Verve January Release Spotlight Hop ~ Day 3

Welcome to our January 2012 Spotlight Hops!  Hop along with the Divas one more time as we share our last first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve tonight!! That’s right…6:00 PM (Moe’s PST time, 9:00 PM Eastern Time)

Woohoo! It’s Friday, it’s Release Night on the Verve Forum AND there’s another Viva La Verve sketch up and ready to go this week!! It just doesn’t get any better than that!!  Today’s card uses the sweet new Twitterpated set (from the movie Bambi meaning “being in love, like knee-knocking, butterflies in your stomach love, crazy love.”  I love this term as I quite often tell the dh, “I crazy love you.”  It’s my way of saying that I couldn’t love him anymore if I tried, ahhhh :)  So I think this will be his Valentine card :)  This set also has a coordinating Hearts and Swirls Frame die for that adorable hearts and swirls border stamp!

Want a chance to win today’s stamps and dies?  One lucky commenter from each day's hop will win the sets and dies featured that day, so be sure and leave a little love in the Divasphere! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details and deadlines.  Hope to see you all tonight at the PAR-TAY!! 

January 13, 2012

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1. Amber           7. Amy

2. Teresa           8. Laurie

3. Charmaine     9. Maureen

4. Andrea         10. Julee

5. Tosha           11. Sankari

6. Janelle

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Twitterpated, Love Notes (Verve)

paper: cream, sweet blush (PTI), cherry cobbler, espresso, sahara sand (SU), Farmhouse (Crate Paper)

ink: ruby red, bermuda bay (SU), onyx (Versafine)

accessories: Hearts and Swirls Frame die, jotted heart die (A Cut Above Dies by Verve), oval and scalloped oval dies (Spellbinders), lace trim, felt heart (Martha Stewart), gem (Kaisercraft), stitching

Verve January Release Spotlight Hop ~ Day 2

Welcome to our January 2012 Spotlight Hops!  Hop along with the Divas over the next few days as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve this Friday night!

Today’s card showcases the new Wings of Love stamp set and the coordinating Wavy Hearts Die set. Oh my!! This set is so fun to play with!! It comes with so many little inspiring words to encourage someone special in your life.  I love adding a little extra sentiment somewhere on cards like I did here with the word “believe” on the charming banner die.  The combinations are fabulously endless!!  You can see one of the wavy heart winged images in the lower right corner.  It was stamped in Autumn Rose ink and die cut with one of the 2 wavy hearts :)  Remember, hearts are not just for Valentine’s Day but for whenever you want to send a little love to someone…any day goes for that!

Want to win today’s stamps and dies?  One lucky commenter from each day's hop will win the sets and dies featured that day, so be sure and leave a little love in the Divasphere! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details and deadlines and come back tomorrow for the last of the Spotlights before the big party tomorrow night!  Woohoo!!

January 12, 2012

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1. Janelle          7. Teresa

2. Julee             8. Andrea

3. Laurie           9. Sankari

4. Tosha          10. Maureen

5. Charmaine   11. Amy

6. Amber

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Wings of Love (Verve)

paper: rustic cream, autumn rose, scarlet jewel, hibiscus burst (PTI), espresso, ruby red (SU), Head Over Heels (Lilybee Designs)

ink: Autumn Rose (PTI), onyx (Versafine)

accessories: Wavy Hearts, Charming Banner (A Cut Above Dies by Verve), long scalloped and long rectangle dies (Spellbinders), seam binding ribbon (SU), button and twine (PTI), gems (Kaisercraft), stitching

Verve January Release Spotlight Hop ~ Day 1

Welcome to our January 2012 Spotlight Hops!  Hop along with the Divas over the next few days as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve this Friday night! 

Well, the countdown is on!!  Not just for new amazing Verve stamps, but the counter on the side of my blog says it’s 65 more days to my favourite day of the year!  And what better way to start the celebrations than with the new Verve set, Lucky You!!  I have been wishful thinking that Julee would make a shamrock set (for little  ol’ me!} and now she has!!  Although, officially, I don’t know if I inspired bugged her on this one or not {wink!}  I went shamrock crazy on this square card, die cutting 9 small shamrocks and stamping them with one of the FOUR shamrock stamps that come with the set.  Some green bling, a sparkly button, a fun greeting and this card is ready to send to a special friend for her birthday!!  (Just sayin’!).

Feeling lucky?  One lucky commenter from each day's hop will win the stamps and dies featured today, so be sure and leave a little love in the Divasphere! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details and deadlines and see you back here bright and early tomorrow with Day 2!!

