May 2016 Release Retrospective Blog Hop

Welcome to Verve's May Release Retrospective Blog Hop!  It's been a fabulous post release week at Verve and today the Divas and Guest Divas are back with another dose of inspiration using the brand new release! I always love seeing what they create, don't you? Plus, we've got a pretty sweet hop prize in store!  We'll get to that in a moment, but first a little shop talk...

Holiday notice: It's the start of a long weekend here in the States, and our office will be closed May 30-31. We'll resume our regular office schedule on Wednesday, June 1. While we're away, there's a free shipping promotion to sweeten the deal!

Free first class shipping on US orders over $35 May 27 - 31, 2016. 

Select US Shipping as your ship method at checkout and discount will be calculated automatically. Offer not valid on US Priority, International or Canadian shipping methods. Free shipping is calculated on your subtotal after any discounts or gift codes.

All of our new products are available to order in the Verve Store and during our May Sale all stamps and dies (including our new release) are 25% off!  There's only a few more days left, though... the sale ends May 31.

Okay, on with the hop!

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Tuesday, May 31.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be be picking a random comment winner on one of the hop spots below to win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! To be entered in the giveaway, leave a little comment love as you hop around to the blogs linked below!

1. Julee 7. LauraJane {guest} 2. Lori {guest} 8. Marisa 3. Betty 9. Maureen 4. Charmaine 10. Stacey 5. Laurie 11. Teresa 6. Lesley

The hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry.  Here's a little peek at what I'm sharing...

May New Release Spotlight Hop Winners

Hi Verve fans! It's Julee popping in to announce the winners for our May New Release Spotlight Hops!  What a fun celebration the past week has been, sharing all the new goodies with you!

All the stamps and dies we spotlighted last week are available to order in the Verve store and 25% off through May 31!  Okay, on with our winners..

Day 1 Spotlight Winner: Lyn

Wins: Beautiful Things, Beautiful Flowers Die Set, Stitched Pennants Die Set

winner selected randomly from comments (#1) on Lesley's post

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Day 2 Spotlight Winner:  Sue D.
Wins: Love Everlasting, Everlasting Heart Die Set, Copper Blush Sequin Mix

winner selected randomly from comments (#27) on Laurie's blog post

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Day 3 Spotlight Winner:  Amy C.

Wins: May Release Collection

winner selected randomly from comments (#26) on Maureen's blog post

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Congrats to our winners!

 To claim your prize, please send an email to me at contests@vervestamps.com and let me know which day's prize you won and your shipping address.  If you're placing an order, you can just place the order and leave a note in the order comments that you are a winner and I'll ship your prize with your order.  

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Not one of today's winners?

Our May inspiration challenge is open through June 5.
 Play along for a chance to win!

Click here to view the May Diva Inspiration Challenge post.

May 2016 New Release Spotlight Hops Day 3

Welcome back to Day 3 of Verve's May Spotlight Hops!  It's RELEASE DAY!  Hooray!  I'm always so excited to finally press that publish button on the website.  Everything we've been sharing this week is now available for purchase in the Verve online store and through the end of May, it's all on sale 25% off!

We're putting on one last hop this week to share our first looks with the new products and there's a BIG prize today... one lucky person who comments along the hop will win the ENTIRE release!  So let's get to it!

It's designer's choice today, so you're sure to see some inspiring things as you hop about.  I couldn't wait to use the Love Everlasting set again.

I inked up the heart with pool party ink, then the lower half with pacific point and embossed with clear embossing powder and cut with the coordinating Everlasting Heart Die Set.  I used the same process for the Jeremiah 31:3 verse, cutting it with the Stitched Pennants Die Set.

A bit of designer paper, a pop of pacific point and a seam binding bow finish things off.

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. Lesley 2. Lori {guest} 8. LauraJane {guest} 3. Betty 9. Marisa 4. Charmaine 10. Maureen 5. Christyne 11. Stacey 6. Laurie

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Sunday, May 22.

Alrighty, the hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry. I'd love for you to come say hello!  Thanks so much for hopping with us this release!

May 2016 Spotlight Hop Day 2

Welcome back to Day 2 of Verve's May Spotlight Hops!  Did you love seeing all the new cards yesterday as much as I did?  The designer's really rocked the Beautiful Things set!  Today we're back sharing our first looks at more new goodies that will be available tomorrow (5/20) in the Verve store!

Today's spotlight is shining on the lovely Love Everlasting stamp set, Everlasting Heart Die Set and the Copper Blush Sequin Mix.  And there's a chance to win, so read on for all the deets and the full product reveals!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random comment 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 linked below to increase your chances!

