September Diva Dare 12 and Spotlight Hop Day 1

Hi Verve fans!  It's Julee here, wrapping up the final day of our Tic-Tac-Toe Diva Dare with my take on a tic-tac-toe inspired project.  And all in the same post, it's the kick-off to our September Spotlight Hops! That's right, we've got a whole bunch of new Verve coming your way this week and the Divas will be hopping all week long, sharing our first looks at the new product! Be sure to scroll to the end of the post for today's hop details and set reveals!

So, let's get to it!  Today's hop is spotlighting the new set Each Day and the Psalm 94:18 Plain Jane. The Tic-Tac-Toe Diva Dare was the perfect jumping off point for my card.  I knew I wanted to use the butterfly image from Each Day, which made me think of some fabby butterfly washi tape I picked up a while ago.  So I used the washi to make a little wonky tic-tac-toe grid, then sponged on some distress inks for a honey sunny winner!  This panel is crimped for some texture and I just love the way it turned out.

The butterfly is embossed in white onto vellum cardstock and then hand cut.  I sponged the back of the butterfly for some coordinating color, then accented with some flatback pearls for the butterfly body.  The base of the card is stamped  with the sentiment "God is able", to pair with the main sentiment, "Do not worry about tomorrow."  I think this card is so uplifting and so very "ME".  {grin}

So, there's still time to play along in this month's Diva Dare! And even if you don't have the time to participate, you can still have a chance to win by leaving a little comment right here on this post.  We'll be picking a random winner from all the comments over the series of this month's dare, so be sure to take a look at the sidebar for the links to all the posts!

For the entry form and all the prize details and deadlines for the Dare, visit the Diva Dare page on our site. Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 8/9 or later), include at least one Verve product, include multiple layers, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13.

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

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Okay, now it's time for the Spotlight Hop portion of this post!

I just love an uplifting scripture, and our featured stamps today are just that.  The Each Day set was developed around the Matthew 6:34 scripture.  I wanted to be able to use it both all together and broken up between the front and inside of the card, so I created it in 4 different pieces.  Elegant cross and butterfly imagery, a few small sentiments and a similar font treatment on Psalm 31:24 finish off this set.  When I was done designing,  there was one more verse that didn't quite fit in the set, so I made it into the Psalm 94:18 Plain Jane.

Since we LOVE to share our Verve, we've got a giveaway every day this week!  Just hop around to the blogs on today's hop and tell us what you think in the comments at each stop and you'll be entered in a drawing to win today's featured stamps!  Woohoo!

First up on the hop is ME, hop on over to see what I did with the Psalm 94:18 PJ! And a great big welcome back to our returning Fall/Winter Guest Diva, Stacey Schafer!

Day 1 PRIZE: Each Day and Psalm 94:18 Plain Jane

Comment Deadline:  Sunday, September 29 @ 5PM Mountain

1. Julee 8. Laurie W. 2. Teresa 9. Christyne 3. Charmaine 10. Maureen 4. Stacey {Guest} 11. Marisa 5. Andrea 12. Janelle 6. Jen 13. Laurie S. 7. Amber

September Diva Dare ~ Day 11

Hi, It's Laurie here, with Day 11 of the Diva Dare Challenge "Tic, Tac, Toe". 

We are challenging you to create a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board. For example: x’s and o’s, hugs and kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea. 

I read the challenge and was instantly taken by the "grid" part.  I love a scored background so that is how I decided to incorporate the idea of a tic-tac-toe board...

I used my Scor-Pal and scored every inch on the diagonal to create this background.  I added in a sentiment form Let it Be.  I also stamped a heart from Stronger Love and then cut it out.  I actually attached it with the stamped side down.  This layout was completely inspired (and CASE'd) by THIS badge I found on Pinterest  I love the colors and the fun circle focal point.  

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Here's some info on how you can play along:

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13.

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

You can link up your take on the dare here.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

September Diva Dare ~ Day 10

Hi, Janelle here, with Day 10 of the Diva Dare Challenge "Tic, Tac, Toe". 

We are challenging you to create a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board. For example: x’s and o’s, hugs and kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea. 


