Laughing Flowers and a Release Hop

Hi friends!  It's Verve release day and I'm so excited that all of the products we've been spotlighting this week are now available in the Verve store.  Have you been loving the Diva's cards with these sets, I sure have, and am so glad that there's one more blog hop today featuring these wonderful sets.  And today's blog hop prize is a doozy!  One lucky commenter along today's hop will win our entire July Release Collection! Woohoo!  Let's get to it!  {grin}

My card today features the new Happy Place and coordinating Happy Doodles Die Set.  It's Friday, and that means there's a new Viva la Verve sketch and this sweet layout from Anya just called my name.  I started by stamping the single flower from Happy Place on soft sky, tangerine tango and so saffron cardstock, then punching out with a 1-1/8 circle punch.  Next I stamped the flower three times in a row on a piece of crumb cake and colored all the stamped pieces with markers.  I cut out the butterfly from the Happy Doodles Die Set, then stamped the coordinating butterfly stamp and also colored with markers.

The sentiment is stamped on cream cardstock and I stamped the flower again at the bottom of the sentiment panel in the coordinating ink colors.  Each panel is sponged lightly with walnut distress stain and I accented a lot of the stamping with glossy accents.  For the sky, I started with soft sky card stock and then used one of the butterfly die cuts from the Happy Doodles Die Set as a stencil to sponge soft sky ink across the page to form a cloudy background.  A little twine and some goosebump rhinestones and I was finished.

Before I leave you with the hop info, I thought I'd let you know all of our new releases are on SALE! Through the end of July, you can buy the new release stamp and die sets individually at a 10% discount, or double your fun and purchase the whole enchilada at a 20% discount.  Woohoo!

Okey dokey, next up on the hop is Stacey!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs along the way to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines, and another card from me using Happy Place!

Today's Prize: July Release Collection

1. Julee 9. Charmaine 2. Stacey 10. Jen 3. Maureen 11. Sheri {Guest} 4. Chaitali 12. Laurie 5. Marisa 13. Andrea 6. Teresa 14. Amber 7. Kay {Guest} 15. Christyne 8. Janelle

Enabler's List
Stamps:  Happy Place (Verve Stamps)

Viva la Verve July Week 2

Paper: soft sky, crumb cake, tangerine tango, so saffron (SU!), cream (Neenah)
Ink: soft sky, tangerine tango, so saffron, pear pizzazz (SU!), walnut stain (Ranger Distress), black
Accessories: Happy Doodles Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), 1-1/8" circle punch (EK Success), glossy accents (Ranger), goosebumps rhinestones (Queen & Co.), hemp (Hemptique)