Welcome to Day 3 of our 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops! Have you been loving the inspiration along Day 1 Hop and Day 2 Hop? Seriously fabulous cards! If you haven't had time to check them out yet, hop on over. All of our blog hop drawings are open until August 31. Yay!
Our special 10th Anni-VERVE-sary release is a fusion of new and classic Verve and will be available to order on August 28. The release includes 4 stamp sets and 2 die sets. If our peeks inspire and you feel like you just need to have it all, you can pre-order the Anni-VERVE-sary Buy it All Bundle right now at a 30% discount through August 27. In fact, our whole store is on sale right now to celebrate 10 years of Verve!
Over the next few days we'll be shining our creative spotlights on the new Verve sets and dies, giving you tons of inspiration with the new goodies, and a chance to win!
Today's hop is spotlighting the Cake & Candles stamp set.
Today we also have special guest appearances from two rockstar Diva Alumni.... Michelle Woerner and Tosha Leyendekker. I am so honored to still consider these amazingly talented designers part of the Verve family. I remember how ecstatic I was when each one said yes to my invitation to be a Diva and I'm just as thrilled today to hop alongside them once again! Over the years, both of these wonderful women has blessed myself and Verve with their time and talents. I am forever grateful.
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Comment deadline for prize drawing is Thursday, August 31.
My card for today is sweet and sassy. I was playing around with watercolors and created this pink and red background. I loved how it turned out and wanted it to be the centerpiece of the card, so I stamped the wishing you a year of joy sentiment from Cake & Candles in black.
I then embossed the cupcake in black and cut with a square die, watercoloring with the same pastel dreams watercolor confection palette. I colored the wrapper with a grey marker and then also matted this square in black. I selected this super cool black and white paper to jazz things up. Isn't it so dramatic? So dramatic, in fact, that I opted for no embellishment at all.
I then embossed the cupcake in black and cut with a square die, watercoloring with the same pastel dreams watercolor confection palette. I colored the wrapper with a grey marker and then also matted this square in black. I selected this super cool black and white paper to jazz things up. Isn't it so dramatic? So dramatic, in fact, that I opted for no embellishment at all.
Enabler's List
Stamps: Cake & Candles (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Office Suite (Fancy Pants), black, white
Ink: onyx black (Versafine), Pastel Dreams Watercolor Confections (Prima), copic markers
Accessories: pierced square die, clear embossing powder
