be mine. valentine. ~ CASE Study #127

Good evening everyone!  Are you ready for another month of amazing inspiration over on the CASE Study blog? I sure am!  Let me introduce you to our February Muse, Teri Anderson!  And here’s her first fabulous inspiration photo!

I zoomed in on the hot pink paper, the wood frames and the “love” theme.  I’m always excited when I can use some more wood on a card!  What do you see when you look at Teri’s card?  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!

 

Sylvia Blum (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: twitterpated (Verve)

paper: white (PTI), lovebirds (Doodlebug Design)

ink: onyx (Versafine)

accessories: wood frame (Studio Calico), felt hearts (Martha Stewart), button (PTI), bakers twine (Twinery), gem (Kaisercraft), washi tape (Doodlebug Design)

Eek and Omg and XOXOXOX

Hello!  How’s that for a blog post title!?  LOL (pun intended!).  I’m playing a BIG catch up tonight for my Online Card Class, relying on mental planning all day long.  I’m not sure it totally worked, but it’s all about the process, right?  This first card is for the bonus day on Saturday and we were asked to use die cuts in our design.  I thought of this CAS card I made a while back and wanted to do a similar card with a different die and a gradient of pinks :)

This next card is for Day 4.  We were asked to make a “plainly white” card meaning a lot of white space.  Kristina made the cutest clean blackboard card with some Paper Smooches stamps so that gave me the inspiration to use the set my dear friend, Lynn, sent me :)  The card is a tad bit different than what was in my head, but I went with the flow!  My new goal is to be able to stamp and emboss with white and not get any little white specks left behind!  AND I used my embossing buddy and thwacked the dickens out of it before embossing.  Oh well, it’s good to have goals :)  My white gel pen is long gone and the only one I could find on short notice was terrible so I decided to use the frame from the PTI Framed set.  That also made the dimensions a little different for this one, measuring in at 3.25 x 5.25.

Okay, that it’s for me!  It’s very late and past my bedtime! LOL  Thanks for visiting and see you soon!  I have 2 more days to catch up on!  It may take me to the weekend :)

Verve February Diva Inspirations Hop!

Welcome to our February Diva Inspirations Hop!  Today the Divas are dusting off some Verve favorites and putting on our monthly hop to inspire you with a fresh new spin on the stamps in our stash! So grab a drink and hop along as we share a little Verve with you! There's a great little prize involved, too!  See below for more details :)  

Today’s project is the card I made for my dh :)  His birthday was on Saturday (Groundhog Day) and we celebrated with a romantic weekend getaway :)  Stowed in my suitcase was this card :)  Now, the dh and I love to read before we go to bed and he complained one night that he didn’t have a nice bookmark like I had.  Mine is one I made YEARS ago, but I love it and it’s still in good shape :)  So I thought I’d make a sweet little book mark to add to his card. 

The sentiment on the book mark is from Stronger Love.  I thought he’d love to see it every time he opens and closes his book :)  I added a few bits of bling to subtly remind him that his dw loves bling {wink, wink!}.  The banner flag is stamped with the coordinating Thatched Banner plain jane and then stamped with 2 sentiment stamps from Birthday Bash.  Did he love it?  Yes, it was a big hit!

So here are the blog hop details…a random commenter on one of the hops will win a $30 gift certificate to VERVE, so be sure to leave a little love in the comment section as you hop about! You can find out all the prize details over on the Verve Blog today. 

1. Julee       8. Andrea

2. Betty       9. Charmaine

3. Jen       10. Janelle

4. Sankari  11. Laurie

5. Sony      12. Maureen

6. Susan    13. Teresa

7. Amber

 

what’s in it?

stamps: stronger love, birthday bash, thatched banner plain jane (Verve)

paper: rustic cream (PTI), Soho Garden (American Crafts)

ink: onyx (Versafine), chocolate chip (SU)

accessories: ribbon banner die (A Cut Above by Verve), Memorabilia Pockets (Simple Stories), wood stars (Studio Calico), gems (Kaisercraft), button, tag sale die (PTI), bakers twine (Twinery), twill ribbon (May Arts), stitching

May Happiness Be Your Destination

Hello again!  Wow, it’s Monday and I’ve got 2 posts!  LOL  I’m back with my CAS Online Card Class homework for Day 6.  Today we were given more CAS sketches with a couple of fun techniques.  I chose to do Kristina’s sketch and background tone on tone effect.   I stamped my Newpaper Eiffel Tower background onto PTI’s soft stone with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I added a hit of colour with patterned paper and completed my focal point with the sentiment stamped on balsa wood.  I turned the balsa banner into a tag by adding a jumbo eyelet and some bakers twine.  Thanks for visiting again! 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: hero arts newpaper eiffel tower, essential messages

ink: versafine onyx, versamark

paper: pti rustic white, soft stone, doodlebug design lovebirds

accessories: mft banner dies, balsa wood, bakers twine, white embossing powder, su jumbo eyelet

Wish

Good morning!  We are back from our romantic little getaway and it was everything we had hoped for and more :)  Taking the weekend off meant that I’m lagging behind on my Online Card Class, but it was worth playing hooky with the dh!  LOL  So let’s back it up to the Day 3 class, Stamping and Inking.  There were two techniques I really loved, but decided on this one as it involved stamping on labels.  Cool!  I inked up a favourite PTI background stamp set, Newsprint, and tried not to let the fact that the lines were not lined up bother me! LOL  I added some new washi tape and my new PTI jumbo tags.  I am definitely going to revisit the tutorials for this day…just when there’s time :)

AND to update my ambiguous one layer card post, the teachers liked it and it was spotlighted yesterday with other cards from the gallery :)  So I passed that challenge!  Yay!  AND before I go, I want to show you what I found at a little antique store close to where we were staying this weekend.  I found a little vintage tree frog for my desk (to hold scissors and/or pens) AND 30 vintage doilies for 50 cents!  That was the deal of the day! Wowzers! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great start to your week :)

what’s in it?

stamps: pti newsprint, mega messages

ink: versafine onyx, su going gray, perfect plum, cool Caribbean

paper: pti kraft, white, soft stone, echo park winter wishes

accessories: pti tag die, freckled fawn washi tape, bakers twine, pearls, self adhesive labels

Thank You, Luke!

Hi everyone!  Today’s card is not for a DT post nor for a challenge.  Today’s card was inspired by my nephew, Luke, the photographer of the family :)  I must say that I am super proud of all my nieces and nephews.  So far, they’ve all gone onto further education after high school and as far as I can tell, all love what their chosen studies have been :)  Luke is studying to become a Civil Engineer at the same school where my son is AND they recently became roommates.  Cool!  They hung out a lot as children so it’s fun to see them do the same as adults :)  Anyways, Luke’s “hobby” is photography and while perusing some of his photos, I thought it would be cool to get some enlarged onto foam core and put into our main floor powder room bathroom.  I have really been conscience of filling the new home with items that mean something so Luke’s photos were perfect.  One of the 3 photos is this leaf image so that’s where I started with my card.

I put my little leaf into a polaroid frame, added some fun papers and called it a perfect masculine thank you card day!  I know Luke will love it :)  Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti inside and out: thank you, leaf prints, fabulous frames

ink: versafine onyx, su choc chip, pumpkin pie

paper: pti white, american crafts soho garden

accessories: pti fabulous frame, leaft print dies, staple, rustic twine

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