Day 5 - Verve's 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!

DAY 5 - Monday, 8/28/17

Welcome back to Day 5 of our Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!  It's an exciting day as there's new Verve in the store this morning! 4 beautiful new sets and 2 coordinating die sets just released and they're all available to order right now. To celebrate this special 10th Anni-VERVE-sary release, we're putting on another blog hop, with a pretty cool prize!

Today's featured focus is designer's choice, so you might just sneak a peek at a whole bunch of must-haves, especially since we've got a full line-up of Divas, guests and Alumni today!

If you got here from Maureen's blog you are in the right place.

I love all of the sets, but  I chose to make another Birthday card!  I just love the Cake and Candles  stamp set.  It has everything you need to make a great birthday card.   

Even if you want just a clean and simple design, some of the sentiment are both sentiments and images all in one. 

The card I made, while clean and simple, could work for anyone young or old, male or female.    I did top off the candle flicker with some sparkle pen.  I finished this card with a trio of enamel dots.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? Today's prize is a BIG one. We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win our ENTIRE new release! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 9. Lesley 2. Maureen 10. Christyne 3. Betty 11. Laurie 4. Charmaine 12. Kelly (Guest) 5. Marisa 13. Laurie W. (Alumni) 6. Amy S.(Alumni) 14. Tosha L. (Alumni) 7. Amy K.(Alumni) 15. Tiffany S.(Alumni) 8. Michelle W. (Alumni)

Next on blog on the hop is Charmaine's!

As always thanks so much for hopping by!

Betty

Day 4 - Verve's 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!

DAY 4 - Sunday, 8/27/17

Welcome to Day 4 of the Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!  It's time for another day of spotlighting the Verve release with the Verve Divas and special guests! We're super excited to have another very special Diva Alumni joining us for the hop today. Everything previewed this week will be available to order in the Verve online store on Monday, August 28. If you know you want it all, today is the final day to pre-order the August 2017 Buy it All Bundle at a 30% discount! Only one more sleep until release!

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Scripture Medley 5 stamp set. This set includes the re-introduction of the final 2 scripture plain janes, as well as 9 all new scripture verse stamps.

If you got here from Maureen's blog you are in the right place.

I started with some watercolored paper.  I stamped the floral image from Scripture Medley 5 stamp set several times using versamark and embossed in white.

I used my Kuratake Gonsai Tambi watercolors and created a watecolor wash using hues of blues, greens, and yellows.  I dabbed the color with a crumpled paper towel to remove some color and to create some color variation for added dimension and depth.  I created this process two to three times until I achieved the saturation of color that I wanted. 

I added some splatters of black watercolor for effect.  I die cut and stamped the scripture for the focal point onto vellum.  I attached it with a tiny attacher.  I finished my card with a few of Verve's Shine Bright Sequin Mix.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 6. Tiffany S. (Alumni) 2. Maureen 8. Lesley 3. Betty 10. Christyne 4. Charmaine 11. Laurie 5. Marisa 12. Kelly (Guest)

Next on blog on the hop is Charmaine's!

As always thanks so much for hopping by!

Betty 

Day 3 - Verve's 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!

DAY 3 - Saturday, 8/26/17

Welcome to Day 3 of the Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!  It's time for another day of spotlighting the Verve release with the Verve Divas and special guests! We're super excited to have a couple very special Diva Alumni joining us for the hop today. Everything previewed this week will be available to order in the Verve online store on Monday, August 28. If you just can't wait, you can pre-order the entire release now as the August 2017 Buy it All Bundle at a 30% discount through August 27.

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Cake and Candles stamp set, another fusion of old and new. This birthday themed compilation includes some brand new birthday sentiments with a classy modern font pairing, as well as a few re-introductions of previous sentiments and plain janes.

If you got here from Maureen's blog you are in the right place.

I created a shaker card using That's My Boy Echo Park pattern paper and Cake and Candles stamp set.  

 I stamped the focal sentiment using Versafine Onyx black ink.  I used a variety of Verve's Sequin Mixes in my shaker.  

I colored and fussy cut the cupcake and added some wink of stella for some sugary shine.   I finished with a few gold sequins.

I am playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Lesley 2. Maureen 8. Christyne 3. Betty 9. Laurie 4. Charmaine 10. Kelly (Guest) 5. Marisa 11. Michelle W. (Alumni) 6. Tosha L.(Alumni)

Next on the hop is Charmaine's blog!

