In the Spotlight at PCL

Hey there Verve fans!

Julee here, and today Verve is  in the Manufacturer Spotlight over on the Paper Crafter's Library blog! 

Here's a sneak peek of my featured project using Birthday Bots...

Head on over to the Paper Crafter's Library blog  for the full feature, plus a chance to win a Verve prize package!

April 2014 Diva Dare - Day 12

Hi Verve fans!  It's Julee here, popping in to wrap up this month's Little Things Diva Dare.  The deadline for your challenge entries and comments is 8pm on Wednesday, April 23.  I've added the linky widget to the bottom of this post, so it's easy to find!

For my card, I pulled out the Birthday Bots set and got to work making a card for a friend who is expecting a little girl.  The bot is stamped onto a pre-made tag shape, then I paper pieced the jumper and colored the hat with copics and added some dots around the tag to set it off.  The sentiment is colored with Copics and then coated with glossy glaze.  I did the same to some star die cuts from the Starry Die, sprinkling a little glitter on them for a some shine.  A stick pin and some ribbon from the Truly Madly Deeply Ribbon Collection accent things and I embossed the pretty in pink layer with my favorite Stars & Swirls embossing folder.

Supply List
Stamps:  Birthday Bots (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Bundle of Joy Dots & Stripes (Echo Park), pretty in pink (SU!)
Ink: Black, copics
Accessories: Starry Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), Truly Madly Deeply Ribbon Collection (Verve), pre-made tag (Darice), stick pin, glossy glaze, glitter, bling, Stars & Swirls embossing folder (Sizzix), corner rounder

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Little Things" Dare and link up your card (created April 4th 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 "Little 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 April 23, 2014.

Winners will be announced on April 24, 2014. 

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

 

April 2014 Diva Dare - Day 7

"Little Things" - April Diva Dare

Welcome to April's Diva Dare!  In honor of Spring's arrival (in some parts of North America anyway!), this month's Dare is entitled "Little Things".    The challenge is to create a baby or kid themed card, how fun!

Janelle here, to give you my take on the challenge for today.

Nothing is more fun than robots... they're awesome! They can even be used for an any day card.

I used the a robot and sentiment from Birthday Bots and colored with Copic markers on the main panel and doodled some stitch marks for some fun lines. 

I colored and hand cut out some gears from Geared Up popping them up with foam adhesive around and all this is topped off with a few fun metal confetti from the Metal Mix Sequins. Other material for this card are striped washi tape (RAK) and pattern paper (The Escape ~ Little Yellow Bicycle)

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, April 23rd.  Entries must be posted 4/4 or later, include at least one Verve product, be a baby or kids themed card, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 4/23/14.   

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Little Things" Dare and link up your card (created April 4th 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 "Little 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 April 23, 2014.

Winners will be announced on April 24, 2014.  

April 2014 Diva Dare - Day 4

"Little Things" - April Diva Dare

Welcome to April's Diva Dare!  In honor of Spring's arrival (in some parts of North America anyway!), this month's Dare is entitled "Little Things".    

Stacey here!  I'm so excited to bring you another day of "Little Things" inspiration!  

What we're daring you to do this month is to create a baby or kids themed card. 

The "Little Things" challenge was my chance to dust off these adorable stamp sets, Geared Up and Birthday Bots to create a fun card for a little guy!  When my boys were little, they loved robots, gears and anything with parts - to take apart!  I must admit that making this card had me reminiscing back to a time when my oldest son would tuck his favorite robot under his pillow at night!  Now, he is (almost) 14 and sadly, there are no more robots under his pillow.  Where does the time go?!

In addition to Geared Up and Birthday Bots stamp sets, I used the Rounded Rectangle Tag Die to frame up the cutie-patootie robot, and the Banner Bundle Die Set tucked behind the tag to extend the focal point.  

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, April 23rd.  Entries must be posted 4/4 or later, include at least one Verve product, be a baby or kids themed card, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 4/23/14.   

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Little Things" Dare and link up your card (created April 4th 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 "Little 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 April 23, 2014.

Winners will be announced on April 24, 2014. 

The Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #340 is still up and running and worked as a wonderful layout for my "Geared Up for Fun" card today!  It's CONTEST WEEK over at Mojo Monday, so you won't want to miss a chance at some free Verve!

Thanks so much for stopping by the Verve Stamps Blog today!  

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

October Diva Dare - Day 12

Hi Verve fans!  It's Julee here, wrapping up the final day of our Tag You're It October Diva Dare.  This month's dare is tags (make a tag, use a tag on a card, be inspired by a tag, etc.)!  Here's how I answered the dare: 

I just love tags and have a drawer in my studio where I'm always collecting different tags that inspire me, thinking I'll add them to a mixed-media project here or there.  So when I saw these Boys Rock tags on some sweet little fuzzy hoodies my boys just got, I knew they were destined for my craft room!  

I decided it would be super fun to make a little tag shaped card and hang it from a goody bag.  I used a tag I had laying around as a template for my tag, then made a folded card base 1/8" bigger all around for the card.  The brushed silver cardstock is embossed with a robot from Birthday Bots and then I took the Boys Rock clothing tags, trimmed one end with pennant ends and adhered to my tag card with dimensionals.  The to/from is stamped using the new Holiday Treats set and I cut them out with pinking circles nestabilities and hand wrote my boys' names.  The little cards are finished off with some Metal Mix Sequins on the robot tummies.

