{Easter Greeting} Diva Inspirations Blog Hop

Hi everyone,

I don't know about you all but my life has been absolutely crazy lately but let me officially welcome you to our May Diva Inspirations Blog Hop. The Diva Inspirations team has created some fabulous Verve eye candy for you all to start your month off right....and you want to be sure to leave comments along the hop because there is a little mystery prize hidden on one of the blog hop spots today!!!

here's the lineup:

1. Julee 8. Sony 2. Betty 9. Susan 3. Dawn 10. Teresa 4. Jen d. 11. Andrea 5. Jen T. 12. Charmaine 6. Lynda 13. Maureen 7. Shannan

Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, May 5
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve 

In May Verve is featuring the sentiment set, Dare to Be. With 5 uplifting and encouraging sentiments, this set is perfect for graduation, congratulations or just a little pick me up. Or pair it with the To the Moon, Chicks Rule or Lucky Ducky sets for perfect little love notes to tuck into a lunchbox.
And at 40% off during the month of May, Dare to Be is a pretty big deal!


I'm posting an Easter card I had made and just hadn't gotten around to posting featuring the sets Easter Joy, Egg-stra Special, Wishful Elegance and Sweet Treats.

I know I've kept you all way too long already so without further ado I will direct you to Susan's Blog!!! Please tell her hello from me!!!


til next time,

Sony

Stamps: Easter Joy (Verve), Egg-stra Special (Verve), Wishful Elegance (Verve), Sweet Treats (Verve)
Paper: Quite Contrary (My Mind's Eye), Baby Girl Nursery (DCWV), Vanilla, Kraft
Ink: Antique Linen (Distress Ink), Tea Dye (Distress Ink), Soft Suede (SU), Taken with Teal (SU), Mountain Rose (Adirondack), Crushed Curry (SU)
Accessories: Classy Label Die (Verve), Embossed Oval Die (Verve), Platinum Liquid Pearls, Pop-Up Dots, Jute Twine, Twill Tape, Morrocco Edge Border Punch (EK Success), Non-Stick Craft Sheet (Ranger Ink), Mini Mister (Ranger Ink), Sponges, Nail File (for distressing), Heat Gun

{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)

{Sprung} TCP Tuesday 150

Hi guys,

well finals are finally coming to an end...I'm soo excited to have a few days off before it all starts back up again even though I plan on getting some major drawing and painting in during my "break". And then next term is supposed to be our toughest and busiest yet!!! Eeeek!!! I am a little worried I'm not gonna lie. I just hope that I'll be able to get all my work done somehow. We'll see...

but until then let me share my card I made for this week's TCP Tuesday challenge with you all. Leigh is our hostess with the mostess and she has cooked up a yummy sketch challenge for all of us.

Here they are:

 I really came to enjoy this sketch even though I had no idea what to do with it the first time I saw it.

So I was channeling ...somehow... a scrappy, shabby homemade look today and this is the result:

I used stamps from the set Blow and a few of our CutUps dies such as the Banner die and the Pinking Border die. I went through my scrap paper bag today so the papers I used are from all over the place: there's some 7 Gypsies, October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket in there.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I hope you get to play along!!!

Sony

Stamps: Blow (TCP)

Paper: Fly A Kite (OA), Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket), Avignon (7 Gypsies), Rustic Cream (PTI)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Pinking Border CutUps die (TCP), Banner CutUps die (TCP), Twill Tape, Copics, Stardust Stickles Glitter, Kraft Thread and Sewing Machine 

{Vroom Vroom} TCP Tuesday103

Ouh I'm running late late late so this is going to be short short short. lol

We're having movie night (we're gonna watch the Gospel of John) at my church tonight with pizza and blankets and all that fun stuff. Can't wait!!!

Anyway - it's Tuesday and time for TCP Tuesday!!! This week Susan challenged us to use any TCP stamp!

Well that one was easy for me because as I was writing Easter cards yesterday I realized that I was about uhm 5 cards short...so guess what kinda stamps I picked today?!

So my card features Poochie in his yummy carrot car from the TCP set Spring Fling. The mushrooms are also from that set and I just love how they tie in the red and white polka-dotted ribbon. The sentiment is from the TCP set A Beary Good Year, such a must have set!

I used papers from the Garden Variety Mini Deck collection by Cosmo Cricket. I love all those bright colors!!

Oh and I saw how Jody made these awesome zig zag stitches around her circular images so I tried that today and let me tell ya...not half as easy as she makes it look!!!

Jody - I'm going to have to ask you for some pointers on that one because mine are kinda all over the place! lol

Oh well...I guess it adds a bit of a handmade charm to it all, right?

I gotta run!!!

Catch you next time! :)

~ Sony

Stamps: Spring Fling (TCP), A Beary Good Year (TCP)

Paper: Garden Variety Mini Deck (CC), Old Olive (SU), Crushed Curry (SU), Real Red (SU)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bashful Blue (SU), Lettuce (Adirondack)

Accessories: Ribbon, Checkerboard Punch, Sewing Machine, Nesties, Copic Markers, Sponges

Fruity Egg Hunt

Last night was the first time I went to the Passion Play, a play that the Church Shepherd of the Hill puts on every year. It was great!! Very well done, from the set dressing to the performances and the performers had some voices on them!! Really great!

Can you believe that Easter is only a few weeks away?! Time is just flying by this year.

I think I need to make a few more cards and Jen' sketch over at SFYTT this week is just awesome!!

I just got some new Cosmo Cricket

paper and have been dying to use it. The papers are from the Garden Variety Mini Deck. Love the size of the Mini Decks - they are perfect for card making!

My little penguins and the sentiment are from the Cat's Pajama's set Spring Fling. Aren't they just too cute?

For the extra special sum'thin' sum'thin' I added brads in the upper right corner and I did a little bit of paper piercing in the upper left and bottom right corner as well as around the sentiment. There's a little detail shot below.

Happy Egg Hunt, everyone!!

Stamps: Spring Fling (TCP)

Paper: Garden Variety (CC), Real Red (SU), Old Olive (SU), Orange Scraps, Cream Scraps

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bashful Blue (SU), Lettuce (Adirondack)

Accessories: Copic Markers, Sponges, Nesties, Paper Piercer Kit (SU), Brads, Sewing Machine, Pop-Up Dots