Friday, January 20, 2012

In Love with CTD and Verve




I just loved this week's Color Throwdown combo so decided to play along and use it for a Valentines' Day card as it would be fun to make one using these non-traditional colours.  I had to sub mellow moss for the olive and white for the vanilla, so hopefully the CTD police won't be too upset with two substitutions.  I really wanted to use this DP again as it caused white overload on yesterday's card and the kraft was a great solution to my issue :)

This Verve sketch created last year by none other than the uber talented Verve Diva, Amy Sheffer and is one I really liked working with as it is perfect for the Verve U die that was calling my name again (love that die!).  This time, I even added a tag o the sketch.  It is a very similar card to my first one using this sketch.  You can see it here if you like.

Our cold snap is over and the warm weather is coming in along with lots of rain and/or freezing rain for part of today - oh joy!   A few degrees colder and we would have been dumped on with snow - much to the kids disappointment as they have loved playing and sledding in the snow.  My fingers and toes will be thankful for the warmer weather as standing on the sledding hill for 45 minutes after school does not make them very happy LOL!

Have a fabulous day and thanks for sharing a bit of yours with me :)

 

What's In It?
Stamps: Fancy Flexible Phrases (SU), Love Notes, Making a Statement and Text Objects (Verve) 
Paper: Real Red, Mellow Moss,  Kraft, Heart Buds DP (Art Impressions) 
Ink: Black, VersaMark 
Accessories:Scalloped Circle and Circle Nesties,  I Heart You Die Set and Tiny Sweet Scallop Die (Verve) 5/8" Sheer Black Ribbon, Dimensionals

17 comments:

Unknown said...

You rocked both challenge elements with this gorgeous card Marisa! Love it! xxx

Vicki Dutcher said...

Love the you on the u!

Maureen said...

oh, that little 24-7 is so cute on the tag!! I wish I could take credit for this fabulous sketch, but it's actually Amy's!! ACK!! But thanks for the shout out!! teehee :) It's a balmy -15 here today...and should warm up to -9...we have a snowfall warning too :) So glad it's the weekend :)

Benzi said...

What an adorable card. Love how the sentiment is scattered about and the paper is just the sweetest.

scrappingnana said...

Cute card. Love the stamped you on the "u".

stampinganja said...

Another great card from you, Marissa, love your style!

Vickie Z said...

Love the stamping on the U and the tag off of it!!! Snuggle up and stay off the icy roads!!!

Silke Ledlow said...

Totally cute use of the colors Marisa! You rocked the colors and the Sketch :) !!! Hugs ~S~

Lori said...

Fabulous job with both the colors and the sketch! Love the "you" stamped on the "U." Thanks for joining us for this week's Color Throwdown!

Debbie Carriere said...

Gorgeous!!! Love how you balanced the white with Kraft!

Consueel said...

Love your card....

All the Angles said...

Love the clean look and vivid colors of this card!

Wanda Cullen said...

OMGoodness, I LOVE what you did with these colors! So happy you joined us this week over at Color Throwdown...hope to see you again!

Carol Hurlock said...

This is just darling. I love how you used the "U" in your sentiment. Very cute.

dpkennedy said...

Love this clean and simple look! The pp is so pretty and the die cuts for the sentiment are fabulous! Thanks for playing the Color Throwdown!

Dawn B. said...

I want some snow here too. We have not had any but I love the warm weather too. I really like the way you stamped on your U. Great card.

Stacy Morgan said...

Again the letter looks awesome. I like the way you used these colors, very fun card.