Eat More Cupcakes Day 1 Hop

Hi friends!  It's the first day of our Anni-VERVE-sary spotlights, so tune in all week long for 6 days of sneak previews of the stamps & dies that will release this Saturday, August 30.  We're giving away a $50 gift code to the Verve store each day to a lucky commenter along the hop, so be sure to give the gals a shout out as you hop along!  We've got the fabulous Monika Davis as our guest this release, and if you're not familiar with her, I know you're just going to love what you see!

I'm the first stop on the hop, so if you're just popping in, pull up a bean bag and stay awhile.  :)

It's also the last Monday of the month, which means it's tall & skinny week at Mojo Monday. This week's sketch was just perfect for the new build-a-cupcake set that Chaitali illustrated and the girls are peeking today.  I love tall cards and ovals are really lovely... I should use them more often!

For my card, I started with the cupcakes, stamping the tops in strawberry slush and the bottoms in pool party.  Next I added the life is short sentiment in black, then cut one of the cupcakes out by hand to pop up over my design.  I added a vellum scalloped circle mat to my oval, dressing it up with some liquid pearls on each scallop.  The chalkboard  layer is DP that I stamped randomly with the three different cupcake fonts in the set in white mix'd media ink and then smudged with my fingers.  I added the small cupcakes word on a vellum word window punch, over a seam ribbon bow from the Signature collection.  My back layers are strawberry slush and pool party that I taped together  and then embossed with a polka dot folder and sponged a little of that jasmine ink.  I finished off with some scattered sequins from the new Signature Sequin Collection.

That's it for me today!  Next up on the hop is... Teresa

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win a $50 gift code to Verve! So be sure to leave a little comment on each blog on the list to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Monika {Guest} 2. Teresa 8. Stacey 3. Chaitali 9. Maureen 4. Amber 10. Laurie 5. Charmaine 11. Janelle 6. Marisa 12. Christyne

Mojo Monday 360

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cupcakes (releasing 8/30 from Verve Stamps)
Paper: strawberry slush, pool party (SU!), Chalk Talk (MME), vellum, white
Ink: strawberry slush, pool party (SU!), Jasmine (Mix'd Media Inx), black
Accessories: Signature Sequin Mix, Signature Ribbon Collection (Verve), Petite & Petite Scallop Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), polka dot embossing folder, word window punch, liquid pearls