Verve Stamps

Play Along to Win!

2012-02-08T14:00:00.000-07:00

It's a new month, and that means Verve is sponsoring the monthly Mojo Madness Contest over on the Mojo Monday blog. Play along with this week's sketch for a chance to win a Verve set of your choosing! We add a winner for every 50 entries, so the more you play, the more chances there are to win!

{If you haven't heard of Mojo Monday, it's a sketch challenge I host each Monday. All skill levels and brands of stamps are encouraged to play!} Most weeks we just play for fun, but on the first Monday of every month, Verve sponsors prizes for up to 7 winners!

The entry deadline is Sunday, February 12 at 8 PM Mountain, so it's time to get your stamp on if you're planning to enter. You can find all the details over on the Mojo Monday blog. We hope you'll play along.

And to get your mojo wheels a turnin' here's a little inspiration using this week's sketch from a few of the Divas...


Click the photos above to view these cards in their natural habitat. {grin}

Remember our Love is in the Air Sale is still going on through February 14!
Save 20% on select lovey dovey stamps & dies!

February Diva Inspirations Hop

2012-02-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Verve fans! It's time once again for our monthly Diva Inspirations Hop. Today's the day you get to hop about and see what fresh ideas our Inspirations team has cooked up with some of our previously released sets! I know I just love dusting off a neglected set and using it in a new and different way, so I hope you find a little inspiration along the way today!

Plus there's a prize! Iif you leave a little comment love as you hop about to the blogs below, you just might win a $30 gift certificate to Verve! Sounds like something to put a spring in your step, don't ya think? Okay, let's have some fun and HOP to it!

	1. Betty	6. Lynda
	2. Jackie	7. Shannan
	3. Jen d.	8. Sony
	4. Jen T.	9. Susan
	5. Julee

Comment deadline for the prize drawing is 8pm Mountain on February 10.

And hopping on in is a new Stamp of the Month...

At 40% off during the month of February, Lucky Ducky is something to quack about!

Plus, we've extended our Love is in the Air Sale through February 14, so be sure to check out all the lovey dovey stamps and dies that are on sale for 20% off through Valentine's Day!

Back In Stock!

2012-02-03T10:44:00.001-07:00

We've just received most of our re-stocking shipments and I thought I'd just pop in and post a quick little something to let you all know that the wait is over and the following products are back in stock. Hooray!

Back in Stock!


Better With You	Making a Statement	Words of Wisdom	Sunny Days

New Mercies	Bloom & Grow	Love Notes	Love Story

Sweet Treats	Carpe Cupcake	Always on My Mind	Swirling Hearts

Fabulous You	Wishing You	Smallest Things	Notebook Paper

Hope Perches	Every Season	Classy Label Die	Sweet Scallop Die

Also back in stock...
Hundred Hearts, Hearts on Fire, Kind Words, Notes of Prayer, Jeremiah 29:11, Philippians 1:6, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 37:4, Philippians 4:13, Proverbs 3:5, Little Star, Hebrews 11:1, Psalm 121:1-2, 1 Chronicles 16:34 and Ecclesiastes 3:11.

Plus, we've extended our Love is in the Air Sale through February 14, so be sure to check out all the lovey dovey stamps and dies that are on sale for 20% off.

And while you're at it, pick up our new release bundles at a 15% savings over buying them all individually! They're a sweet little deal, perfect for the upcoming holidays, and the collection price is good through February 14!

And since it's Friday, I thought I'd leave you with a look-see at the newly posted Viva la Verve! sketch. Since it's a brand new month, our challenge is reset. Play along with all four of our February sketch challenges (posted each Friday in our forum) and you'll be entered in a drawing for a $100 gift certificate to Verve!

Here's a link to this week's challenge thread: Viva la Verve February Week 1

Okay, we'll see you back here on Sunday, February 5 for our monthly Diva Inspirations Blog Hop!

Who's Playing Viva la Verve?

2012-02-01T14:17:00.001-07:00

Hi Verve friends! I just thought I'd pop in to let you know the deadline is drawing near for participating in our January Viva la Verve! contest. One randomly drawn participant who submits a card to our SCS gallery for each of the 4 January sketches and links them in our January Sketch Champion thread will win a $100 gift certificate to Verve! That would be a big ole package of happy mail, don't you think?

All four of your cards must be uploaded to the VLVJAN2012 Gallery and linked up in the VLVLJan2012 Sketch CHAMPIONS thread by midnight, CST on Thursday, February 2, to be eligible to win this month's prize! But hurry, the deadline to enter is tomorrow! For your convenience, the sketches are posted below, or you can print them in one easy PDF Sketchbook.

{(Click the picture of the sketch below to view it larger and print the sketch individually, or click the link below each sketch to visit the challenge thread in our forum. For upload and link instructions, visit the individual challenge threads in our forum.}


	JAN Week 1 {1/6/12}	JAN Week 2 {1/13/12}	JAN Week 3 {1/20/12}	JAN Week 4 {1/27/11}

January Contest Deadline: 11:59pm CT Feb. 2, 2011
VLVJAN2012 Champions Entry Link

After Party Blog Hop WINNER!

2012-01-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

Did you all enjoy our After Party Hop? I'm always amazed to see what the Divas create with the new stamps and dies, and the projects this release were so inspiring! Anyhow, it's time to announce the random winner from our January After Party Blog Hop!

Tanis wins the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE from Verve!

Congrats Tanis! Email Katrina at contests@vervestamps.com with your shipping address to claim your prize.

Winners from our first three days of hopping can be found on this thread in our forum.

Now for the SALE info! We've marked down some of our favorite lovey dovey stamps and dies 20% through February 4, so it's the perfect time to stock up on a little something to spread the love this Valentine's Day!

All of our new releases are available in the store. And through February 4, you can purchase our new release stamp or die collections at a 15% savings!

January After Party Blog Hop!

2012-01-14T07:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our January After Party Blog Hop! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our hops and last night's release party - we've had so much fun sharing the new stamps & dies with you this week!

Last night we released 3 new stamp sets, 4 plain janes and 4 dies! All of the new products we've been showcasing this week are available now in the Verve store. Hooray!

And to celebrate the release the Divas are putting on another hop! Be sure to leave a little comment love as you take a leisurely little stroll through the Diva blogs. One lucky commenter from today's hop will win the ENTIRE Release!

*January 14, 2012*

1. Amy	8. Tosha
2. Maureen	9. Laurie
3. Sankari	10. Julee
4. Andrea	11. Janelle
5. Teresa	12. Betty
6. Amber	13. Shannan
7. Charmaine	14. Jackie

Deadline for comments to be eligible for the prize drawing is 8PM Mountain on Sunday, January 15. One lucky commenter on one of the blogs on today's hop will win the entire release. The winner will be announced here on the blog on Monday, January 16.

Winners from our first three days of hopping can be found on this thread in our forum.

Okay, have fun hopping... I'll leave you with links to all of the new products!


Stamp Collection	Die Collection	Wings of Love	Wavy Hearts Die Set

Twitterpated	Hearts & Swirls Frame Die	Lucky You	Shamrock Die Set

All Aflutter PJ	All Aflutter Die Set	Psalm 63:3-4	Zephaniah 3:17

Valentine's Day

January Spotlight Hops - Day 3

2012-01-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Day 3 of our January 2012 Spotlight Hops! Tonight we'll be revealing all of the new sets and dies at our Release Party from 9-11pm Eastern. Come join us for a fun evening! All of the new products you've seen spotlighted this week will be available on our website following the party! Woohoo for new Verve!

While you wait for the release, we've got another hop to put on! Today the Divas are spotlighting Twitterpated, Hearts & Swirls Frame Die, All Aflutter Plain Jane and the All Aflutter Die Set. One lucky commenter from one of the spots on today's hop will win the stamps and dies being spotlighted today, so be sure to leave a little comment love in the Divasphere!

*January 13, 2012*

1. Amber	7. Amy
2. Teresa	8. Laurie
3. Charmaine	9. Maureen
4. Andrea	10. Julee
5. Tosha	11. Sankari
6. Janelle

But you best hurry, since the deadline for commenting is TONIGHT at 5PM Mountain! And if you missed the previous Spotlight Hops, there's still a little time to leave a comment to be eligible for prizes...

Day 1 Spotlights

Day 2 Spotlights

Happy Hopping!

January Spotlight Hops - Day 2

2012-01-12T07:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Day 2 of our January 2012 Spotlight Hops! Yesterday we flashed forward to St. Patrick's Day and today we're rewinding back to Valentine's Day with a super fun love themed set, coordinating die and plain jane. Hop along with the Divas to see our first looks at some new products releasing from Verve this Friday night! One lucky commenter from one of the spots on today's hop will win the stamps and dies being spotlighted today...Wings of Love, Wavy Hearts Die Set and the Valentine's Day plain jane. So be sure to leave a little comment love in the Divasphere!

*January 12, 2012*

1. Janelle	7. Teresa
2. Julee	8. Andrea
3. Laurie	9. Sankari
4. Tosha	10. Maureen
5. Charmaine	11. Amy
6. Amber

And if you missed yesterday's Day 1 Spotlight Hop, there's still time to leave a comment, check it out here!

