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July Diva Inspirations Blog Hop ~ Precious Memories....

Welcome to the July Diva Inspirations Blog Hop! Our Diva Inspirations team and several special guests from the Release team are here to start your month off right with a little Verve inspiration! Take a little peek at each of the fabulous blogs below for some Verve-alicious eye candy and you just might win some Vervey goodness of your very own!

Before I fill you in on all the prizes and master hop list, I'll show you my card!  My layout is based on this week's Mojo Monday Sketch.   I was in need of a sympathy card so here it is ~

The base of my card is Going Gray CS and is 4 1/4" square.  The next mat is True Black and then DP from Pink Paislee's Queen Bee Collection.  I stamped the sentiment, from Verve's Forever in our Hearts set, on another piece of DP from the same Queen Bee Collection using Black Memento ink.  I then matted this with True Black CS.   I then stamped the leaves from Bloom & Grow on a grayish green piece of paper from my stash using Mellow Moss ink.  I then cut it out using Verve's Elegant Leaves die.  The final step was to cut 2 of each size flowers using Verve's Floral Circle Dies, crumple them up, layer them, ink the edges and add the button and string.  I added a couple Maya Road stick pins and was done!  Now on to the hop list!  Your next stop is Shannan!

1. Julee 9. Susan 2. Betty 10. Andrea 3. Dawn 11. Charmaine 4. Jen d. 12. Teresa 5. Jen T. 13. Maureen 6. Lynda 14. Amber 7. Shannan 15. Amy 8. Sony

We've hidden a little mystery prize on one of today's hop spots, so be sure to leave a little comment love as you hop around for a chance to win!
Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, July 5
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve

There are TONS of things going on at Verve and I should have them posted here on my blog but I could not get the details to copy and paste right so be sure to stop by the Verve blog for all the fun happenings!!!

Have a great day!

~Lynda

 

Mojo Monday ~ Enjoy Today....

Hi!

Here I am FINALLY, with a card I finished on Tuesday but just never got a chance to post!  I have started my own sports photography business and all that is included in getting it going takes a ton of time plus taking the pictures, editing them, posting them, etc....  Anyway, I have totally neglected my DT duties but hopefully this week will be a bit slower and I can catch up!!!

Here is my card for last Verve's Mojo Monday sketch HERE ~

The base of this card is Old Olive with a mat of Early Espresso and then a piece of DP from Prima's Madeline's Collection.  Actually, all of the DP is from that collection.  I stamped the flower from Verve's Many Blessings set directly on the DP using Early Espresso ink and then paper pieced the flower and leaves.  I then stamped the sentiment, from Verve's Enjoy set, using Early Espresso ink and then cut it out using my Labels Four Spellbinders die.  The piece to the left was also cut using the same die set, of course smaller die, and the DP from the same collection.  The top tab was also cut with the die and I added a pewter large eyelet and burlap string.

Thank you for stopping by!!  Have a great day!

~Lynda

Happy Birthday Barbara!!!

Hello!

If you are looking for my Totally Stampalicious blog hop post, please go HERE! 

My post today is to celebrate my CRAZY friend, Barbara's, birthday!!!  Tammy was so sweet to put this all together for Barb!!  Happy Birthday and enjoy your day Barb!!!  The entire blog hop list is posted HERE on Tammy's blog.  If you are on track, you would have come here from France's blog!!!  Here is my card that I AM going to send to Barb today!!! LOL!!

The layout of this card is based on this week's Mojo Monday sketch found HERE!  The base is So Saffron CS with a mat of True Black and then SU! newspaper print DP.  The next layer is again True Black and a pattern of decorative paper from Lily Bee's This and That collection.  The yellow polka dot paper is also from the Lily Bee collection.  The sentiment is from Verve's Love Deepens set and was stamped using Black Memento ink.  Under the flower I added black seam binding, green felt leaves cut using Verve's Elegant Leaves die, flowers from the Great Friend stamped on the SU! newsprint paper & cut out, I added a vintage brad from SU! and a Tim Holtz stick pin.  I tied the tag on that I stamped using one of the Happy Birthday sentiments included in Verve's Big Wish set and punched it out using my Martha Stewart tag punch.

Here is a closer look ~

Thank you so much for hopping by!  Your next stop is sweet Vicki!!!

~Lynda

 

Mojo Monday ~ Thanks....

Happy Friday!

I don't know if you have seen the Mojo Monday sketch for this week but it is a great one!  You can check it out HERE!  There is a contest this week too!  You could win a Verve stamp set of your choice!

I took some time last night to make a card based on the sketch ~

 

The base of my card is Aqua Mist with a mat of first Early Espresso and then Kraft CS.  All of the decorative paper is from My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Mabel Collection.  Oh my gosh, this paper pad is AWESOME!  I love it!!  I stamped the flowers from Verve's Kind Words set using Early Espresso ink.  I then sponged Soft Sky ink very lightly around the flowers and added the Thanks sentiment, from Amazing Wishes, using Crumb Cake ink.  I then cut the image out using my Circle Nesties and matted with a Early Espresso scalloped cirlce.  The butterfly was cut using my SU! butterfly die.  For the two scalloped borders, I used my SU! border punch.  The final step was to add the flourish, from Express Yourself, using Crumb Cake ink.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back tomorrow with my Crazy card!

~Lynda

Mojo Monday ~ You are my Sunshine.....

Boy, am I on a roll!!!  I have been able to get lots of cards done lately.  I like when that happens!  In a week or two, my mojo will run out so I will take advantage of it now!!! LOL!!! 

The kids are off again this week so we have been catching up on appointments, which is a good thing.  We have had a great time this holiday and I'll be sad for them to go back to school on Monday.....except when I go to the grocery store and get to the checkout and find all kinds of junk that I did not put in there!!! LOLOLOL!!!  They are pretty darn funny.

Anyway, you came to see a card and I shall show you one!  My card today is based on THIS Mojo Monday sketch and YES, I followed the sketch this time!!!!

This card makes me happy!  I LOVE the flowers and the yellow, so cheerful!!  The base of this card is Daffodil Delight and is 5" square.  The next mat is first Cherry Cobbler and then Select White.  The top sky squares are from MME Loves Me Collection and the bottom squares are Pear Pizzaz.  Do you see the lines on the squares???  Oh my gosh, that is a stamp included in Verve's Text Objects set!!!  My 4 panels needed something and I saw that stamp and thought how cute it would look!  I used black Memento ink to stamp it.  The main panel is Select White CS and for the "grass" I stamped the line of hearts from Verve's Heart's Desire set using Pear Pizzaz ink.  The stems are from the Great Friend set and were stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink.  The flowers are from the Amazing Wishes set and were stamped on one of the patterns included in Echo Parks Sweet Summertime Collection, using Black Memento ink, cut them out and then I stamped the "Where there is love, there is life" sentiment included in the Text Objects set, again using Black Memento ink. 

I then added the You are my Sunshine sentiment, from Let it Shine, using Black Memento ink on Select White CS, punched it out using my small oval punch and then hand cut a True Black mat.  I then cut the decorative tag from SU's Sizzlets ~ Lots of Tags dies.

Here is a closer look ~

 I used 5 different Verve sets on this card!  Oh my gosh, I think I got a bit carried away!!!  I hope you have a great day!

~Lynda

 

Mojo Monday ~ Dude...Happy Birthday!!!

Hello!

My Nephew's birthday is coming up next month so I thought I better make him a card and of course, since he is a California surfer boy, I HAD to use Verve's Relax and Dude sets!  I used 2 other Verve sets but I'll get to that in the details below.  My layout is based on this week's Mojo Monday sketch found HERE.

The base of this card is Select White with a mat of OLD decorative orange paper I had laying around.  The next mat is Kraft.  The striped paper down the side is another piece of OLD paper and I do know that this was from SU!.  I punched the side using my Fiskars apron border punch, added a strip of Not Quite Navy CS and then Old Olive wide grosgrain.  The Dude sentiment was stamped on Kraft using Not Quite Navy ink and then cut out using my circle Nesties.  The surfboards were stamped on DP using Not Quite Navy ink, cut out and mounted on Select White CS for the base and Kraft for the "sand".  The clouds are from Verve's Up, Up and Away set and were stamped on Select White, 2 times, again using Not Quite Navy ink and then I cut out one of the clouds, added White Sparkly Fluff to both clouds (using my Quickie glue pen) and then added the cut out cloud to the scene using dimensionals.  This piece was then matted using Old Olive CS, the sentiment from Big Wish was stamped below the scene using Old Olive ink and then I added some orange rhinestones.

BTW, no your eyes are not seeing the sentiment as being crooked....it IS crooked.  Never fails....LOL!!!

Have a great day!

~Lynda

Mojo Monday ~ Hello Sunshine!!!!

Hi!

I keep thinking today is Friday but I guess it kind of is for us since my kids don't have school tomorrow!  

Here is my card based on Julee's Mojo sketch this week ~

 

The base of this card is that SU! new color, Curry I think?!?!?  It is a color I NEVER thought I would use!! LOLOL!!!  Well, it matched these AWESOME Pink Paislee papers perfectly!!!  The next mat is Black CS and then different patterns from the Queen Bee Collection.  I got the black lace from my LSS and the black rhinestones are from Kaiser Craft.   The sentiment, which is included in the Let it Shine set, was stamped on the Queen Bee DP using Black Momento ink.   The darling little sun is also included the Let it Shine set and was stamped on the yellow polka dot paper using Black Momento ink and then I added Platinum Stickles and a black Kaiser Craft rhinestone. 

Here is a closer look ~

I hope you have a great day!

~Lynda

Mojo Monday ~ Thanks a Bunch.....

Hello!

