Viva La Verve

Yay - finally a little me time to work on some personal Christmas cards, and a chance to play along with some challenges!  I've used the November Week 2 sketch from VLV Sketches, and the Rustic Winter theme for the Nov Inspiration Challenge on the Verve Blog:

I used some old Basic Grey papers that were kicking around my craft room, and used my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the stars.  You can't see in the photo, but I used my clear Wink of Stella on the star and to outline the word "brightly" - gives it a little glimmer.  I haven't distressed a card in a while, so had fun grunging up the edges a bit, and used my sewing machine around the circle & banner.  The stamp set is Verve's Peace on Earth.

Got Any Cake?

I'm using one of the new 2015 Art Impressions Front & Back sets today: Any Cake Set (Sku #4569):

I love the expressions on their faces!  A few of them are practically smirking :o)

And the best part, is opening up the card to see their cute little behinds!

There are all kinds of front & back images available in the Art Impressions store - you'll want to check out all of them!  Happy stamping everyone!

Copics: E57, E55, E53, E51, E50, W5, W3, W1

**This is my second post for today - please scroll down to see my One Crazy Stamper post!

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Let me take a selfie!

 It's my day to post on the Art Impressions blog!  I am using one of the Ai Girlfriends sets today: Picture Perfect Set (Sku #4130).  I did a little paper piecing, and made a die cut frame for one of the three sentiments that comes with the set:

 Copics used: Skin tones - E13, E11, E00, E000, R20, E37, E34, E31, E53, E51, E50

Hair - Y26, Y23, Y21, E57, E55, E53, E51, E18, E07, E02, C7, C5, C3, B21

Greens - YG95, YG93, YG91

Blues - B26, B24, B23, B21

Blue/Violets - BV08, BV04, BV02, BV01

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Giant Cake circle card

I am posting on the Art Impessions blog today!

I haven't made a circle card in a while, and I thought that the image I chose today would fit perfectly on one, so I have a girly birthday card to share, using Giant Cake Set (Sku #4382):

I used my Cricut to cut out the circles as well as a folded circle base, which made the assembly fairly quick and easy.  I zigzagged around the circle with pink thread and used some colourful buttons to pull out the colours from the image.

I forgot to take a picture of the inside sentiment... it says: "What's one more candle?  Make a wish!"

Copics: Skin - E11, E00, E000; Greens - G46, G43, G40; Pinks - R85, R83, R81; Reds - R24, R22, R20; Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51; Yellows - Y26, Y23, Y21; Blues - B24, B23, B21; Greys - W5, W3, W1.

 



Balloon Ride

Oh, my - these are the most gorgeous papers!  They're so soft & pretty, I think you'll see me using them frequently over the next while.  I got the coordinating stamp set Up in the Air to use with them.  I've used this week's Deconstructed Sketch:

And a closeup of my balloon:

 

Patterned papers are Balloon Ride; Cardstock is Saddle, Crystal Blue, Cashmere & Colonial White; Hemp; Stamp Set is Up In the Air, Cricut Art Philosophy - all Close To My Heart; Ink is Rich Cocoa, Memento; Copic Markers.

Action Wobble Valentines

 Have you seen the new Art Impressions Valentine sets that were just released??  They're wonderful, and you can see them *here*.  There are six new sets, and 3 sweet sentiments... and I have four of the new sets to share with you today!  Caution - many photos ahead...

These are what I call the Ai Hugs sets  :o)  They were designed so that you not only receive the full image, but you also get a stamp of just the torso, that you pop up on an Action Wobble, and it gives the impression that the image is hugging itself!  So without further ado, here is the sweet Has Hugz Set (Sku#4362):

and here's a closeup where you can see the top of the kitty popped up:

And here is the Bear Hug Set (Sku#4361):

And now for the Main Squeeze Set (Sku#4360) :

And finally the Tweetheart Set (Sku#4363):

Thanks for bearing with me through all the photos... but I'm not done yet, here are a couple of set shots.  Happy stamping, everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 



Deconstructed Sketch #100!!

Jen Shults is having a little party over at her Deconstructed Sketch blog... it's not only her 100th sketch, but her 2nd anniversary of the challenge.  If you've never played along before, check it out - Jen's sketches are always awesome, and she has a wonderful design team to inspire us all.  I got right down to business as soon as I saw this week's sketch, and even rolled a few fun flowers to add to my card:

Patterned papers are True Friends, Carta Bella; Cardstock is Slate, Cotton Candy & White Daisy, CTMH; Inks are Cotton Candy & Black, CTMH; Stamp set is Borderline, Verve; Mini Curvy Bookplate dies, Verve; Meadow Leaf die, Memory Box; Flowers are Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, CTMH; Sparkles, CTMH.

