Verve After Party Hop!

Good morning everyone!

Welcome to our January 2012 After Party Hop!  Last night we released 3 new stamp sets, 4 plain janes and 4 dies!  All of the new products we've been showcasing this week are available now in the Verve store! Be sure to leave a little comment love as you take one last stroll through the Diva blogs. One lucky commenter from today's hop will win the ENTIRE Release! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize details and deadlines.

The hop before me was at Julee's blog and when your done here you can hop on over to Betty's blog where she'll be wrapping up the hop. If you've jumped in on my blog, the full hop list is just below so you can go to the start. Have fun and good luck!

January 14, 2012 1. Amy 8. Tosha 2. Maureen 9. Laurie 3. Sankari 10. Julee 4. Andrea 11. Janelle 5. Teresa 12. Betty 6. Amber 13. Shannan 7. Charmaine 14. Jackie

These 3 x 3 inch valentine cards were made with the large heart from the Wavy Hearts Die Set. Before I used the die cut I straight stitched around the edges with a machine and glued it to the card base. The die has small position guides that created a couple holes, but not to worry, I grabbed my eyelet tool and just made a few more!

The sweet word phrases are from the Twitterpated set. I stamped them on some scraps of white cardstock and trimmed around it and added a tail.  It was glued through the heart window, tied and glued down with a twine bow around the banner to finish off the front.

Now that the front of the card has a window it left little room for a personal note on the inside, so I fixed that with a coordinating color circle scored 1/4" in on one edge to create a hinge. Now you can lift it up and write your sweetie a note! I added a punched out embellishment from the scraps of pattern paper I used on the front.

My next project I couldn't stop myself from buying disposable shot glasses from the local party goods store, they are just the right size for treats!

I used the Wavy Hearts Die on some Pebbles With Love paper and stamped Happy Valentine's Day from the Twitterpated Stamp Set in Onyx Black. I sprinkled glitter onto Glossy Accents around the edges of the hearts. Once that was dry I punched a hole for attaching to the treat jar with some twine. 

The collar was made with a nestabilities circle and scallop circle. I cut through to the center and wrapped it around the cellophane covered treat overlapping a few scallops to glue together and make a cone shape. I dotted some Stardust Stickles on the scallops for some bling.

Now you're off to one more hop with uber talented Betty!


Details: (Secret Valentines)
Stamps: Twitterpated (Verve Stamps), Wings of Love (Verve Stamps)
Paper: With Love (Pebbles), Cream (Wausau), White (Neenah)
Ink: Rose Red (SU!)
Accessories:  Wavy Hearts Die Set (Verve), circle nestabilites, circle punch, sewing machine, white thread, maraschino twine (Twinery)



Details: (Wavy Heart Tags)
Stamps: Twitterpated (Verve Stamps), Wings of Love (Verve Stamps)

Paper: With Love (Pebbles)
Ink: Versafine (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Wavy Hearts Die Set (Verve Stamps), circle and scallop circle nestabilities, lime twist twine (Twinery)