**Viva La Verve! April 2011 Week 4 {4-21-11}**

[Susiespotless]

Brain strain, but such a great sketch.

Here is my effort.

[Brownee]

Here is mine!

The Lord Directs...

[Unfading Spring]

I was a little put off by this sketch at first but after reading the tuturial it was easy and I loved the way it all came together. I even did a little stitching. great sketch.

Here is my Card

[Scrappin'4My4]

Well, I am kind of wishing I had read about and viewed that excellent tutorial first! How did I miss that!?!? Hilarious ... I quickly sketched the sketch last Friday and then of course had little on no time to play ALL week. This was kind of a throw together .. one day I ran in and grabbed paper while I was waiting for the washing machine to finish, next time chose some stamps while waiting for potatoes to boil, randomly cut paper while waiting on hold ... you know how it goes! The size alone; 5 something by 6 something, shows how crazy this card making session was for me!
On a positive note, this completes my first month of Verve Sketches! I found the site, I did all 4 sketches, I have new cards ready to give, I really stretched and crawled out of my box a bit ... I ordered way TOO Many new stamps after the release - that should be here any day - so I guess I will have to show them off and play next month too! Thanks for looking!
HUGE Gratitude to the WONDERFUL team of DIVAS; I have never been so inspired! Your artwork is incredible!! Thank YOU!

Oh, I made two, they are both in my gallery, I will just link the one.
Week 4 Verve Sketch by Scrappin'4My4 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Here's my card:

[KimCreate]

This was not a hard as it looked! Maybe because I saw how eveyone was tackling the triangle parts! Really liked this sketch!
Here's my card.
vlvapr2011 by KimCreate - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[nlsmith68]

Fun! I used up a bunch of scraps for mine. I just drew out a little pattern on a piece of scrap paper sized the same as my card, cut out the pieces, and used them to trace on the back of my papers.

Pinwheel Kisses

[ravengirl]

I summoned up my courage, re-read the tutorial and made my card

Smiling Starburst

[AZShann]

I liked this sketch. It was a fun one. As I usually do, I winged it. Started cutting papers and it worked the first time. That part, however, is unusual!

Here's my card:

Hugs and kisses

[Crafty Math Chick]

Hi Shannan,

Here is my card, hope I didn't take too much creative license replacing the strips of paper with twine, hope you like my card.

Thanks for the cool sketch and have a great day!

[Marsha Drain]

Week 4 Quilt Sunrise by Marsha Drain - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[sthoeny]

Shannan, I loved the sketch, and thank you for the tutorial. I struggled a bit with it, but got it done. I hope I did the sketch justice.

Cherry Thank You by sthoeny - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[KimCreate]

Week 4

Splitcoaststampers Member Galleries - KimCreate - Handmade Cards & Crafts

[SageBrush]

Yeah, finally got Week 4 done. Thanks for the sketch!
Faith by SageBrush - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[JWill795]

Here's mine!

Gonna Get Better by JWill795 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Kanatanewf]

Here's my take on the Week 4 sketch

This wound up being easier for me than expected as I actually had paper in my stash with the sun-burst.

I had to skip on Week 3 though - sketch was a bit too challenging/busy for me to get my head around this time.

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[mom2n2]

I'm just a bit behind, but I LOVE this sketch & had to give it a go! I went with the obvious rainbow theme Thanks for the great tutorial, too, Shannan - made it so quick to put together!

Rainbow card

[JadeOnline]

I know I"m a bit late, but I found this sketch on Shannon's blog and had to give it a try! Here is my card for the sketch:

Fun in the Sun by JadeOnline - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers