Bundle of JOY

Happy Sunday peeps!  In case you missed all the fabulous samples the Divas shared at our release party Friday night, there's an After Party going on over at the Verve Blog today! The Divas are each sharing one of their favorite projects from the new release and it's a whole lot of awesomeness in one post, I tell ya.

Here's my favorite card.  Chloe and her basket from Chicks Rule had a little play date with the gang from To the Moon, and this is their little play date portrait...

 
Isn't that fun?  The basket from Chicks Rule is colored and cut out.  I stamped the handle on a long panel, then Emery the Elephant and JayJay the Giraffe from to the Moon and Chloe from Chicks Rule piled  inside and I placed the cut-out basket over them.  Since they're peeking over the sides, I was able to move the basket a ways below the end of the handle, giving more room for JayJay to peek his long neck out.

The sentiment is from To the Moon and I stamped it on an Embossed Oval Die cut.  Then to jazz it up, I cut and layered four of the new Charming Oval Die cuts, then arranged them as a backdrop for the Embossed Oval.  LOVE the look of it!   I tied a bit of Sahara Gold Metallic Dream String from Pizzazz Aplenty around the long rectangle. This stuff is so shiny and fun to work with!  A few little buttons and a whole lot of liquid pearls finished everything off.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!

Enabler's List:
Stamps: Chicks Rule, To the Moon (Verve)
Paper: Dilly Dally (Making Memories), Crumb Cake, Barely Banana (SU!), Cream
Ink: Early Espresso (SU!), Copic markers
Accessories: Charming Oval Die Set, Embossed Oval Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Long Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Mini Punch Pack (SU!), Sahara Gold Metallic Dream String (Pizzazz Aplenty), Buttons (Making Memories), Sand Flower Soft, Bisque Liquid Pearls (Ranger)

Chloe's Casa Spotlight Day 3

Hola peeps!  Today is the final day of Spotlight Hops! Tonight we'll be revealing the new sets and dies from 9-11pm Eastern at our Release Party!  Drop on by... there will definitely be something to chirp about!

In the meantime, Let's Go to the HOP!!!  All the cats and CHICKS can get their kicks at the hop!  And today we're kicking off the first peeks at a set called Chicks Rule, a whimsical set for all the chicks in your life!  The Divas are also debuting the Flutterby Die today, which coordinates with the butterfly from this fun set.  And you guessed it... there's a prize hidden on one of today's hop spots, so leave a little shout-out in the comments as you hop about for a chance to win some new Vervey goodness!  But you better hurry, the deadline for commenting is tonight at 6pm Mountain!  Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details and to meet the three Chicklets debuting in this set.

You can find the master hop list at the bottom of this post, but for now I'll turn your attention to my project for today... Chloe's Casa featuring Chicks Rule,  the Charming Oval Die Set and  the Sweet Birdhouse Template Set & Cutting Files from Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs.  Isn't this little birdhouse template just the cutest???

I cut the birdhouse shapes from Quite Contrary designer paper using my Cricut Expression and SCAL software, then assembled.  Although there's also a PDF included in Kelleigh's template set, so you could totally do this "old school" with scissors. {wink} The template cuts a peephole out, but I wanted a scallop edge to match the roof, so I simply punched a 1-3/8" circle punch out of espresso cardstock, then punched around the negative of the shape with the scallop circle punch and glued my resulting frame around the peephole.

Chloe from Chicks Rule is the perfect sized chick to hang out in this little Casa, so I colored her with prismacolor pencils and gamsol, then tucked her inside.  The flower in her hair matches the solo flower in the set, so I punched it out with one of the punches from the SU! mini punch pack, then colored with Copics and popped up for a little dimension.  It looked so cute, I decided to giver her a little garden of flowers at the base of her little casa.

The sentiment is one of my favorite's from the Chicks Rule set, and is stamped on the largest die from the Charming Oval Die Set.  To give it a quick little mat (and a little pouch to tuck my stick pin), I simply cut two more of the large charming oval from early espresso and staggered them above and below the cream layer.  That triple pearl stick pin is a scrumptious little treat from Pizzazz Aplenty and I finished off with some aqua shabby wrinkled ribbon.

So that wraps it up for me today!  I hope to see y'all tonight at the party!  Happy hopping!!!