As always thanks so much for hopping by!

Betty 

Day 2 - Verve's 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!

DAY 2 - Friday, 8/25/17

Welcome to Day 2 of the Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!  It's time for another day of spotlighting the Verve release with the Verve Divas and special guests! We're super excited to have a few very special Diva Alumni joining us for the hop today. Everything previewed this week will be available to order in the Verve online store on Monday, August 28. If you just can't wait, you can pre-order the entire release now as the August 2017 Buy it All Bundle at a 30% discount through August 27.

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Bloom Brighter stamp set and coordinating, Blooming Die Set. A fresh take on the flower from the retired commemorative set Beautiful You, this beautiful encouragement set is perfect for a vareity of cardmaking occasions.

If you got here from Maureen's blog you are in the right place.

I started with a 4.25 x 5.50 piece of white card stock.  I stamped both of the small leafy images in the Bloom Brighter stamp set in different shades of warm colors.  For added filler I used the tiny dots images from Poppy Birthday stamp set.  

Next, I die cut and stamped one of the bold sentiments from the set and embossed in white using the Stitched Pennant die set.  I added two stamped and die cut leaves using Blooming Die Set to the focal sentiment for added detail. 

I popped up the focal sentiment using some foam tape.  I added some loose threading for added detail.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Amy K. (Alumni) 2. Maureen 8. Lesley 3. Betty 9. Christyne 4. Charmaine 10. Laurie 5. Marisa 11. Kelly (Guest) 6. Amy S. (Alumni) 12. Laurie W. (Alumni)

Next on the hop is Charmaine's blog!

As always thanks so much for hopping by!

Betty 

Day 1 - Verve's 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!

DAY 1 - Thursday, 8/24/17

Welcome to our 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops! Verve is celebrating 10 years of bringing stamps to the world with a release of new and classic Verve! For the next few days we'll be shining our creative spotlights on the new Verve sets and dies that will be releasing Monday, August 28. We hope you'll join us as the design team, special Guest Diva Kelly Lunceford, and some fabulous rockstar alumni Divas share their inspirations with the new goodies this week.

If you got here from Maureen's blog you are in the right place.

Today's feature is on the Little Ones stamp set and coordinating Little Ones Die Set. A fusion of old and new, this baby themed set brings back some of Verve's most popular plain janes, mixed with a few new designs to tie it all together.

For my card I just had to ink up this adorable chick from the Little Ones stamp set!  I die cut with coordinating Little Ones Die Set and colored with copics.  

I paired this chick with some fun pattern papers. I added the sentiment using versafine onyx black included in same stamp set.  

 I added some wink of stella to the chickie for some added sparkle and shine.  I completed the card with a few of Verve's Shine Bright Sequin Mix.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! Leave a little shout out in the comments section on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 5. Marisa 2. Maureen 6. Lesley 3. Betty 7. Christyne 4. Charmaine 8. Kelly (Guest)

Next on the hop is the wonderfully talented Charmaine's blog!

As always thanks so much for hopping by!

Betty 

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Hibiscus!

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

The LEAD of this challenge will be invited to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

For my card I started with some PTI stamper select white card stock base.  I cut another panel at 3.75 X 5.5.   To follow along with this week's CASE this Sketch Challenge, I die cut a circle and used the negative space for a mask.   I brushed the inside top with some Ranger Broken China ink and the bottom with PTI Fine Linen to mimic sand color.  

Next, I die cut and stamped PTI Some Like It Hot stamp and die set.  I used Pale Peony, Hibiscus Burst, and Raspberry Fizz inks on the hisbiscus flowers.  I used spring moss and simply chartreuse on the leaves.  I  arranged the flowers.  

I cut a strip of diagonal strip vellum and adhered to right side hiding the adhesive underneath the panel.  I added the smaller panel with the flowers using some foam tape.  I embossed the sentiment from PTI Vintage Picnic sentiments.  I finished my card with some clear sequins.

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs 

for more inspiration!

Betty Wright

Kim Singdahlsen

Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler
Lynn Mangan
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut

Melody Rupple
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson

Silke Ledlow 

Stacey Schafer

Tammy Hershberger
Tara Godfrey

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Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: (Hibiscus) for the challenge details and to play along with us!

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Betty