I Lift My Eyes

Amber let us chose our own inspiration for this sketch.  I chose the fabulous fall colours that are all around me.  You can even see a touch of the yellow tree in my neighbour's back yard on the left side of the card LOL!   I have many a happy "sigh" when I see the beauty around me at this time of year - that is until the leaves begin to fall and you have to rake them up LOL!

I chose the Verve Psalm 121: 1-2 Plain Jane as my focal sentiment and paired it with some Basic Grey Capella and an unknown polka dotted piece that was in my scrap pile.  Not thrilled with the mix, but nothing else I had seemed to work.

I rounded the corner on the top right to try to fill in that space a bit.  Still seems a bit empty, but I'm going with it for now.  Got all four sketches done this month (phew), so I'm a happy camper, and have my fingers crossed in the hopes of being the winner of the entire next release.

Off to take our kitty to the vet for  some teeth cleaning and a possible tooth extraction.  Poor little guy.  Hopefully he isn't mad at me for long at having taken him - one never knows with a cat LOL!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by for a visit :)




What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Psalm 121: 1-2
Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Cream Linen, Basic Grey Capella
Ink:  Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Labels 4 Nesties, SU Scalloped Border Punch, Corner Rounder, 1/4" Moss Grossgrain Ribbon, Yellow Button, Twine, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Abundant Blessings

I'm doing this month's challenges all backwards as this was the first Verve challenge for October LOL!  Nice to mix it up sometimes :) 

I chose the first inspiration picture as the gray in the background looked great with the red and orange and it wasn't a colour combo I would have come up with myself.

I decided to use this cute turkey from Bountiful Harvest.  I coloured him with Twinkling H2O's as I don't own Copics.  Had a ball with the feathers in his tail, but as you can see, my colouring of the pumpkin has much to be desired.  Most likely due to the fact I changed my mind on the colours so many times....but at least he twinkles LOL!

The red and orange panel are stamped with the leaves from Autumn Splendor  - just love these leaves!  A button on the sentiment and some half pearls to fill in the white space on the left and I'm just about caught up on the challenges for this month.

In keeping with the sentiment on the card, you guys are my blog's abundant blessings :)  Thank you to all of you who come by and visit (((hugs))).





What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Autumn Splendor, Bountiful Harvest
Paper:  Basic Grey, Real Red, Only Orange
Ink: VersaMark, Black
Accessories::  Oval and Scalloped Oval Nesites, Twinkling H2Os, Half Pearls, Button, Twine, Dimensionals 

One More Bookmark....

I think I have to add making these bookmarks to my addiction list, as they are just too fun to make!! I have a few more that need to get done, so be forewarned LOL!

I love this night of navy and celery colour combo. Don't think I've used it much in the past, but will be in the future!  I embossed the butterfly with my Birds and Swirls embossing folder, scored the white panel and added this fun ribbon I found in the Michael's ribbon bin along the bottom.

Off to make another bookmark :)  Thanks for popping in!





What's In It?
Paper: Night of Navy, Certainly Celery
Accessories:  SU Border Punch, Scor-Pal, Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, SU Sizzex Butterfly Die, Birds and Swirls and Swiss Dots Embossing Folders, Bling, Ribbon

Curtain Calling Verve

This week, Amber decided to combine the sketch with a colour challenge of brown, turquoise and orange.  As it turns out, these are this week's Curtain Call colours, so I got a two-fer :)  Absolutely love this colour combination! 

I pulled out Verve's Autumn Splendor, which I won through the release sketch challenges for the last release, and went to work.  Just love how Julee included the same shape leaves in different sizes as well as just their outlines.  Endless possibilities and combinations!

I stamped three of the small leaf images on the turquoise background panel with VersaMark to create a bit of a pattern (bit hard to see in the picture), and then used one of the large leaf images as my focal point.  The sentiment is a bonus "thanks for your order" stamp Julee included in one of my orders a while back.  The bling on the focal panel is a la Maureen.  Love how she often adds little touches of bling on her cards.  In my case, it filled in the empty space on the right of the leaves perfectly :)

The more I look at this colour combination, the more I want to make another card using it!  Think I know what I'll be doing today LOL!  Have a great day!




