Viva Las VSN!

Hi everyone,

It is VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) over on SCS this weekend. This time round the theme is Viva Las VSN which of course has a Vegas Theme.

I managed to play one of the challenges this morning hosted by Kimme Leach (MelenaPrincess over on SCS). Kimme challenge was called “Slots of Fun” and it was a sketch challenge … yes my favorite challenge. Kimme had a slot machine in mind when she created this sketch hehe. Look 3 owls in row does that mean I am a winner LOL!!!!!!

Of course I had to play with yet another of my new Jessica Lynn Original owls … this is Ruby with a Martini which I thought was appropriate for a Vegas theme. Now there is a catch when playing any VSN challenge which is you have to create your card within 45 mins … yikes … it can take me that long even longer trying to figure out what embellishments to use hehe … but yes I made it within the timeframe.

Recipe:

Stamps: Ruby with a Martini – Jessica Lynn Original; Sentiment – High Hopes Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Pumpkin Pie, Riding Hood Red & Washington Apple DP – SU

Other: Black Ink; Labels 4 Nestabilities; Red Brads, Foam Tape; Copics

A Friday Flirtation!

Hi everyone ... I guess you are all wondering about the title of this post "A Friday Flirtation". Well it is all about the next VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) that will be held on SCS on February 20th - 21st.

To get into the VSN mode we are holding a special "Friday Flirtation" Challenge over on the VSN Forum of SCS tonight, hosted by yours truly! Why not come on over and check out the fun!

To see the details of my challenge head on over to the VSN Forum on SCS and find the thread title "Cast Away Love". You have until 10pm Sunday 18th January to upload your card to the SCS gallery.

But there is more ..... this Saturday 17th January there will be a Virtual Stamp Night Mini Event ... just like a normal VSN but just one day rather than 2! It will be held from 12 noon - 11pm so why not drop on over to the VSN Forum to see what is happening. Click on the banner at the top of this post to take you direct to the VSN forum.

I just love making "scraplings" which are normally 1.25” x 4.25” because they are often made from the off cuts we get when we make a square card (4.25” square) from a piece of card that is 4.25” x 5.5”. However if you are like me your scraplings may be a little wider depending on what you were working on at the time.

Measurements for my samples attached:
Maid for You - 2 3/8 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches long
Hugs & Kisses - 2 inches wide x 5 3/4 inches long
Aussie cardstock is different sizes to what you have in the US so my offcuts are different too


Recipe:
Stamps: Maid for You & Valentine Flopsey - MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Black; Pretty In Pink & Rose Red - SU; DP - Unknown
Other: Black Ink; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Pink Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

VSN Jan 08 Day 2

VSN is over for another weekend, it has been a fun with weekend with lots of great challenges for us to participate in. The theme this weekend was "Girls Night Out" so all the challenges related in some way around this. I really enjoyed playing the challenges, chatting to some of you and supporting the other hostesses. If you haven't had time to play and still would like to then there is still time just head over to the VSN forum and check out the challenges, as long as the card takes you 45 mins to create once you start stamping you are fine .... your card does need to be in the appropriate gallery by 3pm Sunday ET.

Here are my samples from todays challenges. Being a hostess for VSN I am able to play the challenges prior to this weekend ... this helps us check that the challenges are do-able in the time limit etc. Even though we get to play before hand we still have to stick to all the VSN rules eg the 45 mins time limit etc.


The first challenge today that I did was "Let's do our Nails" for this challenge we had to create a card using the polished stone technique. This isn't my most favorite card out of all the ones I did .... but we all have some we don't like as much as others.

Recipe: Stamps: Magenta (dragonfly); Stamp In Style - (Dragonfly word)
Paper: White Gloss; Certainly Celery & Garden Green - SU
Other: Black Ink; lettuce, pesto and bottle adirondack alcohol inks; Black Brads; Score It Board


This card was for the "Bling It On" challenge ... we had to give our card some form of bling .... glitter, sparkles anything as long as it was bling.

I recently received these fun martini rhinestone embellishments from my friend Tosh .... and as soon as I saw this challenge I thought of them. The only stamping for this card is the verse on the outside and inside.

The inside sentiments reads: "Happiness is clean underwear and a dirty Martini."

You might understand why I would want a clean underwear stamp further down this post.

Recipe: Stamps: Happiness Is - Club Stamp; Dirty Martini Text (Inside) - Rubbernecker Paper: Black Card; Grey Card; Pixie Pink - SU; Midnight Rouge DP - Cherry Arte Other: Black Ink; Martini Rhinestone Embellishment - Me & My Big Ideas
"Everyone Needs Closure" was the theme for the next challenge .... the idea was to make a card using a different fold or closure. I decide to do create a Z fold card

Recipe: Stamps: Boy with Dog - High Hopes; Hi - Impression Obsession
Papers: White; Old Olive, Cool Caribbean & Cameo Coral - SU; Retro DP - DCWV
Other: Black Ink; Square & Circle Nestabilities; Brads
The next two cards (the one above and the one below) were my samples for the challenge I hosted this weekend. The challenge was "Put on Your Big Girl Panties!", the idea was to create a panty card of some type. Participants could either make their panty card using the template I provided which would make the card above or they could make a card that used a panty stamp of some type.

