Try Stampin on Tuesday #235

Good morning Try Stampin on Tuesday fans! I hope y'all had a great Labor Day
weekend! I hope everyone had some time to spend with family and friends! Thank you
to everyone who has been joining our challenges! We just love seeing what
you all create! We have another great sketch and twist for you today!

 New challenge is live for two weeks. Here is the sketch created by me:

Optional twist: School Days!

Remember you can do the sketch, or the twist, or both!

Here is my take using the sketch and the twist:

I am also entering into these challenges:

Wordart Wednesday - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish - Back to School

Stamp and Create - Back to School

Eureka Stamps - Back to School

Dream Valley Challenges - Back to School

Artistic Inspirations Challenges - School

Enabler's List:

Paper: DCWV - School Days

Stamps: Verve - Teachers Count

Ink: Ranger - black archival, CTMH - cranberry and pear

Dies: Verve - Apple die set

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

Simply Create Too #91 mid-challenge

Good morning Simply Create Too fans! Hope y'all have had a great week!

It's time for the mid-challenge post at Simply Create Too! If you 

haven't linked up yet, don't worry you still have a whole week to join the fun! 

Current Challenge:

Anything Goes!!

For my challenge card I followed the current sketch from Cardabilities:

Enabler's List:

Size: 4.25 x 6

Paper: DCWV - School Days

Stamps: Verve - Teachers Count

Ink: CTMH - black, pear, and cranberry

Dies: Verve - Apple die set and Nestabilities - small and large circles

Mojo Monday #399

Good morning crafty friends and happy Saturday! Hope y'all are

having a great weekend so far! I was lucky over the past two days

to get to spend time with one of my sisters. Hailey has been

a waitress for a few years, and is also a horse trainer. She had some

free time and gave me some lessons! I've ridden a few of the

horses at her barn many years ago but I never had the pleasure of

getting a formal lesson! We had a lot of fun! I was also able to get in some

 crafty time and made a card following the current Mojo Monday sketch.

Enabler's list:

Paper: American Crafts - Dear Lizzy

Stamps: Verve - Joyful Blooms and Verve - Unto Us

Ink: CTMH outdoor denim and juniper

Dies: Verve - Joyful Blooms, Verve - Classy Label, and Verve - Elegant Leaves

Misc: Verve - shine bright sequin mix

Viva la Verve February week 1

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

week so far! I am getting ready to go to the dentist before going

into work. Hope I don't leave with my teeth hurting too bad. I'm going

to take some asprin before I go. I think I have a cavity that needs

to be filled too. Boo. Anyways, I have another card to share. Somehow I 

missed doing the February week 1 sketch for Viva la Verve.

 I am also entering this card into the Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop.

Enabler's List:

Paper: MME Lost and Found 2

Stamps: Verve Holiday Treats

Ink: CTMH Black, Hollyhock, and blush

Misc: Verve Cup of Cheer dies, Verve Tagged Rectangle die, 

Verve Polka Dot Basics Ribbon, and misc pink twine and button

Viva la Verve February week 4

Good morning crafty friends! Happy Sunday! Hope y'all

are still enjoying a relaxing weekend. We are still trying to decide

if we will brave the roads for church or not. We don't live

far so I'd like to try, but I'm not the driver so it's up to hubby to decide.

Until then, I wanted to share another card I made yesterday.

This one follows the Viva la Verve February week 4 sketch. I am 

also entering this card into the Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop.

Enabler's List:

Paper: MME Lost and Found 2

Stamps: Verve Holiday Treats

Ink: CTMH Black and Sorbet

Misc: Verve Cup of Cheer dies, Verve Tagged Rectangle die, 

Verve Polka Dot Basics Ribbon, and Recollections black enamel dots.

Mojo Monday #386

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

weekend! It has been snowing here off and on since yesterday late

morning. We have a couple of inches on the ground.

Because of this, we are not leaving the house today so I have

some time to spend crafting today. For the first card I 

made I followed the current Mojo Monday sketch. I am also entering

this card into the Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Recollections Mosaic paper pack

Stamps: Verve Holiday Treats

Ink: CTMH Cocoa, Olive, Hollyhock, and Juniper

Misc: Verve Cup of Cheer die and Tagged Rectangle die

Verve Shine Bright sequins, CTMH Topiary striped ribbon,

and misc button and pink twine

Sketch N Scrap National Card Month challenge #3

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

your weekends! It's Saturday again during

National Card Making Month so we have another theme

challenge for y'all to try out! This week's challenge is "Floral."

