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Bundle of Joy - AVS Hop Day 9

Hi friends!  Happy Friday.  It's the final day of our Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops, which means our release party is tonight!  Come join us from 7-9pm Eastern!  The final set the Divas are spotlighting is a request from Jen del Muro for a set with all occasion sentiments using the fonts from Words of Wisdom.  It's called Treasured Words and well, I'll just let the Divas show you what it's all about!



My card is another CASS card.  It was totally CAS and then I had to add some liquid pearls... and embossing ... and ribbon and pretty soon it was still clean but only {sort of} simple! {grin}  It's so hard not to pile on all the fabulous embellishments that are just calling my name!  LOL  Anyhow, my idea for the card was mainly to just have fun playing around with the new dies.  I wanted to try the Arrow Die as an inner mat for the Pennant Trim Die.  It worked beautifully.  I just layered the arrows over the pennants, snipped off the ends and then used the leftover part of the arrows for an accent on the card.  How cute is that?  I cut the pennant trim down to just 6 pennants and then layered the Flourished Trim Die over it and added a bunch of silver liquid pearls to my die cuts.

The image and sentiment are both from the Treasured Words set.  The baby carriage is colored with Copics and punched out with 1-1/4" and 1-3/8" ircle punches, then layered onto Scalloped Flowers die cuts.  I finished off by embossing the polka dots on the card base and then adding a pool party seam binding bow up top.


I'm getting so EXCITED for tonight!  We'll be revealing all the sets in their full glory at our Release Party from 9-11PM Eastern. While you wait, you can take one last stroll through sneak peek land.Thanks so much for joining in our 5th Anni-VERVE-sary celebration the past couple weeks!

Next up on the hop is Laurie!



Did I mention we're giving away a prize?  Leave a little comment love on each of today's hop posts (see full list below) and you just might be the lucky winner of Treasured Words!  Head on over to the Verve Blog for all the details and a little back story on today's featured set.

1. Julee9. Charmaine
2. Laurie S.10. Janelle
3. Maureen11. Betty
4. Teresa12. Christyne {Guest}
5. Tosh13. Laurie W. {Guest}
6. Amber14. Jen S. {Guest}
7. Amy15. Susan
8. Andrea 


Enabler's List
Stamps: sneak preview of Treasured Words (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Pool Party, Basic Gray (SU!), white
Ink:  Black, Copic markers
Accessories:  sneak preview of Arrow Die, Pennant Trim Die, Flourished Trim Die and Scalloped Flowers Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), 1-1/4" and 1-3/8" circle punches, pool party seam binding (SU!), liquid pearls (Ranger), polka dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug), corner rounder

53 comments

craftymom205 said...

Cute card.

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Miriam Prantner said...

I am really excited about tonight! I love how you used the extra arrows, those liquid dots are some GREAT accents!

KanataNewf said...

The excitement just keeps building! Can't wait for tonight's release. This sweet baby card is a great showcase for so many of the new dies!

ND (Naomi) said...

Adorable card. I love the spotted background and the Liquid Pearls.

Sian Ridley said...

Oh Julee, this is gorgeous! I would still consider this to be pretty CAS too :)

Clever use of the arrow dies - so many uses for all these new dies :)

Anita &/or Char said...

awe so cute... love the color combo... Thanks for sharing

Tricia T said...

I *love* the different way you've layered the dies. I like the layered Pennant Trim one, of course, but the layered flower one is wonderful! I'm always looking for an extra outside layer when I use my 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 punches!!

Tricia

Sue D said...

Very cute and I like how these dies work so well together.

Christine said...

Love the way the simple color palette allows the use of the varied dies. This is a very appealing card!

Thanks for the quality of Verve stamps and the excellent ideas that have been provided on the hop. It has been so much fun visiting the blogs!

Julianne N said...

So light and sweet! I love how the liquid pearl accents help your eye notice the embossed dot background! The flourished trim adds a touch of whimsy to this baby card :)

Jen Shults said...

This is wonderful Julee! I love the color scheme and the fabulous dotted background... everything is just wonderful about this card!

Lynn Noe said...

Wow, eyecatching and very pretty!Love the dots of liquid pearls on the flourish trim and the arrows, goes so well with the embossed background. Neat way to use the arrows and pennants!

irishgalkelly said...

This is the CUTEST baby card I've seen! Love it Julee! Those arrows, new dies, and beautiful colors are gorgeous!

loulou said...

