Time Out Challenge

Hi friends! Verve is sponsoring Time Out Challenges this go round, and it's a lovely little excuse to CASE a fabulous card by Jenny Mullins.  There's a Verve set of choice up for grabs for a lucky participant, so be sure to head on over to Time Out and play along.  Not to mention take a fun little stroll through the post to see all the gorgeous Verve cards their design team has made!  It's truly a treat.

Here's the card we're CASE-ing.  Take your inspirations from the the layout, the colors, the theme, using dies, sponging... there are so many possibilities.

Time Out Challenge #79  CASE this card by Jenny

I've been under the weather with a pretty miserable sinus infection the past couple weeks and got mixed up and posted my take on the challenge over on my blog, Poetic Artistry.  So head on over there to read a bit more about the process that resulted in this sunny little CASE of Jenny's card. Then grab your stamps and make something to link up for this fun challenge!  I can't wait to see what you create.

Fanspiration Diva Dare ~ Day 9

Good morning Verve fans, Janelle today sharing my fan-inspired card creation with you.  We are almost done with our daily inspiration from the Diva's that "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans!  You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) and that is why Julee appropriately titles this months Diva Dare theme...Fanspiration!  Join us if you dare!

Okay, you know YOU ALL are fantastic and it was SO much fun to go through the Fan Gallery to get inspired. I'm just bursting with fun ideas, so thank YOU! In the end I just kept coming back to this May 2012 Viva La Verve number by Gini Cagle {Beadz} 

She had so much fun with die cuts that I couldn't resist. The background is cut out with the Flourished Trim Die by measuring in 3/16 of an inch around all the edges and marking the center to align the die. It worked perfectly! I've also managed to use the Mini Classy Label Die, Pointed Flower Die, and Pennant Trim Die... all Vervey goodness. My images are stamped from the Lean on Me and Borderline sets. I'm most happy when I can get my hands messy with ink and paint so I brushed many acrylics, oil pastels, colored pencils and my new tool, a Wite-Out pen, until I just couldn't find another spot to messy.

So thank you Gini for inspiring me! Now how about YOU, Verve fans?

How fun is this Dare?  Don't know where to start?   Head over to the Verve Fan Gallery to peruse some projects, pick one then join in the fun...here are the details...

 Well, hopefully you've enjoyed this ninth day of our Fanspiration Diva Dare! Join us on tomorrow to find out who Amber was inspired by!  Read on to see how you can win some shiny new Verve!  There are two ways to win...

1. Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw.  To be eligible, your entry must:
• Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
• Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
• Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
• Use at least one Verve product
• Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20.  A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

Fanspiration Diva Dare ~ Day 8

Hi Verve fans and friends!  Andrea here continuing with this month's exciting Diva Dare theme!  I have to say that as I was perusing our fan gallery and seeing all the fabulous entries for our recent card carnival I was very inspired as well!  I can certainly see how this inspiration led to Julee's decision to make this month's Diva Dare theme...Fanspiration!   This month, we "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans!  You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) {grin}.  To get your wheels a turnin', the Divas will be posting their Fanspiration creations using our newly released products right here daily for a total of 2 weeks!
I have long since admired one of our Verve fans' work (among others) and what really draws me to Olena's creations is her incredible use of color. I tend to make things more on the neutral/pastel side, but wow! When you see how color can be used, particularly on this card....my goodness, it really inspired me to make this card here:

I started off by heat embossing with clear powder, the flowers from the newly released Lean on Me set. After embossing, I sponged color, starting from the middle with Sunflower yellow ink, then working outwards using Really Rust and then the outside perimeter is colored with Walnut Stain distress ink. I cut out each flower with the coordinating Pointed Flowers die. I cut out 3 large and 4 small designs, layered them, curled up the edges and added a rhinestone to the middle. The leaves are a combination of the previously released Bloom and  Grow, cut out with the Elegant Leaves die and also leaves from the Dream Big set, cut out with the new Dreamy Leaves die.  The sentiment is from the With Love set, stamped on the Scroll Plain Jane  and cut out with the coordinating Scroll die. The last colorful details added were some orange organdy ribbon, orange rhinestone flourishes, a doily and a raffia adorned wooden button. The perimeter was paper pierced as well.

