VC ROCKS! Challenges

Well, howdy everybody and I am excited to let you know that VC ROCKS! is officially open for
the summer! If you are at all interested in joining a summer group that celebrates Stampin' Up!
then this is the group for you! We have fun, swaps, fun, a virtual hotel with real roomies, fun,
make n takes, fun, classes, oh, and did I mention fun? We have a blast and there are lots of new friends to be made. It is a high volume email group, but you can choose to read post from the site or go to digest, to keep it at a dull roar, but everyone is enthusiastic, there is no flaming or ugliness to be found.

Here is the commercial for my Hotel Floor: 70's

Go to the site VC ROCKS! and join today! We are taking applications now and new members may join in on April 30th. Hope to see you all there!

So, we opened on the 20th for returning members to catch up and our awesome leader, Kimm, has been issuing challenges. Number 4 was to use our most used stamp set and at least 2 of our favorite colors to stamp a card. Here is mine using the Baroque Motifs set. If you have been to
any of my classes this year, you know that I have hung lots of things from this flourish. It has
been my go to set for many cards this year.



I used some of my favorite colors, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, and Regal Rose.
Old Olive eyelets are used for the centers of the flowers.

Challenge #7 was to punch 3 shapes, and cut a 4x8 piece of card stock. We were to stamp on the
cardstock, and on one shape, one shape was to be left blank, and the last one we were to embellish. Then we were to put it together and make a card.



I used Whisper White, a Night of Navy 1" Circle Punch, and Star Punch, and a Real Red punched Heart. I also used Baroque Motifs again to stamp on the Whisper White. Used Stampin' Up Red and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter for the star.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you enjoyed these quick cards. Challenges are great fun.
If you have any questions about VC, just let me know. I would love you to join us.

Happy Moments in Artichoke

That title just doesn't sound right, but alot of the things I say don't, so it stays, lol. I wanted to use my new Sale A Bration set, Happy Moments, and I wanted to emboss the bird cage with white, so I decided on Always Artichoke for the background, not sure why.



The birdcage is hanging from the flourish in the Stampin' Up! stamp set Baroque Motif, and elastic cording that was in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I used Always Artichoke, Basic Black and Whisper White Cardstock, the Scallop Border, Modern Label and Word Window punches, and a vintage silver brad to finish it off.

Not sure I really like it, but unfortunately that happens from time to time. Thanks for looking today.

Emboss Resist

This is a cased card. I have never done the emboss resist technique before and wasn't sure how to
go about it. When I saw this card and the tutorial on making it, by Kristin Moore, I had to try it.



This is a Basic Black and Whisper White Card. Also using Versamark and Clear Embossing Powder.
Stamps: Of the Earth, French Script (retired), and Baroque Motifs.

I will definitely be using this technique again soon. Thanks for coming by today. TA!