It's Day 1 of Verve Sneak Peeks!

Welcome to our Holiday Spotlight Hops!

Hop along with the Divas over the next few days as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve this Friday night! One lucky commenter from each day's hop will win the sets and dies featured that day, so be sure and leave a little love in the Divasphere! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details and deadlines.

Before I get to the details of today's peeks, I just have to say how thrilled I am to be a guest diva for the month of November! As any of my regular followers well know, I'm a huge fan of Verve, so this is a special honor to join in with all the talented Divas!

Today we are spotlighting 4 new Plain Janes - Curvy Cross PJ, Flared Cross PJ, Jeremiah 33:3 PJ, Time to Blossom PJ - and a Cross Die Set.
I love to feature tags on cards, and the Time to Blossom PJ fits perfectly on the Tagged Rectangle Die! Here's what else I used:

STAMPS: Feel the Sun (flower)
Bloom & Grow (leaves) - both by Verve.
PAPER: The Thrift Shop by October Afternoon, Vintage Cream (PTI), Pure Poppy (PTI).
INK: Versafine Onyx Black, Old Olive.
ACCESSORIES: Tagged Rectangle Die, Elegant Leaves Die (Verve), Pearl brads by American Crafts, Kaiser pearl, Pure Poppy satin ribbon (PTI), Copics (R29, YG03, Y0000).




Supply list for my second card...(don't you just love the shape of that cross?!):




STAMPS: Jeremiah 33:3 PJ, Curvy Cross PJ
PAPER: MME Pink Photo mat pad, Neenah Solar White
INK: Groovy Guava, Versafine Onyx Black
ACCESSORIES: Labels Twenty One Nestie, Foliage die by Spellbinders, Mini and Large Rolled Roses Die-Namics by MFT, Fern punch by Martha Stewart, Adhesive pearls.

1. Julee	7. Andrea
2. Teresa	8. Vickie {Guest}
3. Charmaine	9. Amy
4. Maureen	10. Laurie
5. Tosha	11. Gretchen {Guest}
6. Wanda {Guest}	12. Sankari

Remember...there's a winner every day for one lucky commenter!

Time to Blossom

It's Color Throwdown Challenge time and Joan has a super combo for us!

I used Jen Del Muro's Sketch For You To Try and because Verve is her sponsor this month, I chose a new Plain Jane "It's Time to Blossom" that's being peeked today. Even though the DP is from a Christmas pack, I thought the colors were perfect. I used Copics (V0000, R32, R35, YG25) to color and sponged the edges of the decor flowers using Riding Hood Red ink. Lucky Limeade ink was sponged on the leaves while they were still in the die.

STAMPS: It's Time to Blossom PJ (Verve)
PAPER: 12 Days of Christmas by MME, Vintage Cream (PTI)
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lucky Limeade, Riding Hood Red
ACCESSORIES: Tagged Rectangle Die (Verve), Baker's twine, Rhinestone, Brads, Decor Flowers by Celebrate It, Foliage die by Spellbinders.


Check out the other Throwdown gals' creations HERE!

The Simple Life

We're keeping it simple this week at Raise the Bar with Joni's challenge to use NO embellishments! GASP! None! Nada! Zero! Now that's a real challenge for me - lol! I decided to go back to my stamping roots and use gold EP and am adding another Christmas card to my stash. I cut out the main image and popped it on foam squares.

Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Sacred Silhouette by Stampendous, Blessed Christmas (sentiment) by Verve
PAPER: Metallic gold CS, Neenah Solar White, PTI white for card base
INK: Versamark
ACCESSORIES: Frame EF by CB, Gold fine detail EP by Ranger.

Warm Winter Wishes

It's Color Throwdown challenge day and Danielle has a wonderful combo of colors for us: Baja Breeze, Old Olive, & Crumb Cake. I went with one of my fave snowman images and colored with Copics then added some crystal coarse glitter by Martha Stewart. The layout is a flipped version of Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. The kraft base was embossed using a 5x7" Cuttlebug snowflake EF. Jump on over to the CTD blog and see what the other talented designers have created! We are welcoming a new member to the DT and I couldn't be happier to give a shout out to Kerri Michaud! In addition to the regular DT, we're thrilled to have Lydia Fiedler join as the Nov/Dec guest designer! Hope you'll join in on the fun!

STAMPS: Warm Winter Wishes by Flourishes
PAPER: Kraft (PTI), Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Neenah Solar White
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Copics (C00, B0000, BG72, R29, YR18, YG95, E53, E55), Piercing tool/template, Marina Mist ribbon by SU, Tiny Sweet Scallop tag die by Verve, Coarse crystal glitter (MS).

Lavender Christmas

I went back to some holiday DP from last year to create this card for MFT's Wednesday Sketch Challenge! Had lots of fun paper piecing the coat and coloring with Copics! Martha's crystal fine glitter was added to the fur trim and to the punched snowflake.

STAMPS: Sending You a Little Christmas by MFT
PAPER: Mitten Weather Mini Deck by Cosmo Cricket
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon (Flourishes), MS snowflake punch, Rhinestone, MS fine glitter,Copics.

Sew What?

...your card - that's what! It's time for another Raise the Bar challenge and this time we're keeping you in stitches! :-) Real or faux...you choose...but you have to use some kind of "stitching" on your creation. I zigzagged down one panel and straight-stitched around the smaller panel. This was such an easy card because I let my DP do it for me! I tweaked Julee Tilman's layout for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge and let the "ribbon" on the DP serve as the horizontal element. I stamped the hello sentiment from Verve's Tag Time set. The leaves were die cut using SU's Sizzlet Little Leaves die. The prima was a perfect match for these Lost & Found Two "Sunshine" papers by My Mind's Eye...LOVE their paper! Thanks for stopping by...I'm enjoying another day of work - woohoo!

Color Throwdown 165

Happy Wednesday! That means it's Color Throwdown challenge time and this week, that talented lil' inker, Laura Pryor, has a sunshiny combo for us: Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight & Old Olive!
I consider this to be a CAS card with very little frills. I made my own DP by first stamping the Stipple Plaid BG in Daffodil Delight, then in Pool Party. The card base is 2 Labels Eight Nesties shapes adhered together using Scor-tape. I fussy cut the main image and popped it with foam squares to give it dimension.

Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Inkadinkado; Stipple BG by SU, Happy Hello (sentiment) by Verve
PAPER: Daffodil Delight, Neenah Solar Crest White
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Labels Eight Nesties, Copics (BG11, YG03, YR65, YR68), Enamel Accents (black) used for center of poppy, Pool Party ribbon by SU, Green gemstones by Hero Arts.

Stop on over and see what the other members of the design team created! You can check it all out HERE!