Vicki Boutin

Stamp Winners and a few Crop & Create Winnipeg Photos!!

Wow, my friends!!!  Thanks for all of the posts and kind words regarding my new stamps with Stamping Bella!  It was wonderful to first have Emily's support when I approached her about making the stamps and then to get such an awesome response here when I posted them...it was good.  Thanks!

If you are interested in buying any of my Creative Foundations stamps you can order them through Stamping Bella HERE.  They have tons of great stamps and stamping accessories.  Check it out!

What else do I want to talk about?  The spring issue of Scrapbook & Cards, Today...

 

is now available and it will knock your socks off!!!  Look at that cover and the inside is good too!  Great ideas to get you in the mood for spring.  I had a chance to flip through it in Winnipeg and I kept telling Catherine and Becky what a great job they did!  Check it out online HERE.

Then Catherine handed me the new CardMaps 2 and I fell in LOVE!!!  I knew the sketches would be great, Becky is just cool like that but then the cards everyone created blew me away!!!  This is a must have card book.  Sketches, techniques, tons of great projects.  Just.  Plain.  Good.

 

If you need info on where to find it go HERE.

So I mentioned I was in Winnipeg for the latest Crop & Create.  It was a blast!!!  I met so many GREAT ladies and saw a few old friends.  The Delta was a suberb hotel with the most courteous and helpful staff!  The food was yummy and the classes went smoothly.  I also have to say that the stores that attended really brought their A game and it was a bustling marketplace!  Thanks Winnipeg for another great event!!!  And thanks to Nicole for helping to TA my classes.  You were such a help!!!

Here are a few photos.  I didn't get as many as usual this time around...

Kimber and Catherine

 

Leica

 

Catherine

 

Beth and Leica

 

Vicki and Beth

 

and just Beth.

 

It was such FUN and now on to Moncton!!!!  Get ready ladies, 'cause here we come!!!!!

 

Now...last but not least!!!!  The stamp winners!!!!

 

I LOVE your stamps!!! The banner one reminds me of your style so much! obviously right??...you designed it, so it reminds me of your classes!! I love everything about stamping, especially adding to my hoarding-like amount of stamps!!

Posted by: Tanya W | March 24, 2012 at 12:28 AM

 

 

Congrats Vicki Love all of your stamp designs. Another accomplishment under your belt. I like the versatility of stamping. THousands of choices of images, different stamping medias,and the fun of seeing your finished project never loses it's appeal.
Thanks a million for this opportunity and your website URL that I now have bookmarked.
Have a great day.

Posted by: Heather Getson | March 22, 2012 at 10:26 AM

 

 

congrats Vicki!!! I LOVE stamping cos it's FUN, creative, and offers so many possibilities!!!! Btw, I LOVE your twirly bird set.... sooo ADORABLE!!!

Posted by: Linda Mok | March 22, 2012 at 09:51 PM

 

 

Holy-O girl.....you are on a roll!!! Congrats to this new endeavour (sp?) Ilove stamping....especially on cards. So many different things to do with stamps....it's never ending!!! ;)

Posted by: Vern | March 22, 2012 at 07:24 PM

 

 

CONGRATS Vicki!

LOVELY stamps indeed!!!

Posted by: Dale Anne Potter | March 22, 2012 at 10:45 AM

 

 

Congrats, ladies!!!!  I will email you for your mailing adresses and Emily the queen Bella will be sending these out!  I will let her decide who gets what!!!  :)

Thanks for all the "love".  Have a good night!!!!!

 

 

Tomorrow....

Hey...I will post winners and stuff tomorrow.  I have had a headache on and off for three days.  Hitting the sack.

Catch ya on the flip side.

 

 

BAck from Winnipeg and a Winner

Hey all!  Back from Crop & Create Winnipeg!  What a great event, yet again!!!  The ladies were fabulous, The Delta was a great hotel, awesome shopping and our C&C team had a wonderful time!  Thanks to all in attendance for making it such a success.

I will post a few photos tomorrow after I recuperate a bit.

Now for the winner of a spot in Kelly Purkey's Sketchbook 4 class with Studio Calico!!!  This is going to be such an exciting workshop!!!  Can't wait for it to start!!!

The spot in the online class goes to.... 

 

Awesome, bright, beautiful photos! Thank you for a chance to win a spot in Kelly's class! I would love, love, love to take it!

Posted by: griffingirl | March 23, 2012 at 10:39 AM

 

congrats, griffingirl!!!  I will be in touch.  Thanks for all of the post, my friends!!!

I will be back tomorrow to draw the names for my stamps!!!!  And I want to talk about the latest issue of Scrapbook & Cards, Today!! Yay!!!  Nightie night!!

 

 

Very Exciting News and an AWESOME GIVEAWAY!!!! CLOSED!!!!!!!

There is something I have always wanted to do and with the help of Emily @ Stamping Bella, I have finally done  it!  What is it you ask??!!  Well it's a line of stamps, of course!!!  I have designed 5 sets of stamps called Creative Foundations!  Want a peek?