The gallery samples have been so awesome that I was wondering how I could bring a fresh take on this challenge. Back on Day 1, Diva Marisa mentioned that her family uses the saying "smakies and squashes" for hugs and kisses, so that gave me the idea to search on variations to tic-tac-toe.

I found the UK naming, "Nought and Crosses", and that was enough to get a fresh take on the dare.

My "nought" is nothing extravagant (or CAS) and my "crosses" is the dainty and wonderful little cross to pair with a sentiment, both from the Peace on Earth set. I used one of the banner dies from the Banner Bundle Die Set for the sentiment layer.

The banner is longer than the die and here's a little trick I use to do that. When cutting the die, I leave the top plate away from the top flat edge of the die so it doesn't cut it. I finish cutting it down to the right length with a paper trimmer.
For even more cross images from Verve take a look here.


Here's some info on how you can play along:

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13.

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

You can link up your take on the dare here.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

September Diva Dare ~ Day 9

Hello friends! Maureen here and it's my turn to share how I answered this month's Diva Dare!

So what we're daring you to create this month is a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board. For example: x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea. 

I didn't know how to use this fun crossword patterned paper until this month's Diva Dare!  I just love the soft green, blue and aqua colours and thought it would be a great background for a love card.  I pulled out Love Notes, the Scroll Plain Jane and both Jotted Heart and Scroll coordinating dies.  A crisp white doily and some soft white seam binding from the Signature Collection make a perfect canvas for this timeless scripture quote, IMHO :) 


Here's some info on how you can play along...

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13.

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

You can link up your take on the dare here.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

 

September Diva Dare ~ Day 8

Hi everyone! Jen here with Day of the September Diva Dare!!

So what we're daring you to create this month is a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board. For example: x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea.    

Well, I took the tic-tac-toe idea VERY literally, lol and used a bit of washi tape to create a tic-tac-toe board that I filled with stamps. :)

I knew I wanted to make a card that was clean and simple so I started with a kraft card base and then spotted my black polka dot washi tape and the card just sort of fell together. I love black, red and kraft together! I used Love Notes for all the stamping alternating between the hearts and XOXO's to fill in the board. I finished the board by tying twine around the winning row and adding a tag made from one of the Banner Bundle Die Set dies stamped with I <3 You. I then distressed the edges and popped the main layer up on foam tape. It was so quick and easy and I love how it turned out!

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13. 

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post. 

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

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

September Diva Dare ~ Day 3 *yes, I'm going backwards!*

Hey there! In case you're confused, don't be! I didn't get my post up on Day 3 so I'm here to get it done today:)

This month, we have a super fun dare! We're being inspired by TIC TAC TOE!

Your dare, should you choose to accept it, is to create a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board. For example: x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea. 

I wanted to go pretty literal with the tic-tac-toe theme. I stamped one of the scripty backgrounds from Text Objects and stamped the gray cardstock, in gray ink. Then I sewed the grid on the gray cardstock. 

I die cut some felt hearts using the Jotted Heart die, then sewed the two blue hearts to the card front. I stamped "Love You" from Stronger Love. After stamping the sentiment, I speckled the heart randomly using matching colored Copics.

A couple coordinating buttons and a twine bow and that's it!

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Here's some info on how you can play along...
Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13.

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

You can link up your take on the dare here.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

September Diva Dare ~ Day 6

Tic-Tac-Toe, September Diva Dare

Morning Verve fans! Andrea coming to you here on this Friday the 13th with this month's Diva Dare entitled "Tic-Tac-Toe".

So what we're daring you to create this month is a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board.  For example:  x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids...you get the idea.   
  
Here is my card using this month's dare:

I wanted to incorporate the 'X's and 'O's without making them blatantly obvious. My first trip was to Pinterest...typing in 'tic tac toe' as my search parameter. I'm scrolling along when I spot a picture with a cross stitch design. Eureka! That's the subtlety I was looking for! So what I did was to hand-stitch a cross pattern around the outside perimeter of the card. I then filled in the middle with some Verve goodies...namely two wonderfully vintage stamps from Verve's Wings of Love set. I kept the theme neutral...adding gingham ribbon, distressed/shabbed up papers and some coarse crystal glitter. And some Zva bling to finish it off.

