December Diva Dare ~ Day 10

 Favorite Things - December Diva Dare

Hello Verve friends and welcome to December's Diva Dare!  It's Andrea here with you today sharing this month's dare is entitled Favorite Things.  With the busyness of the Christmas Season upon us and the New Year quickly approaching, it's nice to take a breather and look back at what we've accomplished. 

So this month, we are daring you to share your favorite Verve creation(s) for this year OR create a new one with one of your favorite Verve products.  This is not a hard one for me, as almost all of my cards contain Verve products. Let's see if I can narrow down my choices...

The above card features the Better Together set, paired with some muted shabby accents:

One of my favorite quotes, from one of my very favorite sets, More Than Love:

Here's a card using an older set, Joy for the Journey:

 Another one with Better Together:

Here's a sympathy card using Inspire Hope:

And finally, a card a little out of my realm of card making...this one featuring the Moments Remembered set:

  

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our Favorite Things dare and link your card up to be eligible to win.  Entries must include your favorite Verve creation(s) of 2014 (maximum of 3 entries) OR be an entry using your favorite stamp set, be posted 12/8 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 12/21/14.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like for a new creation (each card needs to be a separate post), and a maximum of 3 times for previously created cards.

Win a Verve set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's Favorite Things 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 December 21, 2014.

Winners will be announced on December 22, 2014.

October Diva Dare-Day 11

  Pink Power- October Diva Dare

Good morning and welcome to the final day of October's Diva Dare!  It is Teresa sharing my take on this month's dare. By now you probably know the dare this month is Pink Power, we are honoring Breast Cancer Awareness month...sure hope you take the dare!

I have used the Inspire Hope Verve stamp set and also played along with today's Viva la Verve, a great way top combine those challenges! I adore the entire release this month, I reach for the Inspire Hope the most, I adore the sweet leaf bracket with the option of adding the different flowers. If you have not seen the Pink Power(temporarily sold out) set, it is a must have too...the bald silhouette image is soooo inspiring! What a fun month this has been, I hope you will create something pink to share...sparkle & shine!

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our Pink Power dare and link your card up to be eligible to win.  Entries must have pink on your card or project, be posted 10/10 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 10/26/14.  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 Verve set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's Pink Power 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 October 26, 2014.

Winners will be announced on October 27, 2014.

October 2014 Diva Dare - Day 5

Welcome to October's Diva Dare!  This month's dare is entitled Pink Power in honor of October being breast cancer awareness month.  Many of us have had friends and family who have waged a battle against this disease.  My grandmother, mother, and now my Aunt have all been diagnosed with this horrible disease.  I am so grateful for any stamp set that will encourage, uplift, and bring a smile to those that are also fighting this disease.

 
I really love the sentiments in the Inspire Hope set!  I think they are perfect for sending some love and encouragement!  I started with a couple of pink patterned papers and then layered on some patterned vellum.  I embossed the frame and sentiment using white embossing powder and the flowers using silver embossing powder.  I added some silver cording, a mini clothes pin, rhinestones, and some sequins for embellishment.

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our Pink Power dare and link your card up to be eligible to win.  Entries must have pink on your card or project, be posted 10/10 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 10/26/14.  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 Verve set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's Pink Power 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 October 26, 2014.

Winners will be announced on October 27, 2014.

October Diva Dare - Day 2

  Pink Power- October Diva Dare

Welcome to Day 2 of this month's Diva Dare!  This month's dare is entitled Pink Power in honour of October being breast cancer awareness month. 

On my pinkalicious card, I’ve use the brand new Inspire Hope and Pink Power sets from Verve.  I’m mixing and matching the powerful words from both sets to create a chalkboard-ish panel wrapped in my own “pink ribbon” and finished off with some Shine Bright Sequin Mix.  
 

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our Pink Power dare and link your card up to be eligible to win.  Entries must have pink on your card or project, be posted 10/10 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 10/26/14.  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 Verve set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's Pink Power 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 October 26, 2014.
 

Winners will be announced on October 27, 2014.

Inspire Hope Spotlight Blog Hop

Welcome back to Verve's October 2014 Release Celebration! Last weekend we released three new sets, three new dies and a sequin mix and this week the Divas have been sharing inspiration with the new stamps.  Today we're spotlighting the final set in this release, Inspire Hope.  The hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry, so see you there!

In my mind, this set lends itself to quick, elegant cards and I have a quick card to share here as well as another one on my blog today.

I started by stamping the frame from Inspire Hope on white cardstock, then filling in the open spots with the flower stamp in lost lagoon.  Next I stamped the wishing you sentiment in black and the word comfort in lost lagoon, then stamped the in the days ahead stamp on lost lagoon and trimmed into a little flag shape to layer over the frame.  For the background, I randomly stamped the two flower images in the set in lost lagoon on the same color of cardstock, then layered a piece of embossed black cardstock in the center to finish up this 4.25" square card.  I think this set and layout would be perfect for making up some card sets for gift giving.

Stamps: Inspire Hope (Verve Stamps)
Paper: lost lagoon, basic black (SU!), white
Ink: lost lagoon (SU!), black
Accessories: music notes embossing folder (Sizzix)

Inspire Hope is a 4 x 8" set of 16 clear photopolymer stamps.   This set of timeless inspirational sentiments and images is meant to lift up and encourage. With an elegant frame that fits two different flower images as well as several encouraging sayings and builder sentiments, this set is sure to be a staple on your stamp desk.

When I saw Chaitlai's Pink Power set concept, I knew I wanted to create an encouraging set to release with it that could work for those difficult sympathy and illness types of cards we all unfortunately need to make every now and then.  I've always loved our Wishing You set, so decided to include a mini version of that with words that could work for a variety of situations.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? One random winner of a $30 gift voucher to the Verve store will be drawn from the comments on the blogs linked below. So be sure to leave a little shout out in the comment box at each stop along the way to increase your chances!

Today's Blog Hop Prize: $30 gift voucher to Verve
Comment Deadline for Prize Drawing: Thursday, October 9 at 8pm Mountain

1. Julee 7. Charmaine 2. Stacey 8. Laurie 3. Marisa 9. Christyne 4. Chaitali 10. Teresa 5. Amber 11. Andrea 6. Jen

World Card Making and Release Day Hop

Hi Verve fans!  Happy World Card Making Day and welcome to our October Release Celebration! We released 3 new sets, 3 dies and a sequin mix this morning and it's all waiting for you in the Verve Store right now and 10% off!  Want a little inspiration with the new sets?  The Divas are hopping today, sharing their first looks at the new goodies and there's a chance to win the entire October Release Collection for a lucky commenter along today's hop!

First up, let's take a peek at what's new!  Click the thumbnails to visit the item in the Verve store.

To celebrate World Card Making Day, we've got 25% off holiday stamps and dies.

Plus, we're having a Free Shipping Promotion...

Add product totaling at least $30 to your cart and choose US Shipping.

  Offer not valid on Priority, International or Canadian shipping options.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? One random winner will be drawn from the comments on the blogs linked below to win our October Release Collection! So be sure to leave a little shout out in the comment box at each stop along the way to increase your chances!

Deadline for prize drawing: 6pm Mountain on Monday, October 6.

1. Julee 7. Charmaine 2. Stacey 8. Laurie 3. Marisa 9. Christyne 4. Chaitali 10. Teresa 5. Amber 11. Andrea 6. Jen

Alrighty, we'll see you back here tomorrow for our monthly Diva Inspirations Hop, then Monday through Wednesday for our release Spotlights. Have a fabulous World Card Making Day!  Happy hopping!