Happy Hopping!

January Spotlights Day 1 and a new DIVA!

2012-01-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our January 2012 Spotlight Hops! Hop along with the Divas over the next few days as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve this Friday night! One lucky commenter from each day's hop will win the sets and dies featured that day, so be sure and leave a little love in the Divasphere!

*January 11, 2012*

1. Amy	7. Charmaine
2. Maureen	8. Tosha
3. Sankari	9. Laurie
4. Andrea	10. Julee
5. Teresa	11. Janelle
6. Amber

All of the stamps and dies you'll see previewed this week will be available following our release party on Friday night. Deadline for comments to be eligible for the prize drawing is 5PM Mountain on Friday, January 13. One lucky commenter on one of the blogs on today's hop will win the stamps and dies being spotlighted today... Lucky You, Shamrock Die Set, Psalm 63:3-4 and Zephaniah 3:17. Winners will be announced during our release party this Friday night!

One last announcement before you're on your hoppy little way...

We've got a brand new face in the Divahood! We're so excited to have Janelle Stollfus of Rain Puddles Design joining our release team! Janelle has such a unique and creative style and I've long been inspired by the projects she creates and just know you will, too! Welcome, Janelle!

Happy Hopping!

January Diva Inspirations Hop

2012-01-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Verve fans! Starting this month, we've moved our Diva Inspirations Hop to the 5th of each month. So today's the day you get to hop about and see what fresh ideas our Inspirations team has cooked up with some of our previously released sets! I know I just love seeing these products get used in new and different ways, and I hope you do too!

And if you leave a little comment love as you hop about to the blogs below, you just might win a $30 gift certificate to Verve! Sounds like something to put a spring in your step, don't ya think? Okay, let's have some fun and HOP to it!

1. Betty	6. Julee
2. Dawn	7. Lynda
3. Jackie	8. Shannan
4. Jen d.	9. Sony
5. Jen T.	10. Susan

Comment deadline for the prize drawing is 8pm Mountain on January 10.

Just a little reminder that our office is closed this week as we finish shipping orders from our year-end sale, complete year-end inventory and pack up our headquarters to move across town. You can still place an order, but new orders won't start shipping until sometime after Monday, January 9.

Look for our new release spotlights starting up right here on the blog next Wednesday.

Good Buy 2011 Sale Ends Tonight

2011-12-31T06:24:00.002-07:00

Hi Verve friends! For those of you who tried to place an order from about 9pm MT last night to 6AM this morning, we're sorry you may have experienced difficulties completing your order. Our payment processor had some connectivity issues, but the problem has been resolved and everything appears to be working again! Hooray! Thanks so much for your patience!

Just a little reminder that our BIGGEST SALE of the year ends tonight!
Enter code SHOPHOP at checkout for an additional 10% off!

To recieve the extra discount, you must enter SHOPHOP in the gift code box at checkout.

Combine that with our free domestic (US & Canada) shipping on orders over $50 and $2.50 shipping on orders over $35, and you've got yourself a steal of a deal!

Sale is limited to stock on hand. We do not accept backorders. No price adjustments for previously placed orders. We cannot apply the discount code AFTER your order has been placed, so please make sure to apply the SHOPHOP code before you check out, or it will not be applicable.

Good Buy 2011

2011-12-27T08:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday, Verve friends! Yesterday kicked off our annual end of year sale and I thought I'd drop in and let you know the 4-1-1 on all the deals!Now through Saturday, December 31, everything in our store is marked down 10 - 50% off! Woohoo! The sale is limited to stock on hand, so shop early for the best selection.

And that's not all, folks. No, that is NOT all! As our thank you for your continued support, we've added an extra little discount. Enter gift code SHOPHOP in the gift code box at checkout to receive an additional 10% off your order. Combine that with our free domestic (US & Canada) shipping on orders over $50 and $2.50 shipping on orders over $35, and you've got yourself a steal of a deal!

We cannot apply the discount code AFTER your order has been placed, so please make sure to apply the SHOPHOP code before you check out, or it will not be applicable. Sale is limited to stock on hand and not valid on previous purchases. We do not accept backorders.

And for those of you eagerly anticipating some new Verve, the wait is almost over! Save the date for our next release party, Friday, January 13 from 9-11PM Eastern in our forum. We've got a few fantastic new stamps and dies we're excited to share with you!

Until next time.... happy stamping (and shopping)!

Holiday Diva Dare WINNERS

2011-12-09T11:24:00.001-07:00

Hi Verve fans! Hi Verve fans! It's Julee here, popping in to announce the winners from our Holiday Diva Dare! But first I wanted to remind everyone that it's a contest week over on the Mojo Monday blog and there's still time to enter! {If you haven't heard of Mojo Monday, it's a sketch challenge I host each Monday. All skill levels and brands of stamps are encouraged to play!} Most weeks we just play for fun, but on the first Monday of every month, Verve sponsors prizes for up to 7 winners! Play along this week for a chance to win the Verve set of your choosing! Deadline for entry is 8PM Mountain on Sunday, December 11. Visit the Mojo Monday blog for all the details! We hope you'll play along!

And now on to our winner's announcement...
I had so much fun checking out every one's amazing creations. Thanks to everyone who played along! And now, here are your winners...

Radha wins a $30 gift certificate to Verve!

Miriam wins a Verve set of her choosing!

Congrats Radha and Miriam!
Email Katrina at contests@vervestamps.com to claim your prize. If you won a set, please include your set choice and full shipping address in the email.

Holiday Diva Dare ~ Day 9

2011-12-02T05:00:00.057-07:00

Welcome to the Holiday Diva Dare! It's Andrea here and I'm so glad you've stopped in for a visit! A quick rundown of the deets and then we'll get to the good stuff...

For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is A Handmade Christmas! The theme is pretty broad and can be interpreted in so many different ways...from a lovingly made card, to heartfelt gifts and homemade decorations! With the Holidays right around the corner, this will be the perfect time to get a jump start on your card and gift making!

So, we DARE you to make a Handmade Christmas card or gift!

I answered the dare with this sweet, vintage envelope...suitable for gift cards, holiday cards or any kind of sweet treat:

A little peek of the inside:

I used Verve's Charming Oval die for my Santa's Helper sentiment on the front and the inside stamp is from the new Bright Spirits set. The finished envelope measures 4" X 5 1/2". I took a piece of Vintage Cream card stock, cut it down to 5 1/2" X 11" and then scored at the 4" mark, twice, starting at one end. The envelope lid ended up being 3". I wanted it to be a bit smaller because I wanted to fancy it up with a Martha Stewart French Scroll punch. To do that, I measured exactly the middle of the edge of the flap and marked it with a pencil. I then aligned my corner punch and cut. I then laid the card stock diagonally on my cutting board and cut from that first punch towards the closest score line. Next, I aligned my border punch and punched away! There are lots of perimeter pearls, sewn and distressed edges.

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget on Laurie's Day 1 post before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Holiday Diva Dare ~ Day 8

2011-12-01T05:00:00.003-07:00

Hi everyone! It's Jackie here and I'd like to welcome you back to day 8 of the Holiday Diva Dare!

For those of you who are new to this challenge, here is how it works: Following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with and you'll then have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will be posting their creations and sharing how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is A Handmade Christmas! The theme is pretty broad and can be interpreted in so many different ways...from a lovingly made card, to heartfelt gifts and homemade decorations! With the Holidays right around the corner, this will be the perfect time to get a jump start on your card and gift making!

So, we DARE you to make a Handmade Christmas card or gift!

I'll give you one guess as to how I answered the dare.....Give up? TAGS, of course!

My Mom and Dad are in a couples Bible study group and she asked if I could make her some gift tags to spruce up the simple gift bags she had picked out for the other couples in the group. Of course I said yes! I love to make tags this time of year!

I used the new Cross Set dies and die cut four crosses from patterned paper. The poinsettia/snowflake in the center of the cross is from Bright Spirits. It was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, colored with Copics and cut out. I finished off each one with an adhesive pearl. The sentiment is from Richly Blessed. It was stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and made into a sentiment "flag". I finished the tags with some black twill ribbon tied with a ivory linen thread bow and a bit of zig zag stitching. All of the patterned paper is 12 Days of Christmas by Simple Stories.

A detail shot.....

Thank you and Happy Holidays!!!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE post before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Holiday Diva Dare - Day 7

2011-11-30T05:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Day 7 of the Holiday Diva Dare! It's Charmaine and today is my turn to bring you my take on this month's challenge!

When I was thinking about what to create for the challenge, I started thinking of things that my kids could help with since they LOVE to create gifts. . .especially my two oldest. I came across these adorable ornaments at marthastewart.com made with a pipecleaner and buttons! They are SO simple and perfect for kids to create! I don't know about you, but I have a TON of buttons, so the girls had their pick and it was a great way to use up some surplus! ;)

So, my answer to the dare was the ornaments and some pretty packaging for the ornaments! I created the snowman box using a downloadable template, and the Santa box was created with a die. I stamped each box with the snowflakes from Glad Tidings. I stamped the snowflakes on the box in white craft ink, then I stamped some on white cardstock in Crumb Cake ink and die cut them using the Snowflake Tidings Die Set. The sentiment panel uses the frame from Tag Time, a sentiment from Bright Spirits and the Curvy Bookplate Die. The window in the snowman box was die cut using the Rounded Scallop Frame Die. The snowman is suspended from the lid of the box. I added tissue paper to the bottoms of both boxes.

