Viva La Verve - To the Moon

Hi Everyone,

One of my friends had a sweet wee one a couple of months ago and is here visiting with her family and I wanted to make a special card for her little one :) I used the sweet stamp set To The Moon from Verve Stamps to create this little card with the cutie giraffe using this week's Vivia La Verve sketch VLV sketch by Amber!

I love all the sweet little baby animals and sentiments in this set - so very precious! I tried to keep the card simple and tried to keep to the sketch - but sometimes it seems that you keep going even after the sketch is done :) so there might be a few more elements ;)

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Clementine by CC and PTI cardstock

Stamps: To The Moon from Verve Stamps 

Inks: Memento Ink Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Spellbinders oval, white liquid pearls, bling from Want2Scrap, heart punch from Paper Studio, EK success punch (Small scallop) and dimensionals

I love seeing all the cards created using this sketch - please stop by the VLV thread to check out how you can win some Verve by playing along with the VLV sketches this month! Also, the newest Verve is about to get released this week so stay tuned!!! :D

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Big hugs,

Sankari

Blast From the Past Blog Hop #4 from Taylored Expressions

Good Morning Everyone!

Welcome to the 4th Blast from the Past Blog Hop from Taylored Expressions, where every month Taylor has a blog hop with all TE fans to create something with their favorite TE stamp sets that was released at least three months ago. The hardest thing about doing these blog hops is trying to pick one stamp set because they are all so cute and sweet! Speaking of sweet, I decided to ink up the super sweet stamp set: Sprinkled with Love which is filled to the brim with sweetness :) I had fun inking up the sweet little cupcake and using some of the fabulous DP from Cosmo Cricket.

I created this little card/envelope set thanks to my girl Lori and her Cricut (love the little doily cut) At first the card could fit into the envelope, but after adding a few embellishments to the card, I realized that its going to be a right squeeze to get it in there :) So maybe I could insert a CD instead into the envie with the card :) I tied some twine around the buttons so that it could open/close easily. One tip - is to use the Best Glue Ever, when gluing down the buttons - wow! that glue is amazing - it about glues the whole house together! It really makes embellies stay put!

Here is picture of the card: I used the sketch for this card and had fun picking the colors from the DP onto card. The bottom of the cupcake is paper pieced (stamped in white) and then glazed it and added some red stickles onto the cherry:

Here is a close up of the card , and yes as you can see, I am addicted to dots:), the swiss dots embossed folder, the line of red bling on the ribbon and the liquid pearls from Adirondacks all around :)

Card Ingredients:

Paper: CosmoCricket

Stamps: For the Love of Cupcakes from Taylored Expressions

Ink: White Stazon for the cupcake liner, Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black and Ladybug Red.

Accessories: copper eyelet, red stcikles, spellbinders nesites (circles and scallops), glue dots, Best Glue Ever, red bling, glaze, Cuttlebug swiss embossing folder, Cricut, circle punch and Adirondack Dimensional Pearls (Terra Cotta).

I had such an fun time creating this card and envie - I love it when I lose track of time and just enjoy sitting and crafting and watching a Johnny Depp movie - sigh! the little joys in life are wonderful!!!

*******Taylor will be posting when you can sign up for the next Customer Blog hop - and to get you started: Taylored Expressions is offering a special Blast from the Past SALE in order to help you prepare for our next customer blog hop! Our October blog hop is all about Christmas and we'll be featuring past Christmas stamps from Taylored Expressions in our creations. The following select Christmas sets are 20% off through Sunday, September 26th so it's a great time to pick one up and join us on the hop next month. You can find all the details on the TE Blog Hop HERE!

Christmas Blessings
Season's Sweetings
Home Sweet Home
Holiday Wonder
Wings of Joy
Tag Treats

One random hopper from today will receive a FREE Taylored Expressions stamp set (so make sure you sign up for the next customer blog hop!) and another creation will be chosen to be featured in the Taylored Expressions newsletter!

Thanks so much for stopping by today - and check out all the amazing ladies and their amazing creations, who are joining the Blast from the Past Hop today!!!

