Verve After Party Blog Hop!

 

Welcome to our January 2012 After Party Hop!  Last night we released 3 new stamp sets, 4 plain janes and 4 dies!  All of the new products we've been showcasing this week are available now in the Verve store!

I was having a difficult time deciding which card I wanted to end with a bang on.  As this card started to form on my desk, I knew I had my After Party card.  This is one of those “pure joy” cards for me.  Maybe it’s that stamping these Lucky You shamrocks makes this St. Patty’s Day baby giddy with delight or maybe it’s  creating another tag card…whatever it was, all the stamping stars were aligned in the new studio :)  I wanted to show you that you can incorporate shamrocks at any time of year, not just in March.  If you have an Irish friend, I’m sure she (or he) would love a little touch o’ the Irish on a card you give them.  I sure would {wink!}.  I even found a little four leaf clover/flower button to add to my shamrocks, die cut from the Shamrock Die Set.  Once this card had been displayed for an appropriate, lengthy time on the mantle, I would be tempted to carefully take the tag part off and use it as a bookmark!!

Didn’t win anything last night or want to add to your winnings?  Feeling the Luck o’ the Irish?  Be sure to leave a little comment love as you take one last stroll through the Diva blogs. One lucky commenter from today's hop will win the ENTIRE Release! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details and deadlines.

January 14, 2012

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1. Amy             8. Tosha

2. Maureen       9. Laurie

3. Sankari       10. Julee

4. Andrea         11. Janelle

5. Teresa         12. Betty

6. Amber         13. Shannan

7. Charmaine   14. Jackie

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Lucky You (Verve)

paper: white, aquamist (PTI), kiwi kiss (SU), Lime Twist (MME)

ink: onyx (Versafine), kiwi kiss (SU)

accessories: Shamrock Set (A Cut Above Dies by Verve), beaded circles die (Spellbinders), tag die, buttons, twine (PTI), ribbon (American crafts), gems (Kaisercraft), embossing folder (Cuttlebug), kraft tag (Maya Road), stitching

Verve After Party Favourite

Good morning!! It is tradition that we Verve Divas pick a favourite card from the release for our After Party hop.  It was a tough call, but I chose this one…it’s loosely based on Diva Amy’s Viva La Verve sketch a week ago :)  I just love the pink and red for a non traditional Christmas palette.  It also uses some of my favourites from this Release…the sentiment from Bright Spirits and the 2 of the new dies, Winter Fun and Lovely Marquee.  Check out the Verve Blog for the master list to see all of the Diva Favourites.  What did you or what are YOU planning to buy?  lol  Check out the SALE as well…happy day to you all!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Bright Spirits (Verve)

paper: sweet blush, rustic cream, scarlet jewel, white (PTI), espresso, ruby red, razzleberry (SU), Nordic Holiday (Basicgrey)

ink: onyx (Versafine), choc chip (SU), tea dye duo (PTI)

accessories: Lovely Marquee, Winter Fun dies (A Cut Above dies by Verve), circle and scallop circle dies (Spellbinders), seam binding ribbon (Memriemare), button, twine (PTI), embossing folder (SU), bells (Michaels), gem button (My Mind’s Eye), border punch (EK Success), gems (Kaisercraft)

After the Verve Release Party Favourite

Hi everyone!! I’m back for a few seconds with one of my favourite cards from the August Verve Release.  I actually have FOUR favourites, but I thought this one really showcases the fun dies!!  I’ve first I’ve used the graph paper and interlined paper from Making a Statement.  I die cut the curvy bookplate out, stamped it with the graph paper, then stamped again with the curvy bookplate stamp from Tag Time :)  For the circle, I did the same process…cut the circle, stamped the interlined image then the sentiment.  For the cork frame, I used the rounded scalloped  frame die to get a scalloped frame.  Then I ran the same frame die through with a piece of chipboard.  I usually have to run it through about 3 times for chipboard because of the thickness.  This time, however, 3 times wasn’t enough  HOWEVER, I really liked the look of the 2 pieces together (frame and inside rectangle) so I kept them together, glued the cork frame onto the chipboard and then added the silver brads to the inside chipboard that never got punched out!! LOVE it!!  Hope you do too :)  To see all the Verve Diva favourites, go to the Verve Blog!! Hold onto your lounge pants!! LOL

Don’t forget the amazing sale going on over in the Verve Store!!! Julee is celebrating this 4th Anniversary BIG TIME with BIG savings…check it out!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: You and I, Making a Statement, Tag Time (Verve)

paper: rustic cream, springmoss, black, white (PTI), soft sky, basic grey (SU!), Schoolhouse (October Afternoon)

ink: onyx (Versafine), soft sky (SU!)

accessories: Rounded Scallop Frame Die, Curvy Bookplate Die (A Cut Above by Verve), scallop border die (PTI), circle and scallop circle dies (Spellbinders), cork (Quartet), brads (Making Memories),chipboard coaster, ribbon (Michaels)

After the Verve Party…

Good morning!  It’s the Monday after a new Verve Release so that means there’s an After the Party  post over on the Verve Blog with all the Diva’s favourites!!  Yikes!! Be prepared to be inspired and get ready to shop if you haven’t already!! (Just sayin’…it was an incredible release!).  I asked some of you yesterday to see if you could guess which card was going to be my favourite…did you guess this one?  I actually had two…my white and berry sorbet Mother’s Day card with the white butterfly is a close second, but I couldn’t resist all these colourful flowers from Hope Blooms on kraft and the notepage with the stacked felt flower using the new Floral Circle dies…oh my!!  What is your favourite set from the release?  (I won’t blame you if you say ALL of them!! lol).  Well, it’s Monday and a staff meeting so let’s get this day started!!  Hope you are having a great start to your week!  Thanks for stopping by :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve hope blooms

ink: versafine onyx, su kiwi, bermuda, rose red

paper: pti kraft, rustic cream, su espresso, october afternoon and basicgrey dps

accessories: verve floral circle dies, mft butterfly die, pti notepage die, pearls and gems, fiskars border punch, pti felt, button, ribbon and twine