VLV July Week 3 & Curtain Call - Thank You

Love these sketches and so happy to be able to join for week 3 over at the Viva La Verve sketch challenge. Plus another chance to join the Diva Dare Challenge and Curtain Call challenge with anything goes. Here I was able to play with some new items I purchased awhile back and just now pulled them out.

Here is my card:

Here is some cute DSP from SU called: Fresh Prints and I must say it's one of my favorites after looking at all of the designs in the little book plus I got a chance to play with Verve's stamp set: Lean on Me. For the circle, I pulled out my Stitched Circle Stax from MFT and added this cute sentiment.

Here I colored with my copics pens since I went crazy and purchase several colors. For the reds, I used: R22, R24, R29 and for the blue I used: BG000, BG11, BG13 and for the yellow Y11, Y15 and added some glitter on top. Also, added some burlap ribbon across.

Here is the inside

Please make sure to stop over at the challenge sites as they have talented design teams which always have beautiful cards and terrific inspiration.

Supplies Used: 
Stamp Set: Lean On Me (Verve), Dream Big (Verve) - for the leaves
Paper: Fresh Prints (SU)
Cardstock: White, Coastal Cabana SU), Real Red (SU), X Press It Blending (For the flowers)

Inks: MFT Hybird Ink Black, Lucky Limeade (SU), 

Accessories:  Pierced Fishtail Flags Stax (MFT), Stitched Circle Stax (MFT), Pointed Flowers Dies Set (Verve), Dreamy Leaves Die (A cut above die by Verve), Glitter, Burlap Ribbon (SU), and Foam Mount

July Diva Dare & Curtain Call - Birthday Wishes

Spent a few weeks on organizing my supplies, colors, stamps, and dies and finally back to making some cards. This one is for the July Diva Dare and the Curtain Call challenge which is celebrating their 1 year anniversary and the challenge is Anything Goes

Here is my card:

The Diva Dare challenge this month is to create a stamped card and continue the design on the inside for a special surprise for the recipient.  Simply carry over some portion of the card front design on to the inside of your card.  

 

Picked up some of my favorite DSP paper: Gingham Garden and one of my favorite Verve stamp sets: Surely Goodness for the flower and sentiment. Also used the Mini Classy Label from the stamp set Borderline and than added the sentiment.

To continue on the inside, I stamped the flower using Daffodil Delight and than used the Island Indigo for the sentiment on top. The key with any challenge is to have fun, so make sure to stop over at the Curtain Call challenge and the Diva Dare if you haven't yet.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Surely Goodness (Verve), Borderline (Verve)
Paper: Gingham Garden DSP - (SU)
Cardstock: White, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight (SU)

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade (SU)

Accessories:  Surely Goodness Dies (Verve), Mini Classy Label Die (A cut above die by Verve), Washi Tape (SU), Stampin Dimensionals (SU)

MOJO Monday 340 & Diva Dare - Welcome Little Boy

Trying to get back into the swing of what I love most which is creating cards and let me tell you it felt good to create. This one is for the MOJO Monday 340 sketch challenge and the Diva Dare for the month of April 2014.

Here is my card: 

Had some fun with this cute stamp set from Verve called: To the Moon which has lots of fun baby items and sentiments. Therefore, it was perfect to also join this month's Diva Dare which is to create a baby or kids themed card.

Using some of my paper, this one called Fan Fare (ctmh) and combined it with Sunny Yellow, Holiday Red, Sky, and Pacifica cardstock (ctmh). For the base, I used Blueprints 13 from MFT and Blueprints 12 for the sentiment. This also gave me another change to play with coloring! Don't want to forget, for the stars I used the Starry Die from Verve.

Here are the markers I used:

Bear: TN7, TN5, TN2  

Giraffe - CT2, CT3, CT4, TN7 

Elephant - IG5, IG3, BGR1, IB1

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: To The Moom (Verve)
Paper: Fan Fare (ctmh)
Cardstock: White, Sky, Sunny Yellow, Holiday Red, Pacifica (ctmh)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Spectrum Noir Markers 

Accessories:  Rectangle STAX (MFT), Blueprints 12 & 13 (MFT), Starry Die (Verve), Spellbinders Circles Dies, Stampin Dimensionals (SU)

VLV2014 wk1 & Diva Dare - Twitterpated with Shimmer & Shine

Finally got some time to work on some cards and figured to start with Viva La Verve sketch challenge which has a new blog along with a new look. Here I also incorporated hearts for the Diva Dare challenge for the month of January 2014 "Smitten" and than saw their new challenge of Shimmer and Shine and thought to add some sparkles to this card.