1. Julee 7. Lesley 2. Lori {guest} 8. LauraJane {guest} 3. Betty 9. Marisa 4. Charmaine 10. Maureen 5. Christyne 11. Stacey 6. Laurie 12. Teresa

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Sunday, May 22.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new set called Love Everlasting. Last summer both my parents and my in-laws celebrated their 50th anniversaries.  While trying to make cards for them from my stash I realized nothing said exactly what I wanted to say.... your love is so inspiring.  So I tucked away an idea to work on a meaningful wedding/anniversary/love set and Love Everlasting was born.

Love Everlasting is a set of 13 clear photo polymer stamps that will retail for $24. It includes an elegant flowery heart, a solid heart duo and a collection of beautiful sentiments perfect for celebrating the glorious thing we call love.

Everlasting Heart Die Set is the coordinating die set for Love Everlasting.  It includes dies to cut out both of the heart images in the set. This set of 2 steel dies will retail for $12.

Also in the spotlight today is a brand new sequin mix, the Copper Blush Sequin Mix. In my comings and goings this spring, I've seen coral just about everywhere and thought it would be fun to sprinkle a little into my crafting. So I created this beautiful mix of coral and copper sequins.  This sequin mix will retail for $2.25.

Okay, if you're still with me, the hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry! Come say hello! Here's a little peek at what I'm sharing today...

May 2016 Spotlight Hops Day 1

Welcome to Verve's May Spotlight Hops!  We've got a new release coming your way this Friday, May 20, and we're so excited to share our first looks at the new stamping goodies with you!  The next three days we'll be putting on a daily blog hop to showcase the new products and also give you a chance to WIN some new Verve! Hooray!

Hopping along with our talented crew of Divas this month are two very special guests. You can read a bit more about them below, then scroll down for all the blog hop deets and full product reveals.

Lori Craig is joining us again for a second Guest Diva appearance.  She has such a beautiful style and an even sweeter personality and is a pure treasure to work with. Shortly after guesting last fall, she sent me a set suggestion that partially came to fruition in today's featured set, and I'm so excited to have her back again blessing us with another fabulous grouping of cards!  To read more about Lori, click here to view her spotlight write-up from October.


Also joining us as a guest this month is Laura Jane.  Her style completely captured my heart over at The Card Concept challenge and I can't wait for you to see the marvelous cards she's created with this release! Get ready to swoon just a bit. {wink}  Below is a little bit more about her and a little Q&A session about her stamping style.

Hello! I’m Laura Jane; Wife to my best friend and the ONE God made for me. SAHomeschoolingMamma to 6 Blessings. (2 have graduated, and flown to new adventures of their own, YEAH!) We live in Illinois close to St Louis. Card making has been my passion of learning since 2013. I LOVE playing with stamps, mostly floral images :) and trying out all the artsy techniques that others share in blogland! My blog is After-Hours Ink and Flowers, as I can often be found at home in the school/craft room when everything else is done…or not :)

1. How/when did you get hooked on stamping?  Been crafting and scrap booking all my life, then found the stamping/card making community in 2013.  Started blogging my cards created with stamps in 2014.

2. How often do you stamp? DAILY!

3. What style(s) are you most drawn to creating? Anything with flowers on it!  I like layers, collage stamping, and a little hint of vintage.

4. What do you love most about paper crafting? The ability to make a little piece of art that you can easily send in the mail.


5. What technique or product is currently making your paper crafting heart go pitter patter? Ziggy watercolor real brush markers!!!!!  MISTI, and Builder floral stamps!!!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random comment 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 linked below to increase your chances!

1. Julee 7. Lesley 2. Lori {guest} 8. LauraJane {guest} 3. Betty 9. Marisa 4. Charmaine 10. Maureen 5. Christyne 11. Stacey 6. Laurie 12. Teresa

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Sunday, May 22.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new set called Beautiful Things. Last fall, Lori Craig sent me a suggestion for a you make beautiful things sentiment. Around the same time Laurie Schmidlin sent me a suggestion with the phrase you were made for amazing things.  They seemed to pair well together and were my jumping off point for designing today's set.

Beautiful Things is a set of 13 clear photo polymer stamps that will retail for $18. It includes beautiful flower imagery, as well as a variety of beautifully scripted sentiments around the theme of beauty.  Perfect for encouragement, birthday, friendship and even sympathy, this is a truly versatile set.

Beautiful Flowers Die Set is the coordinating die set for Beautiful Things. Along with dies to coordinate with the two flowers in Beautiful Things, this die set also has a die of the word beautiful and two leafy images perfect for filling in behind your flowers. This set of 5 steel dies will retail for $19.

Also in the spotlight today is the Stitched Pennants Die Set. This set of two pennant dies features a faux stitching accent along the border of each die cut and are perfectly sized for many of Verve's sentiments.  This die set will retail for $9.

Okay, if you're still with me, the hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry! Come say hello.. here's a sneaky peek of what I'm sharing!