THinkING STAMPS: May 2014

May 27, 2014

Filled With Love

Hello! I'm popping in tonight with a sweet little gift bag I whipped up today. I just got the W R Memory Keepers Gift Bag punch board, and had to give it a whirl!

I've used lots of Reverse Confetti goodies on my bag!

The hearts from Love Note Die Set were cut from pink cardstock, and sewn together so they'd hang down the front of the box. I've used Label Me and the matching die for the sweet little label. The base of the bag is stamped with So Stripey in gold.

My colors came from the current Color Challenge! Using kraft as a base really toned down the combo.

I finished the bag off with some gold sequins.

May 26, 2014

Love You Bunches!

Hi friends, I hope you had a great weekend! I'm busy these days planning for both sets of grandparents to fly in for Jackson's 2nd birthday - it's only two weeks away, how fast the days go!

My card today is for the brand new SugarSketch and the Catered Crop Garden Party Recipe Swap!

My card today uses Love You Bunches

I colored with copics, and used some new-to-me Basic Grey paper for a pretty look!

Here's a peek inside my card...

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Stamps: Love You Bunches (SugarPea Designs) Paper: Mint Julep (Basic Grey) Ink: Aquamarine (Avery Elle) Dies: Banner, Flower (MFT) Other: Button, Twine, Enamel Dots, Copics, Sewing Machine

May 23, 2014

Verve New Release Hop {Win!}

Hello! Great news - the new Verve release is available now! We're hopping today to celebrate, and you'll definitely want to hop with us - someone is going to win the ENTIRE new release!!

It's also time for a new Viva la Verve sketch, and lucky me, it's my turn to hostess!

I've used the new Wonderful Marvelous stamp set for my card.

Wonderful Marvelous is one of those sets that just makes me happy - so this sentiment is perfect and I went with a sunny color scheme! I've used lots of great Verve dies - the Pennant Trim Die, Heart Quartet Die, and the Banner Bundle Die Set

Here's a peek inside my card...

I paper pieced the fun banner image and fussy cut it for the perfect accent!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

Today's Prize: The ENTIRE release!


1. Julee	8. Amber
2. Charmaine	9. Maureen
3. Marisa	10. Jen
4. Janelle	11. Laurie S.
5. Teresa	12. Andrea
6. Chaitali	13. Christyne
7. Stacey	14. Sarah

Stamps: Wonderful Marvelous (Verve Stamps) Paper: LemonLush (Studio Calico) Ink: Lilac Posies (Memento Luxe) Dies: A Cut Above Dies: Banner Bundle, Pennant Trim, Heart Quartet (Verve Stamps) Other: Black Enamel Dots

May 22, 2014

Verve Spotlight Hops - Be Blessed

Welcome to our May 2014 Spotlight Hops! We're so excited to share some new Verve with you! The Divas will be spotlighting 3 new sets, 3 plain janes and a couple dies each day through Friday, so keep your eyes peeled for some fresh Verve inspiraiton! Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, 5/23.

Today I've used the fabulous Be Blessed stamp set. More gorgeous Verve flowers! And even better, these also match the Petal Points Die Set! More bang for your buck - love that!

I inked the flowers with Sage Shadow, then sponged Buckaroo Blue directly onto the stamp. I wanted a little more oomfph to the flowers, so tipped some of the petals with a B99 copic marker. I layered the new Sprightly Springs over the previously released Dreamy Leaves. The sentiment was stamped with the scroll image from Die Sidekicks, and I cut apart the sweet birthday wishes sentiment so I could angle it the way I wanted on the vellum scroll die.

Here's a peek inside my card...

Those stamped leaves from Be Blessed are just so fun! I love the highlights.

Today's Prize: Be Blessed, Luke 1:45, Sprightly Sprigs Die Set


1. Julee	8. Maureen
2. Charmaine	9. Jen
3. Marisa	10. Laurie S.
4. Teresa	11. Andrea
5. Chaitali	12. Christyne
6. Stacey	13. Sarah
7. Amber

Stamps: Be Blessed, Die Sidekicks (Verve Stamps) Paper: Sew Lovely (Echo Park ) Ink: Sage Shadow, Buckaroo Blue (SU) Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger) Dies: A Cut Above Dies: Dreamy Leaves, Petal Points, Sprightly Sprigs, Scroll (Verve Stamps) Other: Summer Sailing Ribbon Collection (Verve) Shine Bright Sequins (Verve) Twine, Button

May 20, 2014

Verve Spotlight Hop - Button Best!

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I'm so excited to be joining the release team this week to show off some of the amazing new release Julee has designed. Today I have a card featuring Button Best and two new die sets!

Isn't this sentiment fabulous? After a week of Jackson being sick, then falling ill myself, I feel like I've only just been managing to hold it together lately - but I'm proud to say we're all wearing clean clothes and are fed, so I can't be doing too bad!

For my card I stamped the focal sentiment on a sponged panel, and layered it over a doily and circle layer. Behind the circle, I've used the Pennant Trim die, cut from vellum, and contoured it to the circle using tape. The bow uses seam binding from the Summer Sailing collection.

If you love Verve flowers as much as I do, you'll be so excited to hear this set has a matching die set! The Petal Points Die set is fabulous, and works so well with the Sprightly Sprigs Die Set, also new! I coated the sprigs with a silver Wink of Stella pen.

The flowers were coloured with copics, and I popped up the layers for lots of dimension. How great are those button centers?! I left a white border when I fussy cut them to make them pop a little more.

Here's a peek inside my card...

Here's the list of fabulous Divas with projects to share today - don't forget to comment to be in to win!

Today's Prize: Button Best, Proverbs 31:25, Petal Points Die Set


1. Julee	8. Amber
2. Charmaine	9. Maureen
3. Marisa	10. Jen
4. Janelle	11. Andrea
5. Teresa	12. Christyne
6. Chaitali	13. Sarah

Stamps: Button Best (Verve Stamps) Paper: Date Night (Chickaniddy Crafts) Ink: Gray Flannel (Memento Luxe) Orange Soda (Hero Arts) Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger) Dies: A Cut Above Dies: Sprightly Sprigs Die Set, Petal Points Die Set, Pennant Trim (Verve Stamps) Other: Summer Sailing Ribbon Collection, Silver Wink of Stella Pen, Vellum, Twine, Button, Doily, Copics

Deconstructed Sketch 151 - Hello Gorgeous

Every week I LOVE to see Jen's fabulous Deconstructed Sketch. I don't always get time to play along, but when I do, I just love putting those layers to work!

Today I have a bright happy card for Deconstructed Sketch 151.

I dove into my basket of i {heart} papers supplies for this fun card! I've used the new Spring Blooms stamp set, using Memento Luxe ink in Tuxedo Black and Avery Elle ink in Aquamarine. I used the matching Spring Bloom dies as well. The sentiments are from the Hand Lettered Hello stamp set. The paper is Favorite Things. I love the colors in this pack! I've accented with gold sequins.

You can find everything new in store at IHP right HERE.