Any Day

Hi friends! It's the final day in June, and that means my run as a stamp company owner comes to a close today. What a fabulous run it has been and made a huge, indelible mark on my life. Thanks for your part in my journey!

Today's card uses some flowers I had already colored a week or so ago using the Blooming printable that comes free with purchase of the Blooming Die Set. I paired them with a sentiment from the Love From Me DIGITAL Set. The flowers are colored with clean color real brush markers and blended with a clear wink of stella glitter pen.

The background is actually a piece of cardstock I used to clean up my stencil after doing a distress oxide blending technique on another card. I liked the look, and added a skewed panel of black for some drama.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Enabler's List

Stamps: Love From Me DIGITAL Set, Blooming printable (Verve Stamps)

Paper: white, black

Ink: laser printer, clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), wink of stella glitter pen (Zig), pecock feathers distress oxide (Ranger)

Accessories: Blooming Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circle dies (MFT), enamel dots (BoBunny), rhinestone bumps, Woven stencil (Prima - Amazon affiliate link)

All Your Wishes

Hi friends! I'm popping in today with another card using a Shimmerz paints background and a fun printable that's available with purchase of the Blooming Die Set.  As I have time, I've been adding printables for the dies that have sold out stamp sets. It's been a fun process, looking back at some of these sets and coloring the images again.

Here I colored the flowers from the Bloming Printable with Kuretake clean color real brush markers and a clear wink of stella glitter pen., then cut with the Blooming Die Set The background was made mopping up some of the excess paint from my last card. I embossed the sentiment from Everything Nice in white directly onto the panel. This is one of my favorite birthday sentiments. I matted the panel with a white stitched rectangle, then added a strip of pacific point behind to break up the whites.  Finished off with a embossed striped white card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Everything Nice (Verve Stamps) Blooming Printable (Verve)
Paper: smooth bristol (Canson), pacific point (SU!)
Ink: Versamark, clean color real brush markers (Kuretake Zig), wink of stella clear glitter pen (Zig), It's Mint to Be and Anchor's Away Shimmerz paints (Shimmerz)
Accessories: Blooming Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched rectangle dies (Cottage Cutz), striped embossing folder (Cuttlebug), rhinestones

Enjoy Today

Hi friends! I'm popping in today with a little watercolor card I made with the August Verve release. Continuing in my watercolor all the things mode, I plopped some watercolors from the Pastel Dreams watercolor confections palette onto watercolor paper to make the background.

Next I plopped some pinks from the same palette onto another piece of watercolor paper and embossed the flowers from Bloom Brighter (3 small flowers and one larger one with leaves) in white, making sure to stamp the flower with the leaves so it would be in a white space.  Then I watercolored the leaves with a paintbrush, using a green from a different prima watercolor palette.  I cut the stamped images with the coordinating Blooming Die Set.

The sentiment is from Cake & Candles and I stamped it onto a Stitched Pennants die cut, then layered them all together and accented the center with a bumpy rhinestone.  The final touch was some Nuvo jewel drops. This was my first time adding them directly on the card like this, and well, I think I need some practice! My drops definitely have lots of "character". {grin}

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Bloom Brighter, Cake & Candles (Verve Stamps)
Paper: watercolor paper (Creatology)
Ink: Versamark, Pastel Dreams Watercolor Confections, The Classics Watercolor Confections (Prima)
Accessories: Blooming Die Set, Stitched Pennants Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Sea Breeze Jewel Drops (Nuvo), white embossing powder (JudiKins), adhesive rhinestone bump (Bead Landing)

Day 2 AnniVERVEsary Spotlight Hops

Hi friends! We're back with Day 2 of our 10th Anni-VERVE-sary release! I just loved all the sweet little peeks the Divas shared yesterday, and we've got even more in store for you today!

I'm the first stop on today's blog hop so WELCOME! Verve is releasing 4 new sets and 2 die sets on Monday, August 28. The Divas and our very special Guest Diva, Kelly Lunceford, are joined by three very talented former Divas. Amy Sheffer, Amy Kolling and Laurie Willison! There are prizes to be won each day of our hops, so let's get to it!

Today's feature is on the new Bloom Brighter stamp set and coordinating Blooming Die Set. Our very first Anni-VERVE-sary release brought a special commemorative set where each design team member chose a quote to be made into a stamp. This set was called Beautiful You and the flower included in this set is one of my all-time favorites. It seemed only fitting to give this simple flower image an update and bring it back for our 10th Anni-VERVE-sary release.

For my sneak peek today, I did a little watercoloring with Zig clean color real brush markers. I've never had much success with these, but I recently watched a couple videos by Tiffany Solorio  (she'll be joining us as an Alumni Guest later this week) and was inspired to give them another go. I loved the results and think I'll be reaching for these markers a lot more in the future! I stamped and embossed the outline flowers from Bloom Brighter, then colored with the Zig markers and cut with the coordinating Blooming Die Set.

The sentiment is stamped on a circle die cut and then I offset a black circle behind it to give a feeling of movement to the layout. I thought this sentiment would be perfect for either a birthday card or an encouragement card. I love sentiments that can go either way, don't you? The background is done with watercolor paper and some Flat Magicals. I loved how vibrant the colors turned out.  I finished off with a bit of washi tape down the side  and some bumpy adhesive rhinestones in the flower centers. I found these in the beading section at Michaels, and absolutely love them.

I've got another fun card with this set over on the Verve blog today, so don't forget to hop on over there for a little more inspiration!  If you already know you want the whole release, be sure to get in on the 30% off Buy It All Bundle pre-order.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Happy hopping!

Next up on the hop is Maureen.

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! Leave a little shout out in the comments section 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!

1. Julee 7. Amy K. (Alumni) 2. Maureen 8. Lesley 3. Betty 9. Christyne 4. Charmaine 10. Laurie 5. Marisa 11. Kelly (Guest) 6. Amy S. (Alumni) 12. Laurie W. (Alumni)

Enabler's List
Stamps: Bloom Brighter (Verve Stamps)
Paper: watercolor paper (Creatology), basic black (SU!)
Ink: onyx black (Versafine), Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers (Kuretake),  Hibiscus Rose Flat Magicals from Caribbean Cruise set (Lindys Stamp Gang)
Accessories: Blooming Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), clear embossing powder (JudiKins), circle dies, enamel dots, adhesive bump rhinestones (bead landing), washi tape