V is for Vertical

V is for Vertical

Long time no blog! Ugh the past few weeks in my life have been crazy. First we traveled to Chicago for our first visit ever and fell in love. Yes, it does have some issues but we were in the downtown area and never once did we feel uncomfortable or in danger. I've shared photos on my Instagram page (which you can access using my social media icons) and I plan to share some on my FB page as well soon. We took a boat tour and a double decker bus tour and it was interesting to see the city from both vantage points. I also spent an extra week in Nashville, upon my return to Tennessee, visiting my (now 6 week old) grandson and helping out my college girl who's in stress overload these days. Her thesis deadline is the end of the month and she's pulling a lot of all-nighters. She was happy to have her mom around to cook, clean, keep the laundry going, take care of her dog and yes I drove her back and forth to the university each day. She was way too tired to be driving herself and it gave her some extra time in the morning. Hint: she's not a morning person. ;)

Our challenge sponsor is 

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Prize is winner's choice of 3 images from shop.

Now on to the reason for my post, I'm sharing my DT card for the latest challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge. Our hostess, Lorraine A, is asking everyone to create a vertical card. My mojo has taken a hit lately so I turned to You Tube for inspiration and found this adorable card by Vicky Papaioannou.  I used the idea for the moon and background as you'll see if you click the link and while I didn't have the same set of Lawn Fawn stamps that she used I did use Lawn Fawn stamps for my woodland animals and sentiment. I used various dies for the trees and a white Sakura glaze pen adds a snowy effect. The snow drifts are also dies and I used foam tape to add dimension between the layers.  

That's all for me today, pop over to the main challenge blog to see more inspiration by my design team mates or link up your vertical card. I'll be back on Friday to share my incoming / outgoing pocket letters for September. 

Oh, in case you were here before and saw a different card....well I didn't like it very much so I made a new one. Much better, glad that's done lol. ;)

Have a great day, wherever you are.

Lisa xx

Remembering Marilyn

 

 

That is what I titled my mixed media canvas that I created for my BIL's birthday which is today. Happy Birthday Ray!!! He has always been an admirer of Marilyn Monroe so when I saw this amazing canvas HERE on Pinterest a light bulb went off in my head. Bingo! A custom piece of art for my fave bro-in-law. :) I scoured my inspiration piece and added a lot of the same elements while adding a few unique touches of my own. I will confess that my chicken wire is not the "real thing" as hers is but created from a Pop-Tart box and a fabulous new die, Die-namics Chicken Wire, which I acquired from My Favorite Things. It worked like a charm and I'll have more MFT goodies to show you on his birthday card in a minute.

 

I followed the artist's directions and hot glued the embellishments where I wanted them and covered the whole canvas excluding the photo with Gesso. The great thing about this is you can use any color flower or metal embellishment you like. If you have paper flowers that have been in your stash for a while but just don't work for you anymore this is a great way to transform them. Once everything dried I covered the photo with a towel and sprayed Rangers Lettuce and Sunset Orange Ink Sprays and Dylusions Melted Chocolate Ink Spray onto my canvas. After everything dried again I went back with Bundled Sage and Vintage Photo Distress Ink and highlighted some of the embellishments. Another drying cycle was needed and the final step was a coat of Deco Art's Decoupage to seal it.  

 

Here are a few close ups, sorry for the glare.

 

 

I used a lot of Tim's Idea-o-logy goodies on this piece.

 

 

See the mesh in the upper corner? I recycled a shallot bag
to add texture so save those fruit and produce bags. :)

Spare Parts and Tim's Idea-o-logy metal embellies add a masculine
touch. The chipboard clock was in a set of 4 by Dusty Attic.

A metal key, plastic M,
Idea-o-logy crown and
Melissa Francis resin scroll
adorn the left side of
Marilyn's photo.

