Mojo Monday #313

It's round or square week over on the Mojo Monday blog!  As usual, I used the round sketch - can't help myself, just love making round cards!

Butterflies immediately came to mind when I saw the sketch, so a fall butterfly card it is -- can you tell I don't quite want to put them away yet LOL!

Just love working with fall colours - they just make me happy {grin}.  Had two Flutterby die cuts in my left over pile so pulled them out and used them for the circle element.  Things felt a bit empty so I put the sentiment from Joy for the Journey in the Charming Oval die and then added some leaves from Dream Big.

You can check out all the challenge details over on the Mojo Monday blog and also get a chance to view all the wonderful Mojo Makers samples.  Should you wish more details on the Mojo Maker's cards, you can also visit their individual blogs noted below.

Carole Burrage

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman (Owner)

Marisa Ritzen (you are here)

Mary Fish

Sarah Biglow

Teresa Kline

Wanda Cullen

Back from a whirlwind weekend away celebrating hubby's niece's wedding in Edmonton.  It was a wonderful celebration and we got to see some dear friends that moved there five years ago so lots of socializing and festivities.  Needless to say, this introvert is maxed out and in desperate need of a few down days LOL!

Challenge:  Simon Says

What's In It?
Stamps:  Joy for the Journey and Dream Big (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:  Early Espresso, So Saffron, Kraft, Vanilla (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Black, Really Rust (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Flutterby and Charming Oval Dies (A Cut Above by Verve), Lacy Scallop Circle and Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Crimper (Fiskars), Buttons, Twine, Glue Dots, Brown Half Pearls, Dimensionals 

Just Us Girls #208 - Inpsiration Picture

Elise has provided us with this wonderful collage of inspiration pictures to work from.   Sadly, this will be her last week with the design team as she will be returning to school to complete her degree. We'll miss you Elise ((hugs))!

For this challenge, I focused in on the pumpkins and pulled out Verve's Bountiful Harvest set as it has some great pumpkin images!   I used an ART Card sketch as it was a wonderful CAS sketch that would highlight the pumpkin image.  A few sequins, a button, a moon and a star, and voila, my pumpkin scene is done :)

The rest of the  JUGS team has some wonderful samples to get your inspiration going, so head on over to the Just Us Girls blog, and check out what the Design Team has created.  Then put your creative genes to work and add your card/project to the challenge post on the JUGS blog for the chance to be chosen as the Chic of the Week.   

Have a fabulous weekend, and I'll be back on Monday with my Mojo Monday card.

Challenge:  Simon Says



What's In It? 
Stamps:  Bountiful Harvest (Verve Stamps)
Paper:  Collectible, Stella and Rose (My Mind's Eye), Kraft and Cream Linen
Ink:  Black
Accessories:   Twinkling H2Os, Button, Twine, Sequins, Dimensionals

Verve September 2013 Spotlight Hop ~ Day 5

Welcome to Day 5, the last day of Verve's September 2013 Spotlight Hops!   If you have come here from Christyne's blog you are right on track.  If you just happened up on the Hop, you can follow the list below to get caught up.  Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store today!!  

Today's featured set is Rain or Shine as well as the newest ribbon collection called Autumn Elements.  I have always wanted an umbrella stamp and this one is so much fun to work with.

I pulled out some old Stampin' Up papers for this card and paper pieced the umbrella.  Since I haven't managed to sneak in the Award Banner die yet, I added it to the card along with a row of half pearls. Sorry about the bright orange sun (photoshop made it really bright LOL)!  A bit of twine, some bling and this fabulous sentiment finished things off.

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 for today's full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

Friday, 9/27/13
Today's Prize: Rain or Shine, Autumn Elements Ribbon Collection

1. Julee	7. Amber
2. Teresa	8. Laurie W.
3. Charmaine	9. Christyne
4. Stacey {Guest}	10. Marisa
5. Andrea	11. Janelle
6. Jen	12. Laurie S.

Time to hop over to Janelle's blog to see her fabulous creation using today's showcased set, and then hop on over to the Verve Store to do a little shopping wink, wink!