Using the template I provided .... you are also able to make a bonus card if desired ... that is the card with the bra on it. I had fun making the above cards and thought the sentiments I chose worked so well with these two cards.

In case you can't read them the bra card says "You're a perfect pair" not exactly what was meant when this stamp was made I am sure ... but I am sure their are some who do have the perfect "pair" but that sure isn't me!

And as the panty card is showing the rear view of a person, I couldn't resist adding .... "I'm Behind You 100%"

Recipe: Stamps: Perfect Pair - Gina K Designs; Behind You 100% - Rubbernecker
Paper: Blush Blossom - SU; Retro DP - DCWV
Other: Chocolate Chip SU Ink; Pink Chalks
This is my second sample for my "Panty Card" challenge. I just love this dog! This was a very quick card, the sketch is one that Cammie did for the Gina K release party.

Recipe: Stamps: Dog - Rubbernecker; Verse - Missy B Designs Paper: White; Elegant Eggplant & Lavendar Lace - SU; DP - Penny Black Other: Black Ink; Circle & Square Nestabilities; CM cutter; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool

A friend gave me this stamp for Christmas and I thought it was perfect for the overall theme of the weekend so decided to use it for this next challenge ..... "Eyes Have It!" Of course for this challenge we had to use eyelets on our card. I used to love using eyelets and have lots of them but these days I tend to pick brads to eyelets, so it was fun to get out the old eyelets for this one.

Recipe: Stamps: Girl - Stamps Happen Papers: White; Black; Grey; Rose Red - SU Other - Black Ink; Eyelets; Script Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Foam Tape

And finally the last challenge of the weekend "Standing at the Fridge Door". The idea here was to use all our "leftovers" we had left out and create a grid type card.

I had some DP and scraps left over from the sketch card I did this week so I used those to create my card here ... I also had Riley Moose already stamped out so I grabbed him and colored him to suit the colors used here.

This is of course another of the Riley Moose stamps which will be released by Hanna Stamps on the 1st February.

Recipe: Stamps: Riley Moose - Hanna Stamps
Papers: White; Pumpkin Pie & Chocolate Chip - SU; Retro DP - DCWV
Other: Black Ink; Ticket Corner Punch

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

Virtual Stamp Night!

Just a reminder to everyone that this weekend is Virtual Stamp Night on SCS.

VSN begins on Friday at 6pm EST; Saturday begins at 12 noon EST. Challenges are posted every hour until 11pm EST each day in the VSN forum .

For any Aussies wishing to join in the fun these times convert to 9am Saturday and 3am Sunday morning (Qld time) ... and no I won't be there at 3am .... but I will be there for most of the weekend. Come on over and say hi.

Please come and join us for some fun .... stamp a little or even just chat with other stampers if that is more your thing. If you don't have time to play all weekend ... just pop in and try a challenge or two. You have until 11pm Sunday to upload your challenges to the SCS gallery.

If you have any questions about VSN, leave me a comment here or ask in the VSN forum of SCS

Playing the VSN Mini Challenges!

Well today is the last of the VSN mini challenges before the big event which will be held 18 - 19 January 2008. As with the previous mini challenges this round there are 4 challenges which you can find in the VSN forum of SCS.

So far I have on managed to complete two of the challenges ... but I do have 2 weeks to complete them in so I might be able to get one or two more done ... we will see.

The first card above is for the sketch challenge, I used a stamp by Rubber Romance ... I think it fits the theme of VSN quite well (Girl's Night Out). I stamped the image on white card using black ink, paper piercing the top corners of the card and layering onto black & red card. The centre panel is black layered on red with brads attached to the top & bottom of the panel. I used basic grey's scarlet letter DP which is layered to black card. A piece of red card is attached to the top section and then the black ribbon layered over the top of this ... Finally this was all layered to the folded red card.



This one is for the Inspiration challenge ... I guess this is the first inspiration challenge I have ever done ... our inspiration was a dress .... I selected colors that looked similar to the dress and tried to achieve a similar pattern. I used the flower and stem from Spiral Bouquet to decorate my cream panel and also the base Blue Bayou card. I cut strips of not quite navy, added the brads and layered these to the top and bottom of the card. Finally I stamped "Enjoy" to a piece of cream card, punched out using my oval punch and attached to the card using foam tape.
Recipe: Sketch Challenge: Stamps: Samantha - Rubber Romance
Papers: Red - Stampin' Up; Black; White; Scarlet Letter DP - Basic Grey
Other: Black Ink; Red Brads; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool; Foam Tape

Inspiration Challenge: Stamps: Spiral Bouquet - Papertrey Ink Paper: Blue Bayou, Not Quite Navy & Vanilla - Stampin' Up Other: Not Quite Navy & Blue Bayou SU Ink; Blue Brads; Oval Punch; Foam Tape

Time For Another VSN Mini

Tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 7pm, (10am EST if you live in Australia) is the kick off for the last VSN Mini for this round. Won't you come join the fun, stamp a little, and maybe learn some new things. Remember, you have 2 weeks to upload your creations, and no time limit to create! If you have any questions about VSN, leave me a comment here or ask in the VSN forum of SCS

Dec 5th VSN Mini begins at 7pm EST

SCS Enabled!

