December Diva Dare - Day 4

Favorite Things - December Diva Dare

Welcome to November's Diva Dare!  This month's dare is entitled Favorite Things.  With the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season upon us and the New Year quickly approaching, it's nice to take a breather and look back at what we've accomplished. 

So this month, we are daring you to share your favorite Verve creation(s) for this year OR create a new one with one of your favorite Verve products.  

When I scrolled through my blog at my Verve creations this past year, I was overcome with joy and gratitude to be able to design for this amazing company with a true message of faith and love all.

After adding several cards to share on this post (yes, really!), this one stuck out as my absolute favorite of the year.  I think it stood out to me because of the sentiment...all about LOVE!  Isn't that really what life is about?!  Besides Verve being one of my very favorite things, I adore layers of patterned and glittery paper, heat embossing, ribbon & twine bows, stitching and scattered sequins, too!

More Than Love

using Verve's 

More Than Love stamp set

Tagged Rectangle Die

Wavy Hearts Die Set

Heart Quartet Die

and Classy Label Die

along with some Autumn Elements Ribbon Collection 

and Pastel Sequin Mix

  

Two ways to win prizes for double the fun!

Win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! Take our Favorite Things dare and link your card up to be eligible to win.  Entries must include your favorite Verve creation(s) of 2014 (maximum of 3 entries) OR be an entry using your favorite stamp set, be posted 12/8 or later, include at least one Verve product and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 12/21/14.  One participant will be randomly selected to win the gift voucher.  You can enter as many times as you like for a new creation (each card needs to be a separate post), and a maximum of 3 times for previously created cards.

Win a Verve set of your choice! For another chance to win some new Verve, leave a little comment love on our design team's Favorite 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 December 21, 2014.

Thanks for stopping by the Verve Stamps Blog!

Winners will be announced on December 22, 2014.

May 2014 Diva Dare - Day 6

"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. 

Here's my take on this month's Diva Dare!  A few flowers & a lots of butterflies, as well!

I couldn't help but use the brand-spankin' new stamp set Petals & Wings along with the coordinating dies, A Cut Above Wings & Petals Die Set for this fun challenge!  A few banner tails from the Award Banner Trim Die and Pastel Sequins Mix make a splash to finish the card!

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. 

I was additionally inspired by Janelle's fabulous Viva la Verve sketch this week!  LOVE the angled panel and trio of accents...perfect for "petals and/or wings!"

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

April 2014 Diva Dare - Day 8

"Little Things" - April Diva Dare

Welcome to April's Diva Dare!  Christyne here and today I'm bringing you a little inspiration for this month's challenge! 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!  

To answer this month's Diva Dare, I just had to pull out my favorite Emery stamp!  I just love him done up in all pastels, so I went super sweetly-themed for my card.  I combined many of my favorite Verve elements with the To the Moon stamp set, including the Banner Bundle die set, the Scalloped Trim Trio die, and the Pastel Sequins mix.  These elements were just perfect with this week's Mojo Monday sketch (#341) so I couldn't resist pairing the two. 

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.  

February 2014 Diva Dare - Day 6

"Perk Up" - February Diva Dare

Welcome to Day 6 of February's Diva Dare!  This month's Dare is entitled "Perk Up."    

What we're daring you to do this month is make a card or project to perk someone up, whether it’s with a warm beverage or just a heartfelt sentiment to brighten someone’s day.  No shortage of options as Verve has some wonderful coffee and tea sets as well as a plethora of uplifting/heartfelt sentiments.

For my card, I well all-out with the sunshine and blossoms!  Verve's Brighter Days set is so full of "Perk Up" sentiments that I had some trouble choosing one.  Once I settled on my sentiment, I used the beautiful blossoms from the set with their coordinating Scalloped Flowers dies and some Prismacolor Pencils in order to bring them to life.  The Dreamy Leaves, Arrow, Banner Bundle, and Scalloped Trim Trio dies were also put to use for this project, adding layers, life and embellishment.  Once all the layers were in place, I sprinkled the card with a few Pastel Sequins and, as usual, I just couldn't resist a giant seam binding bow using the Truly Madly Deeply Ribbon Collection.  

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, February 26th.  Entries must be posted 2/7 or later, include at least one Verve product, a warm beverage or heartfelt sentiment, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 2/26/14.   

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

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Perk Up" Dare and link up your card (created February 7th 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 "Perk Up" 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 February 26, 2014.

Winners will be announced on February 27, 2014. 

February 2014 Diva Dare - Day 5

"Perk Up" - February Diva Dare

Welcome to February's Diva Dare!  This month's Dare is entitled "Perk Up."    

What we're daring you to do this month is make a card or project to perk someone up, whether it’s with a warm beverage or just a heartfelt sentiment to brighten someone’s day.  No shortage of options as Verve has some wonderful coffee and tea sets as well as a plethora of uplifting/heartfelt sentiments.

A layered Verve card with yummy ribbon, stamped and embossed vellum, stitched panels, sequin sprinkles, curly twine, and glitter paper is definitely one that perks me up!  

 I adore the new Verve Stamps set, More Than Love!  It has the most beautiful sentiment fonts!  I used the small "smitten" as a scripted pattern on the long background panel and heat embossed the larger sentiment in silver onto a vellum Tagged Rectangle Die.   There a few layers of Wavy Hearts and Heart Quartet Dies with a peek of the Classy Label Die, too.  A fabulous Autumn Elements ribbon bow and a sprinkling of Pastel Sequin Mix finishes off this loving card!