Challenge: Simon Says

 




What's In It?
Stamps:  Rain or Shine (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:  Certainly Celery, Only Orange, Kraft, DSP (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Black  (Stampin' Up)
Accessories:  Award Banner Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Sun Die (Lil' Inkers), Crimper (Fiskars), Twine, White Half Pearls, Button, Twine, Bling, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Verve September 2013 Spotlight Hop ~ Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of our September 2013 Spotlight Hops!   If you have come here from Maureen's blog you are right on track. If you just happened up on the Hop, you can follow the list below to get caught up.  Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, September 27th. 

Today's featured set is Poppy Birthday and the matching Build A Poppy die set.  Meep!! If you know me at all, you know how I love Verve flowers, and this set is no exception!  These poppies are fabulous! 

I went with one of my favorite, dramatic colour combos of red, black and white in order to showcase the poppies.  The matching Build A Poppy die set is fabulous for cutting these beauties out and I used the solid poppy image in VersaMark to darken up the red a bit. 

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 for today's full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

Thursday, 9/26/13
Today's Prize: Poppy Birthday, Build a Poppy Die Set

1. Julee	8. Laurie W.
2. Teresa	9. Christyne
3. Charmaine	10. Maureen
4. Stacey {Guest}	11. Marisa
5. Andrea	12. Janelle
6. Jen	13. Laurie S.
7. Amber

 


Time to hop over to Janelle's blog to see her fabulous creation using today's showcased sets, and be sure to come back tomorrow for Day 5, the last day of our Spotlight Hop.

Challenge:  Simon Says

What's In It?
Stamps:  Poppy Birthday (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:  Black, Real Red, Wild Wasabi (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Black, VersaMark
Accessories:  Build A Poppy Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Medium Scallop Die (PTI), 5/8" Satin Saffron Ribbon

Verve September 2013 Spotlight Hop ~ Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of our September 2013 Spotlight Hops!   If you have come here from Christyne's blog you are right on track. If you just happened up on the Hop, you can follow the list below to get caught up.  Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, September 27th. 

Today's featured set is Birthday Bots (perfect for pairing with yesterday's Geared Up) and there is even a little robot that could easily be a "girl bot" -- perfect for any robot loving little girl.  In addition, Verve now has sequins in the house - hello!  Metal Mix consists of the most adorable mini cog wheel sequins and the Pastel Sequin pack has a lovely mix of, pink, yellow, green, blue and cream sequins.

For my card, I used the "girl bot" image -- well it's a girl in my mind anyway :)   I left her uncoloured for a bit of a graphic look, and mounted her on to the largest Cogs Nestability.  The sentiment is from To The Moon and is stamped on one of the Flag It dies.  I added a few tabs from the Pennant Trim die, a few sequins from the new Pastel Sequin Mix package, buttons, and yellow seam binding from the Spring Fling Ribbon Collection.

Had so much fun with this round card shape that I made another round card front and added it on to a square card base.

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 for today's full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

Wednesday, 9/25/13
Today's Prize: Birthday Bots, Metal Mix & Pastel Sequins

1. Julee	7. Amber
2. Teresa	8. Laurie W.
3. Charmaine	9. Christyne
4. Stacey {Guest}	10. Marisa
5. Andrea	11. Janelle
6. Jen	12. Laurie S.

Time to hop over to Janelle's blog to see her fabulous creation using today's showcased sets, and be sure to come back tomorrow for Day 4 of our Spotlight Hop.

Challenge:  Simon Says






 
What's In It?
Stamps:  Birthday Bots, To The Moon (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:  So Saffron, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Going Grey (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Black 
Accessories:  Flag It and Pennant Trim Dies (A Cut Above by Verve), Cogs Nestability (Spellbinders), Swiss Dots and Seeing Spots Embossing Folders (ProvoCraft), Spring Fling Seam Binding (Verve Ribbon Collections),  Spring Mix Sequins (Verve Stamps), Buttons, Twine, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Verve September 2013 Spotlight Hop ~ Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our September 2013 Spotlight Hops!   If you have come here from Maureen's blog you are right on track. If you just happened up on the Hop, you can follow the list below to get caught up.  Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, September 27th. 

Today's featured set is Geared Up and the Award Banner die.  Geared up is such a cute set and perfect for a boy's birthday card.