Well today is the day for the 2nd of the VSN mini's to be held in conjunction with the upcoming VSN which will be held in January 2008!

Here is one card I have made so far for one of the challenges "Splitcoast Enabler Challenge" - we had to create a card using some of the things we HAD to buy cause we saw them on SCS! Well I am sure there are a ton of things I just had to have because of SCS .... but here are just a few which I used to create this card.

Bronc Buster Wanted Outlaw DP Nestabilites Floral Scroll Cuttlebug Die (Die piece at bottom) Ticket Corner Punch SU Inks (as if I didn't have enough ink pads already!) SU Card (ditto above)
If you would like to play along with this or any one of the 4 challenges which were posted today you can find them here.

Another VSN Mini

Have you heard the news???? There is another Virtual Stamp Night Mini happening Saturday night (10th Nov) at 7pm or if you are an Aussie that would be 10am (Qld time) Sunday morning.

Four wonderful challenges will be posted at the same time for your stamping pleasure. There are NO time limits, and you have until November 27th to upload your creation. Be sure to stop by and check out the kickoff, stamp a challenge or four, and join in the fun!

You can find more information about VSN here.

Girls Night Out Shopping!

Hanna's out shopping again and this time with her girlfriends (you can't see her girlfriends here but believe me they are there ... more than likely trying on something in a shop!). This card is a combo of two challenges, firstly it is Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge and it is also for one of the VSN Mini Challenges "Abundant Supplies".

For the Abundant Supply challenge we had to create a card using at least the following items:

• 2 stamped images,
• 4 layers,
• 6 colors, and
• 8 embellishments (ribbons, brads, eyelets, buttons, charms, punched shapes, etc.)

We could use more if we wanted as long as we used at least this much. I think this card meets all these points .... there are more then 6 colors in the background paper alone, definitely more than 4 layers and 8 embellishments easy ..... remember to count the punched shapes of the born to shop verse and even the paper piercing is an embellishment!

All the card and papers here are from the DCWV stacks, I had friends here during the week who told me about some fantastic bargains on these items at one of our local stores ... so of course I had to check it out for myself and of course yes I came home with a few stacks in varying sizes. The background paper on this card is from the glitter stack ... it actually has clear glitter randomly applied over the paper ... you most probably can't see that online but in real life it looks great!

Hanna's dress was paper pieced .... I stamped it onto the yellow card that I used for one of the layers and cut the dress out and adhered over the main image.

Recipe:
Stamps: But I need it Set - Hanna Stamps; Verse - Stamp It (Aust)
Papers: DP from DCWV Glitter Stack; Yellow, Olive & Orange Card from DCWV Brights Card Stack; White Card
Other: Black Ink; Ticket Corner Punch; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool; Circle Nestabilities; Circle Punches; Yellow & Orange Brads - Making Memories; Olive Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape

Girls Night Out!

Girls night out! that is the theme for todays mini VSN. There are a total of 4 challenges that you can do and you can take as long as you want to create them ... it doesn't have to be 45 mins as it normally is for VSN challenges.

I am one of the hostesses for todays mini VSN .... my challenge is a sketch challenge, you can see my card above. As there are such a lot of sketch challenges around these days I decided to go back to basics .... thinking along the theme of this VSN .... having a little black dress (well not so little for me ;) ) in your wardrobe is a great investment cause you can dress it up or down whatever the case may be depending on the occasion .......... well that is what I thought about this simple sketch.

I couldn't resist using this image that I did for my sketch card ..... it isn't just the young girls who enjoy a good night out now is it! I am looking forward to seeing what others do with this sketch on SCS!


This second card was made for the "Time for a Martini" challenge .... we had to use the verse that goes "One martini, two martini, three martini, floor". This is such a fun verse and of course I had to have it even though I don't drink. I decided I wanted to play with my new nestabilities dies for this card and create a tent card .... I am loving these dies .... so far I have used all my sets and have ordered the rectangle too but I may have to wait before that arrives .... that is ok the other 3 will keep me busy! I didn't have room on my card to put the whole verse on the front of the card so I just used the first two lines of it on the front .... the rest of the verse is inside the card.

That's all the challenges I have done so far, hopefully I will get some time to do some more. For more info on all of the 4 challenges been run check out this thread.

Recipes:

Girls wanna have fun:
Stamps : Inky Antics
Paper: Red, White, Purple, Purple Stripe - Making Memories
Other: Black Ink; Red Brads; Ticket Corner Punch

One Martini:
Stamps: Inky Antics
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Old Olive - SU; Pheobe Basic Grey DP; White
Other: Black Ink; Oval Nestabilities; Oval Punch; Label Punch; Olive Grosgrain Ribbon