Viva La Verve...CAS Valentine

Hi and welcome to this week's Viva La Verve sketch challenge! Today's sketch is the last for January...and if you've completed all of them up until now, you have a chance at winning a sweet prize from Verve! First though, we're changing things up a bit at VLV, now each final sketch of the month is going to be CAS (Clean and Simple). Some of the designs that we come up with tend to have a lot of "stuff" on them, so we're going to give you CAS lovers a chance at making some awesomeness with our sketches! Shannan is our hostess this week and has come up with a layout that I have pictured below my card. I admit, I do have a hard time with CAS, but I also like the fact that it challenges me. So....here's my attempt at clean and simple:

Can I tell you how hard it was to keep my mitt's off the open space at the top?!

The flower was made by cutting {15} 1/4" X 2 1/2" strips of red paper, folding them in half over a pencil and glueing the ends. I then hot glued the pieces together in a circular fashion. The brad covers up the big goober of glue in the middle :)

Before I go, here's some housekeeping:

Every Friday, a Diva will post a sketch for your enjoyment. Your cards, using the sketches, must be uploaded by the last Thursday of the month (check for the due date below!) The winner will be announced on the next day and will win a $100 gift certificate to VERVE! How awesome is that?! Just a reminder, Verve stamps are NOT required but we love to see you use them. Feel free to flip, rotate, resize, or otherwise alter the sketch as long as we can tell you USED the sketch! For January, we'll have FOUR sketches! All FOUR cards must be uploaded to the VLVJan2012 gallery by midnight, CST on Thursday, February 2nd to be eligible to win this month's prize! Winner will be announced on February 3rd! GOOD LUCK!

Keywords for the entire month will be VLVJan2012 and Verve (if using Verve stamps).

Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting~



Stamps: Valentine's Day Plain Jane (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Riding Hood Red, White, Black, Kraft
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Antique brad (CTMH), Silver pearls
Size: 5 1/2" X 4 1/4"