Vickie Lou Designs

Saturday, 19 October 2024

Enduring Beauty Celebrate the Little Things Card - Creative Colour Challenges #163

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Sorry it's been a while, I've had a lot going on and unfortunately my crafting has suffered. We have finally got Poppy into Nursery which is great - that came with lots - but then for the last couple of weeks the lurgy has been flying around our house from one to the other and we haven't been able to shake it completely. I'm hoping that we are over the worst of it now!

I absolutely love this week's Creative Colour Challenges Combo. The mix of Melon Mambo Bubble Bath and Gray Granite is such a lovely palette. I've used some of our Subtles DSP in Bubble Bath and coloured in the flowers using both Melon Mambo and Bubble Bath Blends, using Gray Granite for the leaves and of course the card base.

What do you think?

Measurements

Gray Granite 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"

1pc - 3 1/4" x 5"

Subtles DSP Pack

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

1pc - scrap

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

Ink up the large floral image from Enduring Beauty in Memento ink and stamp centrally on the remaining piece of Basic White.

Once dry, colour in using a selection of Stampin Blends, I used Bubble Bath, Melon Mambo and Gray Granite.

Add the 'the little things' sentiment in Memento ink along the bottom of this panel.

Layer this to the Bubble Bath Subtles DSP and add to the centre of the card front.

On a scrap of Bubble Bath Subtles DSP stamp the outline sentiment 'Celebrate' from Happy Little things stamp set, using the in fill stamp and Melon Mambo ink to 'colour' in the letters. Trim to leave a nice even border around all edges and then add to the card front so it sits above the stamped sentiment.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today - I loved creating it especially using these colours - but it would look amazing in so many other colour ways.

If you would like more information on how the challenge works, or would like to enter a project - head on over to my blog - Creative Colour Challenges

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

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, 17 October 2024

The Project Share Project - 17th October 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

Happy Thursday and welcome to The Project Share Project. Every Thursday we will all share an individual blog post sharing one project from each of the other creators - maybe an inspiring card, a very fancy fun fold or simply a project that made us smile.

Verity Pursglove

www.inkybutterfly.com

Verity shared a couple of cards she created for a video hop with the theme 'Insects'. Opting for butterflies she totally nailed the brief and these turned out AMAZING! Click on the link which will take you to the blog post for more details on the card -https://inkybutterfly.com/2024/10/15/stampin-around-the-world-video-hop-october-2024-insects/

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Heather Forgan

www.stampwithnellie.com/

Craft Fair production is in full flow for Heather right now and she's created these gorgeous Diaper Fold Gift Pouches! So cute! Check out her blog to see how she made it.

https://stampwithnellie.com/2024/10/13/unbounded-love-diaper-fold-package-tutorial/

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Craft with Jayne

www.craftwithjayne.co.uk/

Finally we have Jayne, who created these fabulous Christmas cards using a One Sheet Wonder - this technique is a great way to get a lot of card made - being frugal with supplies without scrimping on design. I've shared a few in the picture below, but do head over to her blog to see all the cards she created. - https://craftwithjayne.co.uk/2024/10/05/season-of-green-gold-one-sheet-wonder-the-project-share-blog-hop-craft-with-jayne-stampin-up/

I really do hope you have enjoyed this post today. I enjoyed taking a closer look at these ladies' project and picking a favourite to share with you! If you have a moment or two, please head on over to their blogs. Check out these projects and see what else they have created too.

See you soon

Vickie

Xxx

Thursday, 10 October 2024

The Project Share Project - 10th October 2024

Good Morning Everyone,

Verity Pursglove

www.inkybutterfly.com

Verity shared a set of cards created using the Changing Leaves Bundle for an Autumn / Halloween themed hop. Totally nailed the brief and these turned out AMAZING! Click on the link which will take you to the blog post for more details on the card -https://inkybutterfly.com/2024/10/08/inspire-create-challenge-178-autumn-halloween/

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Heather Forgan

www.stampwithnellie.com/

Heather used up some scraps of the Snowy Scenes DSP. It's pretty simple, but looks so effective. Check out her blog to see how she made it.

https://stampwithnellie.com/2024/10/08/snowy-scenes-scrap-busting-card/

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Craft with Jayne

www.craftwithjayne.co.uk/

Finally we have Jayne, who created these fabulous Spooky Gift packs. Head over to her blog to get more details - https://craftwithjayne.co.uk/2024/10/08/halloween-spooky-treat-pouch-mini-alphabet-dies-craft-with-jayne-stampin-up/

See you soon

Vickie

Xxx

Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Hang an Ornament All is Merry Christmas Cards. Touches of Ink October Blog Hop

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in the Touches of Ink Blog Hop. We hop every month, and we are given pretty much free reign with the theme, but we are encouraged to create with just one suite or bundle.

I have just had the Hang an Ornament bundle delivered - it's fabulous and there's so many possibilities with this set, but I decided on keeping it pretty simple for my cards today. Every year, I create a few simple Christmas Cards that I can easily batch make closer to the time. These little 3x3" are perfect to create - quick, simple and minimal supplies - and a lovely card to receive.

What do you think?

Measurements (Per Card)

Real Red Card Stock

1pc - 6" x 3", scored at 3"

Basic White Card Stock

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

scrap

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Take the Real Red Card stock and fold along the score line to create your 3x3" notecard. Add the Basic White piece to the inside to give you somewhere to write a message.

On the card front, add some of the Holly and branch images in Real Red ink - this just gives a little extra interest on the card front - most of the centre section will be covered, so make sure you reach out towards those edges.

Bring in your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine and the Bauble die and run through your machine twice on two pieces of scrap. You will notice that the Bauble shape will stay attached to the rest of the card with a few tiny sections of uncut card ( this makes a fun interactive ornament element - which I will show you in a later project, but for now we are keeping things super simple).

Cut or gently pull away the bauble then Stamp the foliage image into the centre using Garden Green ink - adding the sentiment with Real Red Ink.

There's a small cap and hook die in the pack - so run these through your Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine using some gold foil.

Glue these you pieces to the bauble, then attach it all to the card frotn using dimensionals.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today - I had so much fun creating them. As I mentioned earlier - it's a great card to natch make and the key to being super productive with time when batch making is to do all the 'same' steps at the same time - Cut all the card stock at once, glue in all the white card mats, do all the die cutting, do all the same stamping together etc etc. I really does help you get lots made very efficiently.

Please do continue through the hop - we have so many talented contributors to this hop, you are sure to get lots of inspiration. Janice is up next, please do head over to visit her blog.

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