Big hugs,

Sankari :)

Skipping Stones Design - Gray Hares :)

Hi Everyone!!!

Did you all see the amazing Hop(e) for Haiti that Skipping Stones Design put together - it was such an amazing way to raise money towards the Haitian relief efforts. I adore all of the stamps from Skipping Stones Design, they have a huge range from hilariously funny to simply beautiful!. This month, I am so excited to be a guest designer for Skipping Stones Design! This month, Jami Bova is the sketch design artist and has created this super sweet sketch for us to play with. Watch every Tuesday for a super sweet sketch from Jami and also for beautiful creations of my of my favorite people: Jackie Pedro who is also a guest designer for March!! (yay! waving madly, Hi Jacks!)

I used the adorable stamp set: Gray Hares for this sketch (seriously, the sentiments in this set - are both adorable and hilarious!!). I loved the "fun-ness" of this stamp set and decided to create a quick get well soon card! :)

Card Ingredients:

Paper: CC Material Girl

Stamps: Gray Hares from Skipping Stones

Ink: Memento Cottage Ivy and Tuxedo Black

Accessories: bling from Kaiser, white gel pen, MS scallop punch, Spellbinders, corner rounder, dimensionals

I had so much fun making this card and canNOT wait to make some more with this stamp set (seriously - some of the sentiments in this set just made me *snort* :) (Jackie - that was for you :)) Please check out Skipping Stones Design for to check out all the fun creations andif you have a chance, play along with this super sweet sketch!!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs!

Sankari :)

JustRite Stampers Design Team :)))))

**** Scroll down or click here for the Spring Florals Blog Hop*****

Good Morning Everyone,

I have been waiting to share the exciting news that I am joining the

JustRite Stampers Design Team today

(YAY!!! doing the happy dance right now :)

I am so beyond excited to be on this team with some amazing fellow designers and I am loving playing with all of the newly released gorgeous JustRite stamps which are so much fun, fabulous and fantastic! of these beautiful stamps! For my "debut" as it were, I thought it would fun to create a little 3D project using the beautiful oval stamp set: Breath of Spring (oval 2 1/4" x 3 1/16") - which is filled with gorgeous blooms and beautiful oval borders that you can vary amongst the blooms:

When you open the handbag - the papers inside fold out/pop open to reveal the sentiment: "Thank you for being my Sunshine Everyday" which is from the JustRite stamp set: Romantic Sentiments 1 5/8" round and the beautiful blooms on the bottom of the inside panel, is another flower stamp from the Breath of Spring Stamp set (the flowers are actually in a watering can, but I masked it so that only the top part would be seen).

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Deep blush Prism cardstock and CC paper.

Stamps: Breath of Spring and Romantic Expressions

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Lady bug red

Accessories: circle punch, MS butterfly punch, sponger, bling from Want2Scrap, white gel pen, eyelets and ribbon from stash and velcro stickies for the front of the bag opening.

Handbag template: created using the Ultimate Crafter Companion (handbag measures 7.5 x 10" and then inside insert is a 7.5" square (when fully extended).

I had so much fun creating this project and can't wait to make some more projects "just rite" ;) Today starts an awesome March Madness Sale over at JustRite Stamps: where you save 20% off all of the 1/58" Products!! AND - mark you calendars for a MEGA hop towards the end of this month on March 24th and 25th which will include the creative genius of 75 designers!! WOW!!!

A huge thank you to Kellie and Sharon for everything that you both do!!! I am so excited to be part of this wonderful team! Yay!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Hope your Monday is off to a great start!!!

Big hugs!

Sankari :)

Joyeux Anniversaire - Happy Anniversary!!!

Good Morning Everyone!

