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

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!

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

Viva la Verve June week 2

Good morning crafty friends and Happy Hump Day! I hope y'all have been having

a great week so far! We have been doing pretty good! Little man is now

eating about 4 ounces every 4 hours! It's nice to only get up twice in the night.

I feel like I am getting better rested. I wanted to share I card I made

yesterday during nap time. I followed the June week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Zoey

Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow, Great Friend, and Scripture Medley 2

Ink: CTMH - slate, sorbet, glacier, and sweet leaf

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

 

Viva la Verve May week 2

Good morning crafty friends and happily hump day! How everyone is having a great week!

 My son is two weeks old today! We are headed to hour appointment shortly.

I'm hoping he is back to his birth weight as his pediatrician said that's what they like to see

at 2 weeks. I think he will be. He was only down by 5 ounces at his first 

appointment when he was 5 days old. Anyways before we head out I wanted to share a 

card I made following the May week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Prima - Bohemian Bamboo

Stamps: Verve - Forever in Our Hearts

Ink: CTMH - Slate

Misc: CTMH - slate ribbon, Recollections - enamel dots, 

paper doily, and wooden hearts

Viva la Verve May week 1

Good morning crafty friends! I hope everyone had a great long weekend! 

I hope everyone got a chance to spend time with family and friends! Of course let us not 

forget why we have the long weekend. We might not have to freedoms to 

spend time with family and friends if it weren't for those who have fought and died for 

our freedoms. I was able to do some more crafting over the weekend and made

 a card following the week 1 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Echo Park - Bundle of Joy Girl and New Addition Girl

Stamps: Verve - To the Moon

Ink: CTMH - Chocolate

Misc: Echo Park - Bundle of Joy enamel dots, CTMH - white shimmer trim

Viva la Verve January week 2

Good afternoon crafty friends and happy Monday! I hope you all had a

great weekend and your weeks are off to a great start! Hopefully

snow and sickness will start moving out of the country soon! We don't have

any snow currently in OK but it seems all of my friends have sick kids.

My husband and I do a Monday night Bible study with some family and friends

and I think we've had one in the last five weeks due to sickness. Tonight

we are going to try to do one via Google hangouts since everyone has cameras

on the computers. Hopefully it works out! It's been sad not being able to get together.

I have a card that I wanted to share today. I followed the 

January week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - La vien Rose

Stamps: Verve - Stronger Love

Ink: Ranger - black archival

Dies: Verve - From the Heart and Heart Quartet

Misc: Wink of Stella and Verve - Shine Bright sequins

Viva la Verve January week 1

Good evening my crafty friends!! Wow I have been MIA for far too long! 

I feel I should explain myself.... Morning sickness aka all day sickness is for the birds!

On a bright note, we will hopefully have a healthy and happy Baby Boy in May!

His name is going to be Elias which is a version of Elisha or Elijah and it means 

Jehovah is God or Jehovah is our God. So anyways I had a very trying first

trimester and it took everything I had to get out of bed and go to work. Since then,

the past couple weeks have been better. Still tired as all get out, but I am finally starting

to want to get my mojo and motivation back for crafting!!

So here is my first card in about a month! I followed the January week 1

sketch from Viva la Verve. I loved what Lesley had done with her flowers 

Here, so I decided to give it a try with my new Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.

Enabler's List:

Stamps: Verve - Great Friend and Verve - Faith Medley

Ink: Ranger black archival

Paper: watercolor and CTMH Gypsy

Misc: Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens in lilac and violet

Viva la Verve September week 3

Good morning crafty friends and happy Monday! I hope y'alls is off to a great start!

We still out of town, but heading home this afternoon. I had made another

card the evening before we left town that I thought I'd share with y'all this morning.

For this one I followed the September week 3 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - White Pines

Stamps: CTMH - Festive Trees

Ink: CTMH - fern, glacier, and cranberry

Misc: CTMH - cranberry striped ribbon

Viva la Verve September week 2

Good afternoon crafty friends and happy Lord's Day! I hope y'all have been having

a great weekend! We sure have! Friday night out with about 15 couples from

our Sunday School class and Saturday morning at the food bank. Good times!!

Before we head out to evening service I wanted to share a card I made this afternoon

for my uncle's wedding. He is my dad's half bother and only 2 years younger

than me... Sounds strange, I know. My grandma skipped out after my dad graduated

highschool and eventually my Gramps found a new lady a little younger than

him who had never had kids yet so they had a few. I think of them more like cousins

then uncle's and an aunt. Anyways, they are awesome people. The wedding

is in Utah this coming weekend, I can't go, but my parents and sisters are going so

I thought I'd make a card that I think matches my soon to be aunt's country personality

to send with a gift card along with my parents. I followed the September week 2

sketch from Viva la Verve and am also entering this card into the current 

Verve Inspiration Challenge and the current challenge at Wordart Wednesday.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Paper Studio - wood grain and kraft cs

Stamps: CTMH - Wedding Day

Ink: CTMH - chocolate and olive

Dies: MFT - Gerbera Daisy die

Misc: burlap, lace ribbon and Recollections - gems

            

Viva la Verve September week 1

Good morning crafty friends and happy Lord's Day! I hope y'all are all having a great

weekend! Before we head off to church this morning I wanted to share a 

card I made yesterday following the September week 1 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Doodlebug - Ghouls and Goodies

Stamps: Verve - Boo to You

Ink: Versamark

Misc: CTMH - black shimmer trim, Doodlebug - ghost doodle pop,

Paper Studio - enamel dots, and 3"paper doily

Viva la Verve August week 4

Good morning crafty friends and happy Thursday! The long weekend is nearly

upon us! I hope y'all have all had a great week so far! I have a long day of work ahead

of me so before I head out I want to share a card I made the other night

following the August week 4 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Pathfinding (ret)

Stamps: Verve - Bountiful Harvest

Ink: Versamark, CTMH - goldrush, barn red, olive, glacier, and chocolate

Misc: CTMH - gold shimmer trim. MAMBI - sentiment 3D sticker.