I haven't been able to play along with the Mojo Monday sketch ON MONDAY for a really long time!  Today's sketch is awesome, as usual!  I chose the circle version ~

 

The inside flap of the card is a circle of Select White CS.  The scallop is Pure Poppy (PTI) and the lower "grass" is Celery (SU!).  I just found the Martha Stewart grass punch at Micheal's last week and was so excited!  It is really cool!!!  The brown gingham ribbon is also at Micheal's.  The thanks sentiment is from Verve's Circular Sayings set and was stamped on Select White using Chocolate Chip ink and then punched using my Martha Stewart tag punch.  I tied it on the gingham knot using natural hemp.  I added the same Zva rhinestones that I added on the top left on the sentiment as well.  The beautiful tulips are from Verve's set called Floral Symphony and were stamped on Select White using Cocoa Momento ink and then colored using my Copics.  I stamped the tulips a second time, colored them and mounted them on top of the first stamped image using dimensionals.  The stem was stamped using Celery ink and colored using a green Copic Spica glitter pen.  I then cut the image out using my square Nesties and matted it on Dark Chocolate (PTI).  The blue background paper is some old scrap I had laying around that actually has texture like clouds.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here tomorrow with my Jbelle challenge card!

~Lynda

Mojo Monday ~ Floating by to say HI!!!

Good Morning!

The past few weeks have been terrible here, weather wise!  To top it all off, we might get more snow Monday!  Oh my gosh, I hope not!  The kids are back in school today and will go on Monday even though that was supposed to be a Holiday but they have missed so many days.  I have had some time to stamp but of course, my mojo went on vacation without me!!! LOLOL!!!  Hopefully, it will be back soon and be nice &  refreshed from it's vacation!!! LOLOLOL!!!

I made this card based on Julee's Mojo sketch #125 ~ 

The base of this card is Select White CS with a mat of True Black and then Ripe Avocado (all from PTI).  All of the DP is from MME's Love Me Collection.  The lower mat is first Select White CS that I cut the bottom edge using one of my scalloped circle Nesties.  I then added the red DP which was cut using the regular circle Nesties.  For the top main image piece, I stamped the hot air balloons from PTI's Everyday Button Bits, using Basic Black ink.  I then added a fabric brad from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses line and then 2 epoxy brads from Basic Grey's Valentine line from last year.  The heart brad was adhered in the center of a large white button from PTI.  The white button already had the silver accents on it!  The "grass" is Ripe Avocado CS and was punched using my EK Success wavy border punch.  The lower grass piece was adhered direction on the DP and the second grass piece was adhered using dimensionals.  I then matted this piece on Pure Poppy CS, a scalloped circle of MME DP and then a circle of True Black CS.   Before adding the focal piece, I added the black silk May Arts ribbon.

Here is a closer look at the hot air balloons ~

Hope you are all well and I'll be back tomorrow with my C4C creation!!!!  I better get busy!!! LOLOL!!!

~Lynda

Baby Boy Onesie Blossoms......

I am SO excited to share with you this baby gift that I made for a friend of my husbands.  Before I show it to you, I have to say that THIS WAS NOT my idea.  I saw this idea on Lauren's blog a long time ago and have always wanted to make one!!!  The card layouts are based on Julee's Mojo Monday sketch HERE.

Yes, the onesies are supposed to be rolled up to look like flowers but I'm not so sure I did a good job of rolling!!! LOL!!!  The tin I got from Micheal's and the ribbon is from Sharon's ribbon store.  I added some flowers, misc. leaves, a Prima butterfly, box of cards and filler.  This really does look so much cuter in real life but you get the idea!!!  I had 5 onesies but ended up with just 4!!  Everyone needs a PRACTICE onesie right?!?!? LOLOLOL!!!

Here is a look from the top ~

I didn't decorate the clear box with the cards & envelopes in it because any color I used would have looked bad so I decided to just leave it.  The one card I made went perfectly with the yellow flowers.  The other cards didn't blend so well so I put those in the back of the box under the envelopes!!! LOL!!!  Before I show you my cards and the onesies, here are a few close up pictures of the arrangement ~

I absolutely LOVE how the onesies turned out!  I looked on line to see if baby clothes were sold with buttons on the shirts or onesies and did find some so I thought it would be ok to add the buttons.  I sewed them on really tight!!!   The stamp set I used to stamp these as well as the cards, is from Papertrey Ink and is called Baby Button Bits.

The pea was stamped using Olive Green Stazon and the sentiment was stamped using Black Stazon.  Here is a closer look at the image & sentiment ~

 

I made 2 onesies using this image and then I made 2 using the teddy bear image.  On the bear, one had an Orange Zest PTI button and the other a Spring Rain PTI button.  Here is a picture of one of the bear onesies ~

I colored the bear using my Copic markers.  You have to be really careful and not color all the way up to the edges because it will bleed.  Don't ask me how I KNOW this!!! LOLOLOL!!!!

I included 5 cards, 3 of which are these ~

The other 2 cards are these ~

I would have loved to have made more but I ran out of time.  This bee image is also included in the Baby Button Bits set.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this little gift!  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

I'll be back tomorrow with a house warming gift I made for my Sister in Law.

~Lynda