Vickie Lou Designs: 2025

Sunday, 3 August 2025

Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC204

Good Evening Everyone,

I run the Creative Colour Challenges blog. Each week three Stampin Up Colours are randomly selected and I ask you to create a projects using those colours! Some week's are easier than others - but what I do find is that there's a lot of inspiration given from those who participate, so I thought that on a Sunday, once I have announced the Winner of the Week's Challenge over on Creative Colour Challenges Blog, I'd hop on over here and share the entries with you in the hope that we can give everyone some more inspiration, and I will link to those I can (as anyone can enter, you don't have to have a blog or a website), so It's also my chance to share there work and show some support.

MUMU

https://mumuspaperology.blogspot.com/

DEBORAH WHEELER

https://deborahscraftyblog.com/

JENNIE MAIER

https://jenniemstampinspot.blogspot.com/

CHRISTY STANFORD

https://snapdragonstamps.blogspot.com/

JOLANDA JOHNSTONE

https://jolandasinquespotstudio.com/

I hope you will head over and take a look at the link provided and check out Jolanda's blog and all her amazing creations!

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

Saturday, 2 August 2025

Thinking of You Kintsugi Inspirations Card. Stamping with Friends Blog Hop - August 2025

Good Evening Everyone,

It's been a while, but I'm so happy to be back hopping with the fabulous Stamping with Friends group.

This Hop is Blogger's Choice - so anything goes. I've opted for a simple layout to showcase the beautiful Kintsugi Inspirations DSP. It's lovely colours and gold foil detail makes this so special.

Do you know that the art of Kintsugi originated in Japan and is a technique used to repair broken pottery with gold or other precious metals. It embraces imperfections and finds beauty in the mended cracks rather than trying to hide them. I must say, Stampin' Up! have nailed it with this paper and truly captured the essence of the technique.

I've used a couple of layers of the DSP and cut out some of the vases, adding the sentiment from Beautiful Motifs to finish it off.

what do you think?

Measurements

Misty Moonlight Card Stock

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

Basic White Card Stock

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

Scrap

Kintsugi Inspirations DSP

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

1pc - 3 3/4" x 2 7/8"

3 vases cut from the DSP

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

Add the two pieces of DSP to the card front, centering the smaller piece over the larger mat.

Stamp the sentiment onto a strip of Basic White in Mist Moonlight ink, trim and give angled edges.

Arrange the three vases onto the centre panel, leaving enough room for the sentiment below.

I added the two larger vases with liquid glue, and popped the smaller vase onto dimensionals. The sentiment piece was also pooped up on dimensionals.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today - I really enjoyed playing about with this paper.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop to get a huge amount of inspiration from this talented group.

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

Storybook Moments Thank You Card. Project Share Blog Hop August 2025

Good Morning Everyone,

Happy Saturday! Today I'm taking part in the Project Share Blog Hop.

You will have probably seen that we do a share every Thursday - in which we showcase a project the other three crafters of the group have made, but once a month we get together and all create a brand new project around a theme and do a little blog hop. This month we have a fabulous sketch layout.

I love working with sketches, its a great way to help get that creative juice flowing, or push you to design in a way you wouldn't normally think of. You can use the sketch as is and create exctaly like the format, as I have done today, but it's also a good starting point to guide you and just give a little inspiration.

Using the Storybook Moments DSP and the pre cut images I've made a sweet Thank You card.

Measurements

Pecan Pie Card Stock

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

1pc - 2 1/4" x 4"

Basic Beige Card Stock

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

1pc - 2 1/8" x 3 7/8"

Storybook Moments DSP

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

3pc - 1/2" x 3"

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Take the Pecan Pie card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the larger piece of Basic Beige to the inside and the larger piece of DSP to the card front.

Ink up the sentiment from Beautiful Motifs in Pecan Pie and stamp along the top of the remaining piece of Basic Beige then layer onto the remaining piece of Pecan Pie

Adhere the three thin strips of DSP to the larger piece of DSP, spacing evenly - making sure that they will sit well under the top panel, then glue that down on top.

Take the flower die cut and glue down flat with liquid glue, then add the cup image with dimensionals.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today - I really loved creating it.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop - these ladies are super talented and I cannot wait for you to see how they have interpretated this sketch.

Jayne is up next, click the button below to head on over to her blog