Promoted

 

It has been a long time since I have played along with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge so I thought I have better get back at it.

The sketch was perfect for this wonderful new Promoted Verve Plain Jane.  I  know I will get lots of use out of this one :) 

Went with out of my favorite colour combinations and used Verve's Arrow and From the Heart dies to add a little something.  Finished it off with a big 1" grosgrain ribbon and bow.

Another week has flown by and June is just around the corner - yikes!!  Year end rush of school activities is upon us and the kids will be out of school before I know it --and am ready for it LOL!

Have a fabulous day and thanks for popping in today :)



What's In It?
Stamps:  Promoted Plain Jane and Take Note (Verve Stamps) 
Paper: Kraft, Going Grey, Pretty in Pink and DSP (Stampin' Up) 
Ink:  Black 
Accessories:   Arrow and From the Heart Dies (A Cut Above by Verve), Threading Water Punch (Fiskars), 1" Green Grosgrain Ribbon, Button, Twine, Glue Dot, Bling, Dimensionals


 

Masculine Graduation Card

I've had this Fab Friday sketch for a while and decided it would be a great one to use for a graduation card, and as luck would have it, I'm in need of one.

Out came Verve's new Happy Graduation Plain Jane, Scalloped Trim Trio dies, Starry Die  and Curvy Bookplate die - all perfect for a masculine card.

Since I didn't really have to worry about school colours for this card, I went with a favorite colour combo of mine: grey, black and yellow.  I added an extra layer to the banner as I felt it needed it and the rest fell together nicely.

Very much enjoying catching up on my crafty time and I'm taking full advantage of it, as there is a good chance I'll be busy working for hubby again some time soon.

Have a fabulous day, and thank for popping by!



What's In It?
Stamps: Happy Graduation Plain Jane (Verve Stamps) 
Paper: Black, So Saffron, Stampin' Up DSP 
Ink: Black 
Accessories: Scalloped Trim Trio, Starry Die, Curvy Bookplate (A Cut Above by Verve), Labels 8 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Fishtail Dies (My Favorite Things), Seeing Sports Embossing Folder (Provo Craft), Button,  Twine, Black Half Pearls, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Masculine Birthday

Catching up on all the Verve sketches I have missed due to the craziness of the past month, and this sketch was perfect for a birthday card I need to make for my brother.   Since it is a masculine card, this month's Diva Dare challenge of Stars and Stripes was perfect as well - double score :)

I love this Birthday To You Plain Jane as it makes such a wonderfully bold statement and fits perfectly into a few of the Banner Bundle dies.  Ii used the two largest for this card and added some brads down the side in keeping with the masculine theme -- plus I still have tons and would like to use them up LOL!

Some twine and a big star balance things out nicely and though you can't see it very well, the white background panel is embossed with the Seeing Spots embossing folder for some added texture.  Best part:  my brother loved it :)

Thanks for popping by today.  Another short week for us here which means packing five days into four and as long as I remember which day I'm on I'll be good LOL!



What's In It?
Stamps:  Birthday To You Plain Jane (Verve Stamps)  
Paper: Costco DP Pack, Black, Night of Navy 
Ink: Black 
Accessories:  Banner Bundle Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Seeing Spots Embossing Folder (Provo Craft), Star Die (Sizzix),  Twine, Brads, Button, 1/4" Black Satin Ribbon, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Merry Monday #64

** This is may second post of the day. See my first post for this week's Mojo Monday card ** 

  How quickly this month has flown by!  Can't believe this is my last appearance as Merry Monday's Featured Designer!  It has been great fun making Christmas cards before the "Christmas card crunch", and the design team ladies are gems to work along side.

I want to express a huge and special thank you to Lesley for giving me this fabulous opportunity ((hugs))!!  She is one organized woman and a pure pleasure to work with.  Hoping we can actually meet face to face some day soon, Lesley :)

The sketch immediately had me thinking of a snowy night scene.  I cut out two silver trees using Verve's Winter Fun die set and crimped one for a bit of texture.  Then I added a touch of sparkly snow along the outline of the landscape using a glue pen and some glitter but it just won't show up in my photo - grr!  Finished things off by adding some silver cording and a snowflake.

The rest of the Merry Monday Crew have fabulous samples of this week's sketch.  Below is a link to each of their blogs.

Allisa Chilton
Bonnie Klass

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce
Sherry Eckblad
Margaret Moody 
Vicki Burdick

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!! 

