Stamper Shirley: 8/12/12

Welcome to our very last VC-Rocks Blog Hop 2012

Our theme this month is "Punches, Big Shot and Simply Scored". I want to take this opportunity to thank our coordinator Loni Holt for organizing our monthly hops and trying to keep us in line. Huge THANX for all your time and energy.

This month, it is my pleasure to be stop #2 (or 3 counting our home blog). I just love doing these blog hops! We always start our Blog Hops at our home blog at www.vcrocks.blogspot.com …. Anytime you get lost, just go back there and find your next stop. If you are following our hop list,, you stopped here after visiting Tania at her www.somethingtoscrapabout.blogspot.com - she is so creative.

I realized while preparing for this weekend's Blog Hop that I have not posted since our last hop. I have no idea how life gets so busy for this retiree, but it seems like I don't have time for some of the fun things I like to do, such as keep this blog updated. It's not that I am not making cards, etc., I just forget to take pix before I send them out. I just bought a new camera so hopefully that will remind me to take the pix and post much more often ... but I can't promise .... Guess I need to join another group during the rest of the year to be sure I post at least monthly! There are plenty out there for me to join (if accepted).

My card today uses a LOT of Big Shot products and a punch too .... It was a fun card to make and shame on me, I did make 2 others but sent them out before I took pix. I CASED a card by Renee O on SCS and changed it a bit to make it 'me' .... anyway, here's my creative bit for today.

I used Whisper White for the base, added a layer of Raspberry Ripple, a new In-Color this year. I love that we have the In-Colors for 2 years - it is hard to lose some fave colors every year ..... but getting the new colors helps make up for it. I just cannot make myself get rid of the retired colors, so they are overtaking my stamp cave ... you know, inks, papers, markers, and lots and lots of Designer Specialty Papers - boxes and boxes of them, in fact. One of these days I will NEED just that special DSP I have been saving and since it can't be replaced, I tend to want to keep it. Sorry, off topic ...

My next layer is a strip of White that has been embossed with Delicate Designs Embossing Folder and trimmed with the Large Scallop Framelit. Then I added a piece of Orchard Harvest DSP from our brand new Holiday Catalog. By the way, our current mini is no longer a mini, it is like a small catalog, packed full of wonderful new playthings that I just have to own!!! So my latest personal order was mainly from the Holiday Catalog. Oops, did it again .... okay, back on subject now .... on top of the DSP, I added Raspberry Ripple and Whisper White Labels Framelits that I pierced using the Paper Piercing Pack from the Holiday Catalog - how cool and the holes are perfect (not like when I tried to do it myself for sure!) Then I added a Raspberry Ripple Bitty Banner Framelit piece and White piece I stamped 'Just for You' from the Just Believe stamp set. I cut both the straight labels then trimmed down the Raspberry Ripple piece so it was not so long. On top of the White pieces I added Raspberry Ripple butterflies cut with the new Elegant Butterfly Punch - a few Pearls on the butterflies and edge of the embossed white piece finished my card. The butterflies were attached at the body part with Mini Glue Dots after folding up the wings a bit.

I really cannot believe how much I use my Big Shot - seems like every card or project I make means using it .... I just love it!! If you are in my area of Michigan and would like to play with my Big Shot, let me know. I have been thinking about starting up classes and workshops once again.

Thank you for visiting - leave a comment and let me know what your favorite color would be for this card, and I will draw a name, make the card just for you and send it on. I will do the drawing on Monday afternoon or evening.

Okay, get ready .... your next stop is Jackie's blog at http://jackielwatson.blogspot.com - I peeked and I know you will love her card - she used the new Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - I have it, I love it, but have not used it yet ... now I am inspired to make some Christmas cards! And don't forget that you can always go back to our home page at www.vcrocks.blogspot.com anytime .... we don't like it or plan it, but things happen and sometimes our links don't work.

Again, thanx for stopping by .... I hope you have enjoyed our hops this summer. May God bless each and everyone of you!!! Hugs, Sassy Shirley

Here is a complete list of all 19 bloggers this month:

Michelle McCarthy on our home blog – www.vcrocks.blogspot.com

Tania Brzovic www.somethingtoscrapabout.blogspot.com

Shirley Northey www.stampershirley.blogspot.com

Jackie Watson http://jackielwatson.blogspot.com

Janice Heighway www.stampingwithjanice.com

Shari Dudek www.sharisstamppad.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Kratzer www.elizabethsstamproom.blogspot.com

Robin Messenheimer www.robinscraftroom.com

Gwyn Crawford www.mustlovestampin.blogspot.com

Carey Rogers www.pedstamperstampingtreehouse.blogspot.com