Give me some "VERVE" love!

One of my m0st recent finds are VERVE stamps. I have noticed some of their team members using their stamps, that lead me to their web site and, as you can guess, that lead me to buying some of their stamps!!! Why not!!!

I wanted to use a couple sketch challenges right now, Mojo Monday Sketch #82 and Kazan's Sketch #24 at 2 Sketches 4 You and I don't even know how it happened that both of my cards ended up in the exact same color scheme! Not planned at all, weird!

There is more good news too because starting tonight, VERVE is having a reveal of their newest stamps. I know that I am pretty excited to see what is in store. Be sure to check the VERVE web site and/or blog tonight starting at 9 Eastern Time.

This is my Mojo Monday sketch card. I had just picked up this fun patterned paper by Sassafras Lass and I just knew that that adorable cut edge was going to fit the sketch perfectly. That greeting, vine and butterfly are all VERVE stamps. I just love their verse and greeting stamps and then an added bonus is they have great little accent stamps.

The butterfly and the vine were both stamped with white ink and embossed with white embossing powder and then cut out. I used Core'dinations cardstock, I just love their colors. The green square was further accented with score lines using my Scor-Pal tool.

The above card is my 2 Sketches 4 You card. Again, I used VERVE stamps on it. I had already stamped that butterfly for the other card. There are two butterfly stamps in the set, just in different sizes. I thought this was one a little too big to use on the first card and then, what do you know, it just seemed to go perfectly here!

It might be hard to see very well, but if you look real close, you can see that I embossed the green background print with a swirl Cuttlebug embossing plate. I did slightly sand that too so that the embossing would show up a little more. I love the added accent that created. White Slick 3-D Fashion Paint by Tulip was used to add the white dots to the butterfly and to the punched border. This almost looks like pearls and makes for a fun and fast accent.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

HOW BEAUTIFUL… card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Bungle Jungle/Sassafras Lass
Stamps – Verve stamps
Versafine black stamp pad and Clear embossing powder
White stamp pad – Joann and White embossing powder
Ribbon
Self adhesive pearls – Mark Richards, Inc
Scor-Pal tool
Decorate scissors - Fiskars

PURE HEART…ORANGE BUTTERFLY card
Materials:
Cardstock – Core’dinations
Patterned paper – Providence/Green Street/Scenic Route
Stamps – Verve stamps
Versafine black stamp pad
White stamp pad – Joann and White embossing powder
Border Punch – Fiskars
Cuttlebug embossing plate – Provo Craft
Journal punch – Stampin’ Up
Machine sewing
Sandpaper
White Slick 3-D Fashion Paint - Tulip