Let Your Light So Shine

Good morning, friends!  The summer calendar says it’s Friday so I’m playing with the newest Viva La Verve sketch!  It’s fresh off the presses and over at the Viva La Verve forum under Week 4.  Janelle is stepping it up a few notches with a fun card with a twist on the front!  Let me tell you it was hard picking a border punch!

I pulled out some fun Pebbles paper, some lovely Verve seam binding, an uplifting sentiment, some staples and went to town!  There’s one more week after this one before you can load up all your cards into the Champion’s thread for a chance to win $100 in Verve bucks!  Check out all the fun details over in the Verve Forum.  THEN, if you haven’t already…check out the birthday sale in the Verve store!  Have a great start to your weekend!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Let it Be, Love Notes (Verve)

paper: white (PTI), going gray (SU), Seen and Noted (Pebbles), glitter cardstock

ink: onyx (Versafine), soft sky (SU)

accessories: Classy Label Die, Flag It Die Set, Starry die(A Cut Above by Verve),  Summer Sailing ribbon (Verve), button (PTI), bakers twine, fiskars border punch,  staples, stitching

Squeal! CASE Study #150

Hi everyone!  This week’s challenge over on the CASE Study blog starts now!  Our talented Muse,  Jocelyn Olson, has a colour delight for us this time round…

I knew I wanted to have a burst of colour on my card and some kind of celebratory sentiment.  I pulled out my CAS-ual Friday Exclamation set and some more of that fun Doodlebug Designs paper.  I also wanted to use my fun new find at Winners last week, these adorable little Cute Clips.  C-U-T-E indeed!

What do you want to create when you see Jocelyn’s card?  Head over to the CASE Study blog to see what each DT member came up with or visit each of the Design Team Members directly on their blogs below and then join in the fun!  Thanks for visiting!

Tracey McNeely

Amy Wanford

Andrea Ewen

Clare Buswell

Debby Hughes

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)

Jean Martin

Jeanne Jachna

Maureen Merritt

Maureen Plut (you’re here!)

Silke Ledlow

Tasnim Ahmed

Teneale Williams

 

what’s in it?

stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Exclamations

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, doodlebug design take note

accessories: pti spiral notebook page, mme enamel dots, doodlebug design cute clips, lil inkers stitched mats die, couture creations powder puff embossing folder

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge #1 ~ Feeling Nautical

 

Welcome to the first Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!  

For weeks, the Curtain Call Crew Design Team has been diligently preparing and anxiously awaiting "Curtain Time."  The day has finally arrived and we are thrilled to present our first inspiration challenge, Feeling Nautical.

photo credit:  Maria on Point

To start the show, we have a fabulous sponsor, Verve Stamps!  Verve graciously provided our crew with the versatile and classic, yet trendy Strong Anchor stamp set with coordinating Nautical Die Set to inspire us even further with our first challenge.

That's not all, folks!  Verve is also offering the Strong Anchor stamp set and coordinating Nautical Die Set to "The Lead" of the Feeling Nautical challenge!

 

I was thrilled to have Verve as our first Sponsor.  It was so fun to pull out my Strong Anchor set and dies and play with them again :)  I’ve been wanting to make a little nautical banner for awhile so this seemed like the perfect opportunity.  I added the yellow dots as a nod to those fun shorts in the inspiration photo.  Oh, I sure hope you’ll help us celebrate over on the Curtain Call blog…head over there for a ton of inspiration and then join in the fun!

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Strong Anchor (Verve)

paper: white (Papertrey Ink), This Good Life (Fancy Pants), Vintage Bliss (Simple Stories)

ink: onyx (Versafine), not quite navy (SU)

accessories: Nautical Die and Banner Bundle Die sets (A Cut Above by Verve), twine (PTI), enamel dots (My Mind’s Eye)

Wow! LOL! Yay! EEK! OMG!

Hey everyone!  Just popping in with a little reminder that tomorrow is SHOWTIME over on the Curtain Call Blog!  I hope you’ll join us for the first challenge ready to go behind the curtain ;) 

To celebrate, I’m sharing a fun little celebratory card using Paper Smooches Qwick Qwips, that my bestie, Lynn, sent me :)  I just love the fun fonts and sentiments :)  Hey, if you missed my sale items, check out the list below…it’s been updated since last week :)

Think Big Favourites #11(Love You Forever, xoxo, Hugs & Kisses - $5
Think Big Favourites #6 (take care, feel better soon; thanks for all you do) - $5
Background Basics: Diamonds - $10
Borders and Corners Monogram Edition - $10
Falling Leaves - $10
Big And Bold Wishes - $15  SOLD
Framed - $15

Thanks for stopping by, make sure you come back tomorrow!  Have a great day!