This is the second week of being a Guest Designer for FireCracker Designs - where this month I am loving playing with the beautiful stamp set: Parisian Romance! I love all the sweet images in this set and all of the fonts and sentiments too. This card is one that I made for my DH :) Our 11th year anniversary of our "first date" is coming up next week - and I wanted to make him a special little card. I tried to create a little "cafe" look for the card with the awning going up in a side angle - how I wish we could be at a cafe drinking cappuccino's.... but for right now being in the freezing cold in the cornfields with some hot cocoa will have to do :)

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket (boyfriend collection)

Stamps: Parisian Romance by Firecracker Designs

Ink: Potter's Clay from Memento

Accessories: corner rounder, sakura glaze pen, liquid lacquer, ribbon from stash, spellbinders, martha stewart punches and dimensionals.

I can't believe how quickly the time has passed by - I am so very grateful for each day - what a special gift we get to open every morning when we wake up - just the gift to be alive! You can check out more of these wonderful stamps here and also check out Pamela's blog (the owner of Firecracker Designs). This month, Pamela is offering $2 off the purchase of this stamp set: A Parisian Romance with the coupon code "sankari " :) - Thank you so much Pamela!!!

Hope you are having a beautiful start to your Monday!!!

Big hugs!

Sankari :)

Tech Talk Blog Hop

Happy Friday Everyone!

I am so happy to be part of the Tech Talk blog hop tonight where we are featuring the super cute and uber hip Tech Talk stamp set by Gina K. Senior DT & Illustrator: Melanie Muenchinger! I love the versatility of this stamp set - you can use it for so many different occasions! So I created four cards for four different occasions: friendship/thinking of you card, love/Valentine's Day card, Get Well soon card and a Thank You card:

---------Friendship Card----------

GinaK is now offering a CardKits that comes with a sketch and papers for the different stamp sets. This card is based on the sketch that Jessica created with THIS card for the Tech Talk stamp set. I CASED Jess's card with the cute little coffee cups and changed the sentiment. I love these sweet little mugs and they are the perfect size for paper piecing. I can't wait to give this to my coffee buddy :) the next time we meet up for a cup o' joe :). You can check out more about this card kit on this link on Jessica's blog or at Gina's store.

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Pure Luxury white cardstock, Rocket Red textured base and Cosmo Cricket (Early Sunrise)

Ink: Memento: Tuxedo Black and LadyBug Red

Stamps: Tech Talk by Melanie Meunchinger for Gina K.

Accessories: Sakura black glaze pen, spellbinders and dimensionals, corner chomper, and ribbon from stash

---------Valentine's Day Card--------

This is for my DH - who is a total computer nut! I used to joke with him that he was already married when we met......to his MAC computer! So I was so excited to make this Valentine's day card for him (I can't believe that I made a Vday card in December!!) I stamped the computer image in metallic silver paper and then stamped the sentiments including the cute little heart stamp :). I matted everything in black for a more "manly" look (lol!) - I love all the different sentiments that are possible all on one screen!

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Pure Luxury white cardstock, Silver Lining paper american crafts, bazzil basics and scrap stash,

Ink: Memento: Tuxedo Black and Aquamarine

Stamps: Tech Talk by Melanie Meunchinger for Gina K.

Accessories: Martha Stewart heart punch, Sakura black glaze pen, EK success punch, spellbinders and dimensionals

---------Get Well Soon Card--------

This next card is inspired by this awesome card by Melanie. I love how she created a little desk by splitting the image on a piece of DP. This one is for one of our uncles who is a little sick right now and so I was trying to make the card a bit more man-ish. The sentiment: "Sorry to hear you got a virus" is so perfect for the little computer screen (and I would love it if my computer were an olive green color!). The mug is paper pieced and the scalloped edging is from the DP.

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Pure Luxury white cardstock and Cosmo Cricket Early Sunrise

Ink: Memento: Tuxedo Pear Tart

Stamps: Tech Talk by Melanie Meunchinger for Gina K.

