The Brave Thing To Do

Hi friends! There are so many thoughts swirling through my head today. The boys have finished Montessori school and summer is officially here and Verve closes for good this weekend. I don't deal well with transitions and usually avoid them at all costs and now there are transitions going on in pretty much every part of my life all at once! Ack!

One of my favorite movies is You've Got Mail and I always cry when Kathleen closes her shop. ALWAYS, always, always. I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch this movie right now, but I do remember a wonderful little scene that makes my heart feel a bit lighter today.

"Closing the store is the BRAVE thing to do...I know you don't feel it right now, you feel like a big, fat failure... but, YOU'RE NOT! You are marching into the unknown armed with.... nothing."  

Big, fat failure. How is it that we always see our failures so much clearer than our successes? One of my reasons for closing Verve is that overwhelming everyday feeling of failing at juggling being both a Mom and a business owner. Both are exceedingly tough, very rewarding, full-time jobs that are exhausting in their own right. I'm a very private, self-sufficient perfectionist, and I have a ridiculously hard time asking for help when I need it. RIDICULOUSLY hard. Crazy stuff like not sleeping and having intense panic attacks just to send an email to ask someone to be a guest designer. Crazy, right? Silently suffering through panic attacks, depression and heartbroken, soul wrenching emotions have been my companions the past few years of trying to balance a creative business and motherhood and it's time to lighten the load. So I do consider it the BRAVE thing to do to close my shop when I could continue going through the motions for many more years. I am marching into the unknown armed with nothing but my faith, my family and 11 years of memories from running a very loved business created from my heart. Seems like a lot more than nothing, don't you think?

I had intended to make a card for today, but the boys wanted me to play Monopoly Star Wars, and War and read Darth Vader and Son, and take them bowling and watch The Empire Strikes Back (sensing a theme?) yesterday and I just couldn't say no on their first day of summer break.  So I'm just highlighting a few cards from times gone by using the three sets that are still left in the shop.  All remaining stamps and dies are 75% off and Saturday is the final day!

This card uses sentiments from Geared Up and a robot image from Birthday Bots, but you could easily just substitute the robot in Geared Up to make the card. I added some Mickey Mouse punched shapes and drew in some balloon strings by hand for accent. I absolutely love using the numbers in this set for birthday cards. And the gears images make for an easy randomly stamped masculine card or steam punk background.

This card uses the Twitterpated stamp set. Love the sweet little butterfly, which I colored and then coated with glossy accents and a sprinkling of glitter. The sentiments are perfect for adding to a heart die cut or making a little sentiment banner. Such a sweet little set and I'm especially fond of the Hearts & Swirls frame in the set.

And finally, here's a favorite card I made with the Pinecone Christmas stamp set. No fancy coloring here, just embossing in gold on cream cardstock and layering with some circle die cuts.  Classy and elegant, this is one of my favorite Christmas sets. I also love the card below, where I used the pine branches and pinecone images and my MISTI for a watercolored stamping effect.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and listening to my rambling heart. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Poinsettia Keeping Christmas

It's the 25th of the month and time again to join some of my crafty friends for our monthly Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop! The idea of the hop is to both to bring you a little dose of holiday inspiration throughout the year and also have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018. If you've already been hopping along, you should have arrived from Claire's blog. If you're just popping in, read on for all the details!

For my April installment, I started out with the Sugar Plum paper pad from My Mind's Eye. I bought this pad of paper a couple years ago and am not sure I've ever successfully made a card with it! I loved the soft pastel, non-traditional colors, but something almost always draws me back to red and green for my Christmas cards. I didn't really stray too far, though... a soft green and pink. 

I also had in my head some beautiful marbled looking pink poinsettias I saw at the grocery store last season and wanted to try to recreate them with stamps. So I pulled out the Pinecone Christmas stamp set and my trusty MISTIs and got to work inking up the outline image in archival black. Next came the solid poinsettia in rose quartz. Then I applied puffy heart to just the center of each solid poinsettia stamp and used a waterbrush to spread it out and stamped again.  I used the same technique with the green inks for the leaves.  This was my first real attempt at multi-step stamping with the MISTI, and oh my word does it make it easy to do multiples! I had both my original and mini MISTI out so I could keep the stamps in place and just turn the paper as needed. Such a time (and sanity) saver!

