viva la verve....

Hello friends!!  Dropping by with a couple of cards I made using some yummy Verve stamps and two of the May Viva La Verve sketches.  I used the current ColourQ combo for one of the cards so I will be posting that one there, as well.  I think I will also add one of them to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (anything goes).  

First up is the card I made using the VLV week 4 sketch.  For this card I used the Verve set One Cup, a couple different Verve dies (the cups that match the One Cup set and the banner from the Flag It die set) and some patterned paper from a Stampin Up! paper stack.  Love the fun, bright colors in this one.  I added some Crystal Stickles to the little cups for a bit of sparkle (unfortunately it looks a little funny in the photo!). 

The second card is for VLV week 5 sketch, as well as ColourQ.  When I started making the card I thought I might have a problem combining the different patterned papers I was going to use, but I actually got a combination I liked on the first try... YAY!!  The Verve set I used for this card is the Poppy Birthday and matching dies.  Got everything adhered and then went to work on the sentiment strip.  I used one of the PTI Stitching Lines dies (I think that is what it is called) to create the holes for my stitching.   I stamped the sentiment and then added the stitching using thin orange hemp twine.  The flowers and leaves were cut and stamped using inks matching the patterned papers.

 

 

 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white, Simon Says Stamp fog; Patterned papers:  Stampin Up!; Stamps and dies:  Verve; Inks:  Stampin Up! and VersaFine; Crystal Stickles; PTI stitching die; orange hemp twine

have a lovely day...

Hey friends!!   Wow... we are having some spectacular weather right now and it looks like it will extend into the weekend!!  Love having this lovely weather!  But to be honest it has put me in a bit of a creative slump (I want to be outside!!)!   I'm hoping that all the lovely happy mail today  will help me out of it.  So I busted out some of my new things and made this little card.   The layout is based on the current sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the colors are from the current Color Throwdown challenge.  I'm also going to post this to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (anything goes) and Word Art Wednesday (anything goes).   Most of the happy mail I received came from Simon Says Stamp and I used the lovely stamp and die set called "Lovely Spring".  I followed the FMS layout pretty closely except I decided to use the wreath image instead of a square.  After die cutting the wreath I placed it on my cardstock piece so I could position the sentiment properly.  After stamping the sentiment I placed the piece in a woodgrain embossing folder and did some partial embossing.  Layered up all the little die cuts and I was done.  Simple, but rather sweet I think.

 

 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white, Simon Says Stamp fog; Stamps and dies:  Simon Says Stamp; Inks:  Stampin Up!; Yellow sequin; woodgrain embossing folder
 

Wednesday with....

A Jillian Vance Design and Precious Remembrance Shop!!  Hey friends!  Dropping in to let you know that I have a post up on the AJVD blog.  Here is a little peek of my card:

I also have a post up on the Precious Remembrance Shop blog.  Here is a little peek of that card:

I hope you will take the time to head over to both blogs, have a look and leave a little love.  Thanks for stopping by...

watercolor thanks...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a card that I made for several challenges, Essentials by Ellen Pin-sights, Sweet Sunday Sketch and Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge (thank you). The inspiration board for the current Essentials by Ellen pin-sights challenge is full of beautiful floral images.  Good thing I do own one Essentials by Ellen floral set!   I tried my hand at some more water coloring and I have to say that I'm really happy with how things turned out.  I stamped the smaller scribble flower and leaf on some Ranger water color paper using VersaMark watermark ink, applied white embossing powder and heat set.  I then colored the flowers with two shades of light pink and the leaves with a light green ink.   The panel was then die cut using my Lawn Fawn speech bubble border die.    The larger scribble flower and leaves received the same treatment and once finished were die cut with the corresponding dies.   A plain white panel was trimmed down and the word "thanks" (from the Essentials by Ellen Fancy Thanks set) stamped in black ink.  I attached the water colored piece and then adhered it to a neutral card base. 

 

 

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let your faith...

Hey friends!!  Happy Memorial Day weekend to everyone here in the US!  Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.  My niece is here visiting from California and I should get to see her tomorrow!!  YAY!!!  I received some happy mail today in the form of some yummy new Reverse Confetti stamp sets and a die.  I have been waiting on them as I really wanted to use one of the sets to make a card for the May Reverse Confetti Sketch for You to Try.  I'm also posting this to the current Word Art Wednesday challenge (anything goes - family friendly... I think this is a pretty family friendly sentiment!).  The set I was waiting on is the newly released set called God is Good.  When I saw God is Good and the beautiful sentiments in the set I just had to have it.   In addition to my Reverse Confetti "happy mail" I also got some lovely new Stampin Up! products and I used one of the paper stacks I got for my card.  The banners and the main panels were die cut using the RC Confetti Cuts Tag Me and Love Notes.  After trimming down the two little banners and adhering them to the card front.  I added a little button and twine embellishment.   I used the sentiment "Let your faith be bigger than your fear" and stamped it in VersaFine black on the white panel.  I don't know about you, but there are times when I need to let my faith be bigger than my fear and will admit that it can be hard to do that because I think it is in our nature to worry.   But once I let go of the fear and just let God handle things everything works out so much better!!

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white, Simon Says Stamp grey; Patterned paper:  Stampin Up!; Stamps and dies:  Reverse Confetti; PTI pink button; white twine

thinking of you friend...

Hello friends!!   Have a little card to share that I made for several challenges:  Freshly Made Sketches (layout), Colour Me...! (colors) and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (use a stencil).  A few weeks ago I finally got a jar of embossing (or molding) paste.   When I saw the SSS Wednesday challenge I finally had an opportunity to put that embossing paste to good use!  I started by coloring a small amount of the paste with some teal ink and then used the Simon Says Stamp Tiny Spaced Hearts stencil to create the background.  The flowers (from the SSS stamp set Artful Flowers) were stamped on water color paper using VersaFine Vintage Sepia ink and then water colored using yellow and green inks.  My water coloring skills need some work, but I'm pretty happy with how the flower turned out.   As you can see I used the green flower as leaves for the yellow flower.  I added some Crystal Stickles to the center of the flower for some sparkle. The label was die cut using a Simon Says Stamp die.  Layered everything up and I was done.  I also posted this to the current Simon Says Stamp flickr challenge to create your own background.

 

 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; SSS fog; Ranger water color paper; Inks:  Stampin Up! So Saffron, Taken with Teal and Pear Pizzazz, VersaFine Onyx Black; Dies:  Simon Says Stamp; embossing paste; Crystal Stickles