February Viva La Verve - Week 3

Hi folks,

back again with the last of my cards for the February Viva La Verve challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.

Here's my take on the week 3 sketch - I swapped out the heart shapes for hexagons to match the design in the patterned paper.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, CTMH Cocoa card stock mats
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye - Follow Your Heart "Be Happy"
• stamps: Verve "Tag Time" (I needed a REALLY small thank you sentiment and this set came through!)
• dies: Spellbinders Hexagons

additional challenges for this card:

• The Play Date Cafe #171: Stuck on colour (Tangerine, Apricot, Mint)
• Simon Says: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

February Viva La Verve Week 2

Hi folks,

I managed to squeeze in an hour of crafty time tonight to finish off the last two cards for the February Viva La Verve challenge that I still had waiting to be completed.

Here's my take on the week 2 sketch:

Clean, simple. My favourite type of card.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, CTMH Cocoa card stock mats
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye - Follow Your Heart "Be Happy"
• stamps: Verve "With Love"
• die cut: Verve Ribbon Banner Die
• seam binding from my stash

challenges for this card:

• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything goes
• Simon Says: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Farm Fresh Flowers and the SCS Lovefest

Hi folks!

I've been trying to find time this week to complete more of the SCS Lovefest challenges. This card is for the Lovefest challenge from The Greeting Farm - a love to die for AND for TGF's own Farm Fresh Friday challenge to use flowers.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, pale pink card stock mats
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye "In Bloom"
• stamped image: The Greeting Farm Fairy Chloe (the rubber single is retired but you CAN get her as part of the Fairy Princess clear set), coloured with Copic Markers. Glittery Wing and skirt accents with my Clear Star Gelly Roll marker.
• sentiment: The Greeting Farm "Oliver and Amelia - Buddies"
• die cuts: Spellbinders Scalloped Hearts, Classic Hearts, Verve "Charming Ovals"
• layout: The Paper Players #134

additional challenges for this card:

• Simon Says: Anything Goes 
• 365 Cards: Word Wednesdays: Day 58: Friend (this card is being sent to a dear friend of mine who has had a rough few months. Her Dad passed away in the fall and her Mom was just recently released from hospital after suffering serious complications from diabetes that required a small amputation on one of her feet. I'm sending her hugs by mail since we are separated by several provinces)
• Flutterby Wednesday #229: Three or more layers (more, definitely more)
• Tuesday Throwdown #136: You're on my mind (thinking of you)

Thanks ever so much for stopping by!

February Viva La Verve Week 4

Hi folks,

I found myself with some time to get crafty yesterday so I made my card for the week 4 Viva La Verve Sketch Challenge. I still haven't done my cards yet for week 2 or week 3 but hopefully I will have time. I'm also doubling it up with the Verve challenge for the SCS Lovefest. The aqua + brown + yellow colour challenge. I know in the photograph my pale aqua looks more green, but trust me on this...it's pale aqua in real life.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye "Sunshine", edges inked with Memento Rich Coca
• stamps: Verve "With Love"
• golden yellow brads from my stash
• EK Success Scalloped Scallops Edge Punch

Additional challenges for this card:

• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• The Pink Elephant #188: Anything Goes
• Pile it on #08: Sunshine (tee hee....that's the name of the MME paper pad I used!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Sparkle Creations Challenge 99 - Lace

Hi folks!

Yay it's Tuesday and today marks the beginning of a new challenge over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps and I get to play along again as a guest DT! How cool is that?

For this challenge, we would like to see you use lace on your projects. That could be a pretty lace ribbon, a lovely lace flower, a lace panel, a lacy patterned paper, a lacy doily, a lacy edge punch, a lacy die cut......whatever strikes your fancy as long as it is lacy!

I recently saw a tutorial posted online over at Really Reasonable Ribbon about making rosettes from lace ribbon. As luck would have it, I have oodles of self-adhesive lace ribbon in my stash from a deal I picked up on Pick Your Plum some months ago (saved me one of the steps in the tutorial!). So, I decided to try my hand at making my little lace flower for this card.

If you look carefully you will see that the panel behind the Celebrating Chloe image has a scattering of lace doilies as well!

Be sure to check out the rest of the inspiration projects from the design team back at the Sparkle Creations blog. Then, get crafty and link up your project using a Sparkle Creations image before the challenge deadline to be eligible to win some new Sparkle Creations rubber for your collection!

And don't forget, Sparkle has a fantastic sale on right now so be sure to place your order before it ends!

card details:

• finished size: 5 x 6.5 inches, white card stock base, CTMH Cocoa card stock for mats
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye - Follow Your Heart "Be Happy"
• stamped image: Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps "Celebrating Chloe", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, E21, E23, E25, E27, E81, R00, R22, R21, R20, R27, BG10, BG11, BG13)
• sentiment: Verve "Borderline"
• lace ribbon, twine and button from my stash

additional challenges for this card:

• Splitcoaststampers Lovefest2013B: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Sketch Challenge
• Sentimental Sundays #143: Flowers, Flowers and more Flowers
• One Stop Craft Challenge #217: For the Kids (that's what I love about the SCRS stamps - great for kids! This one is being ear-marked for an up)
• The Pink Elephant #188: Anything Goes
• 365 Cards Day 56 - Hats Off
• Craft Your Passion #151: Banners

SCS Lovefest with StampingBella

Hi folks,

well, as usual, I did not get to spend nearly as much time in my crafty space as I had hoped. Absolutely none yesterday as I started out with the household errands and chores and just never made it into the craft room. Today, I did things in reverse. Into the craft room before 7am to make a couple of cards. Good thing too! I came out at 10:30am and never found my way back.

Anyways, I had wanted to play along with a couple more of the Lovefest challenges going on over at SplitCoastStampers. I saw the "Bring on the Bling" challenge from Stamping Bella and just had to play along.

card details:

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base, kraft card stock mats
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye "Market"
• stamped image: Stamping Bella "Uptown Girls Felicity & Blair", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37, E39, E41, G0000, G000, G00, R20, R21, R22)
• sentiment: Verve "Making a Statement"
• half-back pearls from my stash
• layout: Bellarific Friday Sketch February 22

additional challenges for this card:

• Stamping Bella: Bannerific
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Sentimental Sundays #143: Flowers, Flowers and More Flowers (notice the bouquets on the background paper on this card)

thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday 281

Hi folks,


Well, this card did not turn out quite the way I had imagined it.

Don't get me wrong. I REALLY like it. But I sat down to make this card for a friend of mine for her birthday. I wanted to use the Mojo Monday 281 sketch AND I wanted to use the colour inspiration from the Splitcoaststampers Lovefest challenge. But, when all was said and done, this card came out a little too masculine looking for me to give to my friend. So into the stash it goes for an upcoming male birthday.


card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart "Be Amazing"
• sentiment: Verve "Birthday Bash", stars coloured with Copic YR31
• embellishments: seam binding, black satin ribbon, CTMH buttercup button
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles
• layout: Mojo Monday 281 

challenges for this card:

• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Buttons & Bling
• Clear it Out Challenge: Happy Birthday + 2 or more ribbons
• Splitcoaststampers Lovefest 2013 F: TCP's inspiration challenge
• Cute Card Thursday #257: Simplify (clean and simple) 
• CCEE Stampers #1308: C (circles, copic, celebration)