Recollections - Bark embossing powder, flower, and leaf . 

Viva la Verve August week 3

Good Sunday morning crafty friends! I sure hope all y'all have had a great weekend

so far! We are about to head out to church this morning. I'm ready for

choir because I've had our special stuck in my head all week.! Been singing and

humming randomly throughout the days. Not that that is a bad thing at

all! I'm ready to sing it in church though! Some of y'all might know it. It's "Greater"

by MercyMe! Such a wonderful song with a great message that reminds

us that we are never too messed up to get to God! He calls us redeemed! That doesn't

mean we will never mess up again, but if we give everything to Him, he work

in us to heal and transform us, and make a new day by day! Before I head out though,

I wanted to share a card I made following the August week 3 sketch from Viva la Verve.

I am also entering this card into the current challenge from Wordart Wednesday.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Carta Bella - Ahoy There

Stamps: Verve - Strong Anchor

Ink: CTMH - outdoor denim and whisper

Dies: Verve - Classy Label and Verve - Nautical dies set

Misc: Verve - Shine Bright sequins, Recollections - red doily, twine and button

Viva la Verve August week 2

Good evening crafty friends! Sorry I've been MIA the last week or so. Life has been a little
busy and I haven't had enough time to craft. I found some time today though!
I was able to get a card made for the week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve as well as get a few
DT cards finished that you will see here later this week. I am also entering

this card into the Wordart Wednesday challenge and the Verve Inspirations Challenge.

Enabler's List:

Size: 4.25 x 6

Paper: CTMH - For Always (ret)

Stamps: SU - Wild About Flowers, CTMH - Celebrate Love, and Verve - Love Notes

Ink: CTMH - whisper, and Ranger - black archival

Dies: Verve - Jotted Heart and Verve - Classy Label

Misc: Recollections red gems and doily, Paper Studio sparkle gems, and

CTMH silver shimmer trim

  

Viva la Verve July week 5

Good morning crafty friends! I hope y'all are having a fantastic weekend! 

It has been nice to have a weekend where I didn't have anything planned! The last

two weekends have been pretty busy. I was able to do some cleaning and

crafting yesterday which was nice. Got caught up on some August cards for my

various design teams. Before I head off to church I wanted to share a 

card I made yesterday following the July week 5 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Size: 4.25 x 6

Paper: DCWV - School Days

Stamps: Verve - Teachers Count

Ink: Versamark, CTMH - cranberry, pear, and black

Dies: Verve - Apple die set, Nestabilities small circles and scalloped circles

Misc: Zing - White embossing powder, Paper Studio - enamel dots

Viva la Verve July week 4

Good morning crafty friends! I hope y'all are having a great week! 

Happy Hump Day! It'll be the weekend before we know it! Anyone have bog plans?

This will be the first weekend in a while that I don't think I have plans.

Well before I head off to work I wanted to share a card I made yesterday following

the July week 4 sketch from Viva la Verve. My teacher cards have been very popular

and I was out so you'll probably see some teacher cards over the next few days.

Enabler's List:

Size: 4.25 x 6

Paper: DCWV - School Days stack

Stamps: Verve - Teachers Count and Verve - Holiday Treats

Ink: CTMH - black, cranberry, and pear

Dies: Verve - Apple die set, Verve - Tagged rectangle die

 and Nestabilities - Small Circles

Misc: Paper Studio enamel dots

Viva la Verve July week 2

Good Lord's day my crafty friends! Hope y'all are having a great weekend!

It's Sunday morning so that means church time! I have to say that I

am really enjoying singing in the choir! I am so glad I finally decided to do

it! I really do love to sing! I'm not good enough to sing a solo but

I blend nicely with other voices. Singing is probably my favorite form of

worship. I just love praising our Savior! Before I head out this morning, I wanted

to share a card I made last night. I followed the July week 2 sketch

from Viva la Verve. I am also entering the Verve Inspiration Challenge,
the current challenge at Wordart Wednesday, and the current challenge at
Really Reasonable Ribbon. PS I must say Marisa did a fabulous job designing
 this sketch! I think y'all might know by now how much I love dollies and tags!

Enabler's List:

Size: 4.25 x 6

Paper: Bo Bunny - Sweet Life

Stamps: Verve - Psalm 94:18 plain jane

Ink: CTMH - outdoor denim

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots, Recollections - doily and
Hug Snug - pink seam binding ribbon (bow made with the Zutter bow-it-all)

   

Viva la Verve July week1

Good morning crafty friends and happy Monday! This is my last day off of my lovely

4 day weekend! It's nice to have one of those every so often. Do you know 

what is even better about today than the fact that I have off?! My nephew is being

born today!! I can't wait to see him! My SIL's c-section is scheduled at 2pm

today. Later will be able to go to the hospital and see them! I can't wait to see what my

little 2.5 year old niece will think of having a little brother!

Before I get to cleaning and then getting ready for the day I wanted to share a card

I made last night following the July week one sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Size: 4.5 x 6

Paper: SU - Bohemian

Stamps: Verve - Poppy Birthday and Verve - Big Wish

Ink: SU - rich razzleberry and island indigo

Dies: Verve - Build-a-Poppy and Nestabilities lacey circles and sm circles

Misc: Verve - blue sequins and CTMH - teal shimmer trim