 Read on to see how you can win some shiny new Verve!  There are two ways to win...

1. Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw.  To be eligible, your entry must:
• Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
• Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
• Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
• Use at least one Verve product
• Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20.  A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

Fanspiration Diva Dare ~ Day 6

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Hello, friends, it's Amy today, with Day 6 of our Fanspiration Diva Dare. This month, we "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans!  You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) {grin}. To get your wheels a turnin', the Divas will be posting their Fanspiration creations using our newly released products right here each weekday!

I think this is my favorite Diva Dare theme ever. But also the hardest, because there are so many amazing projects to choose from! I've had a blast perusing various Verve galleries, and in the end chose this very recent and very beautiful card by Kerri Michaud to use as inspiration. I love the woodgrain background and the warm Fall colors especially. Here's my take:

I started with two flowers from Lean on Me. Both are colored with Copics, die-cut with the Pointed Flowers Die Set, and topped with chocolate buttons. I added two large Dreamy Leaves die-cuts in green gingham to help frame the flowers. The paper-pieced bird and the sentiment (die-cut with one of the Tiny Sweet Scallop dies) are both from With Love. Of course I had to include my new favorite Pennant Trim die, as well as a kraft Ribbon Banner die-cut that I stamped with the Thatched Banner Plain Jane. The warm Fall colors and patterns, including the dark chocolate woodgrain background, are from the Simple Stories Take a Hike and Harvest Lane collections. Thank you, Kerri, for the "fanspiration"!

How fun is this Dare?  Don't know where to start?   Head over to the Verve Fan Gallery to peruse some projects, pick one then join in the fun...here are the details...

 

  There are two ways to win...

1. Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw.  To be eligible, your entry must:
• Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
• Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
• Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
• Use at least one Verve product
• Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20.  A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

Fanspiration Diva Dare ~ Day 5

Good morning friends! Tosh here, bringing you Day 5 of the Fanspiration Diva Dare! This month, we "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans! You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) {grin}. To get your wheels a turnin', the Divas will be posting their Fanspiration creations using our newly released products right here each weekday for the next week and a bit :)

Oh my was it ever hard to choose a paper crafter, let alone one single card. Ya'll work magic with Julee's images and dies!! Well, while perusing the Verve Gallery in Splitcoaststampers, I ran across Colleen Dietrich's White Wedding card found HERE. I fell in love with the pure white design with such a variety of textures. And thought it would be fun to incorporate a Verve die as the focal image. So, I just turned my card on it's side and added the Flutterby die to it. I also finished the inside.

I've packed quite a bit of dies and images into this card...inside and out: Verve Stamps: Borderline (Sentiment), Lean On Me (Flower), Brighter Days (Inside Sentiment) and Stronger Love (butterfly and flight path on tag) A Cut Above Dies: Tiny Sweet Scallop, Pointed Flowers, Flutterby, and Jotted Heart die

I used Core'dinations Whitewash cardstock for the entire card for texture. The Flutterby butterflies were embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder and sanded to bring the texture to the forefront.

I embossed the Lean On Me flower with White ep, added a bit of color with a Copic Marker, then diecut it using the Pointed Flowers die. I also added a little butterfly, from the Stronger Love set, to the Tiny Sweet Scallop tag, but it's hard to see with the flower over it.

For the inside, I framed the sentiment, from the Brighter Days set, with the Labels 3 die by Spellbinders, and colored the "happiness" banner with a Copic. The background is embossed with Sizzix and Cuttlebug embossing folders and I added a Velum heart diecut using the Jotted Heart die.

How fun is this Dare? Don't know where to start? Head over to the Verve Fan Gallery to peruse some projects, pick one then join in the fun...here are the details...

