Butterfly Wishes

Hi friends! I've been on a coffee card making roll lately. When I was done with yesterday's card, I sat down to clean up, then decided to make the scraps on my desk into another card. Tomorrow's the final day to link up to the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I'm on a mission to have a card for each day of the hop. Almost there! {grin}

To begin the card, I layered the four scraps of designer paper, inking them up with seedless preserves and peacock feathers distress inks to give them a little depth. Next I layered on the flower mug and additional flower from Living on Coffee, which had been previously stamped, colored and cut out.  I embossed the birthday sentiment on a vellum circle and tucked it in, then found a butterfly in my stash that seemed to work with the color combo.

I wanted to keep the background white, but it needed a little something more, so I pulled out the Flourish layering stencil and some Tidy Widy Texturez and added the stenciled background.  I love the hint of elegance it brings to the card.

Well, that's it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: designer prints, vellum (SU!), white
Ink: Versamark, seedless preserves, peacock feathers distress ink (Ranger), clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), white gel pen, wink of stella glitter pen
Accessories: stitched circles stax (MFT), flourish layering stencil (Tim Holtz), Tidy Widy Texturez (Shimmerz), butterfly (Recollections)

Impossible Hello

Hi friends! It's another coffee lovers kind of day with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. This morning I was scrolling through emails and saw the fun Impossible Card tutorial in the Splitcoaststampers newsletter for the Try a New Technique challenge this week. It looked easy enough and fun, so I had to give it a go.

I started with a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of crumb cake and then decided where to put my circle die, before making my other cuts.  It ended up being pretty much like the tutorial - 1" from the end on one side and right down the middle on the other side.  I had already stamped and colored the images from the Living on Coffee stamp set with clean color real brush markers and a wink of stella pen. So I dug through my stash of papers to find some old Stampin' Up prints that seemed to match well enough.  I cut my layering panels, then used the Stitched Pennants Die Set to do the stabilizer pieces.  I stamped the sentiment on the front pennant and added the flower spray to the side.

I wasn't sure where I'd write in this "impossible card" design, so I decided to convert it to a tent card, by cutting a folded card base in half and then adhering the impossible card panel to that. I like the added lift it gave to the sentiment and more stabilized feel of it. Still a fun and unique design.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have an awesome day.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: pattern prints, crumb cake (SU!), smooth bristol (Canson), white (neenah)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), wink of stella clear glitter pen, white gel pen
Accessories: Stitched Pennants Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), circle stax (MFT)

Living on Coffee and Sunshine

Hi friends! I'm popping in with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop today. This one uses one of my favorite sentiments from the new Living on Coffee stamp set.

Living on coffee and sunshine. I think that's just exactly how I'm going to spend my summer. {grin}  The background was a panel I did a while back, playing around with some Jane Davenport INKredible inks.  I loved the sunny yellowness of it, and thought it would play perfectly with this sentiment.

Next I stamped and colored the cup and flowers from the set with Copic markers, then hand cut with scissors and layered together.  I felt the background needed a bit more texture, so I stamped one of the flowers from the set lightly and randomly in squeezed lemonade distress oxide.  A few tattered edges and some scattered pearls and the card was finished.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're having a terrific Tuesday!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: watercolor paper (Canson), white (Neenah)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), copic markers, Jane Davenport INKredible Inks, wink of stella glitter pen, white acrylic ink
Accessories: pearls, paper distresser

A Great Dad

Hi friends! I'm back with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Have you been hopping around? There are so many fabulous caffeinated creations to spy!  I went masculine with my card today, knowing that the next few weeks are going to fly by and I'll be thanking myself later when I already have some Father's Day cards done. {grin}

I used the new limited edition Just Like You clear stamp set, stamping the behind every good kid is a great dad sentiment on a Rounded Rectangle die cut and then stamping the coffee cup and silhouette image on smooth bristol and coloring with zig clean color real brush markers and a wink of stella glitter pen. I fussy cut this image and then stamped the happy father's day sentiment and cut it in strips to add more interest.

I picked up a pack of border dies at Tuesday Morning the other day and thought this one made a good masculine embellishment, cutting it from the same Authentique Loyal paper collection I used for the other panels, then attaching it with some mini brads.

