Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Verve Countdown: Day Two!

Hi everyone! Welcome to day 2 of the Verve countdown! Today's spotlight is on Bloom and Grow, a fabulous new set with lots of flowers to play with! We are also spotlighting 2 new die sets: Floral Circles and Elegant Leaves. I love them both! These are my first sets of Verve dies and I must say, they are FABULOUS! They cut so beautifully!

My card today features both die sets and the spotlight stamp set which coordinates exactly with the dies!



We're counting down to Verve's release party this Friday night, April 15, with FOUR days of Spotlight Hops! And since we love to share, there's a prize hidden on one of today's hop spots! Just leave a little shout-out in the comments as you hop about for a chance to win some new Verve of your very own! You can check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines.


1. Amber8. Julee
2. Amy9. Laurie
3. Andrea10. Maureen
4. Charmaine11. Teresa
5. Cresta12. Tosh
6. Jackie13. Sankari
7. Janelle14. Melissa

TODAY'S PRIZE:
Bloom & Grow, Elegant Leaves Die and Floral Circles Die Set


Stamps: Bloom and Grow {Verve}
Dies: Floral Circles, Elegant Leaves {Verve}
Cardstock: Core'dinations, Bazzill
Designer Paper: Hazel: Special Fine Floret, Stella and Rose Collection {My Mind's Eye}
Ink: Olympia Green {Versafine}, Versamark, Vintage Photo Distress Ink {Tim Holtz}, Noir Black {Palette}
Embellishments: Plum Pearls {Kaiser Kraft}, Clear Embossing Powder {Jo-Ann Craft Essentials}, Lace {May Arts}, Edge Distresser {Heidi Swapp}

64 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Love the colors on this one. :0)

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  2. What a lovely card using those fun papers! I NEED all of these releases :)

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  3. Oh this is so pretty. Loving those stamps and matching dies, how fun! Beautiful papers and lace.

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  4. vety sophisticated, great card

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  5. OMGOSH Cresta, I love the deep colors of the flowers and your overall card! WTG!

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  6. wow, love that card, the paper is one of my favs. you did an amazing job.

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  7. So rich! Love the dark red blooms! Beautiful!

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  8. Love the richness of your colors. So nice to see all three sizes of the flowers...thanks!!

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  9. Love the richness of your colors! Also am excited to see the new leaves with matching dies!

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  10. so elegant! i love it!

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  11. Very pretty card - the colors are rich and gorgeous!

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  12. Gorgeous card - love colors and your layout design is so pretty!!

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  13. As I hop along, the cards made with Verve's latest release are just fantastic and your card is just grand. Each card is different using the stamps and dies and just love them all. Love the background paper you used. Really sets off the flowers Thanks for sharing

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  14. Gorgeous rich colours on the flowers and touch of lace. Beautiful card.

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  15. Absolutely beautiful! I love the way you stamped the blossom to make it the same as the paper!

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  16. Gorgeously, Cresta! Love the rich colors and the lacy trim!

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  17. Pretty colors, reminds me of fall. . . thanks for sharing!

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  18. Lovely card and your Verve Floral dies are wonderful.

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  19. Very nice...love the new sets so far!!

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  20. So pretty! I am loving these stamps and dies! Great job!

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  21. Love your flowers! Beautiful!

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  22. So lovely, and I especially love the rich bold hues!

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  23. This is so pretty, Cresta! I just love the colors and the look of the flowers and leaves on that textured cardstock is amazing!

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  24. Great card. I love the new Verve dies.

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  25. What an elegant beauty Cresta!! Love the tone on tone look of the flowers and leaves!!

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  26. What a pretty card! I love the colors and the flowers are so pretty! Can't wait until Friday!

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  27. Thanks for sharing such a pretty card. Day two of guest diva peeks and you definitely did not disappoint. Love those papers.

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  28. Beautiful card, the colors and papers are lovely! Lovin the new stamps and dies!

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  29. Love this combination of rich colors, very stunning.

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  30. So pretty! Love the jewel tones you used and those beautiful leaves. Thanks for sharing!

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  31. This is beautiful! I love the papers you chose for it!!

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  32. This is so pretty. I really love the colors of your flowers. Wow, that is so cool to have the die to cut the flowers and leaves . Thanks for sharing.

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  33. Love those deep red blooms. This set look awesome! And the matching dies!

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  34. Anonymous1:06 PM

    Such a beautiful card, Cresta! I love the way Verve has die sets to go along with their stamps!!! Gotta have some!

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  35. Lovely card, so very sophisticated.

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  36. Oh my this is just so very lovely. Love these rich colors and the details.
    Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to the release..

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  37. Karla1:57 PM

    Love the warmth this card has. Love your colors.

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  38. Anonymous3:29 PM

    gorgeous and elegant! The flowers are so rich. Love it. Jenn M

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  39. This is so very pretty! Nicely done!

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  40. Anonymous4:47 PM

    The flowers match the DSP perfectly - delightful card. Thanks for sharing :)

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  41. What a lovely card. How very nice.

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  42. Very pretty. Love the colors and the new flowers stamps and dies.
    TFS

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  43. Pretty! Love all of the deep colors.

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  44. Very nice card- I especially love the rich, dark colors!

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  45. Anonymous7:05 PM

    Simply gorgeous. I love the rich colors. Love the flowers. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

    Chris R. from Iowa

    ckrobinson01@hotmail.com

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  46. Love the lace you have used and the color of your flowers.

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  47. Sensational card!

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  48. Hi Cresta! This is the first time I've followed this blog hop - it is fun to see a fellow stamper just down the gorge from me. I am in Hood River. LOVE your artwork. Just beautiful!

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  49. Love thos rich colors...beautiful card.

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  50. What a beautiful card. Love the color of your flowers which are perfect with the MME Stella Rose paper.

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  51. Lovely card.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  52. Cresta! this is so pretty! I love your layout, the lace you used and those pearl centers are perfect in the blooms. I loev that leaf cluster image and die SO MUCH!

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  53. I can see me totally being able to make that card with these stamps! Thanks for the beautiful incentive!

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  54. This is gorgeous! I love those flower and leaf stamps with coordinating dies!

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  55. Cresta - another beauty, I tell ya... Fabulous choice of papers and aren't those flowers amazing? Great job!

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  56. Gorgeous--I love the flowers!

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  57. Wow that is beautiful!
    Rachelle
    joyfulhrtatgmail.com

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  58. love the colours on this card.

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  59. oh what beautiful colors! I love that earthy/regal tones in the paper!

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  60. Look at those GORGEOUS flowers! Love the colors!

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