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Thursday 7 January 2021

The hills are alive!

Hello, crafting friends!

A quick post today as I suddenly got the urge to make a card and it gets dark so quickly now that it's hard to photograph them.

I'm using a new stamp set, Pile on the Hugs by MFT. I got it because I thought the little figures could be used as cute versions of my grown up children which will make them smile. First up - my daughter! This is exactly the sort of thing she would do on top of a hill, and in my mind I can hear her singing 'The hills are alive' and doing a great Julie Andrews impression! I stamped the figure, coloured her with alcohol markers and fussy cut her.



I made a background byy masking off the bottom and sides of the card and inking in a brown hill with a homemade curved stencil. Above that are some stencilled clouds - I used Scenic Border stencil from Funky Fossil and light grey ink for this. I popped my figure up on dimensionals and finished the card with a lovely curvyy sentiment from Strictly Sentiments 2 by WPlus9.

CHALLENGES
I'm joining in with some of my favourite challenges which I'm delighted to see arrive back after the holidays. At the Paper Players, LeAnne would like to see us Use Something New; Nancy is hosting at Just Us Girls and wants to see cards featuring the word Hello; and at the Color Throwdown Amy has come up with a great wintery palette of Rust, Cream and Brown. I'm also linking up with NBUS where Darnell wants to see your Never Before Used Schtuff in a very inspiring gallery :)


AND IN OTHER NEWS
It's still cold and frosty here, which I love because it means no muddy pups when we get back from our walks :) I had to laugh this morning as the first thing I saw on a VERY frosty morning was a van parked outside with Frost Family Van Hire on the side of it. I hadn't realised the frost was delivered by van!!

Sending hugs,

17 comments:

  1. This came out fabulous Vicky! I love that you bought this stamps to reflect your kids! Y0ur coloring and background look so wonderful! Thanks for joining us at The Paper Players and Just Us Girls. Happy New Year too!

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  2. What a cutie Vicky!! I love the way you used these browns to make your little scene and she definitely resembles your grown-up one, so clever! Thanks for joining us and sharing your creation over at The Paper Players this week!

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  3. You created a beautiful background for your fussy cut image,enjoyed reading about the inspiration for your card

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  4. What a cute little image and your "hilltop" is perfect! Not too frosty here these days, unusual for this time of the year....I guess we need a Frost delivery van too! I am wishing for some snow, personally! Thanks for sharing this at our "new" Paper Players challenge this week!

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  5. Just adorable Vicky, love the background and cute little girl. Yeah, it gets dark here around 4:30PM plus lots of rain that doesn't help.

    Hugs Diane

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  6. I love the background you created for your 'daughter' to sing on, Vicky. What joy she will have when she receives it. Thanks for sharing it with us at Just Us Girls.

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  7. Aww . . . delightful card Vicky.

    I didn't realise frost was delivered either! LOL!

    Hygge xxx

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  8. She's a QT!! What an adorable card. Thanks for joining us at The Paper Players!!

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  9. Frost Family Van Hire! That made me LOL :-) Your representation of your daughter doing a Julie Andrews impression is adorable. Your background is fabulous. So glad you joined us at the Paper Players this week
    Jaydee

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  10. So cute! Your masked mountaintop is dreamy looking. :)

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  11. Your daughter will love this card, Vicky! Love the red hair!

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  12. Your daughter is going to LOVE her sweet Hello card made with love:-) I love your stenciled clouds, hill and beautifully colored adventurous little girl:-) TFS your funny van story too! Love and Hugs and enjoy the frost no matter where it comes from:-)

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  13. Such a beautiful card Vicky, love the colour combo, image and background.
    Faith x

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  14. Well, Crafting Claire...your card is precious and I love the story of your nickname. Thank you for joining us at Color Throwdown this week.

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  15. Terrific hill design ~ I'm sure your daughter will get a smile from this card! glad you can order the frost when needed to avoid muddy paws nowadays ~ Blessings to you both ~

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  16. This is just so cute, Vicky! I love that little girl! Thanks so much for playing with us at the Color Throwdown this week!

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