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Crazy for Challenge & a Sketch for you to try!!!

Good Morning!

I am so proud that I was able to incorporate 2 challenges in 1 today!!! LOL!!!  This weeks Crazy challenge is to make some sort of gifty thing!! LOL!!  You can fnd the more technical description HERE on the Crazy blog!  Also, this month Verve is sponsoring Jen's SFYTT challenge HERE!!  I have used Jen's sketch and the Crazy gifty challenge AND Verve stamps!!!

The base of this card is Kraft CS with a mat of Select White and then different patterns of DP from Basic Grey's Wisteria collection.  For my gifty part, I included the sewn vellum to fit a gift card perfectly!  And if the gift card is crooked, it will fit even more perfectly because my sewing is crooked!!! LOL!!!  Anyway, I added the darling tree from Verve's Christmas in the Air set which, IMO, is a MUST HAVE!!!

Be sure to play along with Jen's challenge this month because you could be the winner of some Verve stamps!!  Now, be sure to check out what kind of gifty things the Crazies came up with!!!

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Pelkey
• Maria Bell
• Silke Kittmann
• Silke Ledlow
• Dawn Easton
  
• Frances Byrne
• Vicki Garrett

Have a great weekend!

Lynda

Hi There......

Hi There!

I figured I better post this card at some point since Jen will have another SFYTT tomorrow!! LOL!!  I have been going through my neglected stamps and decided to use one of my darling Whipper Snapper images which worked perfectly with Jen's sketch....almost!! LOL!

As usual, I altered the sketch JUST A LITTLE bit!!  You can find the sketch HERE!  I didn't want to cover up the cute paper and couldn't find any paper that would coordinate so I left the 2 horizontal pieces off.

 

The base of this card is Summer Sun with a mat of Early Espresso (LOVE THIS!) and then a darling decorative piece of paper from Jillibean Soup.  The red polka dot paper is from Basic Grey's Oliver Collection and was matted using Early Espresso.  The sentiment is from Verve's Happy Hello and was stamped on Select White using Early Espresso ink.  I then cut it out using the smallest size of Spellbinders Lacey Circles dies and before I removed the die, I used my Summer Sun marker and colored the scallops that were sticking through the die.  I then adhered a pink Basic Grey brad and Linen thread for the bow.  The image is called Chester and is from Whipper Snapper.  I stamped him and his friend on Select White using Black Memento ink and then colored with my Copics.  This was then matted on Summer Sun CS and mounted on the front of the card using dimensionals.

 I have been working on samples for next weeks Verve sneak peeks!!!  Not only do we have a release coming up next week but ANOTHER one at the end of this month!!!  Let me tell you, these stamps are to DIE for!!!  I don't know how Julee does it release after release!!  Stayed tuned as my Crazy post will have more VERVE information!!!

Have a great day!

~Lynda

 

Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop ~ You've got STYLE!!!

Good Morning!!!  

Welcome to the first ever official Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop. Verve turns two today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! The party kicked off over on the Verve blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there to start from the beginning! And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky commenter on that blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So if you’re feeling the love, give a little shout out to the bloggers in the hop and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!

As you venture through the blogs, be sure to check out the Diva's SUPER Sneak Peeks using our choice of stamps from Verve's BRAND SPANKIN' new release that won't be available until August 14th!!!!  I know, I say it every release but you are going to LOVE the new stamps!!!  Oh my gosh, just wait.....

The layout of my card is based on today's SFYTT ~

 

The base of this card is Basic Black with a mat of brown Bazzill and then a lighter brown mat from Basic Grey's Granola Collection.  The cheetah paper is some old DP I had and was matted using Basic Black CS.  The black rhinestone flourish is from Prima.   The awesome sentiment and beautiful shoe is from Verve's new set called Express Yourself.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the Basic Grey paper using Basic Black ink and stamped the shoe on the Cheetah DP using my Versamark and heat embossed using black embossing powder.  I then cut the shoe out and mounted it using dimensionals.  I then cut the entire image & sentiment out using my circle Nesties, matted on a Basic Black scalloped circle and then added 4 small black rhinestones using my quickie glue pen.

This was a SUPER easy card and after August 14th, you can re-create it!!! LOL!!!  Here is a closer look at the image ~

 

Here is a look at the inside ~

 

Thanks for stopping by! Now it’s time to hop on over to Jen Tapler's blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.

Have a great day!!!

~Lynda

SFYTT ~ Gratitude is the fairest Blossom....

Happy 4th! 

I don't have a patriotic card to show you today but at least I have a card!  LOL!!!  We had a busy day doing yard work, swimming, lighting sparklers, having S'mores and then fireworks!  What a fun day we have had! 