What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Autumn Splendor
Paper:  Only Orange, Turquoise, Chocolate Chip
Ink:  VersaMark, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Only Orange
Accessories:  Labels 3 Nestie, Circle Nestie, Threading Water Punch, Orange Ribbon, Half Pearls, Bling, Dimensionals

Color Dare 81

 COLOR DARE 81

Peach Parfait

Rich Razzleberry

Sahara Sand

I had to do some substituting this week as I don't own any Rich Razzleberry or Peach Parfait, but the colours worked quite nicely :)

It was wonderful to use one of Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketches again as I just love her sketches and haven't had a chance to play along for some time.  That being said, I promptly flipped the sketch to accommodate my ribbon LOL!  

Since I still had Great Friend on my desk (actually it has never really been put away yet!), it was the perfect excuse to use it again...sorry....I just can't put these gorgeous Verve flowers down!!  I stamped the flowers in Apricot Appeal and matted them on to circle and Label 3 Nesties.

In an attempt (note the word attempt LOL!) to break my habit of using Swiss Dots on everything, I decided to stamp one of the images from Verve's Accent Notes on the Eggplant panel for a bit of a pattern, and used my PTI medium scallop die (love this thing!) for the side scallops.  A few black accents and I was good to go :)

The rest of the Team has lots of inspiration for you.  You can check out their creations here:

• Glenda Wyatt at Paper, Scissors, Rocks 
• Heater Prince at Princess Scrapper Stamper
• Joan Jeffery at JJ's Creations
• Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
• Nance Lempinen-Leedy at Canopy Crafts
• Riley Fitzgerald at Stampin' With Riley  (our leader)

We'd love you to join us!  Simply create a card using this week's colours and add your card to InLinkz on the The Colour Dare Blog.  If  you are uploading to a public gallery, please make sure to use the keyword CD81.   Each week, Riley will select a Featured Stamper and showcase your card on her blog. 

The sun is shining here and the Fall colours are in full display...happy sigh :) Have a great day!




What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Great Friend, Accent Notes
Paper:  Elegant Eggplant, Sahara Sand
Ink:  Apricot Appeal, VersaMark
Accessories:  Labels 3 Nesties, Circle Nesties, PTI Medium Scallop Die, 5/8" White Satin Ribbon, Black Half Pearls, Black Button, Glue Dot, Dimensionals 

My Newest Addiction....

Welcome to my newest addiction LOL!  Just love making these corner bookmarks.  They are a small canvas that is a lot of fun to work with - kind of like making a 3 x 3 card.  Love this colour combination and how it turned out.  Since I have a lot of friends and family members that read, this will most likely turn into the perfect stocking sutffer :)  I'm sure I'll be making more so stay tuned LOL!

Sorry about the horrible picture....I'll replace it shortly!  Totally forgot to put a coloured piece of card stock under the book as a background -- it was a crazy busy morning and the picture shows it!!





What's In It?
Paper:  Black, Real red, White, Going Grey
Accessories:  Martha Stewart Border Punch and Leaf Punch, Marvy Flower Punch, Circle Punch, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Ribbon

Verve October Week 3

In honor of Verve's Diva Jackie Pedro becoming a Dirty Girl on SCS, the Verve challenge this week was to CASE (copy and share everything) one of her cards.

I just love Jackie's work and had so much fun scrolling through her SCS gallery.  In the end, I chose this card.

In keeping with my Verve flower addiction, I pulled out my Dream Big flower set and layered away :)  I switched the colour of the flower and the side the leaves were on, as well as the embossed back ground pattern. The sentiment is from the Because of You set and I switched it to an oval shape and matted it white on white with the scalloped oval punch.

Had so much fun casing this card, I just may have to go back and do another one LOL!

As always, thanks or stopping by.  Hope you have a fabulous day!