Well, hopefully you've enjoyed this first day of our Fanspiration Diva Dare! Join us on Monday to find out who Laurie was inspired by! Read on to see how you can win some shiny new Verve! There are two ways to win...

1. Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw. To be eligible, your entry must:
• Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
• Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
• Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
• Use at least one Verve product
• Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20. A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

Fanspiration Diva Dare ~ Day 4

Good morning Verve fans, Teresa here sharing my card creation with you.  This months Diva Dare, is one of my all time favorites.  Julee had a great idea for the theme...Fanspiration!   This month, we "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans!  You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) {grin}.  To get your wheels a turnin', the divas will be sharing there take on the dare.  I am so amazed at the Verve fans creations and had a very hard time deciding.  My heart skipped a beat when I saw this card of  Colleen's . 

 

I adore the heart with all the flowers, so sweeeet.  I decided to use torn washi tape for my heart.  I tore pieces of the washi tap and then placed them on a piece of white card stock and cut our with a heart shape.  I used the adorable Verve sets Lean on Me and Treasured Words .  I had such fun with the challenge, I hope you do too and I cannot wait to see what you create!

How fun is this Dare?  Don't know where to start?   Head over to the Verve Fan Gallery to peruse some projects, pick one then join in the fun...here are the details...

 Well, hopefully you've enjoyed this first day of our Fanspiration Diva Dare! Join us on Monday to find out who Laurie was inspired by!  Read on to see how you can win some shiny new Verve!  There are two ways to win...

1. Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw.  To be eligible, your entry must:
• Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
• Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
• Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
• Use at least one Verve product
• Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20.  A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

Fanspiration Diva Dare ~ Day 3

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Good morning friends!  Maureen here, bringing you Day 3 of the Fanspiration Diva Dare!   This month, we "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans!  You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) {grin}.  To get your wheels a turnin', the Divas will be posting their Fanspiration creations using our newly released products right here each weekday for the next week and a bit :)  Let's get to my projects.  Yes, I have two because y'all are too fabulous and I couldn't narrow it down any further!  I was totally smitten with Vickie's gift bag from the ABC Release Challenge last month and wanted to turn her layout into a card.  You can see her sample HERE.

I've use the Ribbon Banner die for all 3 banners and the new Thatched Banner stamp for the middle one :)  That big, bold sentiment is the new Birthday to You Plain Jane, a must have (just sayin')!  My next project HAD to have treats! LOL  Lori's sweet little Back to School treat bags (link to her project HERE) were the perfect inspiration for little surprises my classroom pod colleagues found on their desks yesterday.  You see, it was our first Monday back to work AND the first LONG staff meeting.

As sweet these pencils and bags were, I felt Cookies 'n Cream Kisses were also necessary to get through the first Monday Staff Meeting.  And YES, there were some left after the photo shoot! LOL  (I bought extra! LOL) 

 

I needed four bags so I mixed and matched some of the new mini label dies (mini bookplate, mini vintage oval,  mini classy label) with the Pennant Trim die (another must have IMHO!).  I needed an encouraging sentiment for the bags so I dug out "Hang in There" from Always on My Mind to pair with "Happy Thoughts" from the new With Love.  I also stamped the adorable tiny doodle flower from Doodled Occasions to fill in the white space left on the die cuts.  Enter that fabulous Arrow die and images from Brighter Days.  Arrows are everywhere and I love the way they bring your attention to urgent messages! 

How fun is this Dare?  Don't know where to start?   Head over to the Verve Fan Gallery to peruse some projects, pick one then join in the fun...here are the details...

 

  There are two ways to win...

1. Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw.  To be eligible, your entry must:
• Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
• Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
• Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
• Use at least one Verve product
• Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20.  A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

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Fanspiration Diva Dare - Day 2

Laurie here, and I'm popping in here to share how I answered this month's Diva Dare!   This month, we "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans!  You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) {grin}. To get your wheels a turnin', the Divas will be posting their Fanspiration creations using our newly released products right here each weekday!