Hope you've been inspired today! There's more Diva Inspiration to come, so stop back tomorrow!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE post before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Holiday Diva Dare - Day 6

2011-11-29T05:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Holiday Diva Dare! I have been so inspired by both the Diva creations and the challenge entries uploaded so far. I hope you have too!

For those of you who are new to this challenge, here is how it works: Following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with and you'll then have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will be posting their creations and sharing how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is A Handmade Christmas! The theme is pretty broad and can be interpreted in so many different ways...from a lovingly made card, to heartfelt gifts and homemade decorations! With the Holidays right around the corner, this will be the perfect time to get a jump start on your card and gift making!

So, we DARE you to make a Handmade Christmas card or gift!

I answered the dare with an ornament that I created using the tree die from the new Winter Fun Die set and a sentiment from Glad Tidings.

I started with a decorative oval chipboard frame, then added a Classy Label diecut, a paper rosette, a layered felt tree, and a sentiment flag. I attached a rusty jingle bell at the bottom and some ivory vintage buttons at the top. I distressed the chipboard and paper elements with Frayed Burlap Distress ink for a somewhat rustic look.To create the layered felt tree, I die-cut three trees from green felt, stacked them, and then stitched vertically through the center. Press open the seams for a more 3D effect if desired. Fairly quick and easy to make! I think these will work especially well with kraft gift bags or packages wrapped in kraft paper. For the recipient, the ornament can go right from the package to the tree for a gift that keeps giving.

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE post before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Holiday Diva Dare - Day 5

2011-11-28T05:00:00.005-07:00

Monday Greetings everyone!! I hope you had a wonderful SUPER LONG Thanksgiving Day weekend. This Canadian Diva is always a little jealous of the way you celebrate Thanksgiving right! Now onto Day 5 of the Holiday Diva Dare! For those of you who are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is A Handmade Christmas! The theme is pretty broad and can be interpreted in so many different ways...from a lovingly made card, to heartfelt gifts and homemade decorations! With the Holidays right around the corner, this will be the perfect time to get a jump start on your card and gift making!

So, we DARE you to make a Handmade Christmas card or gift! Oops!! Did you hear Christmas? I'm working a little backwards...so stay with me! Today just happens to be my son's 23rd birthday (AND btw Diva Andrea's!! Happy B-Day sistah!). I wanted to make him a birthday card that would house a Starbucks card and a "little" cheque from Mom :) I used a Small Phrases sentiment to let Jake know, once again, how deeply loved he is by his Mama.

Here is the inside of the gift card holder, using 2 stamps from Birthday Bash along with the leaves from Bloom and Grow.

Okay, here's where the "Christmas" comes in. It's a busy time of year and I wanted to show you how you can save time (and hair pulling) by using a card layout you've used or seen before and just change it for the present occasion. With full time work, the pending move to the new house, Jake's birthday AND Christmas, this Diva is more than willing to save a bit of time by reusing a card design...here's the Christmas version...

I just changed the papers, dies and sentiment and voila! Christmas Gift Card card done! Here's a peek inside...

I had a fun time mixing last year's stamp sets (Glad Tidings, Frosty Flakes, Christmas in the Air) on the outside with the latest stamp set, Bright Spirits, on the inside....they all work together so well! Here's a last photo with both cards so you can see how similar and different they are...

Thanks so much for sharing a special day with me...now onto the details of the DARE!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE post before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

November Viva la Verve!

2011-11-26T08:48:00.000-07:00

Hi Verve fans! This is just a little reminder that the last Viva la Verve! sketch for November has been posted. Play along with all 4 of this month's sketches to be entered in a drawing for a $100 Verve gift certificate! Woohoo! Deadline for entry is Thursday, December 1. You can read all the specifics on the Week 4 challenge thread in our forum. Happy stamping!!!


	NOV Week 1 {11/4/11}	NOV Week 2 {11/11/11}	NOV Week 3 {11/18/11}	NOV Week 4 {11/25/11}

And if you're in the shopping mood, our Black Friday Weekend Sale is still on! Click the graphic below to see all the fabulous products marked 35% off this weekend! Don't you just love a sale? {grin}

I'll just leave you with links to a few of my favorite sets that are part of the sale. Happy shopping and stamping! Have a great weekend!

Black Friday Weekend Sale!

2011-11-25T00:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday, Verve friends! Today kicks off our annual post-Thanksgiving weekend sale and I thought I'd drop in and let you know the 4-1-1 on what's on sale!

Now through Sunday, November 27, we have over 60 products marked down 35%! Woohoo! The sale is limited to stock on hand, so shop early for the best selection.

Our current monthly special is still running as well, so while you're visiting the store, be sure to checkout the Holiday Sale page for the list of holiday stamps and dies that are currently 20% off.

And last but not least, if you haven't had a chance to check out our latest release, there's still time to buy one of our New Release Collections. The November Stamp Collection includes all of the new release stamps and the November Die Collection includes all of the new release dies. Both collections are a savings of 15%!

Holiday Diva Dare-Day 4

2011-11-23T05:00:00.000-07:00

Good morning Verve peeps, it is Teresa and I bringing to you my project for the Diva Dare. We are taking a break from the Diva Dare after today until Monday November 28; to give everyone time with their families. I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with lots of love.

For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is A Handmade Christmas! The theme is pretty broad and can be interpreted in so many different ways...from a lovingly made card, to heartfelt gifts and homemade decorations! With the Holidays right around the corner, this will be the perfect time to get a jump start on your card and gift making!

So, we DARE you to make a Handmade Christmas card or gift!

I answered the dare with Christmas tags to add to my special Christmas gift wrapping this year. Half the fun for me is the wrapping, I am using kraft paper, with red, and creams.

Here is a close up of the tag. My first gift wrapped for the season is for my MIL, I usually have her gifts ready to go before any others. The to:/from: is from the O Christmas Tree set.

Here is a photos of a few more of the tags; I have used stitching, buttons, and my beloved glass glitter. The snowflakes are from the Glad Tidings set and I used the new Snowflake Tidings Die set to cut the snowflakes. I cannot wait to see what you create!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget below before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

You can link up your Handmade Christmas creation on Laurie's post here.

Holiday Diva Dare - Day 3

2011-11-22T08:00:00.003-07:00

Welcome to the Holiday Diva Dare! It's Sankari here with the details of the challenge and then my project for the Diva Dare this month:

This month's theme is A Handmade Christmas! The theme is pretty broad and can be interpreted in so many different ways...from a lovingly made card, to heartfelt gifts and homemade decorations! With the Holidays right around the corner, this will be the perfect time to get a jump start on your card and gift making!

So, we DARE you to make a Handmade Christmas card or gift!

I answered the dare by making a little banner to hang on our front door. I have always enjoyed making handicrafts that can be hung on our door and our kids get so excited for the next season with a new doorway banner or wreath. After Thanksgiving, I am excited to hang up this little snowy banner on our door using the Bright Spirits Stamp set. I love this sentiment: "May your Spirits be Bright" and the sweet little star shape that can be both a flower or snowflake. I created a little ornament that I saw while surfing awhile ago and then saw again made in our LSS (hi Cynthia!) and couldn't wait to add as a big rosette to the banner:

Here is the center piece of the banner - I created a double star and used the Winter Fun Die set that has this beautiful tree to create little icicle pennants for the top:

I had some glittery snowflakes from a previous project that I added to the center of the large rosette and then layered the sixpoint snowflake (large and small) from the Bright Spirits stamp set into the middle and added a little button to the center:

Here is a side view of the banner and the layers:

Project Ingredients:

Stamps: Bright Spirits from Verve Stamps

Papers: Yellow Bicycle Winter Twig

Inks: Memento Danube Blue

Accessories: Winter Fun Die Set from Verve Stamps, snowflake punch from MS, dimensionals, Spellbinders, red tacky tape, pearl embellishment from Want2Scrap, ribbon, jumbo eyelets from WeRMemory Keepers, Chipboard and liquid pearls

I loved this challenge and love making home decorations! I am so excited to hang this on the door after Thursday and surprise my little ones with a new door hanger and get ready a beautiful season of Merry and Bright Spirits!!!

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Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget on Laurie's Day 1 post before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Holiday Diva Dare ~ Day 2

2011-11-21T05:00:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the Holiday Diva Dare! For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!
This month's theme is A Handmade Christmas! The theme is pretty broad and can be interpreted in so many different ways...from a lovingly made card, to heartfelt gifts and homemade decorations! With the Holidays right around the corner, this will be the perfect time to get a jump start on your card and gift making!
So, we DARE you to make a Handmade Christmas card or gift!
Here's how I answered the dare:

I've enjoyed decorating gift bags and making toppers for them this season. So I thought it would be fun to make a snowflake gift bag with some of Verve's fabulous wintery images!!! You can find a tutorial for the topper HERE. I made the topper first and decorated it with some snowflakes from the Verve sets: Frosty Flakes and Glad Tidings.
I made the sweet little tree by using the new Verve tree diecut from the set Winter Fun, and running it through a crimper.

The Sentiment is from one of the newly released sets, Bright Spirits. I made the medallion using the Tim Holtz Mini Paper Rosettes die along with the 2011 Snowflake Pendant and the Petite Scallop Circle dies by Spellbinders.
See the little snowflake ornament? That was made with the medium snowflake from the Glad Tidings set along with a new Verve die called Snowflake Tidings. And the icicles were made with a Martha Stewart Punch.

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY 1 POST before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Holiday Diva Dare - Day 1

2011-11-18T05:00:00.000-07:00

This is how I answered the dare... I created felt ornaments to be given as gifts! Using just some felt, dies, a sewing machine, and some minimal embellishments, I was able to create these handmade ornaments in no time at all!

These little guys are just over 2 1/2" inches in diameter...perfect size to tuck away in a mini gift bag!

For the packaging, I started with some mini notebook printed paper bags. I then stamped three different sentiments as well as the star image from the Bright Spirits set. The label was created by using the Curved Bookplate die to cut around the stamped sentiments.

To make the little stars, I stamped them, colored them in with Copics, then used the Winter Fun Die Set to cut them out!
Not only were the ornaments quick and easy to make, but I kept the packaging simple as well! Perfect for mass production!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget below before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. 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 A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

{Click the link above for the entry form. Please type your name or screen name in the Caption or Title field, then choose the link and photo you'd like to enter. Please link directly to your specific blog post with your card in it, and not your general blog url.}

Note: If you have trouble linking, try entering the link to your card, then choosing From File instead of From Web. Then just browse to where your picture is saved on your computer to get your thumbnail. Sometimes it takes a few minutes for your picture to appear in the list after you've used the widget. If it doesn't appear right away, click the control button + F5 to refresh the images on the page.

Holiday Release After Party!

2011-11-14T05:00:00.004-07:00

Welcome to our Holiday Release After Party! Each Monday following a release, we will be bringing you the latest sale info as well as share some eye popping projects made with the newly release stamps! So, grab a cup of your favorite hot beverage, sit back, and enjoy!

First, how about we give away a prize? It's always good to start a Monday by giving away some shiny new Verve, right? :-)

It's time to announce the random winner from our Post Release Blog Hop!

Lynn wins the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE from Verve!

Congrats Lynn! Email Katrina at contests@vervestamps.com with your shipping address to claim your prize.

Winners from our first three days of hopping can be found on this thread in our forum.

Now for the juicy SALE info! During the month of November, enjoy a 20% savings select holiday stamps and dies, plus don't miss our Stamp of the Month special!

And now for your viewing pleasure, we have compiled our favorite creations using the newly released stamps!

Created by Amy Sheffer using the Bright Spirits stamp set.

Created by Andrea Ewen using the Bright Spirits and Glad Tidings stamp sets, along with the Lovely Marquee, Snowflake Tidings, & Love Birds dies.

Created by Charmaine Ikach using the Bright Spirits and Glad Tidings stamp sets along with the Snowflake Tidings die set.

Created by Jackie Pedro using the Santa's Helper stamp set along with the Rounded Scallop Frame Die.

Created by Julee Tilman using the Bright Spirits and Hope Perches Plain Jane sets along with the Winter Fun and Love Birds die sets.

Created by Laurie Schmidlin using the Bright Spirits set and Winter Tree Plain Jane.

Created by Maureen Plut using the Bright Spirits set along with the Lovely Marquee die and Winter Fun die set.

Created by Sankari Wegman using the Bright Spirits set.

Created by Teresa Kline using the Bright Spirits set and Lovely Marquee die.

Created by Tosha Leyendekker using the Time to Blossom Plain Jane.

Thanks so much for joining us here today! We hope you leave here inspired! Make sure to stop back by this Friday, as we will be kicking off our Holiday Diva Dare!

New VERVE Post Release Blog Hop

2011-11-12T07:00:00.017-07:00

Welcome to our Post-Release Holiday Spotlight Hop! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our hops and last night's release party - we've had a blast sharing this release with you!

Last night we released 2 new stamp sets, 5 plain janes and 6 dies to coordinate with new and old Verve holiday sets. All of the new products we've been showcasing this week are available now in the Verve store. Hooray! And to celebrate the release the Divas are putting on another hop! Be sure to leave a little comment love as you take one last stroll through the Diva and Guest Diva blogs. One lucky commenter from today's hop will win the ENTIRE Release!

1. Julee	8. Sankari
2. Andrea	9. Teresa
3. Vickie {Guest}	10. Charmaine
4. Amy	11. Tosha
5. Maureen	12. Wanda {Guest}
6. Laurie	13. Jackie
7. Gretchen {Guest}

Deadline for comments to be eligible for the prize drawing is 8PM Mountain on Sunday, November 13. One lucky commenter on one of the blogs on today's hop will win the entire release. The winner will be announced here on the blog on Monday, November 14.

Winners from our first three days of hopping can be found on this thread in our forum.

Okay, have fun hopping... I'll leave you with links to all of the new products!


Bright Spirits	Santa's Helper	Winter Tree	Time to Blossom

Jeremiah 33:3	Flared Cross	Curvy Cross	Cross Die Set

Snowflake Tidings Die Set	Frosty Snowflakes Die Set	Love Birds Die Set	Lovely Marquee Die

Winter Fun Die Set

November Holiday Release Spotlight Hops - Day 3

2011-11-11T07:00:00.005-07:00

Welcome to Day 3 of our Holiday Spotlight Hops! Hop along with the Divas as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve tonight, tonight, tonight... wooooo-oah! One lucky commenter from each day's hop will win the sets and dies featured that day, so be sure and leave a little love in the Divasphere!

1. Julee	8. Sankari
2. Andrea	9. Teresa
3. Vickie {Guest}	10. Charmaine
4. Amy	11. Tosha
5. Maureen	12. Wanda {Guest}
6. Laurie	13. Jackie
7. Gretchen {Guest}

Deadline for comments to be eligible for the prize drawing is 5PM Mountain on Friday, November 11. (That's tonight, so ya best get to hoppin'!) One lucky commenter on one of the blogs on today's hop will win the stamps and dies being spotlighted today... Santa's Helper, Snowflake Tidings Die Set, Frosty Snowflakes Die Set, and the Lovely Marquee Die. Winners will be announced during our release party tonight! All of the stamps and dies you've seen previewed this week will be available following our release party at approximately 11pm Eastern.

Happy Hopping!

Check back tomorrow for one more day of eye candy as our Divas put on a post-release Blog Hop!

November Holiday Release Spotlight Hops - Day 2

2011-11-10T07:00:00.010-07:00

Welcome to Day 2 of our Holiday Spotlight Hops! Hop along with the Divas as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve this Friday night! One lucky commenter from each day's hop will win the sets and dies featured that day, so be sure and leave a little love in the Divasphere!

1. Julee	8. Andrea
2. Jackie	9. Vickie {Guest}
3. Teresa	10. Amy
4. Charmaine	11. Laurie
5. Maureen	12. Gretchen {Guest}
6. Tosha	13. Sankari
7. Wanda {Guest}

Deadline for comments to be eligible for the prize drawing is 5PM Mountain on Friday, November 11. One lucky commenter on one of the blogs on today's hop will win the stamps and dies being spotlighted today... Bright Spirits, Winter Tree, Winter Fun Die Set and the Love Birds Die Set. Winners will be announced during our release party this Friday night! All of the stamps and dies you'll see previewed this week will be available following our release party on Friday night.

Happy Hopping!

November Holiday Release Spotlight Hops - Day 1

2011-11-09T07:00:00.008-07:00

Welcome to our Holiday Spotlight Hops! Hop along with the Divas over the next few days as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve this Friday night! One lucky commenter from each day's hop will win the sets and dies featured that day, so be sure and leave a little love in the Divasphere!

1. Julee	7. Andrea
2. Teresa	8. Vickie {Guest}
3. Charmaine	9. Amy
4. Maureen	10. Laurie
5. Tosha	11. Gretchen {Guest}
6. Wanda {Guest}	12. Sankari

Deadline for comments to be eligible for the prize drawing is 5PM Mountain on Friday, November 11. One lucky commenter on one of the blogs on today's hop will win the stamps and dies being spotlighted today... Cross Die Set, Curvy Cross, Flared Cross, Jeremiah 33:3 and Time to Blossom. Winners will be announced during our release party this Friday night! All of the stamps and dies you'll see previewed this week will be available following our release party on Friday night.

Happy Hopping!

Diva Inspirations Hop WINNER & Getting Sketchy!

2011-11-08T06:00:00.016-07:00

Hi Verve fans! It's Julee here, popping in to announce the winner from our November Diva Inspirations Hop!

Francie G. wins a $30 Gift Certificate to Verve!

Congrats Francie!
Email us at contests@vervestamps.com to claim your prize.

Plus, sketches are in the air this month, so I thought I'd point your attention to a few ways to win a little Verve, while you wait for this Friday's release...

