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I'm back! When I saw Amber's Viva la Verve! sketch this morning I just had to make time to play! I absolutely love doing Amber's sketches - she inspires me to be a better crafter and try things through her layouts and twists that I never would have tried. I always love the way my cards with her challenges turn out, even when I'm a bit nervous starting out! So thanks, Amber! You ROCK!



If you haven't tried out Amber's sketches, you simply must. Every Friday she posts a new rockin' VLV sketch with a twist and if you participate in every sketch during the month your name goes into a drawing to receive the next ENTIRE Verve release! Amber just pulled a winner today from our May participants, so now is the time to start fresh and jump into Viva la Verve!

When I saw Amber's twist of threes for this week my heart did a little dance of fear and excitement. LOL The twist was to use three or more colors of cardstock, three or more types of embellishments, and three stamp sets! I knew the stamp sets would be easy, so I started first on selecting my colors.

One of my favorite sources of inspiration is the uber talented Debbie Olsen. So when I saw this card the other day on her blog, I knew I simply had to try a card with this color combo. Since I didn't have the exact colors she used, I went with what I had that I thought would work... pink passion, baja breeze, so saffron and white.

For my stamping, I started with the oval portion of the sketch and chose to work with the Scallop and dotted ovals from Sweet on You. I first stamped the scallop oval on white cardstock in Pink Passion, then cut out with Classic Ovals Nestabilities and matted on a Scallop Oval Nestabilities cut out in Baja Breeze. For the center of the oval, I stamped the dotted oval in Baja Breeze, then the sentiment from Dare to Be You in black in the center, before punching out with the wide oval punch. I added dimensionals between each layer or cardstock to give it some extra punch.

For my third set, I chose Wishful Elegance and stamped the background in Pink Passion on So Saffron, then sponged the edges with So Saffron ink. I stamped one flower on So Saffron and the other on Pink Passion cardstock with Pink Passion and then cut out, layered with pop dots and added a filigree brad to the center. The so Saffron strips have been letterpress debossed with the Textile Cuttlebug folder and the pink passion borders are done with the EK Success fleur de lis border punch. I still needed two embellishments, so I added some yellow twill from Taylored Expressions and some bling from Kaiser Craft.

13 comments

Linda Carson said...

Beautifully done! Your artwork is always so polished!

Bethany Paull said...

This card is so happy it makes me giddy. Love it!

Jennifer Aviles said...

This totally made my heart go pitter patter. Gorgeous!

Debby said...

Gorgeous card! I love the color combo you used. You always do such a beautiful job. TFS :-)

Debbie Olson said...

Julee, it's fabulous! I love all of the details--punches, dies, colors, patterns--everything!

Anonymous said...

WOW, if this is how gorgeous cards with this sketch end up I'm DEFINATELY playing ;)

Oma said...

Love this card! Beautiful!

Katie Cotton said...

This is just absolutely stunning! I love it!!!!

Lynda Benden said...

WOW Julee, this is a darling card! The colors are so pretty together and Amber's layout is fantastic! I need to go check it out! Have a great weekend Julee!

Sarah Gough said...

Wow Julee, This is absolutely gorgeous! I LOVE the colours!

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Julee this is absolutely GORGEOUS! That twist scared me too, but I'm still getting some courage! LOL Your card turned out BEAUTIFULLY!

Debbie Lee said...

I absolutely ADORE this card. It has so many interesting & beautiful elements to it! I almost can't stop studying it - in a really good way. :) The colors are perfect and all of the diff stamps you used go together so well!

Hope said...

This looks wonderful! The colours are so beautiful together.