{Easter Joy} Diva Inspirations

Hi guys,

I'm back with another Diva Inspiration card for you. I tried something a little bit different this time: I had come across a Tim Holtz demo video on Distress Inks and decided to give that a try. I posted the tutorial here for you and I used the techniques shown in that video to get that red/peach/yellow tie dye patterned paper you see on my card.

Here's the video: 

Fun right? 

I took some vanilla cardstock, crinkled it up and stamped melon mambo across the raised creases. Then I took my crushed curry and mountain rose stamp pads and padded them onto my non-stick craft sheet. I sprayed some water on the ink and padded my cardstock on the ink, then applied some heat to dry the cardstock. As finishing touches I darkened the edges and used stamps from Accent Notes and Bountiful Background to make my patterned paper.

Now to the rest of the card: the sentiment and the easter eggs are both from the set Easter Joy. I also used Verve's Classy Label Die and Embossed Oval die...looove them!!! Oh and then I had lots of fun embellishing with Liquid Pearls...they save me from having to pull out my sewing machine ;).

The yellow patterned paper is from the Fine and Dandy collection by My Mind's Eye and the brown polka dotted paper is from the Fly a Kite collection by October Afternoon.

thanks so much for stopping by...

have a wonderful week and have a happy and blessed Easter!!!

Sony

Stamps: Easter Joy (Verve), Bountiful Background (Verve), Accent Notes (Verve), 
Paper: Fine and Dandy (My Mind's Eye), Fly a Kite (October Afternoon), Kraft, Vanilla
Ink: Melon Mambo (SU), Crushed Curry (SU), Mountain Rose (Adirondack), Frayed Burlap (Distress Ink), Soft Suede (SU)
Accessories: Classy Label Die (Verve), Embossed Oval Die (Verve), Nesties, Gold Liquid Pearls, Non-stick Craft Sheet (Ranger Ink), Sponges, Mini Mister (Ranger Ink), Morrocco Lace Border Punch (EK Success), Pop-Up Dots, Nail file (for distressing), Heat Gun

{Ducky Easter} Diva Inspirations

Hii guys,

well it's about time I'm back with another Diva Inspirations card don't you think?

I sure thought so and with Easter right around the corner....how about a Verve-y Easter Blessings card?

I paired some old with some new to make this card:

The cute ducky is from the newly released set Lucky Ducky. The sentiment is from the set Egg-stra Special and the adorable frame is from the set To The Moon. I "hung" the frame up using some Divine Twine (available at the Cat's Pajamas)  and a brad,

The papers are mostly from the Fly a Kite collection by October Afternoon. The teal Zigzag DP is from the Fine and Dandy collection by My Mind's Eye and the green DP I used to paperpiece the ducky is from the Girl Friday collection by Cosmo Cricket.

thanks so much for stopping in today,

have a great week!!!

Sony

Stamps: Lucky Ducky (Verve), To the Moon (Verve), Egg-stra Special (Verve)
Paper: Fine and Dandy (My Mind's Eye), Fly a Kite (October Afternoon), Girl Friday (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Crushed Curry (SU)
Accessories: Nesties, Pop-Up Dots, Buttons, Divine Twine (The Cat's Pajamas), Brads, Platinum Liquid Pearls, Ribbon, Sponges, Scalloped Border Punch (SU)

{All Year 'Round...} Photo Cube Pt.2

Hi Guys,

as promised I'm back with some wrapping paper and a tag.....aaaand this is what that looks like:

I basically just took some kraft colored plain wrapping paper, laid it out and stamped it up using cute baby Sprinkle from the Cat's Pajamas and the cute sentiment "welcome little one". Both of these stamps are available only in rubber format at the Cat Pajamas. I colored some of the sprinkles in with Stampin' Write markers and stamped the sentiment in pink.

For the tag I stamped the sentiment "Oh Baby" from the set Oh Baby Make to make the patterned background paper. I used the sweet scallop die from Verve for the actual tag. 

thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Sony

Stamps: Baby Sprinkle (TCP), Welcome little One (TCP), And Baby Makes (TCP)

Paper: Kraft, Sweet Blush (PTI)

Ink: Brilliance Ink, Melon Mambo (SU)

Accessories: Wrapping Paper, Ribbon, Nesties, Pop-Up Dots, Copics, Stampin' Write Markers, Sweet Scallop Tag Die (Verve), Scallop Trim Border Punch (SU)

Diva Blog Hop Winner

Hi guys,

I'm popping in real quick today to let you know about the winner of our April Diva Inspirations Blog Hop because the prize was hidden on my blog this month! YaY!!!

Sooo....here's to the winner:

CONGRATULATIONS Michele!!!

And thank you sooo much for commenting on my blog!!!

Be sure to email Julee at contests@vervestamps.com to claim your prize.

