One, Two, Three

I'm not sure if I'll have time to complete all 5 of the Verve release challenges before the Friday deadline, but I'm giving it my best shot! I made my way through the first three and I'll share those here tonight.

The first challenge was to use chipboard. I combined this challenge with this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I really like the sketch and have a feeling I'll be using it again. I flipped it on its side for this Valentine's Day themed card.

The color scheme came from the warm colors in designer paper I used from the My Mind's Eye Be Loved Collection Kit. The sentiment from Verve's Hundred Hearts is stamped in Melon Berry ink on a cream panel. I inked the panel's edges with brown ink for a softer look.

Since I couldn't find the right sized one in my collection, I used a Nestabilities die and some heavy cardboard to cut my own chipboard heart. The heart is inked with Terracotta Tile ink and embellished with a Melon Berry button. I had a hard time getting the button to stick to the inked heart, but finally got it to attach securely.

Materials Used:
Hundred Hearts stamp set (Verve Stamps); Melon Berry and Terracotta Tile inks, Melon Berry and Terracotta Tile cardstock, Terracotta Tile grosgrain ribbon, Melon Berry button, twine (Papertrey Ink); Creamy Caramel Classic ink, Very Vanilla cardstock, corner rounder (Stampin' Up!); designer paper (My Mind's Eye Be Loved Collection Kit); heart die (Nestabilities); scallop heart border punch (Martha Stewart)

The second challenge was to make a Valentine favor or treat box. I made this quick one from a 1/4 sheet of cardstock, topped with a strip of designer paper. It holds 4 Hershey's Kisses (held in place securely with glue dots on the bottom).

I stamped the heart border strip from Thankful Hearts tone on tone three times along the bottom of my treat holder, flipping the image each time I stamped to vary the placement a bit. I used a piece of fun dotted patterned paper for the topper. A semi-circle notch is cut out from the edges of the treat holder base and topper so that it can be secured with a piece of ribbon. I set the topper in place then wrapped the ribbon around the topper. A heart shaped brad holds the ribbon closed and attaches a simple tag, made with a sentiment from Thankful Accents.

Materials Used:
Thankful Hearts and Thankful Accents stamp sets (Verve Stamps); Melon Mambo and Real Red Classic inks, Melon Mambo, Real Red, and Whisper White cardstock, Whisper White grosgrain ribbon, slot punch (Stampin' Up!); designer paper (Papertrey Ink); 1 3/8" and 1 1/2" circle punches (EK Success); heart brad (Making Memories)

The final challenge I've finished so far is a color challenge using turquoise, gray, and black. I added a bit of white into the mix--hope that's okay! My focal image is from the Thankful Accents set. I stamped the large doodle frame image in black, then sponged turquoise ink around the edges, trying to apply it with a heavier hand along the edges. I stamped the set's "thanks so much" sentiment in black ink on a turquoise panel and layered it on a black mat before attaching it to the center of the frame with foam tape. The frame is layered on a black scalloped circle, dotted with some Silver Pearl Liquid Pearls a la Verve Diva (and my Paper Craft Planet DT pal) Sankari.

I used a piece of gray and white striped designer paper for the panel along the bottom of the cardfront. I made my own patterned paper using one of the little accent images in the stamp set, stamping the image repeatedly tone on tone on a turquoise panel. Like I did with the heart border, I rotated the image to create the pattern--love how these images fit together so nicely! A piece of black satin ribbon (from my scrap pile again--yay!) is wrapped around the panel for an elegant accent.

Materials Used:
Thankful Accents stamp set (Verve Stamps); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); Tempting Turquoise Classic ink, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Gray, Basic Black, and Whisper White cardstock (Stampin' Up!); designer paper (SEI-Bridgeport line); circle and scalloped circle dies (Nestabilities); 1 1/2" and 1 3/8" circle punches (EK Success); black satin ribbon (Target); Silver Pearl Liquid Pearls (Ranger); foam tape