Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Verve Stamps: New Release Spotlights Day 1


Good Morning Everyone!
This week all the Verve Divas will be showing some sneak peeks from the NEW Verve release! Woot! Every release Julee releases the cutest and most lovely fonts and images. Today, we are previewing 2 new stamp sets called: Lucky Duck and/or the Plain Jane called Hope Pervches.

For my card today - I used the lovely Plain Jane with the beautiful sentiment: "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" - Isn't this sentiment sooo lovely - it can be used for so many different occasions from wedding to sympathy to thinking of you cards. There is something so positive and reassuring in seeing those words all together.

Card Ingredients:
Stamps; Verve Stamps: Plain Jane; Hope Perches
Papers; October Afternoon
Ink: Bahama Blue with Tuxedo black
Accessories: nesties, EK success edger punch,  twine, liquid pearls and buttons from scrap
sstash

I love this sentiment and to go with the sentiment - I created a little feather and then layered it ontop of the the brown DP  - I then cut out the sentiment with my nesties and added little notches to the sentiment so that I could slide the feather in the sentiment panel. I wrapped twine across the top of the center panel and then added some liquid drops to the twine.....and to the whole card :)

I can't wait to see what all the lovely ladies have created with the Verve Stamps today! And I hope you will stop by tomorrow for Day 2 of Sneak Peeks - hop on over with me today to see what the ladies have created:


Big Hugs,
Sankari :)
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Monday, March 21, 2011

JustRite Blog Hop with Stampers Dream Team!

Hi Everyone,


Happy Spring! I can't even tell you how lovely its been to feel some warmer weather slowly arriving - it feels like there is hope that the memories of snow will soon be a distant one! Today - I am so excited to be part of the JustRite Blog Hop with the Stamper's Dream Team - what an amazing group of ladies! Today - we are all hopping along using the newly released March JustRite Stamps!


For my project today - I used both a newly released Cling and Ribbed stamp set and combined the two - I love how all the stamps can be interchanged. I stamped the lovely frame from the Elegant Frames onto the DP and then cut it out with my oval nesties and sponged and liquid pearled the edges. For the center of the frame, I used the sentiment: "Heart to Heart" from the ribbed stamp set from the Heart to Heart Borders and Centers (Interlocking) stamp set. The sentiment was stamped and cut out and adhered to the center of the frame. 






Card Ingredients:
Stamps: The sentiment is from the ribbed Heart to Heart Borders and Centers Interlocking stamp set and the frame is from the cling Elegant Frames stamp set.
Paper: Prima DP, black cardstock from Bazzill
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bahama Blue
Accessories: ribbon from stash, EK success edger punch, corner chomper, butterfly punch from MS, bling from Kaiser, Liquid pearls and dimensionals.


I cut out one of the lovely butterflies from the DP and added another one that was punched out as well as a heart that I cut out. The borders were added by creating a ruffled ribbon look to one of the sides and an edger punch to the other :) It was fun to create this card - because I had no idea what exactly I was going to do when I sat down - I knew that I wanted to make a card with the beautiful sentiment: Heart to Heart. Love when you like the card that you made after you make it :)


And it wouldn't be a Fabu Blog Hop without some fabu prizes - well how about 3 wonderful prizes: Along the hop we have 3 great blog candy prizes hidden!! No one knows where the blog candy is !  For your chance to win one of these three prizes simply leave a comment on each blog.  Blog comments will remainn open until 8 pm CST - Tuesday March 22nd.  The 3 winners will be announced on the Stamper's Dream Blog and the JustRite Blog on Wednesday March 23rd.   Here is what you have a chance to win - 4 JustRite Stamps sets of your Choice,

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A $50.00 Prize package from Stamper's Dream  or a $50.00  Shopping Spree to the JustRite Webstore.

Woohoo! Love all that bling - and I am kinda drooling over those liquid pearls!! yes yes yes! Well - you have a chance to win all these goodies - just leave a comment over at the blogs of these amazing ladies!!!