What's In It? 
Stamps:  (Verve) Dream Big, Because Of You
Paper:  Black, White
Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Mellow Moss
Accessories:  Diamonds in the Rough Embossing Folder, PTI Large Scallop Die, 5/8" Pink Satin Ribbon, Stampin' Up Large Oval and Scalloped Oval Punches, Black Button, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Curtain Call Act 51

Stacey came up with yet another fabulous colour combination for this week's Curtain Call challenge, so I had to play along again.  I had to substitute the Marina Mist with blue that is close to Cool Caribbean.  Figured the ocean themed titles were a match LOL!

I combined the colours with this week's Clean and Simple Fall To Layout because my Verve flowers were calling my name again :)   I used the Great Friend flower this time and stamped it with French Script for a little pattern on the flower.  The fabulous sentiment is from Kind Words, and I used the Leafy Branch embossing folder on the white panel for a little dimension.  I flipped back and forth between matting the embossed panel with black or leaving it white.  It's amazing how one little mat can change the look of your card so drastically.  As you can tell, the white on white won out :) 

Happy Friday and have a great weekend!!






What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Kind Words, Great Friend
Paper:  So Saffron, Cool Caribbean, Kraft, Black and White
Ink: VersaMark, Black
Accessories:  Leafy Branch Embossing Folder, 5/8" Black Satin Ribbon, Black  Half Pearls, Dimensionals

Ornamental Sketch For Me To Try

I decided to use this week's 2Sketches4You for this card as I have been wanting to use my new ornament punch again.  I paired it with the Martha Stewart Pine Branch punch so the ornament had something to hang on.

The white panel was just too plain so I added some Swiss Dots...I know, I know...to give it some texture.  Looking at it, I think I should maybe have tried the snowflakes instead.  Hmmm...may have to go back and try that LOL!

The upper portion of the card still seemed pretty bare (consequence of not using DP) so I added some red ribbon and a bow.  It's not part of the sketch, but something was needed up there.  Not totally sold on this card.  Something is just not sitting right with me...  But, tomorrow is another day, another card can be made, and so I move on LOL! 

Thanks for visiting today :)  Have a  blessed day.




What's In It?
Stamps:  Contempo Christmas
Paper:  Real Red, Mellow Moss, More Mustard
Ink:  Real Red
Accessories:  Martha Stewart Pine Branch Punch, Oval and Scalloped Oval Nesties, Stampin' Up Ornament Punch, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Gold Twine, Gold Half Pearls, Crimper, Ribbon, Button, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Color Dare 80

COLOR DARE 80

Poppy Parade

Pear Pizzazz

Chocolate Chip

Very Vanilla

I combined this week's Color Dare with this week's WaltzingMouse Sketch because the sketch screamed Christmas trees when I saw it and the colours were prefect.  Don't you just love it when the sketch makes the card for you :)  In addition, with this past weekend being our Canadian Thanksgiving, (lots of fun family time and my hubby the chef made a fabulous meal) it was a crazy busy weekend with very little stamping time, so a CAS card fit the bill perfectly :)

I embossed each tree with a different pattern, added some bling to the top of each tree, outlined the image with a black fine tipped felt pen, and presto, I had a great CAS Christmas card :)  This one may very well become one of my Christmas cards this year as it is easy to make and mail friendly - double bonus!
 
The rest of the Team has lots of inspiration for you.  You can check out their creations here:

• Glenda Wyatt at Paper, Scissors, Rocks 
• Heater Prince at Princess Scrapper Stamper
• Joan Jeffery at JJ's Creations
• Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
• Nance Lempinen-Leedy at Canopy Crafts
• Riley Fitzgerald at Stampin' With Riley  (our leader)

We'd love you to join us!  Simply create a card using this week's colours and add your card to InLinkz on the The Colour Dare Blog.  If  you are uploading to a public gallery, please make sure to use the keyword CD80.   Each week, Riley will select a Featured Stamper and showcase your card on her blog. 

Have a fabulous day :)





What's In It?
Stamps:  (SU) Contempo Christmas
Paper:  Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Real Red
Ink: Black
Accessories:  D'Vine Swirls Embossing Folder, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Black Micron Fine Tip Felt Pen, Bling