Deconstructed Sketch No. 64

Hello! It's Thursday, woohoo! If you hadn't heard yet, I finally got a job and started on Monday! You know what that means? I get to truly look forward to Friday's and weekends again, lol! When you don't work, the days just blend in with each other and a weekend means nothing to me other than that my husband will be golfing instead of at work, doh! I'm loving my new job too, it's keeping me on my toes! But thankfully, I get off earlier than my last job so I have plenty time to come home and cook and then get crafty!

Today we have a new Deconstructed Sketch to share with you! This is a super fun sketch, I think you'll agree!

Here's my card using Forest Whimsy by Paper Smooches!

The papers are from the Oliver collection from Basic Grey. I just thought the colors would fit Jerome the Gnome quite well. I colored Jerome in with Copics and the rest is pretty self-explanatory:) The ribbon is from PTI.

Now make sure to visit my team mates to see what they've done with the sketch, thanks for stopping by today!! 

Amber Hight <----You are HERE!

Amy Sheffer 

Arielle Gordon

Donna Wardle

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Judy Rozema, Guest Designer

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson

August Diva Inspirations Blog Hop!!

Hi there! I'm back today with more lovely VERVE inspiration! The Inspiration Diva's have a monthly hop, on the 5th of every month and extend the invitation to the rest of us Divas so I jumped on this one! I love pulling out older, unloved sets and putting a new spin on them. 

Today, I have a card to share using this past week's Mojo Monday sketch and the Joyful Blooms stamp set.

I've really been loving this Teresa Collins paper pad lately and don't plan on putting this paper away anytime soon, haha! I thought the flowers on the floral piece looked really close to our Joyful Blooms set, so that's why I went with that stamp set. 

I cut out three blooms with the Joyful Blooms die set and then stamped coordinating flowers from the Joyful Blooms stamp set. On the big pink one, I cut around the small flower a bit and popped those petals out. You gotta be careful doing this because it almost cut that middle flower out all the way, when I only meant to pop some of the petals out, haha. I added some buttons to the centers and then popped them up on dimensionals. I used a couple other Verve dies, you can see the Ribbon Banner die in the back (I actually cut two, so I could elongate the banner) and the Classy Label die behind the circular sentiment piece. 

Well, that's it from me! I hope you enjoyed my card using an oldie but a goodie:) Hopefully you're inspired to pull out some older sets that haven't see the daylight for awhile and give 'em a workout:) 

Thanks for stopping by today! Now hop on to ANDREA'S beautiful blog!

Here's the hop list in case you get bounced around a bit:)

	1. Betty	9. Andrea
	2. Jen d.	10. Janelle
	3. Jen T.	11. Laurie
	4. Julee	12. Maureen
	5. Sankari	13. Teresa
	6. Sony	14. Charmaine
	7. Susan	15. Christyne
	8. Amber *<---you are here*	16. Laurie

With a new month comes a new sale, and this month we're celebrating FIVE wonderful years of Verve! So in proper celebratory style, we've made some fantastic discounts on some wonderful product! Through August 31, save 10 - 50% off select stamps and dies. Everything is on sale while supplies last, so go ahead and treat yourself to one or two, or even FIVE stampy pleasures! {grin}

August Sketch for you to Try {SFYTT} Sponsored by Verve!

WooHoo! It’s the first Saturday of the month and we are kicking it off the right way…with a brand new sketch and another fabulous sponsor!

This month, my favorite company in the UNIVERSE is sponsoring our sketch challenge, Verve Stamps!! The store is jam packed with beautiful stamps and fun dies! 

Here's our sketch for August...

And here's my sample using a few goodies from Verve!

The sentiment is from Hope Blooms and the flowers and leaves are from Bloom and Grow.

I cut out the flowers with the Floral Circles die set and the leaves using the Elegant Leaves die.

This was SUCH a fun sketch to play with, I love it when a sketch just takes on a mind of it's own:) 

If you've never played with us before, here are the details!

