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Hi everyone! I saw the new Viva La Verve sketch and color combo challenge and decided to see if I could make it work.

Here's what the sketch looked like and the color combo. The aqua and brown look pretty amazing together!

Stamps are from Verve and the heart is colored with Copic's. The designer paper is from Tim Holtz and the brown cardstock is from Hot off the press that was in my scrap stash. Spellbinders label one used in place of the squares.
I added a bit of bling on the ribbon and in the middle of the heart using red rhinestones from Kaisercraft.
 


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Masculine hang in there!

Hello! Here is the final sketch for 2012 at SCS for Viva la Verve. 

 

Stamps are from Verve -  the small pennant outline and sentiment, plus the die used to cut it out. The thin and longer fishtail die is from MFT.

I sponged on some vintage photo distress ink onto the craft paper to grunge things up a bit and make this more manly. Designer Paper is from Hot Off The Press. Added some black pearls (why do I think of Johnny Depp every time I say that?) for a bit of interest! Savvy? OK, let me get my head out of  the movie Pirates of the Caribbean. =)

Hope you have a safe, fun and Happy New Years!

Nature - Viva la Verve week 3

Hi all! Here is the sketch from week 3 and my take on it!

Sentiment is from Verve. I decided to use an oval since it fit the sentiment a lot better.

The green back ground is done with Alcohol inks, simple solution and a piece of printer paper. I put a small amount of the simple solution into a container, then add in the alcohol inks until I get the color I want. I used a foam brush to paint the solution onto the crumbled up printer paper and then let dry. 

Fern stamps in the back ground are from Verve, as well. Butterfly is two dies used together from Memory Box. The solid color of the butterfly and the panel with the ribbon on it are from HOTP, it's a subtle yellow, believe it or not! :-)

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Viva la Verve December challenges

Hi everyone! I had a chance to play in the challenges over at SCS for Verve. Here are the sketches for weeks 1 & 2.

Here is what I did with them.

Stamps from Verve. The stars are colored with a yellow stardust gel pen. Designer paper is from Making Memories and the pearls from Kaisercraft. Sponged on some yellow ink (Studio G) around the sentiment panel so that it would stand out a bit more.

Again, stamps are from Verve. Cupcake is stamped with Studio G chalk ink. Polka dot paper is from PTI and the pink DP is from TAC. Pink rhinestones were added for a bit of bling! I really like how this color combo turned out!

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Christmas Greetings & V O new designs

Greetings! Here is a card that I did using one of this month's sketches from Verve over at SCS.

The stamps are from Studio G and stamped in fresh snow white ink. I did heat emboss using white embossing powder as well so that it would stand out a bit more.

Spellbinders squares and long oval nesties used to create the main focal points. All cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink.

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Halloween

Hey there! I hope this finds everyone doing well! Here's a quick Halloween card for you today.

Designer paper is from the Nightfall collection from Memory Box. I stamped the spider web and spider onto the dp that already had the word Halloween on it. I decided to heat emboss the spider with clear embossing powder so that it would stand out a bit more. Stamps are from Inkadinkado.

The web on the black card base is also heat embossed using Versamark ink and clear embossing powder.

To get the pointy cut on the banners just right I used a square craft punch at an angle. The sketch for this card came from Viva La Verve over at SCS.

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Stripes

Hi everyone! I hope this finds you doing well. My husband and I spent our 26th wedding anniversary down at the beach and had a blast with the dogs.

Here is a card I created using one of the Viva La Verve sketches for August off of SCS.

All cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink. The stripes on the navy cardstock is created using a ruler and the picket fence distress marker from Ranger. That marker is a must have!!!

Sentiment die is done using one of the dies from MFT. I added some ivory pearls onto the corners for interest. Cream DMC floss used on the stitching.

Supplies:
Kraft, Vintage Cream and Enchanted Evening carstock from PTI
Enchanted Evening grosgrain ribbon from PTI
Pearls from Kasiercraft
Sentiment stamp- PTI

Here are a few pictures of the dogs and I at the beach!

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Get well soon

Decided to play around with week 2 Viva La Verve sketch over at SCS. Here's what I came up with.

Flower stamp is from Verve and water colored onto WC paper using distress markers and lots of water. I did use Versamark ink and clear embossing powder to heat "set" the flowers before colroing and spritzing with water.  Designer paper is from DCWV and the kraft packing paper is something that I recycled which I love the texture of. This whole card is a lesson in textures. 

The yellow back ground is done using a embossing plate from PTI and then dusting with wild honey distress ink with a sweeper brush to get the color I wanted. Sentiment stamp is from Kaisercraft.

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Yellow flower bunch

Hello!
When I saw the week three Viva La Verve sketch over at SCS, I knew I had to play around with it. Think lots of designer paper!

The flower stamp is from the set Wild for You from The Angel Co. I used distress markers to color directly on the stamp and then huffed on it. The center of the flowers are blinged out with a tiny self adhesive pearls from Kaisercraft.