The background paper I chose needed a little texture, so I subtly stamped the best dad ever sentiment all over the background in antique linen. Then I went back and added some of the fabulous Texture Tiles from Sweet N Sassy Stamps with gathered twigs to give even more texture to everything. I like the rugged look.

I finished off with crumb cake mats and card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have an amazing start to your week!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Just Like You (Verve Stamps) now Just Like You DIGI (SNSS), Texture Tiles 1 (Sweet N Sassy Stamps)
Paper: Loyal (Authentique), smooth bristol (Canson), crumb cake (SU!)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), antique linen, gathered twigs (Ranger Distress), clean color real brush markers (Kuretake Zig), wink of stella glitter pen
Accessories: Rounded Rectangle Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), Celebrations Embellish It die (Richard Garay for Spellbinders),  corner rounder, mini brads

Back to Paradise

Hi friends! I'm popping in today with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Mark and I have been planning a "just us" vacation this summer, so I had that on my mind when I selected the Santorini collection from Prima to use on my card.

I cut the sentiment panel from one of the papers and colored with Copics, then cut with the Rounded Rectangle die and then sponged with distress inks.  I used the negative from the die cut as a little frame layered behind, then stamped the starry to go cup from the Happiness Is stamp set.  I cut it with the coordinating Happiness in a Cup die set, then colored with Copics and added a bit of stickles to the foam.

Next I layered some flowers from my stash, adding a bit of glass glitter to the centers to tie them all together.  I tucked a piece of pistachio cardstock cut with banner ends behind the sentiment panel, popped it up then finished off with sunglasses from the Santorini ephemera collection.

That's it for this dreamy little card. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! If you're in the mood to shop, be sure to hop on over to Verve and take a peek at our BOGO sale. Buy a stamp set and get the coordinating die set at 75% off! Just add the stamp set to your cart, and then scroll down in the shopping cart to related items and click add to cart next to the coordinating die set to add it to your cart. Easy peasy!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Happiness Is (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Santorini (Prima), white, pistachio (SU!)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), copic markers, , antique linen, walnut stain distress ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Happiness in a Cup die set, Rounded Rectangle die (A Cut Above by VERVE), Santorini ephemera, flowers (Prima), glass glitter, stickles

Sip Relax Repeat

Hi friends! I'm back with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. This one uses a fun, modern background that lets my colored image take center stage. Translation... I still didn't pick my papers before coloring and these blues are really hard to match! Haha.

I first stamped the mug image from the new Living on Coffee set in intense black ink and colored with Zig clean color real brush markers and a clear wink of stella pen. I accented the center parts with a white gel pen and then cut around the image with scissors.

The papers are from the Pop of Pink collection by Stampin' Up and I added some gold foil cardstock to the sides of two panels.  The sentiment is also from Living on Coffee and is embossed in gold and then cut with the Stitched Pennants die set and paper clipped to the panels.

We had a fabulous start to the long weekend yesterday with the boys' Kindergarten field day and then a family bowling night last night. I think some sipping, relaxing, and repeating is in order today. Hopefully the kind that leads to me being able to sneak up and stamp!

Thanks so much for stopping by  today! I hope you have a fabulous day!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Pop of PInk (SU!), vellum, white, black, gold
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), clean color real brush pens (Zig Kuretake), white gel pen
Accessories: Stitched Pennants die set (A Cut Above by VERVE), paper clip (SU!)

Instant Mom Coffee Lovers

Hi friends! The Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is here and I'm so excited to see all the fabulous coffee creations over the coming week! This morning the boys have their Kindergarten field day at school, so I got up early to write my post while I drink my morning cup of joe. Hopefully I can write this quickly, but I do have a surprise to share with you!

There are two new limited edition stamp sets in the shop today! Hooray! We have limited quantities of these sets on hand and they're only available while supplies last, so if you see a MUST have, snatch it up, quick!  Verve is a Super Sponsor, so there's a chance to win these sets by linking up a new spring/summer coffee/tea or cocoa creation to the official Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post.