The poinsettias are cut with the coordinating Poinsettia Pinecones die set and then accented with some rhinestone stickers. The sentiment is from the Beyond Measure stamp set.  I cut it out with a stitched circle die and then used the die as a stencil to sponge some of the rose quartz inside to pull some more of the pink into the design of the card.  I matted this with a scallop circle die cut.  For the trim, I cut both of the dies from the new Lacey Trim Duo die set in white, then layered them together for an elegant accent.

Since I was having so much fun making poinsettias I decided to make a matching box to go with this card. The design is a 3.5" square soap box (click here for the tutorial I used) made from thin white cardstock using the envelope punch board. It seemed like the perfect size to tuck in a treat, gift card or other trinket for the boys' teachers next year. I used the same basic design as the card, with a slightly smaller circle and a different sentiment from the Beyond Measure set. I attached my stamped pieces directly to the belly band, which I also adorned with 3.5" lengths cut with the Lacey Trim Duo die set. That way in December I can just slip off the belly band, fill the box and I'm ready to rock and roll!

Okay, now it's time to hop along and check out all the other fabulous posts on the hop. I'm so excited to hop along and see everyone's creations! The hop is hosted on the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning. Or continue on to visit Kim Heggins if you've already been hopping along!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan (taking a break this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe (taking a break this month)

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman {You are here}

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Pinecone Christmas, Beyond Measure (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Sugar Plum (MME), white (Neenah)
Ink: rose quartz, puffy heart, moss, frayed leaf (Altenew), black archival (Ranger)
Accessories: Poinsettia Pinecones and Lacey Trim Duo die sets (A Cut Above by VERVE), rhinestone stickers, MISTI, stitched circle die, scallop circle Nestabilities (spellbinders), Envelope Punch Board (WRMK)

Poinsettia Joy

Hi friends! I've got a little Christmas in July recap of the current Viva la Verve sketch for you today. You have until Thursday, July 28 to get your entries in for this month's prize drawing.

Well, I had a bit of fun digging through one of my Christmas drawers and rediscovered some glittery snowflake stickers I found on clearance at the end of last season and just had to find a way to use them on my card.

I started out with the poinsettia image from Pinecone Christmas, stamping in archival ink on distress watercolor cardstock.  I then colored with Zig Real Brush Clean Color markers and a water brush and cut with the coordinating Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set.  The Joy to the World plain jane sentiment is embossed  in gold on a vellum panel which I inked with antique linen and vintage photo inks.  Behind this I layered a piece of designer paper, then set things down to get the snowflakes and everything tilted.  I liked the look of it, so went all skewed with the sketch.  I added some gold thread behind my poinsettia, accenting the center with teeny tiny rhinestones.

To finish off, I cut one of the glitzy snowflakes in half and glued it to the bottom edge of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you have a fabulous weekend.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Pinecone Christmas (Verve Stamps)
Paper: October Afternoon, vellum, white (Neenah)
Ink: Black archival, vintage photo and antique linen distress (Ranger), Real brush clean color markers (Zig)
Accessories: Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), gold embossing powder (Ranger), glitzy snowflakes (Recollections), rhinestones, gold thread

Very Merry Mojo

Hi friends!  It's Monday again already (don't the weekends just fly by?) and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch.  This will be our last sketch of 2015, as the Mojo team will be on holiday the last two weeks of December.

For my card, I used the Cup of Kindness digital set.  I cut the merry Christmas sentiment using the Flourished Tag Die Set, then hand cut a mat for it by tracing around the edge of the die and hand cutting.  I sponged with antique linen ink for a vintage look.  The to go cups are colored with Copic markers and cut out and the poinsettia is from the Pinecone Christmas set.  I embossed in gold, then cut with the coordinating Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set and colored with Copics.  I did stamp some more cups on the soft sky layer, but they were a little brighter than I wanted, so I added some texture paste with a stencil for a snowy feel.

