Saturday, August 1, 2009

Happy Second Anni-VERVE-sary Verve!

Welcome to the first ever official Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop. Verve turns two today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! The party kicked off over on the Verve blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there to start from the beginning! And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky commenter on that blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So if you’re feeling the love, give a little shout out to the bloggers in the hop and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!

If you check out my blog often, you'll know that I'm a Verve lover. I think they have the absolute best sentiment sets around. You'll find so many great stamps on their website, and on SCS they have a challenge every Friday. They've really inspired me to step out of the box with some of my cards. Thanks Verve and Happy Anni-VERVE-sary!

For my card I chose my first ever Verve set called Beautiful You. I bought it specifically because I love this sentiment, but quickly found that every sentiment in the set is very useful. Thanks for visiting my blog and enjoy the hop!

Thanks for stopping by! Now it’s time to hop on over to Dani's Blog for a little more Verve-y goodness.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Verve, Beautiful You
Ink: Palette umber
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Only Orange, SU designer paper, GP100 white, SU vellum
Embellishments: Nesties, prima flowers, Michael's rhinestones, MS butterfly punch, Swiss dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, SU grosgrain ribbon, sewing machine

162 comments:

  1. That was also my first stamp set from Verve. Beautiful card!

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  2. So pretty! LOVE the fun colors and DP!

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  3. Fun stiching and vellum details.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  4. love your vellum accents and your stitching! Your color combo is great. Love the whole card, simply beautiful!

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  5. Those colors are so gorgeous together...and that sentiment is one of my faves! GREAT job!

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  6. Love the earthy tones on this! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Pretty colors and great card! :o)

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  8. SO gorgeous! I love your layout and the colors and of course the Verve image you chose!

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  9. Fabulous! Those colors are so pretty together and make me thing of wonderful Autumn weather.

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  10. pretty colours! love the flowers and the strip of vellum!

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  11. Great card, love the fun fall colors!

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  12. Super cute card :)

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  13. This is so fun! Love the colors!

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  14. That is a beautiful sentiment, and this is a beautiful card! Love the flowers you added. Such a pretty touch.

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  15. Cute card! Thanks for sharing!

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  16. very pretty, I luv the set you used...great job!

    enjoy *~*

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  17. What fun colors. Thanks for sharing.

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  18. This is one awesome and inspiring card. Love the colors.

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  19. What a great card; I love that little butterfly. so beautiful!

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  20. The vellum is wonderful on this card, and I love the color combo. I agree, Verve has great sentiments!

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  21. Very pretty! Love the autumn colors.

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  22. Simply darling card! Verve has the classiest sentiments! They dress up any card.

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  23. How pretty! What a fun color combo!!

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  24. Such a pretty card. I love the colourway. Marion

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  25. Very pretty! That orange is fabby! :-)

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  26. Thanks for sharing the happy card.

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  27. What a fun combo of color!! Very pretty!!

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  28. gorgeous card! The vellum adds such a nice touch!

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  29. LOVE this! FAB colors and layout! This is my favorite dsp ever!!

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  30. FAB! I love butterflies to the core of my being, and this card is just beautiful :)

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  31. Great colors and love the butterfly!

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  32. Beautiful! I just love butterfly's!

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  33. Love the card. Great colors!!

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  34. Great card! Orange is such a great color and hardly ever used. (I stamp at the same time, mostly to my DH dismay. He never sees me until morning sometimes. LOL)

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  35. I really ike the butterfly touches. Great color combination. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  36. Very pretty card...great use of bright flowers.

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  37. Beautiful! I love your butterfly, layered with embossed vellum.

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  38. Beautiful colour combo...love it!

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  39. Very pretty, love the colors, and I love butterflies! :)

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  40. Oooh, orange and brown make beautiful cards--though I don't use that combination too much myself! Gorgeous!

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  41. Kathy I love the color combination you chose for this card. Beautiful.

    thanks much

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  42. Vervey pretty color combo.
    Kavi Coulson

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  43. I am going to be getting that stamp! love it.

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  44. I'm loving this card! The color combo is so much fun!

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  45. Verve Stamps are fairly new to me and I love them. I'm always excited to see something new created with them.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  46. Another favorite saying. And I think I am going to add that colour scheme to my favorites.

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  47. Beautiful card - great colors!

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  48. This is lovely! I just used this sentiment this morning! Off to the next stop!

