Sunday, July 28, 2013

July Diva Dare


Just a quick post to share my card for this month's Verve Diva Dare.  This month's Dare was to use an inspirational sentiment as well as distressing or a shabby chic element.

I have to say I'm not the greatest when it comes to shabby chic, and I'm not sure that I necessarily achieved that here, but I did distress the heck out of my papers and this is a pretty inspirational verse, don't you think?

I had a lot of fun creating this card.  I love mixing and matching papers, but when I am trying to get a card done in a hurry, the easiest thing to do is just grab a 6x6 pad and let the paper companies do the work for me.  For this card I'm using Glitz's Yours Truly collection.



I decided to go with a really symmetrical, centered look.  All the pieces are distressed, and lots of stitching too.  I like that it came out a little patriotic, and a little nautical.

OK, that's all for me now.  I'm supposed to be making cards for the PC call, but all I feel like doing is layouts.  I think I'm going to go with my gut on this one since I've been slacking on the scrapbooking.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Glitz - Yours Truly 6x6 pad; CTMH - Outdoor Denim cardstock
Stamps:  Verve - Jeremiah 33:3 Plain Jane
Ink:  CTMH - Outdoor Denim
Other:  CTMH - Edge Distresser, Cranberry Grosgrain and Dimensional Foam Tape; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Sewing Machine

16 comments:

  1. This is soooooooooooo gorgeous!! LOVING the layers, the stitching and that bow!!!

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  2. Very nice distress look! I love all the layers! And the stitching very nice!!!

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  3. Lovely card Miriam! Love that verse and all the layers. TFS

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  4. What a beautiful scripture, and I love all your shabby, little layers! So pretty, Miriam!

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  5. This is beautiful, Miriam! I think you did a great job with shabby chic!

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  6. Fabulous distressing and sentiment! That's one fantastic card!!

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  7. Gorgeous card Miriam!
    a timeless beauty for sure ;-)

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  8. This is WONDERFUL!!! Love your distressed edges - such a Beautiful card!

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  9. Miriam, this is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!

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  10. Love love the layering! The stitching and distress edges are so fabulous in this!

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  11. Lovely mix of papers and touch of distressing on the edges. Thanks for joining us for this month's Diva Dare!

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  12. Gorgeous card! Love the mix of PP and the accent with the bow! Shabby chic is tough but you made it your own. Love!

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  13. Just beautiful! Love the stitched accents and distressed edges.

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  14. Gorgeous! I love this sentiment...and how you've dressed up the card to let it shine!

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  15. You do shabby so well, Miriam! The layers almost look like fabric!

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