Ani-Verve-sary Sketch 1 & 2

OKay so Verve Stamps is celebrating their one year anni-verve-sary and they started off with 12 sketch challenges...I was a bit slack in starting them and so here is #1 and #2 they are great sketches and you can find all 12 here! If you finish all 12 by the 12th of Augus, you can be entered to win a prize...a good one too!


Sketch # 1

This is the first sketch for the Anni-verve-sary challenges, but it was the last one I did for some reason... I think all the layers scared me! But it's my most FAV of all the cards I made...something about black and white with a hint of red! For this card I used the retired french script backgroun stamp and the dots cuttlebug embossing folder. The cardstock is shimmery white and basic black. I also added some shimmer to the center of the roses with some glitter!













Sketch # 2

This card is mafe with the new pacific point pared up with certainly celery and an old designer paper. I also used the cuttlebug numbers embossing folder for the panel behind the sentiment!



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ohhhhh is it Tuesdy?

WOW is it really Tuesday! Seems odd, we celebrated so muc yesterday that I thought it was Monday today! I can not believe I let the time fool me! Hmmm I don't have a tutrial, but I do have a bible verse for ya and a pretty card to look at!



Here is the Bible verse:



"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." John 15:13

I thought this verse was fitting considering we just celebrated Veterans day yesterday. I am so thankful to all the men and women who have done and continue to protect our Nation. I am greateful not only because they defend and protect us and our rights, but because they CHOOSE to do so! So to you a great big thank you!

Another person that choose to protect us and out right to choose was Jesus Christ, he made the Ultimate sacrifice, he died on that cross so that we could choose weather to love Him and believe in Him. He loved us and will always love us no matter what we choose! I choose to loveHim back and to be thankful for the great sacrifice He made for me and you! Thank you Jesus for what you did!

And this is my pretty card! It's for todays color challenge on SCS (my first clue that it's Tuesday...since the color challenge is ONLY posted on Tuesdays!) Ohh well...I'll have a tutorial for you all next week!
Today's colors of choice were: Chocolate chip, sage shadow very vanilla

I really enjoyed working with these colors...especially since I still had a love not laying around and thought it was perfect for a little extra something to add to the front of the card!




And here is the card opened in the fron...now the card also open from the bottom, that is where I wrote my message...hopefully she'll find the extra special message!

The stamp set is by Verve Visual and it's called Serenity...you can go to http://www.shopverve.com to purchase the set...it's awesome and super to work with! I used my nestabilities to make my scalloped rectangle and some ribbon and that's pretty much it! Super simple card, but I think it's super cute!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stampin'!

Thats all I have for you today! I hope you like my cards!

Mother's day celebrating!

Happy Belated Mother's day to all you mothers out there! We had a very nice day...hubby was working so we went to my parents house and met up with my sister there as well. It was a very nice day, I loved celebrating with them! The best part of the day was just being able to relax...well with the exception of Mela pooping in her pants and needing a bath (almost 2.5 and potty training!) Thanks mom for the gorgeous flowers (african Violets one of my Favs!) and thanks sister for the good ol cash money! hmmm I might get myself a nice pir of shoes!

Here are the cards I made for my mom and my sister!

This was my sisters card...simple but I just loved the combination of stamps and paper...love that little bird!

The base of this card is cameo coral and I used really rust to stamp the little tree and chocolate chip for the bird...for the ground I simply used a sponge wedge and smudge it on...turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!

This is my moms card...isn't it pretty! The flowers, ric-rac and pearls I won as blog candy from Diane's Designs...Love them!

The stamps are from Verve Visual and the set is called Serenity...isn't it just gorgeous? I stamped the flowers in pink passion and used the generatio or stamping off technique, I then stamped the outline in chocolate chip and that's pretty much it! The paper is shimmery white and then I layered it on old olive and again with pink passion

My parents also have some new additions to the family!

Mela is in love with the baby chicks...poor little chick! Mela really had a death grip on that little thing!

And David just absolutely adored the duckling...they are new this year and let me just tell you that little duck is a snuggler!

Thanks for stopping by! I love sharing my creativity with you as well as little tid bits from our lives! Have a blessed day!

