Winter Wishes

I really like the simplicity of clean and simple cards. This is a card I made for fun using a set of Basic Grey acrylic stamps and Verve for the sentiment. The layout is based on a fall-to-layout sketch.

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Oh Baby!

Everyone is having babies in our family! So here is another baby card for a baby shower! I used one of the sketches for the Verve Release Challenge: VSJUN05. This pickles and ice cream pattern paper is an old pattern paper that I stocked up on, because I thought it would be fun for mommies-to-be! It was made by treehouse designs, I tried doing a google search to find it but didn't have much luck. The focal image and sentiment are from the Amuse set: Baby Wishes. I colored the image with copic markers, and embossed it with nestabilities. The brown cardstock is by GKD and I embossed it with the CB baby embossing folder. The scalloped edge was made with Martha Stewart's mini heart scallop border punch. The ribbon is by American Crafts. For the sentiment I stamped it rich cocoa and punched it out with a 1 inch circle punch. Then I used the ek success 1 1/4 inch scallop circle punch to mat it. The bottom of the card is embossed using the CB swiss dots embossing folder.

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Verve Sketch for SOA

Hi Everyone! I am enjoying the SOA challenges, I am a sucker for sketch challenges. I have been busy cleaning though, so I have been a bit slow to participate. This is a card I made for the Verve Sketch. I received the Beautiful Kindness and Fluttering By Verve sets for my birthday (I had a very Verve birthday!:) So I was anxious to ink them up. For the focal image I stamped the butterfly in charcoal chalk ink on my white square, then I stamped it again in the light blue and cut it out. After I cut it out I sponged around the edge so you can’t see the light blue edge that is left after cutting. Then I glued this on top of the already stamped image. I matted this on the light blue, then the black onyx paper by Gina K. After this I added the pewter self-adhesive pearls by KAISER. For the scalloped border I used the SU scallop border punch. For the ribbon (don’t remember who makes it, but I do know I bought it at Hancock Fabrics) I tried making a stay put bow. Have you ever tried this?! Very cool, if you haven’t click on this link and watch the tutorial, and give it a try. My Mom found this tutorial for me, thanks MOM!

That’s it for the focal image, on to the rest of the card. The flower border was made using a punch made by Paper Studio sold at Hobby Lobby. And for the sentiment I used the following punches: word window, designer label, and 1 inch circle. The sentiment is from Fluttering By, and I used the same pewter self adhesive pearls. And lastly, the flowery paper is by Heidi Grace, Midnight Kisses Double Sided Cardstock.

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Mojo Monday and SOA

The sketch this week for Mojo Monday is also a sketch over at the Stamping out Alzheimer's site. If you make a donation you will be able to access many challenges and free downloads. If you participate in the challenges you are entered into drawings to win a variety of fun stamping and scrapbooking supplies!! For more information check out Jen Tapler's Blog. For this Mojo Monday sketch you are entered to win TWO free Verve sets. You can never have too many Verve Stamps!! So check out the SOA, for a week of fun!

For this card I used paper from the K & Company mat pad, called Sweet Cherry. Then I stamped the thinking of you from Verve in mango madness by versamagic chalk ink. I punched it out with 1 3/8 inch circle punch. Then I punched out lime green cardstock with 1 1/2 inch circle punch. The scallop circle is the 2 inch ek success punch, and then I pierced the scallops. Then I tied on the ribbon, and attached on orange paper strips. The butterfly brads are by Making Memories, I added some stickles to add some sparkle. Lastly, I added a photo corner using the SU photo corner punch.

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Verve Release Party Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone! If there weren't sketch challenges, I don't think I would make many cards. I just love participating! This sketch challenge is being hosted by Julee on behalf of the release of her new Verve stamps tomorrow. By participating you are entered into a random drawing to win some of those fabulous stamps, and she will be choosing her favorite entry to play along with the verve divas as a guest designer for June! How exciting would that be?! So I broke out some new Verve stamps that I got for my birthday! I chose the set Grateful Elegance, what a fun set to work with. I started by stamping the background in Aquatic Splash, I definately used my stamp-a-ma-jig to align this stamp to make the background. Next I matted this onto black cardstock. I then worked on the focal image, I stamped the flowers in memento tuxedo black and colored them in with copic markers. I really wanted a stem on these flowers, and after looking through my images to find a stem stamp that would work...I didn't come up with much. So, I used my memento tuxedo black marker and drew some stems. Then I matted this onto black cardstock and tied on the black sheer bow. Then to spruce up the flowers I added an adhesive pearl in the centers, and shined them up using diamond glaze. I set this aside to let it dry, and finished up the remainder of the card. I stamped the aqua strip in versamark, matted it with black, and added adhesive pearls. Then I worked on the sentiment, I embossed the aqua cardstock using a new Quickutz embossing folder, cut it out and then stamped the thanks a bunch! Then it was time to assemble, I decided to add a layer of vellum over the background, to give the card a softer look, and attached it with black brads, and glued on the rest of the pieces.

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Verve Release Sketch Challenge

Tomorrow there will be a new release from Verve Stamps. The sneak peeks have really made me anxious to see the new sets! I know I already want to purchase the butterfly set, that butterfly is so pretty!!!

Verve is having a Verve Release Sketch Challenge using the following sketch:


This is the card that I came up with:

I just received my Stampin' Up order, and I know Baroque Motifs is not a new stamp set, but it is one have wanted since it came out. So I was soo excited to ink this set up. This is a pretty self explanatory card so I will list the recipe of supplies below:

Stamps: SU Baroque Motifs; Paper: PTI Ivory Cardstock, Bazzill Brown CS, Amuse patterned paper; Ink: Chalk Ink: Chestnut Roan and Olive Pastel; Accesories and Tools: Hero Arts Flowers, American Crafts brown brads, square nestabilities, Martha Stewart border punch, scissors

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