Now go see what my SFYTT Sisters have created, I can't wait to see for myself!

Jen Del Muro and August Guest Peggy McCurry

Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Becky Carafa
Carole Burrage **taking a break**
Jen Tapler
Jodi Collins
Kerry Johnson
Megan Lock
Susan Liles
Tracy Schultz

DS63 ~ New Mercies

Anybody want a new Deconstructed Sketch to play with? We have a fun one for you this week, check it out!

Here's my card using a stamp set called "New Mercies" from Verve!

The papers I used are from Prima, I forgot the name of the collection...I stamped the floral bunch from New Mercies on a piece of patterned paper and then the sentiment (also from New Mercies) on a piece of vanilla. Pretty simple card:)

Now check out the rest of my teammates creations!

Amber Hight <----You are HERE!

Amy Sheffer 

Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Judy Rozema, Guest Designer

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson

Rejects...

Hello out there! I know it's been awhile since I've blogged, I'm visiting my mom here in Montana and have a FABULOUS time:) I love it here so much. She lives in the mountains (actually the valley, surrounded by mountains) and I am loving this fresh, cool air! I'm not sure I'll be ready to go back to Arizona next week.

Anyways, since I had some time, and a bunch of cards I created for the latest Papercrafts mag call that were REJECTED (booohoo!), I figured I'd post them here in the interest of keeping some of my readers, heehee!

I give you...the rejects!
These first two cards were for the go-to sketches:

This one uses a a few Paper Smooches stamps and the heart from Verve's Wings of Love

This one uses some goodies from PTI

This one was for the "creative uses of sentiments". I admit, not all that "creative" with the sentiments, but I still love it:)

This one was for the Milestone birthdays call, I love this card:) Can't wait to find someone turning 16 so I can send it, heehee!

And the last one, for the masculine valentine's day card...yeah I know why this one wasn't chosen. Not very masculine, haha!

I showed my hubby this one, and asked him "what can I do to make this more masculine?" You know what he said? "Rub some dirt on it!" Yeah...don't think so buddy, LMBO! Also, is it just my hubby, or do all men open the card to see the inside before even looking at the outside? He's always dumbstruck that I don't have the inside done yet, lol!! I tell him I'll do the inside when I send it out!! *sigh* 

Anyhoo, I'm off to the lake with mom, some cousins, and grandma and grandpa! Have a fabulous weekend, friends!!

The Deconstructed Sketch No. 60

Good morning! Thursday is bringing us a new sketch from Jen, and you are going to LOVE it!

Here's DS60:

Lots of fun layers! Here's my card using some Verve!

The card base is Soft Stone and the layering mats are vanilla. The patterned papers are all from Be Amazed by MME (ALL 6x6 paper pads are on sale for only $3 at Eclectic Paperie!!! You gotta love a sale like that!;) I really love that collection! The tag was cut out with Verve's Tagged Rectangle Die. I stamped the grid from Tag Time lightly with gray ink and then stamped the sentiment from Words of Wisdom. The ribbon and flower dies are from PTI.

Well I hope you have some time to skip around my DT sister's blog to see what they've done with this sketch! I've seen them and they're amazing!!

Amber Hight <----You are HERE!

Amy Sheffer 

Arielle Gordon

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Judy Rozema, Guest Designer

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson

July SFYTT sponsored by My Favorite Things!

Hi there! It's the first Saturday of the month and that means we have a new Sketch for you to Try (SFYTT)!! 

This month, we're being sponsored by My Favorite Things, isn't that exciting!!??! 

I love MFT and they just had a huge new release, so I'm going to be shopping this weekend;) Here's my card using the Umbrella Die and Stamp set!

I just LOVE the umbrella die in this set and all the matching sentiments. TONS of possibilities! I also used the Oval Stax 1 & 2 die-namics and the Fishtail Flags die-namics!  The papers are from the Be Amazing collection by MME and the kraft and ivory cardstock is from GinaK! 

