Enjoy the little things

Hi friend!  It's Monday again and time for another Mojo Monday sketch.  This one is a simple sketch I based off of a scrappy little card I made a while back.  I'm so excited that Soft Sky is returning to the SU! line-up that I had to pull out my beloved (and much hoarded) soft sky cardstock for this one.

I wanted to use this enjoy the little things sentiment from Let it Be and add a few of my very favorite little things... soft sky, polka dot ribbon, butterflies, stars, rainbows and chevrons.  The sentiment is stamped onto a Rounded Rectangle Die cut and matted on a Rounded Scallop Frame Die cut.  I stamped the smaller flower from Let it Be in soft sky ink, then stamped both sizes of flower on the card base in soft sky for a fun background.  The Icing CutUps border is from TCP and I added a healthy dotting of black liquid pearls on the scallop frame and border die cut.  I finished off with a butterfly punch, a star rhinestone cluster and a bit of ribbon from the Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful start to your week!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Let it Be (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Urban Traveler (Simple Stories), soft sky, basic black (SU!)
Ink: soft sky (SU!), black
Accessories: Rounded Rectangle Die, Rounded Scallop Frame Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection (Verve), Icing Cutups (TCP), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), star rhinestone cluster

Believe in Yourself

Hi friends!  TGIF!  It's time for another Viva la Verve sketch over in the Verve forum, and this week's sketch hostess is Charmaine.  I loved her sweet layout and couldn't resist sneaking a little stamp time in when I should have been sleeping last night.

I went with a pretty simple approach... no patterned paper and one stamp set.  The flowers from Let it Be and stamped in blushing bride on the same color cardstock as a background, then matted with chocolate chip.  The believe in yourself sentiment is stamped in chocolate chip and then offset slightly with blushing bride.  I stamped the two flowers in early espresso, then fussy cut and lightly inked the edges for an accent.  The ribbon is from the Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection and I finished off with a few rhinestones and a couple wood veneer butterflies, sponged with blushing bride and coated with crackle accents.  Of course, that meant I had to let it dry before I could photograph it, so this post had to wait until nap time, but I think the effect was worth the wait.  {grin}

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a fantastic weekend! It should be a fun weekend around here with Kellan just starting to walk and Trevor right behind him.  And I'm super excited to finally meet Maureen in person on Sunday. 

Enabler's List
Stamps: Let it Be (Verve Stamps)
Paper: blushing bride, chocolate chip (SU!)
Ink: early espresso, blushing bride (SU!)
Accessories:  Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection (Verve), pink rhinestones, wood veneer butterflies (Studio Calico), Crackle Accents (Ranger)

Every Little Thing

Hi friends!  I hope you're having a fantastic week so far.  It's been super sunny and beautiful here.  And all that sun makes me want to be outside.  So, I have a quick little CAS card to share today.

This one uses the new Let it Be set.  I just love this "every little thing is going to be all right" sentiment.  Such a good reminder on days when two little boys are beyond overwhelming with their unparallelled energy levels and penchant for mass destruction.  {grin}  I used the chalkboard technique here, embossing the sentiment in white first and then overstamping it with a white chalk ink.

The flowers from Let it Be are embossed in white on black cardstock, then hand cut and layered onto my card.  I used a white pen for the two little lines at the top of my black panel, then accented with ribbon from the Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection and some rhinestones. Easy peasy and black and white is always so classy looking!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Let it Be (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Black, white
Ink: Versamark, Jasmine (Mix'd Media Inx), white stamper's big brush pen (Faber-castell)
Accessories: Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection (Verve), ruler, rhinestones, clear embossing powder