The designer paper is from and old 6 x 6 pack from Making Memories. Blue cardstock is from American Crafts. White satin ribbon is used for the string.

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Everything

It's seems as though I'm into pink and black these days.  Which is Ok, since I tend to use a lot of greens in my designs.

Here's a card I made with the Viva la Verve week 1 sketch for July.

Stamps are from Verve. The butterfly is colored with Copic's and then cut out. I used some craft wire to form it's antenna and then popped it up using foam tape.

Designer paper is from Making Memories, black and white cardstock is from PTI. The grosgrain ribbon is layered so that it sort of stands out. It's kind of bugging me that its not perfectly even. But it is what it is.

Thanks for stopping in...I've got to get back to cleaning house and laundry! Have a great week.

Thinking of you

Hi there! I found some time today to play around with week 2 of Viva La Verve sketch challenge over on SCS. I was also practicing my water coloring and actually think I like how this turned out.

Poppy stamp is from A*Muse Studio and stamped in Archival jet black ink from Ranger. I used my Marvy Le Plume markers in yellow, butterscotch and pumpkin to water color.

Doily is cut out of water color paper using the die from Papertrey, Ink. The sentiment and the vintage oval die are from Verve and also cut out of water color paper. The green swiss dot paper is from Bazzill and the fern green designer paper is from Hot Off The Press.

The pennant is made by using water color paper and brushing on the same colors as the poppy. Then I used the ribbon banner die from Verve (psst..it's on sale right now) to cut the point.

What do you think? Thanks for dropping in and have a fabulous weekend!

Thinking of you butterfly

Hello! Playing in two different challenges today. Viva La Verve sketch and Flutter by Wednesday.

Stamps are from the Verve set called Enjoy. I stamped out the butterfly, colored it with copic's and then cut it out and popped it up using a very thin piece of foam tape.

Designer paper is from Hot Off The Press, and the olive cardstock is from Gina K. Circle nesties were used to cut out the circles.

The ferns were cut out using Bazzill dark green cardstock and the dies are from Poppy Stamps. Black grosgrain ribbon used and the black pearls are from Queen&Co. Lastly, I need to mention even though you can't really see it, the white panel behind the ferns and butterfly is embossed using the leaf branch embossing folder from Sizzix.

What do you think?

Mittens

Hello! I got another chance to play around with the latest Viva La Verve Challenge and this is the card I came up with based upon the sketch.



Stamps are from Verve called Winter Mittens. I colored them with Copic's and then used Palette fresh snow ink to stamp the hearts in the center. The sentiment is stamped in A*Muse Studio Navy ink. Nesties used to cut the tag and the circles.

Designer paper is from K&Company and layered with blueberryb sky cardstock from PTI. A white satin ribbon is added and tied into a bow using the bow easy. I used the scrappers floss to tie on the tag and then twisted the excess around a paper piercer.

Thanks for stopping and and I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Family and Friends.

Thanks so much

Hello! Here's another card completed using a Verve sketch off of SCS.


The branch stamp is from Memory box as is the designer paper. The sentiment is from Verve. I used Marvy LePlume markers to color the stamp and then spritzed it with water and stamped it onto white cardstock. I used a dauber and summer sky ink from Memento to highlight the branch. Circle nesties used to cut out the shapes.

Wide white satin ribbon used on the left side of the card. All cardstock used to layer is from Bazzill.

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Thinking of you

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been missing in action the last couple of days. The day job has kept me extremely busy with no end until next Wednesday! Yuk! I'm so tired and my body is telling me that too!

Ok, enough complaining....Here's a card I recently made for Verve's challenge over at SCS.

Stamps are from Verve and done by coloring directing on the stamp using Tombow markers then misting with water and stamping onto a piece of cardstock. It took me a couple of tries to get this one exactly how I wanted it. Added some yellow liquid pearls onto the flower centers.

Pink designer paper is from Lasting Impressions and the other dp is from my stash which I believe comes from My Minds Eye, but not certain. Kraft cardstock is cut with the Plaque Alterations die.

I did cut the doily in half and then overlap it to get it to fit within the body of the card. Lastly, used the boweasy to tie the bow from the white satin ribbon.

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Enjoy

Hey everyone! I just completed this sketch for last weeks Viva La Verve challenge over at SCS. It was a huge challenge for me. I don't normally use this much designer paper or bright colors....

Designer paper is from Lasting Impressions and the bright blue cardstock is from DCWV. The swirl stamp is from set Wonderful News from The Angel Company. I stamped it in Memories Pistachio chalk ink that sort of match the green in the designer paper. The Enjoy sentiment is from Verve. All are heat embossed using clear embossing powder.

Added some black rhinestones from Kaisercraft for some bling!

Isn't this really busy? and bright? Not sure if I like it or not. What do you think?