Verve Stamps Release Retrospective Hop

Good morning, and welcome to Verve's July Release Retrospective Blog Hop!

The Verve Divas and guests are hopping today and serving up some more inspiration using the July release stamps & dies! Besides a peek at some really cool cards, there are also a couple of prizes up for grabs!   You should have arrived here from sweet Sarah's blog.  Betty will be your next stop, and you can always refer to the master list below if you stray a little! :)   

1. Julee	10. Jen
2. Stacey	11. Sheri {Guest}
3. Maureen	12. Laurie
4. Chaitali	13. Andrea
5. Marisa	14. Amber
6. Teresa	15. Christyne
7. Kay {Guest}	16. Sarah
8. Janelle	17. Anya
9. Charmaine	18. Betty

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We're giving away a $40 gift voucher to one lucky commenter along the hop, so be sure to leave a shout out in the comments as you hop about.

I really love the new release, and am so excited to get these new sets inky!  I used this week's Viva la Verve Sketch challenge as a starting point for my card.

I used the Moments Remembered stamp set:

(Oh, the joys of trying to photograph something metallic! :)

The fonts and images are just so pretty in this set!  For my main card panel, I stamped the small peacock feather and then heat embossed it in silver.  Then I blended in a combination of distress inks, in what I thought made good peacock feather colors :)  The sentiment was heat embossed in silver, too. 

So pretty!

Want another chance to win? Now it's your turn! We'd LOVE to see what you've done with the July release. Link up your cards using at least one product from our July release and you'll be entered in a drawing to win our entire next release! All the details and the linkup widget are on the Verve Blog today. The deadline is August 23, so there's still plenty of time to get the July release if you haven't already.

Don't miss this weekend only discount offer in honor of Julee's birthday:

Thanks for popping in, I hope you have a great day!


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Recipe
STAMPS: Moments Remembered - Verve Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Taken with Teal - SU!; Oatmeal - Wplus9
PATTERNED PAPER: pb&j - Basic Grey
INK: Antique Linen, Crushed Olive, Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks - Ranger
OTHER: Detail Silver Embossing Powder - Stewart Superior; Doily - Wilton; Rhinestones - Recollections