You're A Treasure

I made this card quite a while back and completely forgot to post is here.  I used a Viva La Verve sketch for this card.  The background was stamped using Versamark on Ripe Avocado cardstock.  The library card is a stamp from Papertrey Ink.  I stamped it on Simply Chartreuse cardstock using Fresh Snow ink.  The metal flower is from Hobby Lobby with an epoxy brad on it.

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Viva La Verve!

I made this card a few weeks ago and then forgot all about it!  It took forever to make, so you would think that I would be eager to post it here, lol.  It features several different elements so let's see if I can remember them all.  I started out using some Graphic 45 paper for the background, then I added the Ripe Avocado accent strip stamped with a flourish from Fancy Flourishes.  I added a crystal swirl that I colored with a copic marker for a more muted feel.  I took some white satin ribbon, sprayed it with my Glimmer Mist, crumpled it up and let it dry before adding it to the card.  Then, I die cut a Tag Sale 4 die out of Dark Chocolate cardstock and sponged the edges with white ink, layered it with the medium Delightful Doilies die cut stamped with one of the images from the Delightful Doilies stamp set, then I layered that with a Dark Chocolate scalloped circle stamped with same image but with white ink instead.  On top of all those layers, I added a designer grommet that I aged a bit with some metallic acrylic paint.  To make my butterfly, I die cut several layers of book print, crumpled them up, then lightly coated them with a few coats of Tattered Angels Glam and let them dry.  I die cut another butterfly out of Ripe Avocado cardstock, brushed it with brown metallic aryclic paint and then wiped some of it off with a moist paper towel while still wet.  This gave it a wonderful distressed look!  I layered them all together and added a crystal strip to the middle.

Whew, that was quite a mouthful!  I hope it makes sense. :)

Wishing You

Good morning!  I'm so thankful for this three day weekend, I sure could use it.  I was feeling under the weather since earlier last week and this weekend has really helped.  Last night I was the first time since early in the week that I was able to sit down and create something, so I pulled out the final VLV sketch and got to work.

This turned out so different from how I envisioned it, but I'm pretty pleased with it.  I started off with hot fudge and ripe avocado cardstock for the base and used Pink Paislee patterned paper, ripping and distressing the green one so the cream paper peeked through.  Then I went to town with my glimmer mists, adding them to both the paper and the stripped ribbon.  For the middle square I used sheet music from an old hymnal.  I crumpled up and tattered the edges then heavily distressed it with tea dye ink.  Another ticket from ideaology was stapled to the egde.  I layered a crystal flourish and added a bookplate from ideaology with the sweet sentiment from PTI's Signature Series: Butterfly stamp set.  I finished it off with some green crinkly ribbon and a vintage key.

Happy President's Day!!

Little Star

I really enjoy participating with the weekly Viva La Verve sketches!!  I decided to go with a baby boy theme for this card so I could use one of my favorite Pain Janes.  I stamped a very subtle musical background on aqua mist using white canvas ink.  The musical background stamp is from Papertrey Ink.  I used my new circle scallop die from Prickley Pear to mat my sentiment on.  I finished off the card with a few crystal swirls and some distressed tickets.  Despite the sewing, this card came together quite quickly.

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A Happy Birthday VLV

Hi all, I'm back today with another Viva La Verve card.  I created this card to add to my stash for the next boy birthday we need to attend.  I always seem to have a distinct shortage of masculine cards. 

The blue Bo Bunny paper was punched on both edges with my MS star border punch and matted onto PTI aqua mist cardstock.  The two panels are from Imaginisce's Birthday Bash line.  My star was die cut, sponged, stamped and then I added three chocolate pearls from Pizazz Aplenty.  Three more chocolate pearls on the right hand side finish it off. 

What type of cards do you find yourself running short on?

Live, Laugh, Love, Dream

I made another card using the first VLV sketch for this month.  This time, I went for a more feminine but still an all occasion card.  The paper for this card is from Graphic 45.  The die cut and stamps are from Papertrey Ink's Embellishments line, it's one of my favorite stamp sets due to it's versatility.

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Elegant Butterfly

Well, we've had some cold weather lately in the DFW area and they gave us the day off due to the ice on the roads.  Yippee!!  More papercrafting time for me! :)  I'm back today to show you a card I made using Viva La Verve's sketch for this week.

I was trying to go for a more masculine/all occasion card, but I couldn't resist adding a butterfly.  The designer paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 paper pad.  To make the center panel, I die cut the white panel using a nestie and sponged it with blue chalk ink.  I then, die cut a smaller panel out black cardstock and three patterned papers.  I folded the ribbon in half and tied it into a knot.  The butterfly was die cut out of book print and edged with a black copic marker.  I attached it to the ribbon using a pin and folded the wings on the butterfly upwards for additional dimension.  I was so tempted to add some bling, but tried to keep it as masculine as possible. :)

Viva La Verve Week 4

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I'm back with the fourth week of Viva La Verve's card.

