Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of our Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops! As many of you know, Verve is celebrating its 5th anniversary this month! We'll be counting down the minutes and revealing all the new sets in our forum from 9-11pm Eastern on Friday, August 24, so make plans now to join us for our release party!

We've picked a mystery blog from today's hop and hidden a prize! So be sure to give a little shout out in the comment section as you hop around to each blog on the list. We’ll draw a random winner from all of the comments on the mystery blog to win today's featured sets and dies. Check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines.

Want even more chances to win? Head on over to the Verve SCS forum and play along in our Anni-VERVE-sary release challenges. Or hop on over to the Verve Blog to find out about our Verve Card Carnival, for a chance to win the entire new release (a $300+ value)!

I made a potted floral bouquet using the flowers from the set Brighter Days, the leaves from Verve's Dream Big set, and the sentiment from the With Love set. For the flowers I used the new Scalloped Flower die and colored them with Copics. The Dreamy leaves die was used for the leaves. For the sentiment, I used a framing image and die that will be peeked tomorrow....shhhhhh...it just fit so perfectly in my little pot of flowers. ;)

The flowerpot is a Spellbinders diecut that I first dry embossed with a cuttlebug folder, then embossed it with white embossing powder to give it that enamel look.

You can hardly see it, but I used one more die along the bottom border that will be peeked in two days. I'm really breaking the rules today. yikes!!

That's it for today. Hope you're having fun hopping along!! Next up on the hop is the sweet and super creative Amber.

1. Julee 8. Andrea 2. Laurie S. 9. Charmaine 3. Maureen 10. Janelle 4. Teresa 11. Betty 5. Tosh 12. Christyne {Guest} 6. Amber 13. Laurie W. {Guest} 7. Amy

Have you heard about the Verve Customer Card Carnival? It's just one way you can participate to win some Verve.

Create a new card using Verve Stamps Post your card to your blog or gallery Include a link to the Verve store in your write up Link your card using the entry form below

One lucky participant from all the entries will win our entire new release of products! That's over $300 worth of stamps and dies! You may enter as many times as you like, and feel free to link any new* Verve challenge cards, but each entry must be a different card, use Verve Stamps, be posted in a separate post, and include a link to Verve. *Only new cards posted August 16 through August 24, 2012 are eligible. Deadline to link your cards is 5PM Eastern on Friday, August 24. The winner will be announced at our release party that night (you don't need to be present to win)! That's it for me today. Thanks for visiting!! Happy Stamping!!

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Stamps: Brighter Days, Scroll Plain Jane, Dream Big, With Love (Verve)
Paper: Kraft (PTI), Watercolor
Ink: Versamark, Onyx Black (Versafine)
Accessories: Scroll Die, Dreamy Leaves Die Set, Scalloped Flowers Die Set and Flourished Trim Die (Verve), Flower Pot Die (Spellbinders), Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Satin Ribbon (PTI), Gesso, Rhinestones (Pizzazz A Plenty), Small Exotic Butterfly Die (Cheery Lynn Designs), Iridescent and White Embossing Powder (SU!)