The layout of my card today is based "LOOSELY" on today's sketch for you to try ~

The base of my card is SU!s new Soft Suede with a mat of Whisper White and then a decorative piece from K&Co's Ancestry Collection.  The frame was cut from Soft Suede CS using THIS Spellbinders Frameability.  I cut the bottom scrolled piece from the frame to make this fit.  The center frame (also included with the large frame set) was cut and embossed using vellum card stock.  I mounted it on top of a Soft Suede CS and added the SU! buttons on each side and the bottom.  The bottom button has some Martha Stewart branches poking out.  The beautiful sentiment is from Verve's, Beautiful You set (which is on sale right now!) and was stamped on Whisper White using Soft Suede ink.  I got my new in colors from SU! and must say that Soft Suede is definitely my favorite color....so far!!! LOL!!!

Hope you have had a wonderful weekend!

~Lynda

Shopping List ~

Stamps ~  Verve ~ Beautiful You,  Ink ~ Soft Suede,  Paper ~ Soft Suede, Whisper White, Vellum CS and K&Co. ~ Ancestry Collection,  Other ~ Martha Stewart Branch Punch, Spellbinders Foliage Frameability, SU! Buttons, glue dots, dimensionals, Kaiser pearls

SFYTT ~ Serendipity Daisy (OK, it's a sunflower but I want it to be a daisy)....

I went to my LSS yesterday and bought, what else, PAPER!!!  JUST what I needed!! LOL!!!  The DP I used today is from SEI's Chick-a-doo line and my layout is from Jen's SFYTT (sketch for you to try) for today!

Here is my card ~

The card is pretty simple really.  The base is Baja Breeze with a mat of Whisper White and then Wild Wasabi.  The panels are the SEI papers matted with black.  The image is from Serendipity Stamps set called Hydrangea Sunflower cling set.  The image was stamped on Whisper White and then colored using a blender pen and Baja Breeze & Wild Wasabi ink pads.    I added white flocking to the center of the flower and highlighted with my Clear Copic Spica glitter pen.  The sentiment is also from the set.  The ribbon is Wild Wasabi double stitched and I added some black and white ribbon I got from Micheal's.

Shopping List ~ 

Stamps ~  Serendipity Stamps ~ Hydrangea & Sunflower Cling Set

Ink ~ Basic Black, Wild Wasabi and Baja Breeze

Paper ~ Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, Whisper White and Baja Breeze CS and SEI Chick-a-doo DP

Other ~White flocking, Circle Nesties, Dimensionals, Wild Wasabi ribbon, Black Ribbon (Michaels), blender pen, clear Copic Spica glitter pen

I hope you are having a great weekend!  I have tons of yard work to do so I better get started!!!  See ya later!!!

~Lynda

SFYTT ~ Praying for You....

Hi!
Hope you are having a great weekend!  I have a card to show you that I made based on today's SFYTT.

The base of this card is Basic Black with a mat of Pink Pirouette.  The decorative paper pieces are from Basic Grey's Porcelain Collection and were both matted with Basic Black.  The black ribbon is grosgrain and the pink is Tafetta.  I stamped the sentiment, which is from Verve's Circular Sayings, on Vellum paper using Basic Black ink.  I then cut it out using my circle Nesties, made a Basic Black ring using 2 different size Nesties and then matted on a scalloped circle which was cut from the lower Porcelain paper.  The image is from Verve's Everlasting Life set and was first stamped on the pink DP from the Porcelain Collection using my Versamark and then heat embossing with Black embossing powder.  I stamped the image again on the polka dot paper, and then heat embossing with Black embossing powder.  I then cut just the cross out and adhered it on top of the first stamped image.  I then matted this piece with Basic Black cardstock.

Thank you for stopping by, I REALLY appreciate it!!!!  Have a great day and hopefully, I will have time to post something tomorrow!!!

~Lynda

Guess WHO is a Verve Diva?????

GOOD MORNING!!!
OK, sorry, didn't mean to yell so early in the morning....I'll lower my voice now so you can have your coffee so my yelling won't bother you as much....see, I'm not yelling.....

See my title?!?!  OMG, I AM A VERVE DIVA (did you NOT guess that it was me)??!!!  LOL!!!  Can you tell I am REALLY excited?!?!?  I feel SO lucky to be included amongst such a talented group of girls and to use such beautiful stamps that I absolutely LOVE!!!  When Julee called and asked if I would like to be on her design team, I couldn't say YES fast enough!!!  Thank you SO MUCH Julee for this AWESOME opportunity!   I'll stop yelling at you now and will show you a couple of cards that I made using my newer Verve stamps!!  Did you know Julee is having another release April 17th???  Don't worry, Ill remind you about it when the time gets closer!! LOL!!!

