A 2017 Look Back Part 3

Hi Verve friends! I'm back with another look back at 2017. You can see the first two installments here and here.  In August, we celebrated our 10th Anni-VERVE-sary with the release of a collection of new and classic Verve sets.

First up was the fun all-occasion Bloom Brighter set and coordinating Blooming Die Set. Along with our celebration, we were so honored to have some of our fabulous Alumni Divas join us for our release.  It was such a fabulous delight working with these amazing artists again. I consider them all part of the Verve family.

This beauty is by Amy Sheffer.

And this pastel dream is by Amy Kolling

Our next featured set was the Cake & Candles set, a compilation of old favorites and brand new sentiments styled around a birthday theme.

 This watercolored delight is by Tosh Leyendekker

And this perfect little layered creation is by Michelle Woerner

Our next set in the Anni-VERVE-sary release was the Scripture Medley 5 set, a long awaited new set of stylish scripture verses, with a couple stamps that had been retired from previous sets sprinkled in.

This rainbow CAS card is by Laurie Willison

And this mixed-media wonder is by Tiffany Solorio 

Our final Anni-VERVE-sary release feature was the Little Ones set and Little Ones Die Set. This set combined some old favorite plain janes and re-envisioned baby images and sentiments in one adorable set. 

Our amazing guest diva, Kelly Lunceford made these two adorable samples...

Thanks so much for taking another look back with us. Tune in again soon for the next installment! Until then, you can pick up some of these fabulous deals during our Good Buy 2017 Sale!

10th Anni VERVE sary Release Spotlights Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of our 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!  Have you been loving the inspiration along  Day 1 Hop and Day 2 Hop? Seriously fabulous cards! If you haven't had time to check them out yet, hop on over. All of our blog hop drawings are open until August 31.  Yay!

Our special 10th Anni-VERVE-sary release is a fusion of new and classic Verve and will be available to order on August 28. The release includes 4 stamp sets and 2 die sets. If our peeks inspire and you feel like you just need to have it all, you can pre-order the Anni-VERVE-sary Buy it All Bundle right now at a 30% discount through August 27. In fact, our whole store is on sale right now to celebrate 10 years of Verve!

Over the next few days we'll be shining our creative spotlights on the new Verve sets and dies, giving you tons of inspiration with the new goodies, and a chance to win!

Today's hop is spotlighting the Cake & Candles stamp set.

Today we also have special guest appearances from two rockstar Diva Alumni.... Michelle Woerner and Tosha Leyendekker. I am so honored to still consider these amazingly talented designers part of the Verve family. I remember how ecstatic I was when each one said yes to my invitation to be a Diva and I'm just as thrilled today to hop alongside them once again! Over the years, both of these wonderful women has blessed myself and Verve with their time and talents. I am forever grateful.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! Leave a little shout out in the comments section on all the blogs below to increase your chances!

1. Julee 7. Lesley 2. Maureen 8. Christyne 3. Betty 9. Laurie 4. Charmaine 10. Kelly (Guest) 5. Marisa 11. Michelle W. (Alumni) 6. Tosha L.(Alumni)

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Thursday, August 31.

My card for today is sweet and sassy. I was playing around with watercolors and created this pink and red background.  I loved how it turned out and wanted it to be the centerpiece of the card, so I stamped the wishing you a year of joy sentiment from Cake & Candles  in black.

I then embossed the cupcake in black and cut with a square die, watercoloring with the same pastel dreams watercolor confection palette.  I colored the wrapper with a grey marker and then also matted this square in black.  I selected this super cool black and white paper to jazz things up. Isn't it so dramatic?  So dramatic, in fact, that I opted for no embellishment at all.

Cake & Candles is a set of 18 clear photo polymer stamps that retails for $24. It's only fitting for our 10th Anni-VERVE-sary release to have a birthday set, right? This one is another fusion of new and classic Verve, with the re-appearance of the so very popular Happy Birthday and Birthday To You plain janes, as well as a fun Dr. Seuss quote from our 1st Anni-VERVE-sary commemorative set, Beautiful You. I added in a new cupcake and a few new sentiments that I frequently find myself writing inside birthday cards. Oh and a special request for a happy cake and candles stamp for Moe.

The hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry, so click on over for another card from me using this fun set. See ya there!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cake & Candles (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Office Suite (Fancy Pants), black, white
Ink: onyx black (Versafine), Pastel Dreams Watercolor Confections (Prima), copic markers
Accessories: pierced square die, clear embossing powder