August Release Project Parade: Day 3

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Hello!  It's Charmaine and it's my turn to share with you my project for this month's theme, Something Old, Something New!  When I was thinking about sets to pair together (one from the current release and one older set from Verve), I came up with the older set first!  LOL  Crazy, huh?  But I HAD to use the absolute first Verve set I ever owned and it was the very first Verve set ever released, Thoughtful Florals.  (Actually, this one is a "remix" of the original set, but you get the point.)  :)  I love this set as much today as the day it was released.  I love the happy sentiments that are perfect for so many occasions. 

So, I decided to pair it with Birthday Bash from this past release and create a scrapbook page.  I paper-pieced the balloons and added some Stardust Stickles to the insides of the stars.  I stamped the frame from Thoughtful Florals in four different colors that matched the patterned paper and then stamped three sentiments from that set and the last sentiment, "you amaze me" is from the Uplifting Phrases set.  I'm so glad these sets work so perfectly together!

1. Play along with us and link up your new SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW creation (posted August 25th or later) to the linky widget on the DAY 1 PARADE POST before midnight on Wednesday, September 15th. One lucky stamper will win a $30.00 gift certificate to the Verve Store.

2. For another chance to win, be sure to give the Divas a little shout-out in the comments section as we parade our SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW creations. One lucky commenter during the course of the parade will win the Verve stamp set of their choosing!

We hope you'll play along!  We LOVE to see your creations!

Nuggets, Nuggets, Everywhere!

My hinged, clear top tins were FINALLY delivered two days ago. Woo-hoo! It's been months since I ordered them. I was actually going to cancel my order because it had been so long and then they called and said they were ready for shipping. Yippee!

So what better way to christen my new little tins than by whipping up something special for the Verve Visual blog? These tins make such great little gifts!!! I had so much fun making these little buggers that I can't wait to make up the other 18 I have left! That's right, I ordered 20 tins {{{{gasp}}}}!

The first nugget tin I made using the Winter Wonder set from Verve. It was so easy. I just stamped one of the large snowflakes from the set onto 12 mailing labels using Certainly Celery ink. Then I wrapped a label around each piece of candy. To wrap the outside of the tin, I cut a strip of white cardstock, and then stamped it with three different sized snowflakes from the Winter Wonder set, in three different colors; Certainly Celery, Brocade Blue and Perfectly Pomegranate. I mounted the white snowflake strip on a piece of Certainly Celery cardstock and then cut a decorative edge along it. Then I stamped a sentiment from Winter Wonder right in the middle of a white circle and mounted it on a Certainly Celery scallop circle. The white dots around the scallops were made with my White Signo pen. Simple! I'm so excited how it turned out!

I was only going to make one nugget tin for this post, but I just couldn't resist making one more to share with you, in fun, summer-like colors. It's so cold here in MN that I'm craving hot, bright colors! It's what you have to do to survive winters like we're having so far here! So for this tin, I dug out one of the very first Verve sets called Fancy Florals. I stamped one of the large floral images onto some patterned paper using Purely Pomegranate ink. I then stamped another, smaller flower onto a coordinating pattern paper. I drew around the flower images using my White Signo pen and my Stardust gel pen as well. In real life, this baby sparkles! For the center of the flower, I placed a pink rain dot (by Cloud 9). To finish the tin off, I tied two bows, one pink and one orange, around the tin and then attached the flower to the ribbon using glue dots. The sentiment comes from the very FIRST Verve set called Thoughtful Phrases. I stamped it on a piece of chipboard that I covered with some pink distressed paper I had in my scrap drawer. The sentiment was stamped in black so it really pops off the paper! I'm bummed to say that the photo of this tin does not do it justice-it's so cute IRL!!!

Each nugget label was stamped with two different Fancy Floral images using Pumpkin Pie and Purely Pomegranate. I just LOVE the bright, happy, uber fun colors of this little nugget tin!

I hope you've enjoyed seeing all the fun new creations the Verve team shared with you this week. Have a wonderful holiday season!!!

Hugs!