More New Verve

I love the current Retrosketches Challenge layout, so wanted to create with new Verve goodies using that sketch!  I was also inspired by the photo for the Anything Goes theme at Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - so many soft, pastel shades of color.  Congrats to Stacey on her 100th challenge! Be sure and stop by the Curtain Call blog...there are a boat load of giveaways to celebrate this milestone! Then, I'm also playing along with Verve's July Diva Dare challenge - an "Inside Out" theme to create something on the inside of the card that carries over the theme on the card front. I kept the inside very soft by using pale ink shades - Pink Pirouette and Soft Sky.  The flowers were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink then colored with Copics.  I added some Diamond Stickles to the stamens (need to check if that's the correct plant anatomy term - lol). 

Here's the inside of my card. 
 

STAMPS:
Happy Place;
Moments Remembered;
Borderline - all by Verve.

PAPER:
London Market by PinkPaislee,
Vintage Cream, X-Press It Blending Card.


ACCESSORIES: Happy Doodles dies by Verve; enamel dots by MME, Stitched rectangle die by Lil Inker Designs, Fishtail Flags Die-Namics by MFT, Diamond Stickles.

Diva Dare: Playing Favorites

There's a fun Diva Dare theme on the Verve blog this month! We have the option of choosing a favorite 2013 Verve creation or creating a new card!  Since I'm needing to stay in Christmas mode for new creations, I'm going with the first option to choose a previous card that is a favorite of mine.  Well...that was no easy task, because there are so many fave Verve sets, but I went with this card from a Mojo Monday sketch challenge on July 29.

This is one of my favorite Verve flowers (from the Hope Blooms set) to fussy cut, ruffle up and layer with foam dots!  I also love when Julie combines different fonts within the same sentiment and you will note that I almost always turn to Verve to choose my card sentiments!  I may have gravitated to this card today because of the cold and gloomy weather we are facing in VA.  This brings a welcomed breath of spring to my posts! :-)

STAMPS: Hope Blooms (Verve)

PAPER: True Friends 6x6 pad (Carta Bella), White, Raspberry Fizz (PTI)

INK: Versafine Onyx Black

ACCESSORIES: Melon Mambo ribbon (SU), Brad, MS tag, Hexagon Die-Namics (MFT), Large leafy flourish Die-Namics (MFT).

Shape Up!

This month's Diva Dare challenge on the Verve blog is to use a common shape  on a card. I chose to use an ornament shape as my card outline and used a 2010 Heirloom Ornament Spellbinders die (the largest in the set) to cut two shapes...attaching them with a brad to allow them to "swing" open. The poinsettias were stamped with Cranberry Crisp ink, fussy cut and layered over the leaves stamped in Always Artichoke ink.  The ornament base was stamped with Old Olive ink. 

STAMPS: Vintage Ornaments by Waltzingmouse Stamps; Joyous Noel (poinsettias) and Unto Us (sentiment) - both by Verve.
PAPER: Tis the Season (K&Co).