VSWCMD2 and Embellish Magazine challenge

I have been seeing tons of these Verve sketches being done by my fellow blog friends

and I finally had time to play last night after the house was quiet!

I ordered 2 Verve stamp sets quite a while ago and figured I should give them some ink again!

So here is the first sketch I played with:

I used some new (to me) paper by October Afternoon for my side panel.  It

matches one side of the Diamonds Impression Plate from PTI perfectly!

The leaves were stamped in Versamark and heat embossed on Soft Stone carstock. 

It is just the softest grey there is....I love it.  I don't know why I had never opened it until just recently!

Here is the color inspiration piece from Embellish magazine and I hope my stamped leaf

will do for "background stamping".

Thanks for stopping by and stay posted because I played with another Verve sketch last

night too and will post that later today.

{Wishing You}

Stamps:  Turning a New Leaf  (PTI), Let it Shine (Verve)

Paper:  Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone, True Black, DP (October Afternoon)

Ink:  True Black, Charcoal Palette, Versamark

Misc:  Diamonds IP (PTI), Black Grograin ribbon (Dollar Tree), Nesties Labels 4, Circle punch, Clear embossing powder, Silver pearl (Michaels), Copics

Happy Anniversary!

Today's post will be short as I have a ton to get done before we leave for an overnight stay at a nearby lodge with the family.  Well, the day of the PTI Blog Hop was our 14th anniversary! 

We are planning a trip just the two of us to Cabo, San Lucas in July so our day of celebration will be coming!  Anyway, here is the card I made for my husband!

This card uses the new Simply Chartreuse ink color.....kinda close to some other PTI colors if you ask me but it does have that nice coverage.  The other thing here is that I overstamped the woodgrain

stamps over the leaves.....this second picture shows it a little better.  My new tea dye duo is now on order!!

Lastly, I think that this FF stamp set is my FAVORITE to date!! 

Have a wonderful day!!

{Happy Anniversary}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Turning a New Leaf, Fillable Frames #4, BB: Woodgrain

Paper:  Rustic White, Dark Chocolate

Ink:  Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate, Tea Dye Duo

Misc:  Dark Chocolate buttons, pop dots