Thank you

Hi everyone.

Here's a thank you card I made a little while ago. I used some verve stamps, and was playing around with circles. I like how it turned out. I used my white pen to add some dots around the circles and embossed the fancy circle with white embossing powder.

I really like a black and white card. There's something understated about it, yet it is flashy in it's own way.




Here's a second thank you card. Same papers and stamps, but a little twist on the design.



My apologies about the picture quality. I need to learn how to fix them using Adobe photoshop and I'm waiting for Stephen to show me how. I hope to get to that today. Edited to add: and he did it for me. Now I have to practice!

Have a great day! Janet

Another Verve Challenge

Well, I did it! I managed to do all the challenges this month for Verve. This one is using some doodlebug paper (I think)....I got it last year, cuz I loved the ladybugs, but hadn't used much. I was looking for something really different so I pulled it out, along with some red and black paper, and started creating. I used crystal effects of the punched out ladybugs, to give them some zip. I used rhinestones to create a flight path. Hope you like it.

Janet

Verve Challenge

Sorry for the long time between posts. I haven't been feeling well, but I'm back at it now.

Here's the card I made for the January Verve challenge. I really like how it turned out. I was trying to include turquoise in the card, and found a scrap of this old valentine paper that I got a few years ago. I used my Verve stamps, and then put the card together. I decided it needed a few things, so ribbon was added and two stick pins I dug out of the bottom of the bin. It was still missing something so I used my glitter pen to add some accents.

I hope you like it.

Janet

Valentine's Card

I decided to make a valentine that didn't use the traditional colors of pink or red. I love the color combination I used--that blue and brown. It's great together. I also managed to use one of the charms I've been hoarding. It says 'love' on it.

Since it's using non-traditional colors, I'm entering it in the Gina K Designs challenge. The code is GKDJAN10DB and you can check out all the other card entries at splitcoatstampers.com It's a great site for inspiration.

Happy Birthday Cards

I made a birthday card yesterday. I've been watching the 'button bits' stamp sets available at Papertrey Ink for some time now. I love the idea of using buttons as the focal point of an image. So---I have a couple of birthdays coming up and thought I'd use the set to create the card. Here's what I came up with:



What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by, Janet

Verve Card Challenge

Today I've been working on some cards for the Verve Challenge. You can read about it here

I created two cards for this challenge. The first one is called You Rock. I love the shiny-ness of it. I used Verve stamps for this one and then cardstock and one piece of patterned paper I got quite a while ago.



The second card I created is also using Verve stamps. One set I bought quite a while ago and the sentiment was purchased last month. I love the loudness of the colors, and the bling--it's always about the bling, isn't it?!!!! I used Stampin Up paper for this card--I have a stash of it, and it just seemed to work for this sketch.



I hope you like them.

Janet

Valentine's Day

Here's my first Valentine's Day card for this year. I just love this new stamp set I got. I purchased some stamp from Waltzingmouse stamps

I really like Claire's stamps. She's got some great new packaging, and the stamps are high quality. I must comment on the shipping time too---it was really fast and that's one thing I love. When I order stamps, I really want to try them out, so it's great to have them arrive so quickly. Thanks Claire! I used the nestie friendly stamps to embellish the nestability I used.

The sentiment is from Verve Stamps They've got some great stamps too. You should check out their stamps---wonderful.




Anyway, the card was easy to put together. The satin ribbon (originally white) is from the local fabric store, and I used the fuschia ink to color it. Cool!

Hope you like it!

Details: pink cardstock, Fuschia ink, embossing powder, nestabilities, satin ribbon.

The Brick Wall

Here's a card I made a couple of days ago. I saw Beate's brick wall tutorial and thought I'd give it a try. It's a fiddly technique, but the end result is worth it. Definitely not a mass produce-able card though. It's a bit time consuming.




It's a freezing cold day here today. Windchills are making the temperature feel like it's in the -40's C. Brrrrr It's a good day to stay at home and create.
Happy New Year!


Details:
Card stock, big and wild thing stamps by Gelatins, SU rich razzleberry ink
Card size: 4.25 x 5.5