The Good Life and a Spotlight Hop

Hidey ho neighbors!  It's the final day of our July Spotlight Hops and today the Divas are previewing a set called Small Phrases as well as our three newest plain janes!  Leave a comment as you hop about the Divasphere for a chance to win our ENTIRE release!  But you best be quick about it... commenting for all three days of hopping ends at 6pm Mountain TONIGHT {July 8}.  Winners will be announced at our release party, which starts tonight at 7pm Mountain.

For my sample card, I mingled a few different stamps together, which is one of my favorite things to do.  I started with the Life is Good Plain Jane, stamped and matted on a lacey circle.  This stamp was included in a much smaller form in our Relax set and it's probably my all-time favorite sentiment.  I wanted a bigger one and guess what?  I own a stamp company, so I can!  {grin}

My flowers are from the New Mercies set and are actually the little sun image.  I stamped the sun six times on Pool Party cardstock, then cut 3 out with a 3/4" circle and three centers with a 1/2" circle and then layered them on dimensionals and added some pearl centers.  To give them a shabby look, I cut in between every other spoke and curled them up a bit.  The stems are stamped with the larger stemmed flower from New Mercies, and I masked off the flower and popped the sun flowers over them.  I finished with the "I've been thinking about you" sentiment from Small Phrases.

This is also a very loose interpretation of Tosh's Viva la Verve July Week 2 Sketch.  {Play along each Friday in July for a chance to win our entire Anni-VERVE-sary release!} I had my heart set on 3 flowers in a row, so I had to squish the sketch down and make a non-standard size.  Finished size is 6.75" x 4.75".

Well, I've still got miles to go before I sleep, and lots to finish up before the release, so I'm just going to leave you with the hop list and enabler's list.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

1. Amber 7. Laurie 2. Amy 8. Robin {Guest} 3. Andrea 9. Sankari 4. Charmaine 10. Teresa 5. Jackie 11. Tosh 6. Julee

Enabler's List:
Stamps: Life is Good Plain Jane, Small Phrases, New Mercies (Verve Stamps)
Paper: 2011 In Color Patterns DSP, Basic Black (SU!), Cream, sheet music
Ink: Black, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade (SU!), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Lacey Circles, Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Smash Tape (K & Company), Scallop Dots Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle (SU!), pearls and bling (Prima)