Spring Summer Coffe Lovers Blog Hop

It's time for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I just love seeing all the caffeinated creations along this hop and can't wait to do a little hopping myself! Verve has been a sponsor since the very first hop, and we're continuing that tradition today, offering up our two new limited edition stamp sets for a participant along the hop. There are oh-so-many fabulous Super Sponsor prizes up for grabs for those who link up a newly created Spring/Summer themed coffee, tea or cocoa project over on the official Spring/Summer 2018 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post. The linkup is open through June 1, so I hope you have a fabulous week of getting inky!

Our Super Sponsor prize for the hop is the two brand new limited edition stamp sets that just released this morning! We have a limited amount of these sets available for purchase in the shop. They won't be re-ordered so now's the time to snatch them up if you see something you have to have!

Just Like You is a fun, masculine set, perfect for honoring the father figure in your life. A big, hearty coffee mug allows for customization with some of the other stamps in the set. Scroll down to see my first take with the set.

Living on Coffee is a lovely, floral coffee set that includes some beautiful blooms and a host of fun, all-occasion sentiments.

For today's coffee card, I am featuring the Just Like You set. I made this as a card for Mark from the boys. When they were babies, we dressed Kellan in blue and Trevor in green to tell them apart, so I thought Mark would get a kick out of the symbolism behind the two coffee mugs. Plus, with twins, 2 cups minimum are essential for a morning! Haha! I stamped the mugss on white, then stamped different sentiments on each cup and colored with Copics. A third circle for the sentiment finished off the stamping.

The background is designer paper, sponged with pumice stone ink. I wrapped a bit of linen thread around the panel, then layered my circles to complete the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy hopping!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Just Like You (Verve Stamps)
Paper: dp, white, black
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), pumice stone distress (Ranger), copic markers
Accessories: stiched circle stax (MFT), linen thread

June 2014 Diva Dare - Day 9

Hi there! Amber here to welcome you to Day 9 of our June Diva Dare! This month, we're all about the boys!

 This month we're daring you to create a stamped card or project with a masculine theme. 

Instead of going for a straight up "man" card, I decided to make a birthday card for a LITTLE man!

I obviously had way too much fun with the spray mist on this card, haha! First step was to emboss the gears from Geared Up in white embossing powder on a piece of Tim Holtz's amazing watercolor paper. After that, I started dripping and splashing some Dylusions inks in blue, turquoise, and a deep blue. To achieve the layers, I dripped ink, then blotted, dripped more ink, then blotted, dripped some water on to pick up colors in some areas, and then dripped some more and hit it with a heat gun to  keep some intense colors as well as the washed out colors. 

The cute little robot is also from Geared Up. The balloons and sentiment are from Chevron Love, and the banner is from Wonderful Marvelous. I embossed the robot and the banner in white embossing powder on vellum paper so I didn't cover up too much of that fun background. For the sentiment, I did some out of the box trimming so my balloons are still attached to the sentiment panel. For one last detail, I added some Metal Mix sequins.

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our A Man's World dare and link up your card to be eligible to win.  Entries must be masculine in theme, posted 6/6 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 6/25/14.  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 A Man's World 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 June 25, 2014.

Winners will be announced on June 26, 2014.

June 2014 Diva Dare - Day 4

A Man's World - June Diva Dare

Welcome to June's Diva Dare!  As the weather heats up, dads and grads and outdoor fun are foremost in our minds, so our June Dare is entitled A Man's World.

This month we're daring you to create a stamped card or project with a masculine theme.  It doesn't have to be a Father's Day card, just something masculine. However, if you need to get one done, we're here to help wink, wink. If just reading the theme gives you a creative block, take a deep breath and think clean lines, few embellishments, rugged or distressed edges and muted or earthy colors. Replace bling with wood or metal embellishments, and replace ribbon with twine, rope or twill and you'll be surprised how quickly a masculine card will come together!

It's getting close to that special man holiday and I'm here to share the one made for my man on his special day.

I made this card with the new Wonderful Marvelous Set for it's "trees" (a.k.a flags that are the genius idea of Julee from this card) and custom made sentiment. I love that you can put together a sentiment from all the different stamps in this set. The stars theme around this card come from Starry Die and Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set. I've used the latest Viva La Verve sketch by Julee.

Now here's where you jump in for the challenge!

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our A Man's World dare and link up your card to be eligible to win.  Entries must be masculine in theme, posted 6/6 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 6/25/14.  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 A Man's World 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 June 25, 2014.

Winners will be announced on June 26, 2014.

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

June 2014 Diva Dare ~ Day 1

A Man's World - June Diva Dare

Welcome to June's Diva Dare!  As the weather heats up, dads and grads and outdoor fun are foremost in our minds, so our June Dare is entitled A Man's World.    

This month we're daring you to create a stamped card or project with a masculine theme.  It doesn't have to be a Father's Day card, just something masculine. However, if you need to get one done, we're here to help wink, wink. If just reading the theme gives you a creative block, take a deep breath and think clean lines, few embellishments, rugged or distressed edges and muted or earthy colors. Replace bling with wood or metal embellishments, and replace ribbon with twine, rope or twill and you'll be surprised how quickly a masculine card will come together!

