'm kicking off my 2026 crafting journey with our monthly 'We Fall in Colours' Blog Hop. A group of very talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators get together and share projects made set around the same three colours.

This Month our colours are Gray Granite, Misty Moonlight & Peach Pie. I absolutely love this combination, and decided that it worked well for a Get Well Soon Card - I used the Friendly Foliage bundle and I think this card lends itself well to give to anyone, but definitely fits the masculine style too.

What do you think?

Measurements

Gray Granite Card Stock

1pc - 8 1/4" x 5 7/8", scored at 4 1/8"

1pc - scrap

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

Peach Pie Card Stock

1pc - 2 7/8" x 1 5/8"

Colour Family DSP Stacks

Gray Granite

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

Misty Moonlight

1pc - 1 1/2" x 4 3/4"

Peach Pie

1pc - 1" x 4 1/2"

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Take the Gray Granite Card Stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the Basic White piece to the inside.

Glue the Gray Granite DSP Piece to the card front.

Stamp the Get Well Soon in Misty Moonlight onto the Peach Pie strip of DSP - making sure you stamp in close to the Right Hand side.

Add both the DSP strips to card front, lining both left hand edges up with the edge of the Gray Granite DSP, having the Peach Pie piece sit slightly over the Misty Moonlight piece.

Bring in your Stampin Cut & Emboss machine and run the leaves die through in Gray Granite. Line up the two pieces so you will get the frame and in fill images cut as one piece. I used a post it note to keep them lined up when putting them through the machine.

Ink up the leaf stamp in Misty Moonlight ink and stamp onto the die cut - making sure to take time and care to line it up properly so it stamps well onto the cut piece. ( mine wasn't perfect - but that's OK, right?)

Add the Peach Pie piece Behind the die cut and then adhere this to the card front with Dimensionals, placing it centrally over the DSP Strips, taking care not to cover the stamped sentiment.

I really enjoyed making this card, and using this combination of colours - I will definitely be using it again.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop - these ladies are fabulous and are sure to give you so much inspiration. Petra is up next - so please head over to her blog.

ROLL CALL

derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine
iriStempelt - Iris Philipps
Stempelpapillon - Karina Ruppert
Vickieloudesign - Vickie Littlewood - You are Here
Basteltime mit Petra - Petra Kurth
Stempelbande - Janine Krüger

Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store Product List

See you soon

Vickie

Xxx

Thursday, 4 December 2025

Bauble Blooms Merry Christmas Card. We Fall in Colours Blog Hop -December 2025

Good Evening Everyone,

I hope you are all well? Today I'm taking part in the We Fall in Colours Blog Hop. This month we have Crumb Cake, Blueberry Bushel and Pool Party to work with. I love this combination, and decided to create a lovely Christmas Card with the Bauble Blooms bundle as my focus.

What do you think?

Measurements

Blueberry Bushel Card Stock

1pc - 8 1/4" x 5 7/8", scored at 4 1/8"

scrap

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

Pool Party Card Stock

scraps

Crumb Cake Card Stock

1pc - approx 4"x 6"

scrap

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Take the Blueberry Bushel card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base - adding the Basic White piece to the inside.

Bring in your Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine and run the the scrap of Crumb cake through using the border die piece from Beautiful motifs die set. Then run the two frames back through in the geometric pattern embossing folder.

Lightly add some crumb cake ink to the frames to help deepen the effect of the frames.

Add the frames to to card front. I placed the larger one first, then added the smaller one inside, but I made sure that the heavier embossing details were opposite on each frame - just to add a little more interest.

Now head back to the Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine - take the scraps of Pool Party and cut out two Baubles, and then cut two of the Bauble Clips in Blueberry Bushel.

Ink up the leaf image in Pool Party and stamp onto the baubles, then ink up the floral outline image ad stamp this on the bauble as well. These stamps are fabulous, and you stamp in the same place, over the top of each other - but each stamp has the detail in a different place, so you build a full image over three stamps ( I haven't used the solid in fill stamp to colour int he flowers on this project).

Using a little liquid glue, stick on the clips to the top of the baubles and arrange both onto the card front. I stuck the one on the left flat, and then added dimensionals to the one on the right.

Stamp the words Merry & Christmas onto scraps of Crumb Cake Card Stock using Blueberry Bushel ink the cut out using the Banner Sayings Punch. Gently add a little ink to the edges and then place on the card front with dimensionals.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today and will give the card a go - I adore it in this colour way but I think it would look just as good in some many more!

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop. These ladies are super talented and you are sure to get lots of creative inspiration. Simone Kleine is up next so be sure to go say hello.

Roll Call

derdiedasKleine bastelt - Simone Kleine

iriStempelt - Iris Philipps

gittisgiftcorner - Tatjana Niederberger

Basteltime mit Petra- Petra Kurth

Vickie Lou Designs - Vickie Littlewood

Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store - The Bauble Blooms has just hit our Last Chance list and is discounted - so be sure to head over and grab it before it's gone!

Product List