Easy Living Day 1 Blog Hop

Hi friends! It's FINALLY release week at Verve again!  We're kicking things off with 6 days of blog hops, sharing our first looks at the brand new stamps & dies along with opportunities to win a little Verve of your very own!  I'm the first stop on the hop, so get comfy and let your fingers do the hopping!  There's a chance to win today's featured products just for commenting along the hop, too!

If you were following along with the Coffee Lovers Bloghop last week, you've probably seen a peek or two of today's featured set, Get Together. There are some fun new sentiments in this set, including a nod to the cocoa and chai lovers out there.  I've also included some fun polka dot, line art and striped versions of coffee/tea cups in other sets that are sized to fit our previously released Cup of Cheer and Cuppa Tea die sets.

Mojo Monday 402 Sketch

My card for today uses this week's Mojo Monday 402 sketch.  It's our first week with brand-new team members, Justin Krieger and Lori Tecler, so be sure to head on over to their blogs to see their Mojo cards and congratulate them on making the Mojo Monday team!

In addition to Father's Day coming up this Sunday, this week is also packed with birthdays for my Mom and Father-in-Law, so I thought I'd make a masculine card today.  My Father-in-Law loves coffee and the outdoors, so I thought a wilderness feel would go nicely for his birthday card. I started by stamping the mug from Get Together on This & That designer paper so that the elk image would be front and center.I paper pieced bottom & handle with cut out images from another designer paper.

The sentiment is stamped onto the same green graph paper and I tucked a little leaf die cut from the Butterfly Dreams Die Set that we'll be featuring later in the week. I cut another large circle from the same paper I stamped the coffee mug, then layered them all together, adding two strips of grosgrain ribbon and a spiral clip for the coffee steam.  Finished off with some distressed edges and early espresso matting.

I hope you've enjoyed today's spotlight! If you want to see more of this set from me, I have another card on the Verve Blog today, as well as a few sneak peeks posted over the last week.  Come on back tomorrow as I switch gears to an elegant clean & simple card using a set designed by Chaitali!

Next up on the hop is the fabulous 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 below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for a little more about our new products, an introduction of our fabulous special guests, and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Andrea 2. Stacey 8. Christyne 3. Teresa 9. Janelle 4. Amber 10. Amy 5. Marisa 11. Shantaie 6. Charmaine

Enabler's List
Stamps: Get Together (releasing 6/19 from Verve Stamps)
Paper: This & That (Echo Park), early espresso (SU!), cream
Ink: vintage photo, antique linen distress ink, black archival ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Butterfly Dreams Die Set (releasing 6/19 from Verve),  classic circles nestabilities (Spellbinders), grosgrain ribbon (SU!), spiral clip (The Paper Studio)