Here is my floral card:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Brushed

Stamps: Verve Bloom and Grow

Ink: CTMH Black

Misc: MFT Gerbera Daisy die

Viva la Verve September week 4

Hello crafty friends! Hope y'all have had a great

start to your week! I wanted to share a card I made last

night! I had to wait to post it until I got home

from work today so I could get a picture with natural light.

I followed the September week 4 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Paper Studio Happy Birthday Sir

Stamps: CTMH You Mean the World to Me

Ink: CTMH Black

Misc: Recollections jewels, Nestabilities circle dies

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

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

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.

CTMH Sneak Peek and Viva la Verve week 1

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

off to s great start! I have a card to share with y'all 

that uses yet another new paper pack from Close To My Heart

that will be available to order in 6 days!! This paper pack 

is called "Seaside." This is one of my favorites!

The focal sentiment stamp is another from the new

You Mean the World to Me stamp set. The little one on the side

is from a stamp set from Verve stamps. For this card

I followed the Viva la Verve July week 1 sketch.

Enabler's List

Paper: CTMH "Seaside" (new)

Stamps: CTMH "You Mean the World to Me" (new), Verve

Ink: CTMH Exclusive Inks in Desert Sand and Pear

Misc: CTMH Aqua Dots, Nestabilities small and large circle dies,

Marvy corner rounder punch

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Sketch N Scrap card sketch #30

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

a great weekend and getting some crafty time in!

We have another great card sketch for y'all! Don't forget that

you have until the end of the month to submit your cards!

July 22nd sketch:

My take on the sketch:

Sketch N Scrap card #28

Good morning Sketch N Scrap fans! The weekend is upon

us! What better way to spend the weekend than hanging out in

your crafty place and doing a Sketch N Scrap challenge!

Here is card #28 due June 30th:

Here is my take:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH Ruby and Outdoor Denim CS, Authentique Pride DP

Stamps: Verve

Ink: CTMH Outdoor Denim

Misc: CTMH Wooden Trinkets, Nestabilities circles and lacey circles dies

Viva la Verve June week 1

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

so far! The hubs and I finally just about have the rent house

ready for its new tenant! I cleaned the house last night and we had

the carpets steam cleaned this morning! There are still a few things

left to get out of the garage but luckily our new tenant isn't

going to start moving until Monday so we have a bit of time.

I wanted to share a card I was able to quickly whip together on

Thursday night. I followed the June week 1 sketch from Viva la Verve.
I am also entering this card into the current Verve Diva Inspiration challenge
which is called 'Winged Whimsy.' You have to use a butterfly, bird, or
feathers, excreta. Also have to use at least one Verve product.

Enabler's list:

Paper: CTMH Free To Be (May only paper special), CTMH Ruby and Kraft CS

Stamps: CTMH May SOTM, Verve Petals and Wings

Ink: CTMH Black, Hollyhock, and Juniper

Misc: A Cut Above (Verve) Dreamy Leaves, and Scalloped Trim Trio dies,

Recollections dot stickies

Mojo Monday and Diva Inspirations

Good evening my crafty friends! I am coming to you from my

brand new craft studio! :-) I can't wait to take pics to share with y'all

but I really want to get the curtains, shelves, and decor hung

before I share. We still have our bed and some big pieces of furniture

to move but while hubby was doing some work in his new office

I figured I could make a quick card before he was ready to head out

for the night. For my card I used the current Mojo Monday sketch.
I am also entering this card in this month's
  Verve Inspiration Challenge called Winged Whimsy.

For this card I used the Close To My Heart paper pack called Skylark.

The layer that has the "Happiness is..." quote is one of the cards from

the Skylark Picture My Life pack. The sentiment is from Verve.

I stamped the sentiment in CTMH Sweet Leaf ink.

The Gerber daisy die is from MFT. I added some Verve Pastel Sequins,

Teal Shimmer Trim, Wooden Trinkets, and a Recollections dot

for some added dimension and bling.