Verve Stamps: Egg-stra Special

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

March Diva Dare Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of the March Diva Dare!! Here's how our Diva Dare works... following each release, we post a theme 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 - Color Me Spring! Whether you are shoveling snow off of your sidewalks and only dreaming of warmer weather or you are already enjoying the first blooms of the season, this challenge is sure to put a spring in your step! How you interpret the challenge is up to you! Stay tuned to learn how you could win some shiny new Verve!!

This is how I answered the dare...

Here are some close-ups of each individual egg:

Hi Verve fans, it's Andrea here! Egg decorating is a big event at my house each year. Grandparents, parents, kids all gather around to see how they can beautify those little round, white canvases. This year I've added my own Verve twist to decorating by using Verve's new Egg-stra Special set paired with the new Charming Oval dies to make some elegant eggs. After the dyeing process, I cut some origami paper with a border punch and adhered it to the egg. To the top, I added a paper flower and a pearl middle. The sentiments were done using the Charming Oval die to which I also lightly distressed the edges with some sponging. I then simply attached it to the paper border. This project was so incredibly easy, in fact, dyeing the eggs took me the longest! Sooo...look out kids...no more white crayon for me!

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

Play along with us and link up your new Color Me Spring creation (posted March 28 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY 1 POST before midnight MST on Sunday, April 10. 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 Color Me Spring creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday, April 11th right here on the Verve blog.

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

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

March Diva Dare – Day 6

Posted by Maureen

Welcome to Day 6 of the March Diva Dare!! Here's how our Diva Dare works... following each release, we post a theme 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 - Color Me Spring! Whether you are shoveling snow off of your sidewalks and only dreaming of warmer weather or you are already enjoying the first blooms of the season, this challenge is sure to put a spring in your step! How you interpret the challenge is up to you! Stay tuned to learn how you could win some shiny new Verve!!
This is how I answered the dare...

I picked up these fun and colourful felt stickers a few weeks ago and have been waiting for a special card like this to put them on. I created a grid by laying down all my chosen elements and marking where I wanted to stitch. The butterfly was made with the new Flutterby die. I cut out 2 butterflies, one from plain cardstock and one from patterned paper and layered them for a 3D look. The sentiment is from the Egg-stra Special stamp set. How’s that for colour? But colour can also be more rich and saturated, so I had to make another card…(no teasing, Andrea!! lol)

I wanted to use this fabulous Hope Perches Plain Jane again with my SU bird punch. I loved the way Julee had used this “Hope” stamp from Richly Blessed a few weeks ago (see HERE). I typed a few more “Hope” words using a Word Document, printed it out and then stamped “Hope” in different colours, taking my cue from this gorgeous paper from Basicgrey’s Hello Luscious pad. I also used the branch image from Love’s Flower with versamark to add a little something to the corner of the panel. I love mixing and matching my stamp sets and Verve makes it so easy! So are you ready for your Dare?

1. Play along with us and link up your new Color Me Spring creation (posted March 28 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY 1 POST before midnight MST on Sunday, April 10. 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!

2. For another chance to win, be sure to give the Divas a little shout-out in the comments section as we share our Color Me Spring creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday, April 11th right here on the Verve blog.

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

Thursday, March 31, 2011

March Diva Dare-Day 4

Posted by Teresa Kline

Welcome to Day 4 of the March Diva Dare!! Here's how our Diva Dare works... following each release, we post a theme 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 - Color Me Spring! Whether you are shoveling snow off of your sidewalks and only dreaming of warmer weather or you are already enjoying the first blooms of the season, this challenge is sure to put a spring in your step! How you interpret the challenge is up to you! Stay tuned to learn how you could win some shiny new Verve!!

This is how I answered the dare...

Hello Verve fans, it is Teresa and I answered the dare by creating an Egg-Stra Special Flower Pot. This is little flower pot reminds me of spring, I adore my pots of flowers and hanging baskets. It may be several more weeks for us, yesterday we had a skip of snow....sigh. I started with a small paper mache pot and painted it with cream colored acyclic paint, keeping it kinda of messy. I used the Egg-Stra Special set for my flowers, yes...you read it correct...the eggs from that set are the blooms for my flowers....so cute! The Charming Oval Die is used to cut the egg shape. I covered them with my favorite glass glitter and a button tied with twine.