Gorgeous card I love how the colours pop on the background. Such an inspiration use of the dies. Love those pearl dots too. cheers Linda

Unknown said...

Gorgeous card! Love love the baby carriage and the colors of this card. Those arrows are so pretty-love the flourished trim die cut!!

Kristie W. said...

Pretty card, Julee! Love the colors you used and the liquid pearls add a nice touch! So looking forward to the full reveals tonight!

Eva said...

Julee, this is another gorgeous card!!! I love the CASS look, how you combined all the pretty new dies, your colors and the added pearls!!

scrappingnana said...

So sweet. Love the embossing and dots on the arrows and flourish border. Great card. Can't wait until tonight.

Karen Wedding said...

What a cute card. I like the liquid pearls. It really adds a nice touch to the card.

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

What a sweet baby card! I love the arrows with the little pearls on them!

Darlene Gabriel said...

I'm so excited for tonight. I know this is going to be an amazing release.
This card is adorable. It's great to see how many of the new dies you've been able to get in here and how they all work so well together. The baby carriage image is so sweet.

Connie and Jack said...

What a sweet card! Love the colors and your creativity.
-- Connie C.

AP in MD said...

Awesome card. Always love how your liquid pearls look like the real thing! Can't wait until tonight!

Marlena M. said...

This is PRECIOUS Julee! I love the color combo.

Basement Stamper said...

Love what you created with that pennant die, so cute and perfect on this baby card.

Lisa M. (aka. Lisa @ Farm Fresh) said...

Absolutely precious! I love the touch of the liquid pearls!

marilynwillauer said...

Sweet card!

Jen Cuthbertson said...

So cute!! I love that Tiffany blue and those arrows are super!

Davi said...

Beautiful and fun! I just love those little pennants so versatile :)

Anonymous said...

Love it! That blue is such a pretty color and I love the arrows and vertical banner. When I try to make CAS cards they usually end up as only sort of simple too.

Sherry said...

What a sweet card - I love the colors you used, all the layers AND your liquid pearl outlines!

Janelle Stollfus said...

So cute! I love your CASS! I'm taking that to the bank. I'm always ending up with sort of simple cards.

Kerri said...

Julee! I love your card and all the new dies you've created! How fun is that going to be to work with all those fun dies!!! Also, can't wait to see the rest of the sentiment set - I just love your handwriting! It's raining here today and I can't think of a better way to spend my Friday night watching all the reveals tonight!!

Karen Day said...

I've enjoyed all 9 days of Verve hops! It's a great release - so much work - hope you get some sleep this weekend! Sweet baby card today :o)

jan farnworth said...

how sweet.

Marisa said...

Love the turquoise and black with tall that white. Totally adorable card. Yeah for the release party tonite!!!

Dori Shelton said...

Such a fun card!! Love the white background.

Marsha said...

The arrows and pennant make for such a cute card with the buggy.

Dolly said...

I just love your card! The colors are gorgeous! This is another great sentiment set! So many, so wonderful! I think the dies are a must have to coordinate with all the goodies! I cannot wait for tonight! Can you hear me screaming with excitement? Blessings!

Julia M said...

This is so adorable....love all the arrows pointing at the baby carriage....see you at the Release Party tonight!

Carole said...

Julee, everything about this card is fabulous, the colours, the dies, embossing, and I love the arrows and pennants.

stampingbowd said...

Awww! This is sweet!!! Love the liquid pearls!! Very pretty card!

Ravengirl said...

This is completely darling and so CAS, not CASS!!

Jennipher said...

Julee this is simply darling. Love that little baby carriage and the blue arrows and the pennant trim die. Oh, it's all fabulous.

Ashley said...

love the use of white! colors work great together

Mary-Anne V said...

Very cute baby card...love the liquid pearls on the die border and the little banners.

Rosie Gustafson said...

Very cute card. Such a sweet card, great colors.

Rosie Gustafson said...

Very cute card. Such a sweet card, great colors.

Moosisk said...

Oh, how precious! I have a new grand-niece due in December. I could do up all PINK! Thanks for the inspiration. :D

Nicole said...

So cute! Love the grey. And so excited about the little bonus with the arrow die fitting in the pennant border! Woohoo!! Can't wait, Julee. You rocked it, lady!!

Lisa Rea said...

Precious - love how you combined the different dies to layer the banner.

Lisa - Scrappy Distractions
www.ScrappyDistractions.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Wow! Love your card and your idea with the arrows & liquid pearls...over the top!

Anonymous said...

Stunning card x