Showing posts with label Being Awesome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Being Awesome. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

May 2014 Diva Dare-Day 3

"Petals and Wings" - May Diva Dare

Hi, it's Charmaine, and I'm bringing you Day 3 of this month's Diva Dare!  In honor of the newest release, this month's Dare is entitled "Petals and Wings".    

What we're daring you to do this month is create a card with both a flower and a butterfly on it. 

For my card, I've used the butterfly from the new Sidekicks stamp set as well as the Being Awesome Plain Jane.  The papers are from the For the Record 2 Collection from Echo Park.  The butterfly was stamped, cut out and covered in Stardust Stickles to give it some shimmer. 

So my answer to the challenge has a stamped butterfly, but the flowers were in the patterned paper.  We'd LOVE to see what you create!  I hope you are inspired to play along!




Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, May 21st.  Entries must be posted 5/2 or later,include at least one Verve product, both a flower and a butterfly, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 5/21/14.   
  
     
During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Petals and Wings" Dare and link up your card (created May 2nd or later) to the linky widget below to be eligible to win.  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 set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's "Petals and Wings" 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 May 21, 2014.

Winners will be announced on May 22, 2014. 

Friday, April 25, 2014

Classic Verve {revisited} Blog Hop

Hi Verve fans!  It's release day and we're celebrating with a blog hop!

Along with two brand new plain janes, we've re-released some classic Verve in two compilation sets, a coordinating die set and some shiny new sequins! Hop along with The Divas to see some classic Verve made new again!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win a $40 gift voucher to the Verve store! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the stops to increase your chances!
New Products

Hop List:
1. Julee7. Jen
2. Amber8. Marisa
3. Andrea9. Maureen
4. Charmaine10. Stacey
5. Christyne11. Teresa
6. Janelle

Deadline for prize drawing:  8pm Mountain, Monday April 28.

So what's new?
We've been making room for some new lovelies with a retirement sale, and a few products I just couldn't bear to part with, so we're re-releasing them in compilation sets.

Petals & Wings
First up is Petals & Wings, a compilation of Fluttering By and Petals & Stems.  These sets have always been dear to my heart and I remember during their original release finally beginning to feel like a real artist.  Confidence in yourself is a magical thing, and these sets represent a turning point in my creative journey.

Changes:  I only made one change to these sets from their original form.  The butterfly antennae have been made into separate stamps, to allow versatility for a new coordinating die set.


Wings & Petals Die Set
That brings me to the next new product, the Wings & Petals Die Set, which coordinates with the  Petals & Wings set.  (If you have the retiring sets Petals & Stems or Fluttering By, these dies coordinate with those sets, too, but will cut off the antennae on the butterfly.)   A coordinating die set for these stamps has been the number one request over the years, and I am happy to oblige.


Die Sidekicks
The  Die Sidekicks set is based around retiring stamps that have previously released coordinating dies.  Included in the set are the butterfly and hearts & swirls frame from Twitterpated, the former All Aflutter and Scroll Plain Janes and Vintage Oval Frame (stamp) and Sweet Scallop Tag (stamp).



When I did the re-design of this set, I accidentally sent the file to manufacturing with a butterfly much larger than the coordinating All Aflutter die.  It's a gorgeously huge butterfly, but since the set concept is coordinating dies, we'll be correcting it and only including the correctly sized butterfly on future manufacturing runs.  In the meantime, our first run of inventory of this set will include the larger butterfly and we'll be tucking the correctly sized butterfly in as well. 

Hello Friend and Being Awesome
Since I was revisiting some of my favorite Verve stamps, I decided to enlarge a few favorite sentiments from Happy Hello and make them into plain janes.  I'm so excited to have these fun sentiments, Being Awesome and Hello Friend, take center stage.


Shine Bright Sequin Mix
I came across some super fun embellishments that I just couldn't resist, so we're adding a new sequin mix to the lineup! The Shine Bright Sequin Mix includes 4 sizes of super sparkly clear sequins. 

Since they're clear, they're the perfect accent to any project and the silvery finish gives a spectacular eye catching shine!




That wraps up the "new again" products, we've also got previously released coordinating dies for the Die Sidekicks set and any remaining retiring products from this release on sale HERE.

That's all the compilation sets I'm planning on releasing.  We'll be back on track with brand new never before seen Verve in May!  Hooray!

And speaking of May, check out our May Special with 25% off select stamps (flowers and winged things).