Welcome to the Anni-Verve-sary Blog Hop! Verve turns three today and is celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! If you’ve already been hopping along, you arrived here from Betty Wright‘s blog. If not, head on over to Julee’s Blog (owner of Verve), for all the info on how to win prizes (after all, what’s a party without presents?), and to start hopping from the beginning. If there’s a hiccup along the hop, you can always head to the Master Hop List to get the full list of links.
I wanted to use the round swirly image from the Happy Days set on my card today, because this stamp reminds me how awesome Verve Stamps is. I purchased this set when it was first released and before I even had a chance to get it inky, I received another stamp with this image in the mail. Because of a manufacturer’s defect, Julee immediately sent out replacement stamps to everybody who had ordered the set. How’s that for customer service!
I used this week’s Sketch for You to Try to help me get going with my card. Maybe I went a little overboard with the distress inks, but I just started using them and they are so much fun.
Thanks for hopping by! Now it’s time to hop on over to Verve DIVA Shannan Teubner’s blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.
Paper: Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla (SU!); Cappella (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, VersaMark (Tsukineko); Frayed Burlap, Old Paper Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Ranger); Chocolate Chip Craft (SU!)
Accessories: Big Shot, Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Victoria Crochet Trim, 1/8″ Circle Punch, Cutter Kit, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Standard Circles Small Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Garden Trellis Deep Edger Punch (Martha Stewart); Regal Flourishes Tim Holtz Texture Fades Embossing Folder (Sizzix); Old Paper Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder, Inkssentials™ Ink Blending Tool (Ranger); Copic Marker (BG72); Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)
92 responses so far ↓
1 LindaR // Aug 2, 2010 at 4:32 am
Very pretty card.
2 Elaine // Aug 2, 2010 at 9:11 am
A perfect guy card. Great colors
3 Sandra // Aug 2, 2010 at 10:12 am
Perfect!
4 Luanne // Aug 2, 2010 at 10:14 am
What a great card. Perfect for a guy…I agree, Julee has the best customer service, and everything that comes from Verve is the best.
TFS!
5 Wendy // Aug 2, 2010 at 10:33 am
Oh WOW!!! Stunning! I’m glad I visited today!!! Great blog!!!
6 Toni Storie // Aug 2, 2010 at 11:03 am
How very cool! Lovely masculine card!
7 Jane Bosi // Aug 2, 2010 at 11:31 am
This is a great project! Nicely done!
8 Lorus // Aug 2, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Pretty card! I love the colors and the distress inks are perfect!
9 Sarah/WAstamper // Aug 2, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Love the colors and accents you used on this card! Just gorgeous!
10 Lillian Child // Aug 2, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Love the flourish! Sweet Card Creation!
11 Maureen // Aug 2, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Wow!!! LOVE that border punch and how you cut the swirl out!!!! Fabulous 🙂
12 Kristina // Aug 2, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Isn’t Julee the best with speed and customer service?! I so love my Verve stamps. 🙂 Your card is so gorgeous! I love how that swirl looks like it is ready to jump right off of the card!
13 Mary // Aug 2, 2010 at 3:29 pm
very pretty – love the colors!
14 suezzyq // Aug 2, 2010 at 4:17 pm
love the colors ,great for a manly card.
15 Sara // Aug 2, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Really like how you set this up and the colors you used. VERY NICE!
16 Tara Prince // Aug 2, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Very nice card! Love the colors!
17 The Paper Princess // Aug 2, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Lovely card!
Hugs
Ramona
http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com
18 Mary (Happy Now) // Aug 2, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Love the colors, and the focal image!
19 yvonne // Aug 2, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Great card!
20 jami rudd // Aug 2, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Love your color combo
21 Angela P. // Aug 2, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Wow, this is fabulous! I think you did just perfectly with the distress inks…beautiful!!!
22 Sandi // Aug 2, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Great use of the distress inks!
23 Wendy K. // Aug 2, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Great card!
24 Jess Kruegel // Aug 2, 2010 at 10:20 pm
this is beautiful!!
25 LaurieJ // Aug 2, 2010 at 11:07 pm
What a great card! I love the focal image and the distressed look.
26 Pamela Heck // Aug 2, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Beautiful card.
27 sharon ; // Aug 3, 2010 at 12:45 am
Beautifully distressed.
Sharon L
28 Samantha // Aug 3, 2010 at 1:08 am
very pretty! thanks for sharing with us on the hop!
29 Kim G // Aug 3, 2010 at 1:30 am
LOVE it!!!!
30 Nancy M // Aug 3, 2010 at 1:58 am
That bold sentiment looks great with the colors and papers you chose.
31 Shelly Cameron // Aug 3, 2010 at 3:10 am
Lovely card! The distressed look is one of my favs!
32 Erika M // Aug 3, 2010 at 8:50 am
Your card is beautiful!
33 Kelly // Aug 3, 2010 at 8:56 am
Love the layering!
34 Stacey Gibby // Aug 3, 2010 at 10:48 am
Great card! Perfect for a guy or a girl!
35 Barbie D. // Aug 3, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Beautiful card.
36 Janine B // Aug 3, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Great set isn’t it – nice card for the men in our lives!
37 Maureen W. // Aug 3, 2010 at 7:25 pm
So pretty – love all the different elements!
38 Janelle S // Aug 3, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Now that is a great card! I love how it looks just natural clean, but the papers make it look full and not a blank spot on the card. Love your card!
39 Ola Jaggers // Aug 3, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Awesome card…. I love distress inks!
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
~Ola
okj83 at live dot com
40 Pat (mspfd) // Aug 4, 2010 at 7:55 pm
What a great card, Vera! Love your design, and the fact that this card could be sent to guys as well as gals.
41 Andrea Vernagus // Aug 4, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Very pretty! Love the trellis punch on the side!
42 Naomi // Aug 4, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Very nice card! I really like the earthy tones!