Accessories: ribbon from stash and copics

--------Thank You Card-------

This next card is for a dear blogging friend of mine who just sent me some amazing goodies in the mail! I was in such shock and awe and gratitude and was so happy that I could make her a card using sentiments that we use while blogging - like TTYS (talk to you soon)!. I stamped this cute little envelope in different colors and then created a little pocket for a tagged sentiment to go into - so that it looks like you are pulling out a message:

And When you pull it out - it reads: Thank You! ((((HUGS)))), iloveyou! and TTYS! I love that you can create a little message with all the different sentiments!. I punched an opening for the tags with half of a circle punch and then created the tags by matting them and then attaching little eyelets with ribbon tied to them that you can pull out:

Card Ingredients:

Paper: american crafts, bazzil basics and scrap stash, Pure Luxury white cardstock

Ink: Memento: Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy, Rosebud, LadyBug and Aquamarine

Stamps: Tech Talk by Melanie Meunchinger for Gina K.

Accessories:Stickles crystal, Martha Stewart mini scallop circle punch, Sakura black glaze pen, eyelets and cropadile, corner chomper and dimensionals

I had a total blast playing along with this super cute stamp set and check out these amazing artistes for more inspiration with the Tech Talk stamp set tonight:

Melanie Muenchinger {Illustrator}

Jessica Fick

Donna Baker

Lee Murphy

Lynn Mercurio

Nina Brackett

Theresa Momber

Melissa Shultz {CSS Designer}

Peggy Wainman {CSS Designer}

Tina Gilliland {Guest Designer}

Karen Knegten {Guest Designer}

The Tech Talk discussion on the StampTV Idea Center is a valuable resource filled with tips, sample projects, and tutorials. Melanie's tip sheet, free PDF template as well as the Card Kit is available in the discussion as well.

If you haven't already, stop by GinaK's blog today to leave your comment on her blog for your chance to win today's featured stamp set or any other stamp set valued at $23.95 of your choice!

Thanks so much for stopping by tonight!

Hope the start to your weekend is a beautiful one!!!

And all of those of you on the East Coast - stay safe in the snowstorm!

Big hugs to all!

Sankari :)

RELEASE DAY At Taylored Expressions!!!

Good Morning Everyone!

Today is the release of all the new Taylored Expressions stamp sets that you have been seeing in all the sample peeks this week!!! woo-hoo! You might have noticed that there was not a Key Ingredients kit for this release - well, the reason why is because Taylor is introducing something *NEW* called the: Taylored Card Kits!!! You are going to LOVE these kits - I know what I want to see in my stockings :). Each is card kit is $14.95 & will contain the following;

• 15 sheets of patterned paper cut to 4" x 5 1/4 " and there are 3 sheets of each of the 5 patterns
• 10 Choice Cardstock card bases (totally love this cardstock for coloring with copics or color pencils-they are so buttery smooth!
• 10 envelopes
• 20 sheets of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Prism cardstock that will be a total of 5 colors total with 4 sheets of each color
• 1 package of Kaisercraft Pearls
• 8 sheets of Choice cardstock (cut to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" for images)
• 5 yards of ribbon (2.5 yards each of 2 different styles)
• 1 Perfect Package Card Box

Can you BELIEVE all of that in one kit!!! That is awesome!! Today the Baker's Dozen is showcasing how you can put together one of these cardkits that can make up to 10 cards by showing you a decorated a Perfect Package and 10 cards that will fit in there! Each card is an A2 size and comes with envelopes to match! I love that this box can hold all 10 A2 cards PERFECTLY!

Here is a picture collage of my Perfect Package Box , the front of it and how it opens up (I love the fact that it has a magnetic closure so that it shuts tight and is so sturdy!) and a group shot of all of my ten cards :) using the Crafty Cuppie stamp set and the Crafty Cuppie Accessories stamp set.

The Taylored Card Kit that I am used to make ALL 10 cards is the GIRL FRIDAY CARD KIT (Click on the the link and you can see all the papers, ribbon, pearls and cardstock that come with this kit ALONG with a Perfect Package Box!!! NOW THAT is awesome!!!) I adore Cosmo Cricket and I love the papers in this kit - so fun and bright and cheery!) Also what I love about the Crafty Cuppie Stamp set and the Accessory set is the variety and versatility of this stamp set - you can mix and match sentiments and images to create the perfect card for that special "crafty" someone in your life!!!

