Vickie Lou Designs: 2022

Saturday, 31 December 2022

Perfectly Penciled Your Kindness is Treasured Thank You Card.

Good Afternoon Everyone

Happy Saturday Everyone! I really hope you are enjoying the festive Period. Unfortunately throughout the whole of December our house has been hit by Covid, the flu and ear infections - we've had a few days here and there where we were all OK, thankfully Christmas Day was one of them and we were able to enjoy the day.

Anyways, I digress! You are here for a project! and what a beautiful card I have to share with you today. It's literally a hodge podge of scraps that were in the pile - so I've combined little bits from all over our Catalogues.

I had a decent piece of Fitting Florets for a mat layer, some off cuts from Perfectly Penciled DSP and the label was cut out for a project using the Geraniums dies, but I never used it - so along with the Treasured Kindness Stamp set I created a lovely Thank You card.

Measurements

Gorgeous Grape Card Stock

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

Basic White Card Stock

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

1pc - scrap

Fitting Florets DSP

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

Perfectly Penciled DSP

Selection of fussy cut images.

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

Colour in a a floral cluster and some butterflies from the Perfectly Penciled DSP with Stampin Blends and fussy Cut.

Bring in your Mini Cut & Emboss Machine and cut a label in Basic White using the label die from the Geraniums Dies.

Stamp the two sentiments into the centre of this label using Gorgeous Grape Ink.

Take perfectly penciled pieces and the label and arrange the on the Fitting Florets DSP to fill the space gluing down the perfectly penciled pieces in place with liquid glue. Remove the label for now.

Add this panel to the card front, and adhere the label in position with a couple of Stampin Dimenisonals.

It's a super quick card, easy layout and it was made even easier by the fact that all these bit can out of my scrap pile - I just love it when you can do that!!

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

Fitting Florets 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161814]

Treasured Kindness Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158940]

Perfectly Penciled 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159244]

Geraniums Dies

[159061]

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154887]

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154903]

Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153112]

Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154886]

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock

[147011]

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Paper Snips

[103579]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

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

Thursday, 29 December 2022

Beautiful Thank You Card using the Regency Park Suite. Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC69

Good Morning Everyone

Today I'm sharing my card for this week's Creative Colour Challenges combo, which is so pretty! I'm also sharing products from an absolutely beautiful Suite coming soon in our Jan-Apr Mini Catalogue, which goes live 5th January.

I've used both the Sentimental Park Bundle and the Petal Park Bundle along with the Regency Park DSP for a cool and fresh toned Thank You Card.

Measurements

Basic Gray Card Stock

1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8"

1pc - scrap

Basic White Card Stock

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

scraps

Parakeet Party Card Stock

1pc - 3 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Regency Park DSP

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

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Take the Basic Gray card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base. Add the basic white panel to the inside.

Stamp the Thank You sentiment from Sentimental Park stamp set in Basic Gray along the bottom of the Regency Park DSP.

Layer this piece to the Parakeet Party Card Stock, and then add to the centre of the card front.

Bring in your Mini Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine and cut out the frame image in Basic Gray card stock. Take your snips and cut out the centre section, so you have a thin stitched edge.

Glue this down onto the card front above the sentiment.

On a Scrap of Basic white stamp the leaf cluster outline in Basic Gray ink and fill in with the solid leaf image with Parakeet Party ink, Cut around this with your snips and add to the card front over the frame.

Stamp the outline of the three flowers in Basic Gray and infill with the solid image and Balmy Blue Ink. Cut these out with the coordinating punch.

Add these flowers with dimensionals in the open spaces in the leaves image.

Finally pop a rhinestone into the centre of each flower.

I absolutely love how this turned out, this suite is gorgeous and I cannot wait to show you more. If you would like some more details on these products, or would like a catalogue sending out, please do get in touch.

If you would like some more information on the Challenge, or have a project you would like to enter - pop over to my blog Creative Colour Challenges - I would love to see your creations.

Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store. I cannot share the new products yet, but I will add links as soon as they are available. Product List

See you soon

Vickie

Xxx

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Framed Florets Birthday Easel Card. Touches of Ink December Blog Hop.

Good Evening Everyone

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are all having a fabulous week. Today I'm Hopping with the amazing Touches of Ink ladies and as always there's no set theme but we are asked to concentrate on using a Suite or a Bundle.

I've decided to use the Fitting Florets Suite, as it is my Favourite (at the Minute). I just love the mix of colours and floral patterns - unfortunately the DSP will not be with us much longer - so using an Easel Fold allows me to show off lots of that amazing paper whilst I can! The Landscape style give a different effect than the usual Portrait Easel.

Measurements

Crushed Curry Card Stock

1pc - 5 7/8" x 10"

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

1pc - 4 1/2" x 3"

Polished Pink Card Stock

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

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

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

5pc - 2 1/4" x 5 5/8"

Fitting Florets DSP

1pc - 5 3/8" x 4 1/2"

1pc - 4 1/8" x 2 5/8"

3pc - 2" x 5 3/8"

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 2" x 5 5/8"

Early Espresso Card Stock

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

1pc - scrap

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On the long side, score the Crushed Curry card stock at 2 1/2" and 5" and fold and burnish, fold in half the fold the remaining score line in so you create a sort of triangle shapre for your base.

Take all the DSP and adhere to the relevant sized Polished Pink mat. Also add the 2" x 5 3 /8" of Basic white to a matching mat.

Add the largest panel to the card base, then on what will be the inside add the basic white panel and one DSP panels above.

On the reverse of these sections add the two remaining DSP panels that will fit the space.

Stamp the 'Loved' sentiment in white Heat embossing powder and heat set on the early espresso strip, layered up with the matching mats, to card base centrally about 1/4" away from the edge of the card with dimensionals. I double stacked mine - This will give good height to tuck the vertical panel behind and keep the card upright.

Layer the DSP to the remaining Polished Pink and Crushed Curry. Pop some Liquid Glue onto the bottom third of the panel and adhere to the front facing pane of the card, again making sure it is centered with the sentiment and the card base.

Run a piece of Early espresso through you cut & emboss machine with the oval border , keeping the solid oval. Stamp the sentiment in versamark ink towards the top of the oval and heat set with white embossing powder and your heat tool. Add this to the upright Panel. Place a fussy flower and some pearls towards the bottom of the oval.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today - please continue through the hop and check out lots more fabulous inspiration from all these talented ladies - Sandra Nitschke is up next, please head over and Say Hi.