By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Happy Thursday!  Today’s the final day in our New Release Spotlight Hops and we’re shining our Verve spotlight on a new set called To the Moon and a couple coordinating Plain Jane singles.I’m the first stop along the hop, so be sure to check out the master hop list at the bottom of the post.  One lucky commenter on one of the hop spots today will win today’s featured stamps!  Hooray!

My card for today features the To the Moon set and the new Jotted Heart Die.  The I love you to the moon and back sentiment in this set has a trio of stars or hearts to mix and match with it.  I added the stars and accented them with some silver Stickles.  The sentiment is stamped on a Vintage Oval diecut and lightly sponged with marina mist ink.

I found a little scrap of fabric in my stash and cut it out with the Jotted Heart die, frayed the edges, then stitched to a cardstock heart and inked the edges with Marina Mist.  As I mentioned yesterday, my sewing machine and I are not friends, and my stitching was so terrible I decided to cover it up with silver stickles!  LOL

I had the glitter star in my stash and added a button and some silver cording to it, then decided I wanted some more glitzy stars, so I used the SU! small star punch and also stamped and cut out the moon from the set and covered with German glass glitter to match.  I finished off with some silvery ribbon and a background embossed with the Swirls & Stars embossing folder from Sizzix.

Okay, here’s the hop list for today!  Happy hopping!

1. Julee{ME!} 8. Debbie 2. Charmaine 9. Sankari 3. Amber 10. Andrea 4 .Amy 11. Tosh 5. Laurie 12. Piali 6. Teresa 13. Maureen 7. Jackie

Aqua Love Notes and a Hop

Happy Wednesday!  And welcome to day two of Verve's January New Release Spotlight Hops!  Today we're sneaking a dozen or so peeks at a new set called Love Notes that will release this Friday night.  If you've already been hopping, you're halfway through, if not check out the master list of hops below.  And don't forget to leave a little comment love as you hop around for a chance to win Love Notes for your very own!

And here's the first card I made with Love Notes.  Most of you know that I love aqua, so even though there are piles and piles of Valentine papers on my desk, I reached for this aqua scrap of paper from the Fine and Dandy collection by My Mind's Eye.  My sewing machine and I are not on speaking terms right now, so I did a little faux stitching, adding some ticket corners with an SU! punch.  The jotted heart stamp is from Love Notes and I cut it out with the coordinating Jotted Heart Die, then colored the frame part with a Copic marker, accented with Stardust Stickles and then inked lightly with basic gray ink for a little weathered effect.  Oh, and somewhere in there, I stamped the fancy Love sentiment in the center of the heart.

That cool little border strip is the Icing die from TCP.  I accented the die cut with a few black pearls and some super cool teardrop rhinestones from Pizzazz Aplenty, and layered over my patterned paper.  The background paper is from the SU! Naturals DSP pack and I embossed it with the Valentine Set #4 embossing folder from Sizzix, then sanded it lightly to highlight it.  I finished off with some scrumptious wrinkled ribbon and a Maya Road stick pin.

Okay, that's all from me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the hop!!!

1. Laurie 7. Charmaine 2. Tosh 8. Amber 3. Piali 9. Sankari 4.Teresa 10. Debbie 5 .Amy 11. Jackie 6. Julee {ME!} 12. Andrea

Sweet Trio - Verve Spotlight Hop

Happy Tuesday!  Today is the first day of Verve's New Release Spotlight Hops and we're starting things off with a bang! Our previews today includes three new dies and two sets.   For the full list of hops and prize info, be sure to read to the bottom of this post! 

This cute little trio of tags showcases two new sets, Sweet Treats and Swirling Hearts that coordinate with our existing A Cut Above dies as well as a couple of new dies!  I stamped the swirly tag from Sweet Treats on white card stock in regal rose, real red and melon mambo, then cut out with the Sweet Scallop Tag Die.

The center of the stamped tag has an opening to stamp a sentiment, but I chose to just punch a 1.25" circle in coordinating cardstock as a background for a little sentiment tag.  The smaller sentiments are from the Swirling Hearts set and will all work with your smaller punches and dies.  On the first two tags, I've used the Stampin! Up! modern label punch for the sentiment, then layered some Martha Stewart felt hearts and accented with pearls and rhinestones from Pizzazz Aplenty.  The sweet treats sentiment is from the Sweet Treats set, and I hand cut the little flag, drawing in a thin little frame.  I finished each tag off with a little baker's twine.  Such a simple project, but so fun to make!

The Prize Info:  Okay, since a new release is definitely something to celebrate, we've hidden a prize along the hop today!  One lucky commenter on one of the Day 1 Hop Spots will win today's featured stamps and dies... Swirling Hearts, Sweet Treats, Classy Label Die, Jotted Heart Die and the Embossed Oval Die!  So be sure to leave a little comment love for the Divas, so you can be one of the first to get these yummy new toys!  Comment deadline is 6PM Mountain on Friday, January 7.  Winners will be announced at our ReLeAsE pArTy that night! 

If you've already been hopping along, I'm the caboose, and thanks so much for hopping along with us today!  And if you've just happened along, be sure to check out the list of hops below. 

1. Andrea 7. Debbie 2. Sankari 8. Amber 3. Jackie 9. Charmaine 4. Teresa 10. Laurie 5. Piali 11. Julee {That's ME!} 6. Tosh

We'll see you tomorrow with the Day 2 Spotlight Hop!