"Playing Favorites", December Diva Dare
Welcome to the last Diva Dare of 2013! This month's Dare is entitled "Playing Favorites" and it is a fun one indeed!
What we're daring you to do this month is to post your favorite Verve Stamps 2013 creation OR make a new card using your favorite Verve stamp set.
Initially, I was going to make a new card, but ran into a rather big issue...I couldn't pick a favorite set! It felt like having to choose your favorite child. Needless to say, it was not a brilliant start to completing this month's Diva Dare.
In order to ease some stress, I decided to go with posting my favorite Verve card of 2013. Well... you guessed it....I couldn't pick just one card! I have a hard time narrowing down a favorite card for each month when I do the year in review posts on my blog, never mind one favorite card for the entire year, so my indecisive issues carried over to Option B! Rather than stress out over it, I decided to be a rebel and post four cards (wasn't easy getting down to four either LOL!) and then promptly go sit in my Diva, time out chair {grin}.
This first card uses a Mojo Monday sketch showcases the Wavy Heart dies and Chevron Love. I love hearts, and combined with this fun paper, this card just makes me happy.
This second card also uses a Mojo Monday sketch and showcases Strong Anchor. It is one of my favorite masculine cards to date.
This card features two of my favorite Verve dies, Winter Fun and the Scalloped Trim Trio set. I made it for this week's Mojo Monday sketch -- seeing a trend here wink, wink. Yes, I definitely love Julee's sketches! It also features a new colour combination I'm enjoying, as well as my favorite winter element - snowflakes!
Last but not least, I chose this card because it has some of my go to Verve goodies on it -- flowers (these happen to be from Surely Goodness), a butterfly (my favorite Flutterby butterfly die), and one of Julee's fabulous, mixed-font sentiments (also from Surely Goodness).
As a fun extra this month, the Divas are answering "The Diva Fab Five Questionnaire". I'm excited to read each Diva's answers as I love getting to know the person behind the cards. Here are my replies to the Fab Five questions.
What are your three favorite Verve products?
Cheater Answer: Verve stamps, dies and ribbon - ha!
Real Answer (with a side of cheating): Hard!! I have always loved Julee's combined font sentiments. Some of my favorites are Kind Words, Lean On Me, Words of Wisdom and Let It Be. I love the Scripture Plain Janes with Ps 46:10, Phil 1:6 and Phil 4:13 being some of my favorites. I also adore Teachers Count, Glad Tidings, To The Moon, Fabulous You and Dream Big. A few more than three favorites, but I couldn't narrow it down much more than that LOL! Back to my Diva time out chair I go!
What is your current go-to colour combo?
With Christmas in the air, I just love kraft, brown, red and cream, as well as kraft and red paired with a green. Red, grey and white has also been popping up a bit. Sorry...having issues with choosing just one again. And yes, I'm bad that way in other areas of my life too!
What is your current go-to embellishment?
Current season: snowflakes and bells. Year round: ribbon.
What is your favorite stamping or organizational tool?
If you don't count my Cuttlebug (which I use on just about every card I make), I would say dies. I just love them! Some of my favorite Verve dies include: Flutterby, Winter Fun (tree), I Heart You (U shaped die), Elegant Leaves and the Jotted Heart. I don't think I'm getting out of this time out chair for some time today LOL!
What is your favorite treat to eat while stamping?
Most times you will find me sipping green tea (yes, I'm boring that way), and on "treat days" a Starbucks, decaf, non-fat latte.
Look forward to seeing everyones' favorite Verve card from 2013 or a new creation using their favorite Verve set! Good luck choosing just one LOL!
Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Thursday, December 26th. Entries must be posted 12/6 or later, include at least one Verve product, be your favorite Verve Stamps creation of 2013 or a new creation using your favorite Verve Stamps set, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 12/26/13. As an reminder, last month's $40 gift certificate winner did not use any Verve stamps on her card so she was not eligible to win and we had to draw another winner. 
During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!
Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Playing Favorites" Dare and link up your card (created December 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win. One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher. You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.
Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Playing Favorites" Diva Dare posts! One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day! Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is December 26, 2013.
Winners will be announced on December 27, 2013.
- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -
- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -
