A Few Projects to Share

Good morning!!

Today I have a couple of cards.  The first being a simple CAS card that was achieved with Stampendous Poppy Bottles Perfectly Clear Stamp Set (SSC1092) and Friendship Assortment Perfectly Clear (SSC1116).

I simply stamped the images on front of the cardstock and colored in with desired coloring medium.  I then stamped the sentiment.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Kelly Paper Company

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Black Onyx (Tsukineko); R29, R24, G12, G14, G17, Y15 (Copic Markers)

I love playing along with the Viva La Verve Challenges on Splitcoast Stampers.    Here is my September Week One card….

I was also inspired by CR84FN Color Challenge which gave us this inspiring color pallet…

This was a fun card because I rarely make cards that are 3 x 6.  I was able to incorporate in a new set of stamps by Verve and a Spellbinders Die that I haven’t used before.  What a good day!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have  a great Labor Day!!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper: My Mind’s Eye

Stamps: Better With You (Verve)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx (Tsukineko), Tempting Turquoise Stampin’ Write Marker (Stampin’ Up)

Extras: ribbon (craft supply), liquid pearls (Ranger)

 

Some Challenge Posts….

Good morning!!

I have had a chance to play along with some challenges in the past week, that I normally don’t have time for. 

A sketch challenge that I love playing along with is Viva La Verve Sketch Challenges at Splitcoast Stampers!!  I love Verve Stamps and can’t resist their New Releases every month.

Here is the card I made for Viva La Verve Week Three, colors from the Playdate Café and the inspiration from Bible Verse Thursday at Christian Paper Crafts.

Here is the color inspiration from the Play Date Café…

The current week challenge for Viva La Verve is up right now on Splitcoast Stampers.  Here is the great sketch…

For this project, I chose colors from the Color Throwdown…

Here is my creation…

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today and see my color & sketch challenge cards.  I love my Verve Stamps.  Check out the newest release, which I think is still on sale for the next few days!!

Have a great day!

Supplies : Philippians 1:8

Paper: Neptune Dotted Swiss, vellum (Bazzill)

Patterned Paper: 6x6 Hostess pack (Stampin’ Up), Porcelain (Basic Grey)

Stamps: Philippians 1:8 Plain Jane (Verve)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx (Tsukineko)

Die Cut: English Tea Doily (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Extras: hat pins (Maya Road, Dreamweaver Stencils), ribbon (craft supply), brads (Creative Impressions)stitching (Singer), clear detail embossing powder (Stampendous)

Supplies: Sorry For Your Loss

Paper: Java (Bazzill), Rose Red, So Saffron, Kiwi Kiss (Stampin’ Up) white (Georgia Pacific)

Stamps: Making a Statement (Verve)

Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Versamark (Tsukineko), Early Espresso (Stampin’ Up)

Dies: Tag (Marianne Creatables), border (Heartfelt Creations)

Extras: embossing folder Flourishes (Spellbinders), liquid pearls (Ranger) seam binding (Stampin’ Up), button (craft supply)

 

April's Viva La Verve Challenges....

Hey there....

I was super excited to receive my Verve April Release in the mail!!! What was even more exciting, was when I actually had time to use them and play along with the weekly Viva La Verve Challenges.

To make this a bit less painful for you all, I am going to fit all four creations into one post!!!!

Here is Week One's sketch and my creation...

I used the new Hope Blooms and Blooms and Grow sets.

Week Two Sketch

I used Hope Blooms (again) and Love Deepens sets!!!

Week Three Sketch

This card was made with Love Deepens and Bloom & Grow.

Check out Week Four's sketch!!

My son is enlisting in the Military on his 18th birthday in a few weeks, so I have looking for any way to show him how proud I am of him!!

I used American Hero on this card.

Oh MY Moxie Fab......mixed with some VERVE

I can't believe the cards that I made today. Not only am I all caught up with the Color Challenges at Moxie Fab, the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger challenge, Viva La Verve Week Two, but I made a card to submit to a magazine also.

This card was made with the wonderful sketch by Charmaine Ikach for Viva La Verve, and the inspiring color challenge by Moxie Fab World...

Here is my card... Do you see the awesome shimmery background? I embossed a Shimmer Sheet from Elizabeth Crafts with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. These sheets are so cool. Check them out at Elizabeth Crafts.

Here are the awesome soft colors...

The great sketch...

Here some of the other supplies that I used on my card...

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Plum Perfect, Rose Red, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Shimmer Sheet: Purple Iris (Elizabeth Crafts)

Stamps: Heart On Fire (Verve)

Dies: Long Rectangles, Petite Ovals, Rectangles (Spellbinders)

Extras: Hat Pins (Maya Road & Close To My Heart); Perfect Pearls (Ranger); Shimmery Seam Binding (christopherpines on Etsy)

Thanks for taking a look today. Hopefully you will have time to play along with the challenges also!!!