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CALLING ALL STAMPERS!

Here are some cards for that special crafty stamper in your life: I LOVE the sentiment Inky Hugs!!! :) So excited to be able to send some cards with this sentiment to my fave blog buddies :)

Or this awesome sentiment: "The worst day "Stamping" is better than the best day at work!! LOL! (there is a space in this sentiment so that you can choose which craft you want to substitute in (whether its quiliting, stamping, knitting, etc.)

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CALLING ALL KNITTERS!

Here are four of my favorite cards for all of my knitting friends! I am so excited to be able to make these cards for them!! :)

I LOVE this sentiment that you can substitute with different craft sentiments: "I *heart*... and in this case I put in "knitting" - I love the image of Cuppie knitting on this couch :)

Or this sentiment: "Knitting is Cheaper than Therapy" - and again you can substitute this with any other of the stamps in the set - so it can be "Quilting is Cheaper than Therapy, etc...." I love that versatility!!!

This sentiment always cracks me up: "Housework or Knitting? Guess which one I chose?!" hee!!! (and again you can substitute the word knitting with another craft) and if you know me - you know that I never really ever choose housework!!! LOL!!!

And my favorite substitution phrase: "I'd Rather Be..."and in this case - I put Knitting: but I love that I can use this phrase with any of the other sentiments!

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CALLING ALL SEWing LOVERS!

These Two cards below are for all the Sewing Peeps! out there :) I love the sentiment: "You're so Sweet!" sooo cute and just the fact that Cuppie is sewing just always cracks me up! I love the fact that you can paper piece the cloth that is being sewn to match your card:

Here is another one using the Sewing Cuppie Image with the sentiment "Housework or Sewing, Guess which one I chose?" How totally cute is that sentiment and this image :) I just love it!

One of my other favorite sentiments from this set (that the top of the Perfect Package Box is Decorated with) is the sentiment: "Do Something Creative Everyday": I LOVE how you can mix and match this sentiment with all of the images in this set or even with some of the accessory images as in the next card! LOVE that versatility! I totally ADORE this image of Cuppie painting - and I especially LOVE what he is painting!!! :)

And here is the last one - its one of my favorite cards (its the same way I decorated the front of the Perfect Package Box): is this card using the sentiment "Do Something Creative Everyday"

After creating ALL of these cards from ONE card Kit - I STILL have ribbon, and DP and cardstock and pearls left over for more!!! It is such an amazing new product that Taylor has put together!!

And GUESS WHAT?! She has 3 Taylored Card Kits that will be available today!!! Check out the Baker's Dozen Blogs today to see all 3 Card Kits: Girl Friday Card Kit, the Bloom and Grow Card Kit and the Pretty Please Card Kit!!! I can't wait to see - come and hop with me (LOL!!! I crack myself up with my rhyming skillzzz!!!)

Charmaine Ikach

Dawn Easton

Donna Baker

Jackie Pedro

Jodi Collins

Jami Sibley

Karen Giron

Karen Motz

Laurie Schmidlin

Sharon Harnist

and of course!: Taylor VanBruggen

I hope you have enjoyed all of the samples from this release and all of the card kits too!! I love the fact that it is so easy to coordinate making cards, and having the ribbon and cardstock, DP and even an awesome BOX to put them in!!! And to make it even easier - Taylor has a Copic Set for each Card Kit - Check it all out HERE!

Thanks for coming over to visit today - and thank you for all of your sweet comments this release - you guys are just the best!!!

Happy Friday and Weekend!!!

Sankari :)

Harvest Blessings and more Verve Projects :)

Good Morning Everyone!!!

Hope your week has been going awesome! Our week has been so busy - it seems like every night I come home exhausted and my mojo is gone - and last night, I was in bed super early, but couldn't sleep (so I decided to come and play :) I just got this new yummy BG (Indian Summer) and couldn't wait to play :) There is just something about these colors that makes me want to crunch some leaves, wear a scarf and go for a walk in the woods, and have a cup of tea after coming home. I absolutely love love love fall - and these papers and this stamp that I used just make my heart so happy :) I used Julee's seriously mojo-licious sketch from this week (those scallops had me swooning I tell ya'!) and used one of my favorite sentiments from the new Verve release Harvest Blessings.