{All Year 'Round} Photo Cube Pt1

Hi guys,

I don't know if you heard already but I had to make the heartbreaking decision ::sniff sniff:: to leave the Cat Pack. Sprinkle and Co. were my very first stampin' love and believe you me I really didn't want to leave buuuut I had to finally admit to myself that I had to. Who would have thought studying art could be this time consuming?! 

Thankfully Alma is so very understanding and Carole already paved the way for lost kitties to come back to the pack sooo who knows...this kitty might be back one day. ;)

But before I officially sign off ...by the way don't worry you'll still be seeing lots of TCP goodness over here...officially or not... ;) I wanted to share the baby shower gift I made for a very dear friend of mine. 

I found this unfinished rotating photo cube at Michaels and decided to decorate it with PJs (my friend looves Winnie the Pooh) for all seasons.

so here is the before:

and here is the after:

and here are some detail shots:

Spring
Stamps: Honey Bear (TCP)
Paper: Fly a Kite (OA), Fine and Dandy (MME)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Grass CutUps (TCP), Mini Library Clip (SU), Pop-Up Dots, Cloud Die-Namics (MFT),  Flower Stickers, Copics, Stickles Glitter, Crystal Effects

Summer
Stamps: What a Blast (TCP), A Beary New Year (TCP), By The Sea (TCP), Wishful Elegance (Verve)
Paper: Fine and Dandy (MME)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Wave CutUps (TCP), Copics, Stickles Glitter, Chipboard Stickers, Crystal Effects, Liquid Applique, Heat Gun

Fall
Stamps: Happy Camper (TCP), Gobble Gobble (TCP)
Paper: Amber Autumn Stack (DCWV), Kraft
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Big Scallop CutUps (TCP), Mini Library Clip (SU), Arched Border Punch, Classy Label Die (Verve), Stickers, Stardust Stickles Glitter, Crystal Effects, Pop-Up Dots

Winter
Stamps: A Beary Good Year (TCP)
Paper: Yuletide (K&Company), Old Olive (SU)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Banner CutUps (TCP), Buttons, Copics, Stardust Stickles Glitter, Crystal Effects, Pop-Up Dots, Nesties, Liquid Applique, Heat gun, Grass CutUps (TCP), Divine Twine (TCP)

 tomorrow I will show you the wrapping paper and gift tag I made for this.

thanks so much for stopping by,

Sony

{Birthday Mini Tags} TCP Tuesday153 & a sad sad farewell

Hi guys,

I'm so sad to tell you guys that this will be my last TCP Tuesday color challenge. I've had to make the heartbreaking decision to leave my beloved Cat Pack so I have more time to focus on my school work. It  truly sucks being a grown-up sometimes doesn't it?! 

But don't fear: Tori will take over the color challenge for me and she is going to pick some amazing colors for you all I'm sure of it. Well I do like to go out with a bang and that means one of my all-time favorite color combos: Teal, Orange and Yellow

Wanna play?!

All you have to do is create something using this color scheme and upload your creations to the guestbook on Alma's Blog. Each week there'll be a winner, randomly chosen and accounced the following week on Alma's Blog. There will also be one winner crowned the Swanky Stamper of the month and that lucky one gets to play along with the Cat Pack at the next Release!!

now on to my little project here:

I got inspired to make some cute little Mini Tags and I gave you not one but three versions that will hopefully give you some inspiration on how you can play with these colors:

and then here are some closer looks:

thank you so much for stopping by!!!
Sony

Stamps: Smells Like Cake (TCP), You Say It's Your Birthday (TCP), Birthday Bunny (TCP)

Paper: Fine and Dandy (MME), Crushed Curry (SU), Summer Sunrise (PTI), Taken With Teal (SU), Chocolate Chip (SU)

Ink: Brilliance Black Ink

Accessories: Ribbon, Copics, Stardust Stickles Glitter, Platinum and Gold Liquid Pearls, Buttons, Divine Twine (TCP), Sweet Scallop Die (Verve), Pop-Up Dots, Scallop Trim Border Punch (SU)

{Just Because}

Hi guys,

here's another card I had made for our latest release over at the Cat's Pajamas. The sentiment and some of the flourish accents are from the set Simply Said, the rosette and the banner are made using our brandnew Rosette CutUps die aaand that's about it. Oh and of course I also used our Big Scallop CutUps die and some Divine Twine, also available at the Cat's Pajamas store.

thanks so much for stopping by,

Sony

Stamps: Simply Said (TCP)

Paper: Avignon (7Gypsies), Smokey Shadow (PTI), Rustic Cream (PTI)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Frayed Burlap (Distress Ink)

Accessories: Rosette CutUps (TCP), Big Scallop CutUps (TCP), Divine Twine (TCP), Button, chipboard flourish, Student Report Card

