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Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hop - Day 2

 

Welcome to Day 2 of the Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hops!  It's time for another day of spotlighting the Verve release with the Verve Divas and special guests! We're super excited to have a few very special Diva Alumni joining us for the hop today. Everything previewed this week will be available to order in the Verve online store on Monday, August 28. If you just can't wait, you can pre-order the entire release now as the August 2017 Buy it All Bundle at a 30% discount through August 27.

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Bloom Brighter stamp set and coordinating, Blooming Die Set. A fresh take on the flower from the retired commemorative set Beautiful You, this beautiful encouragement set is perfect for a variety of cardmaking occasions.

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 the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

 

Verve flowers and beautifully scripted sentiments...it doesn't get much better than that!  :-)  I embossed the sentiment onto a die cut oval layer and sponged some yellow ink on, keeping the ink heavier towards the bottom.  I embellished the sentiment with two of the large flowers.  Having the coordinating die set (Blooming Die Set) makes quick work of adding the flowers!

I tucked in a few leaves from the Sprightly Sprigs Die Set.

 

 

Ready for more inspiration?  Here is the list of designers hopping today...

1. Julee	7. Amy K. (Alumni)
2. Maureen	8. Lesley
3. Betty	9. Christyne
4. Charmaine	10. Laurie
5. Marisa	11. Kelly (Guest)
6. Amy S. (Alumni)	12. Laurie W. (Alumni)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Laurie

 

 

Paper Smooches August DT Blog Hop

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches SEPTEMBER 2017 release with you!  FOUR new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00pm PT on August 31st.  You will find our new products HERE once they go live.  

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! 

The prize - a $25. gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.

Here are the details:

• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25. prize.
• Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, August 27th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, August 28th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

Alice extended her vacation a bit, so we have a wonderful replacement for her for the blog hop but you will see her creations later this month.  Samantha Mann is stepping in for her and I am super excited about that - woohoo!

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Laurie Schmidlin

Michele Boyer

Samantha Mann

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)

 

Kim creates THE cutest card dies!!  The new Halloween Card Dies set is absolutely full of so many creative options!  For my card today, I created a sweet little green monster, peeking over the bottom of the card.  The sentiment is from the new Halloween Sampler stamp set. 

You all are going to adore this release, I just know it!  :-)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Laurie

 

Altenew New Day Card Kit - Blog Hop Winner!!

 

Hi friends!  I'm popping in to announce the $30 Altenew Gift Certificate winner!!

According to Random.org, the winner is.....

 

 

Congratulations Nana Griffin!!!  Please contact me via email for instructions on how to claim your prize!!

 

 

 

 

Thanks to everyone for their sweet comments! 

Hugs,
Laurie

 

More August Release - Hey Stacks

 Welcome to the fifth and final day of inspiration featuring the new August Papertrey Ink release! 

Today I'm sharing a card featuring the new Hey Stacks stamp set.

  

This is such a wonderful sentiment set!  I love how many of the sentiments can be paired together!  I also really love the bold stripes that are included and plan on using them in the future to create some fun patterns!  :-)

For my card, I started by die cutting and stamping the frame from Kind of Corny.  I absolutely LOVE this frame and plan on using it a lot!  :-)

 

I stamped four of the sentiments from the Hey Stacks set starting with Berry Sorbet and ending with Sweet Blush.  That ombre look gets me every time!  :-)

 

I added three die cut and stamped sunflowers from the new Sunflower Harvest stamp set.  I really wanted a girly card so added in some pink hues to the blooms.  Out of curiosity, I actually googled pink sunflowers and guess what?  It's actually a thing!  Ha!

I layered the frame panel on a piece of gingham patterned paper with a smaller piece of vellum layered on top.

 

 

Make sure to check out Nichole's blog today as well, as she is sharing even more projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Laurie

 

 

More August Release - Too Hot to Handle

Welcome to the fourth day of inspiration featuring the new August Papertrey Ink release!  There are so many amazing products just released, and for five days the design team will be sharing a lot of inspiration featuring the new items!

Today I'm sharing a card featuring the new Too Hot to Handle stamp set.

  

These oven mitts!  Oh my goodness, it was love at first sight for me!  :-)  I couldn't wait to die cut them out of rainbow colors! 
 

I embossed the enjoy sentiment in white on a black strip of True Black cardstock.  I sprinkled on some black sequins for embellishment.

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  If you haven't done so yet, make sure to check out Nichole's blog as her post is just brimming with inspiration today!

Hugs,
Laurie