Overjoyed For You - SFYTT

I created today's card using the very latest Verve products, just released yesterday. 

The flower is from Joyful Blooms (an extra from yesterday's card), the blue circular image behind the flower is from Small Celebrations, and the sentiment is from Purely Sentimental. I also worked in one of those awesome Ribbon Banner die-cuts because I just love it so!

If you head to the Verve Store, be sure to check out the current sale, going on now through May 4!

The layout is this month's Sketch For You To Try, which is generously sponsored by There She Goes:

New sketches are posted on the first Saturday of the month. Then, half of the SFYTT sisters post additional sketch inspiration on the 2nd Saturday, and the other half posts on the third Saturday. Here are your 2nd Saturday girls ...

Amber

Becky 

Megan

Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Joyful Blooms, Purely Sentimental, Small Celebrations
Paper: Papertrey Kraft and Vintage Cream, Echo Park This & That Graceful, Kaisercraft background dp
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamagic Turquoise Gem, Ranger Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks
Accessories: Verve Ribbon Banner and Tiny Sweet Scallop dies, MFT doily and border dies, Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities, Kaisercraft black pearls, foam adhesive, May Arts burlap string, sanding block
Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Verve New Release Hop

Today's the day: all of the new Verve stamps and dies are now available in the Verve store.

The Divas are having a release hop to celebrate. Leave comments along the hop for your chance to win the entire release!

1. Janelle Stollfus

2. Charmaine Ikach

3. Laurie Schmidlin

4. Andrea Ewen

5. Maureen Plut

6. Sankari Wegman

7. Amy Sheffer

8. Tosh Leyendekker

9. Amber Hight

10. Teresa Kline

Today, I'm playing with a new set called Joyful Blooms. You may recognize the flowers -- they're smaller versions of the flowers in the popular Great Friend set. Rounding out the set are some wonderful, all-purpose sentiments. And although I didn't use them, there are matching dies -- three of them, for the three different sized flowers!

The layout comes from this week's Viva La Verve sketch challenge. Check out this beauty Janelle put together for us:

Sketch challenge details are posted in the Verve Forum on SCS.

Happy Friday and have a great weekend!





Stamps: Joyful Blooms (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Echo Park This & That Graceful 6x6 pad, Papertrey Vintage Cream card stock
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Kaisercraft black pearls, Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder, Stampin' Up leafy sprig die and wide striped ribbon, paper doily, sewing machine, corner rounder, sanding block, Papertrey buttons, foam adhesive
Size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Verve New Release Spotlight Hop - Day Two

It's Day Two of Verve's New Release Spotlight Hops, and we're featuring two stamp sets, one Plain Jane, and an awesome, must-have new die. Be sure to hop around and leave comments for your chance to win the products being featured today!

1. Tosh Leyendekker

2. Teresa Kline

3. Sankari Wegman

4. Maureen Plut

5. Laurie Schmidlin

6. Janelle Stollfus

7. Charmaine Ikach

8. Andrea Ewen

9. Amy Sheffer

10. Amber Hight

I've worked with a fantastic masculine set called Super Dad, along with the coordinating Ribbon Banner die. Such an awesome little set for all your masculine card needs!

The layout is this week's Deconstructed Sketch, #47:

Lots of amazing sketch inspiration from the Deconstructed Sketch Girls. Here they are:

Amber Hight

Arielle Gordon

Donna Wardle

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson

Thanks for stopping by -- have a super day!





Stamps: Super Dad (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Papertrey Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, and Fine Linen card stock; Echo Park This & That Charming 6x6 pad
Ink: Ranger Walnut Stain, Bundled Sage, Antique Linen, and Wild Honey Distress Inks
Accessories: Verve Ribbon Banner Die, Papertrey buttons, The Cat's Pajamas yellow twine, Stampin' Up clip, pinking scissor, distressing tool, May Arts burlap string
Size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

TCPTues205: Put Your Lips Together & Blow

Leigh has put together a super fun, unique sketch for this week's TCP Tuesday Challenge. I couldn't wait to give this challenge a go, and hope you'll join in the fun, too! (Rules/guidelines are below.) Alma updates her blog through the week with links to design team samples, and also has an amazing sample of her own this week. What I've seen so far will leave you drooling for sure!

I used TCP's Pinwheel CutUps Die for my focal point and added a sentiment from Field of Pinwheels. The papers are from My Mind's Eye's Dilly Dally 6x6 pad. I hand-cut the pinked border along the left, but TCP has a variety of pinked border CutUps that would make that job much easier.

1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES205 for this week's challenge.

4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact me for his/her voucher code. 

 

 

 

TCP is gearing up for a new and AMAZING release. Sneaky Peeks will start next week!

 

And speaking of releases, Verve has a release this Friday. Peeks started today over on the Verve blog. I'll be joining in tomorrow and Friday -- can't wait!

 

April SFYTT - There She Goes

The first Saturday of the month brings us a brand-new Sketch For You To Try, along with a fabulous new sponsor, There She Goes.

Here's the April sketch:

And here's my take on it:

I fell in love with the adorable Every Child set that There She Goes recently released. The images are so cute, and the sentiments so touching. I split one of the sentiments and used half on the card front and the other half on the inside (still in progress -- I'll share it here in a jiffy). The full sentiment reads: "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." So true!

Coloring is with Copics. The papers are Echo Park's This & That Graceful 6x6 collection. For accents, I used some green buttons, a white crochet flower, machine stitching, burlap string, and white lace trim. To give the green paint on the paintbrush some shine, I coated it with clear glossy glaze.

You'll find lots more sketch inspiration from the SFYTT Sisters.

Jen del Muro and Designer of the Month, Dawn Barghorn (welcome, Dawn!)
Amber Hight
Becky Carafa
Carole Burrage
Jen Tapler
Jodi Collins
Kerry Johnson
Megan Lock
Susan Liles

We're so sad to say goodbye to Iwona (aka Chupa), who has stepped down from the team. Best wishes, girl!


The rules (click to enlarge):

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a fantastic weekend!

DS46 - Mayzy Art's Seafoam Mermaid

It's Deconstructed Sketch day, and I think you're in for a treat, both with this week's sketch and with this week's amazing sponsor, MayzyArt. I tell ya, this illustrator, Mayzy Green, got a double dose of talent! You can see tons of her amazing images in her Etsy store, MayzyArt Digital Images. You can also visit her on her blog.

The Deconstructed Sketch girls are all featuring some different fairy images. I chose this adorable mermaid called Seafoam the High-Fashion Mermaid. Isn't she fun?! I colored with Copics, gave her a home out of Echo Park's This & That Charming collection, and adorned with some colorful gem-looking buttons. Here's a close-up that hopefully will help show the amazing detail in these images:

Here's the sketch:

Have a look at more sketch inspiration:

Amber Hight

Arielle Gordon

Donna Wardle

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson

To play along, link up your creation to Jen's blog. Use keyword DS46 in online galleries.

Having a good week? I sure hope so!

TCPTues204 - Hoppy Easter

I have one last Easter project to share today, a tag made with stamps and dies from The Cat's Pajamas. For this week's TCP Tuesday challenge, Susan has asked us to combine Easter stamps and either the Cloud border, Grass border, or Eggs in a Basket Cut-Ups dies. Challenge details/rules/upload info are in the TCP forum on SCS:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/cats-pajamas-f277/tcp-tuesday-204-easter-abounds-t551498.html
My family and I are in NYC for a short Spring Break getaway, and the sights and sounds are calling. Better scoot!
P.S. sorry for not linking ... Can't figure out how to blog from the iPad :(