True Marilyn fans will know what the 26 stands for. She
was born on June 1, 1926 and would have turned 87 in two
days. Cogs/sprockets are from Tim's Idea-o-logy and TPS's
Spare Parts product lines.

I threw the kitchen sink in can you tell lol. Cogs, pen nib,
key chains, memo pins, locks, keys, tags and charms.

I Google'd the photo of Marilyn and ended up using the same
one as the canvas that inspired me. It was a better fit than
the others and shows off her beauty.



 

 Here's the birthday card I made for him and it too was inspired by a CARD which I ran across on Pinterest. Both inspiration pieces can be found on my altered art and cards Pinterest boards plus lots more. Pinterest has been my go-to place for kick starting my mojo lately. :)  I've been running around at Mach 5 with my hair on fire and sometimes you just have to go with the flow and CASE (but always give credit where credit is due). I do hope you'll check out the mixed media canvas and card which inspired me. They are very talented people!

 

 

MFT goodies on this card are:

Die-namics Feathers and Arrows

LLD Document It-Bingo stamp set

 

I used a Spellbinders pennant die set to create my flags and a Notebook Plain Jane by Verve which I fussy cut and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The chipboard circular piece is by Basic Grey and the metal clock is from Tim's Ideo-o-logy line. The feathers and chevron banner were cut from MME Kraft Funday collection and the rub ons are from Christy Tomlinson's She Art collection.

 

 

Thanks for hanging in there! I'm grateful that you dropped by and I'd love to know what you think of my media media tribute to Marilyn Monroe. I do hope it has inspired you to preserve a memory or create a keepsake for a loved one . :)

 

Have a super day!

Lisa xx



Challenge #37 - LOVE

 

 

The Squirrel and The Fox is back with a new challenge and the theme for the next two weeks is LOVE. I'm using a digi image by our current sponsor, Kenny K, called Milk Shake. It definitely looks like this couple have a good thing going on! 

 

An archived Mojo sketch was used for inspiration and dp's from the MME Love Me Do collection bring the color yellow into play. It gives it an airy feel which I like. The heart doily was a purchase from JoAnn's and the red sparkle ribbon is from Michael's. I love the look of sewing on cards but I'll fess up and share that mine is totally faux. I used a white gel pen and a black micro liner pen to create the stitched look. Here's a look at the inside of my card and the continuation of my sentiment on the front.

 

 

The sentiment reads, "We've got a groovy kind of love" and
it's from Verve's Feeling Groovy set.




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Prize is 5 free Kenny K digi stamps!



I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Catz #169-Love is in the Air
One Stop Craft Challenge #215-Love is in the Air
Simon Says Stamp-Have a Heart
Ribbon Carousel Challenge 77-Love is in the Air
Catered Crop Polka Dots Recipe Swap Quickfire (red polka dot dp)
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes
Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #49-Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday's Challenge #106-Love and Romance
The ABC Challenge: G is for going Dotty (red polka dot dp)



Congratulations to TS&TF Winner and Top 3 of the Something New challenge! One last thing, be sure to drop by my teamies blogs to see their inspiration and leave some comment love for them.

Have a great week and I wish each of you a Happy Valentine's Day!

Hugs,
Lisa xx


 

 

The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge #35

Front View of Mini Book

 

 

Welcome to the first challenge for 2013, Anything Goes, at The Squirrel and The Fox!

 

We're sponsored by Robyn's Fetish and I'm using their Sunflower 1 image on the cover of my mini book. I love sunflowers and you might note that I've used this image before but what can I say, I really like it. :) A big thank you to Robyn's Fetish for providing the design team with images to play with! You can visit the challenge blog to see what my teamies created with their images or click their links on my right sidebar.