{Rain or Shine} SFYTT & Unity

Hi guys and a happy happy weekend to you all,

this is my last weekend of free time before the mayhem of school starts back up for me aaand I actually did some relaxing today, no running errands, no working on personal projects...no I went to the beach with friends and it was just the perfect day. The weather was gorgeous! We found the perfect parking spot, right by the stairs leading down to the beach by the Santa Monica Pier. We had a fantastic lunch at this little Indian place. It was delicious!! Oh and then we had front row seats to watching this poor guy who was completely intoxicated, fall all over the place and then he eventually got himself arrested. It was quite the day....minus the hour and a half it took to get back home (rush hour...gotta love LA). Oh but best of all it looks as though I didn't get sunburned!!!! Yay!! That is quite the accomplishment considering I haven't been in the sun for months! 

But let me get on and tell you about our SFYTT challenge this month. Are you ready?! This month's challenge is being sponsored by Unity Stamps so be sure to stop by Jen's Blog to enter your creations and see what goodies you can win.

For my card here I'm using their Rain or Shine stamp. The papers are from the Quite Contrary collection by My Mind's Eye.  

Well this is when I should probably break the bittersweet news to you all: bitter because we're saying farewell to two of our fabulous sisters and sweet because we're welcoming a new sister into our midst so let me make this quick....like pulling off a bandaid: Amy R. and Leigh are leaving and Terri Moore is joining. Please stop by their blogs to say your farewells and welcomes!!!
Here's your Sisterhood lineup:

and a special warm welcome to our guest designer this month: Jen Shults - yay Jen!!! We're so glad to have you!!
Amber Hight

• Amy Rohl
• Amy Sheffer
• Carole Burrage
• Jodi Collins
• Kelly Lunceford
• Kerry Johnson
• Leigh O’Brien
• Megan Lock
• Susan Liles (sitting this one out this week)
• Terri Moore - welcome Terri!!!!! 

that's all I have for you today folks!!!

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Stamping!!!

Sony

Stamps: Rain or Shine (Unity)

Paper: Quite Contrary (MME), Taken With Teal (SU)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Copics, Stardust Stickles Glitter, Mini Library Clip (SU), Brads, White Thread and Sewing Machine

{Happy Hi There} Diva Inspirations Blog Hop

Hello everyone and a hearty welcome to the April Diva Inspirations Blog Hop!!!

My how the time goes by right?! I can't believe it...school is starting back up for me on Monday....yikes!!!! I can't believe my short little break is over already!!! A week and a half off is really not enough to recover after all that hard work....buuut what can you do. Back to the world of polygons and design!!!

On Monday that is....today we have our wonderfully inspiring Blog Hop and best of all....like last month...there's a little mystery prize hidden somewhere along the hop spots today!!!! All you have to do is leave a little comment and you're entered to win a $30 gift certificate to Verve!!! And with the cuties in the new release who doesn't want a little extra cash right?! So I'm guessing you've been happily hopping along from Shannan's blog right?! If not...then I highly suggest you hop to Julee's blog because that's where all the yummy eye candy starts!!!

oh let me talk just a short little bit about my card here: I used the gorgeous flower stamps from the set Happy Days. The sentiment is from the set Happy Hello. My papers are actually digi papers from a special edition mini kit by Zoe Pearn at SweetShoppe.com....love her style!!!

:::::: now on to all the important Verve News ::::::

Here's the master hop list:

1. Julee 6. Lynda 2. Betty 7. Shannan 3. Dawn 8. Sony 4. Jen d. 5. Jen T.

don't forget about the Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, April 5

Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve

And since it's a new month, that means we've also got a new Stamp of the Month to reveal! This month we're featuring Kindred Spirits, an elegant set of images and sentiments based around the timeless fleur de lis! Kindred Spirits is 40% off during the month of April. 

....and then we have one more bitterbittersweet announcement:

our fabulous Diva Michelle has been given the great opportunity to join the Spellbinders DesignTeam, which means she'll be leaving us and will be sorely missed. If you have the chance please stop by her blog Stop and Stamp the Roses, and let her know how inspiring her work has been! She posted a wonderful tribute to Verve this week with lots of eye candy for all of us!!!

thanks so much for stopping by.....and uhm I'm actually the last stop on the hop this month so THANK YOU Soooo much for hopping along! I hope you had a blast and we'll see you again next month!!! :)

Sony

Stamps: Happy Hello (Verve), Happy Days (Verve)

Paper: Homespun DigiKit by Zoe Pearn (Sweetshoppe), Kraft, Summer Sunrise (PTI)

Ink: Soft Suede (SU)

Accessories: Copics, Button, Jute Twine, Twill Tape, Nesties, Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker, Ricrac Border Die (PTI), White Thread and Sewing Machine