Viva la Verve August week 5

I can't believe that August is already over! Where does the time go?

It's almost mine and hubby's 2 year anniversary! We are just

doing a simple weekend trip this year. I think we have 

settled on a camping trip! We both love camping but haven't

gone in a few years. Anyways, here is a card I made this

afternoon following the August week 5 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: American Crafts Lucky Charm, CTMH Outdoor Denim CS

Stamps: Verve Sunny Days and Joyful Blooms

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Ink on Outdoor Denim

Misc: CTMH Liquid Glass, Verve Joyful Blooms die, Verve sequins

Freshly Made Sketches #151

Good Friday morning crafty friends! It's about long weekend 

time! Can't wait to have a little time to relax! I have a card to share

real quick that I made last night but it was too dark to get a good pic of it.

 I used the current sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

Enabler's list:

Paper: Carta Bella Ahoy There, Fancy Pants Nautical, 

CTMH Outdoor Denim and Ruby CS

Stamps: Verve Big Wish

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Ink in Outdoor Denim

Misc: Verve Pennant Trim die

Viva la Verve August sketch number 1

Good morning friends! So I'm back tracking a bit today,

I just realized that I made a card a few weeks ago for

the August week 1 Viva la Verve sketch that I seemed 

to have never posted! Well here it is:

Enabler's List:

Paper: Recollections Regent Street, CTMH Kraft cs

Stamps: CTMH April 2015 SOTM Typed Note

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Cocoa and Juniper

CTMH Seaside and Viva la Verve

Good morning crafty friends! It's the start of another week!

Before I head off to work I wanted to share a card

I made yesterday using one of Close To My Heart's new 

paper packs called Seaside. I followed the week 4

sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Seaside and CTMH Kraft cs

Stamps: CTMH April 2015 SOTM, Verve Strong Anchor

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Chocolate and Sorbet

Misc: Verve Banner die and Verve strong anchor dies,

CTMH Aqua Dots, misc button and twine

CTMH Pathfinding and Mojo Monday

Good Sunday morning friends! Before I head off to church

I have another card to share that I made a few days

ago. I again used Close To My Heart's new paper Pathfinding.

For this card I followed the current Mojo Monday sketch.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Pathfinding

Stamps: CTMH Remarkable Wreath and Count Your Blessings

(both are sadly retired)

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Chocolate, Goldrush, Red barn, and Olive

Misc: CTMH Gold Shimmer Trim, Recollections flower,

Nestabilities large and small circles, Paper Studio leaf embossing folder

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CTMH Pathfinding and Viva la Verve

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

weekend so far! I was able to hangout and make a few

cards in my studio the other night and wanted to share one this morning.

For this card used Close To My Heart's new fall paper pack

called Pathfinding. I absolutely love this paper! For my

card I also followed the week 3 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Pathfinding

Stamps: CTMH Thankful Heart, CTMH HR Thanksgiving Wreath

Ink: Versamark, CTMH Exclusive Ink in Olive, 

Goldrush, Red Barn, and Glacier

Misc: Recollections brown EP, Recollections twine

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Sketch N Scrap card #32

Good morning Sketch N Scrap fans! Happy Hump Day!

The weekend is getting closer! Hope y'all get some good  crafty

time in! I always look forward to the weekend in hopes

that I get to spend a bit of time in my studio!

We have another great sketch from y'all made by the talented Lisa!

Card sketch #32 due August 31st:

Here is mt take on the sketch:

For this card I used DP by Authentique and Close To My Heart

solid cardstock. The stamps and dies are from Verve.

The Ruby and Outdoor Denim ink is CTMH.

Twisted Tuesday #83

Good morning Twisted Tuesday fans! I am so sad to say

that this is the last challenge for Twisted Tuesday... It has been a 

great run and I am so thankful to Melina for allowing me

to spend over a year designing with this fabulous team of ladies!

I really hope y'all will join us for the last challenge and make it 

the most participants we've ever had!!

Chevrons and Ribbons!

The Challenge:

Use chevrons on your project.

The Twist:

Use a ribbon(s) on your project.

Here is my take; I made it a shaker Thank You card:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Sarita (retired)

Stamps: CTMH Charming Chevrons, CTMH Keyboard Alphabet

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Goldrush, Gypsy, Lagoon, and Outdoor Denim

Misc: Clear acetate sheet, sequins from Hobby Lobby, 

Nestabilities labels 17 dies, Paper Studio pink ribbon

Try Stampin' on Tuesday #181

Good morning Try Stampin' on Tuesday fans! Hope y'all are

having a great week so far! It's finally starting to warm up here and

feel like summer! We were blessed with a mild July...

