A Verve Thank you

Hi y'all! Hope everyone's having a great weekend! It has been H-O-T!!! And watching 6, yes, 6 baseball games in the heat can really wear ya out!!! Don't worry, they were split up - our oldest played 2 on Friday, our middle one played 2 on Saturday and they each had one today. Yep, I'm ready for a nap, hehe!
I made this card for the Verve new release challenge. What's sweet is that I actually WON a gift certificate for Verve!!!! Yippee!!! Any suggestions on a set or two or three??!! They're all sooo pretty, I'm having a hard time deciding. Anyway, I also used this week's color combo challenge ~ amethyst, apricot and suede. I made a set of 5 cards using these colors because 1. amethyst and apricot are soon-to-be retired colors from SU, so I might as well use it up and 2. now I have a sweet little set of cards as a teachers' gift for next year! Nope, I don't normally plan this for ahead, but I'm come to realize that I NEED to start!!! Pretty simple card, but love how it turned out. I really like the texture behind the sentiment layer.
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Summer time, summer time, yay for summer time!

Yes, school's out and I'm thrilled to have some stamping time again!!!! I don't remember the last time mojo and I sat down together, so I thought I'd start up with a couple of challenges to get the ol' juices flowing. This card uses the sketch challenge on Splitcoast for this week and also the Flourishes blog challenge, which you can check out HERE: http://www.flourishes.org/2010/06/sunshine-blue-skies-challenge/. The flowers are cut out and are up on dimensionals. I broke out some old SU dp (ok, so not that old, but still...) and used a border punch for the white strips. The scalloped oval was done using Spellbinders nesties and I also sponged around the embossed area for depth. I did the "wave" affect for the sentiment and finished it off w/ a button and some gingham I've had forever. My goal is to use what I have, well, now, except for stamp sets ~~ always need more of those *wink*! I just have so much paper and schtuff, know what I mean?!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!!

2nd day of Elzybells UK Summer release!!

Well, whatcha think???? I wanted to show how one little stamp and a sweet sentiment could make a *supah cute* card sure to put a smile on someone's face!!! I think I accomplished that goal and hopefully you agree! That Sunflower is a new rubber single image being released on Thursday. I stamped it repeatedly and colored it with... can ya guess?? Nope, not copics! All SU markers! I used summer sun, pumpkin and cocoa. Now, this sentiment is actually 2 separate stamps that come in a new sentiment set called, Swirly Greetings. I guarantee that this will be your new *Go-To* set for many sentiments! It has 2 different fonts and covers many occasions from retirement and wedding to anniversary and graduation!!!!! It is AWESOME!!! To finish off the card, I used a corduroy button (that I've been hoarding for many months...) w/ a little hemp bow tied through it and brads on the corners. This is a 4.5 x 4.5 card, btw. Thanks so much for stopping by ~ hope ya liked it!!! Don't forget that the rest of the 'Belles have some gorgeous goodies for you to drool over, as well!

hugs,

card info: stamps ~ elzybells UK. paper ~ ww, chocolate, pumpkin. ink ~ black, choc. access. ~ nesties, button, hemp, markers, pop dots.