Any Day

Hi friends! It's the final day in June, and that means my run as a stamp company owner comes to a close today. What a fabulous run it has been and made a huge, indelible mark on my life. Thanks for your part in my journey!

Today's card uses some flowers I had already colored a week or so ago using the Blooming printable that comes free with purchase of the Blooming Die Set. I paired them with a sentiment from the Love From Me DIGITAL Set. The flowers are colored with clean color real brush markers and blended with a clear wink of stella glitter pen.

The background is actually a piece of cardstock I used to clean up my stencil after doing a distress oxide blending technique on another card. I liked the look, and added a skewed panel of black for some drama.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Enabler's List

Stamps: Love From Me DIGITAL Set, Blooming printable (Verve Stamps)

Paper: white, black

Ink: laser printer, clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), wink of stella glitter pen (Zig), pecock feathers distress oxide (Ranger)

Accessories: Blooming Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circle dies (MFT), enamel dots (BoBunny), rhinestone bumps, Woven stencil (Prima - Amazon affiliate link)

With All Your Heart Viva la Verve

Hi friends! It's the first Friday of a new month and that means its time for a new card sketch from me over on the Viva la Verve blog.

My sample card uses a sentiment from the Love From Me DIGITAL Set.  I had some fun with designer paper, matting everything with espresso, because it's like enveloping something in LOVE.  {grin}

The digi sentiment is printed on my laser printer on white cardstock, then colored with Copic markers and accented with glossy glaze and glitter.  The heart border is one of my favorites from the Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set and I used some of the remaining heart cut outs to spruce up my aqua panel.  Finished off with some liquid pearls on the scallops and a seam binding bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy the sketch this month and can find a little time to join us.  I've added the measurements I used to the sketch if you like to have them, but feel free to make it your own!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Love From Me DIGITAL Set (Verve)
Paper: Forever My Always (Pebbles), darling (Authentique), early espresso (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: laser printer, copic markers
Accessories: Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circles die set (Cottage Cutz), scalloped circles nestabilities (Spellbinders), seam binding (Hug Snug), nuvo drops (Tonic), chocolate liquid pearls (Ranger)

Sending You Love

Hi friends! This morning I've added an all new digi to the Verve shop along with two updated digis from years past. On my card today, I'm showcasing the new additions I included in the updated Love From Me DIGITAL Set (this set was available as a limited time download in Jan/Feb 2017).

I started with the heart mug, because I have a serious little thing about coffee mugs. They make me smile. Especially ones with hearts!  I printed the PDF (which is already laid out and sized for cardmaking) on my laser printer, then colored with copics and cut with the coordinating Happiness in a Cup Die Set.  I also colored the hearts, fussy cut, then added morning dew Nuvo drops to all the hearts.  The sentiment is cut with the stitched rectangle from the Falling Leaves Die Set.  The rest of the card was just layering papers, adding black accents and finishing off with a red and white polka dot bow.

The layout is the January Viva la Verve Sketch.  The sketch continues through February 1, so you still have a couple weeks to play along!

Well, that's it for now.  I had a doozy of a dentist appointment yesterday and my mouth is sore! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Love From Me DIGITAL Set (Verve)
Paper: Darling (Authentique) and Forever My Always (Pebbles Inc.), basic black (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: laser printer, copic markers
Accessories: Falling Leaves Die Set, Happiness in a Cup Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), border die (MFT), ribbon (SU!)

Love One Another

Hi friends! I'm back with another card using the limited time free digi I designed for Verve. The boys have been home sick all week from school (actually between sickness and snow days I think they've only attended a total of 6 days all month) and yesterday I needed a mommy break really badly.  So I let them both play  iPad and snuck into my studio!

I cut a sheet of white cardstock down to 4.25 x 5.5" pieces and prepped them all together.  Each one was swiped with heavy gesso, then I added Faber Castell whipped spackle to each one with a star stencil.  I let this dry, then sprinkled on some Lindys Stamp Gang Magical powders and spritzed with water.  I dried this layer, then added some distress inks in citron and peacock feathers and ground espresso.  When needed I wiped ink away with a baby wipe, until I was happy with the background.