This card is also for both the Cup of Kindness inspiration challenge and the Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  I just love seeing all the coffee, tea and cocoa cards around the blog-o-sphere!  Check out the Coffee Lovers master hop post for all the details!  Hope you have a super creative start to your week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday 428 Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cup of Kindness digital set, Pinecone Christmas, Get Together (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Holiday Style dp (October Afternoon), soft sky, pumice stone (SU!), cream (Neenah)
Ink: Versamark, antique linen (Ranger), Copic markers, pool party (SU!), laser printer
Accessories: Flourished Tag Die Set, Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set (A Cut ABove by VERVE), seam binding and polka dot ribbon (SU!), linen thread (TCP), jingle bells, dot fade stencil, texture paste, rhinestones

Viva la Merry

Hi friends! It's been a long week of sickness for me, but it's finally Friday!  And Friday means there's a new Viva la Verve sketch posted.  This week's sweet sketch is hosted by Charmaine.  I loved the possibilities with all the straight lines.

I still had that inspiration graphic from this week's Card Concept challenge in  my mind, so rummaged a bit in my bin of vintage Christmas ephemera and came out with some goodies to pair with the watercolored pine cones I made in the video I posted on Monday.

Since the stamping with the Pinecone Christmas set had already been done, I simply sponged all my layers with the antique linen distress ink and roughed them up a bit with a paper distresser.  I looped a bit of wide striped ribbon for my long horizontal panel and hung a teeny star ornament below it all. Super easy... which is just what my loopy cough medicine self requested on a Thursday night!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful start to your weekend.

Viva la Verve Nov. Wk 3 Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps: Pinecone Christmas (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Holiday Style (October Afternoon), crumb cake (SU!), watercolor paper (Fabriano)
Ink: real brush clean color markers (Zig), antique linen distress (Ranger)
Accessories: wide striped ribbon (SU!), star ornament (Jolee's Boutique), ephemera (Making Memories and City Sidewalks by Pink Paislee), InkaGold (viva decor), glossy glaze, glitter, MISTI

Watercolor Pine Cones

Hi friends!  It's Monday already and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch.  I've been a bit under the weather the past few days and have pretty much lost my voice and can't stop coughing. Thankfully, Mark's parents took the boys for a sleepover on Saturday night, so Mark and I could rest up a little over the weekend. I got a chance to stamp and even make a short little rambling video!

I finally installed the upgrade to Windows 10 on my laptop and am happy to say that my iPhone now speaks the same language as my computer.  Finally!  So you might be seeing a few short little practice videos here and there from me as I get more comfortable being on video.  You have to start somewhere, right?  Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see from me.

In the video below, (click here to view directly on my YouTube channel)  I show the watercolor stamping technique I did for the pine branch image on this card using the Pinecone Christmas set.  I loved how it turned out and it was so easy (especially with the MISTI alignment tool).  I've often seen watercolor stamping where you mist the stamp, but that always was a bit messy and too diluted for me. I decided to try stamping the image in color, then using a water brush on the stamp and stamping again.  This keeps a bit more definition to the image and the water moves in just the right places. Easy, breezy, beautiful!  ;)

The poinsettia is embossed in gold and water colored with clean color real brush markers and accented with glossy glaze and glitter.  I found this lovely scrap of Authentique paper for the background that had a hint of green.  The banners up top are patterned paper that I crimped, then sanded so some whit would show through.  I also painted a bit of inkagold on the edges and around the base of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful start to your week. Be sure to head on over to Mojo Monday to see what the other designers did with this week's sketch.