Now for my Mini Book which features some of my favorite quotes and Scriptures. It will sit on my desk and provide instant encouragement, anytime. I should note that I used black medium weight chipboard for the base and cut each one to 4.5" square. A Cinch binding machine made it a snap to put this project together and I opted to bind it at the top so each page will flip easily.

pg. 1

pg. 2

pg. 3

pg. 4

pg. 5

pg. 6

Side View

I used dp's from October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker collection and cs in my three main colors of red, yellow and black. All of the edges were distressed with Black Soot Distress Ink and black alpha's from The Paper Studio and red tiny type alpha's from Cosmo Cricket spell out the title on the front cover. Throughout I've used various stamps and dies and you can check the supply list for those details.

 

Super fun project that inspired me to make more of these to give as gifts. Everyone can use a little encouragement, right. Thanks for taking the time to visit me today! 

 

Congrats to the Winners and Top 3 of Challenges #33 & #34!!!

 

Happy Crafting,

Lisa xx

 

 

Stamps:

pg. 1-Words of Wisdom & Borderline (Verve); Friendship Blooms (Taylored Expressions)

pg. 2- Philippians 4:13 & Curvy Cross Plain Janes, Borderline Set (Verve)

pg. 3- Faith & Hope (TE); Sewing Box-Hugs (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

pg. 4- Thankful (TE); Borderline (Verve)

pg. 5- Jeremiah 29:11 Plain Jane (Verve)

pg. 6- Unity Quote Bundle (Unity Stamp Co.)

 

Dies:

Front Cover-Spellbinders Classic Ovals Lg. & Scalloped Ovals Lg.

pg. 1- Friendship Blooms, Leafy Branch  and Frame It Up Dies (TE)

pg. 2- Curvy Cross & Tagged Rectangle Dies (Verve)

pg. 3- Classy Label Die (Verve)

pg. 5- Spellbinders Label Eight; Layering Doily Die Lg. (TE)

 



IBSIC #37 - Photo Inspiration

Hello and welcome! I am so excited because I am the guest designer at Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge. WooHoo! As a recent challenge winner I was asked to join Joanna and the talented design team for the new challenge at IBSIC . Joanna emailed the inspiration photo to me a few weeks ago and I was immediately inspired by the gorgeous poinsettias. I pulled out my Poinsettia Christmas stamp set by Verve and went to work. She ask us to use green, red, and white for our color scheme and the papers in Authentique's Wonder collection were a perfect fit. I subbed cream for white, which Joanna approved, and used this sketch for design inspiration.

 

 





I stamped four poinsettias, colored each with Copic's, fussy cut them and layered to create a dimensional flower. My sentiment is from the same set and I used the leafy sprigs stamp and die, also by Verve, to back my flowers. The leaves were distressed with antique linen and opal liquid pearls  provide visual interest on my sentiment panel. A Spica atyou silver pen created a faux stitched border while I opted to use pearls on the circle panel. The red & white stripe separating two of my dp's is fabric tape and I added twine and a bow on top of it. A faux stitched border on my green base panel and four red pearls anchoring my dp panels finish my card.

 

Many thanks to Joanna and the team for choosing my Halloween Mini Album as a winner and for this wonderful opportunity to guest design. Be sure to check out all of their amazing inspiration at Inspired By Stamping Inspiration Challenge.  

 

 

Sketch Challenge:

Paper Pal Arts #147 - An Inspiring Sketch 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and a big welcome to my newest followers!

Hugs,

Lisa



 

 





Make It Monday #112

 

**click here for my The Squirrel and The Fox DT post**

It's time for another linky party to begin at Make It Monday and we do hope you'll join in the fun. The gallery was full of wonderful projects this past week and I can't wait to share my Pick of the Week with you. First though, I'd like to congratulate our winners for MIM #111 and encourage you to leave a comment on the other entries this week giving you a second chance at winning a prize. Good Luck!