Are you ready to play along {and have a chance at being the next Designer of the Month}? Here’s what you will need to know…

Now check out what the rest of my sister's have done with this sketch! Make sure to pop over to Holly Flores' (our July Guest Designer!) blog and give her some love!!

Jen Del Muro

Amy Sheffer
Becky Carafa
Carole Burrage **taking a break**
Jen Tapler
Jodi Collins
Kerry Johnson
Megan Lock
Susan Liles
Tracy Schultz

Viva la Verve! July Week 2 ~ Great Friend

Yahoo! We made it to FRidaY! It's been a short week for us, hubby had Wednesday AND Thursday off, and is back to work for one day, then the weekend! Ya gotta love a weekend like that:) And my mom and dad are coming to visit and will be here TOMORROW! I'm beside myself with excitement!! Can't wait! 

If you're looking for something to do today, how about trying out this week's Viva la Verve sketch (VLVJulWk2)? Charmaine is our hostess this month and has come up with a FABULOUS sketch!

I'm sure you'll have fun with this one! Here's my sample, using stamps from  Great Friend!

The Kraft, Black, Vanilla, and Chartreuse designer paper is all from Papertrey Ink and the ribbon is from SU! I really think you're going to love this sketch so give it a go! You could win a $100 gift card to the Verve Store for playing in all five July sketches! Come find the details HERE! Thanks so much for visiting today!

July Verve Diva Inspirations Hop!

Hi there! This is my 2nd post today! If you're looking for my Deconstructed Sketch post, please scroll down a bit! Thanks so much:)

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So, today, I have the pleasure of joining the Inspiration Diva's on their monthly hop! We've all picked out some oldie-but-goodie Verve stamp sets and hope to inspire you to pull out your older, unloved stamps as well! New stamps are great, but sometimes those old ones just never lose their sparkle:)

For today's card, I decided to pull out Abundant Blessings! I have always loved this set and don't play with it often enough!

Here's my card!

I went pretty simple as far as the design goes, and I love how it turned out! I used my square nestabilities to create the brown and yellow frames. I also did a bit of paper piercing around the corners and some sewing to add interest to the frames. All in all, this card turned out just how I was hoping! 

Are you ready to see more? You can start the Hop at the Verve blog and continue through and comment on each fabulous blog and leave a little comment love and you just might win some Vervey goodness of your very own!  If you got here from the Susan's Blog you are in the right place.  Be sure to check out the awesome line up of diva inspiration we have for you this month and also check out the sale happening in the store all month long! Your next stop on this hop is the lovely ANDREA!!

	1. Betty	8. Amber
	2. Jen d.	9. Andrea
	3. Jen T.	10. Charmaine
	4. Julee	11. Janelle
	5. Sankari	12. Maureen
	6. Sony	13. Teresa
	7. Susan

It's Julee's (owner & illustrator of Verve) birth month, so we're having a SALE!

Through July 31, ALL stamps are 20% off!

Deconstructed Sketch No. 59

Gooood morning! Are you ready for a new Deconstructed Sketch to play with today? We have a fun one for you!

It's got alot going on, but be brave and give it a shot! You'll love it! This week, we have a wonderful sponsor, Country Bumpkin Stamps! Country Bumpkin is a stamp company under Peachy Keen Stamps! Take a look at the selection, VERY sweet images:) Here's my sample using Madisyn!

Isn't she just the cutest??? I colored her with Copics and the patterned papers are from Lilly Bee Design's "Homemade" collection! I thought this little country bumpkin could use some "country-ish" papers and this paper pad had just want I wanted:) The sentiment is stamped on a label die from Verve! Here's the inside, with another sentiment from this stamp set...

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I love it when you visit:) Make sure to stop by Jen's Blog to see the details for this week's sponsor information and how YOU can win!! Now go visit the rest of the team and see what images THEY got to ink up:)

Amber Hight <----You are HERE!

Amy Sheffer 

Arielle Gordon

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Judy Rozema, Guest Designer

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson