Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 9

It's finally here!! Verve Release Day has finally arrived. Did you make a list of sets and dies to purchase? Did you participate in some or all of the challenges to increase your chances of winning some Verve? I hope you've answered "yes" to all of the above!! We'll be revealing all the new sets and announcing winners over at the Verve Forum from 9-11 pm Eastern Standard Time.

But before the party gets started, we have one more set to peek. Today we're featuring the set Treasured Words. And it is filled with beautifully fonted sentiments (no surprise there), a frame image that works with the Rounded Rectangle Die, as well as a darling party hat and baby buggy.

I combined the frame with the "congrats" sentiment and included the Pennant Trim die as well as the Thatched Banner and the Banner Die it goes with. I finished off the card with a few stars (Spellbinders die), twine and Pearl Pen dots on the banner.

Keeping things short so you can continue the hop a bit faster. Thanks so much for visiting each day. I hope you've found some inspiration along the way and maybe have been enabled a bit. ;)

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 14. Jen S. {Guest}

Happy Stamping my friends!! :)

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Stamps: Treasured Words, Thatched Banner Plain Jane (Verve)
Paper: Inspired Traveler (Creative Imaginations)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress), French Roast (a muse)
Accessories: Rounded Rectangle Die, Ribbon Banner Die, Pennant Trim Die (Verve), Star die (Spellbinders), Canvas, Bronze Pearl Pen (Viva Decor), Twine, Scor-Buddy, Distrezz-it-All (Zutter)

Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 8

Click HERE for my Waltzingmouse Sneak Peek ~ Day 3

It's day 8 of the Spotlight hops and the release is just around the corner!! Woot!! Don't forget to stop by the Verve Forum tomorrow evening for some fun chats and the announcement of the winners. Today we're featuring a fabulously fun set called Borderline, along with a variety of dies: Mini Classy Label die, Mini Vintage Oval die, and the Mini Bookplate die.

I thought it would be fun to use some Pearl Ex powders on black cardstock with this fabulous arrow design. I just stamped the arrow strip vertically using Versamark, and with a paint brush, added some Pearl Ex powder. I then sprayed aerosol hairspray over it to set it. So easy and fun!! Lastly I added a sentiment framed with the Mini Classy Label die, along with some black twine. Clean and simple.

That's it for today. Tomorrow is the last day to hop and to participate in the challenges to win some Verve. So don't delay!!

1. Julee 9. Charmaine 2. Laurie S. 10. Janelle 3. Maureen 11. Betty 4. Teresa 12. Christyne {Guest} 5. Tosh 13. Laurie W. {Guest} 6. Amber 14. Jen S. {Guest} 7. Amy 15. Susan 8. Andrea

Thanks for joining me in this hop!!

Happy Stamping!

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Stamps: Borderline (Verve)
Paper: Black and White (PTI), Bazzill
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine), Versamark
Accessories: Mini Classy Label Die Set (Verve), Black Burlap String, Duo Blue-Green Pearl Ex Pigment (Jacquard)

Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 7

Click HERE for my Waltzingmouse Sneak Peek ~ Day 2

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.

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 14. Jen S. {Guest}

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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

Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 6

Click HERE to see Day 1 of Waltzingmouse's Sneak Peek Hop.

I can't believe we're already to day six of our Spotlight hops!! Have you been enjoying all the sneak peeks? Have you participated in any of the challenges? I sure hope so because there are fabulous prizes to be won.

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. Check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines.

I used one of the sentiments from the set Stronger Love today. As usual, Julee has created yet another set with fabulous quotes in beautiful fonts!! They are so much fun!! The heart is paper pieced, and I added a couple of diecut gears to masculinize it a bit. The rest is pretty self explanatory. (Keepin' it simple so you can hop faster... ;)

Next on the hop is the super sweet and 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

Thanks for dropping by!! Happy Stamping my friends!!

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Stamps: Stronger Love (Verve)
Paper: Awesome (Simple Stories), Kraft and Vintage Cream (PTI)
Ink: Vintage Photo and Black Soot (Ranger Distress), Onyx Black (Versafine)
Accessories: Mini Gears dies (Tim Holtz), Library Clip (SU!), Border Punch (EK Success), Distrezz-it-All (Zutter), Twill ribbon

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!)

Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 4

Hi Verve fans! Are you ready to do some more hopping? It's Day 4 of our Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops and the Divas and Guests are back with more Vervey goodness to tempt you with! So let your fingers do the clicking and peek into the creative minds of Verve's talented Divas and Guest Divas as they give you a little tour of what's releasing from Verve on August 24!

Just like yesterday we've picked a mystery blog from today's hop and hidden a prize! So be sure to give each Diva a little shout out in the comment sections as you hop around the list below. We’ll draw a random winner from all of the comments on the mystery blog to win today's featured set: Wonderfully Made and Praying For You Plain Jane.

I decided to make a tag using the Wonderfully Made set as well as the Pointed Flower die set that was featured on Friday. I just diecut 3 of the large and 2 of the small flowers, snipped every other indent and curled the edges, of the organza flower, by holding it gently over a small flame.

The sentiment was stamped on some scrap packaging that had an interesting texture, and the sweet little banner was made using the Pennant Trim die on some canvas. I also diecut some hearts using the From the Heart die set.

I hope you've been enjoying the hops these last few days. Be sure to visit the Verve Blog for all the details about how you can win some Verve!! Julee has some wonderfully fun ways to participate!!

1. Julee 8. Andrea 2. Laurie S. 9. Charmaine 3. Maureen 10. Janelle 4. Teresa 11. Betty 5. Tosh 12. Sony 6. Amber 13. Christyne {Guest} 7. Amy 14. Laurie W. {Guest}

Thanks once again for visiting!! Happy Stamping my friends!! :)

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Stamps: Wonderfully Made (Verve)

Paper: Scrap Packaging

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories: Pointed Flowers Die Set, Pennant Trim Die and From the Heart Die Set (Verve), Canvas Tag (Maya Road), Wire Pins (Tim Holtz), Sparklet (Kaisercraft), Pearls (Pizzazz a Plenty), Felt, Gesso, Lace, Satin Ribbon (PTI), Burlap Ribbon, Alpine Ice Rose Starburst Mist (Lindy's Stamp Gang), Sweet Clover Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels)

Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 3

It's day three of our Anni-VERVE-sary spotlight hops, and we are featuring Doodled Occasions. In case you haven't heard... ;)... we're celebrating Verve's 5 year anniversary, so there are lots of prizes to win, and a variety of ways to win them. So click HERE for all the details.

For my little trio today (2 1/2" x 3 1/2"), I thought it would be fun to make itty-bitty chalkboards. So I embossed the images onto black cardstock with white embossing powder and colored them with color pencils.

I love making these mini-cards for that little extra something attached to a gift, or tucked in a backpack or suitcase for one of my kids.

Aren't these images just fun and whimsical?

1. Julee 9. Charmaine 2. Laurie S. 10. Janelle 3. Maureen 11. Betty 4. Teresa 12. Jen d. 5. Tosh 13. Christyne {Guest} 6. Amber 14. Laurie W. {Guest} 7. Amy 15. Jen S. {Guest} 8. Andrea 16. Susan

Hope you're enjoying the Spotlight hops. Tomorrow I have a tag to share with you. The stamp set being peeked is one of my faves of this release, and the project is close to my heart too.

Happy Stamping my friends!!

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Stamps: Doodled Occasions (Verve)
Paper: Black and White (PTI)
Ink: Versamark, Onyx Black (Versafine)
Accessories: Labels dies 1, 3 and 18 (Spellbinders), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Color Pencils (Prisma), White Embossing Powder, Scor-Buddy

Ann~-VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 2

It's Day 2 for our Anni-VERVE-sary blog hop, and we're featuring the Lean on Me stamp set as well as a PJ and 2 dies. There's quite a lot happening since it's Verve's 5 year anniversary, so be sure to check out all the details HERE.

Using the Lean on Me set, I chose to layer the flowers and I added some Ice White Pearl Pen Gel (Viva Decor) to the center with crystal glitter. I added some stamped leaves from the Sunny Days set (Verve), that I diecut using the Leafy Sprigs die set.

I'll keep this short so you can continue on the hop. There's a lot to see, and nothing should be missed.

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

Be sure to check out the Verve sale too. There's a lot of Vervey goodness to be had!! :)

Thanks for dropping by!! Be sure to stop by tomorrow. There's more to share!

Happy Stamping!

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Stamps: Lean on Me and Sunny Days (Verve)
Paper: My Mind's Eye, Vintage Cream (PTI)
Ink: Gray Flannel (Memento), Sage (a muse), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Leafy Sprigs Die Set (Verve) Labels 1, Parisian Motif and Twisted Metal Tags and Accents dies (Spellbinders), Copics, Silver and Ice White Pearl Pens (Viva Decor), Natural Burlap String (May Arts), Button (PTI), Crystal Glitter

Anni~VERVE~sary Spotlight Hop - Day 1

Click HERE for the Our Daily Bread Designs post.

Welcome to our Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops! As many of you know, Verve is celebrating its 5th anniversary this month and the party is just getting started! Come join us over the next 9 days as we showcase the 23 new stamps and dies releasing from Verve! 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!

In the meantime, we've got a fun filled hop for you today! So let your fingers do the clicking and peek into the creative minds of Verve's talented Divas and Guest Divas as they give you a little tour of what's to come! Inspiration abounds, and so do the PRIZES!

That's right! 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)!

So, how about a sneak peek?

Today we're showcasing the set With Love, the Plain Jane Birthday to You, and a Pennant Trim Die. I love the loopy heart in the With Love set, as well as the "LOVE" font. They're not too fancy so they can be used as elegant or sweet. In fact, this set is full of sweet images and beautifully fonted sentiments.

I also made this card CAS for the Anni-VERVE-sary release challenges going on over at the Verve SCS forum. Charmaine is hosting today, and I have the honor of being her co-host. We'd love to see your Verve CAS ideas. So be sure to check it out. There are fabulous prizes to win too!!

I made a negative heart space at the bottom of the main panel using a Heart die (Spellbinders), and just embossed the heart with Silver ep (SU!). The sentiment was embossed the same way and I used a circle punch to create the edge.

That's it...CAS all the way. :)

Now, be sure to stop by every day through the 24th. I'm excited to share the projects I've made with these fabulous new sets!!

Included is a hop list below, in case you miss a stop along the way.

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 14. Jen S. {Guest}

Thanks so much for stopping by. Sorry I've been so inactive with my blog lately. We took a family vacation, I had family visiting for awhile, and my kids are moving and heading back to college. So things have been a bit crazy around here. Lots and lots of stamping projects to share for the next week-and-a-half though!!

Happy Stamping!! :)

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Stamps: With Love (Verve)
Paper: Beautiful Moments (Carta Bella), White (PTI)
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Heart die (Spellbinders), Circle Punch (SU!), Rhinestones (Pizzazz a Plenty), Sewing Machine, Silver Embossing Powder