This month's theme is Sending Some Sunshine: we DARE you to make an uplifting and encouraging card AND send it to someone in need of a little pick-me-up! There's nothing like opening your mailbox and seeing a handmade card...especially with some of Verve's encouraging sentiments on it! :-) I'm actually pretty good about sending birthday and thank you cards out, but as soon as I heard this month's dare, I knew I wanted to make a very special project and send it to my dear blog friend, Janelle, who has a very serious medical condition. Back in March, Janelle made this VERY cool project for a coworker. I fell in love with it and tucked the idea in the back in my mind. Little did I know I would bring it out for Janelle. So here's the set of inspiring tags along with the card I made for her (both of which are already on their way to her :)
I started with deciding on the papers I would use on the card, then chose the colours for the tags. There are 12 altogether. Then I went through my Verve Plaine Janes and a few other sets (Hope Blooms and Serenity) for the inspiring tags that were eventually put together with a little key chain and decorated with some coordinating ribbon. Here are all the tags before I put them together. I also used the Blessings, Believe, and New Mercies sets to decorate the tags a bit. Everything was kept simple and flat so that they wouldn't be too bulky when put together.
As you can see, I used several different die cut shapes including Verve's Rounded Rectangle and Curvy Bookplate Dies. And here they are all tied up together.
After making the tags, I started on the card. I picked this verse from Jeremiah . I just love the comfort it talks about. I also added "You inspire me," from Dare to Be because that is exactly what Janelle is doing to me and so many others touched by her story (not to mention the gorgeous projects she creates with love and thoughtfulness).
Whew! Are you still with me? Thanks for letting me share my special gift :)
Okay now that I'm done, here are the details...
Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?
- Play along with us and link up your new Sending Some Sunshine creation (posted August 26 or later) to the linky widget at the bottom of THE DAY 1 POST before 9PM Mountain on Sunday, September 11. One lucky stamper will win a $30.00 gift certificate to the Verve Store. Verve Stamps are not required, but if you've got 'em we would LOVE to see ‘em!
- For another chance to win, be sure to give the Divas a little shout-out in the comments section as we share our Sending Some Sunshine creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday, September 12 right here on the Verve blog.
Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!
And then DARE you to send it away!!