Happy Stampin'

Another entry into the Verve Visual sketch contest

Long title post huh? I wanted to submit another card...might do a couple more this month...so be on the look out! What is this contest all about? Check out the Verve Visual blog here and read all about it!

For this set I actually used some images that I had recieved from a friend (thanks Danielle) I really love the images and I thought it went really well with this layout.. I did the paper tole technique again, I just love the way this technique looks...like I said before, time consuming, but definately worth it! This card measures 9x8.25.

The stamp sets that I do know are star ligt starbright and winter wonder both by Verve Visual

The stars are gold embossed and then I added the gems. The images are stamped on water color paper and then sponged with basic black ink and then water colored and sponged again. There is faux stitching around the image panel as well as on the back piece.

Above is a close up of the paper tole before I sponged it. Doesn't it look neat?

Thanks again for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Tuesday's Teacher...ON A TUESDAY

So I have been trying to post this for quite some time now...either it's my computer or netzero is having some issues...either way it's driving me bananas!!

Crazy enough I actually had a plan and am doing what I said I would do all along! I'm posting Tuesday's Teacher on a Tuesday...crazy as that might seem! Here is today's Bible verse

I am the way, the truth and the life. No one come to the Father except through Me. John 14:6

Do you know who Jesus is? he is the son of God in the image of man. We must first acknowledge Him and believe that he is our Saviour befoe we can enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Knowing who God is and who we are helps us to grasp our situations clearly as we seek a deeper relationship with Him. Jesus not only shows us the way, He IS the way. He not only speaks the truth...He IS the truth. He not only bring the life...He is the life. He Himself suffered for us, so that we can one day be in heaven for eternity with the creator of the universe. Let Jesus be your way, your truth, your life. Let him guide your foot steps, your movements, your every breath.

Todays Tutorial... Paper tole

This is a very easy technique...just not the fastest technique.

Here are the supplies you will need, I used water color paper, but definately NOT a requirement!

Water color paper

Water based markers(I used cameo coral, apricot appeal, mellow moss, creamy carmel)

Aqua painter

stamp set of choice (I used Time with you)

Stazon Timber brown ink

cardstcok and accessories of your choice

The fisrt step is to stamp your images on water color paper and then color them with your makers... I then went through and used my aqua painter to lift away some of the ink to give it a more water colored effect.

In this step I have actually just finished cutting up all the parts that I want to be raised from the various stamped and colored images...this is where your patience can be tested a bit!

Once you have them all cut up...you just have to layer. On the top layers I like to flair the ends some to give it more detail...with such small pieces it's a little harder though!

A closeup...don't you just love all the layers? There are 2 hats, 2 shirts, one pair of shorts, 3 flowers in baskets and one pair of sunglasses...man those were small!!!

This is another close up at a different angel so you an see all the layering details.

Here is the finished product! I hope you like it...a whole lot of work, but I definately think it turned out great! I love the paper tole technique...gives sooo much dimention to a card!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed the paper tole technique!

Happy Stampin'

Cloisonne Sketch

So I finally got to do some stamping this week, although I'm really NOT complaning!!! Andrew (my sweet Dear Husband) has had the past 3 days off from work (part of his normal rotation) and we have just been enjoying each others company and a whole lot of AWESOME family time! So since I got a chance to stamp today I decided to play catch up on some of the sketches on Split Coast Stampers! Since I do not have all the colors for the color challenge, I decided to go with Monday's Technique challenge and Wednesday's Sketch Challenge instead! I like how it turned out, but I hope I didn't stray too far from the sketch! The stamps I used were from the Garden (an Su! hostess appreciation set and Starlight starbright from Verve visual for the sentiment!)

How do you do the cloisonne technique you might ask? It's simple, just grab a line drawn image and a favorite magazine and look for a picture you think will look good inside the line images. Once you have found the image, simply stamp with versamark, add gold embossing powder and heat set. Cut out your image and you are good to go! I do like how this turned out, for my flower I choose a beadspread picture and for my leaves...you guessed it, an outdoorsy picture! Give it a try...it's super easy!

