Love Monkey

Here's a card I made for a swap with some of my stampin' buds. The challenge was to use a stamp set we haven't inked yet :0) I bought this Love Monkey set from Verve with the best intentions of making Valentines with it, but never got them done in time. So, I decided to break it in using this week's 2 Sketches 4 You challenge. Lots of layers on the circle, but other than that pretty simple!

Hope you have a happy Thursday! Only one more day left and boy am I ready for the weekend. We've got a whole lot of nothin' planned which is fine by me :0) Maybe I can get some craft spring cleaning done! My stamp cave is in desperate need!

Recipe
Stamps: Verve
Paper: SU!, Basic Grey Scalloped Border
Ink: Black Staz ON, Copics
Accessories: Ribbon, puffy heart sticker (Michaels), Nestabilities
Technique: Sewing

Winter Wonderful

Happy November!! With the turn of the clocks this weekend the last little remnants of summer faded with the sunlight. I miss summer already, but look forward to the next few months because it is all about friends, family and togetherness. It truly is a wonderful time.



I created this card using a free digi download from Verve. It was one of their image sets that didn't get turned into rubber. I thought both the mittens and the sentiment were beautiful.

I don't think there is a lot to this card that needs explaining. I did use Flock on the mitten cuffs. I haven't used that in FOREVER!! I used my favorite ribbon from SU! Gotta love Not Quite Navy!!

Short post today, but stop by tomorrow and the rest of the week. It will be busy around here as it gets closer to the November release for Paper Makeup Stamps on the 7th!!

Have a WONDERFUL day!

Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop!

Welcome to the first ever official Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop!


Verve turns two today!! I'm soo excited to be a part of this hop, hop, hop! I fell in love with Julee's images the first time I saw them and I am soo happy for her and the success of Verve. The party kicked off over on the Verve blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there and start from the beginning!

I decide since it WAS an anniversary party, to use the Anniversary Birds set :0) Here's my card;



I decided to give the card a vintage feel by adding book text on the sides and the black birds wing. I aged them a bit with ranger distress ink and did the same around the edges of the circle. I also used a white gel pen to give my little birdie some polkie's to match the pp :0)

I hope you like the card. I cant wait to hop and see what everyone else has done. What a fun way to party!!

And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky "love leaver" on the mystery blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So, if you’re feeling the love, give me and the rest of the bloggers a little shout out and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!

Thanks for stopping by! Now it’s time to hop on over to SPIKE’s blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness. Have a wonderful day!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Verve Anniversary Birds

Paper: SU!, Book text

Ink: Memento Black, Ranger Distress Ink - Sepia, White Gel pen, Copics

Accessories: Offray ribbon, EK Success Scallop punch, CB and nestabilities, Colorbok accents (heart and brads), stitching

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #6

I needed to make a belated Mother's day card today (I'm behind on everything!) So I thought I would try to incorporate Dawn McVey's color challenge into my card. Although my Mom would probably have preferred purple instead of Berry Sorbet, I think she'll like this card just the same :0). I really wanted to try a different ribbon treatment, I think the card looks a little heavy on the right side, but my sewing machine crapped out on me :0( Need to get that fixed in a hurry. I'm missing it way too much! I think the card is pretty self explanatory. Not a lot of oohs and aahs, I created the flower by just cutting out some circles in 3 different sizes with the nestabilities and scrunched them up to give them a worn look. The button in the center is actually white, but looks pink in the pic. Thanks for looking!

Recipe:
Stamps: Verve
Ink: Memento Brown
Paper: SU!
Accessories: SU!

Mojo Monday on Sunday!

Second post for the day!! Holy Moly, looks like some mommy got to spend some time doing what she really likes to do :0) Yep - was in my PJ's until about 1:00 p.m. stamping away before we headed off to my sons baseball game. I would've posted tomorrow, but I needed to get it uploaded to Mr. Linky before the clock ran out.

It's the 1st week of May so that means there are free stamps at stake for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge! For this card I used two sets from the Verve April release - my first purchase from this great company. Their images are so versatile and bold - love 'em. So who wouldn't want more ?!?!?. All of the paper is coodinating My Mind's Eye paper. I found them on clearance at a local craft store. They even had coordinating die cuts and clear acetate pieces that I just couldn't refuse :0) Thanks for looking!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Verve
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Copics
Paper: SU! My Mind's Eye
Accessories: Making Memories Ribbon, Paper Studio buttons, sewing tracing wheel