Just Be

Welcome to Day 3 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.

Okay, on to the sneaky peeks!!!  Our spotlight for today is shining on a new set called Words of Wisdom, plus the  Notebook and Graph Paper Plain Janes, as well as the coordinating Rounded Rectangle Die.

As many of you who read my blog know, I've recently started doing mixed-media and art journaling.  As I was creating, I realized that I wanted some large meaningful quotes and inspirational sayings to add to my pages.  So I started designing Words of Wisdom with that in mind, and it (and the graphic feel it evokes) became the basis for the entire release of stamps.  And while this is one of the first times I've designed a set based solely on what I wanted and not what I thought others might want, it's near and dear to my heart.  I had art journaling on my mind, but these sentiments are perfect encouraging quotes for cards, scrapbook pages and all types of creations.  I know the Divas will have some fabulous samples to inspire your papercrafting!

This is one of the first journal pages I made with this set.  The background of colors is made with a variety of paints, gelatos and watercolor crayons.  I've been fascinated with birds sitting on a wire or branches lately, and I think it's because they are so content to just be.  They aren't flitting around from thing to thing, just content with where they are in the moment.  Something I would so like to be.  So I designed this page around that thought, sketching in a branch for a chipboard bird that I painted over to sit on.  The simplicity word is part of an old Simplicity pattern and I wrote in the "of heart" to complete the thought.

Next I added the rolled sheet music in the corner with mod podge, adding some distress stain and paint to it, then stamping the "just be" sentiment from Words of Wisdom directly on the rolled paper and doodling a little heart with copic markers.  The flowers in the corner are a Crafter's Workshop Stencil that I used with light molding paste and then painted over once it was dry.  I finished adding some texture with rubons.

I think someone asked last time I posted a journal page what I created my journal pages on.  Here I'm using a spiral bound Strathmore Visual Journal  (Watercolor 140 lb) in the 5.5" x 8" size.  And yes, I do create right in the book.  Here's a look at it with its accompanying page, which uses the you matter sentiment and arrow from Words of Wisdom.

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 8. Sarah {Guest} 2. Charmaine 9. Marisa {Guest} 3. Tosha 10. Laurie 4. Andrea 11. Amy 5. Sankari 12. Shannan 6. Teresa 13. Betty 7. Jackie 14. Maureen

Enabler's Lists:
just be page
Stamps: Words of Wisdom (Verve)
Paper: Visual Journal Notebook (Strathmore), sheet music
Ink: Jet Black Archival, paints, Gelatos and PITT Pens (Faber-Castell), Distress Stains, Copic markers
Accessories: light molding paste, stencils (Crafter's Workshop), vintage pattern (Simplicity), modpodge, chipboard bird, Far East Rubons (SU!)

you matter page
Stamps: Words of Wisdom (Verve)
Paper: Visual Journal Notebook (Strathmore), dictionary paper
Ink: Jet Black Archival, paints, PanPastels, Gelatos, Pitt pens (Faber-Castell), Teal India Ink (Bombay), Distress Stains (Ranger)
Accessories: light molding paste, paper doily , Far East Rubons (SU!)