 

 

 

Here are the two sets used together.  I am working on a sentiment set that will work with the labels, too!!!  So much fun!!!

 I love my journal strips!  Great for pages, art journals and canvases.

 

 

My favorite!!!!  I love background stamps and I LOVE script stamps!!!  Doodled and added some hearts to make this one.

 

So excited about this new endeavour!!!  Go check them out at Stamping Bella.  I know Emily was burning the midnight oil to get all of the new releases added to the site.  Check out blogabella HERE too.

To help celebrate I am going to give one of each set away!!!!  yay!!!  Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what you love most about stamping!!!  I will draw the names on Tuesday, March 27th.

 

 

It's Tuesday and a Sketchbook 4 GIVEAWAY!!!!

Sorry I missed Monday.  The flu came for a visit and I didn't leave my bed.  Better today and ready to get the week started!

We had a busy week and weekend.  March Break, a hockey tournament and 2 birthdays!!!  And I have the photos to prove it!  :)

 

Riley, my St Patrick's Day boy!!  Happy 11th Birthday!!!

 

I stayed up until 1 am making cupcakes!  Thanks Pinterest for this idea!

 

Squeeze one of the little girl in here, too.

 

Happy 8th Birthday to my nephew Reed!!!!

 

The Warriors won the tournament!!!!  They were the under dogs and they came out on top!  So proud of these kids!!!!!

 

Had to share this sweet photo of my nephew, Noah.  We had fun with some bubbles!!!

 

It was a great 7 days!  And the weather we are having is outstanding!  The kids had shorts on yesterday!  Love it.  We will have to enjoy it while it lasts.  Not sure Winnipeg is going to be quite this warm in two days!!!

 

I am excited to be a part of Kelly Purkey and Studio Calico's Sketchbook 4 online workshop!  What a great concept and I get to give away a spot in the class to one of my lucky blog readers!!!  Here are the details...

 

 

 

 

Join Kelly Purkey in another installment of her popular Sketchbook class! Sketchbook 4 is a four week class filled with fresh sketches, easy instructions, beautiful examples, and lots of fun. This class is designed to be used at any time and over + over again when you need inspiration.

Sketchbook is different from any other sketch class out there because Kelly and the contributors offer design tips and detailed explanation of what makes a page work. It's more than sketches - they’ll deliver valuable pointers for creating great layouts.

By the end of the class, you'll have a complete sketchbook of 12 original sketches, 38 layouts, and an ADDITIONAL 38 sketches based on those creative pages. All the examples are brand new layouts, exclusive to this class... you won't see them anywhere else! You will be receiving an example layout from Kelly for each of the sketches, along with two example layouts from a Studio Calico Design Team member and some of your favorite SC Guest Designers.

 

So you know the deal, leave a comment on this post and I will draw a name on Monday March, 26th for a class spot in Sketchbook 4!!!  It is going to be so much fun!!!!

 

Swoon, Photos, a Surprise and Some Winner!!!!

It is day 4 of our March Break week.  That means lots of time with my kiddos.  It also means I am a slow blog poster!  We went to the Butterfly Conservatory.  We went to see The Lorax (which I actually LOVED!!!!).  Today we are off to a hockey game.  Let's do a little catch up!

 

 

The Butterfly Conservatory was a blast!  The little guys loved Dev's headband!!!  More photos to come.

 

Happy Birthday to my Dad!!!  We LOVE ya!!!!

 

This book arrived yesterday.  I had no idea...

That my studio space(s) were in this book!!!!  It is an awesome book!  Check it out HERE.

 

Here is a some Little Yellow Bicycle SWOON...

This is a traditional wedding line but I like to break with traditions!  LOL!!!

 

Go check it out on the LYB blog HERE.

 

How about a little St Patrick's Day project with Core'dinations...

 

 

This one uses almost every type of paper offered by Core'dinations!!!  Love there stuff!!!  I cut out the shamrock shape and covered it with the a bunch of circles!!!  Fun!!!

Check out the Core blog HERE.  Are you a HARDCORE CRAFTER yet???  Check it out HERE.

 

OK... WINNERS!!!!!!!  Here are the four winners of a signed copy of my book Creative Foundations!!!!

 

I'd love a copy of Creative Foundations! I love learning new techniques - this book looks like fun!!

Posted by: Barbara Martin | March 12, 2012 at 10:59 AM

 

 

"I'D LOVE A COPY OF CREATIVE FOUNDATIONS" I'd be a fool not to - what fabulous inspiration and tutorials

Posted by: Trudi | March 12, 2012 at 05:06 PM

 

 

I'd love a copy of Creative Foundations! 
The techniques are so interesting & really bring a lot of character to the cards & art. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Karen Conner | March 13, 2012 at 07:03 AM

I'd love a copy of Creative Foundations!!!! This is so so exciting and you are so inspirational.

Posted by: michele | March 13, 2012 at 12:20 AM

 

The winner of the copy of CardMaps 2 is.....

