Sketch N Scrap - Flash Back Friday

Good morning my crafty friends! Happy Friday! I hope all is well with each and

every one of y'all! As y'all may know, World Cardmaking Day is in October so over

everyone is celebrating over at Sketch N Scrap and for this Flashback Friday 

Lisa has reached out to us previous design team members and asked if we would 

like to participate in a special Flashback Friday for WCMD! I hope y'all will come join us!

Here is my take on the sketch:

Enabler's List:

Paper: Doodelbug - Ghouls and Goodies

Stamps - CTMH - small block alpha

Ink: CTMH - black

Misc: Doodlebug - Franky 3D sticker

Word Art Wednesday #252-253

Good morning crafty friends! I sure hope all is going well with y'alls weeks! 

Today I am excited to share that I will be a Guest Designer for this

month at Word Art Wednesday! It has been one of my favorite challenges for

quite some time. I love each weeks blog post and the encouragement

that each scripture gives. This weeks scripture is Proverbs 8:17.

Here is my card using the scripture image:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH (retired)

Dies: Nestabilities small and large circles

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots, Recollections - paper flower

I am also entering this card at Viva la Verve using the sketch

Mojo Monday #465

Good afternoon crafty friends! I hope y'all are having a great weekend! Well of y'all

haven't noticed, I've been MIA for a few weeks. We have gotten mostly moved

into our new house. I had been waiting to organize my new craftroom since there was

so much to do in the rest of the house that I didn't want to do it yet because then

I'd want to craft and then I'd feel guilty for not doing something more productive...

Well most of the house is about as done as it's going to get for the time being so I figured

it was time to start on my space! I put it together in two evenings after Elias went

down for the night. It's even bigger than I realized it was. I have so much open floor space

that I have no idea what to do with.. The room is at least 13x13, maybe 14x14.

It's actually the formal dining but this house has a very large and long living room that

has the perfect place for an 8 person dining table in it in front of a large window.

I was able to sit down and make a card to break in my new room while Elias was

taking a nap. I followed the current sketch from Mojo Monday. I am also entering this

 card into the current challenges over at Word Art Wednesday (anything goes), 

Really Reasonable Ribbon (things with wings and ribbon),

  Creative Knockouts (winged wonders), and Fab N Funky (inspired by nature).

Enabler's List:

Paper: BoBunny - Sweet Life

Stamps: Verve - Potter's Clay and Petals and Wings

Ink: CTMH - outdoor denim

Die: Verve - Leafy Sprigs

Misc: CTMH - gold sequins, RRR - aqua grosgrain ribbon

  

Verve August Release Retrospective Hop

Welcome back to Day 4 of our Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop! 
Today is the Retrospect Hop and Product Release!

It's an exciting day as there's new Verve in the store this morning! 2 beautiful new stamp sets, 

3 die sets and a sequin mix just released and they're all available to order right now!!!

To celebrate our new release, we're putting on another blog hop! Today's featured 

focus is designer's choice, so you might just sneak a peek at a whole bunch of must-haves!

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For this first card I used a verse from Scripture Medley 4 with my CTMH paper and ink and due cut the stars using Verve's Starry die.

For my second card I used a wonderful quote from the Kindness Matters stamp set. I used a cute paper pack from Paper Studio and made a double loop black grosgrain bow with my Zutter bow-it-all.

For my final card I used a wonderful verse from the Potter's Clay stamp set as well as the flower from that set and coordinating Pottery die set. I embossed my flowers in gold and watercolored them with my CTMH ink. I used a retired CTMH paper for this card.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? Today's prize is a BIG one. We'll be picking

a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win our ENTIRE new release!

So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances!

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Betty 2. Stacey 8. Charmaine 3. Maureen 9. Laurie 4. Lesley 10. Teresa 5. Marisa 11. Christyne 6. Hillary (Guest) 12. Autumn (Guest)

I will also be sharing my cards over at Word Art Wednesday!

Verve August Release Spotlight Hop - Day 3

Welcome back to Day 3 of our Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop!

