VERVE! Christmas in the Heart and Sharing with You...MIM/LIM!

This first card is one I showcased at the Verve release party. I am using two new Verve Christmas sets called Christmas is in the Air and Holly Jolly.

I stamped my background paper using one of the smaller holly and berry and poinsettia flowers that come in the Holly Jolly set. I colored with copics. I sponged with ranger inks. I stamped the tree on the sentiment shape as well as stamped again and colored with copics, cut out and adhered over the other tree to create an out of the frame design. I stenciled inside of the nestie shapes with some ranger inks, too. I decorated my tree with some silver pearls as well as a few accents on the card. I finished with a sheer polka dotted and a heart button to mimic the sentiment heart.

I also used the double embossed sponged background on the lower red panel. Information regarding this technique can be found here. You can click on the picture to see it in more detailed. I used a sizzix holly texture plate and a SU texturz plate.

Stamps: Christmas in the Air and Holly Jolly
Paper: PTI pure poppy, ripe avocado, true black, ivory
Ink: Momento Tuxedo black, PTI Pure Poppy, versamark
Accessories: Spellbinders, Nestabilities labels and circles, red/white polka dotted sheer ribbon, copics, gold silver pearls, 1/4" circle punch, sponges, silver cording, PTI pure poppy heart button, gold pearls, Sixxix embossing plate, Spellbinder's borderabilities, copics, mini bowdabra, foam circles, foam squares, Sizzix texture plates, SU texturz plates

Sharing with You....

Here is a set of cards is designed showing the same card two ways. The top card is the Less is More(LIM)version. The second card is the More is More(MIM) version.

This card uses two of the new Verve releases called Star of Wonder and Blessed Christmas.

This card is the less is more version and could be easily massed produced. It is a 5 X 7 card and uses a 12 X 12 sheet of night of navy cardstock and a standard ivory cardstock sheet.

Stamps: Star of Wonder and Blessed Christmas
Paper: night of navy and ivory
Ink: night of navy
Accessories: Spellbinders long short rectangles, gem, stardust gel pen, sizzix Christmas texutured plates, navy satin ribbon

This card is the more is more version. It uses the same sets, but I added a few more things to this card.




To this card I added the following

another color(chocolate chip...two layers)
faux stitching
sponging
gold cording
button
dark brown satin ribbon(to layer with the navy)
gold pearls


Stamps: Star of Wonder and Blessed Christmas
Paper: night of navy and ivory, chocolate chip
Ink: night of navy, ranger antique linen, vintage photo
Accessories: Spellbinders long short rectangles, gem, stardust gel pen, sizzix Christmas texutured plates, navy satin ribbon, chocolate satin ribbon, gold cording, PTI vintage cream button, piercing template, black permanent marker for faux stitching, foam tape, glue dots, gold pearls, sponges

All of the Verve releases are still on sale at a new release price until November 15th so go check out the new sets! They are all amazing!!!