Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Viva la Verve Junuary Week 4 and my cards published!!!

Hello everyone for today post. I'm going to share with you a card I did using the January Sketch from **Viva la Verve! January Week 4 {1/24/12}* and Verve Stamps.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along:

Here's my card:


and here's:


I used Beautiful stamp sets from Verve Stamps - "Bloom & Grow" , "Up, up and Away" and "Circular Sayings". For background, I stamped leaves on three pink paper panels using "Stucco" ColorBox ink and stitched by hand all edge of panels using green thread.


For beautiful flower for sentiment I used Mini paper Rosettes (Tim Holtz). I cut the rosette, and glued to card. Then, I stamped sentiment on cream c.s and cut out using Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic circles and glued to paper ros
ette. I also, used stamped and hand cut leaves from "Bloom & Grow" Verva stamp set, rhinestones for the finishing touches.

And here's inside my card:



P.S. I have had a very pleasant week- the postman have brought a new issues Volume 24, Winter 2012 of Just Cards! and Just Cards! All Occasions ! 2012. That was a real surprise for me, so I want to share it with you, my friend.

Volume 24, Winter 2012 of Just Cards!


and this is my "Happy Father's Day" card:

Just Cards! All Occasions ! 2012.

and here's my "WELCOME" card:


As always thanks so much for hopping by! Olena

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SUPPLIES I USED:
Stamps: Verve Stamps - "Bloom & Grow" , " Up, up and Away" and "Circular Sayings" .
Paper: K& Company.
Ink: Distress ink, Adirondack and VersaMagic.
Accessories: Spellbinders - Classic and Scalloped circles, Mini paper rosettes (Tim Holtz), rhinestones, foam tape and thread.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Friday, January 27, 2012

Mojo Monday #225

Hello, everyone! It is time for new Mojo Monday #225

Here is the sketch if you want to play along:

I had so much fun playing with this week's Mojo Monday sketch!

Here's my card:


and here's:


For this card I used Dollar Stamp Studio "g" for images and Hero Arts stamp for sentiment.

I added to flower a red glitter from Recollections.


As always thanks so much for hopping by! Olena

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SUPPLIES I USED:
Stamps: Hero Arts - Lots of Love (for sentiment); Studio "G" for images.
Paper: K & Company.
Ink: Distress inks and Adirondack.
Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic squares; Recollections - Red Glitter and heart rhinestones.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Viva la Verve Junuary Week 2 (1/13/2012)

Hello everyone for today post. I'm going to share with you a card I did using the January Sketch from **Viva la Verve! January Week 2 {1/13/12}* and Verve Stamps.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along:
Here's my card:

and here's:


I used Beautiful stamp sets from Verve Stamps - "Bloom & Grow" and "Vintage oval frame".
For edges I used EK Success edge punch (Flower &Flourish). I used beautiful patterned papers from My Mind's Eye Collections. I also added the quilled swirls.

I make this flowers using a flower stamps from Bloom & Grow stamp set (Verve Stamps).

As always thanks so much for hopping by! Olena

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SUPPLIES I USED:
Stamps: Verve Stamps - Bloom & Grow and Vintage oval frame.
Paper: K& Company.
Ink: Distress ink, Adirondack and VersaMagic.
Accessories: Spellbinders - Fancy tags Two; EK Success - Flower & Flourish edge punch, rhinestones, ribbons and thread.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Viva la Verve Junuary Week 1 (1/06/2012)

Today, I introducing a new card using new January Sketch from **Viva la Verve! January Week 1 {1/6/12}* and Verve Stamps.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along:


Here's my card:



and here's:



For my card I used Beautiful stamp sets from Verve Stamps - "Dream Big", "Wild Flower" and "Leaves".


I used Mini paper rosettes die (Tim Holtz) for base of flowers. For edges I used EK Success edge punch ("Argyle). I also added the quilled swirls.

As always thanks so much for hopping by! Olena

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SUPPLIES I USED:
Stamps: Verve Stamps - Dream Big, Wild Flower and Leaves.
Paper: DCWV.
Ink: Distress ink, VersaColor and VersaMagic.
Accessories: Tim Holtz - mini paper rosettes; EK Success - "Argyle" and "Le Lattice chain" egde punches, Stickles, white liquid pearls, rhinestones and thread.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Stamps I used:
~Verve Stamps~