Damask Diva's June blog hop

Hello there crafty friends! Can you believe it's June already?!

The year is already almost half way over! Boy does time fly!

The hubs and I have been super busy trying to get the new house

put together but i did find a pick of time to whip up a quick card

for the Damask Diva's June hop! This month's hop is featuring

Close To My Heart's paper pack called Timberline.

If you came from Kelly's Blog then you are in the right place!

If you have just happened upon this hop you can keep 

going or start over on the Damask Diva's Blog.

I used some of the Lagoon CS in the Timberline pack for my card

base. I then layered that with some Kraft CS followed by 

some of the Timberline B&T paper. The three circles were cut

from some other Timberline patterns. The wooden piece with the 

moose is from the Timberline Assortment and the wooden arrows are

from the Trinkets Wooden Shapes. The arrows were sponged

with Twilight and Chocolate Exclusive Inks. 

The sentiment (from Verve stamps) was stamped in Chocolate.

Next stop on the hop is Stephanie's Blog! Remember if you get lost,

or want to start from the beginning, just head to the Damask Diva's blog.

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Cardabilities #99

Good evening crafty friends! Hope y'all are have a great week so far!

I was able to sit down for a bit tonight and whip out a card

real quick! I'm finding that I don't have many cards in the sympathy department

so decided to make one this evening, tho of course I hope to never

have to send it to anyone... I followed the current Cardabilities sketch.

Enabler's List:

Paper: American Crafts Lucky Charm DP, CTMH Honey and Kraft CS

Stamps: Verve Joyful Blooms

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Ink in Outdoor Denim

Misc: A Cut Above by Verve Joyous Blooms, Dreamy leaves, and
Scalloped Trim Trio dies, Verve Shine Bright Sequin Mix

Viva la Verve May week 3

Good morning crafty friends! Hope y'all are having a great weekend!

Sorry I haven't been posting much! We closed on our house this 

past week so I haven't had much time to craft. Probably wont either

for the next few weeks until we get completely moved.

The house is getting painted now, should be done by this coming 

weekend so we can get the new carpet down. We were working on the 

fence yesterday. A storm that had gone through a few months ago

took a few posts and panels out. Once that's finished, we will

move on to building the shed base... Busy busy but it's going to 

be so worth it! I will post before and after pics when it's finished!

Last night I was able to create one card. For this card I used

Viva la Verve's May week 3 sketch.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Prima DP, CTMH Ruby and Kraft cardstock

Stamps: MFT Birthday Greetings, Verve Sunny Days

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Ruby, Goldrush, Crystal Blue, and Chocolate

Misc: Nestabilities circle dies, button and twine from Michaels

Sketch N Scrap Birthday Bash Sketch Challenge

Hello Sketch N Scrap fans! Hope y'all are enjoying

the Birthday Bash so far! What great challenges all the

designers have been coming up with! Well for my challenge,

it is a simple one, a sketch with a twist. When you finish your project, 

put a direct link to your blog post in the comments.
I will be giving away a gift card to one of my favorite stamp stores If
I get 10 or more participants! See the rules at the end of this post to participate!

The Challenge:

Use either sketch to create a card or layout.

Layout                    or                      Card

The Twist:

Make it Birthday themed.

Here is the card I made using the card sketch:

Rules for Entering:

1. Must create a new card or layout using the provided sketch and twist.

2. Must be/become a follower of the SNS blog. 

3. Must be/become a follow of my blog.

4. Put the direct link to your blog post in the comments.

5. In your blog post there needs to be a link back to my post here.

6. In your blog post there must be a link to the SNS blog.

Enabler's List for my creation:

Paper: CTMH Free to be Me (only $5 in May when you spend $50)

Stamps: Flower and Leaf from Verve, sentiment from MFT

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Twilight, Juniper, and Hollyhock

Shop with me Here!!

Viva la Verve May week 2

Happy Saturday afternoon my crafty friends! Hope y'alls

weekend are going well! Mine is! The hubs and I had lunch with

the sis and bro in law and niece, then we went shopping

for paint and carpet as we close on our new house next week!

I'm super pumped! Can't wait to move! Although I hate moving...

Which is why I never pack when I move. Just get a few boxes or

laundry baskets, fill up and dump them out and repeat. lol!

It's only a couple miles between the two houses.

Anywho, here is a Mother's Day card I made for my mom.

I followed the current sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: MME patterned paper, Recollections kraft cs, Paper Studio vellum

Stamps: Verve Joyful Blooms

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Cocoa, Juniper, and Hollyhock

Tools/Misc: Verve Joyful Blooms dies, Clear ep, CTMH Liquid Glass, 

White seam binding, Verve shine bright sequins, CTMH Edge Distresser,

CTMH round sponge, 3D foam squares

Mojo Monday and Verve Inspirations

Good morning crafty friends! Happy Wednesday! What a good

Wednesday it is! I worked long days Monday and Tuesday and was

trying really hard to not complain and just roll with it. Well my

boss texted me last night when he usually does to tell me when to be

at work the next day and he asked if I wanted the day off :-)

So naturally I said yes! I know tomorrow will be another long day

so I thought I deserved a day off! :-) Anywho, here a card

I made last night following the current Mojo Monday sketch.

