May 2013 Spotlight Hops - Day 2

Hi there Verve fans!  Welcome to Day 2 of our new release spotlight hops!  We'll be releasing 5 new sets, 4 plain janes, 3 dies and 2 ribbon collections this Friday, May 10.  As we countdown to our release, the Divas and our 2 special guests are strutting their new Verve with daily blog hops now through Friday!

And since we LOVE to share our Verve, we've got a giveaway every day this week!  Just hop around to the blogs on today's hop and tell us what you think in the comments at each stop and you'll be entered in a drawing to win today's featured stamps!  Woohoo!

Day 2 PRIZE: Let it Be and Deepest Sympathy Plain Jane
Comment Deadline:  Sunday, May 12 @ 5PM Mountain

1. Julee 7. Andrea 2. Charmaine 8. Jen M. 3. Teresa 9. Laurie W. 4. Stacey 10. Laurie S. 5. Christyne 11. Janelle 6. Marisa 12. Maureen

Check out the reveals and a little back story on today's featured stamps below...  
Let it Be is a $24 set of 13 encouraging sentiments, scriptures and floral images.  Many of the sentiments in this set have been little mantras I've clung to this past year.  I think the thing I love most about card making is knowing that the art I make really touches people.  It's one of the ways I let my light shine!

Shortly after winter CHA I was at a friend's scrapbooking store and she'd brought back some Hemptique bookmarks.  I took one look at the gorgeous aged paper and new that the Micah 6:8 scripture that had been going through my head just NEEDED to be in bookmark form.  So I designed that stamp, then filled out the set with some other close to my heart sentiments, scriptures and a couple flowers.

So of course the first thing I made with this set was a scripture bookmark with one of those hemp bookmarks!  I went masculine with this one, as I plan to give it inside a book for Father's Day this year.  It was super simple to make, too!  I embossed the sentiment directly onto the bookmark, then added a border and ship wheel stamp (from a set we'll be previewing tomorrow) to finish off the masculine look.  The tassel is made from embroidery thread and I followed a youtube video on how to make one.  Easy peasy and it turned out just as I had hoped!

Our plain jane feature today is the Deepest Sympathy plain jane.  I've had many requests for a big sympathy stamp that could work for either a card front or the inside of a card. At approximately 2.5" x 1.125" tall, this sympathy sentiment fits the bill perfectly!  I've already seen some gorgeous creations from our design team using this stamp, so I know it's going to be a fast favorite!  Our plain jane stamps retail for $3.00.

This release, we also have a couple of new ribbon collections joining our offerings! 

Like a little black dress, black ribbon is timeless, classy and a perfect accent to your projects.  The Black Beauty Ribbon Collection is a set of 4 black ribbons including a wrinkled crepe, sheer swirl, glimmer twill and seam binding, each in 3 yard cuts for a total of 12 yards of ribbon.  This collection will retail at $5.50.

Polka dots are timeless, fun and this particular ribbon is one of my all-time favorites!  The Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection is a set of 3 polka dot ribbons including a chocolate with cream dots, a licorice with cream dots and white with black dots.  Each ribbon variety comes in 3 yard cuts for a total of 9 yards of ribbon in this collection that will retail at $6.00.

All of the stamps, dies and ribbons featured this week will be available for purchase in the Verve Store on Friday, May 10.

Thanks so much for hopping with us today!  Have a great day and we'll see you back here tomorrow for some more fresh new looks at VERVE!