Verve May 2014 Spotlight Hop ~ Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of Verve's July 2014 Spotlight Hops!   If you have come here from Chaitali'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 Friday night, July 11th.

Today's featured sets are Happy Place, Happy Doodles Die Set, 2 Corinthians 12:9 Plain Jane. 

I simple adore this paper by Simple Stories.  Went to my LSS and stocked up on a few pieces of each so I can enjoy it for a long time.  Such a delicious colour combination that is elegant and packs a lot of punch - love it!  I am also in love with this fabulous flower image from Happy Place and so happy it has a matching die set!  I was definitely smiling while making this card.



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!

Thursday, 7/10/14
Today's Prize: Happy Place (illustrated by Julee Tilman) , Happy Doodles Die Set, 2 Corinthians 12:9 Plain Jane

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

 

Time to hop over to Teresa's blog to see her fabulous creation using today's showcased sets.  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:   Happy Place (Verve Stamps) 
Paper:   The Story of Us (Simple Stories), Kraft, Old Olive, Black, Going Grey (Stampin' Up)
Ink:   Black
Accessories:  Happy Doodles and Flag It Die Sets (A Cut Above by Verve), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Chicken Wire Embossing Folder (Provo Craft), Summer Sailing Ribbon Collection (Verve Stamps) Button, Twine, Glue Dot, Dimensionals 

Feel Better Soon

Needed a get well card for some dear friends who both recently underwent kidney operations.  The wife, had a full transplant, and her husband donated his kidney to a person who required one so his wife could have her transplant sooner.

It was an amazing adventure to walk along side of them with.  There was a pool for ten people, five donors and five recipients and they all had surgery on the same day.  If just one of them would have been sick or had a slight fever or infection, they would all have had to wait!  Needless to say, lots of prayer went into their health and the health of the whole group so it was a go.  They are both doing well and are a testimony to the wonders of modern medicine!

All that to say, I wanted to make them a get well card.  Since I'm squeezed for time and can't make two cards, I used this I {Heart} Sketches sketch for my layout as I had to combine both into one - meaning not too fru-fru and yet not too masculine.  Hoping I did okay.  Stuck to clean lines with limited embellishments (yikes -- no ribbon!!), but managed to sneak in some half pearls, two hearts and a teensy bow on the button for her.  I'll let you know if I passed LOL!

Thanks for popping in today!



 
What's In It?
Stamps:   Feel Better Soon Plain Jane, Faithful Phrases (Verve Stamps)
Paper:  In Bloom (My Mind's Eye), Going Grey, Real Red (Stampin' Up) 
Ink: Black  
Accessories:  Heart Quartet Die and Wavy Hearts Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Stitched Rectangle Dies (Lil' Inkers), Scalloped Border Punch (Stampin' Up), Crimper (Fiskars), Buttons, Twine, Half Pearls (Michael's), Glue Dots, Dimensionals