I am also entering this card into the Verve Diva Inspiration Challenge.

This month challenge is entitled "Font Focus" which means, well, just

that. The sentiment/s should be the focus of your card.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Free To Be Me (only $5 with a $50 purchase)

Stamps: Verve: Joyous Blooms, Bloom and Grow, Sunny Days

Ink: CTMH Exclusive ink in Black

Dies: Verve: Joyous Blooms, Dreamy Leaves

Misc: Verve Shine Bright Sequin Mix, CTMH Foundry Pins

Sketch N Dies and Verve Diva Dare

Good morning crafty friends! Hope all is well! Here in OK

we are having a heat wave! It's pushing 100 degrees until Thursday!

Then starting Thursday we have a few chances of severe weather...

That makes me a bit nervous. We haven't closed on our new

house yet and we wont have a storm cellar until we do.

Hopefully we will by Friday. May can be a scary month here

in central Oklahoma... Well enough of weather talk,

I thought I'd share a card I made using the current sketch from

Sketch N Dies. I am also entering this card into the 

Verve May Diva Dare "Petals and Wings" challenge.

Supplies:

Paper: Teresa Collins Memories, CTMH Kraft cardstock

Stamps: Verve Petals and Wings, Verve Big Wish

Inks: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Black, Whisper, and Hollyhock

Misc: Verve Petals and Wings dies, Verve Dreamy Leaves dies, 

Nestabilities Oval dies, Verve Shine Bright Sequin Mix

Sketch N Scrap card #25

Good morning Sketch N Scrap fans! I can't believe we

are already to sketch number 25! Wow how time flies when

you're having fun! We have another great sketch for y'all 

as usual! This one will be due May 31st!

Here is my take on the sketch:

I used the Close To My Heart paper pack called Ariana.

The butterfly stamps and dies, as well as the sentiment are from

My Favorite Things. I used CTMH Exclusive Inks in 

Hollyhock, Crystal Blue, Outdoor Denim, and Sweet Leaf.

I sponged the doily in Sweet Leaf. 

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MFT Wednesday Stamp Club #174

Good morning crafty friends! Hope y'alls weekends are fabulous!

Hope your getting some crafty time in! Before I head

off to church, I wanted to share a card I made yesterday.

For this card I used the current sketch from 

My Favorite Thing's Wednesday Stamp Club. 

Supplies:

Paper: Fancy Pants Park Bench,

CTMH Whisper cardstock, Paper Studio black cardstock

Stamps: Verve Joyous Blooms

Inks: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Black and Whisper

Misc: Verve Joyous Blooms dies, Nestabilities Circle dies, 

Verve Shine Bright Sequin Mix, CTMH Liquid Glass

Viva la Verve May week 1

Good Saturday afternoon my crafty friends! Hope y'all

are having a fabulous day so far! Today is my hubby's birthday!

We are hanging out just the two of us today because my

little niece and my FIL are both sick so we will have a celebratory

dinner with them hopefully Monday night. :-)

I made a few cards last night and I wanted to share one before

we head out for lunch and whatever else the day has in-store.

For this card i used the May week one sketch from

Viva la Verve as well as the color inspiration.

When I saw the color inspiration I immediately thought of my

Fancy Pants Park Bench paper pack. I think it worked well.

I am also entering this card into the Verve May Diva Dare which

is called "Petals and Wings." This months dare is to use

at least one flower and one butterfly on your card. (PS you have 

to use at least one Verve product.)

Supplies:

Paper: Fancy Pants Park Bench, CTMH Whisper cardstock

Stamps: Verve Petals and Wings, Verve Big Wish

Inks: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Black, Whisper, and Buttercup

Misc: Verve Petals and Wings dies, Verve Dreamy Leaves dies, 

Nestabilities Oval dies, Verve Shine Bright Sequin Mix

Sketch:

Optional color inspiration:

Fusion card challenge

Happy Saturday morning crafty friends! Enjoying the 

weekend I hope! I have one last Teacher card to share

with y'all for now! For this one I used the

 current sketch from Fusion.

Paper: DCWV School Days, Recollections Kraft cardstock,

Paper Studio Vellum

Stamps: Verve Teachers Count and Graph paper

Ink: CTMH Exclusive inks in Black, Ruby, Pear, and Sweet Leaf.

Dies: A Cut Above by Verve Apples

Embellishments: Recollections dots

Sunday Sketch and Stamp #204

Good morning crafty friends! Happy beginning of May!

Summer is upon us! I have another teacher card

to share following the Sunday Sketch and Stamp sketch.

Enabler's List:

Paper: DCWV School Days, Recollections Kraft cardstock

Stamps: Verve Teachers Count and Ruled paper

Ink: CTMH Exclusive inks in Black, Ruby, Pear, and Sweet Leaf.

Dies: A Cut Above by Verve Apples