Sites of the week

This set truly has endless possibilities! That is the first thing that I thought when I got it yesterday! Last night I was able to make 2 samples. I am going to share only one with you today, though, because I am having trouble getting a good picture of the other one. I am going to wait until late afternoon for some great natural light and cross my fingers.

The base of this card is SU! Chocolate Chip and is my favorite size… 5″ square. The DP used here is Cosmo Cricket, the ribbon and ric rac are from May Arts and will be available to you through Verve Visual. The images and sentiment are stamped on pearlized cream paper and OMG, I love that stuff!!!! This AWESOME paper is available now for you in the Verve Visual Shop. Run…don’t walk and get some of it!! You will not be disappointed. This card started out completely different than the vision that I had for it, but I like the end result. I feel that I stepped out of my comfort zone {not much though} to create something a little fun and a little funky {cool funky, not stinky funky!…**wink**}
This is set will be available for pre-order on tomorrow and will ship out the 20th. Reserve yours tomorrow!

Dimensions: 5″ Square
Stamps: Verve Visual Fancy Florals
Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Paper Accents Pearlized Cream, SU! Chocolate Chip
Ink: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip
Other: Ribbon from May Arts, Ric Rac from May Arts, Brad from Hobby Lobby, Pop Dots, Ticket Corner Punch

This comes with some mixed emotion. I am at a wonderful place in my life. I have a beautiful daughter, a wonderful husband and overall a great life. What’s there to complain about, right? I just don’t want to be older!! LOL! Fair enough, I say!
Last night I stayed up late {midnight is late for me!} and worked on a bunch of projects that have upcoming deadlines. Towards the end of my crafting, I decided that I wanted to do a project that had no deadline. Just something fun, bright and cheery. This is another scrappy card, meaning it is more scrapping stuff than stamping. It’s going out as a RAK today to someone that could use a smile.

I just love this DP called “Girl Circles” from the Paper Studio. I picked it up on a recent trip to Hobby Lobby. The green appears to be a little brighter in the picture than it is in real life. It is more celery than anything. Although the DP does not have any blues in it, I thought that SU! Soft Sky coordinated nicely with it. Rarely do I reach for a color that is not in a DP or part of my main image. The stamped sentiment is from Verve Visual’s Thoughtful Phrases set. VV is coming out with a new set on the 20th. If you want a sneakie peakie click HERE! You won’t be disappointed!! This is pretty much a sneak peak for me, too. Julee sent me this set to work with, but somewhere, somehow the address label got demolished and it made its way back to Julee. I am hoping to get it either today or tomorrow so I can create some of my own sneak peaks for you!!
Have a great day!! Thank you to all of you that have already sent birthday wishes my way. You are all so sweet!!!

Dimensions: 5″ square
Stamps: Thoughtful Phrases from Verve Visual
Paper: the Paper Studio, SU! Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Flower and Large Polka Dotted Brad from Making Memories, Green Brads from Hobby Lobby

I’m not sure who actually dubbed the phrase, “Scrappy Card,” but I picked it up from fellow Dirty Dozen alumni Lisa Strahl. This is not something that I usually do, but I really enjoyed it. I made a card using mostly scrapbooking materials/embellishments {obviously, used in card making, too}. This was a lot of fun, as it is something that I usually don’t do.

On this card, I used Daisy D’s patterned paper. The first time I saw this paper I swear that my heart was all a flutter. It reminds me of a dress or something that I had when I was a kid. The best part about it, although not used here, is that it is double sided and both sides are soooo cute!!! The flowers come from a variety of places. The flower on the far left is from the $1 area in Mike’s. The fabric flower was in a 3-pack by Deja Views that was on super sale at the local scrapbook store. Finally, the flower on the right was cut from a coordinating piece of Daisy D’s paper. The stems were created by using my paper piercer and the ribbon is from SU!. I really like the 5/8″ wide ribbon. I have a few colors and I am constantly reaching for them now.
Last, but not least, the sentiment is from PaperTreyInk. Although I have several sentiments that would have worked for this card, I liked the clean crisp font against all the other colors and patterns.
Have a great day!

I got a little *extra* stamping time today…yippppeeeeee! I finally got to play along with the Limited Supply Challenge at SCS. Today’s challenge was to make a background using a sentiment stamp. Since I have a **few** of those, I knew that this would be easy breezy and fun. I needed a card for my half sister that underwent surgery earlier this week. She is doing well and on the mend.
So, yesterday I was on my way to the grocery store and got stuck behind a train for what seemed like forever. Instead of being a patient person and waiting for the train, I decided to turn around and go to Michael’s. I think their stock just went up…LOL!! Cuttlebug dies and folders were on sale, so some jumped into my basket. Yes, they literally jumped!! Don’t you hate when that happens!?!?! This card uses the small square embossing folders. Right when I saw it I thought of embossing it and then punching it out with a scalloped punch. So, here’s the product of my shopping adventure and the SCS challenge.

Dimensions: 5.25″ square
Stamps: MFT, SU!
Paper:Real Red, Brocade Blue, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Brocade Blue, Real Red
Other: Ribbon, Brad, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug embossing die

Ain’t that the truth!! I love this sentiment with the shopper girl image from MFT. This card is really the end of my Copic coloring trials…for yesterday at least. I like how vibrant the colors came out and I am getting more confidence in how to use these AWESOME markers. The bag on the right has flowers on it that were created with a punch and then I added some Heidi Swapp Flower Jewels bling bling. The dot on the “i” in priceless is a Swarovski crystal.
I don’t have a whole lot to chit chat about today, so instead of rambling on I will say adios now. I hope that everyone has a spectacular weekend.

Coming Up:
Saturday: Sketch Challenge
Sunday: Tony, aka “i{heart}thestamper” will be here blogging his little heart out

Dimensions: Standard
Stamps: My Favorite Things
Paper: Whisper White, PaperTrey White CS, Rose Red, Basic Black
Ink: Palette Noir, Copic Markers, SU! Rose Red
Other: Ribbon, Bling!!, Brads, Glue Dots, Corner Rounder Punch