Circle Of Love

I created this with a couple of the new sets released from Verve, they are Be Mine and Heart's Desire. The bigger puffy heart is stamped and cut out from the set called Hundred Hearts. I adore circle cards, I think they have so much to say just for being circle in shape...lol. I also really luv red and yellow together. If you have not tried a circle card or any shaped card, I encourage you do try one....have fun! I do hope your week as been a good one and that you are getting in as much creating time as you want. I myself have not this week, but plan on taking some in this weekend. Have a wonderful day and enjoy!
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Stamps: Be Mine, Heart's Desire, and Hundred Hearts
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Paper: Avalanche, Pale Yellow(Bazzil) and Sweet Slumber Designer Paper(SU)
Ink: Barely Banana and Riding Hood Red(SU)
Accessories: Circle Nesties, Little Yellow Bicycle Chipboard Button, Button, Twine, SU Heart Punch, Gemstone, Glitter Pen, Ribbon, Janome, and Glue Dots

Sprinkle Kindness

Good evening, I could not resist today's CC254, to use soft suede, ruby red, and bashful blue...I adore these colors together. It is so workin for me today. I wanted to use flowers and reached for one of my all time favorite Verve sets Petal & Stems. This set is a must have, it has endless uses; it is so cute! I also used Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch SSSC52. This is a great sketch, I like it because I can use different dp's and textures. I added a gemstone to the centers and popped the flowers up. I hope you have a wonderful evening, tomorrow is hump day and count down day number three to the weekend.....enjoy!
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Stamps: Verve Petal & Stems and Filigree Fantasy
Paper: SU Riding Hood Red, Bashful Blue, White, Soft Suede, and Designer paper
Ink: SU Riding Hood Red, Bashful Blue, Soft Suede, and Copics
Accessories: Ribbon, Martha Stewart Punch, Gemstones, and Glue Dots

Birthdays Are Best

This is for today's CAS50, to use teal and one other color. I just realized I used two other colors, oh no....I hope the challenge police do not send for me....lol. I used Prism iced orange, SU tangerine tango, and bermuda bay. I used papertrey Blooming Button Bits, added buttons and a few pearls. I also used the Clean & Simple Layout, FTL74. I hope you have a a great Monday, we only have four more days until the weekend.....yeah! It was a gorgeous 60 degrees here in Virginia today, I got a little spring fever. Enjoy.
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Stamps: Papertrey Blooming Button Bits
Paper: Prism Iced Orange, SU Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango, and White
Ink: SU Bermuda Bay and Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Ribbon, Buttons, Twine, and Glue Dots

Gemstone Flower

Good mojo Monday morning peeps, I really luv today's sketch, Mary has brought us today's sketch.......great job Mary! You got check out the other mojo makers creation over at the Mojo Monday Blog, Mojo122. I rounded the corners on mine, since I do not have ovals nesties. I used a SU embossing folder and sponged it with not quite navy ink for the background. I added a layer of polka dotted dp and stitching. I tied the ribbon in a bow-tie style and added a gem. The flower is from the Verve set Love's Flower, I decided to paper piece the flower; I used two different dp's. I stuck in a few more leaves and the center is a gemstone eyelet. I wanted to play along with the Frosted Designs Challenge to use eyelets. This is also my submission to this weeks Scripture Challenge. The word this week is temptation, I used the scripture Luke 22:40. "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." I hope you have a great day and if there is something that you are tempted by, I encourage you to pray and get a friend to pray with you....enjoy your Monday!
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Stamps: Verve Love's Flower and Notes Of Prayer
Paper: SU Black, White, Not Quite Navy
Ink: SU Not quite Navy and Momento Black
Accessories: Janome, Ribbon, Gem, Gemstone Eyelet, Embossing Folder, SU Leave Die, Corner Rounder, and Glue Dots

My Love For You

Good morning. I must say this every weekend, but where do they go? Can you believe that today is Jan. 17, this month is more than half over. You know we will be making vacation plans soon, that is fun. Speaking of vacation, check out these cupcakes, they are beach ready...lol. These are so fun, today's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge is keyword CIC42. I used the fun paper pack from Basicgrey called Sugar Rush and the flower is Basicgrey and it is called Bloomers, isn't that a fun name? The sentiment is from Verve the set is called Hundred Hearts. The LOVE tag is Basicgrey stamp Valentines Day, it is so darling. The row of tiny hearts under the sentiment are from this same set and it is only a $1.99 for five stamps, so worth it! I added a sequin to the little tag and then added a Crystal by Zva Creative to the center. I also used Stamps and Smiles Sketch, SASSC48. I hope you can make time to play with us, be sure to check out the other Hope Stamps Eternal Sweeties creations.

Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal
Michelle - Stop and Stamp The Roses

Colleen - Glitter Ink

Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells
Amy - A Thousand Sheets of Paper (January Guest)

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Stamps: Basicgrey Valentines Day and Verve Hundred Hearts
Paper: SU Pumpkin Pie, Riding Hood Red, White, and Basicgrey Sugar Rush
Ink: SU Pumpkin Pie and Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Nesties Tags, Basicgrey Sugar Rush Bloomers, Ribbon, Bakers Twine, Sequin, Nesties Labels 4, Mega Rectangle Nesties, Crystal by Zva Creative, and Glue Dots

Hope

I created this for several challenges, the CCEE Stampers, CCEE1002 sketch. It is also for the Embellish Challenge to use purple, kraft, and chocolate and to use stripes. I added stripes with a marker to the right side of the sentiment. I am not sure if I like that or not, but I trying to make it work...lol. I also added stripes to the kraft piece of card stock with my scor pal. Finally, it is for the Scripture Challenge over at Patter Cross Blog, SCRC210. the first word is Hope. The scripture is a Verve stamp Psalm 31:24. I used the crystal flourish to accent the scripture panel, it came from Hope Stamps Eternal. I hope that you have a wonderful evening, enjoy!
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Stamps: Verve Psalm 31:24, Accent Notes, and Love's Flower
Paper: Prism Kraft and SU Elegant Eggplant
Ink: SU Elegant Eggplant and Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Crystal Flourish by Zva Creative, Ribbon, Nesties Labels 4 & 5, Scor Pal, and Glue Dots

Love

This is one of the new stamps set just released from Verve called Love's Flower, this set was my favorite from the release. To see all the new release head over to the Verve store and check them out. I colored with copics and layered the flower. I adore SU Dazzling diamonds on this flower, it is so yummy. I did a little sponging and layered the main panel sentiment. I used Mercy's Sketch, MTSC56. I also used the colors from Amber's release week color challenge, VSJAN10C to use black, gray, and turquoise. I also used this inspiration piece here from IC215. This is also for the Dirty Dozen Challenges to use floral, flirty, and feminine, CT0110 and the color challenge DDCC0110. I hope you have a fabulous day, enjoy your weekend and make time for family!
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Stamps: Verve Love's Flower
Paper: Bazzil Avalanche, Blackbird, and SU Night & Day
Ink: Versamgic Turquoise Gem, Momento Tuxedo Black, and Copics BG10, BG13, and BG15
Accessories: Ribbon, Button, Twine, Janome, SU Dazzling Diamonds, Bling, Nesties Labels 4 & 5, Embossing Folder, and Glue Dots

Chocolate Hearts-Verve Sneak Peek

Good morning, this is for today's final day of the Verve Sneak Peeks, you can see all of them over at the Verve Blog. This is the set called Love's Flower, I stamped the little hearts on the bottom panel of the sentiment. The chocolate hearts, remind me of chocolate chips, I kinda separated them with bakers twine. I added a circle full of hearts to the front panel. Some, stitching, embossing, anf the heart punched border complete my card. I sure hope you have enjoyed the sneak peeks and are ready to party tonight. The Verve release starts at 9:00 PM EST in the SCS forum, see ya there!

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Stamps: Heart's Desire and Love's Flower (Verve)
Paper: Suede Brown Light(Prism), Avalanche, Mud Pie(Bazzil), Christmas Cocoa Designer Paper(SU), and Winter Song Designer Paper(SEI)
Ink: Chocolate Chip and Real Red(SU)
Accessories: Janome, Nestie Labels 4, Nestie Mega Curve, SU Circle Punches, Pravo Craft Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Scalloped Heart Border Punch, SU Heart Punch, Bakers Twine, Seguin, Gemstone, and Glue Dots

Winter Wishes

Good morning, I created this for this weeks Play Date Cafe Color Challenge, PDCC12. They asked me to join the DT as a guest designer this month. I happily said Yes! These gals turn out some outstanding creations, be sure to check them out and play along.
These colors are perfect for an icy look, it has been very cold this winter so a chipboard snowflake is perfect for these colors. This is also my creation for Michelle's Verve release week challenge to use chipboard. The keyword for her chipboard challenge is VSJAN10. I added Martha Stewart Glitter to the snowflake. I used different textures with the embossing, different dp's, and the scallops. I hope you can play along with both challenges. Have a wonderful day and try to stay warm...enjoy!
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Stamps: Verve Snow Wonderful
Paper: SU Blue Bayou, White, and Various DP's
Ink: SU Blue Bayou
Accessories: Chipborad Snowflake, Glitter, Large Scallop, Bling, Ribbon, Twine, Buttons, and Glue Dots

