I hope you're enjoying your long weekend. Today's card is quick, simple, and elegant. And you can so simply change the sentiment to suit your needs.
I've got a Storage Units, Ink peak for you today, as does Debbie. This uses the adorable Leaf It to Me set (available September 1). I stamped the tractor and wagon, then masked the wagon, to fill it with this leaf pile. Don't you just want to jump right in there? The wagon totally reminded me of childhood hay rides, which I thought were the coolest thing. I grew up around farm country, if you didn't guess. Anyway, I colored with Copics, listed below.
When I saw the completed Beautiful You set by Verve Stamps, I knew I'd have to use this stamp (sentiment chosen by Susan). It's just so, well...FUN! I started this card by pulling out some of my most fun ribbon, then matching up the colors from my Core'dinations stockpile. I cut a bunch of different sized circles and started lining them up together. Then I added a few Sassy Sequins and dotted the centers with Black Diamond Stickles.
Yesterday was a FOUR card day! Yay for me. That may be the most original cards I've ever made in a day. Have I mentioned that I'm generally a pretty slow stamper? Actually, I made three cards and one other stamped item. But the "other" item is for this month's Verve project parade challenge. (You can play along here.) So I can't share that one yet.
...with a friendly "Hi". This sweet little fishie with the pretty swirled tail is just swimming by with a couple of friends. This started with the idea of a little elegant whimsey. Pale blue and browns. The fish are colored with Copic markers. The seashell is stamped with chocolate chip ink, then I just ran my water brush over it to spread the color a little.
This one uses Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge and the Look What I Caught stamp set. Oh my word, I love these colors of Core'dinations card stock together. I love that I can flip the paper to get textured or smooth surfaces. Yeah, I'm kinda falling in love. LOL.
I thought this darling little mermaid would feel right at home on a trip to the beach or pool. I made the tag (contact info can go on the back) to fit in a 2.55" x 3.35" Vertical Badge ID Holder (mine are from Walmart). The mermaid, from Lizzie Anne's By the Sea, is stamped with graphite Brilliance ink and colored with Copic markers. I cut out the image and set her on this watery looking Making Memories paper. The sentiment is on a vellum half circle. Faux stitching with a white gel pen and a brown scalloped Nestabilities layer. Silver brads were coated with white embossing powder. I added a wee bit of Star dust Stickles to her scales and sea shells.
Yes, I know it's Friday, but I'm just now posting my creation for this week's Whatchadoin Wednesday challenge at Storage Units, Ink & More. The challenge was SPARKLES! So I made this gift packaging to go with my back to school card from a few days ago. I filled mine with some fun colorful pens, but I also thought pencils, erasers, little sticky notes, colored pencils, markers, and/or paper clips would be great too.
This week it's Julee's turn in the hot seat for the Meet the Verve Diva feature. And as her challenge, she gave us another rockin' sketch! So, if you're looking for inspiration or want to pick Julee's brain a bit, check it out. This is the card I came up with this morning using her sketch.
I want to pass on some good sale info for you before I move on to my card today. If you haven't tried Core'dinations card stock yet, now's the time! Because you can get it for 20% off at Storage Units, Ink & More now through August 25. This stuff is really fun to work with. One side is textured and the other flat. The colors are so vibrant. Then there's a white core you can expose by sanding, tearing or distressing, like I did on this card. And there are SO MANY colors to choose from.
If you didn't run off shopping already, here's my card today. It uses the SU Ink set, A Touch of Class and last week's CPS77 Sketch. I thought this would be perfect for back to school money or gift cards for all those nieces, nephews or grandkids. Or a great note to tuck into your kids backpack the first day of school. Please tell me backpack is still the proper lingo. I'm a little out of the back-to-school loop.
This is for Charmaine's Meet the Verve Diva Challenge, black and white splash. I think I misunderstood a bit. There's only supposed to be a splash of color. I was thinking anything goes as long as there's only one color. Oh well, let's pretend this is a "splash" of green. (Splitcoast isn't loading for me right now. I'll link to the challenge later.)
Doesn't he just make you want to go snorkeling? I've gone a couple of times, but I have a rather healthy fear of sea life, namely sharks. This colorful tropical fish came from Lizzie Anne's By the Sea set, and was colored with an water brush and Stampin' Up! inks. The air bubbles are imitation "Dew Drops" I bought at Michael's a while back. And notice the cute little mermaid peeking up from the bottom of the card. HeeHee. I think she's just so cute.
For the same reason I love Victoria's Secret. Huh?!? Because everything matches! I have (yet another) baby shower to attend this weekend. I already bought my gift and packed it up in this pretty gift bag. Now a card. Hmmmm? Better yet a matching card! I embossed the decorative circle from Artful Elegance on my close to cocoa border. Then stamped the gorgeous background onto a piece of soft sky. I layered the sentiment with some punches and Nestabilities and created a grouping by adding a couple of Prima flowers. Finished size is 4.25 inches square.
Today is the first installment of Whachadoin' Wednesday at Storage Units, Ink & More. The challenge today is to use embossing folders. If you don't have embossing folders and would still like to play along, I give you unofficial permission to do the old fashioned dry embossing, or even faux dry emboss. If you upload to Splitcoast, use keyword SUINKWWC1. And please leave us a link to your creation (gallery or blog) so we can all check it out. Leave your link on this SU Ink post.
before the big release party tonight, starting at 10:00 pm Eastern time. Here's a link to the party thread. You're all welcome to drop in and say Hi. Don't be shy. This card uses Cupcake Affair.
Just a quick post this evening using the upcoming release from Verve, Grateful Elegance, available Wednesday, August 13. For the sentiment: I stamped the flower on scrap paper once, then on my circle to get a paler color. Then stamped the "thank you". I put the Spellbinder's die back in place as a template for the dashed border. For the scalloped border (Martha Stewart punch), I added a little cut out flower to every other peak. The background is also a part of this lovely set.
...It could happen to you. If you're young at heart." I can't stop singing that old song ever since I started working with this new Verve Stamps set, Fairy Tales. And it really is totally charming. You'll be able to see the full set Tuesday night/Wednesday morning at midnight. In fact, Verve is hosting its very first release party in the new Verve forum on Splitcoast. I hope you can stop in to join us Tuesday night from ten to midnight ET.
There's so much going on right now at Verve with the one year anniversary, so here are a few reminders:
Whew, I think that covers it.
Aaah. Doesn't he look so contented soaking up the beachy sun? Although, those are going to be some interesting tan lines. Ha!
I finally get to share with you "my stamp". Okay, it's just a quote that I chose to be made into a stamp, but I call it mine. For Verve Stamps' one year anniversary, otherwise known as the anni-Verve-sary, Julee had each designer choose a quote or saying to be included in the anni-Verve-sary set, Beautiful You. (available August 13) I scoured the internet and came up with this:
That's right, baby! I've got blog candy today. See that cutie over on my card, sitting on the dock fishing? He could be yours! More specifically, the entire Look What I Caught stamp set from Storage Units, Ink & More could be yours. Check out the entire stamp set here, after you enter the drawing of course.
The latest Storage Units, Ink & More stamps are available today, so here's another quick idea for one of the sets.
