Day 5 New Release Spotlight Hops

Welcome to Day 5 of our March Spotlight Hops!  Thanks so much for hopping along with us this week to celebrate our brand new release!  All 12 of the new Verve products you've been seeing from the Divas and special guests are available in the store and 20% off!  Or you can buy the entire collection at a 25% savings!

We've got one final spotlight today, and it's a combination of two of our new sets and coordinating dies.  Hop along to see what the team came up with using   Today's spotlight is shining on the Rise Above, New Beginnings and the Partly Cloudy and Springtime Stitches die sets.

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 linked below to increase your chances!

1. Julee 6. Mackie 2. Betty 7. Marisa 3. Charmaine 8. Maureen 4. Christyne 9. Stacey 5. Lee-Anne 10. Vicki

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Sunday, March 13.
I've extended the comment deadline for all the March Spotlight Hops to Sunday
and will be posting winners on Monday, March 14.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new set called Rise Above.

Another uplifting set, Rise Above has a beautiful distressed sun image with an open center perfect for accenting with the sentiments in this set. Many of the sentiments in our other releases will fit as well. A couple little clouds add character and you'll have fun encouraging others with the fun sentiments in this set.

The Partly Cloudy is the coordinating die set for Rise Above.  The clouds in this set are exact cuts (with no border around the stamped image).  The distressed sunshine has a very slight white border around the image when stamped.  For easy alignment with all our dies (especially ones with exact cuts), you can check out this video I did a while back.  Pro tip:  when lining up the distressed sun image with the die, look for the two or three rays that have a slight notch at the end of the ray for a reference for lining up the die.

Next up in the spotlight is the New Beginnings set.  This set of 12 images and sentiments is perfect for all your springtime projects.  The flowers are sweet by themselves or paired with the included stem stamps. The smaller sentiments in this set are perfectly framed by the stitched circle in the Springtime Stitches Die Set.

The Springtime Stitches Die Set is the coordinating die set for New Beginnings.  The two outlined flowers in this set are exact cuts  (with no border around the stamped image), making them perfect for piecing together and for masking techniques.  The flower image with a solid border around the inner flower has a very slight white border around the stamped image. The stitched circle is 1.5" and fits many of the sentiments in our release and also fits the center of the sunshine in Rise Above.  For easy alignment with all our dies (especially ones with exact cuts), you can check out this video I did a while back.

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Day 4 Simpy Amazing New Release Spotlight Hop

Welcome to Day 4 of our March Spotlight Hops!  On Friday we released 12 brand new Verve products, and this week the Divas and special guests are spotlighting our newest release with a series of hops! Today's spotlight is shining on the Simply Amazing, and the Simply Daisies and Amazing Adjectives die sets.

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 linked below to increase your chances!

1. Julee 8. Mackie 2. Amber 9. Marisa 3. Betty 10. Maureen 4. Charmaine 11. Stacey 5. Christyne 12. Teresa 6. Laurie 13. Vicki 7. Lee-Anne

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Friday, March 11.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new set called Simply Amazing.

I love an uplifting, versatile set and that is just what Simply Amazing is.  With a mix of build-able and put-together sentiments, this set is the perfect way to show someone just how special they are. Beautiful blooms in both solid and outline form provide endless possibilities.

The Simply Daisies Die Set is the coordinating die set for Simply Amazing.  The flowers and centers in this set are exact cuts (with no border around the stamped image).  This makes the flowers easily used with or without the stamp and allows for a little wow factor in depth and detail.  For easy alignment with all our dies (especially ones with exact cuts), you can check out this video I did a while back.

I love the word die trend lately and found myself wanting some with a few uplifting phrases.  So I designed the Amazing Adjectives Word Die Set.  It has some of the same phrases as found in the Simply Amazing stamp set, so is perfect for mixing and matching. I know this die set is going to see A LOT of use in my studio!  I'm in word die heaven! {grin}

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Hip Hop Bunnies Day 3 March Spotlight Hop

Welcome to Day 3 of our March Spotlight Hops!  On Friday we released 12 brand new Verve products, and this week the Divas and special guests are spotlighting our newest release with a series of hops! Today's spotlight is shining on the Hip Hop Bunnies, the Bunny Hop Die Set and the Welcome plain jane.

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 linked below to increase your chances!

1. Julee 7. Mackie 2. Amber 8. Marisa 3. Betty 9. Maureen 4. Charmaine 10. Stacey 5. Christyne 11. Teresa 6. Lee-Anne 12. Vicki

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Friday, March 11.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new set called Hip Hop Bunnies.

I love bunnies and Verve used to have quite a few sets featuring bunnies.  Sadly, over the years, they've all retired to make room for new goodies.  I was missing my bunny fix, so I had to remedy that! One bunny is an update of the bunny images formerly in Practically Perfect.  I cleaned up the lines a little to make it easier to paper piece, gave him/her some arms and made the bows separate stamps so one stamp could work for either girl or boy cards. The bunny with the big feet is another rendition of the bunny from the former Hoppy Easter set.  I felt he needed some arms to hide something behind his back and definitely some whiskers. Whiskers are pretty cute, don't ya think? The third bunny is a new little guy.  He reminds me of a stuffed bunny I had as a kid  And I'm pretty sure he loves carrots, because I had to design a carrot just for him. {grin}

The Bunny Hop Die Set is the coordinating die set for Hip Hop Bunnies.  The bows are exact cuts (with no border around the stamped image) so you can easily add them to the bunnies without it looking funny.  The bunny and carrots have a traditional white border around the stamped image when cut.  Since they're open dies, this makes it super easy to align with your stamped images.

I found myself always writing the phrase, welcome to the world little one inside of baby cards, so last year when my nephew was born, I designed this little sentiment for his card. I loved it so much I started just printing it to use in cards, then realize, hey, I totally need that as a stamp!  So here it the Welcome Plain Jane, a perfect little pairing with the bunnies in today's featured set.

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Verve March Release Day 2 Spotlight Hop

Welcome to Verve's March Spotlight Hops!  On Friday we released 12 brand new Verve products, and this week the Divas and special guests will be spotlighting our newest release! Today's spotlight is shining on the Coffee Helps and coordinating Cup For All Seasons 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 linked below to increase your chances!

1. Julee	8. Mackie
2. Amber	9. Marisa
3. Betty	10. Maureen
4. Charmaine	11. Stacey
5. Christyne	12. Teresa
6. Laurie	13. Vicki
7. Lee-Anne

Comment deadline for prize drawing is Friday, March 11.

First up in the spotlight today is a brand new coffee themed set called Coffee Helps.

If you've been following Verve for a while, you'll recognize a few sentiments and images from last year's Latte Love and Cup of Kindness digital freebies that have now made it to stamp form.  I've also added some brand new sentiments and images to fill out this all seasons coffee lovers set.

Cup For All Seasons is the coordinating die set for Coffee Helps.  I wanted the three coffee cup dies to be exact cuts (meaning there is no border around the stamped image when cut), so they could be used with or without the coordinating stamps.  However, the seasonal accent pieces (snowflake, holly, flower and leaf) all cut a slight border around the coordinating stamped image.  As an added bonus, if you already have our Get Together stamp set, the cup and saucer die from Cup For All Seasons will also cut the cup and saucer image from that set as well.

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