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13. 

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

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

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September Diva Dare - Day 5

Hello friends!  It's Laurie S. here, and it's my turn to share how I answered this month's Diva Dare! 


So what we're daring you to create this month is a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board. For example: x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea.

I went quite literally with this month's theme, making a grid of sorts by stitching on the vellum cardstock.  I used flowers as the "o's"and hearts as the "x's".  The flowers are from Verve's Dream Big set (each cut out using the Scalloped Flowers Die Set).  The small heart, large heart, and sentiment are all from the Love Notes set.  I cut the large heart out using the Jotted Heart Die.  The pretty aqua seam binding ribbon is from Verve's Signature Ribbon Collection (have I mentioned how thrilled I am that Verve is now offering ribbon?).


Here's some info on how you can play along...

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13.

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

You can link up your take on the dare here.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

 

September Diva Dare-Day 4

Good morning!!  It's Charmaine and it's my turn to share my take on this month's Diva Dare entitled "Tic-Tac-Toe". What we're daring you to create this month is a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board.  For example:  x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea.

When I started thinking about my card, I looked through some of my Verve stamps trying to decide which set to use.  I came across an old one that I can't even remember the last time I used. . .Artful Elegance.   I thought the background stamp from the set would make a neat "grid" and that circle/medallion stamp would work well for some "Os".

So, I started by stamping and embossing the background image three times on red cardstock to give me my "grid" base.  Next I stamped and embossed the circle image three times and punched them out using a circle punch.  After aligning the circles in different formations on the card, I decided on the simple, straight across placement and then used the sentiment to "cross" my consecutive Os!  LOL  I laugh because when my kids play TicTacToe, they take such joy in crossing their consecutive Xs or Os.  You would think the race of the game was to cross the consecutive Xs or Os regardless of which are yours!  :)

I used a white gel pen to add some interest to the sentiment panel and then finished the card with some ribbon from the Black Beauty Collection.  Now it's your turn!!

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13.

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

You can link up your take on the dare here.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

September Diva Dare-Day 2

Tic-Tac-Toe, September Diva Dare

Good morning Verve fans, it is Teresa and I am sharing my take on the super fun Tic-Tac-Toe dare.

So what we're daring you to create this month is a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board. For example: x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea.    

Here is my how I answered the dare.

I knew I wanted to add a real game of Tic-Tac-Toe to my card; who has not played a fun game of Tic-Tac-Toe with their sweetie? I started with the Verve stamp set Tag Time, luv the little grid tag! Then I hand wrote in the sweet game in the top corner...cuuuute! I reached for the sentiment from the set Making A Statement. I thought it was perfect!  Not only the dh and I are meant to be, but so are x's and o's, hugs and kisses, peanut butter and jelly, peas and carrots......so on and so on....lol. I sure hope I have inspired you today, have fun with this month's Verve Diva Dare!

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13. 

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post. 

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

You can link up your take on the dare here.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

September Diva Dare ~ Day 1

Tic-Tac-Toe, September Diva Dare

Hello Verve fans!! Marisa here with this month's Diva Dare entitled "Tic-Tac-Toe".

So what we're daring you to create this month is a card or project using inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board.  For example:  x’s and o’s, hugs & kisses, squares, circles, grids, you get the idea.   
 
Here is my card using this month's dare:

I went with X's and O's aka: hugs and kiss (or smakies and squashes as our family says) because they go together like peanut butter and jam LOL!

Echo Park's Yours Truly papers were a perfect fit, as was my X's and O's embossing folder.  I added my beloved Jotted Heart, a mix of sentiments from Love Notes and finished things off with some red seam binding from the Truly Madly Deeply set.  

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, September 25th.  Entries must be new (posted 9/6 or later), include at least one Verve product, include inspiration from a tic-tac-toe board, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 9/25/13. 

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tic-Tac-Toe" Dare and link up your card (created September 6th or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Tic-Tac-Toe" Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is September 25, 2013.

Winners will be announced on September 26, 2013.

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