A Hundred Hearts

This is the card I'll be giving to my DH for Father's Day. He's my DS's step-dad, but he is the real father in every way that's important.

SCS Inspiration Challenge: Lovely Package
I chose a chocolate milk box as my inspiration.

Stamps: A Hundred Hearts (Verve)
Paper: white, creamy caramel, close to cocoa, chocolate chip
Ink: brown
Accessories: SU heart to heart punch, Michael's ribbon

Monday, March 9 - Clean & Simple Challenge

SCS - CAS challenge - Use shades of blues and greens on your CAS card + neutrals.

Stamps: Petals & Stems, Flutterby - Verve
Colors: bashful blue, certainly celery, white, black
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals
The middle flower is popped up on dimensionals.











CAS challenge - Use shades of blues and greens on your CAS card + neutrals.

Featured Stamper: StampingQueenJAR
* changed the colors
* used same cross but other images are similar
* added a layer
*same layout

Here's Judy's pretty card.

Stamps: Refuge & Strength, Fresh Cuts - SU, Verse - Our Daily Bread's Hope set
Colors: bashful blue, certainly celery, white, black
Accessories: dimensionals

Monday's CAS sketch Challenge

You can find the challenge and sketch here.

I made this card for a secretary at my doc's office. I think she's giving it to her niece. She says she's really girly. I hope this works. I like wedding cards to be mostly white.

Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Paper: white, pink pirouette
Ink: pink pirouette
Accessories: pretty in pink marker, crocheted flowers by lacyquilter (Melody), Martha Stewart lace punch, taffeta ribbon, pearl stickers
Techniques: computer generated words


I'm showing off my favorite color again... orange!!!
I love how these 2 Verve sets go together!

Stamps: petals & Stems and Flutterby - Verve, sentiment - Gina K
Colors: white, apricot appeal, pumpkin pie
Accessories: ribbon, pumpkin pie marker, paper piercer, dimensionals

SCS Color Challenge

Color Challenge: more mustard, rose red, kiwi kiss

Stamps: Verve - Petals & Stems, Flutterby By
Accessories: ribbon, paper piercer, dimensionals, sponge

Even though I love mustard, I wasn't sure I was going to like this combo. But it's growing on me. I hadn't even planned on what set to use. I had told myself that I had to get my PIF images stamped and mailed today before I could make a card. Well, I was using this set and it hit me. Verve was the way to go, today!

SCS has a new weekly challenge... CAS!

The idea of CAS is to keep it Clean and Simple.

Definition: A clean and simple card has limited layers and sometimes just a card base. It leaves a lot of "open space". It uses little or no embellishments. Any techniques should be the old standard everyday kind like sponging, distressing and piercing. Limit the number of tools you use. Any colored images should be small and quick. Don't go overboard on tons of punches and embossing. CAS cards should be easy and quick.

The CAS challenges will be on Mondays. This 1st week's challenge was an inspiration challenge. When I go to Joann's for card making supplies, I always have to visit the fabrics. I cannot sew..... at all. (That's why I like faux stitching ) But I love the patterns and often get inspiration from them.

I had linked 2 patterns from Joann's Snuggle Fabric line. But you can choose any of the Snuggle fabrics for your inspiration. Just put a link to the pattern in your comments when uploading.

This is one of the 2 cards I made as samples.

Stamps: butterflies - Verve, Curvy Verses - SU
Colors: regal rose, white
Accessories: ticket corner punch, organdy ribbon, marker, dimensionals

And there is more!

I am looking for a Design Team to help me make samples for the challenges, help come up with new and creative ideas and step in and post the challenge if I'm out of town or sick... or something like that.

I'm looking for 3 people for a 3 month term. The first term will actually be a 3.5 month term because we're already well into February. So, the first 3 people will be on the team for the rest of February, March, April, and May.

Sometime in May, I will be looking for people for the next 3 month term.

Sound like fun? Then send me 3 of your best CAS cards to my email address by Friday, February 13 at midnight EST. I will let you know who the 1st 3 people are on Saturday. If you don't get chosen this time, don't worry... your turn will come.

My email address is
designsbyboo at hotmail dot com

Philippians 4:13

I made this for the LSC challenge. We had to use black as our base color so the colors would pop.

I used a new SAB set, that will be available next month, with a Bible verse from Verve.