 (: Sankari Wegman :)




Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

A JustRite birthday blog hop for Kellie!

Hi Everyone!


Today the JustRite Design Team is hopping for our dearest Kellie!whose birthday is today! Kellie is an amazing organizing force - she does so much for the JustRite Stampers Company and coordinates the stamp releases, design team and everything in between and more than anything she is one of the most generous people I know. She works so hard and I am always amazed at how Kellie balances work and home and am constantly inspired by her energy!


~~~ H A P P Y    B I R T H D A Y    K E L L I E ! ~~~


My card for Kellie is in honor of her amazing energy and how much she inspires everyone! I pulled out the You Inspire Me stamp set (Cling) which has such beautiful frames and sentiments and used the one for dear Kellie: "you inspire me"! 


Card Ingredients: 
Paper: EP: For the Record
Stamps: JustRite Stamp (Cling) You Inspire Me stamp set 
Ink: Memento Ladybug Red and Tuxedo Black
Accessories: corner chomper, liquid pearls, dimensionals, spellbinders circle and scallops, flower, dauber, ribbon from stash


I used the larger frame and popped up the sentiment: "you inspire me" in the center. Using the circle inside this same frame, I added a circle on top of the frame with a little rose in the middle. I added layers and strips of DP from the EP collection: For the Record and finished it off with some liquid pearls (surprise! lol!).
This stamp set is so beautiful and I was so happy to use it for such a beautiful person like Kellie! 


Kellie - I hope you have a wonderful day today - and wish for you a birthday that is filled with sweetness, love, laughter and joy that lasts through the years (and wish for you lots of cake too!!) A huge thank you for everything that you do and I feel so blessed to be able to work with you and the JustRite DT girls :) Please check out all of the gorgeous cards made for Kellie by the lovely DT girls: 




Heidi Blankenship (please scroll down for Heidi's card)
Sankari Wegman (that's me :)


Please stop by Kellie's blog to shower her with some birthday wishes!!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)
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Saturday, March 12, 2011

An Irish Blessing




Hi Everyone, 
It's almost time for Daylight Savings Time - where we spring forward! I never look forward to the Spring forward - everything always feels out of whack - and its hard to convince the kids to go to bed early when the sun is still shining bright! It somehow always takes me a week to recover from the time change - sheesh - just when you get used to the "Fall Back" change of Daylight Savings - suddenly its time to change it up again.... Aye Aie Aie! The one good thing about the time change is that it brings St. Patty's Day that much closer :) which made it the perfect time to create this card inspired by Maureen's sketch for the VLV sketch challenge this week (love that shamrock accent on the bottom. 
So I pulled out the super beautiful stamp set: Blessings from Verve stamps (which by the way is on SALE! woohoo!) and I used the beautiful verse in this stamp set which reads: 

- Irish Blessing


I didn't have a shamrock - so I made one by cutting out a few hearts out of green paper and then gluing them together - I added some glitter and put a bling to the center.

This is such a beautiful blessing. Especially in these days where there is so much heartbreak and suffering as millions are affected by the earthquake in Japan and the ensuing tsunami - these days blessings, prayers and thoughts like this are so important - and I wish for this blessing to each and everyone!

You can check out all the details of how to play along with the sketch over here!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
Big hugs!
Sanakari :)
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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Mojo Monday #180: You Make Me Smile :D

Hi Everyone,

There is nothing quite like a rainy saturday afternoon filled with some quiet craft time :) yay! Every time my daughter sees a card that I have made recently, she asks me if I made it for her :), so I thought I would make a card just for her. I used the super awesome sketch from this week's Mojo Monday sketch #180. I love that there is a round or square option - I went with the square option (but had to round at least one corner ;) I used some of my favorite new Verve stamps for the sentiments. I stamped the sweet label and sentiment: "You make me smile" from the  Love Notes stamp set. I also used the sweet little heart in this stamp set to stamp some yellow sunshiney hearts in the label. I used the sentiment: "Baby Girl" from the To The Moon stamp set and created a little rolled flower from some left over yellow scraps. 

