Verve Stamps New Release Spotlights Blog Hop "Day 1"

Welcome to Verve's October Spotlight Hops and happy World Card Making Day! Verve just released three new sets perfect for your fall and winter holiday crafting, and they're all on sale in the Verve shop today. As usual, we're celebrating release in style with a blog hop and fabulous giveaway. So pull up a comfy chair and settle in as we share a little creative inspirations using the new Verve goodies.

Today's hop theme is designer choice, so you'll be seeing a bit of everything from the new release. Tune in next week for specific spotlights on each of the new sets. And don't forget to head on over to the Verve Blog today to get to konw our fabulous Guest Divas, Lisa Blastick and Vickie Zimmer!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

Here is my first card of the blog hop! The weather here in AZ is finally starting to change and it is our beginning of autumn. So, I'm getting ready for the holiday season by giving thanks to family and friends.  I love the wreath and sentiment which will be used many times. The adorable pumpkin is great to use for so many projects between halloween and thanksgiving. 

The autumn blessing has a beautiful leaf spray with matching die cut called Autumn Blessings. 

I added a bit of shimmer to the sentiment and tiny pearls along there edge of the circle. 

A closer view of the gorgeous stamps! 

1. Julee	7. Vickie (Guest)
2. Marisa	8. Maureen
3. Charmaine	9. Laurie
4. Betty	10. Teresa
5. Stacey	11. Lesley
6. Lisa (Guest)

For my inspiration I used this week's Mojo Monday # 467

I truly LOVE the sketches eve week! Thank you! 

Thanks for stopping by today and happy hopping! 

Hugs Lisa

Happy Cat-O-Ween With Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi! Today, Im sharing another Halloween card for Cheery Lynn Designs. I can't believe it is already the first day of October! Well, I know Im ready to open up my home here in AZ. 

This adorable "cat" is great to use for any card because you can just cut off the spider and use him for a birthday card too. I love the sentiment and I used some diamond glaze to give a bit more shine. 

The "hinges" are to use and basically you can use them for so many different projects.  I added more diamond glaze to the cat eyes and the spider. Pop dots are behind the cat but otherwise a pretty flat card for mailing.

Hope you enjoyed! 

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

B850 Whimsical Halloween Cat 

B399 Hinges

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to check out this week's challenge for your chance to win some $ at the Cheery Lynn Designs Store! 

Have a great day!

Hugs Lisa 

Spooky Dresser With Cheery Lynn Designs

BOO!

Today, Im sharing with you a super fast card for this Halloween season! 

I have seen some similar card on line and this card was made using all Cheery Lynn Designs 

 die cuts. 

I first card the base of the card which is 5 x 6 inches. Then I diet the 4th smallest "rectangle" twice and cut them in half. You should have 4 pieces, I used 3 of them. Next chalk the edges in white. Add a white dot or button for the drawer handles.

The "ghosts" are part of the "ultimate Halloween' die cut set. Lots of goodies in that pack! I diet the ghosts 3 times and place a piece of black cardstock behind the eyes with a pop dot. The "boo" sentiment was die cut in paper wand then I die cut it again in foam to pop it up with some red tickles for the blood drippings....EW! 

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

B852 Halloween Ghost

B841 Ultimate Halloween

CM5 A2 Frames Rectangle

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to check out this week's challenge for your chance to win some $ at the Cheery Lynn Designs store!

Hugs Lisa 

Tropical Note

Hello! 

Today Im sharing with you a new card that is inspired from another sketch at 

Viva La Verve September 2016. I wanted to make it last week but the week got away from me. So, I decided to make the second sketch of the month first and then go back to this sketch second. I had originally planned to make another Halloween card. However, since the summer is finally coming to an end here in sunny AZ, I decided to make one more summer card using beach colored patterned papers. Thinking Hawaii

The papers are from Craft Smith called Sea-glass. I love the texture and all the really pretty colors in this pack. I believe I picked it up at Walmart? In the background there are beautiful tropical flowers so I just fussy cut them out (2 different sizes) and the the center piece. I layered pop dots behind the layers. Behind the flowers is one of my favorite spellbinders die cuts Lacey Circles. 

The sentiment is a great stamp to have for a general all purpose card. It was stamped them fussy cut out. The foliage is from Cheery Lynn Designs called Floral Bouquet Kit. Originally I just die cut out the leaves in green paper but then....I decided to added more foliage in cream paper. It looked a bit plain so I colored the tips with a topic marker to match the teal and...TA DA! Love it. 

Here is the wonderful sketch! Thank you!

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Hope you have a great day!

Hugs Lisa 

Thanks So Much!

Hello again! 

So this morning I shared another baby boy card and afterwards I wanted to make a card using the sketch from Viva La Verve September 2016. I haven't made a card for my stash in quite some time. The sketches always help me get inspired and this Friday was great to use my brand new stamp roses and leaves from Heartfelt Creations! 

