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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 o
n 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 PunchNow it’s time to hop on over to Maureen’s blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.
t left in my scrap box so I thought I'd pair it with some Kiwi Kiss. I made a "floating" frame with some Nestabilities and acetate, popped up the lovely bloom from Verve's Miracles Blossom set, and finished off with some threaded ribbon. To add a little more dimension to the flower, I paper-pieced some Perfect Plum cardstock. Added Bean Tip: I've gotten some questions about how I threaded the ribbon. Just take a hobby blade and make narrow double-slits in your paper wherever you want your ribbon to "thread" -- pull your ribbon through and you have a simple way to add a little something extra. It's a great technique and you can put in whatever pattern you'd like. Here is another example. For this card's "bow," I just tied an extra piece of ribbon and snipped the ends.
BEAN NOTES: Verve Miracles Blossom and Papertrey Ink Basic Button Bits (sentiment) Stamps; Stampin' Up Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black, and Kiwi Kiss Classic Dye Ink; SU Kiwi Kiss, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, and Perfect Plum Cardstock; Dark Plum Textured Cardstock (generic); Cuttlebug Victorian Embossing Folder; Nestabilities Labels Three Die; Big Shot; Paper Shapers 1-3/4" Circle Punch; Marvy Uchida Circle Punch (light blue); White Organza Ribbon (generic); Foam Dimensional Squares (generic); Kaiser White Pearls; Tim Holtz Distress Tool
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)