Saturday, August 2, 2008

Old black water, keep on rollin'...Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me...

Happy Sunday, yall! I hope you're having a great weekend. Mine has been good except I'm fighting the onset of a cold or something. Not fun, but I have gotten to do lots and LOTS of stamping!

If you haven't checked out the Verve Forum in a while, you're missing the Anni-VERVE-sary Celebration! Verve is turning one, and Julee is celebrating with 12 days of sketches. Everyone who participates in all 12 will be entered into a drawing to win the ENTIRE August Release...6 sets and 5 Plain Janes! Here is the master list of all the sketches, and HERE is the thread with all the info of the celebration and daily happenings. Go check it out!

Ok enough jibber jabber. Here are my 2 cards for Friday's & Saturday's sketches.

This one is for Sketch #1 from Friday. I love this sketch!!! It has so many layers and details, and I'm really happy with how this turned out. The triangles on the sides were created by cutting a scalloped square (punched with my Mega Scalloped Marvy Punch) in half. I added some Diamond Glaze on the centers of the flowers from Petals & Stems for extra pop, and then finally a sentiment from Uplifting Phrases.

This card uses one of the awesome sentiments in Asian Flair. I stamped it in Dark Brown Colorbox Chalk ink onto Watercolor paper and distressed the edges a bit. Then I broke out the Baja Breeze (Thanks, Amy!) and paired it with Chocolate Chip for a Verve color combo. Love this color!! Added some flourishes from Filigree Fantasy, some Bella Flatback Pearls, and Satin ribbon from Target and it was finished! I love it, if I do say so m'self.

I hope you enjoy my Verve cards today...I had such fun making them! Make sure you check the forum for today's new sketch...hopefully I'll have time to get it done! Have a wonderful day!

11 comments:

Katie Cotton said...

love love love these layouts! I think i;m gonna hafta steal em!

Jessie/knightrone said...

Super cute stuff Shannan!!!

Carol (HB) said...

dang girl, you ooooooze talent! These are both fabulous!!!

Christi Flores said...

I hope you get to feeling better! Both of your cards are incredible!!

Lisa's Blessed A Latte said...

Wow....love this!!!!Super job!!!!

Tosha Leyendekker said...

Both these cards are GORGEOUS!! For the first...the warm colors are fabulous and I love the way you used the sketch!! AWESOME!! The second one...again, LOVE the colors!! And the embossed bg really enhances the sentiment!! Fabulous job!!

Anonymous said...

OMG Shannan, just looking at the sketches...guess what i am doing when I get home tonight..I got some cathchin' up to do! I love these cards, and I hate coming up with layouts...yeah! R U comin' to Toronto?? You need a vacation from texas don't you...

Anonymous said...

I love both cards, but especially the sentiment on the second one! So nice! I hope you're feeling better!

Anonymous said...

I need this Asian Flair set and I'm blaming you when the bill comes due. Gorgeous stuff, as usual.

Bethany Paull said...

Pur-dee! Gosh, I love that blue and brown card.

Erum Tasneem said...

Love both the cards! Excellent colours!
Get better soon!!!

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