Friday, October 17, 2008

Heart to Heart Spotlight #5- Verve Visual

Continuing with my goal of honoring the companies who graciously donated to the Heart to Heart Blog candy, today I am featuring VERVE VISUAL.

Julee Tilman is the owner and illustrator of VERVE and she is also a FABULOUS designer. Her cards leave me speechless so (unfortunately) I spent more time second guessing my projects than actually designing them!

The first project is a card that features Abundant Blessings. I stamped the ferns and brown accents first on vanilla cardstock. I stamped the flower images each one time on white cardstock and colored them with Copics. Then, I applied a layer of Shimmerz Paints over the marker (I used Sunflower and Pumpkin Pie.) I also outlined the tag and the vanilla main piece with Sunflower Shimmerz to add some sparkle and color to the edges. I added some Olive Shimmerz to the greenery. I attached each layer of the flower with a dimensional--to give it a lot of depth. I curled the edges of the flower to make it look more realistic.

Finally, I added some crystal stickles to add even more shine. I completed the card by adding some raffia and matting the main panel on brown cardstock that I scored with my Scor-Pal. On the mustard layer I added some piercings.

Here is the flower close up:

You can see a bit more shimmer in this picture although it is much more sparkly in real life.





And here is a cute little project that features Some Bunny. I love this stamp! I thought this would make a perfect tag for this white pail I found at the dollar store (3 for $1--SCORE!) This would make an adorable shower favor (maybe I can convince my little sister to have another girl so I can make these!) or even a little lift for a friend.
I stamped the sentiment "Some bunny loves you" in black Staz On right onto the pail. Worked perfectly. I added a bit of ribbon and the candy and done! Easy to mass produce but sooo cute.

Here is a better view of the sentiment stamped on the pail:

Thank you Julee / Verve Visual for your generous donation to the Heart to Heart Blog Candy. You are amazingly talented and have a big HEART too!
Thanks for stopping by!

22 comments:

Deb Neerman said...

WoWzA, Cammie, this card is just stunning! LOVE it!

Have a great weekend, Kiddo!

TFS!!

Debby said...

beautiful card and love your little treat ,that Bunny is too cute.
have a nice weekend!

Debby

Anonymous said...

Hey, Cammie--the little bunny pail would be just as cute in blue!!
Very easy to put together a large number of these! Thanks!

Tonniece said...

Awww, what a sweet pail, and that card is delish. Love it

dpkennedy said...

The pail is so cute! But that card is gorgeous!! I love that layered flower! The colors and the sparkle are fabulous!!

stampmonkey said...

The card is just beautiful! Love all the dimension and sparkle on the flower, and great fall colors too.

The Some Bunny pail is darling...and I love your idea to use it as a favor or little gift idea. Clever.

Janine said...

That first card is such a stunning one!! Cute pail too!!
Have a fabulous weekend.

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

Wow, Cammie! Your card is absolutely gorgeous and that pail is ADORABLE! Love your coloring on the bunny and how you stamped the sentiment directly on the pail. You're a total rockstar! Thanks for all the super sweet words!!!

Erin... said...

These are both wonderful Cammie!! I love the added detail with the scor-pal!! And that bunny is too cute!!

Unknown said...

There is absolutely NO REASON for you to second guess yourself when you make fabulous designs such as there! You ROCK, girlfriend! :-)

specialcraftmom4 said...

What a cute pail!!!! How did you stamp on it? Did you roll your stamp a little? I have some white mailboxes from the Target $1 spot from last Feb. I bought like 20 mailboxes, LOL! I think I am going to stamp on them, thanks for the idea.

Deb Wood said...

Cammie your card is sooo beautiful, love all the shimmerz and that little bucket is adorable!!

Maria said...

Just beautiful!

Anonymous said...

That flower is so beautiful and sparkly!! :) Love that adorable bunny container too!! TFS!! Have a great weekend!!

Dawn Easton said...

Your card is gorgeous Carolyn!!! Love the shimmerz you added...so pretty! That little pail is stinkin' cute too!

Jami said...

What a beautiful layered sparkly flower!! and I love the pink heart on that cute bunny!!
hugs, Jami

Stacy Morgan said...

Beautiful card, the bunny is darling!

Shirley said...

Cammie, it's always so refeshing to visit your blog and see the beautiful art you create. I loev your flower and your 'Some bunny loves you' is too cute and pretty too!

Rose Ann said...

I LOVE your dimensional flower and all of the sparkle!! Such a pretty card!! I love your adorable little pail too!!

Kim said...

The card is STUNNING and the favor is AMAZING! Great work I love them both! WOW!
Hugs~ Kim

Carolina said...

So, so, so cute - love both projects and that bunny bucket is beyond adorable!

Jessica said...

I love that bunny bucket! I also want to know how you stamped on it. Did you just hold the stamp (not on a block)?