Have a great day!

Viva La Verve & Play Date Cafe!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR friends!!!

I hope everyone had a super holiday season and lots to look forward to in 2011.

Today I am bringing you a card for a few challenges, Play Date Cafe and Viva La Verve at SCS!

I have been working on Valentines Day cards, so these challenges fit the bill....

Here are the supplies that I used:

Card Stock: White (CTMH), Going Gray (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Cappella (Basic Gray); Candy Lane DSP (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Hundred Hearts (Verve)

Dies: Long Rectangles, Renaissance Hearts (Spellbinders)

Extras: Seam Binding (christopherpines Etsy shop); Rhinestones (I-Rock Gem Setter); stitching (ME!)

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Come back tomorrow for the first Tuesday Sketch challenge of the year from Skipping Stones Design!!

I hope you all have a blessed day!!

Back to challenges.....Playdate Cafe & Viva La Verve

Good day!! If you are looking for the Skipping Stones Design Sketch Tuesday post CLICK HERE, or read this post and then that one (hehe)

It has been such a long time that I have participated in a challenge for fun, so today, I chose the Week 4 sketch challenge at Viva La Verve and Play Date Cafe for some fun today!

The great colors from Play Date Cafe are

It is quite striking combination!

Take a look at the great sketch today at Splitcoast from the Verve forum...Viva La Verve. As well as the sketch challenge from Viva La Verve this week, there is also a monthly theme, Ornaments and Winter Decor. Even though this is a Valentine's Card, these exact colors are Christmas decor in my dining room.

Here is my card...

Here are the supplies that I used:

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Sweet Valentine, Hearts Desire, Hearts On Fire (Verve Stamps)

Ink: Pacific Point, Bravo Burgundy (Stampin' Up)

Embossing Ink & Powder: Distress Embossing Ink (Ranger), Embossing Ink (Stampendous); Detail Embossing Powder (Stampendous) Pearlescent Garnet & Lapis Embossing Powder (Stampendous)

Dies: Nested Hearts (Spellbinders)

Extras: Satin Ribbon (craft supply); stitching (me)

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my blog today. I encourage you to play along with these challenge! Lots of fun to be had and a BUNCH of inspiration!

Have a super day!

Stampin' Sister In Christ & Viva La Verve....

Good morning my blogging friends....Today I am sharing a couple of the many cards that I made this week. The first card is for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge. You can read all the details of that challenge HERE. Play along, but you have to hurry, you only have until tomorrow to enter. We were asked to make a nature card, and I may be pushing it here, but none the less....flowers, butterflies....Nature!

I also used Sketch 5 from Verve's release week sketch challenge. You can get all the details on this challenge HERE, but hurry...you only have until tonight to get all your sketches done.

Next is October week one's Viva La Verve Challenge at the Verve Forum at SCS. For this challenge, you have all month to play. There is a great sketch every week and a photo for inspiration. You can interpret the photo any way you choose.

Here are the supplies that I used on the two cards:

Your Fabulous

Card Stock: River Rock, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Fairy Tales, Blue Skies, Great Friend (Verve)

Ink: Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, River Rock (Stampin' Up)

Extras: Ribbon (Stampin' Up); Dies: Classic Circles (Stampin' Up) Stitching (me!!)

Thanks So Much

Card Stock: More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Autumn Meadows (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Great Friend, Thankful Accents (Verve)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze (Stampin' Up)

Extras: Dies (Spellbinders); Ribbon (Stampin' Up); Punch (MS); Hemp string (craft supply)

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a great start to your weekend!!

Viva La Verve & a card for my wonderful HUBS!!

For those of you that know my husband and I....can you tell which one is his Anniversary card?? HEHE....all the sentiments would fit the bill....

IT"S THIS ONE!!! Of course!! For all that know my beloved husband....he is a man of the outdoors!!! Lives for hunting season!! I'm so happy that as this post is on my blog, he is getting to do his favorite past time....HUNTING.

I know some gals really despise hunting and all the time that their husbands spend doing it, but for anyone that has a hobby they love, they can understand the excitement that the hunters must have. They only get a few weeks a year to do it. Can you imagine if we could only make cards or scrap 4 to 6 weeks a year. Oh my. I wouldn't be able to make it.

Happy Anniversary Baby!!! I'm glad it's YOUR time of year. YOU DESERVE IT!!!

My first two cards are for the Viva La Verve monthly challenge over at SCS...

Each week, Verve Diva Amber gives us a wonderfully fun sketch

Here are the supplies that I used for the first card:

Card Stock: More Mustard, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Indian Summer (Basic Grey)

Stamps: Dream Big, Love Story (Verve)

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Ranger); Craft Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Classic Frames (Spellbinders)

Ribbon: Very Vanilla Grosgrain (Stampin' Up)

Now for card number two...

