{Hope and a Future} April Diva Inspiration Hop

Welcome to our Diva Inspirations Hop!

It's the 5th of the month and that means it's time for the Verve Inspirations Team to breathe new life into some much-loved stamps and dies. And there's a PRIZE up for grabs! So be sure to leave a little shout out in the comment section of each blog as you hop about to be entered in a drawing for a $30 gift certificate to Verve Stamps! Check out all the details and prize info over at the Verve Blog.

I have a christening to go to on April 28th and I wanted to make a card that my friend could put in a scrapbook for her son if she wanted to so what better verse than Jeremiah 29:11. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." I paired that with the new Calendar Countdown stamp set, which I stamped on top of a Banner I cut out using the new Banner Bundle Die Set. Oh and the ribbon is from Julee's new Ribbon collection! :)

We're also saying good bye to Jen del Muro!! This is her last hop as a Verve Diva. She's been a part of the Verve team almost from the very beginning and although we're sad to see her go, we're so excited to see the things she has up her sleeve for the stamping world! All the best Jen!!!!

	1. Julee	7. Sankari
	2. Amy	8. Sarah
	3. Anya	9. Sony
	4. Jen d.	10. Susan
	5. Jessica	11. Tiffany
	6. Karen

have a great day everyone and Happy Hopping!!!

Next up is the one and only Susan Liles!!!

{Happy New Baby} November Diva Inspiration Blog Hop

Hi guys and welcome to our October Diva Inspiration Blog Hop!!!

On Friday night, Verve released their holiday collection of stamps and today we're putting on our monthly hop to inspire you with a fresh mix of old and new! So grab a drink and hop along as we share a little Verve with you! There's a great little prize involved, too! A random commenter on one of the hops will win our entire new release, so be sure to leave a little love in the comment section as you hop about! You can find out all the prize details over on the Verve Blog today. 

Let me chat a little about my card...well among all the numerous funerals I had to go to this year (and sadly I just found out one of my teachers passed away yesterday so I'll have another one coming up) there were also a few baby showers and this here is one of the cards I made for my friend who is now on baby #3.:) 

I used stamps from To the Moon and created a little scene with die cut clouds and jute twine for the kites.

On the inside I gave her a little pocket for a gift card...in my case a voucher for a weekend of full auntie support. :)

	1. Betty	7. Susan
	2. Jen d.	8. Andrea
	3. Jen T.	9. Charmaine
	4. Julee	10. Janelle
	5. Sankari	11. Maureen
	6. Sony	12. Teresa

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Happy Hopping and a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Sony

Stamps: To The Moon (Verve)

Papers: Fine and Dandy (MME), Aqua Mist (PTI), Dark Chocolate (PTI)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie (SU),  Taken with Teal (SU), Old Olive (SU)

Accessories: Ribbon, Stickles Glitter, Jute Twine, Library Pocket Card Die (PTI), Die-Namics Cloud Trio (MFT), Inside  Pinking CutUps (TCP), Nesties

{Look Out} April Diva Inspiration Blog Hop

Hi Guys and welcome to our April Diva Inspiration Blog Hop,

did you get hear from Lynda's blog?? Nicely done...keep hopping along and if you didn't...backtrack to Betty's Blog...she's the first one in our hop.

This past month was soo incredibly busy for me that everything in my personal life uh hum including my taxes had to take a back seat for a minute...and a half. ;) But I did eventually make it through it all...finals at school are done, I will start an internship doing exactly what I want to do next week which I'm really really excited about and I even got my first freelance job offer. :) 

Oh and best of all...I had a week off, which is when I have to get all my crafting in nowadays.

So now that I've had a chance to do my taxes, catch up with friends, watch a few movies, I knew I was...again...beyond late with  making a baby card for the amazing Julee!!!!

She had twins you know...of course you do...she's had them last month after all....which tells you how late I really am but me personally I actually like getting a little late surprise :). It makes me remember the day and gives me warm fuzzies again. :)

My card here uses the wonderful hot air balloons from the Verve set Up, up and away, which was if I remember correctly one of my very very first Verve sets. The sentiment is from To The Moon and I just thought it went purr-fectly with the balloons. :) You know me I like to switch things up. :)

Then some DP banners, some ribbons and I'm so sorry to say...I know Julee has twin boys....but I couldn't not have glitter on my card. hehe

thanks for stopping by!!!

Your next stop on the hop is as always the spunky, sassy Susan Liles!!

Stamps: Up,Up and Away (Verve), To the Moon (Verve)

Paper: Kraft, White, Lost & Found Sunshine (MME), Report Card (OA), Basic Squares (PTI)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Frayed Burlap (Distress Ink)
Accessories: Ribbon, Banner CutUps Die (TCP), Game Spinner Embellishment (Tim Holtz), Jute Twine, Stickles Glitter, Pop-up Dots, White Thread and Sewing Machine

{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)

{Little Star} SFYTT

Have you played yet?!

And with that I mean this month's SFYTT sketch challenge which is being hosted by Anita Be Stamps.
One lucky participant will win a nice little price package from Anita Be Stamps!!! You have until the end of this month to enter your creation!!

Click on the sketch in my sidebar to find out all the deets!!

Happy Stamping!!!

Sony

Stamps: Little Star (Verve)
Paper: Chick-a-doo (SEI), Textured Grey, Old Olive (SU)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pebble (Adirondack), Bashful Blue (SU)
Accessories: Copics, Baby Blue Stickles Glitter, Sponges, Nesties, Divine Twine (TCP), Checkerboard Border Punch (Martha Stewart). Pop-Up Dots, White Thread and Sewing Machine

{Twinkle, Twinkle} Mojo 168

Hi everyone,

I'm very excited because my very first official Term in the CG program is coming to an end and 3 of my final projects are done...I only have 1 more left to work on...which also means I have more time to stamp....YAY!!! Well this week at least...I'm going out of town next week. Wow...this year has really flown by hasn't it?! I can't believe it's almost 2011 already!!        