 

I have the first one, and am looking forward to #2! Can't wait to see the new sketches and samples...

Posted by: Liz Goldhawk | March 05, 2012 at 04:09 PM

 

Thanks for all of the posts!!!!  Come BACK tomorrow!!!  I will have a SWOON GIVEAWAY!!!!!  Yay!!!!

 

 

 

 

It's a Creative Foundations Blog Hop With Book Giveaways!!!! CLOSED

Happy Monday!!!  I've got a great way to start the week.  How about another blog hop!?!?  This one highlights Creative Foundations!!!

 

 

And a bunch of the wonderful and talented ladies who contributed their artwork and all around craftiness to a section in the book called "A Little Help From My Friends"

You need to go on a little cyber journey and collect the word featured at each blog.  Put the words together to make the phrase and post it here for a chance to win one of four copies of Creative Foundations!!!!  

Make sure to leave the ladies some love...they worked hard to help make this book a success and they have some special stuff to share today, too!!!

 

Here is the list...

 Rhonna Farrer

Linda Albrecht 

Kelly Goree

Bethany Kartchner

Danielle Flanders

Wendy Vecchi

Melissa Phillips

 

And then come back here and post the phrase!!

The oh so talented Greta Hammond is a not a blogger but I still needed to share her lovely work.  She made this card....

 

 

Here is a closer look....

 

Just gorgeous!!!  And here are a few words from Greta...

 

“I made a quick little card using a few of the techniques in Vicki’s book. For my cardstock flowers, I used flowers in the paper craft kit from LYB. These turned out so fun with Vicki’s technique of misting and shaping them. I also used a strip of power tape to the top of the card and then added red glitter for a very easy border. Finally, I jazzed up my little red chipboard heart with some tissue paper. Just a fun little way to give it some texture. These techniques were all so easy to do but add just a bit of “ooph” to my project!"

 

Take a peek at what I made using techniques from my book:

 

 

I used over 5 techniques from my book to alter this monogram and some of the new Dylusian Ink Sprays from Ranger (love them)!!  It is only partially finished...more to come!!

 You can get a copy of Creative Foundations by following the link on the Amazon button up in the right corner or you can follow this link....HERE.

Have fun!!! See you back here at the end of your creative journey!!!  I will be drawing 4 names on Wednesday, March 14th!!!! Giveaway is closed.  Thanks!!!!!!!

 

PS- check out these bonus pages from the book HERE...if you still needed more convincing!!!

 

 

 

Cocoa Daisy Blog Hop Winner!!!!!

Now that was a fun hop, full of awesome cards and sketches!!!  Thanks for stopping by!

The winner of the $10 Cocoa Daisy Gift Certificate is...

 

adorable card I love the background technique thanks for inspiring

Posted by: Suzy Gray | March 10, 2012 at 05:59 PM

 

Congrats!!!!  Suzy!!!

 

 

Scrapbook & Cards, Today Creative Foundations Giveaway!!!!

I am just getting to this now but, Scrapbook & Cards, Today is giving away a copy of my book, Creative Foundations!!!  Just head over HERE for the details!!!  The draw will take place on Thursday March 15th!!  Go leave a comment!!!!  And check out the new videos and Color Suite!!!

 

 

Cocoa Daisy Blog Hop

I'm late to the party!!!  I got the times mixed up, but I'm here now!!  Yay!!  Cocoa Daisy has a new site and a new look!!  If CD wasn't already wonderful now it's even better!!  What better way to celebrate then with a blog hop and giveaways!!  You have to follow along on this hop for a bunch of chances to win cool prizes!!

Cocoa Daisy has done some remodeling and updating, making our home a place you want to be. Drop in and see how our scrapbook home is your scrapbook home too.

 

The celebration doesn't end here, we're also offering a couple of promotions for new subscribers:

1.Sign up for a 6 month kit subscription and you will receive 20% off your first month's kit.

2. Sign up for a 6 month kit AND a 6 month stamp subscription and you will get 20% off your first month's kit and stamps PLUS an exclusive Cocoa Daisy Tote bag.

You may have just hopped over from the fabulous Mandy Koeppen's blog or you might just be getting started.  Welcome either way!!

Here is my card sketch...

 

Here is the card I made.  

 

 

The card came first so the cute Little Yellow Bicycle bird and flowers are specific but you can slide any embellishments in.

I did have to add a little technique in there.  The backgound was masked and I used a sponge to add Versa Mark Dazzle in Frost.  While the ink was still wet I dusted on Green Patina Perfect Pearls.  I added the shadow with a Copic.

 

All you have to do is add a comment here for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate for Cocoa Daisy!!!

Comments will be open until 8 PM EDT on sunday, then I will draw a winner!!!!

Now hop on over to the talented Alissa Fast's blog HERE.

For a complete list of hoppers go to the Cocoa Daisy site HERE.

 

Have fun!!!

 

PS- Check out this Post HERE for a chance to win a copy of my book, Creative Foundations!!!!