April Spotlight Hops - Day 4

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Hi Verve fans! Are you ready for more Verve?  It’s the final day of our April Spotlight Hops leading up to our new release TONIGHT {4/15}!  Come join the fun tonight in our SCS forum as we countdown to the new release from 9-11PM Eastern!

Okay, now that the invites are out of the way, let's get on with the hopping!!!  Today the Divas are shining their spotlights on Hope Blooms (a new $18 set) and the new Proverbs 16:9 Plain Jane.

Once again there's a PRIZE to be won, so let's hop to it!  {grin}  Leave a little shout-out in the comments at each stop for a chance to win today's featured stamps and dies!  Deadline for commenting is 6PM Mountain on Friday, April 15 {that's TONIGHT, tonight, TONIGHT!}. Winners will be announced during our Release Party .

1. Julee 8. Jackie 2. Tosh 9. Charmaine 3. Amber 10. Janelle 4. Amy 11. Teresa 5. Maureen 12. Laurie 6. Cresta 13. Sankari 7. Andrea 14. Melissa TODAY'S PRIZE: Hope Blooms, Proverbs 16:9 Plain Jane and Floral Circles Die Set

Want to know more about today's featured stamps?  Read on...
Hope Blooms is an all-occasion set of 13 clear stamps. With three fabulous blooms and 10 mixed font sentiments, the name of the game is versatility.  Congratulations, encouragement, birthday, baby, miss you, feel better... we've got it covered, all in the beautiful font combinations you've come to expect from a Verve set!

With three sizes of blooms, the flowers in this set make stunning focal images, but also are fabulous for background building.  Use the set alone, or pair it with our new Elegant Leaves and Floral Circles dies.

When used in combination with the Floral Circles dies, pairing the three sizes straight across (large to large, etc.) will result in the outer edges of the flowers being cut off, giving a really fun natural look. Or, if you'd like a border around your flower, you can pair the blooms with the dies as shown in the photo.  Either way, this set is a whole lot of blooming fun!

And last but not least, we have our final sneak preview, the Proverbs 16:9 Plain Jane.  One of my favorite verses, I envision it for encouragement cards as well as a perfect verse for Father's Day, masculine birthdays, new jobs and graduations.


Thanks so much for hopping along with us this week!  We've had such a blast sharing our new creations with you and we hope to "see" you tonight at the party!


Happy hopping!

April Spotlight Hops - Day 3

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Hi Verve fans! It’s the third day of our April Spotlight Hops leading up to our new release this Friday night!  Today the Divas are shining their spotlights on Love Deepens (a new $24 set) and the new Proverbs 31:28 Plain Jane.

Today's hop is on and there's a PRIZE to be won!  So hop along with us and leave a little shout-out in the comments at each stop for a chance to win! One lucky commenter on one of today's hop spots will win today's featured stamps and dies!  Deadline for commenting is 6PM Mountain on Friday, April 15. Winners will be announced during our Release Party this Friday night {4/15} from 9-11pm Eastern.

	1. Tosh 8. Janelle 2. Teresa 9. Jackie 3. Maureen 10. Charmaine 4. Laurie 11. Andrea 5. Julee 12. Amber 6. Cresta 13. Melissa 7. Sankari 14. Amy
TODAY'S PRIZE: Love Deepens, Proverbs 31:28 Plain Jane and Elegant Leaves Die

Want to know more about today's featured set?  Read on...
Love Deepens is a set of 26 stamps centered around the women in our lives. A sentiment set extraordinaire, this set has just about all the girls covered... moms, mums, nanas, grandmas, in-laws, nieces, daughters, cousins, sisters and friends, just to name a few! And with heartfelt sentiments that you can personalize for Mother's Day, birthdays and just because, you'll be reaching for this set throughout the year.

And to continue our celebration of women, today's plain jane, Proverbs 31:28 is the perfect verse for moms.  Hop along with us to see what the Divas have created with these fabulous new stamps!

April Spotlight Hops - Day 2

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Hi Verve fans! It’s the second day of our April Spotlight Hops leading up to our new release this Friday night!  Today the Divas are shining their spotlights on Bloom & Grow (a new $24 set) and two coordinating A Cut Above Dies, Elegant Leaves and the Floral Circles Die Set.

So the hop is on and there's a big PRIZE today!  So hop along with us and leave a little shout-out in the comments at each stop for a chance to win! One lucky commenter on one of today's hop spots will win today's featured sets and dies!  Deadline for commenting is 6PM Mountain on Friday, April 15. Winners will be announced during our Release Party this Friday night {4/15} from 9-11pm Eastern.

	1. Amber 8. Julee 2. Amy 9. Laurie 3. Andrea 10. Maureen 4. Charmaine 11. Teresa 5. Cresta 12. Tosh 6. Jackie 13. Sankari 7. Janelle 14. Melissa
TODAY'S PRIZE: Bloom & Grow, Elegant Leaves Die and Floral Circles Die Set

Want to know more about today's featured set and dies?  Read on...

Bloom & Grow is a set of 20 flower-themed stamps.  With flowers of several different sizes, there's lots of fun to be had with this set.  You can use the images as flower centers with your favorite dies m including our new coordinating Floral Circles Dies. Or you can layer them together for 2-step stamping fun.  With four classy sentiments and a bit of greenery, beautiful cards are only an ink pad away!  And did I mention that the largest leaf stamp in this set coordinates with the new Elegant Leaves Die for an easy way to add some dimension and greenery?

But the best thing is the dies can be used on their own, too!  Here's a little size reference for the Floral Circle Die Set.  The dies are a solid shape (the blue circles are shown just for illustration) and layer together beautifully.  I've shown here what they would look like layered with circle punches, making them perfect little friends for sets like Happy Hello, Thankful Hearts and Circular Sayings. 
 

I used both the Elegant Leaves and the Floral Circles Dies on my hop card yesterday.  No stamping here (except for the background stamping I did on the paper before cutting), just plain old fashioned die-cut fun!  Here's a little close-up...

April Spotlight Hops - Day 1

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Hi Verve fans! It’s the first day of our April Spotlight Hops leading up to our new release this Friday night!  Today the Divas are shining their spotlights on four new $5 sets.  Happy Phrases, Birthday Phrases and Faithful Phrases are new additions to our Phrases line and are perfect for pairing with the Charming Banner and Charming Oval dies we released last month.  Bunny Shake is a whimsical set of 2 stamps that's bound to make you smile.  In fact, that's him below in the party graphic holding the balloon from Birthday Bash!

And did I mention there's a PRIZE???  Well there is, so hop along with us and leave a little shout-out in the comments at each stop for a chance to win! One lucky commenter on one of today's hop spots will win today's featured sets!  Deadline for commenting is 6PM Mountain on Friday, April 15. Winners will be announced during our Release Party this Friday night {4/15} from 9-11pm Eastern.

And joining us for this release we have three Guest Divas!  We had so much fun with Janelle Stollfus in March, that we asked her back as a Guest Diva in April!  And she's joined by our two March 2011 Get Your Diva On winners.... Cresta Woodruff and Melissa Hubert!  These gals are super talented and I'm so excited to see their creations this month!  It's definitely going to be a fun-filled release, so on your mark, get set.... HOP!

	1. Andrea 8. Julee 2. Jackie 9. Tosh 3. Charmaine 10. Amber 4. Janelle 11. Amy 5. Teresa 12. Maureen 6. Laurie 13. Cresta 7. Sankari
TODAY'S PRIZE: Bunny Shake, Birthday Phrases, Faithful Phrases and Happy Phrases