What's In It?
Stamps:  Frosty Flakes (Verve Stamps)  
Paper:  Night of Navy and Cool Caribbean (Stampin' Up), Silver 
Ink: Black 
Accessories:  Winter Fun Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Silver Twine, Snowflake Punch (Marvy), Glue Pen, Glitter, Crimper, Dimensionals

 

Mojo Monday #295

Welcome to Mojo Monday's round or square week.  Always a favorite with me as I love making round cards.

Before I get into the details of my card, I want to wish Stephanie all the best as this is her last week as a Mojo Maker.  Her take on each week's sketch and fabulous details are always an inspiration to me!  However, she is still in blogland and you can always follower her on her blog here.

I wanted to go with a pink and brown color combination as it is one of my favorites and I haven't used it for a while.  It progressed into a baby card as I really wanted to ink up my new Verve To The Moon set.  Just love the critters in this set and the raffie was calling my name :)   I was hoping to find some baby pins in my stash, but they were very evasive, so I used a flower instead.

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 their 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

Stephanie Kraft

Wanda Cullen

Enjoyed a much more restful weekend and I'm almost feeling human again LOL!  Today, I get to hang out with my kids today as they have the day off school due to a  Professional Development Day for the teachers.  Think we will go visit our local nursery and buy all our annuals and them come home and plant them.  At least that is the plan.

Wishing you a great day, and thanks visiting my little corner of cyberspace today :)    



What's In It?
Stamps: To The Moon (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:   Early Espresso, Kraft, Mellow Moss, Pretty in Pink (Stampin' Up), Small Polka Dots (Making Memories)
Ink:  Black
Accessories:  Scalloped Trim Trio Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Lacy Circle, Circle, Scalloped Square and Square Nestabilties (Spellbinders) , Twinkling H2Os, Seeing Spots Embossing Folder (Provo Craft), Leaf Punch (Martha Stewart, Brown Half Pearls, Dimensionals

Just Us Girls #190 - Inspiration Challenge

First and foremost, I want to wish Vicki Dutcher a very happy birthday!!   Her birthday was this past Wednesday, and the JUGS design team decided to celebrate Vicki by each of us making a birthday card for her using this week's inspiration picture.  Happy Birthday, Vicki :)

I found this totally fabulous cake image on Pinterest and fell in love with it right away.  The colour combo, mix of chevrons and polka dots, the frilly white middle and the big flower on top just stole my heart.  Lots of inspirational elements you can use as a launching pad for your card

I used this week's Verve sketch and some of my favorite supplies on this card: Swiss dots embossing folder, elegant leaves die and matching leaf stamp, a flower, a butterfly and the heart trim die.  I know my card doesn't say Happy Birthday, but I just love this sentiment as it is a good reminder to "embrace life" no matter what your age :)

The rest of the  JUGS team has some wonderful samples to get your inspiration going, so just hop 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 selected as Chic of the Week.  




What's In It?
Stamps: Dream Big, Bloom and Grow and Sunny Days (Verve Stamps),
Paper: Basic Grey, Going Grey, So Saffron, Stampin' Up DSP (Stampin' Up) 
Ink: Black, Going Grey, So Saffron (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Scalloped Trim Trio, Elegant Leaves, Scalloped Flowers (A Cut Above by Verve), Medium Scallop Die (PTI, Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (Provo Craft), Button, Twine (Twinery), White Half Pearls, Button, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Merry Monday #63

** This is my second post of the day. See my first post for this week's Mojo Monday card ** 

Welcome back to another week of Merry Monday sketches!   Lesley has provided another fabulous design for us to work with this week.

I am having so much fun digging through my Christmas stamps to see which one I want to use each week :)   This week I opted to go with "cutsie" which isn't typically  my norm, but I just couldn't resist buying this adorable Stampendous reindeer a few years back when I saw them.

The image is coloured with a blender pen, and I couldn't resist adding a shiny red nose to both of them.  I did fudge the sketch a teensy bit by adding ribbon and shifting the sentiment banner to a dangling one below the bow...when the mojo is a flowin' you don't mess with it LOL!  Yes, I'm a deviant guest designer....sorry Lesley!! I promise to behave next week ;) 

The rest of the Merry Monday Crew have fabulous samples of this week's sketch.  Below is a link to each of their blogs.

Allisa Chilton
Bonnie Klass

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce
Sherry Eckblad
Margaret Moody 
Vicki Burdick

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!! 

What's In It?
Stamps:  Snowflakes (Stampin' Up), Memory Box (sentiment), Reindeer (Stampendous) 
Paper:    Always Artichoke, Kraft and Real Red (Stampin' Up) Wassail (Basic Grey), Cream Linen 
Ink: Black, VersaMark 
Accessories:  Scalloped Circle and Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Word Window Punch (Stampin' Up), 5/8" Brown Satin Ribbon,  Snowflake Die (My Favorite Things), Red Bling, Button, Twine, Glue Dot, Dimensionals 

Mojo Monday #294

Had great fun using this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  Since I need a few more teacher appreciation cards, I jumped at the chance to use this sketch to make one.  

