VSN Jan 08 Day 1

The first day of VSN was a complete success! I had a ton of fun and I hope you did too if you played along.

I managed to get to play in 5 of the 6 challenges ... although I did play a little ahead of time being that I am again a hostess for this VSN. Of course I did still need to play by the rules in regard to time limits etc just like everyone else.

This first one I did actually make in real VSN time as I didn't get time to make it before that. I decided to use another of the Riley stamps by Hanna Stamps which are going to be released on the 1st February .... I am just loving these stamps!

I know the circle looks a little crooked here in the photo .... but it isn't that is just the illusion you get because you can see the back of the card from the front ... I cut the circle out using my circle cutter.

Recipe:
Stamps: Riley - Hanna Stamps; Easter - MFT; Wheel B'Ground - SU
Paper: White; Pretty In Pink; Chocolate Chip & Regal Rose - SU
Other: Black Ink; Pretty In Pink SU Ink; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool; Prima Flower; Pink Brad

This card was for the Chocolate or Shoes Challenges .... the hostess provided us with a picture of yummy chocolate shoes which we were to use as our inspiration ... we could make a shoe card, a chocolate card or a card using those colors or all 3 ..... I guess I could say mine is all three as I would title this one Chocolate Shoes!

Recipe:
Stamps: Shoes - Impression Obsession; Verse - Pink Cat Studio
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose & Chocolate Chip - SU; White
Other: Chocolate Chip SU Ink; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool; Pink Brads


The 2 photos above are for the next challenge I did ... "V Neck ..... baby ... wink". For this challenge we were to create a criss cross card. My photos show with the insert in and out of the card.

Recipe:
Stamps: Wanted & Bronc Buster - Stampin' Up
Paper: White; Blue Bayou & Chocolate Chip - SU; DP - Sandylion
Other: Close to Cocoa SU Ink; Tab Punch; Corner Rounder; Chocolate Brad; Decorative Brad; Circle Nestabilities

This card is for the "She's got a ticket to stamp" challenge, our card had to have some form of ticket on it ... as I knew I had a ticket stamp I decided to fish it out and came up with this card.

Recipe:
Stamps: Bronc Buster & Wanted - Stampin' Up; Karen Foster Snap Stamps; Ticket Stamp - Print Blocks
Paper: Very Vanilla, Really Rust; Chocolate Chip & Outlaw DP - SU
Other: Close to Cocoa SU Ink; Ticket Corner Punch; Star Brad; Circle Punch; Foam Tape


My final card for today was for the "Nail Polish, Mud Mask & Lotion Challenge". Our card had to contain some masking. I stamped the penguins, created a mask which I put over them. I also used a torn mask to create the ice area of the card. With both masks in place I brayered in the sky and then stamped the trees in the background. When all this was completed I removed both masks.

Recipe: Stamps: Penguins - Peachy Keen Stamps; Trees & Verse - SU
Paper: White; Black; Taken with Teal - SU
Other: Black Ink; Soft Sky, Cool Caribbean & Brocade Blue SU Ink