Stamps: Beible verse - Verve, Botanical Blooms - Stampin' Up (SAB)
Paper: white, black, bashful blue bashfule blue DSP
Accessories: ribbon, paper piercing

Faux Embossing with Hearts and Stripes

For the Ways to Use It challenge, we needed to customize our designer paper. I chose to use the faux dry embossing technique. And I used my new Hundred Hearts set from Verve. I love this company... which is one of the reasons why I cut my SU order in half last night.


Stamps: Hundred Hearts - Verve
Paper: so saffron, chocolate chip, regal rose, very vanilla, Making Memories DP
Accessories: eyelet, ribbon, CM heart maker, chocolate chip marker, scallop edge punch


Faux dry embossing technique: choose a shape that can be punched. It can be flowers, circles, anything you like. Simply line them up on the patterned paper and glue! Easy peasy... usually. This is the first time I've tried it with stripes. A couple of my hearts are a little off. Now you're going to look for them, aren't you? LOL! (To get a better view, right click on the photo.)

I did it!

Wow! This was way out of my comfort zone! I've never spent so much time and thinking energy on a card before! LOL! Thanks for the challenge! (I'm bummed that the stickles didn't show up on the photo.)

CC196: taken with teal, baja breeze, riding hood red
PCP 12day12 challenge - Use 12 embellsihments

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas - Verve, snow blossom - SU In the Spotlight
Accessories: CB snowflakes (Wish RAK), Martha Stewart Lace punch, ribbon, stickles (on the ornament), rhinestone stickers, snow blossom punch, brads, dimensionals

SCS Featured Stampers

Featured Stamper: annascreations

*I used the same set but used the flowers instead of the butterflies.
*I changed the color from pink to mustard.
*I used dotted DP instead of a dotted stamped BG.
*I used a scallop nestie instead of a scalloped edge.
*I used ribbon but left off the gems.
* I changed the sentiment and added some dots.

Here's Anna's adorable card.

This also qualifies for a Wish RAK challenge which also happens to be SC125. My Wish RAK item was the white scallop Nestie.

Stamps: Petals & Stems - Verve, sentiment - SU Absolutely Fabulous
Colors: mustard, white
Accessories: ribbon, marker, scallop nestie, dimensionals
Technique: stamping off


Featured Stamper: parisotremba

*I used the same layout.
*I canged the colors and flowers.
*I embellished it differently.

Here's her beautiful card.

Stamps: Time Well Spent, It's Your Birthday
Paper: chocolate chip, cool caribbean, pretty in pink DSP, apricto appeal DSP, white
Accessories: ribbon, SU markers, paper piercer
Techniques: faux stitching

I can do all things through Christ....

I made another color challenge card. This time with sahara. I needed this verse. This morning was a little crazy at my house... which really is an understatement. Oh my!

Stamps: verse - Verve, Leaves a La Carte wheel - SU
Colors: black, vanilla, sahara sand
Accessories: eyelets, ribbon, photo corner punches (from Wish RAK), marker used with the mat pack

24 Days Until Chritmas!

I tried Julee's Mojo challenge again with the color challenge: black, vanilla, and sahara sand. (I changed it to kraft so it would match my ribbon.)

I'll probably try another one later. At this point, I'm not going to bed. I have to get DS up for school in an hour!!! I couldn't help it. I had so many creative thoughts going through my for all my blogs... mostly my teacher one. They have become a full time job! LOL!

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas - Verve, Polka Dots & Paisley - SU
Colors: very vanilla, black, kraft
Accessories: taffeta ribbon, dazzling diamonds, SU scallop punch, Martha stewart lace edge punch, black marker

New Verve set and a Mojo Monday Sketch

I used 2 techniques on the snowman: paper piecing and paper tole. The middle and top are popped up on dimensionals and the hat is popped up twice on dimensionals.

I only glanced at the sketch and went back to get the keyword.... oops. We were to embrace the white space and it's for a contest. So, I just might be using this sketch again. :)

Stamps: Snow Wonderful - Verve
Papers: baja breeze, baja breeze DSP, pacific point, pacifi point DSP, white
Ink: black, ruby red, pumpkin pie
Accessories: SU markers, Martha Stewart lace edge punch, riding hood red taffeta ribbon, circle, oval, & designer label SU punches, dimensionals
Techniques: paper piecing, paper tole