April 2014 Diva Dare ~ Day 9

Hello there! Maureen here with my take on this month's Diva Dare!

"Little Things" - April Diva Dare

Welcome to April's Diva Dare!  In honour of Spring's arrival (in some parts of North America anyway!), this month's Dare is entitled "Little Things".    The challenge is to create a baby or kid themed card, how fun!

I was inspired by Teresa's Week 2 Viva La Verve sketch and a patchwork quilt.  I made a baby girl card for the Inspiration Hop this month and wanted to make a baby boy card with the same Smallest Things plain jane.  The banners were created with the Flag It Die set.  A little wooden heart and some sequins finish off this sweet little boy's card.

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, April 23rd.  Entries must be posted 4/4 or later, include at least one Verve product, be a baby or kids themed card, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 4/23/14.   

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

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Little Things" Dare and link up your card (created April 4th 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 "Little 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 April 23, 2014.

Winners will be announced on April 24, 2014.  

January Diva Dare - Day 9

Hello! It's Amber here with another day of Diva Dare! Aren't you loving the new format? 

Some details:

We dare you to make a card, project, layout, or whatever fits your stamping style using this month's theme - Baby Love!  The baby part could be for a new little someone...or a special someone!  Be sure to look for the details on how you can win some new Verve goodies at the end of this post!

Well, it's no DOUBLE DOG DARE or anything, so don't be afraid to jump in and play with us! 

I answered the challenge with a baby card! I have a few friends and cousins who are due with their own bundles of joy soon so I've been in baby card makin' mode!

I wanted to do something a *little* different, so I cut about 1.25" off the card front for some visual interest and then hung the sentiment panel off the side!

I colored the animals from To the Moon and stuck 'em behind the Smallest Things PJ panel, I think they're so cute!

It's mostly covered up by the animals, but the sentiment panel is built on top of the Classy Label die. The sentiment was cut out with a label punch by EK Success.

Here's how YOU can win some shiny new Verve!

1. Play along with us and link up your new Baby Love creation (posted January 14th or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE Diva Dare post before midnight MST on January 29th. 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 Baby Love creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing!  Winners will be announced on Monday, January 31st on the Verve blog.

So go ahead and show us your Baby Love creations...we DARE you!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Smallest Things Plain Jane, To the Moon (Verve)

Paper: White, Chocolate (PTI), Dreamy cardstock (MME)

Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Copics

Accessories: Classy Label die (Verve), circle Nesties (Spellbinders), Label punch, small scallop edge (EK Success), Baker's Twine/button (PTI), Gold Ice Stickles (Ranger)

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January Diva Dare-Day 5

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Good morning, it is Teresa and it is my turn to share with you my interpretation of this months theme "Baby Love".  The theme explanation is as follows.

We dare you to make a card, project, layout, or whatever fits your stamping style using this month's theme - Baby Love! The baby part could be for a new little someone...or a special someone! Be sure to look for the details on how you can win some new Verve goodies at the end of this post!



I have been wanting to make one of these journal/mini photo album ever since I seen this one that Alex made.  You use Starbucks coffee cup sleeves, so cool don't ya think?  I luv the idea, well because I am a huge fan of Starbucks.  

I have used four sleeves, painted them a cream color and sewed the bottoms shut so that I can use it for a journal card or to add photos.  I have used designer papers from Making Memories, it is the Je t'adore collection.  I used the heart and classy label from the Love Notes set and the Vintage Oval Stamp and die.

I used glass glitter again...sigh.....I adore the look it gives to anything, you can add it to an edge or like I did here the entire heart shape.

I punched holes in the side and used an circle ring to bind them together.  I also made journaling cards using the ticket die from Lifestyles to go into the sleeves.  I used the set Text Objects to stamp across the bottoms.

 Another page of the mini album, a button and bakers twine accent this page.

This is the completed mini album, I hope you like it and I dare you to create your very own Baby Love creation!

So......will you answer the dare? If so, here are some details:

1. Play along with us and link up your new Baby Love creation (posted January 14th or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE Diva Dare post before midnight MST on January 29th. 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 Baby Love creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Monday, January 31st right here on the Verve blog.

So go ahead and show us your Baby Love creations...we DARE you!

January Release After Party

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Welcome to Verve's very first "After Party"!  The Monday after each release, make sure to check in here for all the latest sale info and to see some of our favorite Diva creations using the newly released stamps!

Verve has definitely started the New Year with a bang!  Four new sets, two Plain Janes, & three A Cut Above Dies made their debut last Friday at the Verve Release Party! 

Right now through the end of January, you can save 15% when you purchase the January Stamp Collection bundle!

And now for your viewing pleasure, here are some of our favorite projects that the Divas created using the new stamps...

Created by Amber Hight, featuring the Love Notes set and Jotted Heart Die

Created by Amy Sheffer, featuring both Sweet Treats & Love Notes sets

Created by Andrea Ewen, featuring the To the Moon set

Created by Charmaine Ikach, featuring both To the Moon & Swirling Hearts sets

Created by Jackie Pedro, featuring the To the Moon set and Sweet Scalloped Die

Created by Julee Tilman, featuring the Swirling Hearts set and Vintage Oval Die

Created by Laurie Schmidlin, featuring both Love Notes & Accent Notes sets and Jotted Heart Die

Created by Maureen Plut, featuring the Love Notes set and Jotted Heart Die

Created by Sankari Wegman, featuring the Sweet Treats set and both Classy Label Die & Embossed Oval Die

Created by Teresa Kline, featuring the Love Notes set and Jotted Heart Die

Created by Tosha Leyendekker, featuring the Smallest Things Plain Jane and Classy Label Die

We hope you have enjoyed seeing some of our favorites!  Now, we would love to hear from YOU!  Which new set and/or die is your favorite?

Before I go, I wanted to remind you to check out both January Viva La Verve Sketch Challenges!  Participants that complete all the sketches will be entered to win the ENTIRE next release!!