Let it Be

Hi friends!  Happy Wednesday!  I got a little time last night to play with this week's CC431 color challenge over on SCS.

I started with the three colors of cardstock... gumball greeen, rich razzleberry and midnight muse.  I stamped the flower from Let it Be on each piece of cardstock with the coordinating ink pad.  Next I stamped the two flowers on cream in rich razzleberry, then hand cut and colored with a colorless blender pen.  The leaves are from the Sunny Days set and cut with the coordinating Leafy Sprigs Die Set in gumball green.  The Let it Be sentiment is stamped onto a classic oval and then I simply accented with rhinestones.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Let it Be, Sunny Days (Verve Stamps)
Paper: gumball green, rich razzleberry, midnight muse (SU!), cream
Ink: gumball green, rich razzleberry, midnight muse (SU!)
Accessories: Leafy Sprigs Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), flatback rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), rhinestone flourish (Recollection), Classic Ovals Nestabilities (Spellbinders), James Collection embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Birthday Blooms

Hi friends!  It's time for another Mojo Monday sketch and this week's sketch is a flipped version of a card I made for the last Verve release.  I thought the way the borders and ribbon layered was super fun and wanted to try it again.

My Mom's birthday is this week, so I used the sketch to make a card and then made a matching little money holder gift for her.  I had to change the proportions of my layers a bit because for some reason my DIY Shop paper pad only had 1 sheet of this fun aqua floral paper included.  The stamps used are from the Hope Blooms set.  These flowers are some of my all time favorites.  I just love to cut them on each petal for a fringey effect.  The borders are a die cut portion from the Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set matched back to back with Laurie' Willison's Scalloped Card Hanger Die, then accented with flatback pearls and liquid pearls.  The ribbon is from the Signature Ribbon Collection.  I added a few accents on each big scallop with the snowflake from Glad Tidings, then used the same stamp and coordinating Snowflake Tidings Die Set for the leaves on my flower.  Some pearl clusters and distressing finish off the card.

For the matching money holder I used a 6.25" x 2.75" piece of crumbcake, scored 3" from each end.  I added a 2 7/8" x 2 5/8" piece of dp to the front, then stamped the birthday sentiment on a 2.75" x 1.75" piece of white cardstock.  The flowers are cut from DP with the Floral Circles Die Set and then I cut in between each petal for a fringe look, layering on dimensionals.  The money is held inside with a thin piece of ribbon that I wrapped around the gutter and tied inside, then accented the ribbon, flower center and sentiment with pearls.  So quick and easy, but I love how it turned out.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please be sure to stop by the Mojo Monday blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with for this sketch.  And if you're on Facebook, I've just created a Mojo Monday facebook page.  I'll be linking up our sketches, favorite entries and mojo news there, so be sure to like us if you want to be in the know!

Enabler's List
Card:
Stamps: Hope Blooms, Glad Tidings (Verve Stamps)
Paper: DIY Shop (Crate Paper), Crumb cake, Early espresso, coastal cabana (SU!), white
Ink: Early espresso, Coastal cabana (SU!), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories:  Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set, Snowflake Tidings Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Signature Ribbon Collection (Verve), Scalloped Card Hanger Die (Soapbox Creations), Rosa embossing folder (Cuttlebug), pearls, pearl clusters (Recollections), Liquid Pearls (Ranger)

Money Holder:
Stamps: Hope Blooms (Verve Stamps)
Paper: DIY Shop (Crate Paper), Crumb cake (SU!), white
Ink: Early espresso (SU!), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories:  Floral Circles Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), ribbon (SU!), pearls, Scor-pal

Shiny Inspiration

Hi friends!  It's time for another Viva la Verve! challenge over in the Verve forum.  This week is inspiration week so you can use the sketch, the inspiration picture or both.  I was so inspired by the picture Teresa picked (see below) that I just had to make a card for Kellan using it as inspiration.  If you saw my post last week, I made a card for Trevor to commemorate his starting to walk, and well, it just wouldn't be fair to not have one for Kellan, right?  {grin}

For the inspiration challenge, I picked out a few things from the picture... lots of white space, aqua and green and black and white chevrons.  My card is super CAS with a sentiment from Shining Starstamped onto pistachio pudding.  There's a bit of soft sky behind that has been embossed with a stars embossing folder.  The border is just a portion of one of the dies from the Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set and I finished off with a bow using some new SU! ribbon and a few rhinestones.

The Shining Star set is 30% off during our sale this month, and I might be a little partial, but it's one of my favorite sets from the last year.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you find a little time to get creative with this week's VLV!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Shining Star (Verve Stamps)
Paper: pistachio pudding, soft sky, basic black (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: black
Accessories: Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stars embossing folder (Cuttlebug), black chevron ribbon (SU!), olive rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty)