WPlus9 MMB and Retrosketches...

Had a chance to make a card. whoo hoo!! Busy week and missed a couple of challenges that recently I have enjoyed playing with...so

Played with my WPlus9 stamps/dies and made a card using the Retrosketch {tonite's the deadline and I'm squeezing it in}. Heat embossed the doily image from WPlus9 Lacey Layers onto a blue background--just love this look. For the panel- embossed the red CS with swiss dots {old time fav} and adhered onto white cardstock that I stamped with a sentiment from WPlus9 Blanket Stitched Blooms. Love the fonts!! Die cut some blooms {matching dies} and stamped with images from Blanket Stitched Blooms. The red/white panel and the blooms are all popped up for some dimension.

Here's the WPlus 9 inspiration pic... went with the colors and doily, turned the twine into stitching, buttons became flowers.

The sketch...

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Have a busy WE ahead... hoping to go out for a little spin on the boat!!

Another Viva la Verve card

I still have my blog candy up.... will run through the 31st and then, pick a winner!! Will contact the winner via email/announce here also!!

'Kay still trying to find my mojo... haven't stamped at all for a few days so...my mind becomes a titch blank.... well, there may be other days when I'm overloaded and get a little "blank" by evening!!

Played with some new Verve and created a card for the week 2 sketch by Christyne.

Papers are Glitz Cashmere Dame... I have had  these for forever and not used them.... if "Hoarders" ever came to my house... they would find a bunch of patterned paper pads. The colors are wonderful (reds, blacks, greens, light blues)!! The background was embossed with a SU fan folder and then sanded, added a doily and scallop border using dies from MFT. Flowers and sentiment from Verve's Let it Be. I was in a pearl mood...

The sketch...

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Verve weekly sketch challenge!

I still have my blog candy up.... will run through the 31st and then, pick a winner!! Will contact the winner via email/announce here also!!


Well, I had high hopes for this long weekend to stamp a lot but, things just don't always work out the way we want them to. I have this inner ear problem (throwing off little calcium deposits) that can make you dizzy.... major dizzy! Only happens about once a year.... thank goodness!!

Anywho- this is a card that I worked on a while ago for the Verve weekly sketch challenge-May-on SCS.

 

I turned it into a square card and took a little liberty with the heart (flowers/leaves) but, the basic sketch is there. Still loving these Fancy Pants Park Bench papers!! The leaves were die cut with Verve's Dreamy Leaves die, stamped with the image from Dream Big and heat embossed with clear. The flower image is from Sunny Days and it was stamped on patterned paper. Sentiment is from Because of You. I think I started this card around Mothers Day and was thinking of my mom!!

 

 

Here's Amber's sketch...

 

Now, the dizzyness abated a bit today and we were able to go out on the boat for a ride and to lunch!! First of the season for me!! Oh, how I LOVE summer!!

 



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Let Your Light Shine!!

It's Wednesday- we're halfway there and here in the US it's a long weekend- yippee!!

This card is for the Verve Diva Dare challenge- to use Stars and Stripes with an extra twist {if you're courageous!!} of making a CAS card. Well, the CAS has stressed my brain a titch too much lately....

I pulled out a couple "oldies but goodies" to make this card. The stars are from Verve's Seeing Stars and the sentiment is from Starstruck. Sentiment was stamped on a Verve Banner Bundle die. I used SB star dies {the two larger images don't fit the die perfectly but, I liked the offset look}. Papers are Authentique Glory. Yes, I went traditional here with the colors!!

I used Charmaine's week 3 Viva la Verve sketch....

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you're so yummy!

Happy Sunday afternoon. It's a rainy day here so perfect for stamping! Although maybe not so good for photography (even with ott lights).

Pulled out Waltzingmouse Stamps Big Berries-Strawberries. Stamped the berry onto whisper white cardstock and fussy cut- the stem was stamped onto patterned paper but, I added a little shading with copics. This was popped on top of a circle nestie. Added some flag banners using MFT Flag Stax and a few brads in the corner. Sentiment is from the same WMS set.

Used the colors from this week's Color Throwdown challenge of real red, daffodil delight, kiwi kiss, and tempting turquoise. The sketch is Jen's Deconstructed sketch.

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