VLV April week 3 - Little Chicks Rule with some Chevron

What a cute fun sketch over at Viva La Verve designed by Laurie Schmidin and wanted to create something for Easter as well but only now had a chance to post this up. This one is for April 2014 week 3. 

I also saw the Chevron Chic challenge and thought to try and combine both elements into one card and have some fun playing with stamps and dies. The chevron butterfly is from the set: Chevron Love by Verve and inked up with Melon Mambo ink.

This cute set is called: Chicks Rule by Verve and has so many adorable images and sentiments which I had to pull out and play along with some retired DSP called: Beau Chateau (SU). Lots of fuzzy cutting on this one but loved how it came out.

Fantastic image to color and have fun. Again I used my Spectrum Noir markers plus the Charming Banner Die for the sentiment using Early Espresso ink.  

Supplies Used: 
Stamp Set: Chicks Rule (Verve), Chevron Love (Verve), Bloom & Grow (Verve)
Paper: Beau Chateau (SU)
Cardstock: White, Island Indigo (SU), Crumb Cake (SU), Ultra Smooth White Cardstock (Crafter's Companion)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Spectrum Noir Markers, Gumball Green (SU), Island Indigo (SU), Melon Mambo (SU)
Accessories:  Pierced Rectangle Stax (MFT), Charming Banner Die, Elegant Leaves, All Aflutter (A cut above die by Verve), Basic Pearls, Basic Rhinestones, Framed Tulips EF (SU), Foam Mount

MOJO313 - Fun with Flowers and Colors

Just a quick post for today....here is my take on the Mojo Monday 312 sketch using some Designer Series Paper Stacks from SU - The papers comes from the Neutrals & Brights collection.

Here is my card:

 

For this card, I pulled out this fun set by Verve called Hope Blooms and finally got to ink it. Also had fun creating these flowers with it. Sentiment also comes from the same set and the leaves are from the set: Bloom & Grow along with using the matching die called Elegant Leaves to help me cut it out.

Here is a close up of the layers on the flower....foam mount was placed in between and each flower was snipped....felt like gardening!!

 

If you haven't stop by yet, which I'm sure you might have already, click here to go directly to the challenge over at the Mojo Monday. It's round or square week and always fun to create!!

 

SUPPLIES:

Hope Blooms Bloom & Grow Elegant Leaves Die Scroll Die Scroll Plain Jane

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Supplies Used: 
Stamp Set: Hope Blooms (Verve), Scroll Plain Jane (Verve), Bloom & Grow (Verve)
Paper: Designers Series Stacks - Neutrals and Brights (SU)
Cardstock: Whisper White (SU), Black (SU), Real Red (SU)
Inks: Distress Black Ink (Tim Holts), Old Olive (SU)
Accessories:  Banner Bundle Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Scroll Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Elegant Leaves (A Cut Above by Verve), Foam Mount, Pearls

Sept Diva Dare & VLVSep - Something Special

Joining the fun for September week 1 of Viva La Sketch challenge VLVSep2013 and combining this month's Diva Dare Challenge which is to create a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board.  For example:  x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids, etc.     

 

Here is my card below:

 

Right away, I went through my paper stash and pulled out Love Impressions by SU, which already had some X's and O's plus love & kisses to get me started. In addition, I had just bought the Open Scallop Doily by MFT so it was on top of my area ready to use for the first time.

 

From there, I used the envelope from the Take Note (Verve) stamp set as my center (middle) and focused on doing something diagonal across. This is when I thought to use the arrow up above and added the Joyful Blooms flower diagonally below. The leaves come from the set Bloom & Grow which is one of my favorites along with using the Elegant Leaves Die to help me cut it out.

 

Basically, it you look at it (Tic-Tac-Toe) diagonally (Flower, envelope, and arrow). Sentiment also came from the set Take Note (Verve). I must admit, this card was fun to make and a great sketch to work with. For more details on the Diva Dare Challenge, click here and join the fun!! For Viva La Sketch challenge, click here.

 

I always enjoy looking at many cards from different blogs and many times find myself looking at the supply lists and found that I love the visual pictures when they have them. Therefore, I will be doing my best to add the pictures of the supplies I use on a card as long as I can link to it.

 

Also, it's a good way to keep track of what I have (library). Let me know if you like the visual picture list of supplies used on a card?

