Verve New Release Spotlight ~ Day Two

 

Happy Wednesday, everyone!!  Wow, looks like we got everyone going with the first taste of this fabulous Verve release yesterday..well, get ready for some more!!  Today we are spotlighting one fabulous stamp set, Bloom and Grow as well as 2 more dies!! Julee has read my mind and created a fabulous leaf image die to match the leaf stamp in Bloom and Grow.  As well, there is a set of three blossom dies that match the 3 different blossoms in the stamp set!!  You wanted more flower options?  You got it!! What’s neat about these flowers is that you can mix and match them with two step stamping, or use them by themselves.  This first card was two step stamped using the same ink pad, but the second image shows up darker because it’s been stamped second.  Up next is something that I REALLY love, stamping vanilla ink onto kraft!! How yummy is that background?  It looks like wall paper!

Here’s a closeup!

Hmm, I could GUSH ALL DAY about this set, but you’ve got some more hopping to do!  Remember, there is a chance to win this set and both sets of dies.  Just leave a little shout-out in the comments as you hop about for a chance to win some new Verve of your very own! You can check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines. Thanks for visiting and see you tomorrow!! 

1. Amber            8. Julee

2. Amy               9. Laurie

3. Andrea          10. Maureen

4. Charmaine     11. Teresa

5. Cresta            12. Tosh

6. Jackie            13. Sankari

7. Janelle           14. Melissa

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TODAY'S PRIZE:
Bloom & Grow, Elegant Leaves Die and Floral Circles Die Set

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Verve New Release Spotlight ~ Day One

Hey blog friends and Verve fans!!  What’s shakin’?  LOL  It's time to shine our sneaky Verve spotlight on some brand new stamps! We're counting down to Verve's release party this Friday night, April 15, with FOUR days of Spotlight Hops! And since we love to share, there's a prize hidden on one of today's hop spots! Just leave a little shout-out in the comments as you hop about for a chance to win some new Verve of your very own! You can check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines.

How adorable is this little bunny shakin’ what his momma gave him?  As everyone must know by now, I’m the non-colouring Diva (HA!) and paper piecing is my way around it.  I thought it would be fun to paper piece our little “wabbit” with some fabulous Basicgrey papers.  My husband likes this one because when I showed it to him, I shook my hips 3 times!! LOL  The white pompom tails are from my pompom trim I HAD to have 2 years ago but never used much…lol  Up next is my Get Your Diva Card…yes, you’ve seen something very similar posted on the GYDO thread yesterday…can you figure it out?

Yes, the sentiment…this is the original card but then I realized the GYDO challenge started on Monday so I would be sneak peeking a little too soon.  So I used the old switcheroo! HA!  This sentiment is from Birthday Phrases, one of 3 little phrase sets that fit perfectly onto the Charming Oval and Charming Label Dies.  Okay, onto some more delicious eye candy…here’s the list and see you tomorrow!!

 

 

 

1. Andrea           8. Julee

2. Jackie            9. Tosh

3. Charmaine    10. Amber

4. Janelle          11. Amy

5. Teresa           12. Maureen

6. Laurie           13. Cresta

7. Sankari

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TODAY'S PRIZE:
Bunny Shake, Birthday Phrases, Faithful Phrases and Happy Phrases

 

what’s in them?

 

{what’s shaking?}

stamps: verve bunny shake,

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti cream, basicgrey and cosmo cricket dps

accessories: ms border punch, pti ribbon, corner chomper, pompoms

 

{birthday wishes}

stamps: verve birthday phrases, chicks rule

ink: su choc chip, bermuda bay

paper: pti cream, kraft, sweet blush, basicegrey, october afternoon and pti dps

accessories: verve flutterby and charming oval dies, seam binding ribbon, pti buttons, gems, cuttlebug ef, pti tag #4 die, thread, mft notepage border die

Congratulations

EEKK!!!  They finally arrived!!  My February PTI order is finally here!!  Don’t ASK about the LONG story of this…I’m trying to forget it and just enjoy a new found love…the Button Boutique stamp set and dies.  What a perfect set for a button-lover!!  Perfect for all those BIG buttons that you don’t know what to do with :)  My colours are inspired by The Shabby Tea Room’s Spring Colour Challenge.  How beautiful are these eggs in the inspiration photo?

I thought the buttons mimic the idea of eggs and Basicgrey’s Kioshi paper is the perfect match to ground the card.  Well, it’s late morning and I haven’t even done my workout yet or started the house cleaning…better get onto that!!  Then it’s a big stampfest as I get ready for the new Verve Release coming up…Spotlights start on Tuesday :)  Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for all your sweet comments :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti button boutique, waltzingmouse fancy phrases

ink: versafine onyx, su basicgrey, pti tea dye duo

paper: pti white, rustic cream, springmoss, basicgrey kioshi

accessories: pti button card collection and banner dies, doily, pti buttons, gems, seam binding ribbon, thread, stitching, ms border punch, vintage button

Hello Sunshine!!

TGIF everyone!!  It’s Friday and you know the drill…it’s Viva La Verve time and Moe is thrilled the weekend is here!!  Woot, woot!!  I have booked the whole weekend in the studio getting ready for the new Verve Release next Friday!!  Trust me, you don’t want to miss this one!!   My sweet fellow Diva, Andrea has created a super fun sketch that I just altered a bit ;)  I didn’t rotate it, I just squished it down to be a horizontal card instead of vertical :)  Certain card sketches speak to me right away and this sketch said, “Modern Homemaker” to me so that’s what paper I pulled out.  I am loving anything gingham lately.  It looks great with everything!!  I hope you can join us in all the fun over on the Viva La Verve thread at SCS :)  And don’t forget to check out the Diva Dare challenge as well…you can win by entering the DARE as well as by commenting on each Diva Dare sample.  Have a fabulous weekend!!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve let it shine, love notes

ink: versafine onyx, su more mustard, real red

paper: pti kraft, sweet blush, cream, october afternoon, pink paiselees and pti dps

accessories: verve classy label die, gems, buttons, twine, ribbon, stitching, corner chomper, circle nestabilities

You’re Destined for Greatness, Michelle!!

