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!
When I first got the "Cake and Candles" set out, I thought it would be cool to make a background with the stamps as they were on the acetate sheet. So I turned the whole stamp set over, inked it up with versamark, stamped it onto some sweet blush cardstock, poured white embossing powder on it, then heated it up. Below is the finished result before I put my card together. (hey, how do you like my new Canada EH? mug?!). This card was snatched up by my sister as one of her birthday card set selection...I give my sister's a set of 10 cards as birthday presents.
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what's in it?
stamps: Cake and Candles (Verve)
paper: white, sweet blush, black, gold and white stripes (PTI)
ink: onyx (Versafine), versamark
accessories: scalloped circle die (PTI), stitched circle die (MFT), bakers twine, white embossing powder
55 comments:
Pretty card! Love the touch of gold.
Great card-thanks for sharing!
How clever to ink up all the sentiments for a background. It looks great and I love this set!
A super sweet card. I love the stamped sentiment and background.
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia
Crafting with Creative M
So pretty. Love the touch of gold
So pretty. Love that sentiment.
What a cool idea to make a background. Love the card and that sentiment is just perfect. X
sweet card. LOVE the foiling on it - makes it very elegant:)
Terrific card, love how you used the stamps to create a background.
Lovely card. I really like the background you created.
Beautiful creation!
Love your idea for stamping the background.
I'm never happy with the end-result when I
try to stamp a background but this would
be easy and look so good - have to give it
a go.
thanks for sharing
Love this cute card with golden stripes!
Great verse for a birthday card. I like the gold foil.
Beautiful card and love the gold on the side. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
I can see why your sister snatched this one up immediately! It is such a pretty design. Great idea to use the stamps "as is" on the sheet. They made an awesome background!!!
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Stunning card! And what a great sentiment!
Love your card and the sentiment
Beautiful card! Love your stamped background and gold foiled paper!
Love you card all the layers are great!
Maureen, how brilliant to just turn the whole stamp sheet over and ink it up for a background! Perfectly arranged every time! Love the pink and gold, such a classy combo!
Another great sentiment highlighted by a stamped background and the great foil.
I think this is so pretty with the soft pink & gold. This is my fave sentiment from this set.
So soft and pretty with the soft pink and gold - love it!
Great idea for a background!
beautiful design... love the way you used the sentiment stamps and cupcake to create your own background paper!
Maureen, what a gorgeous card! I love how you've used the stamps for the background, and I love the touch of gold too! Beautifully done! Hugs!
Brilliant idea using the set to form a pattern on paper!
What a great idea! I also love your blush cardstock paired with that shiny gold and black/white twine. So classy~
Love the cup too, my fellow Canadian!
Very nice color combo of pink with bold gold! Lovely card.
Great embossed background! Nice card design :)
This is so clean and classy-love the gold foil!
Amber
Great card.
What a great idea... To stamp the whole stamp set as a background!
Superb idea to create a background. The card is so stylish.
Love the gold accent...way to go showcasing this set!!
Gorgeous card. Love the colour combo and your clever use of the stamps for your background.
Love your card, there are some wonderful sentiments in this release!
Lovely card with the touch of gold!
very lovely. Having fun checking things out.
Great card, love how you created the pink background paper.
Awesome idea for a background!
Love the background and the layering! Beautiful card!
What a quick and awesome idea to make a great background!
Like the use of gold as the accent. Pretty.
What a fun idea. This background looks great. The gold striped piece is perfect with this. Pretty card.
Your background paper is so cleverly designed. Love the gold!
I love a text based card design and this is a beauty. The pretty scallop and touches of gold add just enough bling!
This is a gorgeous and very delicate card.
Wow! Such a pretty card!!!
I have never thought of making background paper like that. What a wonderful idea.
I don't think about using a sentiment
Stamp to make backgrounds with. Thank
You for sharing! Your card is lovely!
great colours, I love it!
A beautiful creation! Love the pink and the gold/white stripes. Lovely!
Lovely card - sweet! Thanks.
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