Here is my card:

I've had this set for quite awhile called Twitterpated and when I saw Sarah's card over at her blog Thinking Stamps using this set, I couldn't resist but to use it myself and try more coloring again using my Spectrum Noir markers and than paper pieced her dress with SU bright color pack.

I've had this paper for a long time now called More Amore (SU) and finally opened it up and had some fun playing with the patterned papers along with silver glitter paper along with another Verve stamp set called: Borderline and some punches.

Don't forget to check out the new blog for the Viva La Verve challenge, you can click here to go directly to the challenge, for Diva Dare, click here, and for the Shimmer & Shine, click here. Have fun!!

Supplies Used: 
Stamp Set: Twitterpated (Verve), Borderline (Verve)
Paper: More Adore (SU), Silver Glitter Paper (SU), Brights DSP pack (SU)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Real Red, Early Espresso

Inks: Early Espresso, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Circle Dies (Spellbinders), Square Dies (MFT), Flag it Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Basic Pearls, Foam Mount 

VLVDEC2013 wk3 and Diva Dare - Peace on Earth

Happy Holidays to all!! I was so happy to have some time again to create more cards and working on the Viva La Verve challenge sketches. This one is for VLV Dec Week 3 sketch designed by Charmaine Ikach which I found perfect for creating another Christmas card I needed. In addition, another opportunity to join the Merry Monday #88 challenge of using an animal which was extended to Jan 2014 and the Dec Diva Dare challenge of using a favorite Verve stamp set.

Here is my card: 

As I said in my previous post, I love my Verve stamp sets and have many favorite. Here is another one called Peace on Earth and love these little reindeers that have a matching die from the set: Unto Us. I only wish I had more time to make more Christmas cards. Another favorite are the seam binding ribbons from Verve, here I used the Signature Ribbon collection.

Here I used some Silver Foil Sheets along with paper from the Winter Frost Specialty by SU and hard to tell in the photo, but used the Snowflake embossing folder to create snow at the bottom for the reindeers to stand on. Also used my spectrum noir markers to color in the "Holy" section and added some crystal effects on it.

Don't forget, to check out the December Diva Dare 2013, VLVDec2013 week 3, and the Merry Monday challenge and have fun.  

Supplies Used: 
Stamp Set: Peace on Earth (Verve), Unto Us (Verve)
Paper: Winter Frost Speciality (SU), Silver Foil Sheets (SU)
Cardstock: Whisper White  
Inks: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Spectrum Noir Markers, Chocolate Chip 
Accessories:  Reindeer Fun Die (A Cut Above by Verve),Signature Ribbon (Seam Binding), Pearl, Snowflake EF, Foam Mount,

Diva Dare with MOJO324 & Merry Monday#88 - Santa's Helper

Trying to get back into the swing of what I love most...creating cards and let me tell you it felt good to make one after being sick for several weeks and working on a long project for work. It's addition, it's a great stress relief which is what I tell my daughters all the time.

Here is my card:

First time combining one card in 3 challenges.....started off with a MOJO Monday sketch#324 along with joining Merry Monday#88, a Christmas challenge for all year long. What a great way to have all your Christmas cards done and wished I saw this earlier in the year.

 Last but not least, joining December Diva Dare 2013. The challenge this month is to post your favorite Verve Stamps 2013 creation or make a new card using your favorite Verve stamp set.

As you can tell by my previous posts, I love using Verve stamps and have lots of favorites which is hard to narrow down, so I decided to create a new card using some of my favorite stamp sets and dies to join the challenge.

Love this little reindeer from Santa's Helper along with the new sentiments/fonts from the stamp set: Chevron Love and snowflakes from Holiday Treats. Also, used some of my favorite verve dies, Pennant Trim, Charming Oval Die, along with Winter Fun Die.

Supplies Used: 
Stamp Set: Santa's Helper, Chevron Love (Verve), Holiday Treats (Verve)
Paper: Snow Festival (retired - SU), Silver Glitter Paper
Cardstock: White, Baja Breeze (SU), 
Inks: Early Espresso, Spectrum Noir Markers
Accessories:  Rectangle STAX (MFT), Pennant Trim, Charming Oval, Winter Fun Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Basic Rhinestone, Foam Mount.
   

VLV Nov Week2 - Birthday Bots

I love banners, circles, and shapes, so it was a great opportunity to play with the sketch based on the VLV Nov week 2 designed by Christyne Kane and also play with  Shape Up November Diva Dare.  This month's dare is to feature a common shape on your card (think hexagons, chevrons, arrows, triangles, hearts, stars, etc.) 