My girlfriend and I went to the local Mesa Arizona Scrap Expo and I knew I wanted the latest Roses. They are embossed in white to match the paper that I bought a bit back for $5.00 at Walmart. There are so many beautiful papers in the pack and this piece of paper was double sided so I was able to use the flower patterned paper and stripes with one piece of paper. 

I even had extra pieces to do the inside. The doilies are from Cheery Lynn Designs called French Pastry and French Pastry Tini. I stamped a sentiment with pink ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. The cute "thanks so much" is from Verve Stamps. I believe it was a little extra stamp from Julee with my order. Thanks So Much!!! 

A closer view of the gorgeous layered flowers with leaves. I do love the swirls too! 

Here is the wonderful sketch! Thank you

I was planning to use only one flower but I couldn't help myself and I added another....

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hope you enjoyed!

Hugs Lisa 

It's A Boy! Choo Choo

Hi! Happy Sunday! 

Today Im sharing with you the last of a bunch of boy cards for my colleagues at work. 

I really had a hard time thinking of one more card so I decided to card lift this one from Pinterest. 

You can see the original one HERE. Thank you! 

I really loved how the clouds looked in the background. I used my Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds. 

The sentiment is also from Lawn Fawn Bundle Stamps. 

The pierced lines on top and bottom was made using a piercer and template from Stamping Up!

The train and clouds are from Cheery Lynn Designs. I added some white liquid appliqué for the puffy clouds and chalked the edges with Tim Holtz distressing ink Denim.

I couldn't help myself and I added the triple/double looped ribbon to the top. The felt ribbon on the bottom and I cut blue card stock with a punch for the gift card. Lastly I added some clear buttons.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Have a great day!

Hugs Lisa 

Blog Hop "Gift Envy's" With Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi everyone! Welcome to this month's Blog Hop with Cheery Lynn Designs! 

If you have come from Julie's Blog you are on the right track. 

Today we are sharing with you our new release called........

They are adorable mini cards with envelopes that you can make for a quick note.

The cards are about 2.25 inches with a perfect envelope to match.

I made mine into a card you can open up but you can leave them just simple too. 

The hearts are really cute and there is more dies in the set to change it up a bit. 

Here is the Get Well Soon with adorable bandaid, sun, and smiley sunflower.

A quick birthday card is always great to have on have on hand.

Here I added some yellow stickles for a bit of shine. 

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

B857 Get Well Gift Envelope

B856 Happy Birthday Gift Envelope

B855 Love Gift Envelope

Well thanks for stopping by today! 

Be sure to hop on over to Amy's Blog and check back at the end of the hop with Cheery Lynn Designs for your chance to win some $ at the Cheery Lynn Designs store! 

Happy Hopping! 

Hugs Lisa 

Welcome A Little Baby Boy

Hi! 

Today Im sharing a new card for another colleague of mine who is also having a little boy in December. Only one more baby boy card to make for yet one more colleague who is due in December! Im wondering if all three girls drank the same water??? LOL

These clouds, giraffe and stars are all from Cheery Lynn Designs. I had to add little wiggly eyes to the giraffe for a baby card. The inside has a pocket for a gift card too. 

The sentiment stamps are from Lawn Fawn Bundle Set. I added some little dots along the edges. Ok that is two cards with NO ribbon or NO flowers! lol

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Hugs Lisa 

Happy Halloween With Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi everyone! Welcome back! Today Im sharing with you a new card for Cheery Lynn Designs using a new "halloween ghost" die cut. There are actually 2 other ghosts but I kept mine all the same. You can see in the background the "twiggy wreath" and "sentiment" which is perfect for Halloween cards. 

The adorable flowers are "sweet christine" and I added a black center. I love the leaves from "flourish #13" and decided to make them black to match the theme. 

Have to mention loving this line of patterned papers from Graphic 45 too.  The bling was to represent the wind from the ghosts. 

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

B852 Halloween Ghost

B469 Happy Halloween Twiggy Wreath

B434 Sweet Christine

CAFLRS-13 Flourish #13

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to check out this week's challenge for your chance to win some $ at the Cheery Lynn Designs store!

Hugs Lisa 

A Wicked Invitation With Cheery Lynn Designs

Hello! 

Today Im sharing with you a fun Halloween Invitation using a few old and new Cheery Lynn Designs die cuts. The adorable "whimsical spiders' are so fun! I placed some google eyes on them for more of a whimsical look. I love the grouchy spider in the center on the "pierced circle" 

The "spiderweb" was embossed 3 different spots to the plain paper and then die cut in black in the center. I then placed a banner using font from the computer and chalked the edges. 

Inside is the invitation using the same font and more of the spiderweb cut for the corners. 

A closer view of the grumpy "spider" and the "pierced circle". 

Also more of the "spiders"with webs that I colored with a white marker. 

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies Used:

B828 Whimsical Spider

DL162 Spiderweb

LPC-4 Circle Pierce and Cut LG Silver

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to check out this week's challenge 

for your chance to win $ from the Cheery Lynn Designs store!

Have a great day!

Hugs Lisa