Crazy About You

I wanted to share a quick post with you, this is one of the soon to be released Verve sets called Love Monkey. I used the little hearts as bubbles leading up to the sentiment. The little monkey is thinking about how crazy he is about you. I hope you pick yours up Friday night after the Verve release party. I will share all the deets a little later. He wants you to take him home! Enjoy.

Thinking Of You

I am super excited about this card for a couple of reasons, one Betty asked me to give a sample card for today's CC253 over at SCS. The colors are rich razzleberry, pretty in pink, chocolate chip. Betty throughs in a dessert option every week and this week it is to us e houndstooth on your creation. I am thrilled to help her out, I hope you can make time to play along. Secondly, it is a sneak peek of the Verve stamps to come this Friday, you don't want to miss that either......the stamps are lovely! I luv this style of layout, you can us lots of different patterns and textures, I am all over that. I colored the flower and added SU dazzling diamonds to it. It is cut and layered several times. I sponged the houndstooth with pretty in pink ink and of course I had to add a little stitching. I hope you like my creation, most of all I hope you have a wonderful day, enjoy!
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Stamps: Verve Love's Flower
Paper: Bazzil Mud Pie, Avalanche, SU Designer Papers
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, and Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Janome, Embossing Folder, SU Dazzling Diamonds, Ribbon, Twine, Button, Silver Bead, and Glue Dots

Be Mine

I created this round card for one of the Verve Release Week Challenges to create a shaped card. Tosh has challenged us to get in shape, now we could all use that. I like being round....hehehe...not really but I do adore the round cards. You can see this and all of the challenges here. Be sure to enter the keyword VSJAN10E. We are getting ready for the Verve Release Party that is this Friday, I hope to see ya there! This is also for today's CAS49 to cut it out. I cut out the hearts.....enjoy your evening!
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Stamps: Verve Hearts On Fire
Paper: Prism Kraft, White, and SEI Winter Song
Ink: SU Sahara Sand and Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Circle Nesties, SU Square Punch, Silver Beads, Embossing Folder, and Glue Dots

Lots of Hearts

Good morning, this is today's Mojo121. I turned the sketch to fit this gorgeous Verve stamp from the set Hearts On Fire. I adore all the swirl in this stamp, I have even used just the swirl part to accent lots of other sentiments or images. I paper pieced the heart and added diamond bling to the swirl. I added zig zag stitching around the frame of the card. I used my Martha Stewart heart border punch for the side with black checkered ribbon. I also added a hair pin with jewels to the ribbon, I am not sure how well it show in the photo. I have had questions about the hair pins. I make these using items found in the jewelry department at Micheal's. I like to make my own because I like them to have a finished look so I add the bullet style earring back to the bottoms. I can be a perfectionist sometimes...lol. I hope you make time to play along and don't forget this is release week at Verve and we have brought to you challenges in the Verve forum over at SCS. I also made this for submission at Embellish, to use red, pink, black, and hearts. Enjoy playing the Verve challenges this week!

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Stamps: Verve Hearts On Fire
Paper: Bazzil and Making Memories
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Janome, Ribbon, Martha Stewart Heart Border Punch, Hair Pin, Corner Rounder, Bling, and Glue Dots

Valentine Be Mine-Verve Sneak Peek

I am so thrilled to bring to you this card, it is a sneak peek of the new Verve stamps to come this Friday. It is also one of the challenges for the week, you could win free Verve!
You can learn all about those here.
The designer paper in this one is unknown to me, it was a freebie in an order I had placed and I adore it, you gotta luv that. I used stitching, ribbon, with a brad I made with the Chatter Box bradmaker. I hope you can play along with us this week. Enjoy the new release from Verve!
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Stamps: Verve Accent Notes, Heart's Desire, and Heart Flutter
Paper: SU Blue Bayou and Unknown Designer Paper
Ink: SU Blue Bayou and Ruby Red
Accessories: Janome, Ribbon, Stickles, Nesting Labels, Bling, Chatter Box Bradmaker, and Glue Dots

