September 5, 2014

Verve Divas Inspiration Hop {September}

Welcome to Verve's September Diva Inspirations Hop. It's the 5th of the month and that means it's time for the Divas to serve up some fresh inspiration with their Verve stamps! Leave some comment love along the hop spots for a chance to win a prize, then grab some stamps and play along with our September inspiration challenge for another chance to win!

This month's challenge is entitled Sweet September:



Sugar-high! Get sugary sweet with pastels, cupcakes or candy. Create a calorie free confection to delight the senses! Feel free to use the graphic as inspiration or not.




I loved the soft, pastel colors in this month's inspiration graphic, so I let those beautiful colors stir my creativity today.  I grabbed some of the papers from Now & Then "Mildred" and created the background.  I stamped the banner from Wonderful Marvelous in Smoke ink and then stamped the cupcake from With Love in the same muted color.  The happy birthday sentiment is from Treasured Words, which I stamped in black ink. The layout is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch - SSSC234.

Need a little inspiration? Check out the blogs linked below to see what the other Divas did with the challenge! It's sure to be a treat, and speaking of treats, we've got a prize for one lucky commenter along the hop! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee7. Sarah
2. Amy8. Sony
3. Anya9. Susan
4. Betty10. Maureen
5. Karen11. Stacey
6. Sankari12. Marisa


Anni-VERVE-sary Sale

We've got some sweet savings in the store with all of our brand new releases marked 10% off and some of our sweetest stamps & dies from releases past marked 20% off!

Thanks so much for stopping by!




recipe -
stamps: with love (verve), wonderful marvelous (verve), treasured words (verve)
paper: whip cream (mft), smoke (sss), now & then "mildred" 6x6 (mme)
ink: smoke (sss), black licorice (mft)
accessories: shine bright sequin mix (verve), pinking edge circle stax (mft), pierced circle stax (mft), horizontal stitched strips (mft), pierced rectangle stax (mft), foam tape
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August 31, 2014

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 234

Good morning!!  It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!  Want to play along?  Here is the deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the very end of this post to enter your card. The links will close on Friday at 10 PM (Mountain Time). Be sure to link directly to the blog post or gallery image which features your card. You may post a picture of the sketch on your blog, but please save the image to your computer first. Use the keyword SSSC234 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.



I'll have my card for you in another post, but in the meantime, please hop on over and see what the Sweet Sunday Stampers have whipped up for you this week:


Thanks so much for stopping by!





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August 24, 2014

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 233

Good morning!!  It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!  Want to play along?  Here is the deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the very end of this post to enter your card. The links will close on Friday at 10 PM (Mountain Time). Be sure to link directly to the blog post or gallery image which features your card. You may post a picture of the sketch on your blog, but please save the image to your computer first. Use the keyword SSSC233 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.



It's been a slow and monotonous journey moving files from our online backup to the new computer.  To make things more tricky, I switched from a PC to a Mac.  It's a good thing my kids know how to use a Mac, because I'm lost.  I'm getting the hang of it, but my old PC shortcut habits are driving me absolutely nuts!

I have a card for you today using Simply Fabulous Saying from My Favorite Things.  I'm a sucker for sentiment sets, gotta say.



I started with a white card stock base and then cut out another white panel and stamped the Diagonal Stripes background in Grout Gray ink.  The sentiment is stamped in Grout Gray and Electric Red and then I layered on the Horizonal Stitched Strip.  I love this color combo - it's one I go to whenever I'm stuck and need a kick in the creative pants.


That's it for me.  Be sure to stop by and see what the Sweet Sunday Stampers have made for you today:


Thanks so much for stopping by!






 recipe -
stamps: simply fabulous sayings (mft), diagonal stripes background (mft)
paper: smooth white (mft), grout gray (mft), electric red (mft), sour apple (mft), sno cone (mft)
ink: grout gray (mft), electric red (mft)
accessories: pretty posies die-namics (mft), flower box die-namics (mft), pinking edge circle stax die-namics (mft), horizontal stitched strips die-namics (mft), classic enamel dots (freckled fawn), foam tape


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August 18, 2014

MFT Stamps & Dies Giveaway - UPDATE

Hi there and happy Monday!

If your name is attached to any of the stamps and dies from my giveaway, please, PLEASE, check your inbox today.  I have emailed everyone with a final list of goodies - if you don't have anything from me, and you are listed as the new owner of goodies, please email me right away!  My email is in my sidebar.  You can find the completed list HERE.

THIS IS SUPER DUPER IMPORTANT!!!  PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND!

I do need addresses by the end of the week.  So if I have emailed you and you don't respond, you will forfeit your items to the next in line on the waiting list.  As you can imagine, the waiting list is very long for many of these products.

Thanks so much for stopping by!





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August 17, 2014

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 232

Good morning!!  It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!  Want to play along?  Here is the deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the very end of this post to enter your card. The links will close on Friday at 10 PM (Mountain Time). Be sure to link directly to the blog post or gallery image which features your card. You may post a picture of the sketch on your blog, but please save the image to your computer first. Use the keyword SSSC232 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.


Please excuse my picture - yesterday my computer died.  Dead.  Done for.  I don't have my photo editing software handy, so you all get my iPhone photo today.  I'm having major anxiety over this event!  Now we get to see if our backup system really did save all our photos and documents.  I'm really stressed about buying a new computer too!  It's just money I don't want to spend.  Anyway...  Once I'm back up and running I'll replace the photo.  Grrr.

PHOTO UPDATED (happy, happy!!)


My card this week is pretty basic - stamps, paper, ink (and a button!).  I grabbed some goodies from Verve, starting with Bountiful Backgrounds.  I repeatedly stamped the polka dot background in Grout Gray ink on Grout Gray card stock.  The sentiment is from You and I and I layered the images up, then added another little row of dots underneath the sentiment using the lines and dots background.  I cheated just a bit and added the banner underneath the sentiment panel instead of the background, but the sentiment square was just too big.  Oops!

Please visit the Sweet Sunday Stampers for more inspiration:

Thanks so much for stopping by!







recipe -
stamps: you and i (verve), bountiful backgrounds (verve)
paper: smooth white (mft), grout gray (mft), pink lemonade (mft)
ink: grout gray (mft), pink lemonade (mft), steel grey (mft)
accessories: banner bundle die set (verve), pierced square stax die-namics (mft), pink lemonade buttons (mft), hemp cord (mft), foam tape



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