Rain Puddles Design

Yay! It's release day and all the sneak peeks are available at the  Verve Store ! Before you start loading your shopping card we have one more day of spotlights for you and it's all about the weather,  the  Rain or Shine set and some fabulous new  Autumn Elements Ribbon Collection . My card today is a cheerful note on a dreary day! I love this sentiment and well of course all the sentiment's in this set really. I'm particularly fond of the umbrella options in this set as well. To make it look as dreary as a raining sky can look, I used the challenge today in the Mix-Ability forum on Splitcoaststampers. I just happen to be the hostess today and I'm using a texture technique with tissue paper  if you want to come join us. You can come stand under my Vervey umbrella today and enjoy the new release! Have fun shopping! 1.  Julee 7.  Amber 2.  Teresa 8.  Laurie W. 3.  Charmaine 9.  Christyne 4.  Stacey  ...

These Fall Kiddos from Stampendous are a memory keeper! I can't even think of a better time as a child or watching mine than playing in the leaves. Now we get to color these kiddos for our memories! There is another Fall Kiddo to color too! Meet Leaf Girl Kiddo . Both of these awesome to color images are available in a local store near you or you can order it online and have it delivered right to your door! Details: Stamps: Leaf Boy Kiddo (Stampendous) Paper: Tangelo Fourz and Deep Sea Swiss Dots (Bazzill Basics), white (Neenah) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), Copic Markers Accessories: Sheer Stripes Ribbon ( May Arts)

This is the day I have been waiting for all week. It's the day before release day and what a fantastic way to get ready then a walk through a beautiful array of Verve Poppies. Our Diva spotlights are focused on Poppy Birthday set and Build a Poppy Die Set . Have you enjoyed our hop days? It's been so much fun to show off some of the fantastic new Verve that will be available in only a few short hours. Sqeeee! I held nothing back on this card. I used everything I could with from the Poppy Birthday and coordinating dies and it just doesn't look like I did hardly at all! lol I stamped flower petals, leaves and anthers. I even used some solid stamps to create creamy clouds as a frame to one of the sentiments in the set. The Build a Poppy Die Set is the bomb. I've got some serious usage tagged on to the die set. It's all going to be good. That's all for today in my crafty puddle. It's time to stroll on over to Diva Laurie's blog and see what m...

It's a robot mania day for our Spotlight. You'll be seeing the new Birthday Bots set with Metal Mix and Pastel Sequins through our hop today. If you thought yesterday's robot was adorable, the set being sneaked today will have you doing the robot in your front living room! There are adorable and whimsical little guys and gal bots. If you've hopped from Marisa's blog then you've made it to the next hop just fine and I bet you could use another dose of bot love, right? I'm sporting another sketch today from Splitcoaststampers SC455  so I could show off this adorable little birthday bot boy from Birthday Bots . He's colored with Copic markers and cut out so he can be popped up on the main panel of the sketch. A banner sentiment is flying by him with a sentiment from the same set and using another die from the Flag It Die Set . There is another peek, Award Banner Trim die , on my card today that is sure to be a hit accent on any project. Okay,...

Today it rained a steady drizzle. It was quiet and peaceful and I was thinking about my family in Colorado. All the devastation of the recent floods and my family was spared. I'm so very thankful today for that, but it also leaves my heart heavy for the long road to rebuilding many communities back together along the floods path. I hope friendships are created and strengthened through the process when so much loss has occurred. My prayers are with that area of Colorado so dear to my heart. I created this card a while back for the Stampendous July Catalog and somehow it was hidden in my filing until just last week. It's using the gorgeous Jumbo Leaves Stamp Set and Kind Friendship Stamp . A fun easy technique is used with the double-sided adhesive sheets , some glass glitter and embossing powder on the sentiment layer. Here's a little step by step photo of my process. (Click image to enlarge) Details:  Stamps:   Jumbo Leaves and Kind Friendship (Stampend...

We're back with Day 2 of Spotlights and the Divas are shining our spotlight on the Geared Up set and Award Banner Die .  To keep it easy on us all we've kept almost the same line up for the hop and as yesterday you came from Marisa's blog with her sneak peek. If you want to get through all the hop from the beginning just head on over to Julee's blog , that's where it all starts up every day. If you've seen the other Diva samples you KNOW that this is one terrifically cute set and I was all geared up to create a sweet little birthday card, but you know how the winds of creativity can change and *poof* I created an "old man" card. LOL So, can you just see that sweet robot colored super shiny for your son's single-digit birthday card and then as he gets older you could rot out the color for an old rusty robot. Ha, ha. That would be a set of cards to keep and scrapbook! Anyway, it was really easy to start since I had the Mojo 312 sketch ...

Welcome to our September 2013 Spotlight Hops!   I'm so excited for this week of spotlights to begin and I'm even more so to share some new Verve with you! The Divas are shining their Verve spotlights ALL WEEK long on a different set each day! Every new Verve morsel will be available in the  Verve  online store on Friday, 9/27. Today's peek are for the  Each Day Set and Psalm 94:18 Plain Jane. Our hop list can be found below my sneak peek, but to make sure you're in the right spot Marisa's blog  was your last hop. I LOVE the Each Day set! The fonts are amazing and fun on all the sentiments and there is even iconic Verve images that complete this set out wonderfully. Here's the quick on my card today. I took the Viva La Verve sketch from September week 4 , hosted by Charmaine Ikach, and began layering some pattern paper from Prairie Chic Collection to an Olive cardstock, sewing around each panel. The edges were sponged with Brushed Corduroy ink for so...

It's my turn to share on this months Diva Dare, "Tic, Tac, Toe". You can find more out on the  Verve blog today! Details: Stamps: Peace on Earth (Verve Stamps) Paper: Cream and Pewter (Wausau),  Crushed  Curry  (Stampin' Up) Ink: Chocolate (CTMH) Accessories: Banner Bundle Die Set (A Cut Above, Verve)

Today is the big bash blog hop with Maya Road and Stampendous! It has been an incredible week of projects and inspiration from both teams and I've learned a few new things along the way. Have you?!?!?! A huge thank you to these two companies and their creative products. It's a pleasure and delight to be bringing you my sample for today and it came from having these great pieces to begin. Not only have we been showcasing all week, but you have had some footwork to do as well. If you aren't sure what I'm talking about then you have a chance at some of the goodies you've seen this week from both companies. Details can be found on the Maya Road blog and Stampendous blog . Check it out if you want to be in the random drawing to win! I'm going to let you off on all the detailed instructions for this album cover. There is a detail list at the end of my post with links to all products I used from Stampendous and Maya Road.  Click to enlarge ...

 It's another Paper Craft Planet sketch time ! Create and join us on PCP with your creative project! Here's what inspired the sketch... And here's the sketch... Details: Stamps:    Jumbo Leaves  and  Leaf Background  (Stampendous),  and May Arts ribbon. Paper:    Core-dination's paper, white (Wausau) Ink:  Versamark and Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Copic Markers Accessories:  Creative Impressions ribbon, Core'dinations Sanding block