1. Maureen 7. Sankari 2. Amy 8. Tosh 3. Amber 9. Julee (ME) 4. Janelle 10. Andrea 5. Teresa 11. Charmaine 6. Laurie

Enabler's List:
Stamps: Chicks Rule (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Quite Contrary (My Mind's Eye), Early Espresso (SU!), Cream
Ink: Early Espresso (SU!), Prismacolor pencils & gamsol, Copic markes, Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Charming Oval Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Sweet Birdhouse Cutting Files (Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs), Mini Punch Pack, 1-3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch (SU!), shabby wrinkled ribbon (Prairie Bird Boutique), Triple Pearl stick pins (Pizzazz Aplenty, Cricut Expression, SCAL software

Charming Oval Spotlight Day 2

Hi friends!  It's Day 2 of our New Release Spotlights, and time to shine our sneaky Verve spotlight on some more new stamps and dies!  Follow the hop list at the bottom of this post to see our first looks at Egg-stra Special and the Charming Oval and Charming Banner die sets.  And because we love to celebrate, there's a prize hidden on one of today's hop spots, so leave a little shout-out in the comments as you hop about for a chance to win some new Vervey goodness!  You can check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details, deadlines and a little more chitchat about today's featured stamps and dies.

You can find the master hop list at the bottom of this post, but for now I'll turn your attention to the debut of the Egg-Stra Special set and Charming Oval Die Set. 

I went for an elegant looking card showcasing the new Charming Oval Die Set.  It's a set of three dies that layer together.  I used the smallest die as an Easter egg and cut three of them from some Hello Luscious paper.  I remember as a child  being mesmerized by all the colorful and ornate glass eggs in store windows at Easter time, so that was my inspiration for this card.  I added a cream charming oval mat and bermuda bay, purely pomegranate and wild wasabi outer mats.  Then I dressed things up with two sizes of shiny gold pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty.

That little loopy border is is one of my faves and is made using the Apron border from TCP.  I found this fun Sizzix embossing folder on my last trip to the craft store and had to bring it home with me.  For the sentiment panel, I embossed the Easter blessings sentiment and the Vintage Oval Frame stamp in detail gold.  I colored in the outer line of the vintage oval with a Copic marker, then matted on a Vintage Oval die cut from Wild Wasabi.

Well, that wraps it up for me today.  I posted my CASE Study challenge card a bit earlier, which has another peek at the new dies and an early peek of the set we'll be previewing tomorrow.  To see it, just scroll down to the next post or click here.  Tune in tomorrow for our final Spotlight Hop before the release party on Friday night!  Hope you have a fabulous time hopping today!  See ya soon!

1. Laurie 7. Julee (ME) 2. Charmaine 8. Sankari 3. Jackie 9. Janelle 4. Amber 10. Maureen 5. Tosh 11. Teresa 6. Andrea 12. Amy

Enabler's List:

Stamps: Egg-stra Special, Vintage Oval Frame (stamp) (Verve)
Paper: Hello Luscious (BasicGrey), Bermuda Bay, Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi (SU!), Cream
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: Charming Oval Die Set, Vintage Oval Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Gold detail embossing powder (Ranger), shiny gold pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), Apron border die (TCP), Flourish, Dots & Ribbon Textured Impression set (Sizzix), gold ribbon, Corner Chomper

Chicklet CASE Study

Hi everybody! This month I'm honored to be the guest muse over at the Case Study challenge blog! Each Thursday in March they'll be challenging you to be inspired by and loosely CASE a given card of mine.  There's usually a pretty cool prize, so I hope you'll play along with us!

This week, we're CASE-ing this shabby little card I made during my last trip to Laurie's.  Her craft room is so inspiring and I remember having so much fun laughing with her while I made this card using Joy for the Journey and the Vintage Oval stamp and die.  You can read more about the inspiration card on my original post.

For the remake I was inspired by the colors (a very Vervey combo), the layered punches and dies, as well as the diagonal ribbon.  My original card was made as a sneak peek of Verve's October release and today's card is a sneak peek of our March release that's coming up this Friday!

