Just Breathe Blog Hop

Hi friends!  It's almost time for some new Verve to release into the world and we're celebrating with a blog hop!  Hooray! I had intended these sets for an early October release, but life has sent a few curve balls my way and I'm rolling with the punches.  No better way to roll with the punches, then a set themed around keeping up the fight, eh?  That's just what the Divas are serving up today in their spotlight hops.  I'm the first stop on the hop, so settle in and let's get to it!  Be sure to hop about and leave a little love on each of the Diva's amazing creations for a chance to win today's featured set, Just Breathe!

I had planned on making a completely different card for today, but my boys and I have been hit with a bug and there hasn't been any crafty time.  Luckily I made a little mixed-media tag with Just Breathe this weekend and decided it would be super easy to turn into a card.  So that's jut what I did!

I love this sentiment... just breathe.  It reminds me of that Ever After movie with Drew Barrymore, where she's about to enter the great hall all dolled up in her wings and she's so nervous and says, "Just breathe". So often I need to remember this, as my life is a bit crazy and I find myself holding my breath just gritting through the day. So that was my inspiration for the tag.  I used a die from the Good Works Flower Die Set we'll be spotlighting tomorrow to make the tag topper portion, then glued down some Tim Holtz butterfly tissue paper, added craft paints, a bit of whipped spackle stenciled dots and some accents with Stampers Big Brush pens.  The wings are highlighted with glossy accents and glitter to stand out and I stamped the  Just Breathe sentiment in archival ink and added some seam binding from the Autumn Elements and Truly Madly Deeply collections.

I've always loved photo corners, and couldn't resist adding a couple cute ones when I designed this set, to go along with the "I'm in your corner" sentiment.  I embossed the smaller photo corner in gold, then hand cut and added some 2mm pearls in the little circles and added to my tag.  The perfect accent in my opinion.  {grin}

The background is done with a Donna Downey stencil.  I flipped the stencil over, rubbed some worn lipstick and tattered rose inks directly on the stencil, spritzed with water and then layed my cardbase directly onto the inky stencil. As a happy accident, there was a bit of antique linen already on the stencil from a previous project, and it tied in very nicely with the gold accent I had already added.  I layered a doily behind my tag, sprinkled a bit of glass glitter and added a couple more embossed photo corners to accent the edges of the card and I was finished.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed my spotlight and have a grand old time hopping around to the rest of the Diva blogs!

Next up on the hop is Teresa!

1. Julee 5. Maureen 2. Teresa 6. Amber 3. Charmaine 7. Andrea 4. Marisa 8. Christyne

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 the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!


Enabler's List
Stamps: Just Breathe (Verve Stamps)
Paper: white card stock, Melange tissue paper (Tim Holtz Idea-Ology), doily
Ink: archival black (Ranger), tattered rose, worn lipstick, antique linen (Ranger Distress), VersaMark, Stampers Big Brush Pitt Pens (Faber Castell)
Accessories: Good Works Flower Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Autumn Elements Ribbon Collection, Truly Madly Deeply Ribbon Collection (Verve), paint (liquitex basics), gesso, gold embossing powder (Judikins), Poppy Collage stencil (Donna Downey), dots layering stencil (Tim Holtz), glass glitter (SU!), flatback pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), whipped spackle (Faber Castell)