Here is my card below:

When I saw this paper with gears, I thought it would be perfect with a new stamp set I got called Birthday Bots by Verve, plus it helps to add more birthday boy cards to my collection. Fun to add some metal mix sequins. Common shapes are circles and banners. Used my spectrum noir markers to color the image using (BT2, BT4, BT9, IG1, IG3, CT2, CT4, CR7, DR3, DR6)

 

For more details on this challenge check out the Viva la Verve Master Challenge thread for all the details on this monthly challenge and a chance to win a Verve gift certificate plus have fun in the process. To check out the Diva Dare challenge for the month, click here.

 

 

Birthday Bots Die-namics Fishtail Flags Pennant Trim Die Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black Metal Mix Sequins

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Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Birthday Bots (Verve)

Paper: (ctmh-retired)

Cardstock: White, Cranberry (ctmh), Twilight (ctmh), Topiary (ctmh), Grey

Inks: Memento black, Spectrum Noir markers

Accessories:  Fishtail Flags (MFT), Pennant Trim Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Foam Mount, Metal Mix Sequins, Embossing Folder with numbers.

Diva Dare Oct 2013 - Merry Christmas

Joining the fun for Diva Dare Challenge for the month of October but had some difficulties with my computer so didn't quite make it by the deadline. Either way, here is my card using a previous MOJO sketch, #315.  The Diva Dare challenge was to  create a set of gift tags, use a tag on a card or create something inspired by a fabulous tag you've come across.

 

 

To take a look at all of the beautiful entries and inspirational items made with tags, click here to go directly to the challenge.

 

Supplies used on today's card: 

Santa's Helper Sweet Scallop Charming Oval Die Sweet Scallop Tag (stamp) Early Espresso Ink Pad Distress Ink Pad, Black Soot Cherry Cobbler Card Stock Old Olive Card Stock Whisper White Card Stock

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Santa's Helper (Verve), Sweet Scallop Tag (Verve)
Paper: Snow Festival (SU),
Cardstock: White, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive (SU)
Inks: Early Espresso (SU), Spectrum Noir Markers
Accessories:  Charming Oval Dies (A Cut Above by Verve), Sweet Scallop Tag (A Cut Above by Verve), Pennant Trim Die (A Cut Above by Verve), foam mount, green flaxy wax.

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.

Aug Diva Dare - A Birthday Wish

So happy to have a computer again after 2 weeks of nothing since my computer crashed...I went to turn on my computer and all I got was a black screen and was not happy that I lost everything I had on it, but I am happy that I can post my card for the Diva Dare Challenge. Although I'm borrowing a computer for now until I figured what to get and it's a challenge learning how to use it compared to mine. Moving on......

Here I used Mojo Monday Sketch 305 designed by Julee Tilman which I thought would be perfect for layers as per the challenge.

This month's Diva Dare challenge:
This month's dare pays tribute to Diva Andrea (Ewen Style), and Diva Christyne (Stampin' with Sugar).  Both Divas are known for the wonderful way they can add layer upon layer on a card.  So what we're daring you to create this month is a card using lots of layers.   

If you want to kick this month's dare up a notch, you can add a flower cluster as per Diva Andrea, or go with a "sweet" theme as per Diva Christyne's blog name "Stamping with Sugar".  These are not required elements, but fun options should you wish to use them.  Just remember to use at least one Verve product on your creation!  

 

Here is my card below:

Got to use some new DSP called Modern Medley by SU along with some new Verve stamps I acquired. This cute flower set is called: Sunny Days and I used the Goodness Flowers Die Set to help me cut it out.

 

Yes, I was playing around with different dies to see what could help me cut this cute flower and I found that the die is a perfect fit for the larger flower of this set. Tight but works.... For the smaller flower, I fuzzy cut around and popped it on top using foam mount. The sentiment comes from Verve: Joyful Blooms. 

As far as layers, I used Well Worn Die-namics from MFT and Spellbinders Labels 18 for the sentiment area using Crumb Cake CS, Cherry Cobbler, and than Whisper White. Sponge Daub using Pink before adding the sentiment in Black. For the leaves, I used Old Olive CS and Old Olive ink, fuzzy cut and layered underneath the flowers. Added red button to finish it off.

If you would like to join the fun, click here to go directly to the challenge and have some fun creating. Now off to see what I've missed with Viva La Sketch and the current Mojo Monday sketch to have some more fun playing with colors and layouts.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Sunny Days (Verve), Joyful Blooms (Verve)
Paper: Modern Medley DSP (SU),
Cardstock: White, Crumb Cake (SU), Cherry Cobbler (SU), Old Olive (SU)
Inks: Distress Black Ink (Tim Holts), Old Olive (SU)
Accessories:  Well Worn Greetings Die-namics (MFT),  Goodness Flowers Die Set (Verve),  Labels Eighteen (Spellbinders), Buttons, Foam Mount