I adore these new DP's from EP and wanted to include some yellows and reds and make a sunshiney card for my little ball of sunshine :) I love how you can mix up all the sentiments and create your own sentiment in a way: "Baby Girl, You make me Smile!" Love that! The things that she does just cracks me up and I am so excited to give her a card that I especially made for her!


Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Love Notes stamp set and To The Moon stamp set from Verve Stamps.
Paper: Echo Park: For the Record and Bazzil. 
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ladybug Red and Dandelion Yellow
Accessories: red grosgrain stitched ribbon, green bling, dimensionals, Whirligig red button, twine, EK success punch, corner chomper, liquid pearls. 

I know as soon as I give this to my daughter, that my son is going to ask me where his card is! ha! So stay tuned for a card for me wee little man :) Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope that you are enjoying your weekend! 

Big sunshiney hugs!
Sankari :)


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Thursday, March 3, 2011

ReLEASE DAY -at Taylored Expressions!!!!!!!



Hi Everyone!

It's Release Day over at Taylored Expressions!!!!! YAYAY!!! Today Taylor is releasing 7 stamp sets (WOW!), two coordinating dies and an awesome Spring Project Pantry Kit full of designer papers, coordinating cardstocks, ribbon and glittery brads!!! Holy Moly - what a way to welcome spring!!! 

I have absolutely LOVED using all the yummy papers and ingredients from the Spring Project Pantry kit (I think I have used it every single day this week! :D) and I still have a TON left over! I love the Pennant Stamp that Taylor is releasing along with a coordinating pennant die. It is seriously so beyond awesome - and I love that you can use it with the stamp set or cut out  pennant just by itself  - so I kinda went a little pennant crazy with my card today :) and die cut a bunch of pennants using DP from the Spring Project Pantry Kit. I also used the pennant stamp and on the pennant that is popped up with dimensionals, I cut out the stamped pennant with the DP pennants for a little alternating variety. I love how the festive feelings that the immediately give. I used the super cute stamp set Hello Spring with the super cute sheep-ies that I popped up on the little hill that they are grazing on:

Card Ingredients:
Paper: Spring Project Pantry Kit from Taylored Expressions
Stamps: Hello Spring!, Pennant stamp from Taylored Expressons
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bamboo leaves
Taylored Dies: Pennant Die from Taylored Expressions
Accessories: Liquid pearls (white opal), Spellbinders, crimping tool, dimensionals, button from stash.

The hill is paper pieced with the DP in theSpring Project Pantry Kit  and then the sheep were popped up and I added some white opal liquid pearls to them. I cut the sun out with my nesties and then added the pennants to the top of the card and added the sentiment: "I wooly love you" hanging from the button at the top. I just wooly love how this turned out (heehee :)

Taylor VanBruggen 
Charmaine Ikach
Danielle Lounds
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Melissa Sauls
Regina Magnum
Sankari Wegman
Tori Wild
Jami Sibley 
Guest Desinger: Cindy Lawrence

We are just a few fans away from 1500 fans on Facebook!!! Taylor will be giving away THE ENTIRE MARCH RELEASE ton ONE Lucky Winner - all you have to do is to become a fan of Taylored Expressions on Facebook!!! HOW easy is that?!!!  To become a fan simply click over the Taylored Expressions FaceBook Page!!!! Please help us spread the word along and pass this info onto your friends!!! 


Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!


Have fun shopping at the Taylored Expressions store - and don't forget to stop by the "Fresh Out of the Oven" category to see all the new products that are in the store!


Have a wonderful thursday!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks - Day 3


Hi Everyone,
I am sooo excited for today's super cute sneak peeks from Taylored Expressions- these stamps are just power packed with cuteness!!!! Today the Baker's Dozen will be sneaking peeks from two stamp sets: A Tweet For You and Pennant Stamp along with the Pennant Stamp Border Die! ( A matching border die!!! yippppeeeeeee!!!) 