Card Details:

Paper: Basic Grey Indian Summer, cardstock from Bazzil basics

Stamps: Verve - Harvest Blessings

Ink: Memento Ink: Potter's clay and then over it with some Sakura gel pens

Accessories: Circle punch and archival pen from Creative Memories, bling from Martha and buttons from stash, corner rounder, leaf is from BG, dimensionals,

I love and can't get enough of these yummy verve-licious sets. Here are some creations that I posted at the Verve release party that I haven't had a chance to post here yet:

This is from the set: Star Struck. This could be one of my most fave sets - I just couldn't stop using it :) Here is one project - called: Star that's what you are:

Paper: Bo Bunny, carstock from stash run through the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug

Stamps: Star Struck from Verve

Ink: Memento Ink: Potter's clay and then over it with some Sakura pink glaze pen

Accessories: Wave cutter and circle cutter from Creative Memories, liquid pearls, accordian ribbon from Taylored Expressions, dimensionals,

Here is another project from the same stamp set called: Be the Star, You Know You are:

Paper: BG Ambrosia set (I {heart} these papers!!)

Stamps: Star Struck from Verve

Ink: Memento Ink: Potter's clay and then over it with some Sakura gel pens

Accessories: Spellbinders, circle cutter from Creative Memories, black glaze pen from Sakura, Big eyelet and cropadile to set, ribbon from stash, bling from Martha corner rounder and dimensionals

Sketch: Last week's sketch from Mojo #104

This one is from the Stamp Set: Swan Song - this is such an amazing set - so versatile and such beautiful sentiments. This card is called: You Put a Song in my Heart:

Card Details:

Paper: Bazzil Basics pink from K&Company

Ink: Taken with Teal from SU! and copics and prismas to color in

Stamps: Swan Song from Verve

Accessories: Spellbinders, ribbon from stash, gel pen from Rangers, dimensionals, pocket punch from Fiskars and heart punch from Martha Stewart. corner rounder

Here is another card make with the same Swan song set -but as you can see it has a total different feeling - these are some of my new FAVE papers - seriously YUMMY!!!!

Card Details:

Paper: Kaiser Kraft Off shore Collection ( i totally {heart} these papers!!!)

Ink: Taken with Teal from SU! mixed with Stazon Black

Stamps: Swan Song from Verve

Accessories: corner rounder, bling from K& Company, dimensionals

I love those colors in the papers above and so much fun with the Kaiser rub ons! LOVE it!!! Another thing that I have really been enjoying doing is to create a little notecard set that you can give as a gift - here is a 3 card noteset that I made using the Wishing You Well Stamp set - it is seriously one of my other fave sentiments sets from Verve - I LOVE Julee's fonts and the way that you can just add another sentiment and you get a whole other card makes it so easy to create a versatile gift set:

Card Details:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Potter's Clay

Stamps: Wishing You from Verve

Accessories: Spellbinders, ribbon from Taylored Expressions, corner rounder, bling from Kaiser Craft, liquid pearls, Threading Punch from Fiskars.

Here is a picture of each card in the set individually:

Wishing You the Happiest of Days (isn't that just an awesome sentiment!?!)

Wishing You a Very Happy Birthday

Wishing You a Very Speedy Recovery

There are so many more wonderful sentiments in this awesome set: Wishing You! It covers every kind of card that you would want to make. All of these stamp sets are in the September Bundle that is on Sale!! from now till Weds. or as supplies last - so make sure to go check it out HERE!!!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

I hope that you are all having a fantabulous week so far and are getting excited for the upcoming weekend!!! WOOT!!!

And if you need some mojo - head on over to the Mojo Monday Blog - for it is sure to get your creative juices flowing!!!!

Big Hugs!!!

Sankari :)