 

What’s in it?

Cardstock: (black, kraft) Papertrey Ink, (Sundrifter) Studio Calico

Clear Stamps: (Quik Quips) Paper Smooches

Dye Ink: (onyx) Versafine

Accents: (jumbo eyelet) Stampin’ Up

Fibers: (rustic twine) Papertrey Ink

A True Love Story Never Ends

Good morning!  It’s Friday and there’s a new Viva La Verve sketch up and ready to inspire!  Jen is treating us to this adorable sketch for Week 3…

I knew I wanted to make a Love/Wedding card as my stash is pretty dismal in that area.  I looked through my newest paper pads and came to the Fancy Pants Country Boutique again.  I think I’ve used it 3 times this week! LOL  It teams up perfectly with the light blue seam binding in Verve’s Stormy Skies collection.  I’m also doing a double banner ala Stacey Schafer…I am loving/obsessing over her work lately ;)  Head over to the Viva La Verve forum for all the details about how YOU could win $100 in Verve money….hmmm, that would come in handy for the SALE going on now ;)  Yes, I’m enabling and I love it! Have a great start to your weekend :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Love Story (Verve)

paper: white, rustic white (Papertrey Ink), Country Boutique (Fancy Pants)

ink: onyx (Versafine), going gray, basic grey (SU)

accessories: Lovely Marquee die (A Cut Above by Verve), Stormy Skies ribbon (Verve), fishtail banner (My Favourite Things), double banner die, button (PTI), bakers twine (Twinery), gems (Kaisercraft), paper doily (Etsy Store), stitching

Paper Crafter’s Library Featured Designer and a SALE!

Good morning, friends!  A fun post today involving an announcement, a couple of fun sneak peeks AND a Papertrey Ink sale!  First up, I’m the Featured Designer over on the Paper Crafter’s Library this week :)  I created 2 projects for my post over there including some extra photos of how I organize mass produced cards.  These are the sneak peeks of my cards.

Lastly, I’ve been selling some of my Papertrey Ink stamp sets over on the Papertrey ink Forum.  I know not everyone checks out the For Sale items over there so I thought I’d post here as well… FREE SHIPPING TO CANADA AND THE US!
Payment via Paypal (gift) in $US…email me if you are interested in anything :)
Click on the set to see a photo of it  :)
Think Big Favourites #11(Love You Forever, xoxo, Hugs & Kisses - $5
Think Big Favourites #6 (take care, feel better soon; thanks for all you do) - $5
Background Basics: Diamonds - $10
Borders and Corners Monogram Edition - $10
Falling Leaves - $10
Big And Bold Wishes - $15
Everyday Classics (Anniversary Set) - $15
Framed - $15
Thanks for stopping by! 

Small Things with Great Love ~ CASE Study #149

HI everyone!  The new weekly challenge over on the CASE Study blog starts now!  Our talented Muse,  Jocelyn Olson, is treating us to another digital wonder…

Now you’d think that I would have jumped at the chance to use a photo on a card! LOL  But I figured I just posted one on Sunday so I wanted to go in a different direction.  I’ve taken the photo idea, the colours and the “heart” sentiment for my inspiration.  Now it doesn’t show up as “neon” in the photo, but I’ve used the Hero Arts neon pink for the top “oxox” heart.  It is a bright hot pink IRL.  Oh my, I love neon!  I have the small 4 pack so will be waiting for the perfect card for some more bright colours!

What do you want to create when you see Jocelyn’s card?  Head over to the CASE Study blog to see what each DT member came up with or visit each of the Design Team Members directly on their blogs below and then join in the fun!  Thanks for visiting!

Tracey McNeely

Amy Wanford

Andrea Ewen

Clare Buswell

Debby Hughes

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)

Jean Martin

Jeanne Jachna

Maureen Merritt

Maureen Plut (you’re here!)

Silke Ledlow

Tasnim Ahmed

Teneale Williams

what’s in it?

stamps: Clearly Besotted stamps Love Hearts and Love Quotes Additions

ink: versafine onyx, hero arts neon pink, su regal rose, rose romance, pti raspberry fizz, autumn rose

paper: pti white, soft stone, studio calico sundrifter

accessories: Clearly Besotted stamps Love Hearts die collection, pti fabulous frames die, gems