I paired the newly released Wonderful Marvelous  with some striped paper that had masculine colours, and then added a scatter of stars using the Starry Die.  The banner was fussy cut and paper pieced as were the flags.  A touch of silver twine, a button and some black half pearls added some dimension.  Didn't realize how carried away I got making this card, so checked with hubby and he said it was okay for a masculine card.  Phew!  Squeaked by on this one {grin}.  Mind you, he is married to a card maker and use to my version of masculine creations!

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our A Man's World dare and link up your card to be eligible to win.  Entries must be masculine in theme, posted 6/6 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 6/25/14.  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 A Man's World 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 June 25, 2014.

Winners will be announced on June 26, 2014.

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

Verve May Spotlights - Day 2 Hop

Hi Verve fans!  We're back with Day 2 of our new release blog hops and today's spotlight is on a set called Wonderful Marvelous and the Jeremiah 17:7 Plain Jane. Everything you see previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, May 23.

Alrighty!  Check out the set reveals below, then head on down the hop list and leave a little comment love to be entered to win today's featured products!

Wonderful Marvelous is graphic and trendy with some great builder sentiments in fonts that will appeal to both men and women alike.  I even tested it out and made a birthday card for my 19 year old nephew and he thought it was super cool!

We live close to a Shakespeare Festival and their sign is in the shape of a trio of flags.  One afternoon as I was driving to the post office, I thought it would make a great stamp design, so I headed back home with the idea fresh in my head and this is the set that was born.  Love when inspiration strikes along my daily path.

And with Dad's in mind, here is another much requested scripture for our Plain Jane line... Jeremiah 17:7.

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 products!  Woohoo!

First up on the hop is ME, hop on over to see how I combined Wonderful Marvelous and Jeremiah 17:7! 

Day 2 PRIZE: Wonderful Marvelous and Jeremiah 17:7 Plain Jane

Comment Deadline:  Monday, May 26 @ 5PM Mountain

1. Julee 7. Stacey 2. Charmaine 8. Maureen 3. Marisa 9. Jen 4. Janelle 10. Laurie S. 5. Teresa 11. Andrea 6. Chaitali 12. Christyne

May 2013 Spotlight Hops - Day 2

Hi there Verve fans!  Welcome to Day 2 of our new release spotlight hops!  We'll be releasing 5 new sets, 4 plain janes, 3 dies and 2 ribbon collections this Friday, May 10.  As we countdown to our release, the Divas and our 2 special guests are strutting their new Verve with daily blog hops now through Friday!

And 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!

Day 2 PRIZE: Let it Be and Deepest Sympathy Plain Jane
Comment Deadline:  Sunday, May 12 @ 5PM Mountain

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

Check out the reveals and a little back story on today's featured stamps below...  
Let it Be is a $24 set of 13 encouraging sentiments, scriptures and floral images.  Many of the sentiments in this set have been little mantras I've clung to this past year.  I think the thing I love most about card making is knowing that the art I make really touches people.  It's one of the ways I let my light shine!

Shortly after winter CHA I was at a friend's scrapbooking store and she'd brought back some Hemptique bookmarks.  I took one look at the gorgeous aged paper and new that the Micah 6:8 scripture that had been going through my head just NEEDED to be in bookmark form.  So I designed that stamp, then filled out the set with some other close to my heart sentiments, scriptures and a couple flowers.

So of course the first thing I made with this set was a scripture bookmark with one of those hemp bookmarks!  I went masculine with this one, as I plan to give it inside a book for Father's Day this year.  It was super simple to make, too!  I embossed the sentiment directly onto the bookmark, then added a border and ship wheel stamp (from a set we'll be previewing tomorrow) to finish off the masculine look.  The tassel is made from embroidery thread and I followed a youtube video on how to make one.  Easy peasy and it turned out just as I had hoped!

Our plain jane feature today is the Deepest Sympathy plain jane.  I've had many requests for a big sympathy stamp that could work for either a card front or the inside of a card. At approximately 2.5" x 1.125" tall, this sympathy sentiment fits the bill perfectly!  I've already seen some gorgeous creations from our design team using this stamp, so I know it's going to be a fast favorite!  Our plain jane stamps retail for $3.00.

This release, we also have a couple of new ribbon collections joining our offerings! 

Like a little black dress, black ribbon is timeless, classy and a perfect accent to your projects.  The Black Beauty Ribbon Collection is a set of 4 black ribbons including a wrinkled crepe, sheer swirl, glimmer twill and seam binding, each in 3 yard cuts for a total of 12 yards of ribbon.  This collection will retail at $5.50.

Polka dots are timeless, fun and this particular ribbon is one of my all-time favorites!  The Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection is a set of 3 polka dot ribbons including a chocolate with cream dots, a licorice with cream dots and white with black dots.  Each ribbon variety comes in 3 yard cuts for a total of 9 yards of ribbon in this collection that will retail at $6.00.

All of the stamps, dies and ribbons featured this week will be available for purchase in the Verve Store on Friday, May 10.

Thanks so much for hopping with us today!  Have a great day and we'll see you back here tomorrow for some more fresh new looks at VERVE!