Verve Inspirations Hop: What's Shaking?

 
Welcome to the July Diva Inspirations Blog Hop! Our Diva Inspirations team and several special guests from the Release team are here to start your month off right with a little Verve inspiration! Take a little peek at each of the fabulous blogs below for some Verve-alicious eye candy and you just might win some Vervey goodness of your very own!

1. Julee 9. Susan 2. Betty 10. Andrea 3. Dawn 11. Charmaine 4. Jen d. 12. Teresa 5. Jen T. 13. Maureen 6. Lynda 14. Amber 7. Shannan 15. Amy 8. Sony

We've hidden a little mystery prize on one of today's hop spots, so be sure to leave a little comment love as you hop around for a chance to win!
Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, July 5
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve 

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July is birthday time here at Verve, with five Diva birthdays, including Julee's! To start the celebration in style, our July Stamp of the Month is one of my absolute favorites... Carpe Cupcake! And at 40% off during the month of July, Carpe Cupcake is one SWEET deal!
 

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A brand new month also brings along a new sale here at Verve! During the month of July, save 20% on all of our birthday stamps! Check out all the birthday goodness on our SALE page.

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Our Gift to YOU!
And what's a birthday party without goody bags? We've gathered together some of our favorite things... doilies, My Mind's Eye paper, tags, ribbon, plus a few other goodies and put them in brown paper packages! And during the month of July, if your order is $75 or more, you'll receive one of these goody bags free! There's nothing to add to your cart, we'll just be sure to include it when your order ships! Celebrate good times, c'mon!

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For today's card, I started with Amber's awesome Viva La Verve July - Week 1 Sketch, shown here:

Then I picked cheery, summertime papers from the 100 Days of Summer collection by Simple Stories. And last (which is usually first), I picked my stamps. The adorable quivering bunny from Bunny Shake seemed perfect! Hopefully, I haven't strayed too far from the sketch with the cloud and grass border, but I really liked the way they helped to create a scene. The sentiment is punched with an oval punch, then attached to a flag, which is wrapped around a stick pin. I tucked the sharp end of the stick pin behind the bunny's paw to make it look like he's waving the flag. Such a cute stamp and sentiment combo!!

That's it for today's hop! Hope you've enjoyed the ride!!





Stamps: Bunny Shake (Verve Stamps)
Paper: My Mind's Eye Life of the Party, Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White card stock, Stampin' Up Real Red card stock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo Distress
Accessories: Copic markers, Papertrey button, The Twinery twine, liquid applique, Lil' Inker Designs Rainbow & Clouds die, My Favorite Things Fresh Cut Grass Die-namics, Stampin' Up small oval punch, Wilton doily, Prima pearls, foam adhesive, paper piercer/needle/thread, sanding block