Ippity Stamps

Today is Ippity's Blog Hop day!

I thought I would share this very simple tag I made for a little girl from church that just turned 5!

I made the tag with my Cricut.
The stamps are from Ippity's Alphabetically Adorable. I also used Unity's Bevy of Butterflies.
I found a tutorial for this cute little flower on Teresa Cline's blog, who sent me to another blog, who sent me to another blog! It was really easy to make!

Make sure to check out the rest of the Ippity chicks fabulous creations!

Verve June Release Challenge

Verve Stamps is having a release party this week over at SplitCoastStampers, and along with the release, they are having a sketch challenge. Not just ANY sketch challenge, but a challenge that requires 5 sketches! Anyone can enter the challenge, using Any brand of stamps. Each sketch has a prize of its own, but if you do complete ALL 5 sketches, you have another chance to win ~ and you could win the WHOLE JUNE release! WHOOHOO!
Anyhoo, here are my 5 entries (click on the title to see the actual sketch provided by Verve):

VSJun01

STUFF I USED FOR 1:
INK: SU Basic Black, SU Chocolate Chip
PAPER: Kraft, scraps
STAMPS: {Verve} Beautiful You, Beautiful Kindness
ACCESSORIES: Button, Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Basic Grey Brad, Cricut (scalloped squares)

VSJun02

STUFF I USED FOR 2:
INK: Versamark
PAPER: glitter pack, best occasions vellum
STAMPS: {Verve} Beautiful Kindness
ACCESSORIES: Dollar Tree flower, White Gel Pen, 3/4" circle punch, White Embossing Powder

VSJun03

STUFF I USED FOR 3:
INK: SU Glorious Green, SU Basic Black
PAPER: Paper Company
STAMPS: {Verve} Beautiful You, Sweet on You, Dad's Day
ACCESSORIES: Cuttlebug, Sizzix texture plate flowers #3, SU Large Oval Punch

VSJun04

STUFF I USED FOR 4:
INK: SU Orchid Opulence, SU Chocolate Chip
PAPER: Paper Company
STAMPS: digistamp, {Verve} Sweet on You
ACCESSORIES: Cuttlebug Divine Swirls, ribbon, mini gems, Nestabilities

VSJun05

STUFF I USED FOR 5:

INK: SU Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Versamark
PAPER: digi paper, scraps
STAMPS: {Verve} Up, Up, & Away
ACCESSORIES: Holographic Embossing Powder

May Viva La Verve

I've gone a little crazy now that I am home! Here are my entries for the Viva La Verve Challenges for May (if you would like to see the sketch for each card, click on the title before the card and it will take you to the SplitCoastStampers VivaLaVerve forum):

VLVMAY01 {TWIST} Inspiration... which I got from my camo bedroom set. I posted about this card before so you may feel a bit of a repeat happening, but this is the only card previously posted, so please continue on!VLVMAY02 {TWIST} Blue & Green: I didn't like the first card, so I made a second one which I liked MUCH better ~ VLVMAY03 {TWIST} Favorites: I was in Colorado when I made this so I used what I had... my favorites are Brown, Gems, Distressing with ink. I did have all of these available, so this is how it turned out:VLVMAY04 {TWIST} Masculine: I used browns, a bold blue, and bold red. Used sentiment: "Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I chose the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Robert Frost. I used this as a masculine sentiment because {sorry guys :)} it seems that a guy will take the road less traveled, get lost, not ask for directions... and that makes all the difference!

STUFF I USED FOR THESE CARDS:
ONE: mailing labels, SU a to z, SU painted posies, Verve Beautiful You, ALL my green inks, Brown Pigment Ink
TWO: Nestabilities Labels 4, Sarah Kay 'First Kiss', gems
TWO2: Cricut, Verve Beautiful You, buttons, SU tempting turquoise, Sizzix Embossing Texture
THREE: Gems, KMickus Digi Paper Just Breathe, Verve Beautiful You, Embossing Powder, VersaMark
FOUR: Best Occasions Scrap Pack Paper, Piercing tool, white gelly roll pen, brown zig marker, Brown Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, MS Cornice Edger.

