VLVSep2012 - O Christmas Tree

Here is my card for Verve's Viva La Verve Sep Sketch, week 3.  I am working on getting a head start on my Christmas cards.  I used Verve's O Christmas Tree stamp set. The tree is stamped in SU Gumball Green and cut out with circle nestabilities and matted on a nestabilitie scallop circle.  I inked the edge of the circle with SU Bashful Blue ink while still in the die, and added a grey shadow with a promarker.  The red pearls are by Recollections from Michael's.  DSP is SU Be of Good Cheer and Gumball Green and Very Vanilla CS.  The sentiment is cut with a Spellbinder's tag die and inked with Gumball Green ink. The ribbon is SU Cherry Cobbler.
Size:  5-1/2" square.

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MFTWSC90 - Christmas card

    I made this card following this week's MFT sketch.  I used MFT ALM- An Apple For Teacher, but I cut her apple off and put an ornament from MFT Christmas Ornaments and die set as I am working on Christmas projects for the grandchildren's teachers and thought this would make a cute card. The sentiment is from the same set. I embossed the stripes and Joy on the ornament with gold embossing powder and sponged the edge with SU Soft Suede ink for definition. I used Copics to color the image and paper pieced her top & skirt. I cut her out, mounted her on foam tape and placed her on the text background paper (MME).  All other paper is from SU's Festival of Prints pad. I tied SU Cherry Cobbler baker's twine to the ornament.

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Supplies:
Stamps:  MFT
Paper:  SU DSP, Very Vanilla & Crumb Cake CS
Ink: Mememto Black, SU Soft Suede
Accessories:  Circle punches, gold brads, baker's twine, gold EP, Copics

VLV Week 4 and Verve Fanspiration challenge



This is a card I made for Viva La Verve sketch challenge, week 4 and also for the Verve Fanspiration Diva Dare.  Here is the info on the Verve blog   Here is the card I chose on SCS Verve gallery.  I chose Julia's card for the beautiful yellow/gray color combo and the Joyful Blooms flower which is one of my favorite flowers.  This flower also resembles the flower in the MME patterned paper, although I use several layers to make it stand out better.  I stamped it using SU Going Gray ink to match the dsp flowers also. For the tag I cut it out in Basic Gray and Whisper White and trimmed the white layer down so I could mat in on the gray.
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Supplies:
Stamps:  Verve: Joyful Blooms, Great Friend & Brighter Days (sentiment)
Paper:  MME & SU Whisper White and Basic Gray
Ink:  SU Going Gray & Basic Gray
Accessories:  Verve Sweet Scallop Tag Die; SU Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon & Scallop Trim Boder
          Punch.  DMC Floss from my stash; Prisma Pencils to highlight "laughter"

MFTWSC88 - A Plus

     This is a card I made for this week's MFT sketch.  My card base is SU Crumb Cake (Kraft).  All papers are by My Mind's Eye, except for the ruler border, which from an older Hot Off The Press School Papers pack.  I just got this MFT PI You Make The Grade stamp set and couldn't wait to use it.  I colored her with Copics and paper-pieced her outfit with the same papers I used for the layered rose. I mounted her on circles cut with my Cricut.  I used Versamark to stamp the A+ and embossed it with some white embossing powder.  I also used MFT Layered Rose dienamic for the flower and added a brad from Michael's.

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Supplies:
Stamps:  MFT
Papers:  SU CS (black, Crumb Cake), MME
Ink:  Mememto; Versamark
Accessories:  MFT Die-namics; brad, embossing powder

Happy 5th Birthday

 

 

This is a card I made for my great-grandson's birthday.  He lives in Texas. He has already received it and loved it.  I used Tim Holtz' woodgrain EF on some wood patterned paper and mounted it on a Kraft CS base.  I colord him with copics and paper-pieced his outfit.

 

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Supplies:

Stamps:  MFT Cowboy; SU Memorabel Moments

Paper:  SU Crumb Cake (Kraft), Riding Hood Red; Denim print from stash; MME

Ink:  Mememto

Accessories:  Brads (from stash); Copics

Hello Friend

 

 

This is a card I made for a friend using a sketch from Verve's anniversary challenges.  The base is SU Crumb Cake.  The embossed Crumb Cake panel is embossed with SU Fancy Fan EF. 

