Find Joy.....Five Times!

I had so much inspiration for this set of cards.....these are for a card swap over at The Sketchbook. The challenge was to use BLING - how could I resist?! Luckily All That Glitters is the Fan Club theme at SCS this month too. The colour scheme(s) come from Charmaine's Diva Challenge in the Verve forum - to use Black, White and a "splash" of one other colour! I did five different colours for the swap. I wanted to do a simple card with the focus on the sentiment. For my bling I've used Kaiser Rhinestones as well as some watercolour shimmer paints on the flowers. This might be hard to see in some of the photos.
I used my Square Nestabilities to cut out everything except the card base, which measures 4"x4" I also embossed the layers.
The colours are Certainly Celery, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Lavender Lace and Pretty in Pink. I used my Polka Dot background for the dots.
As for finding joy in the little things....today I'm happy that I've finished my cards and my stamp room is STILL lovely and tidy, I'm grateful the sun is shining and that I'm going out for coffee (and chocolate!) tomorrow, and I'm psyched that there's only two more days before I have Shanan home for the weekend again...I miss him when he's at work! (sappy, huh?)

Hope you have a joyful day!


Stampin Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Polka Dot Background, Polka Dots and Paisley
Ink: Basic Black, Pretty in Pink, Lavender Lace, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue
Card stock: Basic Black, Pretty in Pink, Lavender Lace, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Accessories: Square Nestabilities, Kaiser Rhinestones, Watercolour Shimmer Paint (from MFT), Assorted Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.
Stamps and some supplies available from Stampin' Up!

Whoooo Hoot!

Janine has the coolest feature on her blog....Whoo Hoot Wednesday - I love reading what's making everyone happy, so thought I'd join in this week!

~Meeting lots of fun, creative people in Wellington - I'd missed having people to create with!
~A parcel arriving from Stampin' Up! today....new rubber!
~Getting my set of Rectangle Nestabilities finally....can't wait to have a play.
~The ducks that come to visit every morning, they get a piece of bread for breakfast then waddle off back across the road again.
~Getting a phone set up upstairs finally, was always missing calls because I'd forget and leave the phone downstairs!
~Most of all....winning THE most beautiful set from Verve today during their release party....what a lucky gal! It's called Beautiful You and I so can't wait to get it inky!

Funky & Fresh!

Another bright one today! This is for Kristina's Color Inspiration #18. I used another of Julee's wonderful sketches for Anni-Verve-Sary, can you tell I'm addicted! This is also for Amy's Meet the Verve Diva's challenge, to use Butterflies!
I don't do bright that often, but I really like the way this turned out. The black just makes it pop! The sentiment is a rub-on from the Eastern Elegance pack by SU! Flower by Petaloo, Rhinestones by Kaiser. Making this was a fun way to brighten a gray day!



Stampin Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Priceless
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Summer Sun
Card stock: Basic Black
Paper: Summer Picnic and Rose Red Prints DP
Punches: 1/2" Circle, Corner Rounder punches
Accessories: Petaloo flower, Kaiser Rhinestones, Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain, Eastern Elegance Rub-ons, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.
Stamps and some supplies available from Stampin' Up!

Long, Tall Thanks

There are just so many cool challenges out there at the moment! This covers three, another sketch from Julee for Anni-VERVE-sary, Laurie's Verve Diva challenge and this week's Colour throw down challenge . The hardest thing about this card was def. the colours for me - Wasabi and I just don't see eye to eye! Not sure what it is, maybe I'm just not a green girl!
All pretty straightforward, Stickles on the popped-up tulip and scallops, reverse Cuttlebug inking technique thingee (seriously...what is that technique called?!?) and yay...another bow!

In sad news....ok...well, not really....but kinda....a BIG parcel arrived from Verve today....but it's addressed to hubby and I can't open it till my birthday in September! Complete torture.

Stampin Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Garden Whimsy, Short and Sweet
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate
Card stock: Purely Pomegranate, Very Vanilla
Paper: So Saffron Prints DP
Punches: Small Oval, 1/16" Handheld, Slit
Accessories: Styled Silver Hodgepodge, Double Stitched Wasabi ribbon, Stardust Stickles, Floral Screen embossing folder, Brayer, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.
Stamps and some supplies available from Stampin' Up!

Heartfelt For You

Ok, so I'll refrain from boring you again by raving about Julee's sketches...but aren't they just amazing? Her pretty graphics are always an inspiration too!
This is one of the sketch challenges for Anni-VERVE-Sary, the 3rd of 12! The most amazing part of this card for me was.....I tied a bow!!! Yippee! I couldn't have done it without Kristina's awesome video tutorial - so worth a watch if you're bow challenged!

I used Nesties for the large square, SU! punches for the smaller squares and the slit punch for the scallops. The scalloped layer and the large square are up on dimensionals. Teeny bit of Baby Blue Stickles on the popped up flower and Kaiser pearls for bling. I was so happy to find this ribbon in my stash, it worked perfectly with this card!



Stampin Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Heartfelt Thanks, Occasional Greetings
Ink: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Always Artichoke, Basic Black
Card stock: Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Always Artichoke
Paper: Apple Cider & Le Jardin DP
Punches: 1 1/4" Square, 1 3/8" Square, Slit
Accessories: Nesties, Kaiser Pearls in Bliss, Baby Blue Stickles, Discount store satin ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.
Stamps and some supplies available from Stampin' Up!