I guess the hot temperatures had to creep up sometime. That just

means more time for indoor activities like card making! ;-)

We have another great sketch up for the week! Hope y'all will join us!

TSOT Sketch #181:

My take on the sketch:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Confetti Wishes

Stamps: MFT Birthday Greetings, CTMH December SOTM Cutie Pie

Ink: Versamark, CTMH Exclusive Ink in Pear and Pacifica

Misc: Recollections EP, colored pencils, OMS

Watercolor Butterflies

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

weekend so far! I decided that I wanted to try to get into a little

bit of painting for my cards. I went to Hobby Lobby and

bought this watercolor pigment set and used my 40% off coupon

so it was pretty inexpensive. I did some YouTube searching

for how to incorporate stamps into watercolor painting and I found

this awesome tutorial by Dawn of Wplus9 stamps. I just used 

a butterfly stamp I already had from a MFT butterfly stamp set.

I painted two butterflies and put them on cards. The first butterfly

I put on a card following the August week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve.

The second butterfly I put on a card following the current 

Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Watercolor paper, CTMH cardstock in White Daisy,

Whisper, Honey, and Lagoon

Stamps: MFT Blissful Butterflies, and Verve Big Wish

Ink: CTMH ink in Slate and Whisper

Misc: Watercolor pigments, brushes, Darice honeycomb folder,

SU chevron folder,Verve sequins, Ranger mini misters.

Other Challenges:

Verve August Diva Dare: Celebrate 

Verve Diva Inspirations: Sequin Stunner

Closer look at butterflies:

Sketches:

Sketch N Scrap Inspired By sketch #8

Good morning Sketch N Scrap fans! It's the 10th of the month

so that means it's time for another Inspired By sketch!

This month's sketch comes from our own, very talented, Lydia!

Here is the sketch inspired by own of her layouts:

Now I did something a little different and made a card based on this layout:

What do y'all think?! I haven't done much scrapbooking in a while

so I thought I'd give it a try as a card and I think it 

turned out quite well! I think next time I will try to make a layout.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Hollyhock, White Daisy, and Juniper CS, MME Flair dsp

Stamps: CTMH You Mean the World, Verve small sentiments

Ink: CTMH Black

Misc: CTMH Aqua Dots, Recollections flowers, butterflies, 

white, and glitter dots, Verve label dies

Twisted Tuesday #82

Good morning Twisted Tuesday fans! Well August is upon us

and for most that means time to get the kids back

to school! Or maybe it's back to school for yourself! This

weeks challenge at Twisted Tuesday has a school theme.

School Supplies and White Space

The Challenge:

Use school supplies on you project.

The Twist:

Also has a fair amount of white space on your project.

Here is my take on the challenge and twist:

I used DCWV school paper pack. It has a lot of great

papers for teacher cards or school layouts.

The stamps and apple dies are from Verve. The ink is 

Close To My Heart Exclusive Inks in Black, Pear, and Ruby.

Sketch N Scrap card #31

Good morning Sketch N Scrap fans! Hope y'all are having

a great week so far! Can you believe it is already August?! I can't

believe the year is over half way over! It'll be Christmas 

before you know it! Well we have a great card sketch to get your juices 

flowing this month! This sketch was created by the fabulous Kelly!

Card sketch #31 due August 31st:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Skylark (retired), CTMH Kraft cs

Misc: CTMH Skylark Picture My Life kit, CTMH Wooden Trinkets

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Try Stampin' on Tuesday #179

Good morning crafty friends! I am super excited to announce that I
am now on the design team over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday!
TSOT is a weekly card sketch challenge site! I sure hope that y'all will
join us this week! Here is the fabulous sketch to work with:

Here is my take on the sketch; I turned it into a square card:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Chalk it Up

Stamps: CTMH You Mean the World to Me, and a retired hostess set

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Black, Lagoon, and Sorbet

Misc: CTMH Black Striped Twill Ribbon, Recollections dots,

Nestabilities small and large circle dies, and Darice embossing folder.

CTMH Blog Boosters New Product Hop

Today is the big day! The new Annual Inspirations Idea Book and Catalog

from Close To My Heart is officially out today! Whoop!

CTMH Blog Boosters is doing a hop to show everyone the new products!

I have made a card for the hop using the new paper pack called

Scaredy Cat and the August SOTM called What a Hoot.

This paper pack also features a new Exclusive color called Thistle!
I followed the current sketch from Sketch Saturday for my card.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Scaredy Cat paper pack

Stamps: CTMH August SOTM What a Hoot

Ink: Versamark, CTMH Exclusive Inks in Black, Sunset, and Thistle 

Misc: CTMH Black Shimmer Trim, Recollections Black EP

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