I lightly coloured the robot and used one of the cog images to create the background on the red panel.  The largest cog was stamped and then cut out in yellow, and I added some of the fabulous cog sequins from  Metal Mix (shhhh......a little advance preview).  A one year old may not quite be programed to party just yet, but loved the sentiment so had to use it.

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 for today's full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

Tuesday, 9/24/13
Today's Prize: Geared Up, Award Banner Die

1. Julee	8. Laurie W.
2. Teresa	9. Christyne
3. Charmaine	10. Maureen
4. Stacey {Guest}	11. Marisa
5. Andrea	12. Janelle
6. Jen	13. Laurie S.
7. Amber

Time to hop over to Janelle's blog to see her fabulous creation using today's showcased sets, and be sure to come back tomorrow for Day 3 of our Spotlight Hop.  

What's In It?
Stamps:  Geared Up (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:  Night of Navy, Real Red, So Saffron (Stampin' Up), Costco Paper
Ink: Black, VersaMark 
Accessories:  Scalloped Circle and Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Crimper (Fiskars), Metal Mix Sequins (Verve Stamps), Button, Twine, Black Half Pearls, Dimensionals

Verve September 2013 Spotlight Hop ~ Day 1

** Second post of the day. See below for my Mojo Monday post ** 

Welcome to our September 2013 Spotlight Hops!  We're so excited to share some new Verve with you!  Each day this week, the Divas will be shining their Verve spotlights on a different set, so stay tuned for a week filled with inspiration!  Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, September 27th.

If you have come here from Maureen's blog you are right on track. If you just happened up on the Hop, you can follow the list below to get caught up.  Today's featured sets are Each Day and the Plain Jane Psalm 94:18.

For my card today, I combined both of today's featured sets.  The sentiment is the Psalm 94:18 Plain Jane and the gorgeous butterfly is from Each Day.  I barely scratched the surfce of the Each Day set, as there are some fabulous verses and a gorgeous cross.  Needless to say, I can't wait to get more of this set inky.



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 for today's full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

Monday, 9/23/13
Today's Prize: Each Day, Psalm 94:18 Plain Jane

1. Julee	8. Laurie W.
2. Teresa	9. Christyne
3. Charmaine	10. Maureen
4. Stacey {Guest}	11. Marisa
5. Andrea	12. Janelle
6. Jen	13. Laurie S.
7. Amber

Time to hop over to Janelle's blog to see her fabulous creation using today's showcased sets, and be sure to come back tomorrow for Day 2 of our Spotlight Hop. 

What's In It?
Stamps:  Psalm 94:18 Plain Jane, Each Day (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:  Kioshi (Basic Grey), Kraft, Perfect Plum(Stampin' Up)
Ink: Black and Perfect Plum (Stampin' Up)
Accessories:  Scalloped Circle and Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders) Crimper (Fiskars), Button, Twine, Black Half Pearls, Dimensionals

Mojo Monday #312

Love the originality of this sketch!  The vertical banners are so original and add such a great touch!  Julee truly is a master sketch design :)

Since fall is quickly approaching, and I just loooove working with fall colours, I pulled out some yummy papers and one of my all time favorite Plain Janes, Psalm 46:10.  Oh how I love this verse!  It is a soothing balm to my soul.

As fate would have it, I just happened to have a crimped butterfly in my scrap bin that was just the right colour - score!  A seasonal cross over tribute LOL.

You can check out all the challenge details over on the Mojo Monday blog and also get a chance to view all the wonderful Mojo Makers samples.  Should you wish more details on the Mojo Maker's cards, you can also visit their individual blogs noted below.

Carole Burrage

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman (Owner)

Marisa Ritzen (you are here)

Mary Fish

Sarah Biglow

Teresa Kline

Wanda Cullen

This week is also the beginning of the Spotlight Hop for Verve's new release!!  Make sure you hop along each day as a random commenter will be chosen to win the showcased set each day!   
 

What's In It?
Stamps:  Be Still and Know Plain Jane (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:  Floral Chic (Fancy Pants), On the Bright Side (My Mind's Eye), Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Only Orange, More Mustard (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Black 
Accessories: Flutterby Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Scalloped Circle and Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Crimper (Fiskars), Button, Twine, Glue Dot, Dimensionals 

Curtain Call Sunflower Surprise Reminder Post

We are half way through the current Sunflower Surprise challenge over at the Curtain Call, and today's post is my second card using this fabulous inspiration picture.