This little chicklet is from the Chicks Rule set the Divas will be previewing on Friday.  Yep, I got all mixed up on my days, so you're getting an extra sneaky peeky!  Good thing  I'm the owner, or I might be in trouble!  {wink}  Charley (yep, that's her name) is colored with prismacolor pencils and gamsol, then I trimmed her out, along with her little scepter and glued the crown on top, adding some turquoise pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty.  She's on a crumb cake background stamped with the title sentiment from the Chicks Rule set.

There's also a few new die sets releasing Friday, and a couple showed up on this card.  The Charming Oval and Charming Banner Die sets can be layered together and were designed to fit many of the sentiments in our Phrases line of stamps.  Here I thought the Princess of Quite a Lot from Munchkin Phrases was the perfect fit.  These layered dies are matted with the SU! scallop oval punch, then I added a mini rosette fit for a princess behind it all.  I finished off with some silk ribbon and a bit of bling.

Okay, that's all for this post, be sure to check out these inspired creations by the CASE Study Design team...

Iwona Palamountain

Amy Wanford

Andrea Ewen

Cristina Kowalczyk

Jean Martin

Julie Smith

Lenet Mos

Melyssa Connolly

Sue Kohler

Teneale Williams

Enabler's List:
Stamps: Chicks Rule, Munchkin Phrases (Verve)
Paper: Road Show (Fancy Pants), Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cream
Ink: Early Espresso (SU!), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress), Prismacolor Pencils & gamsol, Copics
Accessories: Charming Oval Die Set, Charming Banner Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Martha Stewart border punch, Mini Rosettes Die (Tim Holtz), Say it in Pearls bling (Prima), silk ribbon (May Arts), aqua flatback pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), Scallop Oval Punch (SU!), paper distresser, Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

Lucky Ducky Spotlight Day 1

Hi friends!  It's Wednesday, and time to shine our sneaky Verve spotlight on some brand new stamps!  The release Divas are putting on a little hop today to introduce you to a new set called Lucky Ducky and our Hope Perches Plain Jane.  And since we love to celebrate, there's a prize hidden on one of today's hop spots, so leave a little shout-out in the comments as you hop about for a chance to win some new Vervey goodness!  You can check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details, deadlines and a little bit about our fabulous Guest Diva, Janelle Stollfus.

Okay, so let's get this party started!!!  You can find the master hop list at the bottom of this post, but for now I'll turn your attention to this little debut of the Lucky Ducky set.  You'll also see a little peek-sy at one of the new die sets if you look closely.

My dear friend, Shannan, has been hinting around about wanting a ducky set literally since the dawn of Verve.  So when I sat down to illustrate some whimsical spring critters, I knew a duck would just have to make an appearance.  And thus began the happy little existence of a fellow I like to call Dax the duck. He's colored with Copics, cut out, then layered on two dies from the new Charming Oval Die Set.  I then stamped the sentiment from Lucky Ducky inside of the Vintage Oval Frame (stamped, colored and die cut with the Vintage Oval die).  And since he's just hanging out on a fine spring day, I added the kite from To the Moon.  I finished off with some Black Licorice Divine Twine, a little thin ric rac and some bling from Pizzazz Aplenty.  The trick to getting the twine to lay just right and curl up on the ends?  I place it how I want it, then use a toothpick to dab a tiny drop of Diamond Glaze on the paper below the twine, then press it in.  Once I get it just so, I then trim the ends and everything stays in place.  Here I added a couple drops under each side of the bow, to keep things all neat and tidy.

Well, that wraps it up for me.  If you missed my sneak peek of the Hope Perches Plain Jane, just scroll down to the next post or click here.  Tune in tomorrow for two sneaky peeks from me... my CASE study challenge card and our Day 2 Spotlight Hop.  Hope you have a fabulous time hopping today!  See ya soon!

1. Charmaine 7. Teresa 2. Janelle 8. Amber 3. Laurie 9. Tosh 4. Jackie 10. Amy 5. Sankari 11. Andrea 6. Julee (ME) 12. Maureen

Enabler's List:

Stamps: Lucky Ducky, Vintage Oval Frame (stamp), To the Moon
Paper: Roadshow Collection (Fancy Pants), Girl's Paperie DP, black, cream
Ink: A Muse Black Ink, Copic Markers
Accessories: Vintage Oval Die, Charming Oval Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Black Licorice Divine Twine (TCP), Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug), ric rac, rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty)