Friday, October 25, 2013

Verve October 2013 Spotlight Hop ~ Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of Verve's October 2013 Spotlight Hops!   If you have come here from Jen's blog you are right on track.  If you just happened up on the Hop, you can follow the list below to get caught up.  Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday night,  October 25th!  

Today's featured set is Unto Us and the Reindeer Fun Die Set.  I'm swooning over the fabulous, scripture sentiments in this set as well as the wonderful, bold, chevron border stamp that coordinates with the Classy Label die. 



Making Christmas cards is always such fun!  Managed to snag a few new papers at my LSS by Carta Bella and Imaginisce.  The snowflakes and Christmas coloured polka dots made me swoon!  Think I'll go back for a few more sheets of each before they are all gone.  Diva Christyne's VLV sketch was my starting point and I created the focal sentiment panel from the Unto Us set.  Used the Banner Bundle Dies to cut the banners, and then over stamped the main sentiment with one of the stars from Star of Wonder.  The secondary sentiment along the bottom is also from that set.  Gotta love how you can mix and match your Verve sets :)    



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 for today's full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

Friday, 10/25/13
Today's Prize: Unto Us, Reindeer Fun Die Set


1. Julee8. Amber
2 Jen9. Janelle
3. Marisa10. Andrea
4. Teresa11. Laurie W.
5. Charmaine12. Maureen
6. Christyne13. Verve Blog
7. Stacey {Guest}


Time to hop over to Teresa's blog to see her fabulous creation using today's showcased set.  Tomorrow is our last day of hops and you want to come back for that one as there is a big prize up for grabs wink, wink :)



 












What's In It?
Stamps:   Unto Us and Star of Wonder (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:   So This Is Christmas (Carta Bella), Polar Express (Imaginisce), Early Espresso, Kraft (Stampin' Up), Cream Linen
Ink: Black, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)
Accessories:   Banner Bundle Die Set and Classy Label Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Mat Stack Die (PTI), 5/8" Brown Satin Ribbon (Michael's), Button, Twine, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

43 comments:

Benzi said...

Love that sentiment and your banners are so pretty.
Yes, it is fun to make Christmas cards...my favorite.

dj said...

Love love love...great take on the sketch and those designer papers rock!!

Lynn said...

I love the background stamp behind the gorgeous sentiment. The patterned paper banners are amazing!

Desire Fourie said...

Just gorgeously creative. Love the mix of design papers.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Papercrafting Princess said...

You rocked that sketch!

Maureen said...

love the banners and the lovely mix of Christmas colours :)

KimCreate said...

Lovely card and I love the sentiments!

JoAnn said...

Pretty card. Love the framed sentiment.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card! I love everything about it.

Kari V. said...

Wow...you've really outdone yourself with this one! This card is beautiful and it feels so powerful with that message. I love it!

Darlene Gabriel said...

What a beautiful Christmas card. I love how you are getting your VLV sketches done for the month too. I do like the over stamped star on the sentiment here. I agree that it's wonderful being able to mix and match Verve stamps and dies...that's part of what I love so much about Verve. I love how Julee has created new stamps in this release also that will coordinate with existing sets and dies.

Iris said...

This is beautiful - love the the clean look, the banners, and the rich colors.
isoscia at aol dot com

Miriam Prantner said...

Love the papers choices with the brighter colors, this is so festive!

Karen Day said...

Great take on the sketch, Marisa! Lovely cards this week :o)

Rachel V said...

Love the banners on your card! The whole thing is just beautiful!

Mary-Anne V said...

Very nice banners...the card looks great with kraft.

Tammy said...

Marisa!! Very unusual---and I so ike it!! Great use of the stamps and dies from Verve!! be blessed
~Beyond Measure
Tammy

Danni said...

So pretty!! Love the banners and the papers/colors!

Beverly Perdue said...

Pretty card! Love the color combination with the brown, red, and green.

Anonymous said...

Love this set of sentiment stamps. The card is so pretty. Great combination of different papers.

Dawn Easton said...

Fabulous my friend! Looking forward to this release!

Sue D said...

Great choice of papers for the banners.

Kris B said...

Beautiful Christmas card! Love your take on the sketch! Love the label and sentiment! TFS

Papertangler said...

Love the banner and the purity of the sentiment

CathyL said...

I love the sentiment, and your card is terrific, Marisa!

BonnieC said...


Just lovely -- as always!

Heidi said...

Marisa, this is beautiful!

cm said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Love the papers; they're the perfect canvas to showcase the new release!
c

D- said...

Oh I LOVE your pattern paper banners. Great card. TFS.
Crafty hugs,
D~
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

Dori Shelton said...

Great card! Love the pattern paper!

Rosemary said...

gorgeous card!!

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

Love the patterns!

Christine said...

Great take on the sketch----I really enjoyed this one and just love your card!

Ravengirl said...

Fabulous work Marisa! I love the mixing and matching!

Brandi Matos said...

Gorgeous!!! Great sentiment and papers :-)

Kathy Mc said...

Great job of combining patterned paper for your three banners. What a blessed card!

Julia M said...

Working on this sketch right now so thanks for the inspiration.

Unknown said...

Love This! So Pretty! You always do such beautiful work.

nwilliams6 said...

What a stunning Christmas card! I love that sentiment and the frame around us - such regal and eye-catching colors. Wonderfully done my friend. Hugz!

An'Jenic G. said...

Beautiful card. I like the banners and the add the extra sentiment below is prefect. AJ-

Stacy Morgan said...

Yes he is and we are so lucky! I like this and your papers.

Carol Hurlock said...

This is just fabulous. I love the banners in the layout.
Bear Hugs,
Carol

Colleen Dietrich said...

You make that sketch (Son-)shine, Marisa!