January 11, 2012

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1. Amy         7. Charmaine

2. Maureen   8. Tosha

3. Sankari    9. Laurie

4. Andrea    10. Julee

5. Teresa    11. Janelle

6. Amber

what’s in it?

stamps: Lucky You (Verve)

paper: kraft, white (PTI), wild wasabi (SU), 12 days of Christmas (My Mind’s Eye)

ink: onyx (Versafine)

accessories: Shamrock Set (A Cut Above Dies by Verve), square and scalloped square dies (Spellbinders), banner die, button, twine (PTI), gems (Kaisercraft), stitching

My Nicest Thoughts…

Good morning!!  Well, we finally got some snow yesterday afternoon!!  So nothing better to do than stamp the afternoon away!  If you follow my blog, you know of my shameless addiction to the colourQ weekly challenge.  I love to play most weeks if the colour combination speaks to me and more times than not it does!  This week is no different…check out the fabulous inspiration photo :)

This challenge (and Lynn) has convinced me to get some cherry cobbler ink!!  I hope your weekend is going well.  I have some more inky time planned for later this morning getting ready for the upcoming Verve Release this Friday!  What a fun week ahead!

what’s in it?

stamps: verve nicest thoughts plain jane

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, su pear pizzazz, kiwi, caribbean, pti distressed dots dp, mme lime twist dp, lilybee desisn head over heels dp

accessories: pti fillable frame, scallop border and leaf dies, su embossing folder, pti button, thread, gems, stitching

Viva La Verve is back!!

Woohoo!!  It’s Friday and one of my favourite sketch challenges is back after a little Christmas hiatus in December :)  Sweet Diva Amber has started the year off right with this fabulous sketch…  

And double woohoo for some new Love Me paper by My Mind’s Eye…I couldn’t resist!!  I used my beloved (and very brown) heart stamp from Love Notes along with its coordinating Jotted Heart Die, “be Mine” sentiment from Heart’s Desire and “with all my Heart” sentiment from Heart to Heart on the little tag which is attached to a Tiny Sweet Scallop die.  Oh, all those pinks and reds looks so yummy!!  Now head over to the Viva La Verve forum and join in the fun!!  Hope you have a fantastic start to your weekend!!

p.s. I gave that sweet jotted heart stamp a good scrubbing facial with some Stazon cleaner and she looks almost brand new now!! Woohoo!!

 

p.p.s…and don’t forget next Friday night!! Woohoo!

what’s in it?

stamps: Love Notes, Heart to Heart, Heart’s Desire (Verve)

paper: rustic cream, kraft, lavender moon (PTI), going gray, red (SU), Love Me (My Mind’s Eye)

accessories: jotted heart die, tiny sweet scallop die (A Cut Above by Verve), doily, banner, small tag dies, twine, button (PTI), stitching

Thank You

Oh my!! The holidays are really over!  It feels like I have been off for a month, which must mean I had a fabulous time for the past 2 weeks!  I wonder if the kids will be as tired as me this morning ;)  I had one last hurrah in the studio yesterday and made this sweet snowflake Thank You card using Karen’s Sweet Sunday Sketch.  I haven’t played in eons but when I saw her fun sketch with that big round panel, I couldn’t resist!  I had been wanting to use my PTI snowflake dies again and this was the perfect opportunity.  After several house warming gifts over the past few weeks, I need to send out some thank you cards.  This one is going to my brother and his wife :)  It feels kind of funny sending a snowflake card out…we had a green Christmas this year and there’s still no sign of snow anytime soon (which is VERY strange for the interior of B.C.!).  Okay, that’s it for me…wish me luck on the first day back to work!!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve free stamp with purchase :)

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti rustic cream, su espresso, mme kraft funday everyday fun, echo park holly jolly Christmas

accessories: pti felt, button, twine, snowflake dies, stitching

A Happy New Year!!

It’s been a truly lazy day here and as I started seeing “Year in Review” posts in my Google Reader, I sat down to start compiling my 12 favourite cards of the year.  Well, after 20 minutes of doing that and still being in JANUARY 2011, I decided to stamp instead!! LOL  I have been itching to use these mitten dies and stamps for a very long time!!  I knew I would use some Verve stamps for the sentiment, but the “happy” from Merry Wishes was too big.  Then I remembered that Happy Hello had a “A Happy” stamp and the size was perfect!! I love when that happens!  I have LOTS of little jingle bells left and since I got a slow start to using them, couldn’t resist adding them to this card :)  I didn’t get a chance to send out all the Christmas cards I would have liked to this year, but I think Happy New Year ones are perfect AND will be a happy surprise to the recipients (and can last a little longer on the mantle, long after the Christmas ones are put away :)

As many of you know, 2011 has been a very blessed year for me.  Becoming a Verve Diva, winning the Papercrafts Color Inspirations contest, Guest Designing for Skipping Stones and several Challenge Blogs, joining the CASE Study Design Team, being published in CARDS, travelling to Ohio to meet Lynn, attending the PTI Stamp-a-faire and meeting my stamping idol, Dawn McVey, building and moving into our new home have been just some of the special highlights that come to mind as I sit and write this post.  AND continuing to connect to other card makers through our blogs and personal lives.  Thanks so much for visiting here when you can and leaving comments when you feel inspired to do so :) 

Yes, I am blessed.  I hope you can take time to look for the blessings in your life, even through the ups and downs, they are there, waiting for you to discover  them.  I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions, but I do like to remember little sayings that I’ve heard over the years.  This quote comes to mind…

Live in abundance.

I think that’s a great way to start the New Year!  Hugs to you all :)

what’s in it?

stamps: verve merry wishes and happy hello, gina k winter mittens

ink: versafine onyx, pti raspberry fizz

paper: pti white, hawaiian shores, mme 12 days of Christmas

accessories: spellbinders nested mittens, pti edger and banner die, pti twine, michaels ribbon and bells