The Verve Divas and we special guests are back for another day of spotlighting

our new release! Everything previewed this week will be available to order 

in the Verve online store on Friday, August 26. Today we're sharing our first 

projects featuring the Potter's Clay stamp set and coordinating, Pottery Die Set.

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For my card I followed the August week 1 sketch from Viva la Verve. First I stamped

one of the pots and one of the sprigs on my piece of cardstock to be the background, then after it was good and dry, I stamped one of the beautiful sentiments from the Potter's Clay stamp set over top. I really like the way that it turned out! 

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the

hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little

comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! 

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new 

products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Betty 2. Stacey 8. Charmaine 3. Maureen 9. Laurie 4. Lesley 10. Teresa 5. Marisa 11. Christyne 6. Hillary (Guest) 12. Autumn (Guest)

I will also be sharing my card over at Word Art Wednesday!

Verve August Release Spotlight Hop - Day 2

Welcome back to Day 2 of our Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop!

The Verve Divas and we guests are back for another day of spotlighting our new release!

Everything previewed this week will be available to order in the Verve online store

on Friday, August 26. Today we're sharing our first projects featuring

 the Kindness Matters stamp set and coordinating, Great Kindness Die Set.

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For my card using the new set I followed the August week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve.
I stamped one of the wonderful sentiments from Kindness Matters in CTMH Slate
on a white circle cut out with Nestabilities Small Circles. I cut out the two smallest
flowers from the set using the Great Kindness Die Set and then I stamped
the flowers in Versamark and embossed with Recollections Silver Powder. I then
used my CTMH inks in Buttercup, Glacier, Sorbet, and Sweet Leaf along
with a water brush to color in the flowers to match the CTMH Zoey paper that I used.
I popped the flowers up using 3D Foam Squares and finished off with silver enamel dots.


Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the

hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little

comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! 

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new 

products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee	7. Charmaine
2. Stacey	8. Laurie
3. Maureen	9. Teresa
4. Marisa	10. Christyne
5. Hillary (Guest)	11. Autumn (Guest)
6. Betty

I will also be sharing my card over at Word Art Wednesday!

Verve August Release Spotlight Hop - Day 1

Welcome to the Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop Day 1!

I was thrilled to be asked by Julee to be a Guest Diva for this new release! It's just 

around the corner and for the next couple of  days we'll be shining our creative spotlights

 on the new Verve sets and dies releasing this Friday, August 26. Today we're sharing

inspiration featuring the new Scripture Medley 4 compilation set. 

Check out the Verve Blog today for more on this set!

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For my card using the new Scripture Medley 4 stamp set I chose to use the 

Jeremiah 17:7 verse. I had been thinking that it had been awhile since I made a

good guy card so this verse was perfect! I used some of my favorite

paper and enamel dots from the Echo Park Jack and Jill collection. I stamped

the verse in CTMH Slate ink then popped it up with some 3D Foam Squares.

I added some banners for a bit of extra color, then cut out one of the

crosses from the Cross Die Set. Then I finished up with some enamel dots!

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of 

the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little 

comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! 

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our 

new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee	7. Charmaine
2. Stacey	8. Laurie
3. Maureen	9. Teresa
4. Marisa	10. Christyne
5. Hillary (Guest)	11. Autumn (Guest)
6. Betty

I will also be sharing my card over at Word Art Wednesday!

Mojo Monday #460

Good afternoon crafty friends and happy Friday! I hope y'all have fun weekends

in store! We were supposed to close on the new house yesterday (which was

the second reschedule) but a mess up on the paperwork has set it back to closing

hopefully on Monday. Third times the charm right? We're just ready to

get moving so we can get our current home on the market and hopefully sell

soon. Fortunately the houses in our neighborhood sell fairly quick so

it shouldn't take too long. Then we can really get into the remodel of the new place.

I'm not sure how much packing and moving help I'll be with a 3 month old.

I can maybe put him down for 2 or 3 hours a day. He usually doesn't nap longer

than 20-30 mins unless he's being held and he loves to be held! I'd 

assume just hire someone to pack it all up but I don't know how much that costs

and that'll take money out of my flooring budget. 

Anywho, before the little shorty waits up, which will be anytime soon since he's

been down 30 minutes, I wanted to share a quick card I whipped up

for the current Mojo Monday challenge. I will also share this on Wordart Wednesday.