SFYTT

Sketch For You To Try is a monthly sketch challenge hosted by Jen del Muro (one of our Inspiration Divas). Verve is the November sponsor and if you play along with the sketch using Verve stamps you just might win a Verve set of your choosing! Check out Jen's blog for the entry form and all the deets!

Mojo Monday

Mojo Monday is a weekly sketch challenge hosted by me (Julee Tilman) on the Mojo Monday blog. The first Monday of each month (which just happens to be this week!) is the start of a contest week! The Mojo team's top picks from all the entries (one winner added for every 50 entries) will win a Verve set of their choosing. You can enter as many times as you like and Verve stamps are not required. Deadline for entry is Sunday, 11/13 at 8:00pm Mountain, check the Mojo Monday blog for the entry form and all the details.

Viva la Verve!

Viva la Verve! is a weekly sketch challenge hosted by the Verve Divas over in our SCS Forum. Each Friday, the Divas share a new sketch. Play along with all of the sketches in a month and be entered in a drawing for a $100 gift certificate to Verve! That's a seriously fun prize, so what'cha waiting for? Here's the first VLV sketch of November to get you started.

Okay, that's all for now. Check back tomorrow for the first day of our New Release Spotlight Hops and our first peeks at some fun new stamps and dies! Hop begins at 7 AM Mountain, Wednesday, 11/9.

November Diva Inspirations Hop

2011-11-01T05:00:00.011-06:00

Welcome to the November Diva Inspirations Blog Hop! Our Diva Inspirations team is here to start your month off right with a little Verve inspiration! Take a little peek at each of the fabulous blogs below and leave a little comment love for their Verve-alicious eye candy and you just might win some Vervey goodness of your very own!

1. Julee	6. Lynda
2. Betty	7. Shannan
3. Dawn	8. Sony
4. Jen d.	9. Susan
5. Jen T.

We've hidden a little mystery prize on one of today's hop spots, so be sure to leave a little comment love as you hop around for a chance to win!
Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, November 7
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve

A new month brings a new Stamp of the Month...

*At 40% off during the month of November, Poinsettia Christmas is one splendid deal!* And for more savings, check out our Sale page* to see which timeless holiday sets are on sale during the month of November!*
Save the Date! Our next release is just around the corner! Come countdown to our holiday release by joining us at our Release Party on Friday, November 11 from 9-11pm Eastern in our SCS Member Company Forum. Look for our New Release Spotlight Hops starting Wednesday, November 9 on the Verve Blog!

Boo to You

2011-10-26T11:42:00.000-06:00


Last week we released a new set called Boo to You. This $15 Halloween set includes a sweet pumpkin and twin ghost images, plus 6 beautiful sentiments, perfect for all your Halloween projects. Our main shipment of this set was delayed, but we're happy to say it has finally arrived and we have plenty of stock available. Here's a little eye candy inspiration from our design team using this fun new set:


Click the photos above to view these cards in their natural habitat. {grin}

Diva Inspirations Hop WINNER & OCtober Get Your Diva On Challenge

2011-10-11T05:00:00.011-06:00

Hi Verve fans! It's Julee here, popping in to announce the winner from our October Diva Inspirations Hop and to let you know that our October Get Your Diva On Challenge is posted!

First up is the winner announcement....

Cindy Lou wins a $30 Gift Certificate to Verve!

Congrats CIndy Lou!
Email us at contests@vervestamps.com to claim your prize.

Our monthly Get Your Diva On challenge is under way in our forum! Play along for your chance to win a $100 Gift Certificate to VERVE!

All you have to do to be eligible is submit an entry with this month's theme, Handmade Happiness! The challenge is to incorporate a home made embellishment on your card or project! It could be knitted, crocheted, of paper or fabric origin, painted, etc... As long as there is one element on the project (besides the project itself!) that is handmade...you're in! We want everyone to play, so put those thinking caps on and show us your homespun creativity! As with all our challenges, Verve stamps are not required, but we sure do love to see 'em! {wink}

The entry deadline is Sunday, October 16, so it's time to get your stamp on if you're planning to enter. You can find all the details over in the GYDO challenge thread on our forum. And to get your creative wheels a'turning, here are a few inspirations from our design team:



Click the photos above to view these cards in their natural habitat. {grin}

That's all folks! Remember our Think Pink Sale is still going on through October 16! Save a little moulah on some great stamps & dies and support the Susan G Komen For the Cure foundation!

Back in Stock

2011-10-06T12:01:00.000-06:00

Hi Verve friends! I just wanted to quickly note that our re-stocking shipment arrived much earlier than expected. So if you've been waiting on an out-of-stock set it's more than likely back in stock and on sale 20% off through October 16, during our Think Pink Sale!

Here's a little refresher on some of the beautiful sets that are back in stock today...

Bountiful Harvest sample by Diva Tosha Leyendekker

Bloom & Grow sample by Diva Amy Sheffer

Words of Wisdom sample by Diva Andrea Ewen

New Mercies sample by Diva Julee Tilman

Hebrews 11:1 sample by Diva Amber Hight

Psalm 121:1-2 sample by Diva Maureen Plut

September Diva Dare Winners

2011-10-04T05:00:00.011-06:00

Hi Verve fans! Hi Verve fans! It's Julee here, popping in to announce the winners from our CASE-a DIVA Diva Dare! But first I wanted to let everyone know that it's a contest week over on the Mojo Monday blog this week! {If you haven't heard of Mojo Monday, it's a sketch challenge I host each Monday. All skill levels and brands of stamps are encouraged to play!} Most weeks we just play for fun, but on the first Monday of every month, Verve sponsors prizes for up to 7 winners! Play along this week for a chance to win the Verve set of your choosing! Deadline for entry is 8PM Mountain on Sunday, October 9. Visit the Mojo Monday blog for all the details! We hope you'll play along!

And now on to our winner's announcement...
I had so much fun checking out everyone's amazing creations. Thanks to everyone who played along! And now, here are your winners...

Lisa wins a $30 gift certificate to Verve!

E.T. wins a Verve set of her choosing!

Congrats Lisa and E.T.!
Email us at contests@vervestamps.com to claim your prize.

And last but not least, if you haven't checked out our October Diva Inspirations Hop yet, be sure to take a look-see at all the fabulous inspiration from the Divas. One lucky commenter on one of the hop spots will win a gift certificate to Verve! Woohoo! Click here for the Master Hop List.

October Diva Inspirations Hop

2011-10-03T06:00:00.007-06:00

Welcome to the October Diva Inspirations Blog Hop! Our Diva Inspirations and Release teams are here to start your month off right with a little Verve inspiration! Take a little peek at each of the fabulous blogs below and leave a little comment love for their Verve-alicious eye candy and you just might win some Vervey goodness of your very own!

1. Julee	10. Sankari
2. Betty	11. Teresa
3. Dawn	12. Andrea
4. Jen d.	13. Tosh
5. Lynda	14. Maureen
6. Shannan	15. Amy
7. Sony	16. Laurie
8. Susan	17. Jen T.
9. Charmaine

We've hidden a little mystery prize on one of today's hop spots, so be sure to leave a little comment love as you hop around for a chance to win!

Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, October 10
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we're doing our part to raise awareness. We've got a special Think Pink SALE, with all in-stock stamps and dies 20% off October 1 - 16. And to sweeten the deal, Verve will donate 10% of proceeds from this sale to the
Susan G Komen For the Cure foundation.
A little something for you... a little something for the cure!

And last but not least, a new month brings a new Stamp of the Month...

*At 40% off during the month of October, Harvest Blessings is one splendid deal!*

September Diva Dare ~ Final Day!

2011-09-30T05:00:00.004-06:00

Hi everyone! It's Jackie here and thanks to a major mix up on my part I am bringing you the final day of the September Diva Dare! You see, I confused my post day and completely missed it so I am the cabooose on the September Diva Dare train!

This month, we've come up with a fun challenge, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

I had the PLEASURE of CASEing my friend, Charmie, or Charmaine to all of you! Charmaine has such a fun style, always using fun colors and layouts! It was a toughie trying to choose a card, but I finally settled on this card. I just loved the layout and all the pink she used! Hope I did Charmie proud!

So I followed the sketch almost exactly! LOVE how Charmaine overlapped two of the Tagged Rectangles! I kept my overall color pink, but added in some of my fave Chocolate Brown. I also changed up the image, using my favorite flower and sentiment from Sunny Days. I stamped the flower twice, cutting out a portion of the second and popping it up for dimension. An ivory linen thread tied button tops the flower. I used some chocolate crinkled seam binding for my bow. Some machine stitching and some scallops finish the card!

Well, that's all from me today! I hope I've inspired you to play along! There's still time!

Here are the details:

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget below before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

You can post your card here.

September Diva Dare ~ Day 10

2011-09-29T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hi! It's Charmaine with Day 10 of the September Diva Dare! This month, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you who don't know...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

Stay tuned for info on how you could win some brand new Verve goodies!