 

Supplies:

 

Stamps:  Verve Hope Blooms

Paper:  SU Crumb Cake and Riding Hood Red, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink: Mememto black

Accessories:  Ribbon SU;  buttons from stash, Nestabilities, SU EF



Sketch For You To Try - Verve Customer Card Carnival

I made this card for Verve's Customer Card Carnival using Jen's August Sketch For You To Try. This is the first time I have played along with the SFYTT and Verve is the sponsor for August's sketch.
I will be giving it to my granddaughter and  her husband for their first anniversary soon.  The papers are all from MME Union Square. The base is SU Very Vanilla.  The stamps are from Verve,
Sunny Days (Flower & leaves); Wishful Elegance (sentiment) and Love Notes (hearts).  The sentiment panel is cut with Verve's Classy Label die and I hand cut the black mat. The leaves are cut with the Leafy Sprigs die. 
Thanks for stopping by.  Comments are greatly appreciated.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Verve
Papers:  MME & SU
Ink:  SU Cherry Cobler
Accessories:  Verve Dies, button, linen thread

Mojo Monday 255 Anniversary Wishes

 

This is a card I made for this week's Mojo Monday sketch and also for Verve's 5 yr anniversary challenges.  I used Echo Park's Yours Truly papers and SU cardstock, Basic Grey & White.

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Supplies:

Stamps:  Verve & SU

Paper:  Echo Park & SU

Ink:  SU Basic Grey

Accessories:  SU border punch, label punch, Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon; silver brads,  Prima Say It In Pearls bling, dimensionals.

MFTWSC85 - Happy Birthday

My card is made based on this weeks My Favorite Things weekly sketch challenge 85.  I flipped the sketch to go with the image. The image is from ALM-Go For the Gold, based on the Olympics, but I thought of the torch as a big candle so I made a birthday card using the image.  I paper-pieced the torch and her outfit and colored her with Copics. I think she looks pretty cute  The sentiment is from MFT Birthday Balloons Jolinne set.  The card base is SU Kraft CS.
Thanks for stopping by. Comments are greatly appreciated.

Supplies:
Stamps:  MFT
Papers:  SU Kraft & Rich Razzleberry CS;  MME So Sophie-Graceful 6x6 pad
Ink:  Mememto Black
Accessories:  Copics; SU Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon; SU Scallop border punch

Mojo Monday 254 Anniversary Wishes

This is a card I made for a couple at church using this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  I am also entering this in Verve's Anniverary challenge VSAVS12A, to use greens, pinks & browns.

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Supplies:

Stamps:  Verve Wishful Elegance (sentiment) One Person (flower)

Papers:  SU Very Vanilla; Basic Grey Porcelain

Ink:  SU Vanilla Craft

Accessories:  SU ribbon, buttons from stash; Linen thread; Embossing Powder

MojoMonday 253 - A True Friend

This is a card I made for this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  I love the slanted panels on the sketch, it is a great sketch and fun to play with.   All the center panels and flower are raised on dimensionals.  I inked the edges of the square, oval and the flower layers.  Had to add the flower made with Verve's Floral Circles dies and a SU punch, with a SU brad in the center. I love making flowers and adding them to my projects. I used the SU Bird punch for the leaves and the Martha Stewart fern punch.
I appreciate you visiting my blog and leaving comments.  Have a great day.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Verve - Hundred Hearts
CS:  SU Very Vanilla, Early Espresso.
DSP:  MME - Paris & Co
Ink:  SU Early Espresso
Accesories:  Nestabilities Lacey Scallop Circles; SU Early Espresso Ribbon, punches & brad

Mojo Monday 252 - Anniversary Wishes

 

I am playing along with this week's MOJO Monday sketch which is square or round.  I chose to do a square card and use monochromatic colors, black & ivory older K& Co. paper pad (although it looks white in the photo).  I used Verve's Floral Circles dies to make my flowers. I crumbled the layers and inked the edges with black ink. The centers are black brads by Recollections.  The flowers, center panel and sentiment panel are all raised on dimensionals.  I embossed the Very Vanilla flagtail strip with the SU dots EF. The leaves are SU sizzlet die.
Thanks for stopping by.  Comments are appreciated.

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve Wishful Elegance
Paper:  SU Very Vanilla, Basic Black; K& Co. Black & Ivory DSP
Ink:  Mememto Tuxedo Black
Misc:  Verve Floral Circles dies; SU Little Leaves die; Scallop border punch, circle punches, brads,
           SU Polka Dots EF, dimensionals