Enabler's List:

Paper: American Crafts - Day Dreamer

Stamps: Verve - Scripture Medley 2 and Joyful Blooms

Ink: CTMH - black

Dies: Verve - Joyful Blooms

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

Our selfie game was strong last night! lol!

Try Stampin on Tuesday #281

Good morning Try Stampin on Tuesday fans! Here is the new sketch:

Optional Theme: Anchors Away

Here is my take on the sketch and theme:

Enabler's List

Paper: Carta Bella - Ahoy There

Stamps: Verve - Strong Anchor

Ink: CTMH - cranberry and outdoor denim

Dies: Verve - Anchor

Misc: RRR - red grosgrain and Paper Studio - enamel dots

I am  also entering this card at:

Word Art Wednesday - #240 anything goes

Mojo Monday #456

Good evening friends and happy Saturday! I hope y'all are having a great

weekend so far! We are hopefully getting a new house soon! That's our weekend

news! We had the inspection and are waiting to hear what the owner

is willing to fix. One of the AC units is not working properly, it isn't cooling

down enough so it is staying on 24/7 to attempt to get to proper temperature so 

hopefully that is an inexpensive fix. He said depending on the price

of that will depend on what else he'll fix. There isn't a bunch that's terribly

pricey, just a bunch of little things. It's a 40 year old home so I figure it's all pretty

normal. We will also have to put in a water softener. It has some crazy

hard water. It needs a lot of updates but is in good shape over all so our plan is

to move in it as is and after we sell are current home, use the money

we get to start doing upgrades such as all new floors and kitchen and bathroom

remodels. I'm also getting a huge craftroom! Even bigger than my current 

one! It's actually a 12x14 dining room, but since the living room is so huge we

decided to incorporate a dining room in there so we'll put a door on

the opening from the living to my new craftroom so it'll just seem like an office.

Since we'll have so much work to start doing ya'll might not see me as much

for a few months. When we move in and until we sell the current house I'll be starting

to paint 2900 square feet of walls and trim during my free time. I will also

have about 1,000 cabinet doors to paint. I'm exaggerating of course, but this house

has so many little storage cabinets all over the place. Not to mention the kitchen 

cabinets and some awesome laundry room cabinets. Seriously the laundry

room has more countertop and cabinet space than most peoples kitchens. I have

no idea what I'll use it for. Hopefully nothing for a while! I don't want

to fill up all the wonderful storage space just yet!

Anyways. hubby is watching little man and gave me a bit of alone time this

 evening so I got caught up on some DT cards and figured I should get 

my weekly Mojo Monday card done and entered!

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Zoey

Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow and Scripture Medley 1

Ink: CTMH - slate, whisper, sorbet, and glacier

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

I am also entering this card into challenges at:

Word Art Wednesday - #239 Anything Goes

Simply Create Too #113

Good morning Simply Create Too fans and happy Friday! I hope y'all had

great weeks and will have even better weekends! We have another great two

week challenge for y'all to come join in on!

Challenge:

Red, White, and/or Blue

Here is my take on the challenge:

Enabler's List:

Paper: Authentique

Stamps: Verve - Scripture Medley 3

Ink: CTMH - outdoor denim

Misc: Really Reasonable Ribbon - grosgrain light navy,

CTMH - gold sequins, misc doily fro\m Etsy

I followed the current Mojo Monday sketch for my card:

Viva la Verve July week 1

Good morning crafty friends and happy hump day! I hope y'all are having a great

week so far! This afternoon will be my first day back to work! I am only

working on Wednesdays and Thursdays for the time being so I don't think it'll

be too traumatizing for me to be away from Elias... We'll see! lol!

I made a card during nap time yesterday following the 

July week 1 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Blossum

Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow, Great Friend, and Beautiful Things

Ink: CTMH - black, pear, crystal blue, and hollyhock

Misc: Really Reasonable Ribbon - grosgrain light blue

I am also entering this card here:

Really Reasonable Ribbon - #144 Summer Flowers

Craft Dee-Bowz - July Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - #238 Anything Goes