The butterfly is from the Chicks Rule set and is cut out using the Flutterby Die. I completed the butterfly with a diamond shaped gemstone. The tiny heart are stamped and cut out of the Egg-Stra Special set too. I used small wooden dowels for the flower stems and florist wire for the butterfly and hearts. I finished the flower pot by tying crinkled ribbon and Prima lace to the pot, so, so sweeet! I have this sitting in my kitchen window ledge, it is my little "Color Me Spring." I cannot wait to see what you create!

Play along with us and link up your new Color Me Spring creation (posted March 28 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY 1 POST before midnight MST on Sunday, April 10. 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 Color Me Spring creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday, April 11th right here on the Verve blog.

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

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

March Diva Dare - Day 3

Posted by Tosha Leyendekker

Welcome to Day 3 of the March Diva Dare!! Here's how our Diva Dare works... following each release, we post a theme 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 - Color Me Spring! Whether you are shoveling snow off of your sidewalks and only dreaming of warmer weather or you are already enjoying the first blooms of the season, this challenge is sure to put a spring in your step! How you interpret the challenge is up to you! Stay tuned to learn how you could win some shiny new Verve!!

This is how I answered the dare...

Spring is one of my favorite seasons. Not too hot, and color everywhere!! When I think spring, I think of flowers, birds, butterflies, and new life. So, I made a wedding card (new life together) with flowers and butterflies. And since I was thinking about all things new, I thought I'd try a new technique. Now, I've made easel cards before, but never a Circle Easel. So this was fun!

I'm a die and punch-a-holic, so while designing this card, I knew I was going to use the new A Cut Above dies. Julee thinks of everything when she designs. I LOVE how each die in the Charming Oval and Charming Banner dies works with each other. I have a perfect mat around each shape (no more cutting...ye-haw!!), and the banners fit perfectly inside the ovals. How sweet is that!!! Then there's the sweeeeeeeet Flutterby die!! Love the two sizes of these butterflies too. You can find the large one in the Chicks Rule set, and the smaller one in the Egg-stra Special set. I added a bit of Stardust Stickles to the centers to make these flying beauties pop. And, since I wanted to make this a wedding card I combined images and dies from the newest release with sentiments from a previous release called Love Story. Julee's designs work that way...mixing and matching is not only a breeze, but oh so fun!!

Here's a close up of the smaller Charming Banner Die paired with the Charming Oval Dies, along with the sweet Flutterby image that I cut with the Flutterby die.

And here's a close up of the Charming Oval dies that I included on the inside of the card.

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

Play along with us and link up your new Color Me Spring creation (posted March 28 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY 1 POST before midnight MST on Sunday, April 10. 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 Color Me Spring creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday, April 11th right here on the Verve blog.

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

Monday, March 28, 2011

March Diva Dare - Day 1

Posted by Laurie Schmidlin

Welcome to Day one of the March Diva Dare! Here's how our Diva Dare works... following each release, we post a theme 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 - Color Me Spring! Whether you are shoveling snow off of your sidewalks and only dreaming of warmer weather or you are already enjoying the first blooms of the season, this challenge is sure to put a spring in your step! How you interpret the challenge is up to you! Stay tuned to learn how you could win some shiny new Verve!!

This is how I answered the dare...

Whenever I think of Spring, I think of happiness. And when I think of happiness, my thoughts naturally go to rainbows! It may not be conventional, but it is how my rainbow loving mind works! LOL! Because I wanted an overall soft project, I chose to use a pastel version of my beloved rainbow palette. After I had my cardstock pieces glued in place, I embossed the flower (from the new Chicks Rule set) in white. For the tag, I embossed the Think Spring sentiment (from the new Egg-stra Special set) and then cut it out using the new Charming Oval Die!

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

Play along with us and link up your new Color Me Spring creation (posted March 28 or later) to the linky widget below before midnight MST on Sunday, April 10. 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 Color Me Spring creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday, April 11th 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 at the bottom of this post 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. If you're having problems 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.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

March Release After Party

Posted by Laurie Schmidlin

Hi Verve fans! Welcome to the March After Party! We will be sharing some of our favorite projects from this release as well as the latest SALE info!!