Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 257

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. 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 SSSC257 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers have much more for you to see this week - please stop over and see:

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jenny Peterson - she's taking the week off
• Jodi Collins
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé - she's taking the week off
• Tracy Clemente - she's taking the week off
• Vicki Burdick

Thanks so much for stopping by!

An InLinkz Link-up

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 256

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. 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 SSSC256 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers have much more for you to see this week - please stop over and see:

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jenny Peterson
• Jodi Collins
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé
• Tracy Clemente - she's taking the week off
• Vicki Burdick

Thanks so much for stopping by!

An InLinkz Link-up

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 255

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. 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 SSSC255 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

I will have my card up in a new post later today, but in the meantime, please hop on over and see the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers:

Barbara Anders

Dana White

Jenny Peterson

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Sarah-Jane Kalé

Tracy Clemente

Vicki Burdick

Thanks so much for stopping by!

An InLinkz Link-up

Verve Diva's Inspiration Hop {February}

It's the 5th of the month and time for the Verve Divas to bring you our monthly Diva Inspirations Challenge and Blog Hop! There are two ways to win Verve prizes.. comment on the design team's blog hop posts (linked below) to see their take on the inspiration, then go get inky and link up your take on the challenge to be eligible in our prize drawings!

Our February challenge is Vivacious Valentine...

Nothing says "I love you" like a handmade Valentine in your signature style.
Use the inspiration graphic as a starting point, or head off in your own direction  - just make us swoon with a fabulously flirty creation!

Click here to link up your challenge entries

Challenge deadline: Thursday, Feb. 19.
Prize: $40 gift voucher to the Verve online store!

I didn't use a single stamp on my card today - GASP! I know, crazy, right? I adore this I Heart U die set. The large letters are bold and fabulous and should do most of the talking, right?

I cut out the letters in black card stock and then used the Heart Quartet die to cut out the hearts in bright pink and layered them over the letters. I also added a small heart in the corner with a large Pink Sparkle Sequin overlapping the edge. The banners are white vellum card stock, which I overlapped just slightly over a sheet of patterned paper.  Yum!

The layout is MOJO383, and it's a contest week! Head on over and enter your card before Sunday for another chance to win more Verve goodies!

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. Julee	8. Sarah
	2. Amy	9. Susan
	3. Anya	10. Marisa
	4. Betty	11. Maureen
	5. Jen	12. Stacey
	6. Karen	13. Verve Blog
	7. Sankari

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
paper: smooth white (mft), white vellum, black licorice (mft), ripe raspberry (mft), chalk studio 6x6 (mme)
accessories: i heart u die set (verve), heart quartet die (verve), fishtail flags stax die-namics (mft), pierced rectangle stax die-namics (mft), pink sparkle sequin mix (verve), clear rhinestone (su!), foam tape

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 254

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. 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 SSSC254 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

I got a little crazy with texture for this card -

I used some Smooth White, Berrylicious and Sno Cone card stock and glued the negative of the Polka Dot Cover-Up and created an ombre background. I added a little strip of card stock across the top to create the split in the sketch. I also used some embossing paste (which I colored a bit with a Sno Cone ink refill) and created the stenciled background underneath the butterfly.

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers have much more for you to see this week - please stop over and see:

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jenny Peterson
• Jodi Collins
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: blissful butterflies (mft)
paper: smooth white (mft), sno cone (mft)
ink: black licorice (mft), orange fizz (mft), lemon drop (mft), sno cone ink refill (mft)
accessories: blissful butterflies die-namics (mft), polka dot die-namics  (mft), yellow sequins (avery elle), abstract petals stencil (mft), embossing paste, foam tape

An InLinkz Link-up