 

Dynamic Duos #34

We have a bright & spunky colour combo for you this week at Dynamic Duos!  Oh, what a welcome change from Christmas colours... I've used Close To My Heart's Pacifica and our retired Watermelon of which I still have a couple of sheets kicking around.  And does anyone remember Sassy Strands?  Well I had an entire package of Summer Celebration Sassy Strands that I had NEVER cut into!  I think they were retired about 5 years ago - pretty funny to be finally using them.  Here's what I came up with:

 

We would love to have you play along this week - we ask that you use just the two colours provided, but neutrals like black, grey, skin tones etc. are welcome.  For all the details and a peek at what the other Dynamos have to show you, check out the Dynamic Duos blog, or you can see their blogs listed on my sidebar.

Patterned paper is Dotty For You; Cardstock is Pacifica, Watermelon, Black & White Daisy; Inks are Grey Flannel & Black; Stamp set is Art Philosophy; Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge; Bitty Sparkles; Watermelon Sassy Strands - all CTMH.

Tags for Dynamic Duos #31

I think I'm pretty much done my Christmas cards for 2012... so I decided to take advantage of this week's Christmassy colour scheme at Dynamic Duos to get some tags made.  Our colours this week are Certainly Celery & Real Red, so I used Close To My Heart's Pear & Holiday Red.  I die cut all the bases in Kraft cardstock, then got busy stamping and die cutting snowflakes to embellish them.

Here are a few close-ups:

We would love to have you join us this week at Dynamic Duos!  You need to use just the two colours (or something similar) in your project - and the addition of neutrals like kraft, black, greys etc. are allowed.  Check out the rest of the design team's projects (links on my sidebar, or visit the DD blog!)  Not everyone went with a holiday theme - so there is plenty of inspiration.

 

Stamp sets are A Very Merry Christmas, & Perfect Fit Holiday, CTMH & Vintage Christmas, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Cardstock is Kraft, Holiday Red & White Daisy; Inks are Pear & Holiday Red; Spellbinders Vintage Ornament dies; Let it Snowflake dies, My Favorite Things; Cricut Artiste & Art Philosophy cartridges, CTMH; Hemp, buttons & sparkles, all CTMH.

City Snowflake & Country Snowflake

I taught a Christmas card class today to a lovely group of ladies, and wanted to share two of the cards that we made.  I wrote out instructions for each of them, and named these two City & Country Snowflake cards since that seemed to fit the bill?  I wanted to show them the negative die cut concept, and used the remaining circle to make a second card with a bit of bling.

This one would fit this week's Dynamic Duos challenge of Marina Mist & Basic Black!  Check out the challenge here  :o)

And here are the two together:

Cardstock is Kraft, Crystal Blue & White Daisy; Stamp sets are Merry & Bright and Pear & Partridge card Workshop on the Go; Inks are Black & Desert Sand; Organdy ribbon; Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge - all CTMH; Martha Stewart Twine.

 

Dynamic Duos

I'm a little late with my post - my internet has been acting up!  We have a lovely colour combo this week at Dynamic Duos: Sahara Sand and Cherry Cobbler.  Each week we post a new colour combo on the Dynamic Duos blog, and we'd like you to use just those two colours plus neutrals if you like (black/greys/kraft/skin tones etc).  If you don't have the exact colours, just use something similar to play along.  I used a little Dakota paper and cut out a snowflake border with the Art Philosophy cartridge:

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Dynamos have come up with - you can visit the Dynamic Duos blog, or see the list of blogs on my sidebar.  Get busy creating!  We'd love to see what you come up with :o)

Patterned paper is Dakota, CTMH; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Stamp sets are Hot Cocoa, My Favourite Things and Winter Wonderland, CTMH; Copic markers; Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge, CTMH; Martha Stewart's coarse glitter.

October Sketch For You To Try

Ten for ten!!  Yes, I am quite pleased with myself... that I've been able to play along with all ten montly SFYTT challenges.  This was quite an unusual sketch, but I saw how creative people were being with the little side panels, which made it come together a little more easily:

 

Patterned papers are Woodland Park, October Afternoon; Stamp sets are Words of Wisdom and Bloom & Grow, Verve; Inks are Black, Champagne & Garden Green, CTMH; Cardstock is Hollyhock & Colonial White, CTMH;  Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, CTMH;