Friday, May 27, 2016

Verve May Release Retrospective Hop


Welcome to Verve's May Release Retrospective!  It's been a fabulous release week at Verve and today the Divas and Guest Divas are back with another dose of inspiration using the brand new release! Everything spotlighted is available to order in the Verve Store and is 25% off through the end of May! Plus, we've got a sweet hop prize in store!

 It's been a week since the release and I haven't let go of these flowers from Beautiful Things.  I had some paper I had watercoloured on my desk waiting to be used so I die cut them then stamped the flowers in black.  I wanted to echo the gray stripes of the patterned paper so made my Elegant Leaves gray while adding some little green leaves from the new Beautiful Flowers Die Set.  I added another little flag stamped with a sentiment from our last releases Simply Amazing set.  This card is for our secretary at the end of the school year next month.  She definitely is a "beautiful soul."


Want to win some shiny new Verve? Julee will be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! To be entered in the giveaway, leave a little comment love as you hop around to the blogs linked below! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines!
Release Retrospective Hop List
1. Julee7. Lesley
2. Lori {guest}8. LauraJane {guest}
3. Betty9. Marisa
4. Charmaine10. Maureen
5. Christyne11. Stacey
6. Laurie12. Teresa



what's in it?
stamps: Beautiful Things, Simply Amazing, Bloom & Grow (Verve)
paper: white (PTI), Rise and Shine (American Crafts)
ink: onyx (versafine), basic grey (SU), watercolour
accessories: Elegant Leaves Die, Beautiful Flowers Die Set, Stitched Pennants Die Set, Pink Sparkle Sequin Mix, Signature Sequin Mix, Stormy Skies Ribbon Collection (Verve), tag die (PTI)

42 comments:

Jami Rudd said...

Beautiful! I love the sentiment

Moira said...

love all those layers!

Christine said...

Love the watercolored flowers and gray leaves! This is a gorgeous card----love the addition of the second sentiment which is something you do with flair!

Karen B. said...

Love the kalidescope of colors!

blaze said...

Your secretary will love this beautiful card. Doesn't it feel good to gift something so pretty that you designed/made yourself?

jennifer mitten said...

Gorgeous cards - love all the beautiful layers and the sheer ribbon on the tag.

cm said...

We've had a week of rain, gloom and wind, so seeing your lovely floral card here has 120% brightened my day! Beautiful colours and such an eye-catching arrangement...
~carol

D.Ann C said...

What a lovely bunch of flowers!

Janice Rosenthal Rock said...

Gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing your creativity!

SewPaperPaint said...

Pretty coloring of the flowers and love the grey!

Michele K. Henderson said...

Gorgeous card, Maureen! I love these pretty flowers!
take care!
Michele

Sue Crease said...

Lovely card, great use of the sketch again. Love the rich papers.
Sue

Leanne said...

Beautiful card for that beautiful soul

Denise Bryant said...

Love those pretty flowers!

Yo Glenn said...

Love the water coloring on the flowers and the gray goes so well with them. Great sentiment!

Sheri Gilson said...

Beautiful! Love the pretty flowers!

Rosemary said...

so beautiful... love the flowers!!

McStamper said...

Great card. Love the layers.

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

Wow what a cool design and mix of patterns!

Carmela said...

Love the layers of your card. You are very inspiring and have given me some great ideas!

Jean Bullock said...

Talk about fabulous layers! How delightful!

Janet M said...

Fun card. This is the best flower for coloring.

Gail said...

Love the added ribbon on your beautiful layered card! Thanks for sharing your art work and for the hop - have a blessed weekend!

Becca Yahrling said...

Beautiful! The secretary will ooh & ahh over it. :-)

JoAnn said...

Very pretty. Love the design.

stampwithsandy said...

Gorgeous card, Maureen! I love all the layers and the gray balances out the bright colors.

D- said...

Thanks for sharing your fantastic card.
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot.com

Helen Gullett said...

WOW!! Fabulous flower cluster. Love them on your card :)

irishgalkelly said...

Gorgeous card with such pretty colors mixed with gray. Love the layered flowers too!

Andrea Shell said...

Beautiful card! I love how you colored the flowers and all of the layers on the card.

CherylQuilts said...

How beautiful, Maureen, and you definitely echoed the patterned paper with your flowers. And what a great layout with such texture and elements! Stunning card! Hugs!

Jerrie said...

You gals have done an awesome job with the bloghop creations!

ionabunny said...

Love those pretty flowers. Hugz

Mary Holshouser said...

Very pretty.
Love the button centers.
thanks for sharing a great card.

Miriam Prantner said...

Fantastic layers and I love the mix of patterns and those gorgeous flowers!

DIANA L. said...

Beautiful Maureen I love how you colored the flowers such a pretty design.

Super Stick Chick said...

Love your beautiful bouquet of flowers.

eemel said...

I like all the beautiful flowers!

Jessica Lin said...

Beautiful card with a unique style. So pretty!

Mary-Anne V said...

Love how your sentiment is enhanced by the beautiful blooms.

Sue D said...

Love the gorgeous flowers.

cghundley said...

Beautiful flowers
and pattern papers!
Carla from Utah

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