Here is my first card ~

The base of this card is Baja Breeze with a mat of Kraft and then Whisper White CS.  The decorative paper is from the Parisian Breeze Collection.  I added the strip across the lower half using first Whisper White and then Kraft CS that I ran through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The white ribbon is from May Arts and the Kraft Tafetta & Silver buckle are from SU!  The Thanks sentiment is from Verve's Circular Sayings set and was stamped on Whisper White using Chocolate Chip ink.  This was then cut out using my Circle Nesties and matted on Kraft and then Parisian Breeze DP. 

The focal image is from Verve's Floral Symphony set.  I stamped the stems using Mellow Moss ink and the flowers using Baja Breeze ink and then colored using a blender pen and the Baja Breeze ink pad.  I did add white flock to the centers of the flowers using my Quickie Glue pen.  I then used my rectangle Nesties to make a shaker box.  I cut a larger scalloped rectangle from the floral paper for the base and made a window with the rectangle Nesties from the Baja Breeze CS.  I added a Window sheet and taped it on the inside of the window and then added some dimensional strips, on top of the window sheet on the inside of the window, to enclose the entire window.  I then added the clear microbeads and adhered the focal image piece on top of the dimensional strips.  The final step was to adhere the shaker box to the scalloped rectangle and then mount the entire piece on the card using dimensionals.  The butterflies were punched using my MS punch and then painted with Gold Shimmerz.  Here is a closer look ~

Now, on to my next card!  I really LOVE the Floral Symphony AND the Circular Sayings so, I ended up using it again on my next card.  The flowers matched my NEW Pink Paislee paper PERFECTLY!  What do you think???

The layout of this card is from Jen's SFYTT from Saturday.  The base of this card is Whisper White with THIS yellow shade of Pink Paislee DP next and then a mat of Chocolate Chip and to top it off, THIS floral Pink Paislee DP.  The rectangle across the bottom is THIS light blue Pink Paislee DP and then matted with Barely Banana CS.  I stamped the sentiment from Circular Sayings directly on the DP using Chocolate Chip ink and then added some light blue crystals.   The 3 squares are THIS Pink Paislee DP and then matted with Chocolate Chip CS.  The light yellow ribbon is from May Arts and the little blue knot is a scrap I had laying around.

The flowers and stems are from the Floral Symphony set and the darling flower pot is from the Miracles Blossom set.  I stamped the flowers 2 times using Pumpkin Pie ink and the stems were stamped directly on the Whisper White CS using Mellow Moss ink.  I cut out one of the 3 flowers, colored it lightly using Barely Banana ink & a blender pen and added the same light blue crystals and then mounted it on top of the first stamped image using dimensionals.  The flower pot was stamped directly on the polka dot DP and the light blue DP.  I cut the top rim out of the light blue DP and the bottom pot part from the polka dot paper.  I glued the rim on the top of the polka dot pot and then adhered the entire pot at that base of the stems.   The image is matted using Chocolate Chip CS.  Here is a closer look at the flowers ~

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!  I'll meet you back here tomorrow for Jbelle Tuesday!  We have a really fun challenge in store for you!

~Lynda

Sketch for you to try and A GIVE-A-WAY!!!!

Dang, 2 posts in 1 day....this is new!!! LOL!!!  Scroll down one post for my OCC card!  Last week I received an extra copy of CardMaker Magazine as well as my card that was in it.  I was surprised to receive it and since I already had a copy of the magazine, I thought I would give it away with the card and some other goodies!  I will give you all the details after posting my card I made today for Jen's ~ SFYTT ~

The base of this card is Whisper White with a mat of Sahara Sand and then Bashful Blue.  I sponged all edges with Sahara Sand except the Whisper White pieces.  I wanted the white to stand out!  The Bashful Blue decorative paper is from SU!'s Summer Picnic collection and was matted with Whisper White.  The butterflies on the left were punched using my Martha Stewart punch from Sahara Sand card stock and the little one on the right is from Bashful Blue card stock.  The smaller butterflies were adhered using my Quickie glue pen and I added small blue rhinestones from Taylors Twinkles.  The larger butterfly, embossed flowers and on the ribbon tabs are self adhesive rhinestones from MAMBI.  The Cuttlebug flowers were embossed on Sahara Sand card stock and matted with Whisper White.  I added Sahara Sand ribbon under the image and white Taffetta to tie on the tag which has the sentiment from Warmest Regards stamped on Vellum using Chocolate Chip ink and then cutting it out using THIS Spellbinder label die.