I had the absolute pleasure (not without intimidation) to CASE the extremely talented Amy! Ummm. . .have you spent any time in her gallery? If you have, you know that there is TONS of inspiration! I had a very difficult time choosing a card to CASE, but I finally settled on this one. I absolutely LOVED the colors and the layout was really cool, and the embellishing. . .well, it was just SO Amy! :) She always embellishes in ways I never think of. When I think of Amy, I think of pearls, lace, layers, unique embellishments and fabulous layouts. Lace didn't make it onto my card, but hopefully I've "done Amy proud" with my creation. ;)

I loved how she used the swirl from the Happy Days set, so I kept that! :) For the sentiment and the "butterfly", I used the Fancy Florals Remixed set. I dug WAY back into my Verve stash for that set. I love it, but it hasn't seen ink in a long time! The papers are from the Life of the Party Collection from My Mind's Eye. I started by diecutting the card base with my Scallop Square Grand Nestabilities. The sentiment circle was die cut using the Plain Circle Nestabilities. In creating the "butterfly", I wanted to embellish in a "unique" way following in Amy's footsteps, so I created a flight trail and antennae for the butterfly using button twine. For the flight trail, I curled the button twine using some stickles and wrapping the twine around a paint brush handle until it dried. Of course, I couldn't create an "Amy card" without using pearls!

I hope to see you playing along! There's still time!

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget below before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

You can post your card here.

September Diva Dare ~ Day 9

2011-09-28T07:29:00.001-06:00

Happy Wednesday, Verve fans! It's Amy here today, checking in with Day 9 of our September Diva Dare! This month, we've come up with a fun challenge, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

I am honored to be CASEing the amazing Tosha! Her style is elegant and gracious and always filled with expert details. And she can seriously do it ALL! Multi-layered and dimensional, clean and simple, heavily distressed, crisp and clean all-white, 3D/altered -- it's all there!

Some things that jump out most when looking through her gallery: distressing, vintage elegance, sheer beauty, layers, and lots of embellishing (we're kindred spirits there!). She's a genius with stamps and dies, using them in surprising and uber-creative ways that leave me scratching my head wondering why I didn't think of that.

Here's what I came up with ...

... based on this recent beauty in Tosh's gallery. I used Tosh's overall layout and combination of elements, changing the colors and theme to Christmas. Tosh is a big fan of My Mind's Eye papers, so I stuck with MME, just a different line than the one she used. I love Tosh's punched border along the bottom and was tickled to have the same Martha Stewart punch in my aresenal.

For the focal point, I started with a Rounded Scallop Frame that I die-cut from one of the rich burgundy patterns in My Mind's Eye's Lost & Found Christmas collection. On top of that is a Curvy Bookplate diecut that I stamped with the matching frame in Tag Time and a sentiment from Merry Wishes. As a CASE of Tosh's out-of-the-box thinking, I used the larger of Verve's Leafy Sprigs dies, the corresponding leafy sprig image from Sunny Days, and some white pearls to creative a mistletoe accent for the tag cluster (at least I hope it looks like mistletoe!):

That's it for me today! I can't wait to catching up on all of your gorgeous challenge entries so far! If you haven't played along yet, there's still plenty of time!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE post before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Have a fabulous day!!

September Diva Dare ~ Day 8!

2011-09-27T04:00:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone!! Maureen here to give you Day 8 of the September Diva Dare! This month, we've come up with a fun challenge, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

I LOVED this challenge as soon as I heard about it, I thought, “EEK!!! How will I ever choose?” Lucky for us Divas, Andrea came up with the fabulous “draw a Diva” idea. Phew!! It didn’t matter who I got as I LOVE all the Divas and their work and would be honoured to CASE any one of them!! My draw? The super sweet and ultra talented Diva Teresa Kline!! Oh, my!! Love her! No, seriously, L-O-V-E her!! So off to her Verve Gallery I went to TRY and NARROW down one card I could CASE and do her proud. And like me, I had to pick 3 projects ( HERE 1, HERE 2, HERE 3) lol. BUT, I put them into one card here :) So, this is what I know about Teresa’s style…gorgeous, muted papers, LOADS of distressing, fun stitching, lace, seam binding and lots of elegant details. Yes, DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS. I think I’ve done that using the You and I and Love Notes sets along with the Jotted Heart and I {heart} U dies.

I love adding a little bookmark as a little added bonus in an envelope. Here it is using a fabulous quote from Words of Wisdom on the Sweet Scallop Tag die.

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE post before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Have a fabulous day!!

September Diva Dare-Day 6

2011-09-23T02:00:00.003-06:00

Good morning Verve fans it is Teresa, welcome to day 5 of this month's Diva Dare. This month, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

I am thrilled to be casing the one and only Sankari, her style is amazing and set apart....you can view her amazing gallery here. I knew I wanted to use liquid pearls on my card and was drawn to this stunning card here. I luv the yellow and kept that in my card. Sankari also uses lots of hearts, I am a fan of hearts too....I knew I wanted to keep that element as well. I made my paper pleats at the bottom where she has the banners. I wanted to use lots of liquid pearl dots to honor Sankari, it is her signature style. I used the verve sentiment from the set Great Friend, the heart is the Jotted Heart Die....luv! I luv the way my card turned out, I sure hope Sankari likes it! This was a super fun challenge I hope you will join us and Case-a-Diva this month too. It is definitely worth playing for, Verve goodness is the prize.

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget below before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

You can post your card here.

September Diva Dare - Day 5

2011-09-22T05:00:00.005-06:00

Hi Everyone! It's Sankari here and welcome to day 5 of this month's Diva Dare. This month, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

I was so excited to CASE Ms. Andrea and try to channel her Ewen Style - holy smokes - can I just say that all I have been doing is drooling over her cards and trying to figure which one I could possibly CASE - wowza - each card is so beautiful and lovely - it was hard to pick just one! Andrea has such an amazing way of creating dimension, depth and texture and creating beauty with everything she touches! This card that I made was CASED from THIS beauty that Andrea made - and wow - what a great layout and love the colors and the ribbon in her card! I tried my best to make Andrea proud in making my card and tried to do justice to her gorgeous creation. I used the This and That paper collection from LilyBee Designs and tried to get my Ewen Style on :) and used the sweet and inspiring sentiment that I paired together from the Tag Time stamp set.

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Tag Time from Verve Stamps

Paper: LilyBee Designs (This and That 6x6 paper pad), Bazzil cardstocks

Inks: Memento Ladybug Red and Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, Spellbinder's circle punch and lacy nesties, butterfly punch from Martha Stewart, Pearls from Want2Scrap, BoBunny ribbon center treatment, May Arts silk ribbon, heart pins, MME ribbon, liqud pearls and dimensionals.

I love the side curvy bracket shape that Andrea used and not having that die, I tried to draw out the squiggley shape and cut it out. I added two little butterflies on either side with a little pearl in the center and had to add a scallopy edge to the tops and bottom of the card in tribute to Andrea's amazing way of working with punches - that girl has such a way with punches I tell ya! And I couldn't stop until I had added a couple of lines of liquid pearls around the edges of the card ;)

This was such a fun challenge and I look forward everyday to see how everyone is CASing each other! And you can play along too and Case-A-Diva and score some yummy new Verve!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget below before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

September Diva Dare - Day Four

2011-09-21T05:00:00.003-06:00

Welcome to day 4 of this month's Diva Dare. This month, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

I have the distinct honor of CASEing Jackie. What fun to be "Jackie" for awhile. Channeling her diva skills, using her sketch...and ideas....*grin*. Pure stamping fun!!

Now comes the really hard part. Choosing one of Jackie's stunning cards. No easy task, let me tell you. I finally settled on THIS ONE, because I liked the layout and shapes she used. I don't normally think vertical like her sketch suggests, so it was fun to work with. She also has a fabulous way of working with colors and patterns. I loved the horizontal striped panel in the back.

Here's what I came up with.

I used the same set, Sunny Days, for the flowers and leaves, and added a sentiment from the set Making a Statement. I changed my shapes up a bit, and added some Webster's Pages flocked netting behind the main panel. I also changed my color palette.

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget below before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

September Diva Dare - Day Three!

2011-09-20T05:08:00.000-06:00

Hello and welcome to September's Diva Dare! This month, we've come up with a fun challenge, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

So, Andrea had the task of matching all of us Diva's up to the talented girl we'd be case'ing. No matter who we got paired up with was going to be a challenge because every single one of these Diva's is full of talent. I happened to get Laurie! OMG, right? Nothing like a little pressure to get your mojo going, haha! I always love her elegant, distressed, shabby style. I was MUCHO intimidated, but as I started going through Laurie's gallery, I was also MUCHO inspired:) After alot of "hmmmm'ing" and "haw'ing" I decided on THIS beauty! I loved the diagonal panel and wanted to see what I could do with it!

I knew I had to have distressing, inked edges, and fabulous sewing to even come CLOSE to making Laurie proud! The sentiment is from "Making a Statement" and the leaves are from "Sunny Days" and cut out with the "Leafy Springs Die Set". The heart behind the sentiment is cut out using the Jotted Heart die. The diagonal panel is paper from MME's Lost and Found Two line. I also used some fabulous SU! ribbon and a Recollections rose!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE post before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

September Diva Dare - Day 2

2011-09-19T05:00:00.002-06:00

Hello and welcome to September's Diva Dare! This month, we've come up with a fun challenge, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

I have to tell you that it was so hard to narrow down my choice of a Diva (I ended up putting everyone's name in a hat and drawing one out). I'm CASEing the ultra talented, ultra lovely Amber Hight! Her gallery and blog are so chock full of inspiration and pure gorgeousness, it literally took me all day to find a card that I thought would make her proud. So here is how I answered the dare...