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Early Espresso (Stampin ' Up)

Stamps: Fabulous You (Verve)

Ink: Craft Tempting Turquoise & Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)

Embossing Folder: Vintage Wallpaper (Sizzix for Stampin' Up)

Dies: Lotus Pendant (Spellbinders)

Border Punch: Arches (MS)

Ribbon: All Stampin' Up

Flowers: Mulberry Roses (craft supply)

and for Hubs card:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up); Brown shimmer (Island Paperie)

Stamps: Buck (Sutter Enterprises), Simply You (Technique Tuesday by Ali Edwards)

Ink: Black Soot, Stormy Sky, Frayed Burlap and a few others (TH Distress Inks by Ranger)

Punch: One inch circle punch

That's all for today!! I hope you all are having a wonderful Saturday. As this is posting, I will be in wonderful Spokane, Washington attending Woman of Faith!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Birthday Jenna!!!!!

Today is my youngest "bonus" daughters birthday she is already going to be 7!! WOW!

For her card, I used all the inspiration from the Viva La Verve September Week One Challenge

Once again, Verve Diva Amber has outdone herself with a great sketch and wonderful photo inspiration!!!

So, I'm sure you heard Verve recently released their August sets. I NEVER in my life felt the need to buy the entire release, until I saw these stamps. Every set is awesome (I know now). For a short amount of time, you can buy the entire release for $125. That is saving $34. In addition to getting the equivalent of two free stamp sets, you get FREE SHIPPING AND a free gift! Check it out HERE!!!

One more confession about the Verve release....this is how awesome and inspiring the stamps are....the two sets that I used here were actually the ones that I liked the least. I thought that I couldn't do anything with it. When I opened my package today....it all came to me. I think these stamps are MAGIC....(just kidding).

Here are the supplies that I used on my card:

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Blushing Bride, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Birthday Bash, Seize the Cupcake (Verve Stamps)

Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Cupcake (Basic Gray)

Ribbon: Stampin' Up

Extras: Liquid Pearls, Stickles (Ranger)

I think Jenna will love this card!! She is love with card making and will love all the color and shine.

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I love reading your comments!!!

Have a super day!!!

I am slowly getting all these great VERVE cards posted...

Good morning blogging world. I have been so behind on posting challenges and everything the last few weeks. I have been spending time trying to soak in as much summer as I can before winter hits. I am so enjoying this summer and I keep thinking, why be inside? You are going to be inside ALL winter!!!

Anyway, I have made a vow to myself that I will be better this week.

The card that I am featuring today is from the Viva La Verve Week 3 Challenge. Once again, a great sketch and a great photo inspiration. I also was super excited because I got to dig into my new Basic Grey Cappella 6x6 paper pad! What a beautiful paper collection. WOW! Another thing I did on this card is FAUX stitching. Until the other day, I have never wrote ANYTHING on cardstock to enhance the design (besides a sentiment). It felt so liberating and fun. Let me know what you think of it.

Here are the supplies used on this card:

Card Stock: Kraft, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up), Brown Shimmer (Island Paperie)

Stamps: Thankful Accents (Verve)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up); Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Cappella (Basic Grey)

Embossing Folder: Elegant Lines (Sizzix for Stampin' Up)

I hope you like it!! Leave a comment and let me know what you think!!

I hope you all have a super day!!

Viva La Verve Baby.....

Good morning!!! This past week has been Verve card making frenzy.....First there was the Anniversary Sketch Challenge and then I had to get caught up on the Viva La Verve challenges at Splitcoast Stampers.

Each week Amber makes an amazing sketch and give us photo inspiration.

Check out THIS link and see which photo I chose.

This is a great challenge to play in. There is always a great Verve Prize!!!

Now for my card......

Here are the supplies that I used:

Card Stock: Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White (Stampin' Up), Pearly Black (Coredinations)

Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up DSP

Stamps: Verve Stamps

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Dies: Spellbinders Labels

Extras: Liquid Pearls (Ranger), I-Rock Gem setting tool, Jewels (stash)

I hope you liked my card. Please leave a comment. I love reading your comments. They inspire me to no end!!!

Have a good day!!

Viva La Verve Week Four

This wraps up our last week of Viva La Verve July edition. There are still a few days to join in the fun. You can find out all about it at the SCS Verve Forum.

There are four weeks of challenges all with wonderful sketches and photo inspiration.

Also, this Sunday, is the 3rd Anni-VERV-sary for VERVE STAMPS!!! There will be a blog hop and prizes!! Yeah whooo.....Who doesn't like prizes??? Check out all the deets here!!!!