There were no sponsor images to work with so Michelle gave us permission to use whatever we wanted and I've used stamps by Verve and Waltzingmouse Stamps on my pocket card. To create this fun card I used a paper cutter and trimmed a cardstock sheet to 5.25"x11", placed my long edge horizontal on my Scor-Pal and scored 5.5" inches from the left edge. Next I scored a horizontal line a .5" above the top edge and a .5" above the bottom edge. Run your bone folder over scored lines and fold in toward the center and place double-sided tape on the flaps. Again run your bone folder over the score line at 5.5" and place double-sided tape on the left side then peel the backing from the tape and adhere the flaps while running your finger along the taped bottom to seal. Now you've got a pocket card that was super easy to create. Decorate the front of the card using patterned paper and the width of my panels are 4.75" wide by 2"high, I used a coordinating paper for the middle section and it also gave me a place to stamp my sentiment "It's your day" and add visual interest. Two die cut circles create a place for my butterfly stamp & coordinating die by Verve to land while the fun dot border was created with a WMS Faux Fun Circles stamp. The butterfly was stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copic markers. I added a trio of Kaisercraft brown pearls to my corners and my front was finished. Next up is my inside panel and here's a picture of it below.

 

 

 

Again I used the same paper but reversed the top & bottom panels, the middle section is Choice Buttercream by Taylored Expressions and I stamped "celebrate" by WMS in Memento Rich Cocoa. As you can see my cardstock base is blue and I pulled the color from the dp's I used. The measurement of my cs base is 4.75" wide by 5" high. I made the tab with a 1" circle punch from Fiskars and adhered to the back of my base. (It helps to place the panel inside your pocket, line it up and then adhere your tab so it will be centered perfectly. ;) The orientation of your patterned paper can be varied and suited to your tastes depending on your sentiment inside.

 

Now for my Pick of the Week which is #127 Karen G who created this ornament that can also be used as a wall hanging. The Graphic 45 patterned paper blends so well with her colored image and I love the netting behind it. A die cut music strip and all of the embellishments make this an all time favorite of mine. To view a full shot of this wonderful project click on her link above. I love this Karen!

 

 

 

 

 

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Playing along with the following challenge:

One Stop Craft Challenge #201-Anything Goes

 

 

A big thank you to our sponsor and to all of you who join us each week. For more inspiration by my incredible teamies please visit the Make It Monday blog or click the links on my right sidebar. Have fun crafting everyone! 

 

Hugs,

Lisa

 

 

Stamps: Party Time & All Aflutter (Verve); Say It Loud (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

Paper: Harvest Lane (Simple Stories); cs (Bazzill Basics Paper)

Die: All Aflutter (Verve); Std. Circles Lg. & Cl. Scalloped Circles Lg. (Spellbinders)

 

Sew happy

 

 

 

**For my Make It Monday DT post click HERE**

 

 

Hello and welcome! I was inspired to create this card by the wonderful color combo at the CR84FN Color Challenge, the button challenge at Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #151 and the lovely layers challenge over at Divas by Design.  The colors denim, tan and brown were the main challenge colors and I did not need to add any neutrals this time. Obviously the button challenge inspired me to use buttons and I found this neat button dp in the This & That Graceful 6x6 pad that worked perfectly. Four buttons later and my main image panel was done and I moved on to those lovely layers the divas requested to see. ;-) So here are my layers-image panel, 4 buttons w/twine, seam binding, die cut tag w/sentiment, dp that I matted, die cut crochet border, base dp and pearls anchoring my corners. Inside I dressed my card up with another base dp, die cut doily, stamped sentiment on a die cut circle and a trio of pearls for embellishment. It was a lot of fun to make and I'm sending this to a friend who truly makes me "sew happy."

 

Thanks for taking a look and for those of you looking to join a design team the CR84FN Color Challenge is currently hosting a DT call. Click here for the details and good luck to everyone who enters.

Happy Crafting!

