Verve Stamps New Release Blog Hop {Little Ones}

Welcome to our 10th Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops! Verve is celebrating 10 years of bringing stamps to the world with a release of new and classic Verve! For the next few days we'll be shining our creative spotlights on the new Verve sets and dies that will be releasing Monday, August 28. We hope you'll join us as the design team, special Guest Diva Kelly Lunceford, and some fabulous rockstar alumni Divas share their inspirations with the new goodies this week.

Today's feature is on the Little Ones stamp set and coordinating Little Ones Die Set. A fusion of old and new, this baby themed set brings back some of Verve's most popular plain janes, mixed with a few new designs to tie it all together.

I absolutely love making baby cards and especially ones that are gender neutral, so I got out some orange pattern paper and coloured the little ducky with my Copic markers. Then I die cut the ducky with the Little Ones Die Set.

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!


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 5. Marisa 2. Maureen 6. Lesley 3. Betty 7. Christyne 4. Charmaine 8. Kelly (Guest)

Day 4 of Verve's July Release Spotlight Hops {Designer's Choice}

Welcome back to Day 4 of Verve's July Release Spotlight Hops!  It's an exciting day as there's new Verve in the store this morning! Three beautiful new sets and coordinating die sets just released and they're all available in the shop right now. To celebrate our new release, we're putting on another blog hop with a fabulous giveaway!

Today's featured focus is designer's choice, so you might just sneak a peek at a whole bunch of must-haves! I just had to use the Always Time stamp set and coordinating Kettle Time Die Set once again! This time I created a more traditional clean and layered card...this is a good one for my stash!

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. Teresa
2. Kathy (Guest)	8. Maureen
3. Sheri (Guest)	9. Betty
4. Wanda (Guest)	10. Christyne
5. Charmaine	11. Laurie
6. Marisa	12. Lesley

Day 3 of Verve's July Release Spotlight Hops

Welcome back to Day 3 of Verve's July Release Spotlight Hops!  The Verve Divas and 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 shop on Monday, July 10. And if you just can't wait, you can pre-order our July Release Collection at a 25% discount through tonight.

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Fill My Cup stamp set. This set also coordinates with the Happiness in a Cup Die Set we shared yesterday.

I absolutely love this set! I am happy that I had the chance to make three different thank you cards to

have in my stash for all the wonderful baby gifts we have been receiving.

I kept my design simple and used an embossing folder on all of them to create some interest. I think this one below is my favourite of the three because I like the simple, wide red stripes of the paper.7

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. Teresa 2. Kathy (Guest) 8. Maureen 3. Sheri (Guest) 9. Betty 4. Wanda (Guest) 10. Christyne 5. Charmaine 11. Laurie 6. Marisa 12. Lesley

Day 2 of Verve's July Release Spotlight Hops

Welcome back to Day 2 of Verve's July Release Spotlight Hops!  The Verve Divas and 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 shop on Monday, July 10. And if you just can't wait, you can pre-order our July Release Collection at a 25% discount through July 9!

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Happiness Is stamp set and coordinating Happiness in a Cup Die Set and I fell in love with the awesome sentiments you can build with this set! I decided to create a lovey dovey card for my hubby! I will put a Tim Horton's gift card in the envelope with it...we love going on road trips and we always stop for coffee.

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. Teresa 2. Kathy (Guest) 8. Maureen 3. Sheri (Guest) 9. Betty 4. Wanda (Guest) 10. Christyne 5. Charmaine 11. Laurie 6. Marisa 12. Lesley

Verve's July Release Spotlight Hops {Always Time}

Welcome to Verve's July Release Spotlight Hops! A new release is just around the corner and for the next few days we'll be shining our creative spotlights on the new Verve sets and dies releasing Monday, July 10. Today the Divas and special guests are sharing inspiration featuring the new Always Time stamp set and coordinating Kettle Time Die Set. Check out the Verve Blog post today for the full hop list, prize details, reveals and a little more on this fun new set.

As soon as I saw that sentiment in the set, I knew I need to create a rainbow array of cups! I stamped the cups with Memento Ink and then coloured them with my Copics. I am really into making Clean & Simple cards lately! I love the sentiments and the fonts in this set!

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!

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

The Challenge #86 {A Sketch}

Hello and Welcome to The Challenge! 

Each week we have a fun challenge for you to try!!! We do a different style of challenge each week!  We like to mix things up and keep them fresh! 

This week we have a Sketch Challenge for you!

We will announce last week's winners on Saturday. 

The linky for last week's challenge is still open until Noon (PDT) today! 

Sketch Dimensions (Approximate)

Layer 1- 4.25 x 5.5"

Layer 2-3.25 x 5"

Layer 3-2.75 x 4.5"

Layer 4- 1.25 x 4.25"

For my card, I decided to get out some of my favourite Verve stamps! I coloured the flowers from Beautiful Things with my Copic markers and stamped one of the pretty sentiments from Potter's Clay.

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! 

Come and join us! 

We also have a special guest with us! Welcome, Julee Tilman!

Julee Tilman 
(Guest Designer)

Anita Madden

Claire Broadwater

Kelly Lunceford

Kim Heggins

Lee Ann Barrett

(off this week)

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

A few rules to keep things fun and fair!

1. Use the challenge to create a  NEW card.

2. Please add the challenge graphic to your blog post (copy and paste).

3. Have fun and comment on the submissions of others.

4. Anything that is offensive to myself or to my viewers will be removed.

5. Have fun!

*Please note that you are welcome to play as much as you like and that you can combine this challenge with other challenges.