Even though I didn't use pink on this card, it's still a Valentine's Day card.  I made this card for my nephew and I thought he would prefer green and blue to pink and red. :)

My cute Little Loveasaurus was colored with copics, then I went back and pressed in some "scales" using my colorless blender.  After that was done, I coated his costume with Shimmerz paint in ultramarine and added stardust pen to his spines. 

After die-cutting the focal image, I curved the "RAWR" sentiment to fit along the edge of the circle.  The inside of the card is finished out with the sentiment "means I love you" but I couldn't get a good picture of the inside.

Here's a closeup of all the shimmer on this adorable dinosaurs costume.  I love the way it reflect the light!

That's all I've got today.  Be sure to stop by this Saturday for Prickley Pear's 4 day blog hop!  There will be plenty of eye candy and prize winning opportunities.

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Mojo Monday Cards

I'm back today with a couple of cards I made earlier in the week using the current Mojo Monday sketch. 

This first card uses some designer paper from Tim Holtz' Lost and Found paperstack.  My scalloped circle is embellished with some flat back black pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty.  You have got to check out their selection and prices on flatback pearls and rhinestones!  They have great selection, reasonable prices, and wonderful customer service!  My focal image was stamped with PTI's text style background stamp in tea dye distress ink.  I then layered the beautiful Ferris Wheel stamp from PPRS.  Some pure poppy saddlestitch ribbon and a ticket tag from Tim Holtz finishes off this card.

My next card is a bit more elegant and soft:

This card's focal image is a Plain Jane by Verve and my scalloped circle is embellished with liquid pearls.  The top background was made using my new PTI Embellishments stamp set with pink ink to create a tone on tone effect.  The pink flourish on the bottom was made using the same stamp set and coordinating die.  I am totally in love with this set, it has so many possibilities!  I added some ivory pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty to add a bit more bling. 

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Mojo Monday

Howdy ya'll!  I'm back today with a card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge. 

This was a really fun card to make.  It has so little stamping, that it came together quite quickly.  The background papers are from a new pad I found at Hobby Lobby.  The pad is full of yummy black, brown and cream papers that are flocked, shimmered, and textured.  Here's the closeups:

What do you think of the closeups I've been including in my posts?  Do you like them?  Are they useful?

Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop

Welcome to the Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop! Verve turns three today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! If you've already been hopping along, you arrived here from Sarah's blog. If not, head on over to Julee's Blog (owner of Verve), for all the info on how to win prizes (after all, what's a party without presents?), and to start hopping from the beginning. If there's a hiccup along the hop, you can always head to the Master Hop List to get the full list of links.

So here's my creation for the blog hop!

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch as a starting point and just went from there.  The top panel was made using my Martha Stewart score board and scoring on the diagonal at 1" intervals.  Then I sponged it with Tea Dye distress ink and added pearls at each inersection.  The Cup of Life image was stamped onto cream cross stitch using Memento Rich Cocoa.  Then I overstamped "Tea" on the right hand side using Fresh Snow ink.  My flower was also made using cross stitch fabric and my Prickley Pear hibiscus die.

 

 Thanks for hopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Samantha's blog for a little more Verve-y goodness.

More Mojo Monday

I really liked this week's Mojo Monday sketch and I decided to use it for another card as well.  This time I used MFT's Maid for You for the main panel. 

The inside of the card reads "I'm a Little Dirty".  It's my favorite saying from this stamp set ;) This card was so easy to make!  I'd already colored the image a while back and all the paper came from my scrap folder.  The ribbon is grey velvet that I picked up at my LSS.  I just love that ribbon!  The skirt's edge is puffed out with liquid applique and colored pink.

I'll be back later on in the week with more cards.  Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday Cowboy

Hi guys!  I'm back today with a Mojo Monday sketch for this week.

I turned the sketch around and used the center panel as a diamond instead of a square.  Instead of using two papers behind the image, I used twine to make a horizontal band across it.  The star was made by die cutting, embossing, and then sponging on craft cardstock.  I repeated the star and twine on the inside to add some more dimension on the inside of the card.

The cowboy is from Prickley Pear. That's all I've got today.  Byee!

Mojo Monday

I got some stampy time in today too!!  Unfortunately, it was at the expense of dinner making time, but luckily hubby stepped in and fixed dinner for us.  Isn't he sweet!!  I really liked this week's Mojo Monday sketch and knew exactly how I wanted the card to look.  Here's how it came out:

Overall, I really like it.  I just wish I'd stuck with the label 1 nestie instead of changing it up.  The other shape looks kinda funny. 

That's it for today.  The PPRS blog hop started today and will continue through the end of the week.  Be sure and come back tommorow, for my portion of the hop.  Oh and don't forget to leave comments on the corresponding blogs for a chance to win some goodies!  Nicole has the details for today's prizes on the PPRS blog.

Tootles!