Clearly Besotted Stamps is sponsoring this challenge and I just love their Blooming Marvelous set and matching die set!  Best part, this challenge's Show Stopper will receive these two items as their winner's prize! Worth playing in my books :)

As you can see, sunflowers are front and center on my card - kind of hard to miss LOL.  A bit of burlap as per the table cloth, a bit of green and a wood background.

You can check out all the challenge details over on the Curtain Call Inspirations Challenge and you have until Thursday, September 25th at 8:00 a.m. CST to link up your creation for a chance to win this fabulous set and matching dies from Clearly Besotted Stamps! 

Busy day today as I have to pick my in-laws up from the cruise ship and take them to the ferry, then whip home and get the last minute things prepped for my daughter's birthday party and make sure all runs smoothly from there on in.  I'm thinking there is a nap in my very near future LOL!   



What's In It?
Stamps:  Blooming Marvelous (Clearly Besotted Stamps)
Paper:  Kraft, Early Espresso (Stampin' Up) 
Ink:  Black, Old Olive, Summer Sun, VersaMark (Stampin' Up)
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle and Stitched Circle Dies (Lil Inkers), Wood Grain Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Blooming Marvelous Dies (Clearly Besotted Stamps), Burlap, 1" Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle Punch,  Dimensionals

Just Us Girls #207 - Colour Challenge

Today's challenge is brought to us by Lisa and she has a wonderful mix of colours for us to work with!

For some reason, I was in the mood to make a Christmas card.  Think it was the colour combo and then seeing Lesley's Merry Monday challenge.

I used Jen's Sketch For You To Try pulled out my beloved snowflake die - yeah!  Love using non-traditional Christmas colours, and with a few pops of red, some gold bells and a bit of gold bling I was set.

The rest of the  JUGS team has some wonderful samples to get your inspiration going, so head on over to the Just Us Girls blog, and check out what the Design Team has created.  Then put your creative genes to work and add your card/project to the challenge post on the JUGS blog for the chance to be chosen as the Chic of the Week.   In addition, there is a DT call out for some new members to join the Just Us Girls team! Check today's post for all the details.

Have a fabulous weekend, and I'll be back on Monday with my Mojo Monday card.



What's In It? 
Stamps:  Glad Tidings (Verve Stamps)
Paper:  Seasons Greetings (Echo Park) Real Red, Early Espresso (Stampin' Up), Cream Linen, Tan
Ink:  Black
Accessories:   Flag It Dies (A Cut Above by Verve), Tag Die (PTI), Snowflake Die (ProvoCraft), Snowflake Punch (Marvy), Crimper (Fiskars), Buttons, Tinw, Bells, Gold and Black Half Pearls, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Mojo Monday #311

It's Monday so that means Julee has provided another wonderful Mojo Monday sketch for us to work with :)

I wanted to go with an autumn themed card (surprise, surprise LOL), and found myself pulling out this wonderful trio of pumpkins from Abundant Blessings.  Being far from any type of a decent colourer, I limped along using my Twinkling H2Os.

I added some scattered leaves at the base of the pumpkins to ground them and found this wonderful polka dotted, olive ribbon in my stash - score!

You can check out all the challenge details over on the Mojo Monday blog and also get a chance to view all the wonderful Mojo Makers samples.  Should you wish more details on the Mojo Maker's cards, you can also visit their individual blogs noted below.

Carole Burrage

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman (Owner)

Marisa Ritzen (you are here)

Mary Fish

Sarah Biglow

Teresa Kline

Wanda Cullen

After a busy weekend I'm ready for a rest, but no such luck.  The last three months of the year are always busy and I find it is basically a mad dash until Christmas --  can't believe I just said the "C" word...sorry!!  Just pretend I didn't wink, wink.  

I'd better run before I dig myself a bigger hole LOL!  Have a great day :)
 


What's In It?
Stamps:  Abundant Blessings (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:  Stella and Rose (My Mind's Eye), Old Olive, Kraft (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Black 
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Scalloped Border Punch (Stampin' Up), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Crimper (Fiskars), 5/8" Olive Polka Dotted Ribbon (Michael's), Twinkling H20s, Black Half Pearls, Dimensionals