VSN over at SCS - TOTAL FUN

I played in the Virtual Stamping Night (VSN) challenge over at SCS.  Lee was the coordinator for this term, and she did a fabulous job!  All the challenges were so fun, and dare I say easy.  [I dislike hard challenges]  Most of my cards were CAS (so addicted), but I got a chance to use a variety of stamps (that I had to dust off) and just had fun stamping!  I thought I would share them with all of you!

 So much fun stamping for fun!  If you have any questions, just ask.  No details today, thought I would just share.  Thanks for stopping by -- hope you are having a fun week end yourselves~~

VSN - 2 solid days of stamping - I am wiped out!

SCS had a VSN (virtual stamp night) over this week end.  DH is OOT so I got to stamp my heart out.  I honestly think I am dying... LOL - I made 16 (!) cards from Friday at 4pm through today (Sunday)at 4pm.  I JUST got done commenting - that took me 3 hours!!!  (OMG)  I wanted to share just a few cards (the ones I REALLY liked) - I am just going to upload the cards w/ no who I used etc.  Need I say I am tired of the computer? 

Thanks everyone for stopping by~~

VSN Cards - Based on 2010 Winter Olympics

This is the first of 4 cards I got made.  Unfortunately, I can't do the other 2 - I have too much other stuff to get done and its ALL stamping related! LOL [The name of this blog is SO appropriate]  I got this sketch from Traci over at Eat, Sleep and Stamp Sketchy Thursday.  I love her sketches and this one worked out really well for Challenge 1.  Pick a flag and make a card using the colors.  I picked Saint Kitts & Nevis.  I have no idea where that place is, but the flag was black, green red and white.  I liked the colors!

The 2nd challenge was to have snow on your card using embossing powder - I used off white and some sparkle powder.  [The photo kind of shows it.  I am still trying to figure out showing that type of texture].  I love this tree from Flourishes Forest of Trees (purchased from Mark's Finest Papers)   (hint: stamp and than re-stamp for the shaded, depth look).  My sun is a reverse mask with summer yellow and more mustard along the edges.  The sketch is for one of my favorite sketch challenges - Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.  I love getting her sketch notice on Tuesday pm!!

The 3rd challenge was to have yarn or wool on your card. Now, they used the Olympic mittens as a sample - well, I do not have any wool or yarn in my house (who needs wool in AZ I ask you!) but I did have these free downloaded mittens from Verve (along with the sentiment) so I made faux wool!  I cuttlebugged them in a folder and than I sanded them.  Don't they sorta look like wool?  I thought so.. but than again, I didn't not want to use this card!  I thought she was kind of cute with those big ole mittens!

And the last challenge [for me anyway] was the chalkboard technique.  I highlighted mine with some white gel pen.  I really have to say this is not a technique I enjoy.  The image just does not come out bright enough, and it just looks messy to me.  But, in all fairness, the last time I did one of these, it turned out much better.  All in the colors you use I guess.  This was also for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - a "p" card, mine was purple, poppies and pierced.  The sketch is for MOJO123.  I went with a square card.  I don't do round cards - no envies for those! LOL.




So, WOW - that was a lot of work to tell you all about these cards. I can see why most people [w/ blogs] only do 1 a day!  This is seriously is taking away my stamping time!!  LOL - I sure hope you are all coming over and checking it out.  What a bummer if no one saw this!!  Thanks for visiting.  I so appreciate all your awesome comments!!  See ya tomorrow!  Vicki