This is a card I made based on this lovely here by Amber. I used one of my all time favorite stamps from One Person, one that is just beautiful in both words and style. I'm pretty sure I say that about all Verve Stamps but I do have favorites of my favorites :) I lightly sponged the sentiment panel and just changed up the design a bit, making the ribbon accent a flower and moving it to the bottom of the card.

I have to tell you that I REALLY loved CASEing Amber, she rocks so many different styles of card making! Her coloring is phenomenal, the accents she uses are gorgeous, and the pretty papers, Oh, MY!...I couldn't stop at just one so I picked another card, this one, to CASE. Here's my take on her beauty of a card:

On this card, I kept the design pretty much the same, although I used different stamps, these being from Verve's newly released You & I set. The versatility of this set is incredible, you could mix and match words to create endless possibilities of sentiments. I sponged the center of the focal panel and also added some liquid pearls. (I guess I sprinkled a bit of Sankari on here, too...I told you it was hard to narrow it down to one Diva!) The little black heart to the left was made with Verve's A Cut Above dies, this one from the I Heart U set.

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget below before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

September Diva Dare - Day 1

2011-09-16T05:00:00.005-06:00

Hi Verve fans! Those of you that follow the Diva Dare Challenges (held right here on the Verve Stamps blog) are probably scratching your heads wondering why we are having another Diva Dare Challenge without first having a release! Normally, the Diva Dare does follow a release but we are breaking with tradition this month...completely throwing caution to the wind...and getting inky with our favorite Verve stamps regardless of protocol! This month, we are sharing projects made with any previously released Verve stamp set...all while following this month's theme!

What is that theme? I'm so glad you asked! :-) This month, we DARE you to Case-a-Diva! No, not quesadilla (teeheee!), Case-a-Diva! With nineteen Divas (see the photos and links on the right sidebar), the inspiration is vast! For those of you that are wondering...CASE means to copy and share everything. And that is just fancy talk for copying! What you copy is up to you! It can be a layout, color scheme, or even something more subtle like a certain embellishment cluster!

You will find the links to all the Diva's blogs on the right sidebar, or you can visit their individual Verve galleries!

Stay tuned for info on how you could win some brand new Verve goodies!

This is how I answered the Dare...

I CASE'd the fabulous Maureen! What a joy it was spending time in her gallery! That girl can put colors together I tell ya! Wooowie! And the fabby sketches she comes up with, wow! Oh, have you seen all the uber cool colored thread she uses on many of her projects?? I literally wrote fun colored thread on my shopping list...just because of her! :-)

The card I chose to CASE is this gorgeous round beauty! I absolutely adore her layout...so I kept that completely the same! Well, except for the little tag...but that was just because I ran out of room on my circle! Teehehee! I used the Bountiful Harvest set (which happens to be 25% off right now!!) to make a Fall/Halloween themed card!

Want to know how you can win some fabulous new VERVE GOODIES?

Play along with us and link up your new Case-a-Diva creation (posted September 16 or later) to the linky widget below before 9pm Mountain on Sunday,October 2nd. 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 Case-a-Diva creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday,October 3rd right here on the Verve blog.

Now it's YOUR turn! We DARE you to show us your creations!

Diva Inspiration Hop WINNER & September Get Your Diva On!

2011-09-13T10:22:00.000-06:00

Hi Verve fans! It's Julee here, popping in to announce the winner from our September Diva Inspirations Hop!

Tess wins a $30 Gift Certificate to Verve!

Congrats Tess!
Email us at contests@vervestamps.com to claim your prize.

Have you had your heart set on being a Guest Diva for Verve? Well, now's your chance. Our monthly Get Your Diva On challenge is under way! Play along for your chance to be a Guest Diva for one of our future releases. It's a whole lot of fun working with the Verve Divas behind the scenes and all you have to do to be eligible is submit an entry with this month's theme, Pick a color, any color... and go monochromatic! It could be a one color - color scheme, or a bunch of neutrals, or a mixing of similar shades of color... you decide! The deadline is Sunday, September 18, so it's time to get your stamp on if you're planning to enter. You can find all the details over in the GYDO challenge thread on our forum. And to get your creative wheels a'turning, here are a few inspirations from our design team:



Click the photos above to view these cards in their natural habitat. {grin}

That's all folks! Stay tuned this Friday, September 16 for the beginning of our September Diva Dare series!

Diva Dare WINNERS

2011-09-12T16:14:00.002-06:00

Hi Verve fans! It's Julee here, popping in to announce the winners from our Sending Some Sunshine Diva Dare! I just loved checking out out all of your heartfelt creations. Thanks to everyone who played along! And now, here are your winners...

Steph wins a $30 gift certificate to Verve!

Dori wins a Verve set of her choosing!

Congrats Steph and Dori!
Email us at contests@vervestamps.com to claim your prize.

There's still a little time to leave your comments for our September Diva Inspirations Hop. The comment deadline is tonight. I'll be popping in tomorrow with the winner announcement.

August Diva Dare ~ Day 10

2011-09-09T04:58:00.000-06:00

Hello there! TGIF, right? Amber here with Day 10 of the August Diva Dare! For those of you who are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month, our theme is Sending Some Sunshine! Isn't that fun? This dare is totally open to any interpretations you might have, so jump right in and play with us!

I have a friend I've been missing a whole lot lately, and I thought it would be fun to send her a card to let her know!

There were SO many amazing stamps and dies released this past month, so I knew it was a bit of a chore deciding which ones I wanted to use. I decided on You and I and it's companion die set, I Heart YOu. All of the stamps on this card are from You and I, plus the matching dies, in addition to the Jotted Heart die and the smallest banner from the Charming Banner die set...

I clear embossed the "i" and "u" and used the heart for the dot instead of the regular dot...make sense? LOL! I tied a bit of twine around the "i" for some added interest.

Here you can see that I stamped "you" on the Charming Banner die and slid it into the opening on the "u"! I love how easy these dies make a card! Seriously, this card took me less than 20 minutes. I love that! The paper is from BG's new line, Indie Bloom! I love the bright *sunny* colors and patterns in this pad:)

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!!

August Diva Dare ~ Day 9

2011-09-08T04:00:00.004-06:00

Good morning, it's Maureen with the ninth installment of our August Diva Dare! For those of you who are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

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!!

August Diva Dare ~ Day 8

2011-09-07T05:00:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone! It's Jackie here and today is my day to answer this month's Diva Dare! But before I get to my card, haven't the projects from the Diva's been amazing? I tell you, these are a talented bunch of ladies! They make me want to do my best everytime I sit at my craft table!! They are an uplifting and encouraging bunch of ladies, just as all of you are! But I digress.....

For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is Sending Some Sunshine! If you all are anything like me, you have tons of cards sitting at home all piled up! I thought it would be fun to make an uplifting & cheerful card and actually send it to someone! There's nothing like opening your mailbox and seeing a handmade card...especially with some of Verve's encouraging sentiments on it! :-)

So, we DARE you to make an uplifting and encouraging card AND send it to someone in need of a little pick-me-up!

Here is how I answered the dare:

I just loved the the last release and couldn't wait to get a couple of the sets inky again. For my card I used the new Sunny Days and You and I along with the I Heart U die set. The "U" was stamped in Riding Hood Red ink and was cut out with the coordinating die. The flowers were stamped in Dark Chocolate, were cut out and finsihed with a wooden button, the center flower being tied with some thick linen thread. The sentiment was cut out with Charming Banner die set. The sketch is September's Sketch For You To Try from Jen del Muro. I didn't round all corners as her sketch was, but rounded only one.....kind of my thing lately! The card was finished with some machine stitching.

A detail shot....

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 below 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!
You can link to Day 1 here to add your creation.

August Diva Dare-Day 7

2011-09-06T04:45:00.001-06:00

Welcome to the August Diva Dare! Hi, it is Teresa and I have to tell ya, I luv this months dare! I try to send as many cards out as I have time. When this months dare was introduced to us, diva Maureen shared that she was sending her card to a Verve customer and blog friend, Janelle Hayes. I encourage you to go to her blog and read all about her story, it is uplifting and gives a tremendous amount of hope! Thank you Maureen for sharing about Janelle and thanks to Janelle for being a trooper and making my day a little brighter. My card is going out to you.!

For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is Sending Some Sunshine! If you all are anything like me, you have tons of cards sitting at home all piled up! I thought it would be fun to make an uplifting & cheerful card and actually send it to someone! There's nothing like opening your mailbox and seeing a handmade card...especially with some of Verve's encouraging sentiments on it! :-)

So, we DARE you to make an uplifting and encouraging card AND send it to someone in need of a little pick-me-up!

