Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #217

Good morning crafty friends! It's hump day! That means
we're getting close to another weekend! I have 
another teacher card to share, this time using a 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

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Viva la Verve April week 4

Hello again crafty friends! I wanted to pop in and share
with y'all another Teacher Appreciation week card!
For this one, I used one of Viva la Verve's April sketches.


Enabler's List:

Paper: DCWV School Days, Recollections Kraft cardstock
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

Twisted Tuesday #75

Good Morning Twisted Tuesday fans! Hope y'all are
having a great week so far! Are y'all ready
for another great challenge with a twist??

Black and White and one more!

The Challenge:
Project must be black and white.

The Twist:
Use only one other color other than b&w.

Here's my take on the challenge:

Enabler's List:

Paper: Close To My Heart For Always (retired), 
Stamp: SU
Embellishment: CTMH Sparkle Flourish, Recollections Flowers


Monday, April 28, 2014

Viva la Verve April week 3

Good morning crafty friends! Ready for the new work week?
I wouldn't be opposed to another day off but
I'm going to save my vaca time for after we move to
our new house. Wanted to share two cards with y'all 
that I made using one of the April Viva la Verve sketches.


Enabler's List:
Paper: Close To My Heart For Always (retired), 
CTMH Ruby cs, and Paper Studio Vellum
Stamp: Stampabilities
Ink: CTMH Exclusive ink in Black
Dies: Sizzix leaves dies, heart cut from Cricut
Embellishment: Recollections bling dot


Enabler's List:
Paper: Recollections
Stamp: Stampabilities
Ink: CTMH Exclusive ink in Outdoor Denim
Dies: Verve elegant leaves die, heart cut from Cricut
Embellishment: Recollections bling dot




Sunday, April 27, 2014

Try Stampin' on Tuesday #164

Good evening crafty friends! I have finally had some time
to get crafty this weekend! Teacher's Appreciation week is
coming up and since most of my friends are teachers
and since I've had a few requests for teacher cards, I've 
been creating some for the last 2 days!

I'm only going to share one this evening, but check back
 all through the week to see what else I've made!
For this first card I used the current sketch from 


Enabler's List:

Paper: DCWV School Days, Recollections Kraft cardstock
Stamps: Verve Teachers Count
Ink: CTMH Exclusive inks in Black, Ruby, and Pear.

Original Sketch:

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Sketch N Scrap card #24

Good morning Sketch N Scrap fans! Hope y'all are
enjoying this month's sketches so far! We have another 
great card sketch to finish up the month for y'all!
All entries due by April 30th!!

April 20th card sketch:

My take on the sketch:

For this card I used Skylark paper from Close To My heart.
I embossed the back panel with a Darice folder. Both of the 
blue ribbons are from Michaels. The sentiment is from Verve. I stamped 
it in Chocolate ink. The frame that the sentiment is in is a card

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Twisted Tuesday #74

Good morning Twisted Tuesday fans! We had some 
great entries last week! Can't wait to see
what y'all come up with for the new challenge!
Don't forget that you must include both the challenge and twist.

I need your paperwork.

The Challenge:
Use 3 or more patterned papers.

The Twist:
Handwriting or doodling on your project.

My creation:

For this card I used Ariana paper from Close To My Heart.
The flower and leaves stamps and dies are Verve.
I used Exclusive Inks in Sweet Leaf, Outdoor Denim, 
Hollyhock, and Crystal Blue. I hand wrote the "For You" with
an embossing pen and then embossed it in Citron EP.

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Monday, April 14, 2014

CTMH Timberline and Viva la Verve

Good evening crafty friends! Hope y'alls weeks are off
to a great start! I had a short day at work today 
so I was able to come home and take a little nap then
do a little bit of crafting! I wanted to share a card I made
following the April week two sketch from Viva la Verve.


For this card I used the paper pack Timberline from
Close To My Heart. I really like this paper pack! Love the
masculine colors and the great patterns! My sentiment
is from a Verve stamp set. The Exclusive Ink colors I used were
Twilight and Chocolate. I also added some of the wooden
pieces from the Timberline Assortment.

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Monday, April 7, 2014

Viva la Verve and other Verve challenges

Good afternoon my crafty friends! Hope y'all weeks are
off to a great start! I wanted to share a few cards I made over
the weekend. For the first card I used the Viva la Verve
April week 1 sketch. I also used the Verve Diva Inspirations Hop
photo challenge. This challenge was "Chevron Chic" I really
decided to challenge myself and use as much as I could
from the photo. 


For this card I used chevron paper from Close To My Heart's
Paper Fundamentals and wood grain paper from Fancy Pants.
The leaf stamp and die are from Verve. The sentiment
is CTMH Joyful Birthday. I used exclusive inks in Crystal Blue,
and Champagne. I sponged the doily with the Crystal Blue.
The flower is from Michaels and the ribbon is black seam binding.



My second card is for the Verve April Diva Dare. This month's
dare is titled "Little Things" so it has to be baby or
child themed, also using a Verve product. I used paper from
Michael's, button and twine from my stash. The lace
ribbon is from HobLob. I also used Nestabilities lacey circle as
well as large and small circles. The sentiment and banner dies are Verve.
The ink is Stazon Timber.



Saturday, April 5, 2014

Sketch N Scrap card #23

Good morning Sketch N Scrap fans! And a very happy Saturday!
We had a lot of fabulous entries for our sketches last
month! Can't wait to see what y'all come up with this month!
Here is our first sketch for the month; it is due April 30th:


Here is my take on the sketch:


I used the Close To My Heart paper pack called Ariana.
It's one of my absolute favorites! The stamps and dies I used
are from Verve stamps. I used Exclusive Inks in Sweet Leaf, Hollyhock,
Outdoor Denim, and Crystal Blue. I added a Flamingo Dot
as the center of my flower.

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Sketch N Scrap is turning 2 next month!
Be on the look-out for many awesome challenges!


Wednesday, April 2, 2014

CTMH ProPlayer and Viva la Verve

Evening crafty friends! Hope y'all are having a great week
so far! I got off work at a decent time today so
just hanging out and hoping the weather doesn't get bad.
We are so close to getting our new house and are hoping that
any tornadoes stay away until then because it has
a storm cellar and our current home does not...

Anyways on a brighter note, I created this Father's Day
card using Close To My Heart's paper pack ProPlayer.
 I used one of the March sketches from Viva la Verve.
 I have a craft fair coming next weekend and thought I could use
a few more unique father's day cards. I used the 
stamp set Tech Speak as well as a Verve stamp set. 
I used the Exclusive Ink colors Pacifica and Black. I also added
a gray badge from the ProPlayer Assortment.


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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

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