Little Blessings

Good morning gals, don't these cupcakes look yummy? I really like the swirls on top, I used my swirly stamp I got from Hope Stamps Eternal, it is from Memory Box. All of the Memory Box stamps are on sale, get yours today! I used the white Art Blanche chipboard flowers and covered them with the yummy Basicgrey Nook & Pantry dp. I added a button with a Zva Corduroy Brad. The heart designer paper is by My Mind's Eye, Be Loved; I adore this paper pack. If you have not gotten yours yet you should, it is perfect for Valentines creations. You can get it here for only $8.99....wow! I added Zva Pearls down the side of the border punch. I used Mercy's Sketch, MTSC55 for this one, I did tweak it just a bit. This is for the Color Throwdown Challenge #47 and for the Just Us Girls, JUGS15, to use stitching. I adore stitching so this was an easy one. I hope you have a wonderful day and are staying warm. We are still having very cold weather here in Virginia and still have snow on the ground from our huge snow storm. Enjoy your day!
Be sure to check out the other sweeties creations and enter your card into Mr Linky over at the Hope Stamps Eternal Blog. You could win a sweet treat!

~ Michelle ~
and our Amazingly Talented January Guest Sweetie, Amy!
Don't forget about the Hope Stamps Eternal Design Team Call, you can get all the details here!

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Stamps: Memory Box
Paper: SU Dusty Durango, Bazzil Mud Pie, Basicgrey Nook & Pantry, and My Mind's Eye Be Loved
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip and Dusty Durango
Accessories: Janome, Art Blanche Chipboard Flower, Button, Twine, Zva Corduroy Brad,
Zva Pearls, Martha Stewart Border Punch, and Glue Dots

Card Patterns Sketch 46-Guest DT Spot

Hello, I hope you are having a great weekend thus far, I luv my weekends! I can spend more time creating.....hehehe. I am thrilled to tell you that I am a the Guest DT for Card Patterns, head on over to there blog to check out the wonderful samples of the sketch, I hope you can make time to play along. I used my new designer paper from Hope Stamps Eternal called My Mind's Eye Be Loved, this is quickly becoming some of my favorite dp. The stamps I used are from Verve, the set is called Hundred Hearts, I used the border hearts down the side of the tag and added Stickles to give them some shine. The hearts in the front are punched out, ran through the cuttlebug with the swiss dots embossing folder, and Stickles added to them as well. I added criss cross stitches to the corners, I used Bakers Twine, the bakers twine is so much fun! I added a button tied with the bakers twine and ribbon. I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend and make time to create!
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Stamps: Verve Hundred Hearts
Paper: Bazzil French Vanilla, SU Ruby Red, and My Minds Eye Be Loved
Ink: SU Wild Wasabi and Ruby Red
Accessories: Janome, Ribbon, Tag Nesties, Button, Bakers Twine, Stickles, and Glue Dots

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I am also over the top thrilled to tell you about a wonderful project that Winter Sims is heading up and you can help....below are all the details!

Winter's Blog: Winter Sims at Winter Wonderland

Here are some of the guidelines from St. Jude hospital and a few of Winter's.
* Cards need to be a Valentine theme.
* Cards can't have anything about 'Get Well Soon', 'Feel Better', or anything reminding them of being sick. (Only Valentine Cards)
* Please make cards that can be used for any gender or age.
* Cards must be able to fit into a 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelope. (Winter will provide clear envelopes for each card, so there is no need to send one with your card.)
* Please send all cards to Winter at:
Winter Sims
Cards for St. Jude
P.O. Box 754
Warren, TX 77664
* You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.) You can also sign your name and where you are from.
* Winter will be excepting cards for the whole month of January. At the end of the month, she will pick random winners for prizes. Shw will be adding more prizes, often. The more cards you send, the more times your name goes into the drawing. Let your kids get involved too! :)
* Please send a piece of paper with your name, address, email address, and the amount of cards you sent. (It will help, when she has the drawing.)

*If anyone wants to donate a prize for the drawings, please email Winter with the details at marcussim@aol.com .

A Day Filled With Happiness

Happy Friday night! It has been a very long first week back to work, I have been very tired. I have not brought to you as many creations as I would have liked to. I have so much to tell you tonight, first check back tomorrow for some very exciting news. Secondly, don't forget about the Hope Stamps Eternal Design Team Call, you can get all the details here or here. We would luv to see your best creations! Lastly, Verve is having a release coming up next Friday Jan 15, you don't want to miss it...sneak peeks will start Jan 12 and you may want to keep your eyes open to the Verve forum this Sunday.