I went with pinks and rose colors, so sweet and comforting, I used the darlin flower from the Sunny Days set. I heat embossed them and then colored in lightly with copics and some sponging, added the cutest leaves evahhh to them and popped them up. The sentiment is from Words of Wisdom set which is also heat embossed. That is it from me, I do encourage you to send your wonderful handmade created cards to others, it is a great way to spread love and sunshine to others!

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 below 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!
You can link to Day 1 here to add your creation.

August Diva Dare - Day 6

2011-09-05T06:00:00.003-06:00

Hi Everyone! It's Monday (hope you have enjoyed/are enjoying this Labor Day weekend!) and its Sankari here to share with you what I have made for day 6 of of this month's Diva Dare. For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is Sending Some Sunshine! And one of the goals of the challenge is to actually mail it/send it to someone! I love making cards - but somehow am not the very best at actually sending it out! So, we DARE you to make an uplifting and encouraging card AND send it to someone in need of a little pick-me-up!

Initially, I had a different card in mind that I wanted to make for this challenge, but after a surprise party on my birthday this weekend, I wanted to make thank you cards filled with love and sunshine to send to all the lovely people who made this birthday simply beyond awesome! I am the worst at sending thank you cards! So I was excited to sit down at my craft desk and was amazed at how rather quickly I was able to make 12 little 3x3 thank you cards using the You and I stamp set and the awesome I Heart you die and Tagged Rectangle die from Verve Stamps. Here is a close look at one of the thank you cards that I made:

I cut out all the cardstock and DP and adhered them all as a first step. For the next step, I die cut out the U's and punched out the hearts and then for the third step - stamped the word "Thank" with Rouge ink and then adhered it to black cardstock for a mat. I then adhered all the elements together and then for the final step I added some bling and buttons and then put the front and back part of the card together with an eyelet: Here is a look at them all in a row.

And here is a view of the cards from above - I used the eyelet to adhere the two cardstock pieces together so that it could open out like a card:

And it was fun to lay them all down on the table and just take a group shot of them:

And here is a view of how it looks when it is opened. I varied each card a little with the bling or with the buttons or with the DP - so they are all unique in their own way:

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Aunthentique and black cardstock from Bazzill

Stamps: You and I stamp set from Verve stamps

Inks: Chalk Ink Rouge, Memento Inks: Tuxedo Black ink

A Cut Above Verve Dies: I Heart you die set and Tagged Rectangle die from Verve stamps

Accessories: eyelets from We R Memory Keepers, ribbon from American Crafts, Butterfly punch from MS, Spellbinders, sponger, heart punch and bling.

I am excited to write out my thank you cards today and have them ready to go out into the mail tomorrow! YAY! I am so grateful for my dear friends and one of my big goals is to get better about sending out cards to my dear friends and family and this was the perfect challenge to get me going in that direction!!!

I can't wait to see your creations with this challenge - you can check out the details below in how you can play along with this month's Diva Dare!

Big hugs, Sankari :)

PS - A huge thank you to dear Julee for her awesome birthday love shout out on her blog with this beautiful card post! You are such an inspiration dear Julee!!

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!

August Diva Dare - Day 5

2011-09-02T05:00:00.005-06:00

It's Friday, Tosh here to share with you what I've made for day 5 of this month's Diva Dare. For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is Sending Some Sunshine! If you all are anything like me, you have tons of cards sitting at home all piled up! I thought it would be fun to make an uplifting & cheerful card and actually send it to someone! There's nothing like opening your mailbox and seeing a handmade card...especially with some of Verve's encouraging sentiments on it! :-)

So, we DARE you to make an uplifting and encouraging card AND send it to someone in need of a little pick-me-up!

I started off by using Amber's fun Viva la Verve sketch for today. You can find it HERE. For each medallion, I used the Curvy Bookplate die with the matching image from the Tag Time set. I also used a variety of other Verve dies: Jotted Heart, Flutterby, and the little heart from the I Heart U die set. The leaves at the top are from the Verve set Sunny Days, as well as the middle sentiment, and the other two sentiments are from Faithful Phrases and Happy Phrases. I added a Spellbinders Beaded Circle behind the sentiment flags, some buttons, and lastly some burlap string.

Here's a closer look at each sentiment medallion:

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!

September Diva Inspirations Hop

2011-09-01T05:00:00.004-06:00

Welcome to the September Diva Inspirations Blog Hop! Our Diva Inspirations team and a few special guests from our Release team are here to start your month off right with a little Verve inspiration! Take a little peek at each of the fabulous blogs below and leave a little comment love for their Verve-alicious eye candy and you just might win some Vervey goodness of your very own!

1. Julee	9. Andrea
2. Betty	10. Sankari
3. Dawn	11. Teresa
4. Jen d.	12. Tosh
5. Lynda	13. Charmaine
6. Shannan	14. Maureen
7. Sony	15. Jen T.
8. Susan

We've hidden a little mystery prize on one of today's hop spots, so be sure to leave a little comment love as you hop around for a chance to win!
Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, September 12
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve


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August Diva Dare - Day 4

2011-08-31T05:40:00.001-06:00

Good morning, it's Amy here today with the fourth installment of our August Diva Dare! For those of you who are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

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 answered the dare with a bold creation for a dear friend of mine who is going through a really rough stretch right now. For month's she's been saying she can't handle one more thing and then not one, but two or three more things end up in her lap. I see her in person regularly, so I think she'll be extra surprised and pleased to find this in her mailbox. I used flower images and a sentiment from Sunny Days, a fabulous set for pick-me-up cards! I also used Verve's Curvy Bookplate and Charming Oval dies. The layout is last week's Mojo205 sketch.

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!

August Diva Dare - Day 3

2011-08-30T05:00:00.042-06:00

Hello crafting lovelies! Andrea checking in and I'm here to tell you that it's that time again, time for the Diva Dare! For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month we dare you to make a card, project, layout, or whatever fits your stamping style using this month's theme - Sending Some Sunshine! I know that I have boxes filled with cards sitting at home all piled up! I'm ashamed to say that some of them are falling apart. The Divas thought it would be fun to make an uplifting & cheerful card and actually send it to someone! There's nothing like opening your mailbox and seeing a handmade card...especially with some of Verve's encouraging sentiments on it!

Here's a card that I made using Verve's newest releases, Words of Wisdom, You & I stamp sets and I Heart U dies paired with the previously released Classy Label die. I fashioned a medallion out of kraft and cream card stock using Martha's Layered Arches corner punch. I then adhered the Classy Label die with a 2" X 1 1/4" rectangle panel for my sentiment. To dress it up a bit, I added some Platinum liquid pearls and black gems:

I plan on mailing this to a fellow blogger who is going through a life threatening illness so I'm sure that a little handmade card would be a tiny bright spot in her day. You can read about her story here. Keep fighting, You!

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!

August Diva Dare - Day 2

2011-08-29T05:00:00.062-06:00

Good morning everyone! It's Charmaine and today I'm sharing my answer to the August Diva Dare with you! For those of you who are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is Sending Some Sunshine! So, we're actually going to SEND our card to someone for this challenge. :) When I was thinking of who I would send my card to, I thought of this sweet, sweet girl who is ALWAYS making cards and sending them to sick children. Her name is Emersyn, she is 9 years old, and she is such a sweetheart. She also has a Cards For Kids Facebook page. She loves crafting and loves putting a smile on a child's face. I am going to send my card to her (along with others in my stash) so that she can pass them along to more sick children.

For my card, I used the Sunny Days set along with papers from the Early Bird Collection from Cosmo Cricket. I stamped the flowers onto patterned papers and cardstock and cut them out. Then I added buttons with twine to the centers. I stamped the sprigs onto Kraft cardstock in black ink and die cut them with the Leafy Sprigs Die Set.

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!

August Diva Dare - Day 1

2011-08-25T05:00:00.006-06:00

Welcome to the August Diva Dare! For those of you that are new to this challenge, here is how it works...following each release, we will post a theme that we dare you with, and you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. During those two weeks, the release team will post their creations and tell you how they answered the dare!

This month's theme is Sending Some Sunshine! If you all are anything like me, you have tons of cards sitting at home all piled up! I thought it would be fun to make an uplifting & cheerful card and actually send it to someone! There's nothing like opening your mailbox and seeing a handmade card...especially with some of Verve's encouraging sentiments on it! :-)

So, we DARE you to make an uplifting and encouraging card AND send it to someone in need of a little pick-me-up!

Here is how I answered the dare... I knew I wanted my card to be encouraging, and I do love me some vintage colors...so I combined them together! I used the Curvy Bookplate and hope stamps from the Tag Time set, the Keep Fighting sentiment from the Words of Wisdom set, and the matching Curvy Bookplate die. To carry out the vintage theme, I distressed all of the edges!

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 below 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!

Click the "Click here to enter" link above for the Diva Dare entry form.
Please type your name or screen name in the Caption or Title field, then choose the link and photo you'd like to enter. Please link directly to the specific blog post or gallery page where we can view your creation.

Note: If you have trouble linking, try entering the link to your card, then choosing From File instead of From Web. Then just browse to where your picture is saved on your computer to get your thumbnail. Sometimes it takes a moment for your picture to show up after you've used the widget. If it doesn't appear right away, click the control button + F5 to refresh the images on the page.

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