You might know that I like to cut alot of things out and I enjoy getting my xacto knife and cutting out small details - but I have to say - that when I saw the Pennant Stamp Border Die - I was soooo excited that it would cut out the middle of the bows for me! That is sooo cool - you just stamp and then use the die and you have this perfect pennant banner with the bows cut out too! I used my pennant stamps and die and paired it with the Hello Spring stamp set that was sneak peeked yesterday to create this little cutie bunny card that says: Somebunny loves you :D All the papers are from the Spring Project Pantry Kit:

The second stamp set that we are sneaking peeks of today is the Super Cute: A Tweet For you stamp set that coordinates with all the other Tag stamp sets from Taylored Expressions (and it matches the Favor Frame die from Taylored Expressions). I wanted to create a quick little gift set that I can mass produce for Easter - so I picked up one of these cute little eggs that can be filled with chocolates or treats (its a miracle that there are still chocolate covered eggs that remained for the picture because there were A LOT more when I started making this project ;) 

I filled the egg with chocolates and covered it with ribbon (by first laying down a strip of the 1/4" sticky tape and then wrapping the ribbon around that). I finished by adding a tag (each of the tag frames have a different design and perfect sentiments that fit inside them. I chose to use the "To:/From:" sentiment for the tag for the egg and then for the coordinating smaller card - I used the sentiment; "You're Eggstra Special" and stamped flowers from this stamp set on both the tags. I lined the bottom of the  grass border with some eggs that I stamped and cut out from this stamp set:
I couldn't put this cute stamp set down, so I made one more card where I drew an umbrella and then cut out different pieces of paper from the Spring Project Pantry Kit for the Umbrella and added the super cute sentiment: "April Showers bring May Flowers" to the middle of the Umbrella. I stamped some of the flowers from this stamp set to the bottom of the card and then lined the umbrella and card edges with some liquid pearls:
I loved making these cards because these stamps are so super cute and you can make simple cute projects so quickly! Can't wait to see what the Baker's Dozen girls have cooked up with these super cute stamp sets today!! Hippity HOP along with me and check them out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
Please stop in for some release day projects tomorrow!
Big hugs, 
Sankari 
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks - Day 2

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Hi Everyone,

Today over at Taylored Expressions, we are kicking off Day 2 of sneak Peeks with 2 super lovely stamp sets called: Hello Spring! and Easter Joy both of which will be available for release on Thursday at 8am PST! There are SOOO many images and sentiments in each stamp set - the possibilities are endless! 

For my card for the Hello Spring! stamp set, I used one of the totally cute images from this set of a little train carrying all kinds of Spring goodness - aren't these guys so adorable? I used the sentiment: "spring is in the air" and stamped it using one of the new Banner stamps that were peeked yesterday: It's A Banner Day 2. All my papers and ribbons are from the Spring Project Pantry kit and these bright papers and coordinating ribbons are so perfect for spring and coordinate so beautifully with the stamp sets. After adding the ribbon, I created a little tag with the sentiment: happy Easter" that has a litte bunny on the A  - gotta love the cuteness!!

Are you guys in shock that my card has no liquid pearl dots? I know I was - until I realized that I had liquid pearled the sheep :D The sun in the above stamp set is actually from the other stamp set that we are previewing today called: Easter Joy.  I stamped the sun onto the cardstock and then cut it out and adhered it after stamping and coloring it in. 

For my Easter Joy card, I created a 3x3 card focal with the beautiful crosses on a hill and the sentiment: Rejoicing with you this Easter. The crosses on the hill are such a beautiful image and I wanted to keep it simple so I can mass produced them to send the to my husband
s family for Easter. 


I love the sweet little heart in the center cross and the sentiment is so sweet and lovely. I can't wait to send it to my MIL and will be making more to send to my husband's family. 

I know that Baker's Dozen will knock your socks off with their creations today - so please hop along with me to visit heir blogs and check out their Springy Eastery goodness!!

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