For my card tonight, I used Amber's Viva la Verve Sketch and new at home with Verve inspiration....I hope you have time to play. There are so beautiful foyers and entryways to inspire you. I used this block rug to inspire me. I also used the challenge from Everything But The Kitchen Sink, EBTKS6; to use wrapping paper. I used the gorgeous tissue paper that your new Verve stamps will come wrapped in when you place your order. I made the popular paper flowers and added some SU dazzling diamonds to them. My card has some stitching, embossing, and of course I had to add ribbon......I hope you have a fabulous weekend....enjoy!

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Stamps: Verve Wishing You
Paper: Prism Kraft, and Misc. Designer Paper
Ink: Versafine
Accessories: Embossing Folder, Janome, Ribbon, Twine, Button, Tissue Paper, SU Dazzling Diamonds, and Glue Dots

True Friends

I created this for today's CC252, to use bermuda bay, certainly celery, and hunter. You can also use pink but it could not be card stock. This is also for Monday's CAS48, to make a Valentine creation. I chose to use pink ink for sponging, the pink pom pom ribbon, and the pink glittered heart. The sentiment is from the Verve set Hundred Hearts. The glitter heart is chipboard, I added the button and twine. I adore this sentiment, true friends are a blessing. I hope you have a wonderful week. I may not be around much this week, I am gearing up for the Verve release......coming soon! Enjoy.
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Stamps: Verve Hundred Hearts
Paper: SU Bermuda Bay, Hunter, and Bazzil Avalanche
Ink: SU Pretty In Pink and Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Embossing Folder, Pom Pom Trim, Button, Twine, Martha Stewart Punch, SU Square Punch, Glitter Chipboard, and Glue Dots

Strength For Today

Good morning and happy mojo to ya, it is time to start the new year and week with a mojo sketch. This weeks sketch is a contest week, so you could win FREE Verve, check out the Mojo Monday Blog for all the details.
As I post this, I looked at the card and read the scripture as I think about heading back to work today after being off for 16 days....I can do all things...I will be saying that all day....lol.
I used the Verve Plain Jane Philippians 4:13. I kept my card pretty simple adding a little diamond embossing, used my new Martha Stewart border punch, and my new SEI Madeline designer paper. I added a row of silver beads and accented the circle with a few also. I hope you have a great Monday and will make time for this week's sketch. Be sure to check out the other mojo makers creations here. Enjoy!
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Stamps: Verve Plain Jane Philippians 4:13
Paper: Bazzil Avalanche, Black, SU Basic Gray, and SEI Madeline Designer Paper
Ink: SU Black and Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Martha Stewart Border Punch, Circle Nesties, Scalloped Circle Nesties, Ribbon, Embossing Folder, Silver Beads, and Glue Dots

Grateful

I want to remind you about the Hope Stamps Eternal Design Team Call, you can learn all about it here or scroll down one post. Don't wait go now and check it out!

Good morning, this is the last day of my Christmas break, it is back to work for me tomorrow. You know what that means less stamping, creating, and blogging...I will miss visiting your blogs. I will still do all three of these things with every little minute that I have free.
I have created for you today a more pastel card, I thought the little cupcake was sooooo cute. What better way to be inspired but than with cupcakes...yummy...remember the Hope Stamps Eternal Design Team Call...go check it out! I used some sweet designer papers from Basicgrey. The yellow one is from the Nook and Pantry collection and the other one is the Basicgrey new paper pack called Sugar Rush, I luv this pack so fun and cheery. I used two different stamps to make a bouquet of flowers, the first one is called Blossoms by Imaginisce and the other is called Thank You. I colored the flowers with copics and then added a sweet little Zva Crystal to the centers, they are so sparkly and pretty. I used a notebook punch for the one panel and a corner rounder for the tab with the sentiment grateful on it. I added distressing and ribbon tied with a button and twine. I used the Stamps and Smiles Sketch, SASSC46.
Be sure to check out the other sweeties creations.

Colleen
Michelle
Amy - A Thousand Sheets of Paper (January Guest)

I hope you are inspired and have a great first week of 2010! I am looking so forward to the coming year, sometimes we do not feel like we make a difference in the world or even our community, work place, or family. I want to share something with you for the coming year. Enjoy 2010!
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Stamps: Imaginisce Blossoms and Thank You
Paper: Bazzil Berry Blush, SU Almost Amethyst, SEI Basicgrey Sugar Rush, and Basicgrey Nook and Pantry
Ink: SU Basic Gray and Copics
Accessories: Zva Crystals, Janome, Ribbon, Button, Twine, Corner Rounder, Notebook Border Punch, Distressing Tool, and Glue Dots