Spring Summer Coffe Lovers Blog Hop

It's time for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I just love seeing all the caffeinated creations along this hop and can't wait to do a little hopping myself! Verve has been a sponsor since the very first hop, and we're continuing that tradition today, offering up our two new limited edition stamp sets for a participant along the hop. There are oh-so-many fabulous Super Sponsor prizes up for grabs for those who link up a newly created Spring/Summer themed coffee, tea or cocoa project over on the official Spring/Summer 2018 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post. The linkup is open through June 1, so I hope you have a fabulous week of getting inky!

Our Super Sponsor prize for the hop is the two brand new limited edition stamp sets that just released this morning! We have a limited amount of these sets available for purchase in the shop. They won't be re-ordered so now's the time to snatch them up if you see something you have to have!

Just Like You is a fun, masculine set, perfect for honoring the father figure in your life. A big, hearty coffee mug allows for customization with some of the other stamps in the set. Scroll down to see my first take with the set.

Living on Coffee is a lovely, floral coffee set that includes some beautiful blooms and a host of fun, all-occasion sentiments.

For today's coffee card, I am featuring the Just Like You set. I made this as a card for Mark from the boys. When they were babies, we dressed Kellan in blue and Trevor in green to tell them apart, so I thought Mark would get a kick out of the symbolism behind the two coffee mugs. Plus, with twins, 2 cups minimum are essential for a morning! Haha! I stamped the mugss on white, then stamped different sentiments on each cup and colored with Copics. A third circle for the sentiment finished off the stamping.

The background is designer paper, sponged with pumice stone ink. I wrapped a bit of linen thread around the panel, then layered my circles to complete the layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy hopping!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Just Like You (Verve Stamps)
Paper: dp, white, black
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), pumice stone distress (Ranger), copic markers
Accessories: stiched circle stax (MFT), linen thread

Winter 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and New Digi

It's beginning to look a lot like winter and that means it's time for the Winter 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Hooray! I just love seeing all the coffee/tea/cocoa inspired creations filling up the blogosphere during these hops. It's a busy time, but so much fun to see all the cups of cheer being lifted.

Verve is once again proud to be a hop Super Sponsor once again. We're providing one of the oh-so-many fabulous prizes up for grabs for those who link up a newly created WINTER themed coffee, tea or cocoa project over on the official Winter 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post.  The linkup is open through December 15, so I hope you have a fabulous week of getting inky!

In honor of the hop, I've designed another fun holiday coffee themed DIGITAL set and it's on SALE along with a bunch of other holiday and coffee themed products! It seems that all that's keeping me going these days is a little coffee and Christmas cheer, so that was the starting point for the set. The Running on Cheer DIGITAL Set just released this morning, so head on over to the Verve shop to check it out! And if you haven't seen our full line of digis yet, be sure to take a peek!

My card uses one of the smaller cups and the Running on coffee and Christmas cheer sentiment from the Running on Cheer DIGI. I printed them on my laser printer, colored with Copics and fussy cut the mug.  Some beautiful papers from Authentique make up the backdrop and I accented with a bit of ribbon, some red jingle bells and a glittery wooden snowflake tucked behind.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope y'all enjoy the hop!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Running on Cheer DIGITAL Set (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Vintage Christmas (Authentique), black, cream
Ink: laser printer, copic markers, antique linen distress ink (Ranger)
Accessories: pierced squares dies (Cottage Cutz), ribbon, jingle bells, Nuvo glitter drops (Tonic), wooden snowflake (Recollections), gold thread (SU!), paper distresser (Prima)

July 2017 Spotlight Hops Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of Verve's July New Release Spotlight Hops!  We're excited to be back shining our sneaky little spotlights on another set and die that will release on Monday, July 10. Each day through Monday 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!

If you missed the last couple hops, there still time. Here are the Links to the Day 1 post and the Day 2 post. The Divas have been killing it with their awesome cards, so you definitely don't want to miss a thing!

All of the stamps and dies you see along the hops will be available for ordering in the store on Monday, July 10.  Today is the final day to pick up  the entire release collection at a pre-order discount of 25% off. So if you know you need it all, go snatch one up! {grin}

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 sneaked yesterday.

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! Read on 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

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Monday, July 10.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new set called Fill My Cup  It's a fabulous little faith-inspired set designed around the theme of Jesus and coffee. Perfect for cards, gift giving, scrapbooking and faith journaling this little coffee set packs a big punch. And with matching dies that also coordinate with the Happiness Is set, there are so many possibilities.

I shared this card over on my blog, Poetic Artistry when the pre-order for the July Release Collection went live on the 1st. If you've been following my cards for a while, you know I love coffee and Americana and this little heart cup was screaming to be made into a red, white and blue thank you card. The cup is cut with the Happiness in a Cup Die Set and I also used the Stitched Pennants Die Set, for one of the paper layers.