Here is what I used for my card.....

Card Dimensions: 4.25 x 5.5

Card Stock: Basic Black, Perfect Plum, Whisper White (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve Stamps)

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Dies: Label (Spellbinders); Lattice Sizzix Die (Stampin' Up)

Ribbon: Joann's

Brad: Stampin' Up

Vellum: Close To My Heart

That's it....I hope you like it. If you do, please leave a comment and let me know.

For those of you that don't know, I have a few stamp sets for sale on my Etsy Store. These sets are reaaallly inexpensive. Please take a look here.

I hope you have a super day!!!

Viva La Verve Week 3...Right Here...

Goood morning all!! I hope this finds you all well and rested for the day. Today I want to share the card the I entered in the July Viva La Verve week three challenge! In this challenge, an inspiration and a sketch are posted every week. If you play all month long, there is a wonderful VERVE prize at the end of the month. If you have VERVE stamps, then you are going to want to play, because Verve Stamps ROCK!!! You can check out Verve Stamps on any of the links that say VERVE!! FYI VERVE fans, on August 1s

t, Verve will be three years old and to celebrate, there will be a blog hop. Click on the Verve blog hop on the right hand side of the blog and put in your blog address. The only stipulation is that you use VERVE stamps. If you don't have any, there is still time. Verve has the fasting shipping of any stamps company around.

{Geez...if there was a contest for how many times someone could say VERVE, I would totally win!!}

OK....now on to the really fun stuff..

This week we picked out out own inspiration from Themebath.com. I chose the Crayola collection. I mostly chose the Crayola collection because I have these wonderful holographic sticky sheets that my Mom sent me and I

have been wanting to use them. To be honest, holographic sticky sheets really aren't my bag, but I wanted to use them, because my Mom was kind enough to send them, so this is what I came up with.

AND....I also got to use my new Verve Stamp Set, Blue Skies. Which I love. It is one of Verve's new releases. Check it out HERE!!

Here are the supplies that I used on my card:

Card Dimensions: 5.25 x 5.25

Card Stock: Whisper White, Green Galore (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper : Holographic Sticky Sheets

Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve)

Ink: Jet Black Stazon

Pretty easy.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a blessed day and you stop again soon!!

Viva La Verve July Week Two...

Happy Sunday!! I hope you weekend has been super fun!! My family and I have been having a good weekend. We had a family and friends BBQ on Saturday for our daughters 8th birthday! You gotta love weekends like this!!

The card here today is from the Viva La Verve Challenge at SCS. Love this challenge! Amber Dawn always give us some good inspiration. This week it was shower curtains (funny, I know). Here is the one that I chose...

I was also able to use a few new products that I haven't gotten to use before. One being wood sheets and a new Tim Holtz die. I also made a handmade flower for this card, which after I uploaded the card here, I realized that a stitch may be coming out. Darn it!!

Here are the supplies used:

Card Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.25

Card Stock: Kraft, Close to Cocoa, Wood Sheets (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Parisian Breeze (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Verve Stamps

Ink: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen (TH Distress Ink)

Dies: Hanging Sign (Tim Holtz for Sizzix)

Extras: Stickles (Ranger), Ribbon (Stampin' Up), Fabric (Joann's), eyelets (Crop A Dile)

Thank you for taking time out of your Sunday to stop by!! I'd love to see you again!!!

Color Throwdown & Viva La Verve July Week One!

Hello out there....Today I wanted to share a card that I was inspired by two different challenges. The Color Throwdown Challenge, and the Viva La Verve July Week One at Splitcoast Stampers.

First of all, the sketch this week at the Verve Forum is great. The challenge is posted every Friday and you have all month to play along. There is a prize at the end of the month, that is totally worth taking the time to ink up some paper.

The next challenge was one that I stumbled upon yesterday for the first time. Yesterday was the 100th, Color Challenge. The colors are awesome!!! Certainly Celery, Real Red, Baja Breeze and Regal Rose. I love all the light colors in that palette, but never would have thought of the red. Nice job Color Throwdown. Here is my card:

Here is are the supplies I used to make the card:

Card Dimensions: 4.25x5.5

Card Stock: Certainly Celery, Real Red, Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Labels #5 (Waltzing Mouse Stamps); Fringed Phrases (Close To My Heart); Rockstar (Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection)

Ink: Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Regal Rose (Stampin' Up)

Embossing Folders: Stars & Scroll Work (Cuttlebug)

Dies: Label #5 Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Bird & Butterfly Punch (Stampin' Up)

Extras: Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Ribbon (Stampin' Up); Rhinestones (Joann's)

Thank you for stopping by today and taking a peek at my card. You should take the time to partcipate in each of these challenges. There are great prizes to be one for each!!!

Have a super day!!!