A Little Blue Birdie Told Me..."So Sorry You Hurt"

Going strong with the SCS VSN Challenges. This one is my 5th that I decided to combine with the current Verve Mojo Monday Sketch.  Verve is one of my favorite stamp companies and I'm so happy they're back after a long hiatus!

Here's my card featuring a little blue bird per The Bluebird of Happiness challenge at SCS.

I'm not a huge fan of these papers I used, but was trying to make do with all the scraps I had.  Gosh I miss getting DT monthly kits full of coordinated papers and items. Definitely made sitting down to create MUCH easier. I really need to start making my own kits by shopping out of my own stash more.  I think this - the searching all over the place for coordinating patterned papers and embellishments - is what is slowing me down.

Happy I got to do a little bit of paper piecing, but I'm looking forward to having the time to really do it properly. This is just adding color into a stamped image.

Challenges:

1. SCS VSN Challenge Title: The Bluebird of Happiness 
   Hostess: LuvLee (Lee)
   Keyword: JUN15VSNG


2. Verve Mojo Monday Sketch #402 

3.  Penny Black Wings & Things June 2015 Challenge

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"So Sorry You Hurt"

Paper: Pink Paisley Bayberry Cottage PP, BG Sultry (?); (Blue background with brown dotted pp is unknown); Bazzil CS
Stamps: My Little Shoebox Home Tweet Home; Verve Heartfelt Stamps
Ink: Memories ArtPrint Brown; SU Ballet Blue; SU Bliss Blue 
Embellishments: Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities; Foam Pop Dots
Accessories: SU 2013-2015 In Color Sequins
Size: 5.5  x 4.25" rectangular 

Look Hula's Turning TWO??

Awww, my niece is 2 today. I remember meeting her in the hospital when she was just barely 30 minutes old and it freaked me out to see the nurse holding her underneath the faucent by just one armpit while giving her her first bath.

When my sis in law told me that she was planning on a luau theme, I came across this Anya stamp from The Greeting Farm and just thought it would be PERFECT for invitations!!

Unfortunately, I got a bit derailed in my personal life the first couple of months of the year and never got around to actually working on them. :((((

I finally dusted off my Copics and made this little hula girl inspired card. Her birthday luau was a blast this past weekend!

I'm proud of myself for shopping out of my own stash entirely for the making of this card, which is in keeping with my New Year's Resolution:

• Obviously there was a reason why I was coveting SO MUCH Basic Grey Lollipop - remember THAT line? Because one day I was going to make cards for my niece! Lol! I loved it back then and I still love it now. These colors actually match the decor of her party. I drew in a few more bangs to make her look a bit more like my little niece. :)

• I also was able to dig up some really pretty satin hem like ribbon in my stash from Making Memories. Remember these from back in the days? Again, I must use what I covet! The green bluish daiquiri was perfect for this card!

I was inspired by two challenges in the making of this card.

1) Verve April Week #2 Card Sketch

2) The Pink Elephant #100 "Favorite Color Combo, Polka Dots and Crinkle Ribbon" Challenge

I put this one together rather quickly since this is my first crafty project in awhile and thus I couldn't find A LOT of my tools, i.e. where is my CM corner rounder? So a lot of this was hand cut by just eye balling it. I had also lent out Big Shot so I was tracing a lot of my dies (Spellbinders and MFT) for some of the decorative accents. Ahhh, little girl is worth it! :)

Happy Birthday little girl!



"Look Hula's Turning 2?"
Paper: BG Lollipop PP, Bazzil CS & Neenah Solar White 80# CS
Stamps: The Greeting Farm "Sing" Hula Anya
Embellishments: MM Ribbon; Michaels Dollar Bin Bling & Heidi Swapp Bling;
Accessories: Copic Markers, Spellbinders Ovals; MFT Ric Rac Die

Copics Used:Hair: C3, C5, C7, C9
Skin: E00, E11, R20
Ukelele: E25
Dress: B04, BG13
Flower: R20, R85

Design Divas Blog Hop with adorable "Avery"

I'm obviously on crafty overdrive this week as this is my 2nd card in a week! Eek! Call me an overachiever because this sweet ballerina card was inspired by a few challenges.