Today I'm sharing with you my first card using the Living on Coffee set. The sentiment Instant Mom, just add coffee is how I feel most mornings, so I started with that. I had almost given up on ever getting my Zig clean color real brush markers to blend when I watched one last video on them.  I've been hearing that paper matters with these markers, but figured high end watercolor paper would do the trick. This time I really listened and decided to get some Canson Smooth Bristol paper, and guess what?  The paper REALLY matters! LOL  The blending on this paper is pretty magical and I colored all the stamped florals from this set while watching NBA playoffs with my boys.  Win win.

The blending was done with the markers and a clear Wink of Stella pen. I love the shimmery look it gave. The flowers were so fun to color, then I finished off with fussy cutting them all. I recently snatched up the fabulous Girl Power set by Sweet N Sassy Stamps, and thought one of the girls would make the perfect match for the sentiment. I colored her in, drew in a little v-neck and some arms and then accented her hair with one of the blooms.

I used one of the dies from the Lacey Frame Duo die set for a little accent and then found pretty much the ONLY papers in my stash that matched the colors I picked to color with!  Haha. I'm a really slow learner! Or just too giddy about jumping in and coloring!

Limited Edition Living on Coffee clear stamp set

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired and have lots of fun along the hop this week!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps), Girl Power (Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps)
Paper: dp (BoBunny), black, smooth bristol (Canson)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), wink of stella clear glitter pen, white gel pen
Accessories: Lacey Trim Duo Die Set (A Cut aBove by VERVE), stitched rectangles, stitched circles (MFT) morning dew drops (Nuvo)

Wonderful Keeping Christmas

It's the 25th of the month and time again to join some of my crafty friends for our monthly Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop! The idea of the hop is to both to bring you a little dose of holiday inspiration throughout the year and also have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018. If you've already been hopping along, you should have arrived from Claire's blog. If you're just popping in, read on for all the details!

For my May installment, I played paper roulette and closed my eyes and blindly pulled out a pad of paper from one of my Christmas bins. It happened to be a lovely collection by Teresa Collins. The vintage images and feel to the papers was enough to get the creative juices flowing.

I have amassed a huge collection of blank tags and have recently been trying to challenge myself to use them, so pulled out a chipboard tag to start off. I liked the wonderful time sentiment (except the grammar error where the apostrophe is missing) from one of the collage papers, so cut the little collage pieces apart and then layered them on the tag, inking all the edges with old paper and walnut stain distress inks to pull together the vintage feel.

For stamping, I pulled out the Glad Tidings set and the coordinating Snowflake Tidings die set. Not only are Christmas sets 25% off today at Verve, our current sale is buy a stamp set and get the coordinating die for 75% off so this is a great time to pick up this combo if you want it! Anyhow, I embossed the snowflake in white on patterned paper, then die cut and sponged with the same inks as before.  One snowflake is popped up on dimensionals with a fancy brad as it's centerpiece and the other is tucked behind the tag near the sentiment.

I added some wrinkled seam binding, then layered all my papers and attached to a kraft card base.

Okay, now it's time to hop along and check out all the other fabulous posts on the hop. I'm so excited to hop along and see everyone's creations! The hop is hosted on the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning. Or continue on to visit Kim Heggins if you've already been hopping along!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan (taking a break)

Anita Madden (taking a break)

Broni Holcombe 

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman {You are here}

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth taking a break)

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger (taking a break)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Glad Tidings (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Santa's List (Teresa Collins), kraft, chipboard tag
Ink: versamark, old paper, walnut stain distress ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Snowflake Tidings die set (A Cut Above by VERVE), white embossing powder, crop-adile, fancy brad, seam binding

Something Different

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing a little mixed media piece I made a while back. It's been long enough that I'm not sure I actually remember the journey that got me to the finished product, so I'll try to piece it together.

I also just moved my photography setup to a place where I don't have to become a human pretzel to take photos. Yay! I'm still playing with lighting, so sorry the photos are a bit off, these were my test shots. Edited to add... couldn't stand the darkness in the phot so I retook the above photo. :)

I know the piece started with a little 2 x 4 block I got at the dollar store. Strip it down and you might just find a picture of a cocktail and the phrase, it's 5 o'clock somewhere.  Haha! I liked the shape and planned to alter it when I bought it, and am pleased with the way it turned out.

