Happy Father’s Day ~ Diva Dare

Hey everyone!  I’m the Diva Dare hostess over on the Verve Blog today!  Head over there to read more about my card and see how you could play to win this month!

Happy Father’s Day

TGIF everyone!  Anya is bringing us the last May sketch over on the Viva La Verve sketch blog!  I love the circles on the layout because there are so many options for them :)  I chose a nautical Father’s Day them so the circles became ship wheels!  Have you been playing all month?  Head over to the Viva La Verve Sketch blog for more inspiration AND all the details on how you could win some serious Verve bucks!  Have a great weekend!

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Wonderful Marvelous, Strong Anchor (Verve)

dies: Nautical Die Set (Verve)

Verve Spotlight Hop ~ Day 2

Welcome to our May 2014 Spotlight Hops!  We're so excited to share some new Verve with you! The Divas will be spotlighting 3 new sets, 3 plain janes and a couple dies each day through Friday, so keep your eyes peeled for some fresh Verve inspiraiton! Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, 5/23.

Today’s spotlighted set, Wonderful Marvelous, is simply delightful!  It’s full of words and phrases you can mix and match to your heart’s content!  The single words are perfect for adding to a little tab anywhere on a card.  With Father’s Day just around the corner, this is a must have set!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

Today's Prize: Wonderful Marvelous, Jeremiah 17:7 Plain Jane

1. Julee          7. Stacey

2. Charmaine  8. Maureen

3. Marisa       9. Jen

4. Janelle      10. Laurie S.

5. Teresa       11. Andrea

6. Chaitali     12. Christyne

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Wonderful Marvelous (Verve)

paper: rustic white (PTI), sahara (SU), Cut and Paste (American Crafts)

ink: onyx (Versafine), bordering blue (SU)

accessories: journal tab, banner dies (PTI), circle die (Spellbinders), enamel dots, stitching

It’s Your Day Dad!

Good morning!  It’s a lazy, sunny morning here and the coffee is brewing.  I snuck down to the studio to share a Father’s Day card for the big day today.  Dad is cooking all of his sons-in-law a turkey dinner tonight!  He wanted to do it rather than have one of his daughters do the honour.  And when you’re 82, you usually get your way! LOL  I’m using the Super Dad set from Clearly Besotted stamps and the matching die set to cut out the shirt and the adorable little tie!  Hope you’re having a great Sunday!  Come back tomorrow for my Verve Diva Dare!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: clearly besotted super dad

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti rustic white, su ballet blue, echo park all about a boy

accessories: clearly besotted super dad die collection, pti double banner die

Saddle Up!

Good morning…gee, with all these posts this week, it’s hard to tell I’m writing reports! LOL  Truth be told, I did all I could last night and then had some time left over to play :)  I’m using this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch to make my dad’s Father’s Day card.  I’ve been waiting patiently for just this occasion to use this John Wayne quote from Back in the Saddle.  My dad is a HUGE John Wayne fan as well as a real cowboy (who lives in town because my mom was a city girl ;) )  Here’s proof…this was taken back in the 90’s on one of our local Cattle Drives.  Dad used to love working the Drives. He was definitely in his element.  A local photographer took this picture and used it to make some gift cards for local stores.

And he’s still at it.  At 80, he still has 2 horses and heads out each morning to feed them.  So I think he’ll appreciate the Western theme of this card :)  Thanks for stopping by…see you tonight for the new CASE Study :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse, verve purely sentimental, pti

ink: versafine onyx, su sand, pti aquamist

paper: pti, echo park

accessories: pti dies, buttons, bakers twine, stitching

Diva Double Dog Dare Ya!

Good morning!  Hey, the Verve Diva Dare challenge is back and I’m hosting today!! Head over to the Verve Blog to see more details on these two cards!  There are prizes to be won and TONS of inspiration!  The challenge is to use chipboard, corrugated cardboard or kraft on a crafting project.  I’ve used kraft and chipboard coasters on both my cards :)

Thanks for stopping by…now head over to the Verve Blog to see all the deets!

what’s in them?

{Best Dad Ever}

stamps: Super Dad, Purely Sentimental (Verve)

paper: rustic cream (PTI), This & That (Echo Park), Kraft Fun Day (My Mind’s Eye)

ink: onyx (Versafine), old olive (SU)

accessories: Ribbon Banner Die (A Cut Above by Verve), edger die, buttons, twine (PTI), bakers twine (Twinery), chipboard coaster, stitching

 

{Mother’s Day Wishes}

stamps: Joyful Blooms (Verve)

paper: rustic cream (PTI), Twenty Three (Cosmo Cricket), Kraft Fun Day (My Mind’s Eye)

ink: onyx (Versafine)

accessories: Ribbon Banner Die, Charming Oval Die set (A Cut Above by Verve), small banner dies, twine (PTI), Michaels ribbon, acrylic rose (Etsy), stitching

Papertrey Ink April Blog Hop

Good morning!!  Welcome to my April Papertrey Ink blog post!  This month we’re celebrating the Boys and Men in our lives.   If you’ve been following the latest Papertrey Ink Release, you will remember Nichole’s amazing Mother’s Day card using an old picture.  I just had to replicate it for Father’s Day.  Yep, that’s yours truly at about age 2!  I even have bells on my shoes! LOL  This photo was actually a colour photo but I photo edited it with a “sepia” look.  I had to change up the elements from Nichole’s card so they would be a bit more masculine…the cork star, and dotted background and the leaf and berry circle image.  Notice the date?  I don’t have the addition set of dates for the Library Ledger Series (and I don’t think the new one goes back to this date! LOL) so I thought I’d just add this year’s date…now here’s how I got “2011…”  I carefully cut up the year 2001.  I cut off the “01” at the end and stamped the “1” twice at the end! EEK!! I had to!!  I love using old photos…here’s my Father’s Day card from last year…

The next card is inspired by the latest Wild Card Colour Challenge.  They were “masculine” colours so I thought they’d be perfect for another Father’s Day card…the dotted label frame and bit of ribbon under the star are actually Forest Foliage/Pinefeather respectively…just difficult to photograph as they are a deep deep green.  The star is made out of chipboard using 2 of the PTI star dies and then inked with SU chocolate chip ink.




Thanks so much for stopping by and for all the wonderful comments…I really appreciate them!  I look forward to checking out all the other wonderful ideas!

what’s in them?

{Happy Father’s Day – June 2011}

 

stamps: pti mini scrapbook series – library ledger, round and round, verve happy phrases

ink: versafine onyx, versamark, su close to cocoa, kiwi kiss

paper: pti kraft, cream, springmoss,

accessories: digital picture, cork, pti star and library card die, pti button and  twine, corner chomper, wooden clothespeg

 

{Happy Father’s Day}

 

stamps: pti turning and new leaf, verve father’s day plain jane, waltzingmouse labels 5

ink: versafine onyx, su sahara sand, forest foliage, chocolate chip

paper: pti cream, bitty dot and bitty box basics

accessories: labels 5 die, pti star dies, brads, burlap, chipboard coaster, pti ribibon, button and twine, stitching