To say that I had a hard time choosing just one project to use as my inspiration was difficult is a huge understatement!  Wow!  You all are SO creative!!   I finally decided on Stephanie's  beautiful Miss You Like Crazy card!  I just adore the fun, bright colors...not to mention the fab layout (which happens to be a Mojo Monday sketch)!  :-)

Instead of a card, I turned my project into a little homemade notebook.  I have filled up my other notebook that I have been using for sketches and thought it was time to make another one.  I used the Brighter Days set (along with the cute little stitches form the Borderline set) combined with the following dies:  Pennant Trim, Curvy Bookplate, Scalloped Flowers, & Leafy Sprigs.  I chose the Good Things are Going to Happen sentiment...because honestly I thought it was perfect for a sketchbook!  LOL! 

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Well, hopefully you've enjoyed this first day of our Fanspiration Diva Dare! Read on to see how you can win some shiny new Verve! There are two ways to win...

1. Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw. To be eligible, your entry must:
   • Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
     
   • Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
     
   • Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
     
   • Use at least one Verve product
     
   • Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20. A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

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Fanspiration Diva Dare - Day 1

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Hi friends!  It's Julee kicking off this month's Diva Dare!  As I was perusing our fan gallery and all the fabulous entries for our recent card carnival, I was so inspired to go get inky!  So that's what led me to this month's Diva Dare theme...Fanspiration!   This month, we "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans!  You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) {grin}.  To get your wheels a turnin', the Divas will be posting their Fanspiration creations using our newly released products right here each weekday for the next 2 weeks!

Okay, let's get to my project.  It was inspired by these sweet mini canvases by Nicole.  I loved the uplifting messages and thought it was the perfect concept for a little gift to brighten a hospital room. So I pulled out the new Borderline set and my mixed media supplies and got started.

I began by collaging some vintage pattern scraps and book paper onto the canvases, then painting with acrylic paints.  I glued down a Flourished Trim die cut and then doodled some extra layers to it for a fun divider.  The dare to dream and mini vintage oval are from the Borderline set and are stamped onto book paper, cut with the Mini Vintage Oval Die Set and then Modpodged onto the canvas.  I stamped the stitching border from Borderline on the top and bottom, as well as on the sides for some texture.  I thought the two glittered chipboard pieces glued together looked a lot like an angel, so I glued it to the canvas, along with a fun prima flower, which I added a bit of paint and ink sprays to grunge it up. I finished off with a cluster of stars and some chitchat Tim Holtz stickers to form the message...  "she has great courage".

For the second canvas, I used a Crafter's Workshop stencil to stipple in the stars.  I then painted each star with some Glass Bead Gel for a super fun textured look and outlined with some faber castell pitt pens.   The sentiment and mini label frame from Borderline are stamped directly onto the canvas with archival ink and I added the arrow border stamp pointing to the frame as well as on the sides of the canvas.  A few scalloped doodles finish off the sides and I accented it with a bit of bling and some more chitchat stickers to form the phrase, "she is hopeful".  For those of you wondering, I purchased the mini canvases at Michael's in a pack of 4 for $4.99.  With a 40% off coupon they worked out to be only about 75 cents each.  The mini easels were on sale at my local craft store for $1 each.
  

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Well, hopefully you've enjoyed this first day of our Fanspiration Diva Dare! Join us on Monday to find out who Laurie was inspired by!  Read on to see how you can win some shiny new Verve!  There are two ways to win...

1. Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw.  To be eligible, your entry must:
• Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
• Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
• Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
• Use at least one Verve product
• Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
2. Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20.  A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

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Winter Release Project Parade ~ Day 7

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Happy Black Friday!  Hopefully you had a wonderful Thanksgiving that was stuffed with family and fun!  If you're shopping today, don't forget to stop by the Verve store to see the great sale that Julee has set up for all Verve fans!  It's a trio of savings!