Stamps Paper Glitter #13

Stamps Paper Glitter Challenge #13 is this sketch:
And here is MY CARD:

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
STAMPS: SU Cowboy Kid (borrowed from Tanya THANKS)
PAPER: Best Occasions Scrap Pack
INK: Pigment Ink Brown, SU Yellow, Colorbox Silver
ACCESSORIES: Sakura Glaze Pens {yellow, blue, clear}, color pencils, Cricut {1" circle}, 3/4 circle punch, dimensionals

Stamp Paper Scissors Challenge #10 part 2

So all the information for this challenge can be found in my previous post... Here is a second entry into Karin's Challenge at Stamp Paper Scissors.

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:

INK: Black Pigment Ink, SU yellow
STAMPS: Verve Little Star
ACCESSORIES: Cricut (stars), sakura Glaze Pens (on stamped stars, dots, and word "loved")

Verve Stamps Release Party Challenges

Verve Stamps is having another release party on April 18 and so this week they are having challenges so stampers can get in the running for some free Verve Stamps! Some of their contests are very simple, you just go to their website and post a comment by answering a question... Today's question was "What was your favorite song as a kid?" Easy enough. Other contest are more challenging! There is currently 3 Verve Sketches to follow and a color recipe to follow. I did all of these and here they are: (if you would like to see the sketches I had to follow, please go HERE)

VSAPR1
VSAPR2VSAPR3

VSAPR4

These are also posted on the SplitCoastStampers website, so you can click on the Challenge Title and it is a link to that website. It just has the names of the stamps and the ink colors if you are interested in that.

Thanks for looking!

TSC #4 and SWU #1 SKETCH CHALLENGES

Sketches 2 x 2! And they come marching... I decided to do the sketches challenges from Truly Scrumptious (1) and Stamp With Us (2).

(1) Truly Scrumptious Sketch: And here is my interpretation: For this card I used:
Nestabilities Circles,
Jewels,
Cricut,
White Ribbon,
SU Only Orange Ink, and Brown Ink
Varies Scarp Paper
SU Short & Sweet Stamp (bottom right corner, sorry picture does not show very well, says Best Wishes)


(2) Stamp With Us Sketch: I also had to use a Stampin Up product for this challenge. I used SU Real Read Ink & Tempting Turquoise Ink. Here is my interpretation: For this card I used:
Real Red Ink, Tempting Turquoise Ink, Black Ink
Circle Nestabilities
Studio G Barn Stamp
Varies Scrap Paper
Zig Markers

3 Challenges In One

I decided to try to do multiple challenges in one card, and this is what I came up with!The 1st challenge was from Truly Scrumptious Challenges and the challenge was to follow their sketch.

To be considered in their challenge, I also needed to add an element like a charm, but since I don't have anything like that in my stash, I guess they won't consider my card, but I'm submitting anyway because I am actually very satisfied with this card!

The 2nd challenge was for Cup Cake Craft Challenges which was to use Brown +1 (either pink, blue, or green). I decided to use green as my challenge color. There is blue in the card as well, but I used green for the background paper and the ribbon and in the coloring, so I am saying my +1 was green!

The 3rd and last challenge I am submitting this card for is for ABC Challenge where the challenge was F is for Flower... the flower in the card is small ~ it is in the hat on the little girl.

Supplies

Stamps: Sarah Kay's Precious Moments

Ink: acid free Pigment Ink - black

Paper: Best Occasions - punch out pack

Accessories: SU spiral punch, ribbon, flat eyelets (making memories), cricut circle, gel pen.

Mojo 78

Here is my latest entry for Mojo Monday.

Not so wonderful close up!:

Supplies: Stamps ~ Be Happy SU, Year Round Cheer SU
Accessories ~ Cuttlebug folder Traffic Jam, Martha Stewart Boarder punch, Cricut

SKETCHES BY TAMARA #86

I came across a sketch that I really liked and so I decided to go along with it and this is what I made: You can see the sketch at Sketches By Tamara as well as see the other people who liked the sketch and posted their own creativity! This card was very simple to do. Let me know what you think...