 

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Take Note (Verve), Joyful Blooms (Verve), Bloom & Grow (Verve)
Paper: Love Impressions (SU),
Cardstock: White, Black (SU), Real Red (SU)
Inks: Distress Black Ink (Tim Holts), Old Olive (SU)
Accessories:  Blueprints3 (MFT), Open Scallop Doily (MFT), Flag it Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Joyful Blooms Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Elegant Leaves (A Cut Above by Verve), button, foam mount, & white uni-gel pen.

Viva La Sketch W4 - Thanks A Bunch

Here is week 4 of Viva La Sketch challenge designed by Janelle Stollfus over at Splitcoaststampers.

The challenge:
This sketch is for week 4 (June)
Check out the Viva la Verve Master Challenge Thread for all the details on how to be entered to win a $100 Verve gift certificate by playing along with all of the sketches for June! All four cards must be uploaded to the VLVJun2013 gallery by midnight, CST on Thursday, June 27th.

Here is my card below:

Once again I used the stamp set from Verve called: Bloom & Grow along with using A Cut Above Dies Floral Circles to help me with the flowers and Elegant Leaves Die for the leaves. I love when I can use a die versus cutting to save time and for a perfect mat.

For the paper, I used some retired ctmh, called Topstitch which is one of my favorites. I love the colors of this paper. Also used chocolate and baby pink cardstock. For the ribbon, I used some SU 3/4" Chevron Ribbon in Blushing Bride with matched up very nicely.

For the center, I used my Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals using chocolate cardstock and my Spellbinders Ovals for the sentiment. Ink used was: Cotton Candy and Olive for the flowers and used a sponge dauber around the floral circles using buttercup. I'm really enjoying using my stuff and pulling out items such as this paper I long forgot about and adding it to new items I bought. 

Viva La Sketch W2 - Bloom & Grow

Here is the challenge:
This sketch is for week 2 (June)
Check out the Viva la Verve Master Challenge Thread for all the details on how to be entered to win a $100 Verve gift certificate by playing along with all of the sketches for June! All four cards must be uploaded to the VLVJun2013 gallery by midnight, CST on Thursday, June 27th.

Here is my card below: 

Can't believe I've had this paper in my stash and haven't used it called: For Always. I suppose this is a great reason to join challenges, which is to use the stuff we buy.

For the circles, I used the Spellbinders large and for the center, Spellbinders Labels Eighteen. Cardstock: Pool Party (SU). Sentiment and flowers came from the set Verve stamp set: Bloom & Grow. I stamped the little flowers using Cherry Cobbler (SU) and sponged the center using Pool Party (SU). To complete the card, I used the steam binding ribbon in Cherry Chobbler and added little basic pearls. 

Click here to go directly to the challenge of week one over at Splitcoaststampers and have some fun creating. Again, it's very therapeutic and I'm sure you will enjoy!!

Viva La Sketch - Great Friend & Bloom & Grow

Love this sketch and I've been wanting to play along with the Viva La Sketch challenge for a while now, so figured to give it a try this month and hope to finish the other sketches by June 27th deadline. 

Here is the challenge:

Check out the Viva la Verve Master Challenge Thread for all the details on how to be entered to win a $100 Verve gift certificate by playing along with all of the sketches for June! All four cards must be uploaded to the VLVJun2013 gallery by midnight, CST on Thursday, June 27th.

Here is my card below:

 

Finally got a chance to play with this wonderful Verve stamp set: Great Friend. It has wonderful flowers and sentiments which I love. Also got to play with more papers by SU and will update this post with the names later today. The background paper already comes with the beautiful embossing images and it looks wonderful in person.

Here is a close up of the flower. I used foam mount in between the flowers to make it pop out more and added glitter details to add something extra with a little basic rhinestone in the middle.

Here I used Verve's A Cut Above Dies starting with the Charming Oval Die set (Summer Starfruit & Early Expresso cardstock - SU) & matching Charming Banner Die set.  The sentiment comes from the set: Great Friend and ink used was Real Red (SU).

The beautiful leaves came from the Verve stamp set: Bloom & Grow and cut out using the Elegant Leaves Die set.

Click here to go directly to the challenge of week one over at Splitcoaststampers and have some fun creating. It's very therapeutic and I'm sure you will enjoy!!