I first wrapped the entire block with old text paper, adhering with matte medium. Then I gave the whole thing a good coating of heavy white gesso. I then added a little wood grain texture with light paste and a stencil in places.

Next I turned to the focal piece. I knew I wanted to use a piece of the zella teal paper line, so stamped my sentiment, the Micah 5:5 verse from the Scripture Medley 5 set, in archival black, then framed with a resin prima frame. In hind sight, it makes A LOT more sense to finish the painting and altering of the resin frame BEFORE adhering your sentiment piece, but that's how you learn, right?  I did reinforce the back with a circle die cut from cardboard packaging and glued down with matte medium.

Next I set to work assembling my collage.  I had purchased some melange glass domes and some art stones that I had never tested out, so decided to add texture with those, gluing them down and adding a bronze metal piece in the upper corner, leaving room for my sentiment frame to glue in at the end.  Once everything was dry, I started adding in color bloom sprays in aquas and greens until I achieved the color mix I was looking for.  I did all sides of the block and resin frame and tried to get a variation of color into the cracks of the texture. Next I pulled out the some brass finnabair paint and wax and brushed on in places to get a good patina looking feel.  I added in the leaves, which were from prima, and colored with greens and then the same waxes.  A dry brushing of gesso brought back some highlights, and  I added some darker accents with Daniel Smith watercolors.

The piece was finished off with the zella teal butterfly, which I think gives it such a dreamy look.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderfully creative day.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Scripture Medley 5 (Verve Stamps)
Paper: book text, Zella Teal (Prima)
Ink: color bloom sprays (Prima), daniel smith watercolors, heavy gesso, aged brass wax and paint (Art Alchemy), archival black (Ranger)
Accessories: resin frame, melange, art stones, leaves, Zell Teal butterfly (Prima), matte medium, light paste, stencil

Birthday Wishes Viva la Verve

Hi friends! I'm popping in today with another take on the May Viva la Verve sketch. And I used the color pink to make it a two-fer for the May Diva Inspirations challenge too.

I just love the colors in the new Havana collection from Prima, so I started there, cutting pieces down to size, then sponging the pink layers in tattered rose and then old paper and the mint pieces in cracked pistachio and old paper distress inks.

I added a super thin layer of gesso to the pink circle so my sentiment wouldn't compete with the background paper, then stamped in Hero Arts Intense Black. I then stamped the flowers from the Joyful Blooms set in black and colored with Kuretake Zig clean brush markers and a wink of stella clear glitter pen.  I cut the large and medium flower with the coordinating dies from the Joyful Blooms Die Set, then fussy cut one more to curl the edges and pop up for a little dimension.

I then cut the Dreamy Leaves die from mint macaron cardstock and used a marker to draw in a few veins, then inked with cracked pistachio and old paper. I added a doily die cut frame to the circle, then finished off with a bit of lace, a butterfly and some nuvo drops and flatback pearls.

If you like to die cut your stamped images, Verve has a pretty awesome sale through the end of the month. Buy a stamp set and get the coordinating die set at 75% off! The perfect time to stock up.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous Fri-YAY!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Joyful Blooms (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Havana (Prima), white, mint macaron (SU!)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), cracked pistachio, old paper, tattered rose distress ink (Ranger), mint macaron (SU!), Kuretake real color clean brush markers (Zig)
Accessories: Joyful Blooms and Dreamy Leaves die sets (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circle dies (MFT), doily die (QuicKutz), lace, butterfly (Recollections), gesso, flatback pearls, Nuvo drops (Tonic)

Our Greatest Glory

Hi friends! I hope you're having a fabulous week so far. Mine is flying right by, just flitting from one activity/appointment/event to another. I'm looking forward to the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, for sure!

Today I'm popping in with one more mixed media card I made for the Pink Diva Inspirations Challenge.  I had lots of fun with this card, directly sponging on worn lipstick, seedless preserves and picked raspberry distress oxides and spritzing and drying.  I then dabbed some bubble gum pink Dylusions paint on with a baby wipe until I got the look I was going for.  I splattered with some white India ink, then embossed the quote from Learning to Sail directly onto the panel in white.