Enabler's List

Stamps: Fill My Cup (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Liberty Collection (BoBunny), cream (Neenah)
Ink: archival black, antique linen and frayed burlap distress (Ranger), early espresso (SU!)
Accessories: Stitched Pennants Die Set, Happiness in a Cup Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), glossy accents (Ranger), linen thread, star rhinestone, glitter

Fill My Cup is a 4 x 8 set of 12 clear photo polymer stamps that will retail for $18. I've been wanting a stamp that says fill my cup, Lord for quite a while, so that was the inspiration for this set.  The set includes a couple icy beverage cups, a mug, a sun and cloud image, as well as some fabulous fueled by Jesus and Coffee sentiments, as well as a couple sentiments that are not religious in nature. I particularly love the option to pair the lots and lots of coffee sentiment with the sentiments from the Happiness Is set for even more possibilities. The stripes and  heart straw cup was part of the Three Cheers Digital Set we offered last summer. I thought it would tie in perfectly with the Jesus in my heart sentiment in this set.

Okay, if you're still with me, the hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry! Come say hello.

July 2017 Spotlight Hops Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Verve's July New Release Spotlight Hops!  We're excited to be back shining our sneaky little spotlights on another set and die that will release on Monday, July 10. Each day through Monday 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!  If you missed yesterday's hop, here's the link to the Day 1 post.

All of the stamps and dies you see along the hops will all be available in the store on Monday, July 10.  Before then, you can pick up the entire release collection at a pre-order discount of 25% off. So if you know you need it all, go snatch one up, as the sale ends when the release goes live. {grin}

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Happiness Is stamp set and coordinating Happiness in a Cup 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! Read on 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

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Monday, July 10.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new set called Happiness Is.  It's a sentiment builder set themed around the different things that might bring you happiness. Since the twins were born, a teensy bit of silence is definitely on my list of happy things! Chocolate, coffee, books and you are right up there, too!

If you hopped along for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. you might have already seen this card over on my blog, Poetic Artistry. I had a bit of fun watercoloring the mug from Happiness Is, then some masking of sentiments to build my own word picture sentiment. I also paired it with the previously released Coffee Helps set and the Partly Cloudy Die Set. The steam is from the Always Time set.

Enabler's List

Stamps: Happiness Is, Always Time, Coffee Helps  (Verve)
Paper: dp scraps, 7 gypsies tag, watercolor paper
Ink: early espresso (SU!), ground espresso (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Springtime Stitches Die Set, Partly Cloudy Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE)

Happiness Is is a set of 12 clear photo polymer stamps that will retail for $15. It includes an outline large mug for the coloring and paper-piecing lovers and a solid patterned mug for those who don't. It also includes a starry straw cup, which was part of the Three Cheers Digital Set we offered last summer. I just love this image and simply had to have it in stamp (and die) form.

Happiness in a Cup Die Set is the coordinating die set for Happiness Is. This set includes dies to cut the cups in this set as well as cups from the Fill My Cup set we'll be showcasing tomorrow. I love it when a die set can work for multiple stamp sets, don't you? It also includes a happiness word die in the same font style as our other word dies. This versatile die set of 4 steel dies will retail for $13.

Okay, if you're still with me, the hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry! Come say hello.

July 2017 Spotlight Hops - Day 1

Welcome to Verve's July New Release Spotlight Hops!  We've got a delectable new release coming your way Monday, July 10 and we're so excited to share our first looks at the new stamping goodies with you! The next four 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!  The stamps and dies you see today will all be available in the store on Monday, July 10.  Before then, you can pick up the entire release collection at a pre-order discount of 25% off.

Hopping along with our talented crew of Divas this month are three very special guests. If you missed their announcement, you can read a bit more about these talented ladies on the guest announcement here. I'm also super excited to have Lesley Croghan back with us after the birth of her sweet little baby girl. Welcome back, Lesley!

Today the Divas and special guests are sharing inspiration featuring the new Always Time stamp set and coordinating Kettle Time Die Set. Look for an in-depth look at these stamps and dies later in this post.

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 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. Lesley 6. Marisa

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Monday, July 10.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new set called Always Time.  As in there's always time for coffee or tea. {grin} Since the retirement of our A Cup of Life and Delightful and Delicious sets, I was feeling like we were in need of some new tea and coffee cups and kettles. So that was the inspiration for the set. I threw in a couple sentiments you may have seen earlier this year in our limited time Rise and Shine digital set, then finished off with some all new sentiments as well.

If you hopped along for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. you might have already seen this card I made with today's featured set and dies. I had a lot of fun coloring the kettle and adding in some fun little flowers and butterflies. 

Enabler's List

Stamps: Always Time (releasing 7/10/17 from Verve)
Paper: soft sky, tip top taupe, basic black (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: black archival, spiced marmalade, scattered straw distress (Ranger), Copic markers
Accessories: Kettle Time Die Set (releasing 7/10/17 from Verve), Graceful Butterflies Die Set(A Cut Above by VERVE), rhinestones, polka dot embossing folder (Quickutz), white gel pen

Always Time is a set of 22 clear photo polymer stamps that will retail for $24. It includes cups and kettles that could work for tea or coffee lovers alike, as well as some fabulous tea and coffee sentiments in a classic font combination. There are a couple of flower images included that can be used as decoration on the kettles, as well as some steam and a cup liner stamp to round out the set. This is surely a set to perk up your stamping!