For more inspiration this month, stop in over at Viva la Verve for a new challenge each week!  I used colors from Viva la Verve February 2014 Week 1 and the Week 2 sketch!

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, February 26th.  Entries must be posted 2/7 or later, include at least one Verve product, a warm beverage or heartfelt sentiment, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 2/26/14.   

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

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Perk Up" Dare and link up your card (created February 7th 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 "Perk Up" 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 February 26, 2014.

Winners will be announced on February 27, 2014. 

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

Tagged Rectangle Die	Wavy Hearts Die Set	Heart Quartet Die	Classy Label Die
More than Love	Pastel Sequin Mix	Autumn Elements Ribbon Collection

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December Diva Dare - Day 5

"Playing Favorites", December Diva Dare

Welcome to the last Diva Dare of 2013!  This month's Dare is entitled "Playing Favorites" and it is a fun one indeed!

What we're daring you to do this month is to post your favorite Verve Stamps 2013 creation OR make a new card using your favorite Verve stamp set.  

Hello Verve Fans, Christyne here answering this month's Diva Dare!  This month's dare involves your favorite Verve set, and well, that's so hard to choose.  If I had to choose, it'd be a holiday set as these were the first stamps that caught my eye from Verve.  In honor of Verve's amazing holiday sets, I created a card for you today with Holiday Greetings and a couple of my favorite colors and embellishments including the Scalloped Trim Trio Die, Verve ribbon, the pastel sequins mix, and the Borderline stamp set for accents and borders.  The sketch inspiration for this card was this week's Mojo Monday sketch (#323).  

I had trouble highlighting just one favorite set or card, so here are a few other favorite Verve projects that I've created this year!

The Best Things

All Right

Seize the Cupcake

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Birthday Wishes

As a fun extra this month, the Divas are answering "The Diva Fab Five Questionnaire."  Here goes!

What are your three favorite Verve products?

This is such a tough question, but if I have to choose, I don't think that I could live without the Banner Bundle Die Set.  It's constantly out on my stamp desk and as you can tell from the cards above, it makes an appearance on my cards more than it doesn't.  The second Verve product that I couldn't live without is the new Seam binding collections.  It's hard to choose a favorite among them, so I'll have to pick the whole ribbon collections line!  My final favorite Verve product is the Scalloped Trim Trio die set, I specifically love the simple rounded lace border as it works so well as a subtle accent.  

What is your current go-to color combo?
My absolute favorite color combo is black and white with a bold accent color, as I'm sure you can tell from the above cards.  I simple think that you can't go wrong with simple.  However, if I'm working with a bunch of patterns and colors, I like to extract a bolder color in the pattern for accent purposes!

What is your current go-to embellishment?
My current go-to embellishment is jingle bells for the holiday season. However, sequins are really becoming a favorite of mine as well, I only wish I had more colors!  

What is your favorite stamping or organizational tool?

My favorite organizational tool is probably DVD cases for my Spellbinders dies.  I like to put a little double stick or magnetic tape on the insides to hold the dies in place.

What is your favorite treat to eat while stamping? 

My favorite treat while stamping is definitely Gevalia's Pumpkin Spice coffee with a touch of cinnamon while brewing and some French Vanilla creamer!  While I'm normally a dark roast fan, this light roast has a subtle flavor and isn't so strong that I can't set those rhinestones!!

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Thursday, December 26th.  Entries must be posted 12/6 or later, include at least one Verve product, be your favorite Verve Stamps creation of 2013 or a new creation using your favorite Verve Stamps set, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 12/26/13.   As an reminder, last month's $40 gift certificate winner did not use any Verve stamps on her card so she was not eligible to win and we had to draw another winner.

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

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Playing Favorites" Dare and link up your card (created December 6th 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 "Playing Favorites" 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 December 26, 2013.

Winners will be announced on December 27, 2013.

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

November Diva Dare - Day 11

"Shape Up", November Diva Dare

Hey Verve fans!  Stacey here with my take on the November Diva Dare - Shape Up!  What a fun challenge with endless possibilities!  

What we're daring you to do this month is to create a card or project including a common shape.  For example:  hexagons, chevrons, arrows, triangles, hearts, stars etc.  Lots of fun ways you can go with this dare and we can't wait to see what you create!

Check out ALL the shapes I packed into my card!  Some fabulous Verve Stamps, A Cut Above by Verve Dies and some fabulous patterned paper is all you need to get your card in "shipSHAPE!"  

After layering a few different patterned papers, the "Merry Christmas" sentiment and red snowflake image are from the Holiday Treats stamp set.  The sentiment was stamped in red and die cut with the Tagged Rectangle Die, while the snowflake was also stamped in red and die cut using the Frosty Snowflakes Die Set.  To finish up the card, I added some curly twine and a sprinkling of the Metal Mix Sequins and Pastel Sequin Mix.

Deadline to link your cards is 8PM Mountain on Wednesday, November 27th.  Entries must be new (posted 11/8 or later), include at least one Verve product, include a common shape, and be linked up to the linky widget by 8pm Mountain on 11/27/13. 

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

Win a $40 Gift voucher to Verve Stamps! Take our "Shape Up" Dare and link up your card (created November 8th 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 "Shape Up" 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 27, 2013.

Winners will be announced on November 28, 2013.

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