WCMD Verve Challenge!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!!! Although it is now Sunday for those of us in Australia, we can still enjoy the cardmaking fun with our cardmaking sisters on SCS!!!

Today Verve is sponsoring a challenge hosted by none other than my friend Michelle!!! She has challenged us to make a card using the colours of a flag of the world. I chose IRELAND which is Green, White and Orange! I would love to see Ireland someday - I believe it is such a beautiful part of the world - it's just SO FAR from me!! One of my dearest friends is an Amercian who is currently living in Ireland so this is a little in honour of her. I'd also like to mention Jessie who regularly visits and comments on my blog who is a native of Ireland. :)

Not only have I used the Green, White and Orange of the Irish flag, I have also incorporated the flag as the BG! I started with a base of Old Olive and layered with White and more Old Olive. Then I took a piece of green Bali Breeze DSP, White card embossed using the new Damask Frame Combo set by Provocraft and a Orange piece of Bali Breeze DSP to create my flag background. My centerpiece has been stamped using the 2 3/8" JustRite Center and Font Set and the Times New Roman Upper Case Font (needed an extra D and A) to create the sentiment (I don't know - you just can't find a stamp that says Happy World Cardmaking Day!!!) and stamped it in Tuxedo Memento Black and cut it out with Small Circle Nestabilities. I matted it with some Old Olive cut with Large Circle Nestabilities and mounted on Pumpkin Pie cut with Large Scallop Circle Nestabilities. The flower is from SU's Pretty Amazing Stamp Set, stamped twice in Orange and once in Marigold and triple layered it with pop dots. I then added some Martha Stewart Branch punches to each side of the flower and attached some 1" White Satin Ribbon underneath the panel. I finished off by adding a large Kaisercraft Snow Pearl to the centre of the flower and a couple to the top and bottom corner of the card.

Stamps - 2 3/8" Center and Font Set (JustRite), Pretty Amazing (SU)
Paper - Old Olive, White, Pumpkin Pie, Bali Breeze DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Orange Versacolor, Marigold Versacolor
Accessories - Small and Large Circle Nestabilities, Large Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Branch Punch, 1" White Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Damask Frame Combo Set (Provocraft), Pop Dots.

That's all for now - a huge Happy Cardmaking Day to you all!!!! :)

AVS203 Beautiful You...

This is the third card for the Anni-VERVE-sary sketch challenges. I meant to put stitching on it......but then forgot....whoops!!!

I started with a base of Very Vanilla and layered with some soft aqua bazzill, attaching some ivory satin ribbon across the bottom and making a bow with my Bow Easy. The next layer is some more Very Vanilla with one end punched with the Fiskars 'Lace' border punch and topped with this gorgeous French Flea Market DSP by My Mind's Eye. The main panel is the flip side of that same paper matted with more aqua bazzill. In the bottom corner I've stamped 'Beautiful You' (from the Verve set with the same name) and around the flower, the flourishes from Fairy Tales (also Verve) all in Close to Cocoa ink. Finally I added this gorgeous Prima Flower that I've had hoarded in my stash for a while. I am seriously trying NOT to hoard stuff, but it's a hard habit to break!!! :)

Stamps - Beautiful You, Fairy Tales (Verve)

Paper - Very Vanilla, soft aqua bazzill, French Flea Market DSP (MME)

Ink - Close to Cocoa

Accessories - Prima Flower, Ivory Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Fiskars 'Lace' border punch.

Don't forget that there is Blog Candy every day over at JustRite and that we are having our HUGE Blog Hop this Monday - it's not just the Design Team, we've got lots of our friends joining in!!!!

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!! :)

Verve Release Challenge Number 4

Ever have one of those days when you know what you want to try and do, but things just don't come together?? I had one of those days! Honestly I very nearly threw this card in the bin and started over! However, I need to get the final card in for the Verve Release Challenge so I persevered, although I don't know if I'm entirely happy with it.
The challenge is to create a card using soft yellow, soft blue and brown.....I decided to use this week's Mojo Monday sketch as well.
I started with a base of So Saffron, layered with some Fawn Bazzill (edge pierced and bottom punched with the Fiskars 'Lace' punch) and layered again with Paper Salon Enamored:fleur de lis paper (bottom punched). At the bottom I've added some blue satin ribbon, layered yellow and blue flowers and used the Martha Stewart 'Branch' punch for some foliage and a blue rhinestone for the centre. The main panel has been stamped using Verve's 'Beautiful You' set, inked in Cocoa versacolour, cut out and embossed with square nestabilities and layered on some SS (edge pierced). The bottom square is more SS with the edges pierced and the whole panel has been popped up on foam tape. Finished off by adding a couple of clear dew drops that arrived in the mail today from ODBD (I was SO excited!! You have no idea how hard these are to find in Australia!!).
The other interesting thing today is that I had a request via SCS (*waving to Jill*) to add a 'Subscribe by email' function to the blog - after a lot of looking around and checking things out I finally added one, so if you want to get updates in your inbox you can!
Well that's all for today - wish me luck in the Verve Challenges, maybe I'll get lucky this time!!! :) Thanks for visiting!!! :)

VSAPR2 Celebrate With Cupcakes!

Another card for the Verve Release Challenge!! I swear this card started as fairly simple and it grew and grew and got a life of it's own!! I hope I haven't over done it!!!
I started with a base of white, layered with a deep dusty pink bazzill that was lurking in my cardstock box and then layered again with a very pale pink bazzill. The two horizontal layers are made of Basic Grey's Urban Prairie paper, matted with white and then the dark pink, with corners from provocraft's 'Vintage' die set and a small chocolate pearl (Kaisercraft). The middle panel is made up of the Label 3 and circle nestabilities dies from Spellbinders. The largest layers has a little bit of piercing in each corner, the pale layer has a circle of piercing. The circle panel has been embossed with the 'Devine Swirl' embossing folder. Finally popped up in the middle is the yummy cupcake by Verve that has been coloured with markers and a fine layer of kindyglitz (like stickles but not so thick) over the icing (frosting). The top flower has been popped again and it's finished off with some large chocolate pearls in the middle.
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!! :)

Verve Release Challenge Number 3

Today's card is for the Verse Stamps April Release Challenge (VSAPR3) and the details can be found on SCS here . This card is going to a friend of mine having her birthday on Sunday. :)
I started with a white base, layered with some blue bazzill and layered again with one of my favourite papers by Little Yellow Bicycle (Delightful range). The horizontal layer is the reverse side of the same paper matted with the same blue bazzill and the edge punched with the Fiskars 'Lace' punch (that I got at ABSA). The square panel has been cut using rectangle nestabilities, the smallest square has been stamped using SU's Pocket Silhouettes in Tempting Turquoise (stamped off once), added a butterfly punched out with the Martha Stewart Royal Butterfly punch and some pearls for the body. (I really liked the look of this on my last card and decided to do it again for this card.) Finished off by adding some white grosgrain to the square, silver brads to the corner and a simple birthday sentiment to the bottom.
I just realised that this card is also suitable for the Flutter by Wednesday Challenge to use a butterfly or fairy and punches or die cuts!!! :)
That's all for now, thanks for visiting!! :)