Perk Up

Welcome to Day 4 of our Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hop series! Hop along with the Divas all week long as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve on Friday night! One lucky commenter along the hop will win today's featured sets and dies.  So be sure and leave a little love as you hop around the Divasphere!  Check the Verve Blog for prize details and deadlines.

Our spotlight for today is shining on a new set called Better With You, and its companion set, Sip and Savor.  You'll also be seeing peeks of the From the Heart Die Set, which will be available exclusively as a free gift with a $35 minimum order through August 31, while supplies last.  {This promotion starts AFTER the sets go live on Friday night, August 12.}

Okay, on to the peeks!!! It will come as no surprise to many of you that I love coffee... and tea.  The aroma, the warmth, and all the pretty designer mugs just make me happy!  So I thought it was about time for some more coffee/tea themed sets!

For my card, I knew I wanted to play along with Jackie's Tag You're It! Get Your Diva On challenge.  So I pulled out the Sweet Scallop Tag stamp and coordinating die to make a tag using the new Better With You set.  I thought this perk up sentiment would be perfect for a little pick me up and decided to make a card and gift in one by adding a little Maya Road library pocket to house a gift card.  The background is stamped in crumb cake randomly with the coffee rings stamp from this set, then I stamped the coffee mug, the skinny oval for the coffee inside the mug, and a decorative flourish, then colored with copic markers and trimmed out with scissors and a hobby blade.  Here's a little detail of the stamping...

The java background stamp is stamped repeatedly on the library pocket, then I inked up the pocket and ran it through the paper crimper to give it the look of a java jacket.  Next, I added some wide striped ribbon, a bit of linen thread, a button and some rhinestones as accents.  I finished off by tucking a gift card to a local coffee shop in the pocket.  Here it is when everything was said and done...

There's still time to play along in our Get Your Diva On Challenge!  The challenge is to incorporate a tag on your card or project OR make a set of tags  The winner of the challenge gets to be a Guest Diva for a future release.  It could be you posting sneak peeks next time around, so be sure to play along! Check out all the details on the challenge thread in our forum.


Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to check out what the rest of the Divas have to share today and leave a little comment love as you hop about for a chance to win!  Next up on the hop is ... Charmaine!

1. Julee 7. Sarah {Guest} 2. Charmaine 8. Marisa {Guest} 3. Tosha 9. Laurie 4. Andrea 10. Maureen 5. Sankari 11. Amy 6. Teresa

Enabler's Lists:
Stamps: Better With You, Sweet Scallop Tag (stamp) (Verve)
Paper: Basics Manila (BasicGrey), Black, Cream
Ink: Jet Black Archival, Pumice Stone Distress (Ranger), Soft Suede, Crumb Cake (SU!), White Dye Ink (Memories)
Accessories: Sweet Scallop Tag Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), Library Pocket (Maya Road), striped ribbon (SU!), linen thread (TCP), button, rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), paper crimper (Fiskars), gift card