Kettle Time Die Set is the coordinating die set for Always Time. This set includes dies to cut the two kettles, 4 cups and the two flower images in Always Time. This set of 8 steel dies will retail for $23.

Okay, if you're still with me, the hop starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry! Come say hello.

Back in Stock

Hi Verve fans!  I'm just popping in today with a little restocking update.  A portion of our huge restocking order has finally arrived and the rest should be arriving soon!

All of our newly back in stock products are 20% off through September 4.  Add that to our Anni-VERVE-sary savings of 10-50% off everything in the store, and you're in for a treat!

Here's a little stroll down memory lane of cards sampling  a few of the sets that just arrived.

featuring the Coffee stamp set and Coffee Word Die

featuring Love Story and the Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set

featuring Learning to Sail and Wings of Love

featuring Merry & Bright, Award Banner Trim Die, Stormy Skies Ribbon and Pastel Sequin Mix

featuring Scripture Medley 1, Scripture Medley 2 and  Flourished Trim Die

featuring Poppy Birthday, Build a Poppy Die Set and Sprightly Sprigs Die Set

featuring Love's Flower and the Rounded Scallop Frame Die

featuring Joyful Blooms and the Charming Oval Die Set

December Diva Dare-Day 3

 Favorite Things - December Diva Dare

Welcome to December's Diva Dare, it's Charmaine and it's my day to share this month's dare entitled Favorite Things.  

So this month, we are daring you to share your favorite Verve creation(s) for this year OR create a new one with one of your favorite Verve products.

It really is hard to choose a favorite because I have favorites for different reasons, but I did settle on two favorites from this year!   The first one uses Swan Song, which I believe is now retired.  :(  I just love the layers on this card because I'm usually a clean & simple kind of gal and this card is out of my "norm".  I also used the Elegant Leaves Dies along with the coordinating leaves image from Bloom & Grow.  

My second favorite uses the Coffee set along with the Cuppa Joe Die Set and the Coffee Word Die.  I created the background by embossing the Coffee Word Die onto white cardstock and then brayered with dark brown ink.  It left the outline of the word coffee since the ink didn't touch the embossed parts of the word. 

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our Favorite Things dare and link your card up to be eligible to win.  Entries must include your favorite Verve creation(s) of 2014 (maximum of 3 entries) OR be an entry using your favorite stamp set, be posted 12/8 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 12/21/14.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like for a new creation (each card needs to be a separate post), and a maximum of 3 times for previously created cards.

Win a Verve set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's Favorite Things Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!  Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is December 21, 2014.
  

Winners will be announced on December 22, 2014.

National Coffee Day Terrific Trios Wrap Up

Hi Verve fans!  It's Julee here, wrapping up our Terrific Trios Diva Dare.  Today is also National Coffee Day, so I've got a coffee themed card and a little gift code to the Verve Store to share with you.  First the gift code...

We're celebrating National Coffee Day with a 10% off gift code!

Just enter COFFEE in the gift code box at the bottom of our shopping cart and click apply to save 10% off your Verve Stamps order.   Offer valid on in-stock merchandise, September 29, 2014 only.  No backorders accepted. Code cannot be applied to previous purchases.

Okay, now on with the Diva Dare.  This month is all about threes, so the dare is to add three of something to your card or project.  My card has a lot of trios on it, so let's get started.  

Trios of coffee cups (from the One Cup set) stacked three high, three banners each stamped with the word coffee (from the Coffee set), a three lined sentiment (coffee... is always... a good idea).  Three strands of linen thread tied around the card in a bow.  I also stamped the word coffee on this card a total of 12 times for four more trios!

I started by stamping the trio of cups from One Cup three times (masking off the top cup to stamp each successive trio) on crumb cake, then coloring with prismacolor pencils.  Next I stamped the hand-lettered coffee stamp and the always a good idea stamp from the Coffee set to the left of my stamped cups.  I used the other coffee sentiments in the Coffee set to stamp on the three banners, then added some coloring to the hand-lettered coffees and some sponging all around.  I finished with a bit of mossy meadow cardstock up top and some white linen thread tied in a bow.  My layout is this week's tall & skinny Mojo 365 sketch.

Enabler's List

Stamps: One Cup, Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: crumb cake, mossy meadow, pool party, riding hood red (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: Early Espresso (SU!), Walnut Stain distress ink (Rnager), Prismacolor pencils
Accessories:  white linen thread, border punch, wood veneer heart

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our Terrific Trios dare and link your card up to be eligible to win.  Entries must have 3 of something on your card or project, be posted 9/12 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 10/01/14.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like, but each card needs to be in a separate post.

Win a Verve set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's Terrific Trios Diva Dare posts!  One lucky commenter will win a Verve stamp set of his or her choice, so be sure to tune in each day!
 Comment deadline to be entered in our prize drawing is October 1, 2014.

Winners will be announced on October 2, 2014.