MFT Challenge and Mojo Monday

Today's card is a combination of the monthly MFT guest designer challenge and this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  Jessie challenged us to make a masculine card and use something metallic in it.  Since I don't really have any "boy" stamps, I used one Maid For You.  My reasoning is that most men would love to see their wives cleaning the house in cute maid's outfits :)  Here's what I came up with:

The vertical stripe was made by running a black metal sheet by Ten Seconds Studio though the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder and slightly sanding the raised portion so the metal shows through.  The clear round disk is the top spacer that comes inside most CD spindles.  The wording was stamped on with Staz On ink and the edges were inked up with black Staz On and Fresh Snow from Pallette.  Her dress ruffle was poufed up with some liquid applique and the background was paper pieced.

MFT is gearing up for another release this Wednesday.  If you haven't already, be sure and stop by the MFT lady's blog.  She's got plenty of sneak peeks that their DT put together.  That's it for today.  Have a good night!

Spring Time and Cheer Up

Hi guys, I'm back with two cards today.  The first one is based on this week's Mercy sketch.  I used my new Kioshi pad from Basic Grey and an image from Prickley Pear that I had previously watercolored using twinkling H2O's.  I stamped and embossed the image onto watercolor paper and used my twinkling H2O's like watercolors to color the image.  I love how they give just the right amount of shimmer to give the image some pizazz without making it overwhelming.  Anyways, here's the card:

And a closeup of the stamped panel:

The paper did warp a bit from the watercoloring and embossing, but not enough to bother me.

Supplies:
papers: Kioshi Basic Grey, watercolor paper, green cardstock
stamp: Prickley Pear
other: ribbon, button, twine, brads

I also made another card for a friend who's been having a hard time lately.  I'm hoping to give it to her paired with a little box of candies to help cheer her up.  It's hard to be sad when you're eating some chocolate! :) 

I used a previous Mojo Monday sketch and some new SEI paper I picked up recently.  I only bought one sheet, but I can already tell I'll be back for more.  When I first saw this stamp at Verve, it just called to me.  I loved what the verse was saying, to me it seems like a hopeful message.

Supplies:
papers: SEI, BoBunny, DCWV, black and white cardstock
stamp: Verve - Plain Jane
other: black ribbon, pink rhinestones

I'm experimenting with a fun project this weekend and I'm hoping for good results so I can share with ya'll (yes, I'm a Texas girl!) on Monday.  Wish me luck!

Enjoy your weekend.

Flopsey and Joline

Happy Sunday!!  Today I'm posting two MFT cards I made.  Jolinne was put together last weekend at a friend's request.  She's colored in purple tones using copics.  The paper is Basic Grey and the large embellishment is from We R Memory Keepers.  I added candlelight shimmerz to her wings to give them an iridescent/sparkly finish.  On the inside, I stamped the Jolinne image again using Versamark ink.  Here's the pictures:

As soon as I purchased Reading Flopsey, I knew I wanted to make a card that incorporated a traditional library check out card.  Yesterday, while shopping at Anthologies, I found just the perfect set of library cards by Maya Road.  So, I pulled out a fossil notecard by MFT, rooted around for some paper scraps and cut out some words from my dictionary to pull this card together.  I designed the card using last week's Mojo Monday sketch.

That's all I've got for today.  Did you remember to spring forward last night? 

Mojo Monday and TCP Tuesday

For today's card, I mixed up last week's TCP Tuesday color combo with this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I also made another TCP Tuesday card from two weeks ago, but my camera died mid-session. I was thrilled to use lots of my new goodies today including my Little Star Plain Jane, MS Border Punch and paper pack, and some hot fudge cardstock from MFT. Sigh, I am one happy girl! The stars around the saying are colored in with copics and jazzed up with a stardust pen. I finished out the inside using the same color scheme and used my border punch to continue the star theme on the inside.

Supplies:

Paper: kraft cardstock, hot fudge cs, baby blue cs, Martha Stewart travel multimedia pad

Stamps: Little Star - Verve

Tools: Nestablilites, MS - star border punch, sakura stardust pen, ribbon

So, what do you think? Do you like this card?

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Mojo Monday

Well it's not Monday, but I made the card on Monday using Verve's Mojo Monday sketch. I'm very pleased with the way the card turned out. I was trying to use gender neutral colors that leaned more towards the masculine side. Usually all my cards have pink in them, so these colors were a bit out of my comfort zone. No photoshop here at work, so I'll update the pics with better ones when I get home. Be sure and check out the Mojo Monday gallery, the are some AWESOME cards on the links. Card Info: Paper - Bazzil, My Mind's Eye; Color - Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black, Pear Tart; Embellishments - white baby braddies, green velvet ribbon; Tools - MS Arch Lattice Punch, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities

I've been using more sketches than ususal lately. I love how a sketch gives you starting point without limiting your creativity. One of my New Year's resolutions is to participate in some weekly sketches and try something a bit out of my comfort zone with each one. I think it's a great, safe way to expand my boundaries.

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