Now, for my give-a-way!!!  Here is a picture of it ~

All you have to do is leave a comment here, on this post, and you will be entered to win all of it!  What you will win is the new issue of CardMaker Magazine, my card that is in it (OK, maybe that is dumb but we can all use cards right??? LOL!!!), brand new Stampendous stamp set called Sushi Bowl Party (I love mine!), a pack of the hostess DS papers from SU! (the collection includes Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Apricot, Garden Green & Bashful Blue) and last but CERTAINLY not least, a brand new pack of Taylors Tiny Twinkles (this was hard to part with!!! LOL!!!).  I will pick a winner Tuesday night at 8pm (EST) so you will have until then to post a comment! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic Valentine's Day!

~Lynda

Warmest Thanks.....

I can't believe it is Thursday already!  I was working on my OCC card today and didn't like how it was turning out SO I made this card instead!  LOL!!! 

Part of this card was SUPPOSED to be on my OCC card but I can't tell you which because then it will give Saturday's challenge away!!!!  You will have to wait until Saturday and then you'll know!!! LOL!!!  The layout of this card is an old "Sketch for you to Try" ~ AKA ~ SFYTT!!!  The base of this card is Chocolate Chip with a mat of Prety in Pink and then Kraft.  I sponged all card stock edges with Creamy Caramel ink.   The decorative paper is from Basic Grey's Bittersweet Collection and it was matted with Chocolate Chip card stock.  I ran the SU! felt Chocolate Chip ribbon over the big piece (under the scalloped circle) and under the narrow piece.  I then added some May Arts brown & white polka dot ribbon, tied a knot and added a Kraft tag (Martha Stewart punch) that was stamped with the Warmest Thanks sentiment from THIS Verve set using Chocolate Chip ink.  I did sponge the tag too and then tied it on using linen thread.

The top circle for the focal image is Kraft card stock that was cut and embossed using my circle Nesties.  Before removing the die, I stamped the filigree background from THIS Verve set using Versamark ink.  After the Versamark dried, I sponged around the edges using Creamy Caramel ink and then added the Heidi Swapp clear rhinestone circle.  The flowers are from the same Grateful Elegance Verve set and were stamped on the pink Basic Grey paper using Chocolate Chip ink.  I cut them out and added Pixie Pink Blingz, clear rhinestones and mounted them using dimensionals on a Kraft flourish that I cut with the Doodle Parts die set.  The butterfly is THIS small freak butterfly by StarvingArtistamps and was stamped on Very Vanilla card stock using Chocolate Chip ink.  I colored using my Prismacolor Pencils and add the same Pixie Pink Blingz.  This piece was then matted with a Chocolate Chip scalloped circle.  Here is a close up of the flowers and butterfly ~

Well, I better go whip up some dinner!  Hope you have a nice evening!

~Lynda

{Insert AWESOME Title HERE}.......

I just could not come up with an amazing title for this post today and was spending so much time thinking of one, I thought I would run out of time to get this card posted so, that is how my title came to be!!!! LOL!!!!   My card today is based on 2 blog challenges!  I haven't been able to Sharon's Stamp Simply challenge for MONTHS and had never tried Jen's ~ Sketch For You To Try SO, this card is for their recent challenges!!!

The warm colors are for Sharon's challenge and the layout is Jen's!  The base of my card is More Mustard and then a mat of Chocolate Chip and then Poison Ivory Shimmery cardstock.  The decorative strip down the side is from one of SU!'s old decorative paper packs (can't remember the name).  The image is by Thomas Kinkade and can be found at Cornish Heritage Farms.  I stamped the image 2 times on Poison Ivory cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink.  The first image I cut about
one and a half inches off the bottom.  I then used my Oval Nestabilities to cut the image out of the second image I stamped.  I then matted the image cut out in an oval using Chocolate Chip cardstock.  I STINK at coloring these images so I only colored the water and the sky using Prismacolor Pencils and then I added some old Perwinkle glitter to the water using a paint brush and Elmer's glue.  I then added Golden Wheat Shimmerz to the sky so in real life there is some shine!!!  The last step was to add More Mustard grosgrain a an aged copper belt loop.  The image was mounted using dimensionals ~ for a change!!! LOL!!!! 

Here is a close up!!!

 

Don't forget that tomorrow is OCC Saturday!  I already finished my card and CAN'T WAIT to share it with you ~ I love how it turned out!!!!  Just a LITTLE bling because you all know that I DON'T LIKE a LOT of bling!!!! LOL!!!!  It may even be considered a little TOO blingy.....is that a word????  You will have to let me know!!!  See ya tomorrow!!!

~Lynda