Enabler's List

Mojo Monday 424 Sketch

Stamps: Pinecone Christmas (Verve Stamps)
Paper: authentique and SU! scraps, shiny gold cardstock (JoAnn), pearlized cardstock (Paper Accents)
Ink: Versamark, Clean Color Real Brush Markers (Zig)
Accessories: Rounded Scallop Frame Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), glossy glaze, dazzling diamonds, gold embossing powder, circles stax (MFT), classic circle dies (Spellbinders), paper corrugator, gold cording, lace trim, liquid pearls, InkaGold, MISTI

Preparing Room

Hi friends!  It's been a crazy month for me and I thought I'd pop in and change up the scenery.  The twins are transitioning to separate classrooms at school and it's an emotional roller coaster for everyone involved.  They seem to do great right up until recess time, then they want to head back to their classroom to be together.  My heart hurts as I see both sides of needing their own experiences, but also sharing such a deep bond that it hurts to be apart.  So lots of tears at our house lately.

Anyhow, I was straightening up my office today and found this card I made a while back.  At the time, the Every Heart plain jane was out of stock and I set it aside and forgot about it.  I believe it's also the card that I started from when designing this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  I haven't had a chance to play along yet this week, but am still hopeful. {grin}

I did a little smooshing on the Flourished Tag with some distress inks, then stamped the Every Heart (now finally back in stock!) plain jane over the top in Archival ink.  The pine cone branches are from the Pinecone Christmas set and I inked them up with distress inks, spritzed a bit of water and then stamped for a watercolor effect directly on the card base.  The poinsettia is from the same set and cut with the coordinating Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set.  I finished off with a bit of golden thread behind the tag.

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

Enabler's List
Stamps: Pinecone Christmas, Every Heart Plain Jane (Verve Stamps)
Paper: watercolor distress (Ranger), white (Neenah)
Ink: scattered straw, wild honey, forest moss, gathered twigs distress ink, black archival ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Flourished Tag Die Set, Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set (A Cut above by VERVE), glossy accents, gold thread

Pink Poinsettias

Hi friends!  It's Monday again and time for another Mojo Monday sketch.  I'm a little late with my sample today because I was hit with a severe cluster headache yesterday afternoon and couldn't do anything.  I tried everything from creams to migraine meds to essential oils and NOTHING helped.  I finally fell asleep in the wee hours and woke up only feeling bludgeoned instead of like someone was stabbing my eyeball with an ice pick repeatedly.  So had enough of a reprieve this morning to make this card, but am starting to feel twinges of pain in my eye returning.  Yuck!

Anyhow, it's time for Verve's Christmas in July Birthday Sale (because Christmas in July is my birthday)!  Lots of fabulous products are 30% off, so be sure to check it out!  I pulled out the Pinecone Christmas set and matching Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set for my card.  The poinsettia images are stamped in archival ink, then I added a bit of festive berries ink to the center of the solid poinsettia stamp with a distress marker and spritzed with water and stamped.  Next I inked the solid poinsettia again with pink pirouette and stamped over the top.  I fussy cut the images, then matted with black mats cut with the Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set.  The background paper is smooshed with a bit of festive berries and spun sugar distress ink and water.  I then added a bit of white paint over the top with the doilies layering stencil.

The sentiment is also from Pinecone Christmas and embossed in white on a stitched circle, then accented with a seam binding bow.  I distressed the edges of my panels with old paper and brushed corduroy distress inks, then finished off with some chamagne glass glitter accents.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fabulous headache-free start to your week!

Mojo Monday 407 Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps: Pinecone Christmas (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Peaceful (Authentique), cream, basic black
Ink: worn lipstick, spun sugar, old paper, brushed corduroy distress ink, black archival ink (Ranger), pink pirouette (SU!), versamark
Accessories:  Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circles stax (MFT), champagne glass glitter and seam binding (SU!), white embossing powder, paint, doilies layering stencil (Tim Holtz)

Pink Season's Greetings

Hi friends!  It's a brand new week and time for another Mojo Monday sketch.

For my card I pulled out the new Pinecone Christmas set and used the pine cone imagery to make a wreath.  To make the pine cones look snowy, I stamped them in brown sugar and then highlighted with a white chalk paint marker.  Used the same marker for the dots around the edge of my early espresso circle mat.