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  49. This is beautiful! I love that sentiment and your colors are wonderful!

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  50. Another great card. Beautifully done.

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  51. FAB card and color combo! Beautiful as usual!

    Shelly :)
    Manitoba, Canada

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  52. absolutely lovely- LOVE the touch of the butterfly

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  53. Awesome card. Love everything about it!

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  54. Love your card! Beautiful colors, flowers, and butterfly.

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  55. lovely colors, love the butterflies!

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  56. I like how you chose your colors from the DP! I never would have thought to use pink and orange, but I love it!

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  57. Pretty colour combo - love the vellum overlay.

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  58. This is beautiful! I love the stitching : )

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  59. Beautifully done! I'll have to give this set another look!

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  60. That's one of my favorite sentiments and you did a great job with it!

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  61. so cute - love your paper and colors.

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  62. I love the butterflies and the color combos!

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  63. Love the butterflies...and the papers used....
    Louise

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  64. Very nice card. Love the pop of the orange.

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  65. Beautiful card. I love that saying. TFS

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  66. Love the butterflies and the color combination. Good job! :)
    Kim Smith

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  67. Such a lovely card, love this Verve set!

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  68. Such a lovely card. I just love the colors and the butterfly punches. Thanks so much for playing along in our hop! :)

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  69. I love the vellum! The butterfly is adorable as well!

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  70. Nice card. The little butterfly is a great added touch.

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  71. It is fun to see the beautiful cards, like your card, when the same stamp or paper is used.
    It is nice to see a variety of options.

    Happy Verve Day.

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  72. Very happy colors. Love the card.
    Sylvia

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  73. So pretty! Love the butterflies and flowers!

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  74. I love the verse, adore the color combo and want those butterflies! LOL! Thanks for sharing such a pretty card!

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  75. Love how you used vellum on your lovely card!

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  76. Totally gorgeous ... love your sentiment and the pretty butterfly

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  77. love the orange and brown together!

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  78. Nice card. Good color choice and I love the butterflies.

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  79. Very pretty...I think this was the first Verve set I purchased !

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  80. This is beautiful with the Sweet Always dsp and vellum accent panel! I love the sentiment and stitching!

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  81. Great layout and color combo. Sweet card!

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  82. Love the colors you chose, reminds me of sherbet...yummy :)

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  83. I really like the vellum panel and the vellum used on the butterfly. Very nice touch. Thanks.

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  84. Cute card! I love the chocolate and orange color combo!!!!

    FYI - Foxfire browser doesn't work with this type of commenting system. I have to load Explorer in order to comment :)

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  85. And my boys just found a polythemus moth caterpillar yesterday...

    Anyway...love the saying - nice work too!

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  86. very pretty! love the butterfly...

    Lorene h

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  87. love your card... the butterfly is such a nice touch. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  88. Great colout combo. Very cute card.

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  89. Very pretty and great sentiment.

    Cazzy x

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  90. What a lovely card - love the orange butterflies!!!

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  91. This a clean and sharp design~~~I always enjoy
    when cards are totally balanced. It brings out
    each embellishment and directs you to the focal
    point. Thank you for sharing!!

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  92. Very nice! Love the design of the card. Thanks for sharing!

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  93. Super fun... love the butterflies!!!

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  94. I just love orange and brown! very cute.

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  95. Oh so pretty card! I love these colors together ~ very cheery :O)

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  96. Lovely card! Thanks for sharing.

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  97. Cute cute cute! Thank you for sharing!

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  98. Wonderful stamp - beautiful sentiment on your lovely card.

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  99. love the colors and this saying is just so beautiful! also, love the stitching :) i am inspired to dig out my sewing machine!

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  100. what a fabulous sentiment, I love them all.

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  101. I am off to pull out my DSP - I've been inspired!!

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  102. Beautiful card! The color combo is not one that I normally think of, but it's great!

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  103. Beautiful!! Love the vellum and the stitching!

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  104. These colors are great together. The butterflies are a great addition - tie in with the flowers. Lovely.

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  105. beautiful card -- love the colors!

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  106. Very pretty card! I like the orange!

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  107. I love the color combo.. Very pretty card..

    Wishing you abundant blessings,
    Tami

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  108. i love this sentiment - great color combo, too :)

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  109. Love the colours, butterfly and sentiment...so lovely!

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