Verve August Release Retrospective Hop

Welcome back to Day 4 of our Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop! 
Today is the Retrospect Hop and Product Release!

It's an exciting day as there's new Verve in the store this morning! 2 beautiful new stamp sets, 

3 die sets and a sequin mix just released and they're all available to order right now!!!

To celebrate our new release, we're putting on another blog hop! Today's featured 

focus is designer's choice, so you might just sneak a peek at a whole bunch of must-haves!

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For this first card I used a verse from Scripture Medley 4 with my CTMH paper and ink and due cut the stars using Verve's Starry die.

For my second card I used a wonderful quote from the Kindness Matters stamp set. I used a cute paper pack from Paper Studio and made a double loop black grosgrain bow with my Zutter bow-it-all.

For my final card I used a wonderful verse from the Potter's Clay stamp set as well as the flower from that set and coordinating Pottery die set. I embossed my flowers in gold and watercolored them with my CTMH ink. I used a retired CTMH paper for this card.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? Today's prize is a BIG one. We'll be picking

a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win our ENTIRE new release!

So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances!

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Betty 2. Stacey 8. Charmaine 3. Maureen 9. Laurie 4. Lesley 10. Teresa 5. Marisa 11. Christyne 6. Hillary (Guest) 12. Autumn (Guest)

I will also be sharing my cards over at Word Art Wednesday!

Verve August Release Spotlight Hop - Day 3

Welcome back to Day 3 of our Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop!

The Verve Divas and we special guests are back for another day of spotlighting

our new release! Everything previewed this week will be available to order 

in the Verve online store on Friday, August 26. Today we're sharing our first 

projects featuring the Potter's Clay stamp set and coordinating, Pottery Die Set.

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For my card I followed the August week 1 sketch from Viva la Verve. First I stamped

one of the pots and one of the sprigs on my piece of cardstock to be the background, then after it was good and dry, I stamped one of the beautiful sentiments from the Potter's Clay stamp set over top. I really like the way that it turned out! 

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

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! So be sure to leave a little

comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! 

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new 

products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Betty 2. Stacey 8. Charmaine 3. Maureen 9. Laurie 4. Lesley 10. Teresa 5. Marisa 11. Christyne 6. Hillary (Guest) 12. Autumn (Guest)

I will also be sharing my card over at Word Art Wednesday!

Verve August Release Spotlight Hop - Day 2

Welcome back to Day 2 of our Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop!

The Verve Divas and we guests are back for another day of spotlighting our new release!

Everything previewed this week will be available to order in the Verve online store

on Friday, August 26. Today we're sharing our first projects featuring

 the Kindness Matters stamp set and coordinating, Great Kindness Die Set.

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For my card using the new set I followed the August week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve.
I stamped one of the wonderful sentiments from Kindness Matters in CTMH Slate
on a white circle cut out with Nestabilities Small Circles. I cut out the two smallest
flowers from the set using the Great Kindness Die Set and then I stamped
the flowers in Versamark and embossed with Recollections Silver Powder. I then
used my CTMH inks in Buttercup, Glacier, Sorbet, and Sweet Leaf along
with a water brush to color in the flowers to match the CTMH Zoey paper that I used.
I popped the flowers up using 3D Foam Squares and finished off with silver enamel dots.


Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

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! So be sure to leave a little

comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! 

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new 

products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee	7. Charmaine
2. Stacey	8. Laurie
3. Maureen	9. Teresa
4. Marisa	10. Christyne
5. Hillary (Guest)	11. Autumn (Guest)
6. Betty

I will also be sharing my card over at Word Art Wednesday!

Verve August Release Spotlight Hop - Day 1

Welcome to the Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop Day 1!

I was thrilled to be asked by Julee to be a Guest Diva for this new release! It's just 

around the corner and for the next couple of  days we'll be shining our creative spotlights

 on the new Verve sets and dies releasing this Friday, August 26. Today we're sharing

inspiration featuring the new Scripture Medley 4 compilation set. 

Check out the Verve Blog today for more on this set!

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For my card using the new Scripture Medley 4 stamp set I chose to use the 

Jeremiah 17:7 verse. I had been thinking that it had been awhile since I made a

good guy card so this verse was perfect! I used some of my favorite

paper and enamel dots from the Echo Park Jack and Jill collection. I stamped

the verse in CTMH Slate ink then popped it up with some 3D Foam Squares.

I added some banners for a bit of extra color, then cut out one of the

crosses from the Cross Die Set. Then I finished up with some enamel dots!

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

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! So be sure to leave a little 

comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! 

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our 

new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee	7. Charmaine
2. Stacey	8. Laurie
3. Maureen	9. Teresa
4. Marisa	10. Christyne
5. Hillary (Guest)	11. Autumn (Guest)
6. Betty

I will also be sharing my card over at Word Art Wednesday!

Mojo Monday #460

Good afternoon crafty friends and happy Friday! I hope y'all have fun weekends

in store! We were supposed to close on the new house yesterday (which was

the second reschedule) but a mess up on the paperwork has set it back to closing

hopefully on Monday. Third times the charm right? We're just ready to

get moving so we can get our current home on the market and hopefully sell

soon. Fortunately the houses in our neighborhood sell fairly quick so

it shouldn't take too long. Then we can really get into the remodel of the new place.

I'm not sure how much packing and moving help I'll be with a 3 month old.

I can maybe put him down for 2 or 3 hours a day. He usually doesn't nap longer

than 20-30 mins unless he's being held and he loves to be held! I'd 

assume just hire someone to pack it all up but I don't know how much that costs

and that'll take money out of my flooring budget. 

Anywho, before the little shorty waits up, which will be anytime soon since he's

been down 30 minutes, I wanted to share a quick card I whipped up

for the current Mojo Monday challenge. I will also share this on Wordart Wednesday.

Enabler's List:

Paper: American Crafts - Day Dreamer

Stamps: Verve - Scripture Medley 2 and Joyful Blooms

Ink: CTMH - black

Dies: Verve - Joyful Blooms

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

Our selfie game was strong last night! lol!