I used the alphabet background stamp from Verve's new Take Note set to create the white background on the kraft panel.  Love the new   Teachers Count set, and  used it for the rest of the elements on my card:  a row of red apples stamped across the panel in lieu of the scalloped element on the sketch, for the sentiment on my "black board" (which I created using Rounded Scallop Frame die) and the extra apple which I couldn't resist adding using the matching Apples Die set.

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 their 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

Stephanie Kraft

Wanda Cullen

Busy weekend with my son's soccer tournament. Two wins to date and two more games to go today.  Thankfully the weather is cooperating and the rain is bypassing us :)  Fingers crossed for more wins!  Off to do some chelling (cheering and yelling LOL)!

Wishing you a great day, and thanks for popping by today!    



What's In It?
Stamps: Teachers Count and Take Note ( Verve Stamps) 
Paper:   Mosaic Memories Paper Pack (Recollections at Michael's), Kraft, Black (Stampin' Up)  
Ink:  White, Real Red, VersaMark 
Accessories:  Scalloped Rectangle Frame and Apples Die Sets (A Cut Above by Verve),  5/8" Red Satin Ribbon, White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Just Us Girls #189 - Colour Challenge

This week's colour challenge is brought to us by Vicki and it's a lovely neutral pallet with a pop of colour.

I used Verve's second May sketch with this week's colours (plus my added touch of  black and cream neutrals).  The sketch was making me think I really do need to get some doilies...I have managed to put it off to date as I'm not a huge fan of them, but I think the need to succumb is in order as one would have been fabulous on this card.  Can you tell I do not like to follow trends that aren't "me".   Yes...I'm stubborn that way LOL!

Since my sympathy card stash is non-existent at the moment, I pulled out Verve's new Deepest Sympathy Plain Jane and stamped it on Verve's Curvy Bookplate Die and layered it over my lacy circle nestability.  Added a touch of cream and black neutrals to the mix and rolled a few roses to finish things off. 

The rest of the  JUGS team has some wonderful samples to get your inspiration going, so just hop 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 selected as Chic of the Week.  
 
Have a fabulous weekend everyone!  My son has a soccer tournament so we will be spending a lot of time at the soccer pitch.  Thankfully, due to late morning or early afternoon games, I will also manage to get a few sleep in days as I really do need them!!  Life is slowly getting back to normal as mom is doing better every day, and the push to get the big job for hubby done is just a few days away from completion - yeah!  Added bonus:  we get a long weekend!

Thanks for popping by today and if all goes well, I will be much more consistent with my posting.





What's In It?  Stamps:  Deep Sympathy Plain Jane  (Verve Stamps), French Script (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Kraft, Cream Linen, Tan, He Said She Said (Teresa Collins)  
Ink:  Black, VersaMark 
Accessories:  Lacy Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders),  Rolled Rose Dies (My Favorite Things), Leaf Punch (Martha Stewart), 5/8" Coral Grosgrain Ribbon (Michael's Ribbon Bin), Button, Black Half Pearls, Twine, Glue Dots

Merry Monday #62

* This is my third post of the day!  If you are looking for my Mojo Monday post or this month's Diva Dare post, please see my two previous posts *

This week's Merry Monday sketch is another wonderful sketch to work with as the possibilities with the circle element are endless!

I decided to pull out Stampin' Up's Dasher - love this reindeer image!   I embossed him in gold and added some gold, half pearls to a few of the dots in the antler design for a bit of dimension. 

The paper is a piece I have been hoarding for some time from a Costco pack I got a few years back.  Today was the perfect day to bring it out again.  The card needed a little something so I added some gold twine with a snowflake in the middle, and Dasher is totally ready to travel to someone's home this Christmas :)

The rest of the Merry Monday Crew have fabulous samples of this week's sketch.  Below is a link to each of their blogs.

Allisa Chilton
Bonnie Klass

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce
Sherry Eckblad
Margaret Moody 
Vicki Burdick

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!! 

What's In It?
Stamps:  Dasher (Stampin' Up), Merry Christmas (Hero Arts)  

Paper:  Costco DP Pack, Cream Linen  

Ink: Black, VersaMark  

Accessories:  Scalloped Circle and Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Gold Half Pearls, Gold Twine, Snowflake Punch (Marvy), Dimensionals