To Ribbon or Not To Ribbon

...that is the question. I tried out some of the wonderful sheer 1/8" ribbon from SU on this creation and curled it with my finger and thumb nail. I am not sure about the outcome.

This is another VLV sketch for week two of April. I decided on a landscape layout and twisted things around a bit but it is the same sketch.

The base is my usual white card from a Michaels package. Then I added a layer of garden green and attached the three rectangles which were cut from SU's DSP pack, Beyond the Garden. I am liking the coral, peach, and green combo.


I stamped the image (Bird & Butterfly Labels from Our Daily Bread Designs) with coral ink on white c/s, then die cut it using a Spellbinders #18 label die. I decided to leave the sentiment oval blank for now. I will die cut an oval with a suitable sentiment when I decide to use this card.

The leafy swirls were die cut from the green c/s using Cheery Lynne's Tropical Flourish die (my new fav), and the butterflies were die cut using Spellbinders Butterflies 2. I left them in the dies and sponged on some coral ink before removing and shaping them.

I wrapped a piece of white sheer/satin ribbon (SU) around a rectangle of coral c/s. Then I attached the flourishes to the label and put it on the card with foam dimensionals. I curled the coral ribbon and attached it to the backs of the butterflies with glue dots, the used more glue dots to add them to the card.

I am still undecided about the ribbon. Maybe I just need to shorten them a bit.


That is it for now. Have a great day and get your fingers inky.

Verve Challenge Revisited

With enough free time on my hands in the next week or so, I have decided to take another stab at the Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge. Unusual for me I know, but I will start with the week one sketch.



And here is my interpretation. I chose the patterned paper first and then just rolled with it. I love the bright, cheerful colours here.
The card base is another card from a package of plain white cards and envelopes from Michaels. It is just so convenient and economical too. Then I cut a piece of daffodil c/s (SU) and embossed it with an embossing folder, also SU, which I believe is no longer available.

The white rectangle and circle (die cut with Spellbinders classic circles die) were embossed with the 'Dotted Swiss' folder. Behind the white circle is a scallop circle, also Spellbinders, cut from some rose coloured paper I had in my stash. The banner is die cut with SB banners die and stamped with a greeting from HFC's 'Door to My Heart' and some black Memories ink. I attached the circle with foam dimensionals.

The striped paper is S.E.I. and the flowers were die cut from a matching piece of S.E.I. with the SB carnation die. I put them together with glue dots and added some pewter dew drops. The wonderful pear green (SU) flourish was die cut with a Cheery Lynne die, Tropical Flourish.

I used lots of dies on this card which is good because I have gone a little crazy buying dies lately and I need to start putting all my purchases to use.

I hope the lively colours on this card put spring into your heart.

Stick 'em Up!

It is another beautiful morning in AZ and we are preparing to spend the day on Lake Saguaro on a party barge with 3 other couples. But I wanted to get this card posted so that I could mail it to my DIL en route.


It is a CAS and came together quickly. I started with the wonderful peel-and-stick outline stickers (brand?) which I put on some beautiful origami paper that I had in my stash. Then I fussy cut around the outer edges. You can see how pretty the origami paper is in the close up. It has subtle gold touches that don't show up in the photos.

The rose coloured mat is also a leftover I found in the scrap pile. The borders and greeting, also peel-and-stick, are Starform.

This card was as quick to make as it was to describe. I have a large stash of these stickers and they come in very handy when I need to make a card in a hurry.

A bit of the two papers and a piece of the border make up the inside.

Happy Birthday Deyrdre.