be mine. (Forever and Always)

Woohoo!  It’s Friday, it’s a new month of Viva La Verve sketches starting today AND the dh and I are off on a romantic birthday weekend after work today!  It’s his birthday tomorrow and we are celebrating it right with dinner and dancing and each other :)  Today’s card not only uses Diva Amber’s sweet sketch, but was made with a coworker’s wife in mind.  I took my cards into work this week and they sold like hotcakes, especially the Valentine’s ones.  There were no vintage, girly girly ones left so I made this one for him to give her :)  She told me she loves all the little vintage bits on my cards so that’s what I tried to pour on along with some stitching and distressing.   For more information about today’s sketch AND how YOU could win a $100 gift certificate to the Verve Store, head over to the Viva La Verve Forum!  Okay, let’s get this day started!  Have a wonderful weekend :)

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: no matter what, twitterpated (Verve)

paper: rustic white (PTI), Love Note (FancyPants)

ink: onyx (Versafine), basic gray, cherry cobbler (SU)

accessories: hearts and swirls frame die (A Cut Above by Verve), Truly Madly Deeply seam binding (Verve), stitched sentiment flag (Lil Inkers), lace trim (the Funkie Junkie), buttons, twine (PTI), gems (Kasiercraft), thread, stitching

Just a Note ~ CASE Study #126

Good evening everyone!  Are you ready for another challenge over on the CASE Study blog?  It is sadly the last week with our uber fabulous Muse, Amber, but she’s leaving us with another CAS beauty…

I was instantly drawn to the colours on the first card…cream, aqua and soft grey as well as the thankful sentiment. I’ve left some beautiful Christmas paper on my desk as we still have snow here and hey, it’s still January! LOL  I didn’t feel I had enough time to use this year’s gorgeous Christmas paper, so that’s what I reached for.  I also cracked open a new to me Hero Arts set, Essential Messages, I received as a publication incentive :)  I die cut a MFT fishtail banner out of balsa wood and turned it into a tag with an old SU jumbo eyelet and a twine bow.  Oh, I LOVE WOOD! LOL  For more inspiration, head over to the CASE Study blog or visit each of the Design Team Members directly on their blogs below and then join in the fun!  Thanks for visiting!

Tasnim Ahmed (Guest Designer)

Amy Wanford

Andrea Ewen

Christina MacLaren

Clare Buswell

Debby Hughes

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)

Jean Martin

Jeanne Jachna

Maureen Plut (you’re here!)

Teneale Williams

 

what’s in it?

stamps: hero arts essential messages

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti rustic cream, soft stone, pink paislee city sidewalks

accessories: pti damask snowflakes die, twine, button, my favourite things fishtail banner dies, seam binding, balsa wood, su jumbo eyelet, stitching

www.hello.com ~ CAS Day 2

Good morning!  I’m back with my Day 2 homework for the Online Card Class I enrolled in :) 

I’ve only ever made a one layer card before (see card here)so this was a good challenge for me. I embossed the frame around the wood grain mat image with the coordinating Mat 4 die cut using the same Big Shot Sandwich I would use to emboss with a Spellbinders die. 

The washi tape was a fun addition and gave the cup something to rest on.  Y’all can’t have your latte floating around all over the place! LOL  The cup is actually popped up on foam dots.  So does that still make this a one layer card?  Well, Julie, one of the teachers had a little circle popped up on hers so I call it SAFE! Thanks for stopping by and witnessing my CAS journey!  Any extra tips from my CAS buddies would be welcome and appreciated!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti modern woodgrain, paper smooches Cyber Cafe

ink: versafine onyx, su going gray, close to cocoa, pti spring moss

accessories: pti mat stack #4 die, washi tape, foam tape

Have a Fantastic Birthday

Good morning!  Today’s card is the first night’s homework in the Online Card Class: Clean & Simple.  I signed up for at the last minute yesterday :)  As you know, I’m trying to improve my CAS style to be more versatile so I thought I’d go straight to the BIG GUNS (Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire and Julie Ebersole)! 

