You asked for more pictures so here goes:

That’s me after checking each  and every ink color at the Tsukineko booth… spot little Fred.. yes I am holding him from the neck cause he was very naughty there! You know him, always likes to draw attention!

and here is a photo with my dear friend Kathy. She isn’t only super talented, she is also the sweetest and most generous girl! I really treasure our friendship Kathy

me at the millennium park … it was so hot that day!

oh and just before I leave you for today here is a funny one!

OK I promise no more photos… lol but make sure to follow Llily Pad cards blog for more photos of products and people we met! And make sure you check there for a post of what happened when the greek and the yankee first met!!!

I am still on vacation back at the summer house but with internet connection. So send me emails and write me comments. I love reading them!

Regular how-to video will be up on Sunday so stay tuned!

Hugs and thanks for visiting

Vicky

Hi ladies! I am officially back from Chicago and I had the time of my life!!!

I met SO MANY TALENTED LADIES including my two best online friends Deborah and Kathy!

Here is a photo of me in scrapbook heaven! First time ever buying stuff from a real store and not online! Check the smile on my face! LOL!

and here is another one when I had to eat for the first time American style ribs! Ha!

Oh yes! It was fun being there! Unforgettable!

Stay tuned cause I’ll be posting more photos soon!

Hugs

Hello ladies!

This is a scheduled post. It’s Friday and I fly to Chicago on Saturday the 16th. Now that I am writing those lines I can not even imagine how exciting it will be to meet with soooo many other talented girls at CHA! My bags are packed and my camera is charged! So stay tuned for tons of photos and videos!

Until then, check out today’s how-to video here and have a happy Sunday!

It’s been so long since I’ve blogged! Sorry I’ve been slow on reading your blogs and leaving comments but being on vacation makes me lazy! LOL!

Anyway, I am back home to pack my things for USA, and so I am sharing a card with you that I made for the current Lily Pad Cards Challenge. Such a fun challenge! What you have to do is make a patriotic card. You can get inspired by the colors of your flag, or the symbols of your town/state … just be creative

My card was inspired the the colors of the Greek flag and the Greek islands- Blue and White! The challenge is sponsored by Some Odd Girl stamps. You should check them out, they are so cute!

Here is my card:

I made the Greek design at the bottom using my Silhouette, the cute girl is a digi by Some Odd Girl Stamps and I just printed the photos on glossy photo paper.

here is a closer look:

Supplies:

… and the lucky winners who get a free spot in the Summer Card Class are:

1. Sue D.

2. Fifi-T (no URL submitted)

3. Ragnhild (no URL submitted)

Congrats ladies for winning a spot in the class!!! This is gonna be so much fun! Please send me an email through my Contact Form here with a title “Summer Card Class – I won a free spot” .

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Now take a look at the card I did for Father’s Day to give to my wonderful DH. He loves chips and electronics so I had to use them on the card. For more details and inspiration on this card read the post and watch the how-to video here or over to YouTube. Don’t forget to subscribe to Lily Pad YouTube channel where I post a new video every Sunday.

And here is a card I did for the new Lucy’s Sketch challenge here which is sponsored by the Memory Box:

If you look closely I colored and cut out some of the leaves so I could add them on top of the others for more dimension.

Hi girls! I  have an announcement for today! I am happy to tell you that I am one of the Guest Designers in the Summer Card Camp 2011!! This is gonna be so much fun and full of inspiration! I am so excited!!!

Oh! And since I have added the Google Friend Connect on my sidebar recently, do join if you haven’t yet!

NOTE: I have finally added the “Google Friends Connect” on my sidebar! So go ahead and join me cause it feels kind of lonely! LOL!

Thank you so much for all the comments and participation in my giveaway!

The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to SimonSaysStamps!

…and the winner is:

Thank you Kim Chong for playing along!

Please send me an email by Saturday, 11th of June  23:51 EST to claim your prize. You can contact me using this form.

UPDATE: Gift certificate already sent to Kim! Enjoy your prize Kim!!!

Good morning ladies, hope you will all have a great Sunday!

Just to remind you that I have a giveaway in my blog, for a $25 gift certificate to SimonSaysStamps e-shop. So go ahead and read more info here.

Today I am sharing a couple of cards. The first one is a card I made for Friday’s challenge at Lily Pad Cards. The challenge is to make a card inspired by just about anything you’ve seen on the blog the last month! Easy!!! I so adore this challenge. Just find a card you like and CASE it!

So in case you haven’t seen it this is my card inspired by the talented Tina.

The background is a piece of white cardstock where I heat embossed the stamp with white  and then used my distress inks to color it. You can see me do this technique in another card in this video. I then done the same in another piece of white cardstock for the butterfly. After coloring the butterfly I cut it out and used 3d foam adhesive for more dimension. Check at the very bottom of the post for a supply list.

The next card is for this digi challenge. I have designed a digital kit named “Film set” that you can all download freely and use with your digital cutters OR print and cut out with your scissors. This set includes the very much wanted polaroid and film strip!!!

Here is  the film set I designed:

Click here to download it and for more info and inspiration about this challenge!

Here is the card I made using the film strip from the above set and a printable set by Hero Arts:

For this card I used my digital cutter to cut out the film strip and then I created the background scene in a piece of white paper. I used distress ink for the sky, super quick coloring with copics for cloths and bird house. Let me know if you have any questions about this card and if would like a video featuring this die cut

Supplies:

A happy post today & giveaway!

Heidi from SimonSaysStamps had her baby girl just a couple of weeks ago!

Today Jennifer McGuire, Kathy Racoosin, Nichol Magouirk and me

organized a baby shower to celebrate and send wishes to the baby.

Make sure you hop along and look at the FABULOUS cards those uber-talented ladies made & celebrate with us!!!

Best wishes sweet Miss Abigal Ann!

Congratulations Heidi & Jason! !!!!

Here is my card:

and here is a photo from another angle just to show you the dimension on this card

Scroll to the very bottom of the post for a list of the supplies used.

We hosted Heidi yesterday at Lily Pad cards. Read Heidi’s uplifting interview here and also take a look at the newborn photo of pretty-sweet little Abigal Ann.

Being in Greece where cardmaking is almost unknown makes me get all my supplies through internet. Heidi has best customer service, she is so sweet sending coupons or little gifts within my orders and she has the best international shipping rates you can get! Plus? SimonSaysStamps has all hot products and latest collections. Well, there is more, Heidi was generous enough to support our adventures at Lily Pad Cards as a yearly sponsor! What more to ask?!

I may not know Heidi in person but I am sure gonna meet her in a couple of months in summer CHA! Watch out Heidi!!! I am gonna look for you and give you a big hug and a kiss in each cheek, the Greek way! All the best to your family!

Giveaway:

And since you are all here why not celebrate with a $25 gift certificate to SimonSaysStamps? What you need to do?

1. Subscribe to our new Lily Pad Cards YouTube channel where I post weekly how-to videos AND

2. leave me a comment here.

If you are a subscriber already then  just leave me a comment here letting me know! I will email the $25 gift certificate to a random winner.

Giveaway deadline next Friday, June 3 @ 11:59 pm EST. Winner announced next Saturday, June 4 @ 9:00 am EST.

Supplies:

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! The weather here was perfect so we had time to do lots of things, including a day out at the park with the kids, some shopping, going at a party, gardening and having lots of fun in our yard.

Between all of these I forgot to mention that I posted a how-to video over at lily pad cards. It is actually a combination of a couple of cards I recently created. They received a lot of comments, so I thought it would be nice to show you the techniques used to make them.

Here is the card

Hope you’ll enjoy watching it. Have a great week !