    So I got to play along with this week's Mojo Monday sketch!! 

Super fun and totally needed because a friend of mine just had her little baby girl. In case you're wondering why I chose these somewhat un-typical baby colors you'd have to meet my friend and it would all make sense to you. lol

 You'll notice I made a little change to the sketch by replacing the little square

with a circle to accommodate my stamp.

thanks so much for stopping by,

~ Sony

Stamps: Little Star (Verve)
Paper: Ducks in a Row (OA), Smokey Shadow (PTI), Kraft
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black.Accessories: Nesties, Copics, Stardust Stickles Glitter, Twill Tape, Jute Twine, Photo Corner Punch (SU), Kraft Thread and Sewing Machine, Brads, Pop-Up Dots

                        

{Welcome Emma Grace} TCP Tuesday 120

I don't know if you've heard already but my dear SFYTT Sister Megan Lock gave birth to her baby girl last week. Her name is Emma Grace and I hear that Mom and Baby are doing great...sooo lucky for me Toni picked this great inspirational photo for her TCP Tuesday challenge this week which was truly just perfect for my Welcome Baby card I wanted to make for Megan. :)

A few deets on my card here:

These darling hippos and the sentiment are from the newly released And Baby Makes... set by the Cat's Pajamas. I stamped my hippos twice, cut out just the heads of one stamped image and propped it up with pop-up dots on the second fully stamped image to give it some dimension. I also added some Crystal Effects to my hippos for some overall shine.
The darling flowers and buttons are made using the brand new Cat's Pajamas' Dies. Oh and the cute bow is made using Divine Twine, another awesome TCP product.

The papers I used are all from the Duck in a Row collection by October Afternoon and the cute measuring tape ribbon is made by My Little Yellow Bicycle.

Wanna play with us?
Here are all the details if you'd like to play along:

1. Each a week one of The Cat Pack will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, technique, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
4. Play along with us and add your own design to your Splitcoast Gallery using keywords TCPTues120 or to your blog and then use the Inlinkz button at the bottom of the post to add your design to this page. Post your design using the Inlink Button at the bottom of this post. Your design must be linked and visible to Alma's blog post to be considered.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. Only designs posted to Alma's blog post will be considered for the Swanky Stamper.
8. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.


thanks so much for stopping by.
til next time :)

~ Sony




Stamps: And Baby Makes...(TCP)
Paper: Duck in a Row (OA), Vanilla, White
Ink: Brilliance Black, Antique Linen
Accessories: Flower CutUps (TCP), Button CutUps (TCP), Divine Twine (TCP), Clothesline Ribbon Ruban (MyLittleYellowBicycle), Twill Tape, Nesties, Rhinestones, Sewing Machine, Crystal Effects, Pop-Up Dots, Scalloped Border Trim Punch

{Oh Baby}

Hi guys,

here's my Baby Project that if you were at the Cat's Pajamas Release Party on Monday night you already had a preview of.
Did you all have a good time?
I really hope you did. Unfortunately I wasn't able to be there the whole time because I had class but I did stop by afterwards to see what you all were talking about when I was gone.

So let's talk
Baby shall we?
All the stamps for this Baby Girl Announcement card and the Baby Boy picture cube are the brandswankin' new set And Baby Makes... by the Cat's Pajamas.

For some overall texture and dimension I added elements out of the new wood and felt sheets you can get over at the Cat's Pajamas as well. Oh and the pretty flowers on my project? I made those using our new Flower Die from our die line Cut Ups.

Here are some detailed shots:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great rest of the week and hopefully lots of
happy stamping with your new TCP goodies :)

~ Sony

PS: I'll have another little project here for you on thursday :)


Stamps: And Baby Makes...(TCP)
Paper: Baby Girl Nursery (DCWV), Sweet Blush (PTI), Berry Sorbet (PTI), Ballet Blue (SU)
Ink: Brilliance Black
Accessories:) Flower Cut Ups (TCP), Divine Twine (TCP), Wood (TCP), Singing the Blues Felt (TCP), Chipboard Letters, Top Note Die, Rounded Corner Punch, Ribbon, Sewing Machine, Scor-Pal

Boy oh Boy

The postman... well lady really... just rang and she delivered my much anticipated package from Joann's, which I had to put to use right away of course!!

I got a few new punches and the Star Nestabilities, which I used for my card for this week's SFYTT challenge and TCP Tuesday challenge.

Jen has come up with yet another awesome sketch for all of us to play with and Amy over at TCP Tuesday is challenging us to a little bit of paper piecing.

I flipped Jen's sketch around just a bit to accommodate my new notebook-style punch.

And...huh...now that I look at my card I realize that I used 5 different patterned papers. I know it's really not all that much but I think it is the most I've ever combined in a card. What's your personal best?

Okay...back to my card: I really love the Quite Contrary collection by My Mind's Eye. It's so cute!! I also smuggled in a strip of Ripe Avocado Bitty Box Basic paper by Paper Trey Ink.

Baby Poochie and the sentiment are both rubber stamps from the Cat's Pajamas, which is one of my favorite stamping companies.

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Stamps: Baby Poochie (TCP), Welcome Little One (TCP)

Paper: Quite Contrary (MME), Bitty Box Basics (PTI), Sage (SU), Dark Chocolate (PTI)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Nestabilities, Notebook-Style Punch, Button, Jute Twine, Sewing Machine, Copic Markers, Paper Piercer