The sentiment is printed from the free limited time Love From Me digital set and I cut it with a pierced square die.  Next I colored the heart in rainbow colors with Copic markers, sponged with a bit of ground espresso and batted on black.  A bit of rose ribbon is my only accent.  I finished off with a black mat and some distressed edges all around.  And now I have a few extra backgrounds to work into cards later! I can't wait to see what they become..

Hope you are having an excellent week.  If you use the digi, be sure to link me up over on the Verve Blog for a chance to win some Verve!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Love From Me digital set (Verve Stamps)
Paper: white, black
Ink: copic markers, laser printer, twisted citron, peacock feathers, ground espresso (Ranger Distress), Time Travel Teal, Shabby Turbine Teal and Sassy Saphire Magical Powders (Lindys Stamp Gang)
Accessories: whipped spackle (Faber Castell), star stencil (Delta Plaid), pierced squares stax (MFT), paper distresser, heavy gesso (Prima), Wink of Stella Glitter Pen

Love From Me

Hi friends! I'm back again with another card I made with the limited time free digi set from Verve. Since most of the digis I've designed have involved coffee, I decided to keep with tradition and include a couple coffee related images and sentiments.  After all, love and coffee are a perfect combination, don't ya think? {wink}

For my card, I started with the pdf printable of the Love From Me set, and cut the hearts, the love cup and the from me to you sentiment with a stitched circle die.  I colored with Copics and added some Nuvo crystal drops for a glitzy accent.  Next I die cut the Coffee Word Die from early espresso and grabbed a piece of crumb cake cardstock to make the background.  The coffee stain stamp is from the Better With You stamp set and I added just a hint of sponging around the edges.

I balanced out the darkness of the coffee word with a panel of espresso below, then tied on a striped bow and added some little dew drops in the corner that I found while ransacking my craft closet for collage supplies for the boys this weekend.  They had a blast making their little art pieces.  I always knew my craft supply collection would come in handy someday!  Definitely worth the 30 minutes of priceless silence this activity created.

If you use the digi, I'd love to see what you create.  Link me up over on this post on the Verve blog and you might win a little Verve, to boot!

Love From Me Digital Set

Enabler's List
Stamps: Love From Me digital set, Better With You stamp set (Verve Stamps)
Paper: crumb cake, early espresso (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: espresso (Altenew), laser printer, Copic markers
Accessories: Coffee Word Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circles STAX (MFT), ribbon (May Arts), dew drops (Pink Hedgehog), Nuvo Crystal Drops (Tonic)

My Favorite Day

Hi friends! It's Monday again and time for another Mojo Monday sketch.  This week Trevor and I have a super easy go to sketch for you.  We hope you'll play along.

My card came together in less than 10 minutes using the brand new limited time Love from Me digital freebie and the current thank you gift (paper, doily and ribbon) with an order from Verve.  I printed the pdf, cut the sentiment with a pierced square die, then cut the pink paper to 2" x 3.75" and the black paper to 4 x 5.25".  The doily is glued down to the black layer and trimmed off, then I tied a black seam binding bow around the pink layer and glued everything down on a white card base.  Easy peasy!

I just love this sentiment and think it would be perfect for so many occasions. It pairs with a few love themed sentiments and a lovey dovey coffee cup to round out the Love From Me set. The set is available as a FREE download through February 14.  If you make something wonderful with the set, head over to the Verve blog and link it up for a chance to win a $40 gift voucher to the Verve store. I'm also sharing another card I made with this set and Mojo sketch over there if you want to come and take a peek.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  For more inspiration with this sketch, head on over to the Mojo Monday blog to see what the other designers are sharing today.

Mojo 481 Card Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps: Love From Me digital set (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Amour and Words of Love (Carta Bella), white (Neenah), paper doily
Ink: laser jet printer
Accessories: pierced squares STAX (MFT), black seam binding ribbon