Today’s lesson was just getting us started as well as defining CAS because everyone has a different take on it.  To me it means, CLEAN and SIMPLE!! LOL  Not a lot of embellishments, few layers and the sentiment takes center stage.  I‘m not quite sure this card is true to that definition, but it was late and this is what came out of my hands before bedtime :)  I have created a focal point which is important to CAS design so maybe I’m okay :)  We were given several different sketches and I chose Kristina’s as I’ve made a similar card before.  I’m using 2 Clearly Besotted Stamp sets, Once Upon a Time and It’s Your Birthday.  Thanks for stopping by!  Stay tuned for some more CAS explorations :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: clearly besotted once upon a time, it’s your birthday

ink: versafine onyx, pti raspberry fizz

paper: pti rustic cream, fancy pants Love Note

accessories: spellbinders circle and scalloped circle dies, pti double banner die, button, bakers twine, balsa wood

Love You {no matter what}

Good morning!  Yep, it’s Monday and I’m celebrating the new Viva La Verve sketch a few days late here on the blog :)  Diva Charmie is treating us again to a CAS design as it’s the last sketch of the month!  I hope you’ve been playing all month because if you have you can enter for the chance to win $100 in Verve gift certificates!  Woohoo!  Check out all the details over in the Viva La Verve forum.  Today’s card had me reaching for my beloved Stronger Love set AND the {no matter what} stamp from the No Matter What set released this month.  To say I’m a little addicted to this stamp is an understatement.  It’s got that lovely brownish tinge that my most loved stamps have and it’s not even a month old! LOL  The seam binding is another colour from the Truly Madly Deeply collection from Verve.  I usually double tie my seam binding bows, but it looked so lovely with just one bow that I left it.  Plus you can see the Wavy Heart die cut better with a single bow :) Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday.

 

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what’s in it?

stamps: No Matter What, Stronger Love (Verve)

paper: rustic cream, soft stone (PTI), Love Note (Fancy Pants)

ink: versafine onyx

accessories: Wavy Hearts die (A Cut Above by Verve), Truly Madly Deeply seam binding (Verve), You Move Me die (My Favourite Things), button (PTI), bakers twine (Twinery), gems (Kaisercraft), corrugated cardboard, staples

Enjoy

Good morning!  I had some more time to play with the gorgeous sets Stephanie sent me from Clearly Besotted Stamps.  When I saw the inspiration photo over on the Runway Inspiration blog, I thought of these sweet butterfly circles from Flutterby Dreams.  How gorgeous is this dress?

I stamped each of the large circle images with Stampin’ Up’s Tangerine Tango, Bordering Blue and Night of Navy.  Then I punched them out with a 1 1/4” punch.  Some more circles were punched with my 1” and 3/4” punches and then I just played with the placement until I saw something I liked :)  A little bling always adds the perfect sumthin’ sumthin’ :)  (that’s what I tell the dh! lol). Have a lovely Sunday :)  Thanks for stopping by :)

what’s in it?

stamps: clearly besotted stamps flutterby dreams

paper: pti white, su navy, baja breeze, tangerine

ink: versafine onyx

accessories: su circle punches, corner rounder, gems

Sending a Big Thank You

Good morning!  I’ve long been a fan (and customer!) of Simon Says Stamp ever since finding them on EBay years ago.  I bought many Spellbinders dies from them at great prices PLUS shipping.  They were much cheaper than buying them here in Canada (without shipping!).  So I was thrilled to see them expand their online store and am happy to say I buy most of my paper and embellishments from them now thanks to their great customer service AND shipping costs to Canada :)  I’ve now discovered challenges and awesome prizes of a $50 gift certificate to their store.  This challenge on the Simon Says Stamp and Share blog asks us to make something we are known for.  Well, I couldn’t put all THAT onto one card, so I thought I’d share this card I made for my sister, the Quilter/Nurse.  She made the dh and I a lovely quilted runner for Christmas and I wanted to make her a card with some quilting elements.  I love to add stitching, buttons and bling to my cards and if wood can be worked in there too, I’m a happy girl :)  WOOD IS GOOD! I’m even going to turn this card into a gift by writing on a separate piece of paper inside and attach it with some removable adhesive so she can keep it or give it away to a card-worthy friend :) Thanks for visiting!  What do YOU love to add to cards?

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti a big thank you

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, soft stone, ocean tides, su old olive, basicgrey aspen frost

accessories: pti buttons, twine, damask snowflake dies, studio calico wood frames, mft fishtail die, stitching, gem