April Verve Spotlight Hops Day 3

Hi friends! We're back with another day of hopping counting down to our new release tomorrow. I hope you'll hop along with us to see the inspiration the Divas are sharing.  Leave a little comment love for them as you hop about for  a chance to win some shiny new Verve!

I'm the first stop on the Day 3 April New Release Spotlight Hop, so if you didn't arrive here from another hop spot you're in the perfect place to jump right in! All of the stamps and dies you've been seeing will be available in the Verve shop tomorrow morning (4/10/18)! Just one more sleep until new Verve! If you missed our earlier hops, you can click here for my Day One and Day Two posts.

Today the Divas and our special guest, Michele Greenwood, are featuring the new Sentimental Wishes stamp set and the Lacey Frames and Lacey Trim Duo die sets. Yesterday I wrote about a little wishlist in my head for stamps I'd like to have. I've been struggling over the past couple years trying to balance life and work and health and kiddos and stamping hasn't been the creative refuge it once was for me. So in one of my creative lulls I sat down and asked myself what I didn't have that I would like to stamp with.

Small sentiments came to mind first and foremost. They've always been a favorite of mine to add to a card, tag or treat packaging. With the retirement of many of our earlier sets, the smaller sentiments were missing from the Verve catalog. So Sentimental Wishes fills that hole, with 21 new sentiments all sized at about 1" wide to fit your smaller punches and dies.

And to make things even easier, I designed the Lacey Frames die set with a scalloped square and circle that will frame these fun sentiments beautifully. Hooray!

For today's card, I was super excited to pair this set with the Karen Burniston Coffee Cup Pop-Up die set I recently ordered. It's no secret that I love coffee and since I love to give gift cards, this seemed like the perfect die set for me!

I knew I wanted a cup on the front of the card as well as the pop up inside, so I cut two sets of everything I wanted to use. Next I worked on layering it all together, adding a bit of sponging along the outer edges of the cup for some dimension.

The sentiments I chose from Sentimental Wishes were just for you on the card front and thanks a latte inside with the Starbucks gift card. I had a tough time deciding whether or not to go with the coffee break sentiment on the front, but in the end decided on just for you and will just have to make another one soon! 😉  I stamped both sentiments on soft sky circles, then layered onto the circle from the Lacey Frames die set. I just love the look!


The pop-up feature is so cool.  Here's what it looks like when you open the card. Isn't that sip stopper so cute?

To tie in the soft sky accents, I stamped the heart from the set randomly down the right side of the card front and in a line down the inside of the card as well.  I added little border accents with the smaller border from the Lacey Trim Duo die set. A few stickers and some patterned paper and I was finished.

That's all for me, next on the hop is our super duper fabulous Guest Diva, Michele!

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 below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog post today for the full hop list, prize details and a little more on this fun new set.

Day 3 Hop List 1. Julee 5. Laurie 2. Michele (Guest) 6. Marisa 3. Betty 7. Maureen 4. Charmaine 8. Teresa

Enabler's List
Stamps: Sentimental Wishes (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Saucy (Authentique), soft sky, crumb cake, early espresso, basic black (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: jet black (Altenew), pumice stone distress (Ranger), soft sky (SU!)
Accessories: Lacey Frames  Lacey Trim Duo  (A Cut Above by VERVE), Coffee Cup Pop-Up die set (Karen Burniston), black dew drops (Nuvo), puffy stickers