The hot air balloon is from the Hope Lifts set, and I stamped it in black on white cardstock twice, cutting one image with the coordinating Lifted Hope die set, then fussy cutting just the balloon to color with copics and pop up.  I finished with some distressed edges and a trail of rhinestone stars.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising EVERY time we fall. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Learning to Sail, Hope Lifts (Verve Stamps)
Paper: white (Neenah)
Ink: archival black, picked raspberry, worn lipstick, seedless preserves distress oxide (Ranger), Copic markers, Versamark (Tsukineko), white India ink, bubble gum pink Dylusions paint (Ranger)
Accessories: Lifted Hope die set (A Cut Above by VERVE), white embossing powder, paper distresser, rhinestone star adhesive strip

Blessed by Your Love

Hi friends! I'm popping in to share another card I made for the May Diva Inspirations challenge. For this one, I coated a piece of heavy white cardstock with gesso. Next I sponged on picked raspberry, worn lipstick and seedless preserves distress oxides and spritzed and dried and spritzed some more.  Then I dipped a baby wipe in some funky fuchsia paint and dabbed on, repeating until I got the depth I wanted.

The sentiment and flower are printed from the Favorite Mom DIGITAL Set and I colored the flowers and leaves with Cipics, then fussy cut and added some white gel pen accents.  I framed the sentiment with a doily die cut, then added both of the die cuts from the Lacey Trim Duo die set to the bottom to tie it all together.

I had some heavy cardstock scraps I wanted to use up from 12 x 12 paper I had cut down to 8.5 x 11, so the finished card measures 3.5 x 5.5". I love this size, as it still fits in a regular A2 envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderfully creative weekend. And if you're celebrating Mother's Day, I hope you have a fabulous time with your loved ones. Yesterday was Muffins for Mom in both of my boys' classrooms. Kellan had so much fun giving me lessons on some of his favorite practical life work items... chair washing, coffee grinding (a VERY important skill to have), liquid pouring, and baby washing!  Unfortunately, the baby sat on the table with the mess from the coffee grinding while Kellan was preparing the bath, so it was DEFINITELY in need of a good cleaning! Haha.

Trevor's favorite thing to do is play sports and luckily his teacher strongly believes that any sugary treat like muffins or cookies should be followed by a good long outside recess. Smart woman! So Trevor was over the moon excited to get to play basketball with me. He and his buddy won 80 something to my measly 52 points. Somehow their baskets all counted as 3 pointers and mine were just 2 pointers! LOL

Enabler's List
Stamps: Favorite Mom DIGITAL Set (Verve - now from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Paper: white
Ink: laser printer, copic markers, picked raspberry, worn lipstick and seedless preserves distress inks, funky fuchsia dylusions paint (Ranger), white gel pen
Accessories: Lacey Trim Duo die set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circle die (MFT), doily die (Lifestyle Crafts), corner rounder, gesso

Best Mom Ever

Hi friends! It's the 10th of the month and that means it's time for a new Diva Inspirations Challenge. We're taking a break from hopping this month, but still have a deliciously pink challenge for you!

For my card, I used the new Favorite Mom digi, printing on laser paper and then coloring with copic markers. I added gel pen accents and did a lot of fussy cutting.  The sentiment is cut with the square from the Lacey Frames die set.

For my splash of pink, I took a dictionary tag and sponged and spritzed with distress oxide inks until I got the look I was going for.  I added a bit of copic marker to the vellum on the butterfly, then finished off with a chicken wire embossed background and some wide washi tape, trimmed with the die cuts from the Lacey Trim Duo.

I hope you'll play along and share your pretty in pink creations with us this month! Deadline to enter is May 31. Check out the Verve Blog for the linky and all the challenge details.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Favorite Mom DIGITAL Set (Verve now from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Paper: White
Ink: laser printer, Copic markers, picked raspberry, seedless preserves, worn lipstick Distress Oxide (Ranger), white gel pen
Accessories: Lacey Frames, Lacey Trim Duo (A Cut Above by VERVE), DIY Shop dictionary tag (American Crafts), washi tape (Prima), butterfly (Recollections)

Havana Birthday Wishes

Hi friends! I hope the week is treating you right so far. It's a busy one around here with Teacher Appreciation week activities, the school spring performance and separate Mother's Day celebrations in the boys' classrooms. All super fun things, but juggling everything is becoming quite the balancing act.

