Trust and a Diva Inspirations Hop

Hi friends!  It's the 5th of the month and that means the Divas are HOPPING today!  I'm the start of this shindig, so settle in, grab a treat and let your fingers do the clicking to some Verve-alicious inspiration!  As usual, there's a comment prize hidden along the hop, so be sure to leave some love for the Divas as you hop about for a chance to win some shiny Verve! Head on over to the Verve Blog for another card from me and all the prize details!

Speaking of shiny new Verve, I'm using a little bit of old that's new again for my project today.
Last week Verve released four compilation sets of some of our faith based smaller sets and plain janes, consolidating space in our stock room and streamlining things a bit for both packing and shipping.  In the process, I was able to add in one scripture that I designed a long time ago but for whatever reason never made it to stamp form.  It's Proverbs 3:6, which is included in Scripture Medley 2 and I've used on today's card.  It coordinates perfectly with the Proverbs 3:5 verse in Scripture Medley 1, so I just had to make a matching bookmark!

The card was inspired by Deconstructed Sketch #128.  I originally wanted some map paper to go along with the direct your paths reference in the scripture, so I pulled out World Traveler by Teresa Collins.  But as soon as I saw this damask paper in the pad, my heart was set on a black and cream card!  I stamped the Proverbs 3:6 stamp from Scripture Medley 2 onto a classic circle die cut, then cut another circle from DP, trimmed it off so the sentiment would show and layered a bit of the Flourished Trim Die as a divider, then accented with black liquid pearls.  I used the same technique for the side trim on the card, then finished things off with a fun little damask butterfly from the $1 section at Michael's and some Polka Dot Basics Ribbon.

I went for a similar look for the matching bookmark using the Proverbs 3:5 stamp from Scripture Medley 1.  The bookmark shape is the new Tag Me Confetti Cuts from Reverse Confetti and I again used the Flourished Trim Die as a divider.  So easy and a fun little homemade gift for a book lover!

Alrighty, before I go, just thought I'd mention the new sale that started today.  We're celebrating another year coming to a close by offering all of our stamps released in 2013 (and their coordinating dies) at 25% off through December 24!

Okay, next up on the hop is the fabulous Amy!  Happy Hopping!

	1. Julee	11. Andrea
	2. Amy	12. Teresa
	3. Anya	13. Charmaine
	4. Betty	14. Laurie S.
	5. Jessica	15. Stacey {Guest}
	6. Karen	16. Jen
	7. Sankari	17. Maureen
	8. Sarah	18. Marisa
	9. Susan	19. Christyne
	10. Tiffany

Enabler's List
Stamps: Scripture Medley 1, Scripture Medley 2 (Verve Stamps)
Paper: World Traveler (Teresa Collins), black, cream
Ink: black, vintage photo
Accessories: Flourished Trim Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collecion (Verve), Tag Me Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti), Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), liquid pearls (Ranger), Damask Texture Fades (Sizzix), butterfly

Every Heart

Hi friends!  It's the first Monday of the month and that means it's contest time over at Mojo Monday!  Play along this week for a chance to win a Verve stamp set of your choosing.  The more entries we have, the more prizes we have, so that's the perfect excuse to stamp, stamp, stamp all week, right?!  {grin}

This week's sketch is based on this card I made for last week's release.  I've paired the brand new Every Heart plain jane with one of the hearts from Chevron Love, stamped on a Rounded Rectangle die cut, then layered onto the Rounded Scalloped Frame Die (which I embossed in white using the coordinating stamp in Making a Statement).  The blushing bride layer was embossed with a candy cane stripe, but wasn't quite the look I wanted, so I then embossed it again using a Tim Holtz snowflakes folder and rubbed some jasmine white Mix'd Media Inx on it.  I love the result... lightly textured stripes with snowflakes that pop!  I embellished with some ribbon from the Truly Madly Deeply Collection and finished off with some glittery white jingle bells and liquid pearls.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous start to December!

Enabler's List

Stamps: Every Heart, Chevron Love, Making a Statement (Verve Stamps)
Paper: 'Tis the Season (Echo Park), blushing bride, basic gray, cherry cobbler (SU!), white
Ink: cherry cobbler, blushing bride (SU!), Versamark, Jasmine White Mix'd Media Inx
Accessories: Rounded Scalloped Frame Die, Rounded Rectangle Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), Truly Madly Deeply Ribbon Collection (Verve), jingle bells (Michael's), diagonal stripes and snowflakes embossing folders (Sizzix), scallop trim border punch (SU!), white embossing

Hearty Giftcard Holder

Hi friends!  Happy Saturday!  I'm popping in today with a fun little matchbook style gift card holder using the Envelope Punch Board.

I watched a video tutorial by Jackie Topa, wrote down measurements and then when I sat down to make my little matchbook gift card holder, I realized my Scor-pal didn't have a score line where I needed to score and the mental math portion of my brain apparently spontaneously combusted.  LOL  So, I tried again and made the mistake in the other direction.  I'm blaming it on no sleep, cold medicine, cranky twins, a whole lot of work  and not nearly enough pumpkin pie.  {grin}

Anyhow, to salvage my project I made some adjustments to make it into a square matchbook. Here are my measurements, if you end up wanting a square gift card holder.  My finished project is 4.25" square.  My starting piece was 4.25" x 8.75" and I scored at 1-3/4", 6" and 6-1/8".

The soft suede matchbook layer is stamped with the heart from Chevron Love in Early Espresso.  I added a little decor to the opening of my matchbook as well.  The hearts are cut with the Heart Quartet Die, then I paper pieced the designer paper hearts into the crumb cake layer, adding a bunch of sponging.  The sentiment is also from  Chevron Love and is on a cut from the Flag It Die Set.

For the inside, I chose a fun little print for the liner.  Pay no attention to the ugly fake amex card that I use to scrape paint off my projects with.  I was using it for size reference and meant to switch it out to a real gift card before photos, but it just didn't happen.

Today (Saturday, Nov. 30) is the final day of our 50% off deals at Verve, so if you haven't had a chance to shop yet, now's your chance!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Chevron Love (Verve Stamps)
Paper: soft suede, crumb cake, early espresso (SU!), Bramble Rose (MME), 25th and Pine (BasicGrey)
Ink: early espresso (SU!), Vintage Photo Distress (Ranger)
Accessories: Heart Quartet Die, Flag It Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Envelope Punch Board (WRMK), Classic & Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Scor-Pal