Lisa  

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sew Happy (TE), Great Friend (Verve)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Paper: base dp-MME/Lost & Found-Madison Avenue; brown diamond dp-Jillibean Soup/Homemade 6 Bean; Button card dp-Echo Park/This & That Graceful

Dies: Die-namics faux crochet border trim (MFT); Mini tags-set of 9 & layering doily large die (TE); std. circles lg. (Spellbinders)

Accessories: seam binding-Prairie Bird Boutique; buttons-Buttons Bonanza; pearls-Recollections

 



I've been thinking about you

Hello and welcome! I totally meant to post this yesterday but this week has taken twists and turns of its own beyond my control. So here I am on the final day with my entry for Our Creative Corner-Button 'n Burlap or Bows challenge and I'm using Card Patterns Sketch # 169 for inspiration. I also plan to link up with Make It Monday #94 where anything goes. Here's a little close up of my challenge requirements.

This card is for my mom and I've been thinking about her lately. :) She loves flowers so I used Authentiques's Gathering dp's to put this little number together. Per the OCC challenge requirements we had to use buttons, burlap or bows. Even though my card is relatively small, 4x6, I found a way to include all three which made me happy. The burlap anchors my orange twill ribbon and the button & burlap bow draw the eye to my sentiment banner. I did not want to compete with the beautiful floral dp so I die cut two rosettes from a coordinating dp and anchored it with the smaller rosette {which was not accordion folded} and placed a teal pearl to add a pop of color. The base is bittersweet chocolate and I've been thinking about chocolate chip cookies ever since so I think I'll go now and whip up a batch.

Thanks for stopping by and hurry if you want to play with the OCC challenge and the sketch.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Lisa

Supplies:
Stamps: Small Phrases (Verve)
Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink (T!m Holtz/Ranger)
Paper: Gathering (Authentique), bittersweet chocolate cs (Bazzill)
Accessories: Easy Rosettes 017 die (The Cat's Pajamas); Nested Pennants die (Spellbinders) burlap (Jo-Ann's); orange twill ribbon (TE); brown burlap string (WMS); orange vintage style button (Jenni Bowlin); teal pearl (Kaisercraft); 3D foam dots (Therm O Web)

I'm back and a tad late...

Hi everybody, I'm back today with a card I made for the November VLV challenge featuring Week 3. I'm a tad late and I didn't get to use the fabulous sketch by Sankari Wegman for Week 4 but I plan to go back and use it in the future. :-) This awesome sketch by Tosha worked great with my Winter Park dp's from Echo Park. I was drawn to the colors and patterns and it provided an opportunity to use my new Snowflake Tidings die set by Verve, which I love. I stamped the small snowflake from Glad Tidings and die cut it with the newly released die set and I mixed and matched the stamped image panel. The mittens were paper  pieced and everything else is pretty self-explanatory. Here is Tosh's sketch which was our inspiration.

On a personal note, some of you may know my Dad was in MICU for a couple of days this week but he's  home and recuperating. I will be busy with follow-up appointments for him but hope to share my calendar pages with you and some additional altered projects soon. A big thank you to everyone who remembered him in your prayers!! Maybe this month I will stay caught up with the weekly sketches at Viva la Verve, hope so. :-)

God Bless,
~Lisa

Supplies: Winter Mittens & Holiday Phrases (Verve)
Paper: Winter Park by Lori Whitlock (Echo Park), Pomegranate (Bazzill), Choice Snow White (TE store)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Color Burgundy
Accessories: Snowflake Tidings Die Set (Verve); Standard Circles Lg. (Spellbinders); Snowflake Trim deep edger punch (MS); blue rhinestones (daisyd's); seam binding (Prairie Bird Boutique)

Thank You

Hi there, I am popping in today with a card I made in September for a friend and co-worker of my DH who brought us the most delicious tomatoes, corn and peas all summer long from his garden. They were so tasty and the tomatoes were the best I've ever tasted, anywhere. I actually day dream about those tomatoes! LOL!! Oh well, it just gives me something to look forward to next summer. :-)

I'll be back this week with an altered project I am currently working on that's actually for me, yea! I had plans to make a lot of my Christmas this year but got sidetracked with moving my Dad in with us in October and having a junior in high school who is also taking six semester hours of college. Have I mentioned that I homeschool her? I do, and what on earth was I thinking when we signed her up for college??? I am sooo behind it isn't funny but I am trying not to stress out and figure I'll make this project for myself and if I like how it turns out then I'll make some as gifts. It will all get done somehow, I hope. Otherwise I will be decorating more altered tins to give out those handy dandy giftcards. ;)

Thanks for stopping by and I'd like to welcome my new followers to my blog. I am so grateful for you and love checking out your blogs as well. There are so many talented people in blogland and I love how crafters share their talent so graciously. A big thank you also to everyone who has left a sweet comment for me, it really means so much and they put a smile on my face.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,
~Lisa

Stamps: You're My Type-Upper (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Garden Variety (Cosmo Cricket), cardstock
Ink: Memento's Bamboo Leaves, Frayed Burlap Distress Ink (T!m Holtz)
Accessories: Arbor Border Punch (EK Success); I Heart U Die Set (Verve); Nested Lacey Pennants (Spellbinders); Sew Easy Piercer (We R Memory Keepers); black brads

Happy Harvest

This is a late post today because we've had some server issues so I'll get right to it. I made this card for the Inchie Challenge by Sharon Harnist and she challenged us to make a fall themed card and spotlight our stamp with an Inchie or a 1" square piece of cardstock. She used a gorgeous stamp, Autumn Gate, by Lockhart Stamp Co. which is now on my shopping list. I tried several approaches and nothing came together so I went default mode and yep, you guessed it, pulled out my fav autumn stamp set by Verve. I promise you will not see a pumpkin on my next post. :-) But here it is and it is set off by a Spellbinders Scalloped Edge Frame and all in all I can mark this challenge off my list. Two down and two to go...

I kept the layout simple because the idea is for the Inchie to be the focal point. As soon as I post this I will enter it into the challenge and call it a day, it has been a long one. You still have time to compete in the World Card Making Day Challenges that Ellen Hutson is sponsoring on The CLASSroom blog. Good Luck!

~Lisa

Stamps: Bountiful Harvest (Verve)
Ink: Antique Linen Distress Ink (T!m Holtz), Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Dutch Mustard DP (jillibean SOUP), Classic Orange & Palo Verde (Bazzill), cream cs
Accessories: Scalloped Edge Frame (Spellbinders); Swiss Dots embossing folder (C'bug); Copics; folder tabs template (HOTP); orange peel and yellow stickles (Ranger); brown crochet trim; chocolate pearls (Kaisercraft);

Moments That Take our Breath Away

That's exactly what happened to me this morning when I checked the Verve blog and learned that I'd won the Case-A-Diva Challenge. I can honestly say that I haven't been that excited in a long time. What an honor it truly is because the entries were all winners in my book! My heartfelt thanks to Julee and all of the Diva's for their ongoing inspiration.

I plan to enter this card in the EHWCMD4 challenge sponsored by Ellen Hutson. The sketch by Julia Stainton can be found here as well as the other challenges and prize information.



Thanks again to Verve and I wish everyone luck in the upcoming challenges.

~Lisa

Stamps: Beautiful You (Verve)

Paper: hounds-tooth check (The Classics pad by PS), black & red cardstock, Choice Snow White (TE)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Standard Circles Lg. (Spellbinders), From the Heart Die (Verve); black seam binding (Prairie Bird Boutique); buckle slider (PS); rhinestones, black and white gel pens

A True Love Story Never Ends

I am back today with another entry in Verve's Case-a-Diva Challenge and I am CASE'ing the lovely Andrea Ewen. This lady certainly has style, doesn't she! There's no better way to jumpstart my mojo than to check out her blog on a daily basis. Needless to say my Martha Stewart punch collection has expanded thanks to the many talented and creative ways she finds to use them. Here is her beautiful card with all of the "Ewen Style" we have come to love so much.

I chose to case the layout, great color scheme, MS punch, dies, and liquid pearls. I changed the sentiment and added a bow because I made this card for my DH on the occasion of our 25th wedding anniversary which we celebrated earlier this year. He has always been supportive of me and I am a very lucky girl! Love you Dear :-)

Happy Friday and good luck to all who entered this challenge!
~Lisa

Stamps: Love Story (Verve)
Paper: Lemon Flower Stack (DCWV), Choice SnowWhite (TE store), black/white cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Standard Circles Lg. (Spellbinders), Classy Label Die (Verve); String Lace punch (MS); ribbon (Hobby Lobby); silver pearl liquid pearls (Ranger); black pearls (Kaisercraft); crystals (Prima)

Abundant Blessings

I have another post today because I am entering this card in Verve's Case-A-Diva and I chose to case the very talented Laurie Schmidlin. I have lurked around her blog for over a year now and never cease to be inspired by her beautiful creations. I loved everything about this card and you can see from my previous post that I love this stamp set too! The colors were fantastic so I chose to case those plus just about everything else :-) as well. In fact I am a regular at the Verve gallery because Verve Diva's ROCK, so thanks for all that you do to inspire so many to get out there and create something beautiful. Here is Laurie's card which was my case inspiration.



Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

~Lisa

Stamps: Bountiful Harvest  (Verve)

Paper: Polka Dot DP (MME), Black Damask (PS), Choice Buttercream (TE store), black cs from stash

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen Distress Ink (T!m Holtz)

Accessories: Copics, stickles, black pearls (Kaisercraft), seam binding (Prairie Bird Boutique), brad (PS), Divine Swirls embossing folder (CB), Labels Nine Die (Spellbinders), Double Loops punch (MS), dauber



Bountiful Harvest

Good morning! I wanted to pop in and share my Week 4 card for the VLV September Challenge. Laurie's sketch below is the final one for this month and I kept it very CAS (clean & simple). 

The sweet pumpkin is from Verve's Bountiful Harvest stamp set which is an all-time favorite of mine! I colored it with Copic markers and added yellow stickles to the stars to make them sparkle. Julee has another awesome stamp set, Autumn Splendor, on sale through the 30th so check it out here for 30% off.

Thanks for stopping by today, it means alot and I hope your day is a very happy one indeed!

~Lisa

Stamps: Bountiful Harvest (Verve)
Paper: Jeepers Creepers pad (PS), Bittersweet Chocolate, Navel cs (Bazzill), Choice Buttercream (TE)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Embossed Oval Die (Verve); ribbon (HOTP); stickles, Copics-Y18, Y35, Y17, Y23, Y38,YR07, YR16, YR18, YG95, YG63, 0

Welcome Baby Girl

It's not too often that I get to make a new baby card but a friend and co-worker of my DH is expecting a little girl in October. I used the Week 2 VLV September Sketch Challenge below as my inspiration.

 

Echo Park is one of my favorite paper companies and I used three of the Springtime DP's on this card. Even though it is not baby girl pink I think Mom & Dad will approve of it, hope so!

 That's it for today, three cards down for the September Viva la Verve Challenge and one to go. See ya tomorrow :-) BTW, isn't Amy Sheffer's sketch awesome. I think so too!

~Lisa

Stamps: To the Moon (Verve)

Paper: Springtime (Echo Park), Avalanche (Bazzill), Sassy and Sunrise Orchid (core'dinations), cardstock from stash

Ink: Victorian Velvet Distress Ink (T!m Holtz), Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Sweet Scallop Die and Elegant Leaves Die (Verve); Standard Circles Lg., Lacey Circles (Spellbinders); flower (Prima); ribbon (Hobby Lobby); Polka Dot embossing folder (C'bug)