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 11

Tag, You're It, October Diva Dare
Hello Verve fans!!  It's Stacey here and I am thrilled to be here sharing in the fun with this month's Diva Dare entitled "Tag, You're It".

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!  Can't wait to see what you create! 

As you can see from my take on the challenge, "Tag, You're It," I chose to have a tag as the focal point of my card!  Tags are so much fun to add to any project, or as a stand alone gift topper!  I inked up some of the new stamps, Holiday Treats, from the October Release...I adore the chevron patterned images in both of the new sets!

There are loads of Verve-goodness here...Holiday Treats, Sunny Days, Cup of Cheer Die Set, Tagged Rectangle Die, Award Banner Trim Die, Leafy Sprigs Die Set, and Pastel Sequin Mix.  

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 10

Hello there!  It's Charmaine, and I'm excited to bring you Day 10 of the Verve October Diva Dare!!   

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!   

 

I decided to use a tag on a card for the challenge.  I used the new Chevron Love and Holiday Treats sets.  The tag image is from Holiday Treats and I just love the chevron heart from Chevron Love.  The papers are from the Harvest Lane Collection from Simple Stories. The tag was die cut using the Tagged Rectangle Die. 

After I die cut, stamped and assembled the tag, I also die cut a heart from the Heart Quartet Die that fit perfectly in the center of the large heart.  The ribbon is from the Autumn Elements Ribbon Collection.  I added a little sparkler to finish off the tag and attached it to the card.  The tag can be taken off the card and used on a gift or maybe even for a bookmark.  I hope you've been inspired to create!!  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 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 8

Hello Verve fans!! Christyne here today bringing you Day 8 of October Diva Dare inspirations!  Without further pause, this month's Dare is:

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!  

For my card, I decided to go with the classic Sweet Scallop Tag and Sweet Scallop Tag Die.  I paired these with the newly released Poppy Birthday Set and some sweet pink for some shabby tag lovin'.  I also made use of my favorite doilie accent along with this week's Deconstructed sketch from Diva Jen.  I added some fun pennant and banner flairs as per the sketch using the Flag It Die Set and the Banner Bundle Die Set.  Finally, I added a bold pink bow using the Truly, Madly, Deeply Ribbon Collection.  

Thanks so much for joining us today, please join us each weekday to be inspired and hopefully play along with this month's Diva Dare!  I can't wait to see what you all come up with!!

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 7

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!  

 

 Hey there!  It's Laurie here bringing you Day 7 of this month's Diva Dare!  I love this month's dare! Tags are so much fun to make for gifts or to add onto a card or layout.  Today, I used a couple of tags to layer up on to a card...

I used the new set called Rain or Shine to create this card. I stamped the sentiment on one tag and added it to the card with foam tape.  Then I stamped and paper pieced the cute large umbrella and the cut it out.  I popped it up on foam tape after embossing some stripes on the tag and coloring the lines with a black Copic.  Easy and CAS.  :)

 

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.

Thanks for stopping in!

October Diva Dare ~ Day 6

Tag, You're It, October Diva Dare

Morning Verve friends! It's Andrea checking in today on this lovely Friday morning with  Verve's monthly Diva Dare challenge which is in full swing...this month's theme is called "Tag, You're It!" Your project can either be a tag, or inspired by one. I love to make tags every now and then...I feel like I have much more control over the size of the 'canvas' to fill. I've got two tag projects to share today, one in my predictable shabby chic/girly/vintage style and the other in a fun, festive Halloween theme. First up is girly....

I stamped and cut out the butterfly from Verve's Each Day stamp set twice, inked up the edges and sparkled them with some coarse glitter. I then mounted one on top of the other with some dimensional tape.

To Maja Design's Vintage Autumn Basics collection paper, I added pearls, flowers, lace and crocheted stickers.

Then I decided, appropriately so, that since it's October, I would go with a Halloween theme. This tag features Verve's Boo to You stamp set, Polka Dot Basics & Summer Sailing Ribbon collections:

I glittered up the cute little ghosts after inking up their edges:

The ghosts are mounted against a medallion made with Ranger's Rosette die and to finish off the look, I added a perimeter of Platinum stickles:

 These flowers were on clearance at Michael's and I've been hoarding them...until now:

I thought that the Polka Dot ribbon looked great against the orange flowers:

Ok, now you can check out the deets....

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 5

Hey there! Amber here with Day FIVE of the October Diva Dare!

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!  

I wanted to do something a little different and create a sort of collage with the Sweet Scallop Tag dies and Poppy Birthday!

First, I cut out several tags with the Sweet Scallop tag and the Tiny Sweet Scallop tag die sets, and then layered them on my card. I wish I would have taken a pic of this, when all the tags were blank, oh well!

After getting them layered how I wanted them, I'd pull them out one at a time and stamp each one. I doodled around the edges to kind of break the tags up, and also added some fun sequins from the Pastel Sequin Mix.

This was pretty fun, I think I'll do it again soon! On the right hand side of the card, I stamped a couple tag stamps from Tag Time and then stamped "wish big" (also from Tag Time). I doodled some cross stitches in the bottom tag for some fun detail!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, keep coming back every day to be inspired and hopefully play along with us!

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 4

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!  

 

 Hi everyone!  Maureen here bringing you Day 4 of this month's Diva Dare!  Creating with tags always makes me giggle with excitement.  I think because it's a small canvas that can be used on a gift or on a pretty card. 

 

 

I needed some more birthday cards in my stash so I looked no further than the Poppy Birthday set and Build a Poppy die collection released last month.  I love the way Julee creates new sentiments that fit perfectly onto the older dies.  I've used several layers on my tag, ending with the Classy Label die and matching stamp from Love Notes.  Those lined poppy flowers look great in any colour.  I picked soft pink out from my patterned paper along with some pink chevron ribbon and some pink gems.  The last touch was to add some of this gorgeous new gold seam binding ribbon from the Autumn Elements collection.

 

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.