During the holiday season, I like to give out little somethings from my kitchen to friends and neighbors. This year I made homemade caramel dipping sauce...DELISH!  Of course, I couldn't just give them a jar of caramel sauce, I had to give them a PRETTY jar of caramel sauce!  Here are the 3 jars decorated up in the spirit of the Thanksgiving season.  You could switch up the color scheme and add more "Christmas-y" sentiments to make these as Christmas gifties.  Details follow the below the pics.

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JAR ONE...

 

JAR TWO...

 JAR THREE...

 

Recipe for Caramel Sauce posted HERE.

For the first jar, I created a simple rosette that is topped with a Prima flower, buttons and a sentiment from the MERRY WISHES set.

The second jar features a sentiment from the GLAD TIDINGS set and the cutie patootie mittens are from the WINTER MITTENS sets.  I love that there are little additions, like the heart that you can adorn the mittens with!

The third jar uses a sentiment from the GLAD TIDINGS set paired with both the SWEET SCALLOP TAG stamp and die.

I'm looking forward to making a bunch more of these for Christmas.  Hopefully I will find the time to decorate some bags and make cards to coordinate with the jars...a new trio, if you will!

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---- One lucky contestant who plays along with the Triple Play Challenge, will receive the entire January Release AND will be our Guest Diva for the month of January!!! WOOHOO!!!

---- As always, we've hidden a little prize along the parade. A lucky random commenter on one of the official Parade posts (11/17 through 12/7) will receive a $25 Verve gift certificate!!

--- View all the challenge and prize details and submit your Triple Play Challenge projects using the official Project Parade Entry Form and check out all the details of this month's project parade!!!!

World Card Making Day - Release Week Challenges

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Hey Verve fans!  Happy World Card Making Day!  Today we're celebrating with 5 new sketch challenges!  Play along in 1 or all 5 for a chance to win some Vervey goodness!  We'll pick one winner from each sketch challenge to win a $25 gift certificate to the Verve Store, plus if you participate in all 5 challenges, come back here and let us know in the comments of this post to be eligible to win our entire Autumn release!  The release is next Friday, October 8, so let's get this party started!

The sketches are linked below.  Click the thumbnail for a larger version of the sketch, and the text links below the sketches for the linky entry forms.  Verve stamps are not required to play, just have fun! Here's how to enter...

1. Make a new card or creation inspired by the sketch.
2. Upload a photo of your creation to your blog or other public online gallery and mention that it's for the Verve World Card Making Day Release challenges.
3. Add the link to your photo to the linky form entry for the corresponding challenge.
4. If you participate in all 5 challenges, be sure to come back here and leave a comment to let us know!

Deadline for entries:  11:59pm Mountain on Friday, October 8. 

VSWCMD1 Entry Form	VSWCMD2 Entry Form	VSWCMD3 Entry Form	VSWCMD4 Entry Form	VSWCMD5 Entry Form

If you prefer, here's a link to a printable PDF with all 5 of the challenges...

October 2010 World Card Making Day Release Week Challenges Sketchbook {PDF}

Have fun! We can't wait to see what you create! And be sure to check back here starting on Wednesday October 6 for our New Release Spotlight Hops!

Ready Set Stamp Challenge: Fluttering By and Petals & Stems

Hi there, Verve fans!  It's Julee here with the next installment in our monthly Ready, SET, Stamp challenge!  Petals & Stems and its coordinating set, Fluttering By, have been some of the most popular sets here at Verve.  So this month, I'm challenging you to pull out one or both of these favorites and get inky!  These whimsical little butterflies and flowers always make me smile, so I can't wait to see what y'all create!  If you don't have Petals & Stems or Fluttering By you can pick them up at 30% off through August 15- that's the challenge deadline, so you've got plenty of time to create!

Here are a few samples from our design team gallery to get the wheels a turnin':

Designed by Amy	Designed by Shannan	Designed by Amber

For more inspiration, be sure to check out the fabulous cards from our Divas in the Fluttering By and Petals & Stems Design Team albums, and you can also check out cards uploaded by customers in our SCS gallery.

Contest Details:
To play along, submit a link to a new card or project (posted July 17 or later) using Verve's Petals & Stems or Fluttering By set before 8PM Mountain on Sunday, August 15 and we'll pick a winner to receive a $30 gift certificate to the Verve Store!

Click the red link that says "click here to enter" at the bottom of this post 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. If you're linking to a blog, please link directly to the specific blog post where your card is posted, and not your general blog url.}

Note: If you have problems linking your card (especially from SCS), 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.  Keywords for uploading to online galleries are:  VSFlutter and VERVE.

Okay, good luck and have fun! 

Beach Party Release Week Challenges

Hey Verve fans! It's Julee here, kicking off our Beach Party Release Week! Our weather is finally warming up, and Mark and I spent some time this weekend walking around downtown in short sleeves and flip-flops. Ah! It just makes me smile thinking about it!

This month's release is filled with relaxing summer images, some fabulous sentiments for the boys in your life, and some girly stamps, too!  The Divas will be spotlighting the first set tomorrow, so tune in.

So, I mentioned challenges in the post title... a true Verve-style release is never complete without some chances to get inky! We've got 5 new challenges for you to play with this week. Each challenge will have a lucky winner to receive a $25 gift certificate, and if you participate in all 5 challenges you have a chance to win our entire release!!! And this release has 5 sets and 3 plain janes, worth $108 retail!  Here's the link to the Master Challenge thread with all the deets.

And if you have our Delightful & Delicious set, be sure to check out the Ready, SET, Stamp challenge for another chance to win one of our new stamp sets!

Deadline for all of these challenges is this Friday, April 23 at 6:00pm Eastern.

Spring Fling: Challenge 5

Hi Verve fans!

Its Sankari here and I am so excited to bring you the last challenge of today's Spring Fling! Haven't all the peeks just been Vervelicious?! Hope you have been enjoying all the challenges as well. Challenge #5 is to "Go Green" for Spring by Recycling, Re-Using or Re-Furbishing something that you already have in your house and bring new life into them :)

Today I am joined by one of my dearest and talented friends, Brooke Stockman who created these beautiful presents for her father (who is a Hot Air Balloon Pilot) . The first present she made was by giving this clock that she had a "re-do" using the Up, Up Away stamp set and the Dad's Day stamp set - how awesome is that?!

For her second present, she used the glass etching technique to "re-do" this soap dispenser and made it more masculine to also give to her dad (and I love that she used cords around it - just like the rope that you would for a hot air balloon - love that attention to detail!!) from the Up, Up Away stamp set:

I love the ballon etched into the glass and the clouds on the side! What a great set of gifts for her father!

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For my "Re-Cycle and Re-Use" project, I decided to give this birdhouse candleholder some spring cleaning love :). I repainted it and using the colors in Jackie's challenge #3 and used my new favorite stamp set :) Let it Shine to create the sun borders and for the sentiment (I stamped the sun on some of the Origins paper by BG and then cut them out to create a border for either side of the tree house - you know how I love to cut paper :D

I stamped the sentiment: "Let it Shine" on the inside and the sentiment: "Sunshine and Smiles" on the tag for Susan's Challenge #4. I love putting a candle in it now - so that even in the dark - there is a little bit of that sunshine shining through, which always makes me smile :)

I cut out some flowers from the Feel the Sun stamp set around the fence on the bottom as part of Lynda's Challenge #1 on using some flowers in your creation:

I loved creating this project and love seeing this little candleholder all bright and sparkley with some Verve love all over it :) We would love for you to play along with us for this challenge - all you have to do is find something that you already have and give it a little makeover :) Can't wait to see your "re-do, re-cycled" green projects!!! Stay tuned for a blog hop full of gorgeous Spring Fling-ed creations!!!

So are you ready to have some more crafty fun? Just re-purpose, recycle re-use or alter something you've got lying around and upload a photo to your blog or online gallery. Then click the image above to add your link using the Mr. Linky entry form. Entries are due by 11:59pm on Monday, March 8.

One lucky entry will win a $25 Verve Stamps gift certificate!

Have fun and good luck!