I snuck in a little craft time yesterday to finish a card that's been half done for about a week. I had colored the floral cup from the new Favorite Mom digi with copic markers and cut with a stitched circle die.  The flowers from the same digi were also colored and fussy cut.  I was pleasantly surprised to see my coloring matched some of the papers in the beautiful new Havana collection from Prima.

I layered these pieces on a small white doily die cut, then stamped and embossed the birthday sentiment from the Sentimental Wishes stamp set on a Lacey Frames die cut. This is layered onto an even larger doily die cut, then I accented with some white Nuvo drops. 

To tie in the colors of the paper a bit more, I added some sponging around the pink and aqua papers with distress ink, then finished off with a white taffeta double bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Sentimental Wishes, Favorite Mom DIGITAL Set (Verve - now from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Paper: Havana 6 x 6 (Prima), white (Neenah)
Ink: laser printer, Versamark, spun sugar, tumbled glass (Ranger Distress), white gel pen
Accessories: Lacey Frames Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circles stax (MFT), doily dies (QuicKutz), taffeta ribbon (SU!), white Nuvo drops (Tonic), black embossing powder (Judikins)

A Little Bit Shabby

Hi friends! Welcome to another week. It was a whirlwind of a weekend for us with parties and events galore. And this morning I'm definitely feeling like I need a weekend to recover from my weekend! {grin} Can you relate?

Today I'm popping in to share another shabby little card I made with the new Favorite Mom digi. I chose the Cherry Blossom collection of papers from Prima, then colored the flowers with Copics to match, then fussy cut to my little fingers' content. I love this sentiment, one of encouragement and admiration for a special someone in your life.

I distressed a bunch of the edges, added a paper doily, then built a spray of flowers with the fussy cut images, sprinkled with a few paper flowers and flourish die cuts. I finished off with a few splatters of white India ink.

That's all for today. I hope you have a fabulously creative start to your week. Thanks so much for stopping by my little corner of the world.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Favorite Mom DIGITAL Set (Verve Stamps - now from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Paper: Cherry Blossom (Prima), white (Neenah), smoky slate (SU!)
Ink: laser printer, Copic markers, white gel pen, white India ink
Accessories: pierced square die, paper flowers (Prima), paper doily, flourish dies (Recollections), paper distresser

Elegant Mother's Day

Hi friends! Happy Cinco de Mayo. It's a busy weekend at our house with flag football first thing, then a graduation party for my nephew this afternoon, followed by a 6 year old birthday party tomorrow and a trip to see the grandparents. Not sure much crafting will get done, but I'm sure it will be a fun time, nonetheless.

Anyhow, I'm popping in today with another card I made using the new Favorite Mom digi. I sometimes learn from my mistakes, so this time I was so happy to have remembered to pick my paper BEFORE coloring the images! {grin}

The papers are from the Aryia's Garden collection by BoBunny, and I just loved the soft blush and sage combo, so pulled out Copics to match and started coloring the Mother's Day sentiment and the large and small flowers from the Favorite Mom Digi.  I added a few white gel pen accents, then layered the two separate flowers for some dimension.  The sentiment is cut with a stitched circle die and I matted with a doily die cut.

Then it was just a matter of arranging my papers, adding a scalloped border with the Lacey Trim Duo die set and finishing off with a bit of lace and a satin bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you're in the mood to shop this weekend, don't miss the weekend sale going on at Verve. Use coupon code NSD2018 for 30% off your entire order, INCLUDING sale items! Code valid through May 7, 2018.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Favorite Mom DIGITAL Set (Verve - now from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Paper: Aryia's Garden (BoBunny), cream (Neenah)
Ink: laser printer, copic markers, antique linen distress ink (Ranger), white gel pen
Accessories: Lacey Trim Duo die set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stiched circle STAX (MFT), Nesting Lace Doilies (QuicKutz), lace, satin ribbon