Next I decorated some treat bags using all the gear stamps from Geared Up and then made a hanger for each using Laurie Willison's Decorative Card Hanger Die and then added a bit of pewter liquid pearls for a studded look to match.

Supply List
Stamps: Birthday Bots, Geared Up, Holiday Treats (Verve Stamps)
Paper: brushed silver, basic black (SU!), white lunch sack, clothing tags
Ink: black, pewter (Mix'd Media Inx)
Accessories:  Metal Mix Sequins (Verve), Decorative Card Hanger Die (Soapbox Creations), Pinking Circles Nestabilites (Spellbinders), liquid pearls (Ranger)

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Saturday, November 2nd.  Entries must be new (posted 10/11 or later), include at least one Verve product, include a tag, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 11/02/13. 

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tag, You're It" Dare and link up your card (created October 11th 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 "Tag, You're It" 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 November 2, 2013.

Winners will be announced on November 3, 2013.

- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -

October Diva Dare - Day 9

Happy Monday morning! Janelle here today with another angle on our "Tag, You're It!" challenge. But first, did you all love the new Verve Release last week?!?!?!?! The new sets and dies are such a joy to use. You just might see some tags later in this post because I couldn't resist.

Here's how I took the challenge.

I'm in love with these Verve Robots! I stamped one of the robots from Birthday Bots and colored with Copic markers. The gears in the background are stamped in matching inks with gears from the Geared Up set. The sentiment is split up by inking up the stamp and putting scotch tape over half of it and stamping the image down on paper, repeating it for the second half of the stamp. The happy is die cut with the straight flag in the Flag It die set just to go with the popped up elements on our little bot.

I played with the new release on a few tags, too. The images are perfect for making tags with patterns. Here's two styles I came up with in a jiffy.

The chalkboard tag uses Geared Up numbers, sentiment and chevron frame from Holiday Treats which are all embossed on black cardstock. A quick coloring of white chalk smudged over the whole tag finishes it off.

The kraft tags are using Holiday Treats and Geared Up. These tags were such a breeze to put together that I'm certain there will be more made up for the holidays.

Now it's your turn...

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Saturday, November 2nd.  Entries must be new (posted 10/11 or later),include at least one Verve product, include a tag, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 11/02/13. 

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tag, You're It" Dare and link up your card (created October 11th 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 "Tag, You're It" 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 November 2, 2013.

October Diva Dare-Day 2

Tag, You're It, October Diva Dare

What we're daring you to do this month is to create a gift tag, use a tag on a card, or be inspired by a tag!  

Good morning Verve fans, it is Teresa. I am so glad you are here sharing your Diva Dare creations, it is so fun to visit your blogs and comment on how you answered the dare! I went with some sweet Bots Christmas tags, aren't those Bots adorable? I used the Verve Birthday Bots set. You can use them for any occasion and pair them with the perfect Verve sentiment.

I used the Mojo Monday Sketch for my tags, it is the perfect sketch for a tag! I adore the new Award Banner Die by Verve! I luv the layered look, like I used for my tags; I choose two different patterns of designer paper..sweet! I then reached for the Munchkin Phrases for an adorable sentiment; another great choice for the Birthday Bot set. I added a little tinsel and a few of the Metal Mix Sequins. There you have it, tag your it!

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Saturday, November 2nd.  Entries must be new (posted 10/11 or later),include at least one Verve product, include a tag, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 11/02/13. 

During this month's Diva Dare, there are 2 prizes up for grabs!

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Tag, You're It" Dare and link up your card (created October 11th 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 "Tag, You're It" 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 November 2, 2013.

Winners will be announced on November 3, 2013.

WCMD October Diva Inspirations Hop

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Hi Verve fans! Happy World Card Making Day!  It’s the 5th of the month and time for our monthly Diva Inspirations Blog Hop! If you’re not familiar with our hop, it’s our design team’s time to shine a light on some old favorites from the Verve line-up and breathe a little fresh life into them. Sometimes we dust off older sets to use them by themselves and sometimes we mix and match them with newer products, but we always have a lot of fun getting our Verve on! Hop along with us to see what I mean! For this card I combined the brand new Birthday Bots with Holiday Greetings for a retro Christmas vibe.  The sentiment and snowflakes are both from Holiday Greetings and I added in some fun accessories like the Award Banner Trim Die, Sweet Scallop Die, Banner Bundle Die Set, Metal Mix Sequins and Polka Dot Basics Ribbon Collection.  We've got a MIGHTY FINE PRIZE hidden along this little hop! Just leave a comment at each stop as you hop around to the blogs linked below and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win Verve's ENTIRE September Release!   That's right, one lucky commenter will win the stamps dies and accessories we just released last Friday (a $120 value)!  Eye candy AND a chance to win free stamps? Oh yeah, that’s what I’m talking 'bout! {grin} This little shindig starts over on my blog, Poetic Artistry, so I'll see ya there! {grin}

1. Julee 10. Marisa 2. Amy 11. Teresa 3. Betty 12. Maureen 4. Jessica 13. Charmaine 5. Karen 14. Christyne 6. Sankari 15. Andrea 7. Sarah 16. Amber 8. Susan 17. Stacey {Guest} 9. Tiffany Comment deadline for the prize drawing is 5pm Mountain on Thursday, October 10. And since World Card Making Day is the official start to the holiday card making season, Verve has a 25% off sale on Christmas stamps this weekend only (Oct 5-7)!  Head on over to the sale page to check out our sale on all new releases, autumn stamps, back in stock sets and other deals, too!