So what were we doing that has keept me soo busy that I couldn't even stamp? Check back later and I will show you some pics...I now have babies waking up and I have to run! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin!

Silvia

I'm in Stiches!

Well at least my card is! I have been wanting to use my sewing machine to make a card lately and have not gotten around to it, but the moment has arrived! At first I had a hard time getting my machine to stitch but once I adjusted the tention we were so in buisness! This was a very very simple card to make, I used a sheet of natural white cadstock to created the base (this card measures 4x9) and then just got a bunch of different scraps from my cutting table and arranged them on the card with adhesive. Once that was done I grabbed my machine...which already had this red thread on it...now call it lazines of a blessing but I thought it went great with the colors of the papers I had used, so I just went with it!

Lastly I used my small oval punch and punched through my card base and then used a stamp from the Starlight Starbright stamp set from Verve Visual in real red and the sentiment on the inside reads"Wishing you a day filled with possibilities" I love that stamp set! And that's it! Super easy and super cute! I hope you ejoyed it, I love the colors because they are soo cheerful and springy and with the thought of a possible snow shower tonight I can always use some spring colors in my life!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Verve Visual Feb Guest Designer

As most of you know I was one of the gust designers for Verve Visual, they have some awesome clear stamps that are a joy to stamp with! When Julee Tilman over at Poetic Artistry e-mailed me and asked me to be a guest designer for her I about fell out of my chair!!!! I was sooo very excited! I hope she wasn't disappointed by what I created! Here are my projects! They were a whole lot of fun to create...youc an also look at them in the Verve Visual gallery found here.

I love how this fram turned out! I used some designer paper that I have had for quite some time (almost 2 years!!!) and covered this fram using modge Podge. I then cut out some flowers from the made sheet of paper and added them as an accent. Tied some ribbin and the fram itself was done! I wanted to add a sentiment to the inside and This set lent itself perfectly for what I was intending to do with this frame (it's a gift for a dear friend!) I stamped the sentiment on the pink vellum and the flower image in the whisper white with pink passion craft ink. The sentiment at the bottom of the frame was also stamped with stazn brown on whisper white cardstock and then used a variety of punches to layer the sentiment on! Isn't ot cute!

This card was a breeze to make! I used the Ginger blossom from SU! designer paper and just stamped the sentiment from Serenity right on it, matted it with chocolate chip and cameo coral and layered all of it onto River rock cardstock. On the river rock base I did stamp the starburst from starl;ight star bright set (also from Verve Visual). I finished off this card with the slot punch and some true thyme stitched ribbon.

For my last card I wanted to go a lit more manly! So I chose a very simple layout and color scheme...more earthy. The colors for this card are confetti white for the base, true Thyme for the scalloped layer, followed by creamy carmel and the main image is also confetti white! For the stamps I used Refuge and Strength by SU! and stamped the sentiment from Serenity by Verve Visual on top of the card. The designer paper is a retired SU! print that I got the color scheme from! I hope you enjoyedthe projects I created for my Guest Designer spot for Verve Visual! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

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Rockstar!

I have had this card spinning around in my brain since I got this set over a month ago! I made a trade with Julee over at Verve Visual, she wanted some rectangle tins that I had and I wanted some stamps that she has! So it worked out perfectly!

This set is called Starlight Starbright. it is super cute and I just lvoe all the sentiments! To make this card I used a piece of double sided sticky paper (red like the take rolls, but in sheets) and I free handed a star shape... I then adhered it to basic black card stock and went outside to our drive way...it's gravel... I took off the sticky part and dropped it face down in the gravel and this is what came out...lots of little rocks! I think it's cute and the sentiment is perfect with it! Now you just should of seen the looks I got from hubby and son...they are too funny! I'm not the most pleased withg the blue cs, should of beed a thinner section visible, but I guess it will do! I hope you like it as much as I liked making it!

Supplies:

Stamps: Starlight Starbright-verve visual

ink: Stazon black

paper: true Thyme card stock, basic black cs, bordering blue cs, retired DS paper

accessories: gravel, sticky paper, crop-a-dial, black eyelets, ribbon

as always,

Happy Stampin

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