May 2014 Diva Dare-Day 2

"Petals and Wings" - May Diva Dare

Good morning, it is Teresa and I am bringing to you Day 2 of May'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 anda butterfly on it. 

I have used this week's Mojo Monday sketch and it is contest week, so be sure to play along! I have used all the goodies from the latest release, this butterfly is amazing and it can be cut out using the All Aflutter Die..so sweet! The butterfly is in the set Die Sidekicks, this set has all kinds of great stamps to go with dies that have been previously released. The darlin flowers are from the Petals & Wings set, luv these flowers, some of my Verve favorites. The sentiment is Hello Friend Plain Jane, I hope you are inspired to play along and take this month's Verve Diva Dare!

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. 

May 2014 Diva Dare ~ Day 1

"Petals and Wings" - May Diva Dare

Welcome to May'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. 

Didn't have to look far for a stamp set to use as Julee just released the compilation set entitled Petals and Wings, along with the matching Wings and Petals Die Set.   I simply adore this sett!!  Polka dots, flowers and butterflies just make me happy, all the more when it's from Verve :)  The sentiment is the new Hello Friend Plain Jane and the sequins are from the new Shine Bright sequin mix.  All of these (in addition to the rest of the new release) are on sale right now over at the Verve Store.

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. 

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

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!

Hop List:
1. Julee	7. Jen
2. Amber	8. Marisa
3. Andrea	9. Maureen
4. Charmaine	10. Stacey
5. Christyne	11. 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).