The poinsettia is stamped in black and cut with the coordinating Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set, then I colored by stamping the solid flower in blush blossom and the leaves in mossy meadow.  For the highlighting, I brushed some strawberry slush marker on the solid flower stamp and stamped it again.  The papers I used are from an old Eskimo Kisses BasicGrey pad and I finished with a bit of brown burlap ribbon and some rhinestones.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous start to your week.  Be sure to check out the Mojo Monday blog to see what the other gals have created with the sketch!

Verve's weekend shopping promotions are valid through 11:59pm tonight (12/15/14). 

Orders over $30 get free US Shipping and orders over $50 get a 15% discount!

Mojo Monday 376

Enabler's List
Stamps:  Pinecone Christmas (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Eskimo Kisses (BasicGrey), early espresso, crumb cake (SU!)
Ink: baked brown sugar, blush blossom, strawberry slush, mossy meadow (SU!), white pain pen, Copic marker
Accessories:  Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), rhinestones, burlap ribbon, embossing folder (SU!), white embossing powder

A Light Unto My Path

Click here for my Light of the World Holiday Release Retrospective Blog Hop post
Click here for my O Christmas Tree Diva Inspirations Blog Hop post

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Hi friends!  It's Monday again already and time for a new sketch over at Mojo Monday.  The days are getting busier and busier as the holiday countdown continues, so I thought a clean and simple sketch would be perfect this week.

My card uses the candle image from Pinecone Christmas and the Psalm 119:105 Plain Jane.  I started by stamping the candle image in vintage photo, coloring the dish with a colorless blender, then stamping the solid candle and flame to color in the image.  The Psalm 119:105 verse is stamped directly below in early espresso and I colored with copics.  I sponged around the panel and matted with early espresso.  The soft sky panel is crimped with a paper corrugator, sponged with ink and matted.  I finished off with some splatters using an air art tool and an early espresso marker.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fantastic start to your week and would love to see you link up to our Mojo challenge!

Mojo Monday 375

Enabler's List
Stamps: Pinecone Christmas, Psalm 119:105 Plain Jane(Verve Stamps)
Paper: soft sky, early espresso (SU!), cream
Ink: early espresso, soft sky, hello honey (SU!), gold pen (wink of stella), Vintage photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: paper corrugator, air art tool

Tagged Poinsettia

Hi friends!  It's the first Monday of the month and that means it's time for a Mojo Madness contest over at Mojo Monday. Play along with this week's sketch for a chance to win a Verve set of your choice.  We choose another winner for every 50 winners, so play along as often as you like!

This week's sketch is based on this card I made for Verve's latest release.  I used the Pinecone Christmas set and coordinating Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set.  I started by making the background paper with the branch and pinecones stamped in brown sugar on kraft and the pine needles stamped in mossy meadow.  Next I took some white cardstock that had been scraped with gesso and stamped the outline poinsettia in black, then the solid poinsettia in cherry cobbler and the solid leaves in pear pizzazz.  I really like the texture the gesso gave to the stamping.  Each of the three poinsettias are cut with the coordinating die from the Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set.

The sentiment is embossed in white onto a black tag made using the Die Sidekicks set and coordinating Sweet Scallop Tag Die.  I added a cherry cobbler bow to the tag, matted the panels with black and finished off with a little stickles on the center of the poinsettias.

Verve is having a little Cyber Monday sale.  We've marked a list of 50 products at 50% off today only (Monday, Dec. 1).  Click here to see the deals!  I also extended our Thanksgiving sale an extra day, so everything else in the store is 20% off.  Happy shopping!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fabulous start to your December and would love to see your take on the sketch if you get a little creative time!

