Hi everyone! I’m sneaking this post in before today’s Spotlight Hop goes live. There’s one more Anni-VERVE-sary Release Challenge today and my project has a few extra pictures so I thought it deserved its own post :) My twin niece and nephew from Texas are here with my sister and brother in law. When they come to visit, I like to get them GCs to our local bookstore, Chapters. They are old enough now that they love to pick out their own books or paraphernalia. Once I had these colourful GCs, I thought it would be fun to make matching bookmarks to dress up the gift card sleeves.
On the back, I stamped a background with stamps used on the front and added their names. Funny story…when Ava was little and people asked her name, she would answer, “Ava.” Then they’d ask her what her other name was and she’d say, “JackandAva.”
Here’s a close up with some sneaky sneak peeks of new Verve being released in one week…yes, 7 more days! ACK! Can you wait?!
Bookmarks are a perfect gift for the twins…they have ALWAYS loved books. Truly, they could sit through a whole book since they were babies. And one was never enough. Here they are during one of my visits to Texas…I think they are about 2 or 3 here :) Hey, they are even wearing colours that would match the book marks! LOL
They were also the flower girl and ring bearer (or ring man as Jack would say) at my wedding 5 years ago. Jack has his “game face” on.
Pretty little flower girl…

Here’s Jack getting ready at my place before the wedding…not impressed and I’m sure rethinking the “ring man” gig.
The twins joined my in the studio Wednesday for a little stamping session. They were so cute! Will post about that next week :) Okay, come back in a few hours for today’s Spotlight Hop and join in the fun! There are a TON of prizes with all the celebrations going on…all the details are on the Verve Blog! Thanks for visiting :)
what’s in them?
stamps: Learning to Sail, Doodled Occasions (Verve)
paper: white, lavender (PTI), razzleberry, bliss blue, curry, pumpkin (SU), Fun Day dp (MME), polkadot (PTI)
ink: onyx (Versafine), mustard, razzleberry, blue bliss (SU)
accessories: Frosty Snowflakes (A Cut Above by Verve), tag and letter dies, buttons, rustic twine (PTI), ribbon (Michaels and May Arts), bakers twine (Twinery), stitching