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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 7

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It's Day 7 of our Spotlight hops, and we have a charming set, to share with you today, called Learning to Sail. Once again 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. There are quite a few ways to win some fabulous Verve sets, so check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines.


I used the darling little sailboat, along with the wave, sun and sweet little sentiment "Life is but a dream". The image was all paper pieced, and I diecut two sizes of circles making sure the dry embossing was deeply etched. I then embossed it all with silver and added some Silver Viva Decor gel dots to make it look like a porthole.

Next up on the hop is Amber.

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Stamps: Learning to Sail (Verve)
Paper: Sweet Afternoon (Teresa Collins), White (PTI)
Ink: Versamark, Smokey Gray (Versafine), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Charming Oval Die Set (Verve), Circle Die (Spellbinders), Silver Pearl Pen (Viva Decor), Button (PTI), Ribbon, Sewing Machine, Silver Embossing Powder

53 comments:

  1. The porthole and button sun are awesome! You have done some serious cutting out for this card and it looks fabulous :)

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  2. OH MY GOODNESS! Love the porthole as a frame for that adorable little sail boat!

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  3. Now this is stinking cute!! Thanks for sharing your creativeness...

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  4. The port hole ..... Outta this world! So very awesome! Love the colors and how we look through the port to a sailboat on the water. Great vision, great job! I cannot say enough about your card or this set. Both, amazing! Life is but a dream, well done! Blessings!

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  5. Fantastic! I like your porthole.

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  6. Wow!!! What a fun card!!! I love looking at that sailboat through a porthole!!! So clever! Beautiful bow! The Sentiment looks like it is a cloud and I love the button on the sun. A-DOR-ABLE!!!!

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  7. How FUN! What a great porthole!!

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  8. Love that porthole and your lovely colors.

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  9. How creative - love the silver porthole and the button for the center of the sun! Great card :)

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  10. Wow you are so creative...what an awesome ides to create a porthole. Love it.

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  11. The porthole is awesome!!! Looks perfect and I love the little button sun too!

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  12. I absolutely adore your silver porthole and the yellow button sun. It all definitely looks dreamy! Makes me long for my next cruise vacation!!!

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  13. Loved the paper piecing, but the "porthole" really makes the card. Thanks for sharing how to do this.

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  14. Oh my goodness, you created a porthole!! Adorable idea :o)

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  15. Tosh, that porthole is so creative and awesom! Wow, I loved reading about how you created it :) You are amazing!

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  16. OH WOW what a card!! Love your porthole, what a great idea!

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  17. Fantastic card. LOVE the porthole. Great card.

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  18. Your port hole is fabulous!!! Great card!

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  19. What a beautiful card --- I love all the soft colors you used, the porthole frame, all the layers AND your stitching!

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  20. Love how you made a porthole for the image and the button sun is a neat touch too!

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  21. That porthole is perfect! I love the ribbon too. :)

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  22. Love the prothole. Very creative way to show the sweet ship image.

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  23. love the porthole how creative. nicely done.

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  24. That porthole is AMAZING! The more I see of this set, the more I'm wanting it.

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  25. Oh yeah. That porthole is perfect! What a great idea!

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  26. Fabulous card! Love that port window, that is so clever! I also really like the plaid grey ribbon.

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  27. Oh my, that is the sweetest porthole I have seen in forever!

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  28. Wow!! This is seriously the cutest thing I've seen today! Super job with the porthole!!

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  29. I LOVE it!!! Your porthole is such a cute frame for this adorable image!! Love that button sun and the cleanness of the rest of the card. Great job!

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  30. wow the silver on there is gorgeous!!! I love this card!

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  31. Oh my goodness.....love how you created the porthole....genius!! Such a gorgeous card!

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  32. That porthole is amazing Tosh!! Beautiful dreamy card!! Love... It's been a while but I always love coming to your blog!

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  33. Wow - that porthole is wonderful - so creative. I love the ribbon you used too. Beautiful card.

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  34. Love, love, love the "porthole" frame for your stamp and the button sun. The bow is gorgeous!

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  35. How extremely clever and beautiful. LOVE the porthole and the button on the sun.

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  36. The porthole is such a great touch! It really ties everything together.

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  37. OMG at that porthole!! How incredibly clever you are. I am always learning something new from your creations. Thought for sure it was a die (hmmm...maybe we need one for this set? LOL)

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  38. Fabulous card! I love the porthole and the colors you used!

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  39. Awesome card! The colors are so sweet and suit the really pretty porthole frame around the sailboat!!
    TFS and have a nice day !

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  40. This is beyond adorable!!! Such creativity!

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  41. Awesome porthole and way to show off the image!!

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  42. Gorgeous card I love your porthole, cheers Linda

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  43. WOW, the porthole is awesome. Very clever. The sun is super cute too.

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  44. Oh my that is just too cute and I love the way you did a port hole that is so cool!

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  45. Incredible! The silver embossed porthole is FAB! Thanks for sharing it with us today. :D

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  46. Love your little porthole window! Such a cute way to frame the scene.

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  47. Fabulous! The port hole is so clever.


    Lisa - Scrappy Distractions
    www.ScrappyDistractions.blogspot.com

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  48. love the porthole and the paper piecing you did to the image! So cute!

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  49. Cute card. Your porthole is very creative!

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