Fall 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

It's my favorite time... Coffee Loving Blog Hopping time!

A new season is upon us and that means it's time for the Fall 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Hooray! I just love seeing all the coffee/tea/cocoa inspired creations filling up the blogosphere during these hops. And since fall is my favorite time of year, I just can't wait to see all the autumn cards.

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 fall themed coffee, tea or cocoa project over on the official Fall 2017 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post.  The linkup is open through September 22, so I hope you have a fabulous week of getting inky!

I'm offering our first ever digital set for sale in the shop! So many of y'all have loved our digis in the past and I've received so many emails asking if they could be purchased after they had been taken down.  I've never sold digital products before, and am a little iffy on how my current shopping cart will handle it, so please be patient if anything goes wonky. I did note on my test order that the download link appears right after you click place order. So you need to save it right then.  The shopping cart also requires you to fill out the shipping information, even though it's a digital product, so it can determine any taxes. If you miss the download link, like I almost did, just send an email to me with your order # and I'll hook you up with the link.

The digi will normally sell for $5, but is at an introductory price of $3.50 through September 30. While you're in the shop don't miss our 30% off sale on coffee/tea/cocoa and fall themed stamps & dies.

The download will come with a zip file that includes .png and .jpegs for all 9 designs. It also includes a printable PDF with each design laid out to print at least twice on an 8.5 x 11" page.

If you like to die cut, the pumpkin image and the cup with the wheat design fit the Pumpkin Spice Die Set.  The cup with the pumpkins fits the Happiness in a Cup Die Set and the cup with the flowers fits the Cup for All Seasons Die Set.

For my card I printed the Coffee Please sentiment, the pumpkin cup and an enlarged version of the leaf on my laser printer.  I colored with copic markers and fussy cut both the leaf and the cup, cutting a slit in the cup to tuck a few leaf sprays in.  The leaf sprays are from the Autumn Blessings stamp set and I cut them with the coordinating Autumn Thanks Die Set.  To make them shine, I added some morning dew Nuvo drops and sprinkled with glitter.  I did the same thing with the pumpkins on the cup.

The patterned paper is from Carta Bella and I embossed the cream panel with a chicken wire embossing folder. I tucked a mixed media honeycomb die cut behind and finished off with a bit of grosgrain ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoy the hop!

October Release Retrospective Blog Hop

Welcome to Verve's October Release Retrospective Blog Hop!  The Divas and our October Guests are back hopping again today to bring a little more inspiration your way with the newly released sets. All of our new products are available to order in the Verve shop and are 25% off! Plus, we've got a pretty sweet hop prize in store...

As you hop about, be sure to leave a little shout out in the comments for your chance to win our sneaky little giveaway!

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Tuesday, October 25.

Lesley is hosting our second October Viva la Verve sketch this morning, and I thought the sketch would be perfect for these pretty flowers from Autumn Blessings. 

I started by stamping the flowers tone on tone in soft sky, then cutting with the coordinating Autumn Thanks Die Set.  I dressed the center flower up with a button and twine for accent.

I found a scrap of paper that I had cut down for a project last year and didn't use and it went perfectly with the soft sky flowers, so rounded the corners and tucked it in as my vertical piece. I went for some wide striped ribbon for the horizontal piece and couldn't resist adding a bow up top because I simply love this ribbon.  

Okay, now for the hop list... everything kicks off on my blog, Poetic Artistry.  See ya there!

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 6. Vickie (Guest) 2. Marisa 7. Maureen 3. Charmaine 8. Teresa 4. Betty 9. Lesley 5. Lisa (Guest)

VLV Oct Sketch 2

What's in it?
Stamps: Autumn Blessings (Verve Stamps)
Paper: cream (Neenah), soft sky (SU!), dp scrap (Simple Stories)
Ink: soft sky (SU!)
Accessories: Autumn Thanks Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), wide striped ribbon, button, linen thread (SU!)

October Release Spotlight Hops Day 4

Welcome back to Day 4 of Verve's October Spotlight Hops! It's been a fabulous time sharing our new release with you this week and the Verve Divas and Guests are back today with one more hop spotlighting the third set in our release, Autumn Blessings and the coordinating Autumn Thanks Die Set.  All of the new Verve you've seen over the past few days is available to order in the shop and on sale 25% off!  Hooray!

Once again, there's a prize drawing from all the comments along the hop, so be sure to give a little shout out in the comments section as you hop about. Scroll to the bottom of this post for all the deets and the master hop list!

First up in the spotlight today is the Autumn Blessings set. I absolutely adore wreaths and all those fun little sprays and laurels you see added to chalkboard lettering, so that was what I had in mind when I designed the set.  And the coordinating die cuts for each element make things so much fun to layer and tuck into your layout.  I'm sure you'll be seeing tons of cards with this set from me!  That big flower is also a favorite, one that I can see for autumn as well as in reds for a stylized poinsettia on Christmas cards.  Some of the sentiments are old favorites from the retired Happy Fall set, and all of the sentiments in Autumn Blessings are sized to fit inside the wreath.

Autumn Blessings is a 4 x 8" set of 16 clear photopolymer stamps. Fall is in the air with this beautiful set of scripted autumn sentiments and imagery. Included are a beautiful leafy flower, a wreath to frame the sentiments and several leaf and flower add-on images. Whether you celebrate harvest, Thanksgiving or an all-occasion wreath for cardmaking, this set will help you make some beautiful creations.

The Autumn Thanks Die Set is the coordinating die set for Autumn Blessings. It includes dies for the two larger pumpkins and the mug. It includes dies to cut all the images in the set (except the small pumpkin), plus a thanks word die in the same style as many of our other word dies. Each die leaves an approximately 1/16" border around the stamped image.

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!

1. Julee 7. Maureen 2. Marisa 8. Christyne 3. Charmaine 9. Laurie 4. Betty 10. Teresa 5. Lisa (Guest) 11. Lesley 6. Vickie (Guest)

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Thursday, October 6 at 8pm Mountain.

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...