Verve June Spotlight Hop ~ Day 5

It's release day at Verve and we're celebrating with Day 5 of our June 2015 Spotlight Hops!  Have you enjoyed the spotlights we've been sharing this week? Well, the wait is over and everything previewed this week is available in the Verve online store now!

Today's spotlight is shining on The Sparkly Dreams set illustrated by Julee Tilman, as well as the Butterfly Dreams Die Set and the Flourished Tag Die Set.

I had such a fun time with this card, I decided to use only scraps and it came together so fast! No kidding, about 25 minutes for this card, and that time includes cleaning up the mess from yesterday's session, ha! I think these spontaneous "no plan" cards are always my favorite, must be because I don't put too much pressure on myself, and just have fun with what I have :)

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 a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Charmaine 2. Stacey 3. Teresa 8. Maureen 4. Amber 9. Janelle 5. Laurie 10. Shantaie 6. Marisa

Verve June Spotlight Hop ~ Day 4

Welcome back to Day 4 of Verve's June 2014 Spotlight Hops!  The Verve Divas and special guests are back for another day of spotlighting the new holiday release! And the wait is almost over... everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, 6/19. So come hop along with us and see our first looks at today's featured products!

Today's spotlight is shining on The Buzz set illustrated by Julee Tilman, as well as the coordinating The Buzz Die Set and Proverbs 16:24 plain jane.

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 a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Charmaine 2. Stacey 8. Andrea 3. Teresa 9. Christyne 4. Amber 10. Maureen 5. Laurie 11. Shantaie 6. Marisa

Verve June Spotlight Hops ~ Day 3

Welcome back to Day 3 of Verve's June 2014 Spotlight Hops!  The Verve Divas and special guests are back for another day of spotlighting the new holiday release! And the wait is almost over... everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, 6/19. So come hop along with us and see our first looks at today's featured products!

Today's spotlight is shining on the Floral Notes set illustrated by Chaitali Narla, as well as the coordinating Floral Notes 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! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 6. Marisa 2. Stacey 7. Charmaine 3. Teresa 8. Andrea 4. Amber 9. Shantaie 5. Laurie

Verve June Spotlight Hop ~ Day 2

Welcome back to Day 2 of Verve's June 2015 Spotlight Hops!  The Verve Divas and special guests are back for another day of spotlighting the new release! Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, 6/19. So come hop along with us and see what's new at Verve!

Today's spotlight is shining on the Deco Borders set illustrated by Chaitali Narla.

I embossed the teal cardstock with one of the backgrounds in the set in Liquid Platinum. The tag is from another new die set being released this week, isn't it fun?? 

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 a little more about our new productsand all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 6. Marisa 2. Stacey 7. Charmaine 3. Teresa 8. Andrea 4. Amber 9. Shantaie 5. Laurie

Welcome to Verve's June 2015 Spotlight Hops!  This week the Verve Divas and a few special guests will be spotlighting 5 new sets, 2 plain janes and 4 new die sets! Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store onFriday, 6/19. So come hop along with us and see what's new at Verve!

Today's spotlight is shining on the Get Together set illustrated by Julee Tilman and the new Psalm 19:14 plain jane.

I had so much fun with this coffee set, it's a new favorite!

I stamped the little coffee cups in teal ink on the teal cardstock, and edged the coral cardstock in coral Distress ink, and then embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. I die cut a frame with the Cupcake Frame Die Set and stamped the coordinating stamp from Small Packages. The coffee word is the Coffee Word Die.

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 a little more about our new products, an introduction of our fabulous special guests, and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Charmaine 2. Stacey 8. Andrea 3. Teresa 9. Christyne 4. Amber 10. Janelle 5. Laurie 11. Amy 6. Marisa 12. Shantaie

Reverse Confetti June Blog Hop

Hi there! Today is the 8th of the month, meaning we have a super fun Reverse Confetti Blog Hop for you to enjoy! You should be coming to me from Leigh's Blog! If not, you may want to start at the RC Blog so you don't miss a thing! This month, our theme is Masculine, Eeeeek. LOL! I'm not so good with masculine, but gave it a go anyway!

One thing to remember with masculine cards, is to not add pink. Did you know that? It's so hard, lolol!!! Also, no sequins, ribbon, glitter, fun, nothing. Okay, maybe I exaggerated a bit, cause this card was fun to make! It make me really think about the design and colors instead of my go to formula. 

The party hat is from Party Hats and cut out with the Party Hats Confetti Cuts.

 I cut the squares out with dies from the Shakers 'n Frames Confetti Cuts. I stamped the stars from So Many Stars in blue ink on the light blue square. The balloons are from Monkey Business and coordinating Monkey Business Confetti Cuts! The small sentiments and the stitching stamp are from Fancy Word Coordinates.

Your next stop is Stacey's Blog! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a great week friends!!!

Diva Inspirations Hop!

It's the 5th of the month and time for the Verve Divas to bring you our monthly Diva Inspirations Challenge and Blog Hop! There are two ways to win Verve prizes: comment on the design team's blog hop posts (linked below) to see their take on the inspiration, then go get inky and link up your take on the challenge to be eligible in our prize drawings!

Our June challenge is Eat Me, Drink Me

Are you fueled by coffee, tea or cocoa? Find cupcakes irresistible? Create a card featuring an edible treat or favored beverage!  Use the inspiration graphic as a starting point, or head off in your own direction - just leave us needing a fix of your favorite indulgence!

See anything you don't recognize? Maybe a new set coming soon?? :)

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I'm also entering this in the Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop, perfect timing!!

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Click here to link up your challenge entries
Challenge deadline: Saturday, June 20.
Prize: $30 gift voucher to the Verve online store!

Need a little inspiration? Check out the blogs linked below to see what the other Divas did with the challenge! It's sure to be a treat, and speaking of treats, we've got a prize for one lucky commenter along the hop! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines!

	1. Julee	7. Susan
	2. Amy	8. Maureen
	3. Anya	9. Marisa
	4. Betty	10. Chaitali
	5. Sankari	11. Stacey
	6. Sarah	12. Amber

Saturday Art Journal Page

Okay, so it's been almost 2 weeks, and I haven't shared anything, yikes! Most of my projects this week have been for other blogs so I haven't been good about getting them up on mine! Here's a quick art journaling page I created today!

Hope you're having a fabulous weekend!!

Keep the Faith

Good morning! Hope your week is off to a good start today:) I have a quick card to share using some fun Reverse Confetti goodies, and I just love this card so much!

I started with a piece of white cardstock cut a bit smaller than the base. The smaller panel measures 3.75" x 5". I mixed some gold craft paint (from Martha Stewart) and some 3D Soft Gel (from Prima) and then spread it through a stencil (from Faber Castel) with a palette knife. I let this piece dry on it's own for a couple hourse and came back to it. I am usually really impatient and blast it with my heat gun, but as this isn't a "mixed media" piece, I didn't want any imperfections or bubbles in the gel. Once the piece was dry, I pierced the holes around the panel with my old trusty SU! piercing tool. The florals and leaves are from Petals 'n Posies and were cut out with the coordinating dies from Petals 'n Posies Confetti Cuts. I stamped them in my Hero Arts Ombre ink pads, so in love with those haha! I stamped and embossed in white the sentiment from God is Good on a tag cut out with the Tag Me Confetti Cuts. 

Thanks for stopping by today, have a lovely week and I'll see you in a day or two!