Saturday, March 7, 2009

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star



I love the Plain Jane stamp line that Verve Stamps introduced last year. Julee wanted to give Verve customers a way to pick up additional stamps at a very affordable price, so she began offering single images for only $3 each. There's nothing "plain Jane" about the stamps - the name simply refers to the fact that the stamps are packaged without the printed index on the acetate carrier sheet, which helps keep the cost low.

The Plain Jane stamps coordinate well with Verve's image stamps, but one of my favorite things is to build a card around just the single stamp. I used a PJ called Little Star, Jen's Sketch For You To Try, and some papers from the Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Collection by Die Cuts With a View to create this baby girl card. I modified Jen's sketch a tiny bit by adding the circle panel for the sentiment, but the basic lines of the sketch are still there.

Little Star will be releasing tomorrow, along with four other Plain Janes and a whopping eight full sets. The Release Party starts at 8 pm EST!

Check out what the rest of the SFYTT team put together this week:

Jen del Muro ... who has the sketch and a WONDERFUL new guest designer to announce!!
Amy Rohl
Carole Burrage
Kelly Lunceford
Susan Liles

A girl can never have too many sketches to work with, especially with so many awesome new Verve sets to play with, so when Julee announced a special weekend sketch challenge, I wanted to put together something for that one, too. Three random participants will receive their choice of a set from tomorrow's big release. You can find the sketch and all the details on the Verve blog!

Here's my quickie:



The sentiment is from a new set called Beautiful Kindness.

So glad you could stop by today!



Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:
Stamps: Little Star (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Papertrey White, SU Perfect Plum, DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy
Ink: SU Perfect Plum and Certainly Celery
Accessories: Spellbinders circle and square Nestabilities; SU hardware, ribbon, paper piercer, and dimensionals; Creative Impressions pearlized mini brads; sewing machine

Beautiful Kindness:
Stamps: Beautiful Kindness (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Papertrey White, Bazzill Rain and Blackbird cardstock, Basic Grey Urban Prairie
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Martha Stewart butterfly punch and floral border punch, Spellbinders square Nestabilities, American Crafts Boutique ribbon, SU slit punch and clear embossing powder

29 comments:

Denise Marzec said...

Oh my gosh, I love that sentiment from the Verve set...not to mention the awesome colors and ribbon/hardware treatment. Both cards are awesome, but I can't stop staring at the baby card. Soooo pretty!

Kelly Lunceford said...

I love that Plain Jane and you did an awesome job with it! Such great colors!

Dawn Easton said...

Oh my goodness Amy, that baby card is totally adorable! I really like how you did the sentiment and those papers and colours are so soothing!

Your Verve sketch card is wonderful too! That white panel that you added underneath is awesome! Make this all just pop!

Renée said...

I absolutely LOVE that sentiment from the first card. How wonderful!!

Beautiful cards, Amy! Love your colours and details!!

Amy Rohl said...

I knew I was going to love your sfytt card as soon as I read the post title and I did! The ribbon is awesome as the horizontal layer! I tried to figure out a way to use ribbon for that layer as well with no luck!

Love your "quickie" too!

ScrappyKy said...

Simply gorgeous! I love how you used the DCWV papers. I love that collection and you have done them beautiful justice. I love the colors on the Kindness one too. As usual, your work is amazing!

Regan said...

holy gorgeous!!!!!

Randee E said...

I am in AWE by everything you create. I wanna be like you when I grow up :0) This card is beautiful, love the colors!

Jessie/knightrone said...

Completely STUNNING!!

Debby said...

Wow! Love the colors and the textures on both cards. Beautiful!

Lynda Benden said...

Both cards are darling Amy! Love colors and sentiment on the baby one! Your sewing is awesome too!

The DP on the Verve one is so pretty and the sketch is fantastic! I need to try that one!

Have a great weekend!

Lori Craig said...

you call that a quickie.... girl.... love your cards! have a wonderful weekend!

Unknown said...

amy...i am absloutely loving these new sets coming out, and your preview cards are just phenomenal!

amazing job {as always}! ;)

Tosha Leyendekker said...

WOW!! Blown away again!! LOVIN' both of these cards girl!! Your colors, sewing, layout, embellishments...everything is perfection!!

LORi said...

Amy~ Your baby card is fab!! Love that cute little sentiment!!

Jackie Pedro said...

That baby card is fantastic! I LOVE the colors!!! I love the colors and textured paper on the second....beautiful!!

Dawn B. said...

I love both of these cards. The sentiment on the baby one is so cute. I have not seen that before. Love all the layers you have. Super job Amy.

Kathy Jones said...

Both of these are gorgeous Amy!! I just love that baby one and I can't wait to see what other stamps are being released by Verve!!!

Anonymous said...

Amy, the first one with the purple and green...amazing! Love the layout and that sentiment! Second one for the sketch is so pretty! Great job GF!

Norine said...

love them both really like the purple & green
Hugs
Norine

hobbydiva said...

Ohhhh....Amy! I adore those sentiments!!! Your cards are superb!!! Love 'em!

Anonymous said...

The ribbon treatment on your first card is amazing. I love the colors you used on both of the cards. Gorgeous creations.

Amber said...

Beautiful baby card.

America said...

I usually know I'll be in for a treat when I come to your gallery.... Im always in awe of your awesome work and endless creativity that captivates!!! Love your details on these 2 cards.. like the colors and great sewing and big ribbon bow on the first and punched butterflies and edges on the second! TFS

Unknown said...

Jaw on the floor AGAIN!!
Viv xxx

Anonymous said...

Oh Amy - I totally love this baby card - simply gorgeous!!!! The colors are so soft and perfect!!!

Your second card is another wonderful creation of yours and the layout is awesome!!! You are absolutely right - a girl can never have to many Sketches to work with - LOL!!!

Conniecrafter said...

these are just beautiful, so love the colors and layering in the first card, I haven't done too many cards were the verse is the main image but these give me the inspiration to do so!

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Kerrie said...

Came over from Laurie's, your cards are beautiful!! Kerrie