Bonjour, Little One...Verve Blog Hop!

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This is my first blog hop ever, and I'm so excited to be participating in Verve's, celebrating their "Anni-Verve-Sary!" Verve turns two today and they're celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! The party kicked off over on the Verve blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there to start from the beginning! And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky commenter on that blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So if you’re feeling the love, give a little shout out to the bloggers in the hop and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!

Thanks for hopping on by and I hope you enjoy my blog hop project.

Our longtime friend Jeff and his lovely wife Christie had a baby girl in July. She was a little late, but well worth the wait. To welcome Sadie Anne into the world, I decided to make her a picture frame based on the decor of her new home. I found a frame at my local Michael's store, and I liked how the window was a bit off-set from the usual frame. After covering it with some Designer Series Paper, I knew exactly which set I wanted to use. Verve's Up, Up & Away seemed like the perfect fit -- I noticed from nursery photos a cute framed print of hot air balloons over Paris, and her color scheme looked like to me like Barely Banana, Kiwi Kiss, and Pink Pirouette! In keeping with Sadie's French theme, I added an appropriate "Bonjour." Welcome to the world, Sadie Anne!
BEAN NOTES: Verve Up, Up, & Away and Stampin' Up Adorable parc Stamps; SU Close to Cocoa Classic Dye Ink; SU Candy Lane and Pink Pirouette Designer Series Paper; SU Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, and Very Vanilla Cardstock; Quickutz Cork Paper; SU Barely Banana Grosgrain Ribbon; SU Large Oval and Scallop Oval Punches; Foam Dimensional Squares (Generic)
HAPPY BEANS: Fiskars Corner Punch

Now it’s time to hop on over to Maureen’s blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.