But the reason why I'm extra crafty this week is because I'm participating in a blog hop with a wonderful group of ladies, the Design Divas over at SplitCoast Stampers, who recently welcomed me into their group a few weeks ago. Join us every 3rd Wednesday each month for a blog hop. For January, our Oldies but Goodies Blog Hop's objective is to brush off our stamps that haven't been used for at least 6 months. Lol, in my case, that's super easy since that applies to most of my stash.

**BLOG HOP LOGISTICS**

• You just came from Angie's blog.
  
• Sue's Blog <-------This is where it all starts
• Up Next -------> Go to Linda's blog.

Hopefully you've arrived on my blog from Angie's blog. If you didn't and arrived here first, then you will want to head on over to Sue's blog for the start of the hop. There are 30 of us participating. :) I'm #23, which is my lucky number. Yay!

Ok, so here's darling Avery in all her ballerina cuteness. Avery is a digital image designed by Lori Boyd, owner of By LoRi Designs, who I've been a fan of every since we were on the same Design Team with the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog a few years ago. Avery is part of Lori's Puddle Jumper series and she can be yours over at Claudia & Company.


The sentiment is from a, now retired, Verve set called Munchkin Phrases. And yep, I'm still obsessed with making do with the Cosmo Cricket DeLovely paper scraps my friend Gen gave me. Lol, I think I'm about done with it because it's all down to tiny little scraps now.

As previously mentioned, I'm killing 2 birds with 1 stone with this card:

• BLD1 Color Challenge of Pinks, Greens, Blues over at By LoRi Designs requiring the use of one of her images.

• Verve January Week #2 Card Sketch

As always, lol, I do take liberties with the challenges with my own interpretations.

I had fun coloring the image in with Copics. I don't have that many, as I've been buying colors very carefully and with purpose. My shading is getting better but my dream is to color "hair" as expertly as Lori and her DT's do.

Practice makes perfect. I just need to find my patience. :)

Ahh, it's been like a rushed baptism by fire all this week as I've quickly learned how to work with digital images (printing, ink drying, paper type, resizing), making rolled flowers (see my previous card post) and coloring with Copics all for the first time....in a looong time. Whew! Lol, but I'm smiling from ear to ear because I've definitely found my mojo along with feeling the joy about crafting again. :)

Now, off you go to Linda's blog. Thanks for visiting my blog and hope you come back soon. Toodles!



"Princess of Quite A Lot"
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Delovely PP & Elements DieCuts; Joann's CS: Neenah Solar White 80# CS
Stamps:By Lori Designs "Avery" Puddle Jumper; Verve "Munchkin Phrases" Sentiments
Embellishments: Embellish-It Pink Satin Ribbon; Michaels Dollar Bin Bling;
Accessories: SB Mega 8; Copic Markers; SU Positively Pink Dye Ink; SU Curly Label, Designer Label & Med Oval Punches

Gettin' my Verve On!

I've been a long time fan of Verve stamps and finally took the plunge last month during their end of the year sale when a good number of their stamps were 50% off and I had a coupon code for another 10% off. What a great way to use up the last of my ebay money.

Here's a quick card I made at my crop yesterday using the Cosmo Cricket's DeLovely line and this Verve Psalm 37:4 Plain Jane biblical verse stamp.


Here's the Viva La Verve sketch I used for my inspiration:

I obviously took liberty with some of the proportions of the panels in my interpretation. I "think" that's ok. :) I had a lot of fun with this one because I finally got to use my Rolled Rose and Rolled Flower Die-matics from My Favorite Things.

I've loved this DeLovely paperline when I saw it a couple of months ago, so I was very glad to take this packet of mostly small scraps and few large pieces from my friend Gen to see what I could make out of it. I thought it was a creative way to use all those itty bitty scraps I had with the MFT Die-namics. :)


Here's a look at my pretty pleated silver grey ribbon that I got from MFT :)

Hopefully, I'll have a few more finished items to share this coming week. Do check back this coming Wednesday as I'm participating in a blog hop with my Design Divas group.




"Delight Yourself in the Lord"
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Delovely PP & Elements; Joann's CS
Stamps:Verve Psalm 37:4 Plain JaneEmbellishments: Pleated Grey Ribbon MFT; Heidi Swapp Bling; Maya Roads Pins
Accessories: CTMH Ocean Dye Ink; SB Labels 3 & Mega 8; MFT Rolled Rose & Rolled Flower Die-namics; Mini Scalloped Decorative Scissors