VC-ROCKS: Blog Hop #2: Fun with the new catalog!

Here we are again - the second VC Rocks blog hop of this year. In case you don't know, VC stands for Virtual Convention, and was established as a virtual online celebration of Stampin' Up!'s annual convention. Although SU! has changed a little over time in how we celebrate, VC Rocks lives on....

This card is one that we made at my last Hostess Club meeting (we meet monthly on the Second Saturday at 2 pm of each month). If you are ever in the Greater Houston area, or near the Bryan-College Station area of Texas and want to try it out, please contact me and I'll give you all the details.

This card is a CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit).

In this card, the following are NEW items: Pineapple Punch and Granny Apple Green cardstock, Blueberry Bushel ink pad, Springtime Impressions framelits and Pineapple Punch 1/8" grosgrain ribbon (HOORAH for having grosgrain ribbons again!!!!!!!)

Stamp Sets: Happy Birthday Gorgeous; Papers: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Pineapple Punch, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green; Ink: Blueberry Bushel ink pad; Framelits: Springtime Impressions, Big Shot: Accessories: Pineapple Punch 1/8” grosgrain ribbon

NOTE: For a NON-birthday card, this could be adapted to a wedding, anniversary, grad…

1.       Score Bermuda Bay at 5 ½ and fold.
2.       Assemble the central cluster: Adhere the four colored squares on the 3 ½” black square. I left space between the squares so that it has a windowpane look – I recommend a tiny bit of adhesive, check the fit and then permanently glue it. 
3.       Using the Springtime Impressions framelits (butterfly and flower), cut 3 little flowers and the butterfly out of black scraps of cardstock. 
4.       Stamp “IT’S YOUR DAY” on the bottom right of the card front and *inside*, stamp “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” (Blueberry Bushel ink).
5.       Tie a yellow ribbon ‘round an old oak tr…no, I mean, tie it around the bottom between the butterfly cluster and the stamped sentiment. Write something sappy on it, sign it and give it to one you love… even if it isn’t their birthday!

       {Those are the instructions I used for my card class ;).}

I hope you enjoy the card, and please feel free to let me know if you tried a different color combination, framelit/punch or other adaptation that you love!

PERMALINK TO BLOG HOP:  VCROCKS   

FULL LIST:
Carol Read
Robin Messenheimer
Terry Tank
Nancy Keithley (YOU ARE HERE)
NEXT STOP: Tania Brzovic


Y'all go make something pretty!

*Ü* Nanc 

MyOneWord -FAITH: Even if!

www.mythirtyone.com/FancyNancyKay/ ~ www.fancynancykay.stampinup.net   

VC ROCKS - First Blog Hop of 2018! - Fun With One Color

Today I'd like to share with you a card for the VC Rocks first blog hop of this year. In case you don't know, VC stands for Virtual Convention, and was established as a virtual online celebration of Stampin' Up!'s annual convention. Although SU! has changed a little over time in how we celebrate, VC Rocks lives on....

And I, for one, am delighted. It is a chance to hang out with like-minded crafters/stampers discussing what has happened in our lives since last year, what stamp sets are retiring, what may be coming in, and this year... the Holy Grail of changes...

THE COLOR REFRESH

Big changes are on the horizon in SU! land, so - in honor of this change, out blog hop celebrates COLOR. In this case, MONOCHROMATICS. Our challenge for this blog hop is to create a card using one color.

I found a card very similar to this one, tweaked it a little, updated the colors and created this version of it for my monthly stamping class in April:

Interestingly, some of those making this card got confused on the color order, thinking that the second color was the darkest one of the bunch. Here is a closer view of the ink pads so you can see for yourself:

The darkest color - Rich Razzleberry was the top two rows. I inked the balloon from Balloon Celebration and stamped (reink for each stamping), about 5 or 6 times across the top, overlapping them. I did two rows in that color, then, I inked in Berry Burst and stamped the two rows before that, then repeated the process with Sweet Sugarplum. These three currently current (ha! see what I did there?) colors make a great tone-on-tone-on-tone!

I then carefully inked the sentiment stamps in Black Archival (I'll be sad to see you leave!!!) and stamped those at the bottom of the card front, making sure it was nice and darkly stamped.

Inside, I stamped a larger sentiment from BIG ON BIRTHDAYS, using Berry Burst.

Would you like to make a card similar to this one?

The materials used include the colors and stamp sets pictured above, plus Thick Whisper White cardstock and Stampin' Dimensionals. The cardstock was cut to 4 1/4 x 11 1/2. The balloon piece on the card front was cut to 3 3/4 x 5. The balloons and sentiment were stamped on this piece BEFORE adhering it with five dimensionals on the cardfront. I also stamped the sentiment inside before adhering the balloon piece, just in case of errors!

(Not that I ever make any of those!)

I hope you enjoy the card, and please feel free to let me know if you tried a different color combination that you love!

PERMALINK TO BLOG HOP:

 https://tinyurl.com/VCRocksAprilHop

April Blog Hop Participants

Robin Messenheimer
You Are Here>>> Nancy Keithley
Next Stop: Carol Read
Terri Tank
Tania Brzovic

Digital Scrapbooking with My Memories

I know it's been a long time since I've blogged here. I apologize - life, new grandbabies, caring for mom through her battle with Alzheimer's and subsequently her death, and my multiple knee surgeries and a serious near-fatal infection for me have really cramped my style.

But, I'm BACK!

Many of us may remember the digital software used by SU! for scrapbooking and still have digital loveliness we'd love to use in a great and easy software program to scrapbook! Well, My Memories has the answer. Made by Story Rock, the same digital gurus who gave us MDS, MY MEMORIES SUITE 9 digital scrapbooking software is an easy software to use and there are tons of new digital kits to use with it! I am having so much fun with it, in fact, that I have the privilege to host a giveaway,

To enter the giveaway, simply go to the www.MyMemories.com site, peruse the digital paper packs and layouts, and comment on this post with your favorite one (or if you are like me, ones... but there is only one entry per person, please).

If you want to know more about My Memories, please feel free to check them out on Facebook, Twitter or their blog

Blog- http://blog.mymemories.com/
Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/pages/MyMemories/140359372717593
Twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/mymemoriessuite

If you are eager to get started and don't want to wait and see if you win, you may get a discount by using my affiliate code: STMMMS6221

(Disclosure - by using my affiliate code, I will get a small benefit from MyMemories, at no additional cost to you).

For those of you who would like to know more before you commit some of your hard-earned income in this, here is a link to the You-tube channel with lots of ideas and "how-to" suggestions!

MyMemoriesSuite on YouTube

Remember - you can get it immediately with a discount (and be SURE to check out ALLLLLLLL the freebies available!!!!!) ***OR*** you can comment with your favorite digital goody from My Memories, and I will allow random.org to select a winner once I have 20 entries! One entry per person, please!

Stay tuned for more on MY MEMORIES, and other goodness!

If you have questions, please just ask!