Good morning!!  Today’s card is a special little homage to my dear blog buddy, Michelle Woerner of Stop and Stamp the Roses.  Michelle and I met through Verve Stamps…I was a big fan and she was a longtime Diva :)  She is just the sweetest woman and was (is still!) always encouraging and cheering me on my own card making road.  Michelle has a LONG list of accomplishments and Design Team success.  She recently joined the Spellbinder Design Team and is already wowing us all!!  It’s a little bittersweet for me, though, as we hardly had any time to be Verve Divas together.

So with Michelle in mind AND the In My Beautiful Balloon Challenge in the Moxie Fab World, I created this fun little card :)  I saw this TUTORIAL a long while ago on Lauren Meader’s blog.  She created these fun little 3D balloons and I wanted to try them out too :)  Here’s more of a side view to show off the dimension.

 

The smaller circle balloon was easy to create with my 1 1/4 inch punch, but the larger oval one was a bit tricky at first.  My oval nestabilities were either too small or too big for the balloon.  Then EUREKA!!  I remembered my Verve Embossed Oval die…it’s the perfect shape and size!!!  Some fun glitter clouds and a heartfelt sentiment PLUS a beautiful bow (just like Michelle!!) and this card was done :)  Thanks so much for visiting and Michelle, congrats girlie!!  You really are destined for more wonderful things…I just know it!!  {{HUGS}}

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve up, up and away, great expectations

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, glitter cardstock, october afternoon and dcwv dps

accessories: verve embossed oval die, su circle punch, pti cloud dies, su ribbon, gems, corner chomper

A Card, Die Storage and a Publication

Good morning! Today’s post is a little of this and that…some cards as well as some die storage that I worked on during Spring Break.  Up first, though, is a card I made for my colleague at work…if you follow my blog, you’ve seen the other ones in this Sunshine and Smiles series.  Well, this one is one of 4 in a set I also made.  The other ones are quite fancy so I thought I’d make 4 simpler ones for when she just wants to write a quick note.  These were so quick and easy, but I love the elegance of the flowers and pearls.  A few weeks ago, I had “organize dies” on my Spring Break to-do list.  Now my Verve dies have always been organized as Julee has labeled each die and created its own little pocket for easy storage in any container.  However, my PTI dies just come in a plastic bag so I am forever forgetting their “exact name” and just had them all thrown in a basket which was starting to drive my anal side crazy…lol.  Dawn McVey had a great idea on how to store her dies so I followed her instructions HERE to a “T.”  Here are my VERY organized dies now :D

As you can see, each die (except for the really long or big dies) has its own labeled pocket.  My anal side has put each kind of die (fillable frames, tag-it, etc) in its own colour section :)  Below here, I’ve shown 2 sets of dies to prove that each pocket will hold all 3 blossom dies or 4 leaf dies.  AND they are leaning against my beloved Janome sewing machine…it is 2 years old now and I haven’t had ONE problem with it…the best investment EVER!!  (just sayin’!).  It sewed through 35 acetate sheets and heavy cardstock like BUTTAH!!  I was the one that pooped out !! LOL

But now I have organized dies and couldn’t be happier :)  Okay, now the last part of this post is just showing the little Easter card I had published last month in CARDS.  The bit of trivia about this card is that it was turned onto its side in the magazine…don’t know if they did that on purpose or if the card stagers didn’t realize it!! LOL…no matter…but you can imagine my little chuckle when I looked at the magazine and saw the change :)

Well, that’s it for me…hope your Wednesday has started well…thanks for visiting and please, if you have a little organization tip for me, leave a comment…my anal side and I thank you in advance!! LOL

what’s in it?

stamps: verve great friend, let it shine

ink: versafine onyx, black felt pen, su bermuda bay and kiwi kiss

paper: pti white

accessories: pearls, gems

Diva Dare ~ Colour Me Spring!!

Good morning greetings!!  It’s my turn to post over on the Verve Blog on Day 6 of the March Diva Dare challenge.  This month the Divas are celebrating Spring by DARING you with colour!! Two of my favourite things!!  This first card is my first attempt at stitching a grid onto patterned paper.  This idea popped into my head when I found these cute little felt Easter stickers at Michaels last month.  I couldn’t resist them!!  They are really well made and too adorable!!  I used the girl bunny and an extra carrot then added a double Flutter By die cut butterfly, a couple of coordinating buttons and some fun ribbon.  If this doesn’t say “colour” I don’t know what does!! LOL  My next card uses richer, more saturated colours.

I wanted so much to make another card using the latest Hope Perches Plain Jane with the SU bird punch.   I typed out 3 “hopes” in a word document and then added the extra “hopes” with the Hope stamp in Richly Blessed.  Head over to the Verve Blog and check out all the deets for this challenge and how YOU could win some new VERVE!!!  I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!!  teehee…have a wonderful day :)

 

what’s in it?

{Easter Greetings}

stamps: verve egg-stra special

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, su daffodil, the girls paperie dp

accessories: verve flutterby die, pti buttons, Michaels felt stickers, gems, twine, pti ribbon, stitching

 

{Hope}

stamps: verve hope perches plain jane, richly blessed, love’s flower

ink: versafine onyx, versamark, su bermuda bay and rose romance

paper: pti cream, kraft, hawaiian shore, basicgrey dp

accessories: su bird punch, pti dies, gems, stitching, Word Document, seam binding ribbon, button, twine