Enabler's List

Mojo Monday 374

Stamps: Pinecone Christmas, Die Sidekicks (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Joyeux Noel (Glitz Designs), basic black, crumb cake (SU!), white (neenah)
Ink: baked brown sugar, hello honey, mossy meadow, cherry cobbler, pear pizzazz (SU!), vintage photo distress (Ranger), jasmine (Mix'd Media Inx)
Accessories: Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set and Sweet Scallop Tag Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), cherry cobbler seam binding (SU!), stardust stickles (Ranger), gesso

Golden Christmas

Hi friends!  I'm popping in with a card using this week's November Week 3 Viva la Verve sketch + inspiration.  As soon as I saw the inspiration picture, I knew I'd have to find some time to play along with the challenge.  Christyne had me at pumpkins.  {grin}  So, I'm recapping this week's sketch and sharing some of my favorite entries from the last week over on the VLV Sketches Blog today.

Anyhow, since my desk is covered with Christmas goodies from the recent release, I decided to trade the pumpkins for poinsettias, using lots of cream on cream and golden accents.  I wanted a really clean, crisp look and you would not believe how many times I had to stop and remind myself of my objective and step away from the paper distresser.  I'm pretty sure I have a distressing problem!  LOL

Anyhow, the card came together really quickly.  I stamped the poinsettia with leaves from Pinecone Christmas in Versamark six times and embossed with gold embossing powder.  Next I cut three of the images out with the coordinating die from Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set.  The other three I cut with the smaller poinsettia die, so I could pop up over the other die cut.  (You get a little bit of the leaves on the border around the poinsettia, but since I was popping it up over the same image and not doing any coloring, I knew it wouldn't be very noticeable.  I loved the effect and it was much easier than cutting the poinsettias by hand.)

Next I die cut 3 circles (embossed with dots) from cream and matted with some gold vellum scraps I had.  The sentiment is also from Pinecone Christmas, embossed in gold and hand cut into a banner.  I layered everything together, added some gold ribbon, jingle bells and 3 shiny flatback pearls to the center of each flower and I was done.  Pretty quick and super elegant.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  On the agenda for today is lots of the boys' favorite new book, Dinosaurumpus and some toddler crafting in the form of no glue paper bag turkeys. Wish me luck!  {grin}

Viva la Verve Nov Week 3

Enabler's List
Stamps: Pinecone Christmas (Verve Stamps)
Paper: cream, gold vellum
Ink: versamark
Accessories: Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Classic circles nestabilites (Spellbinders), dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug), ribbon, jingle bells, flatback shiny gold pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty)

Pinecone Christmas Spotlight Hop

Welcome back to Day 2 of Verve's November 2014 Spotlight Hops!  The Verve Divas and special guests are back for another day of spotlighting the new holiday release! Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Thursday, 11/20. So come hop along with us and see what's new at Verve!

I'm the first stop on today's hop, so grab a treat and hop along with us to see what's new at Verve!
Today's spotlight is shining on the Pinecone Christmas set illustrated by Chaitali Narla and the coordinating Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set.

I loved the multi-step stamping concept of this set, so started with the pine cones in mossy meadow, then adding the branch in brown sugar, as well as the pine cone duo.  I embossed the Happy Holidays sentiment above in cherry cobbler, then sponged the edges with brown sugar ink.  The poinsettia with leaves is stamped in brown sugar and then cut out with the coordinating die from the Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set.  I then stamped the solid flower in cherry cobbler and the solid leaves in mossy meadow for a super quick colored image.  A Flourished Trim border die cut separates my layers and I embellished with some cherry cobbler seam binding and a gold rhinestone.

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 and all the prize info and deadlines!

Next up on the hop is Laurie!

1. Julee 7. Charmaine 2. Laurie 8. Stacey 3. Chaitali 9. Teresa 4. Marisa 10. Andrea 5. Amber 11. Nancy 6. Diana

Enabler's List
Stamps:  Pinecone Christmas (releasing 11/20 from Verve Stamps)
Paper: Joyeux Noel (Glitz Designs), baked brown sugar (SU), cream (Neenah)
Ink: cherry cobbler, baked brown sugar, mossy meadow (SU!)
Accessories:  Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set and Flourished Trim (A Cut Above by VERVE), square lattice embossing folder (SU!)