...October Verve Sneak Peeks : Day Three

Happy Thursday, and welcome to Day Three of the October Release Sneak Peeks for Verve Stamps! We're still celebrating Christmas, and I have TWO more samples to share with you today...so let's get started!

Christmas In The Air

I simply adore this sentiment that accompanied this fun and whimsical set. I also loved the one-of-a-kind snowflakes...and there are several sizes to choose from included in the set. I used the smallest of the flakes on the Baja Breeze focal panel, then the next size up on the Old Olive panel. The sentiment was stamped first with Chocolate Chip Ink, then I used Baja Breeze Ink to create a shadowed or embossed effect (you can see it better by clicking on the picture to get a larger view). I added some faux-stitching around the focal panel using a Mat Pack, a Paper Piercer, and a Chocolate Chip Marker. The edges of the olive panel were distressed using a Heidi Swapp Distressing Tool, Old Olive Ink, and a Sponge Dauber. The striped patterned paper was from Bo Bunny, and was matted with Old Olive Cardstock. The only embellishments used on this were Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware and Chocolate Felt Ribbon.

Holly Jolly Christmas

How can you not love Christmas ornaments? And these are simply phenomenal...great designs and several to choose from! You all know how much I love non-traditional colors used for Christmas cards, and this card is no different! I stamped this fabulous striped ornament on Watercolor Paper with Basic Black Craft Ink, then embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder and a Heat Gun. I used an Aquapainter along with Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo Inks to color and shade it. The holly was stamped, embossed, and colored in the same manner, but it was cut out and attached to the ornament using Dimensionals. The edges of all the panels were pierced using a Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, but I used a Black Marker to create faux-stitching on the bottom two panels. The sentiment, "happy holly-days", was stamped in Staz-On Black Ink, then a piece of Melon Mambo Dotted Ribbon and Black Brads were added to complete the card.

That's it for me today! Don't forget that there will be 7 new sets released immediately following the Release Party @ 9:00 p.m Eastern this Friday, October 23rd. All the Divas are sharing sneak peeks each day this week at the Verve Blog, too. There are some Release Week Challenges at the Verve forum that you can play along with for a chance to win some FREE STAMPS. There is even a Winter Mittens Digi Set that you can download for FREE...so go check it all out! Until later...

Christmas In The Air Card Supplies

Stamps: Christmas In The Air (Verve)

Papers: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Bo Bunny Patterned Paper

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Baja Breeze

Accessories: aged copper hodgepodge hardware, mat pack, paper piercer, chocolate marker, sponge daubers, dimensionals, distressing tool, felt ribbon

Holly Jolly Christmas Card Supplies
Stamps: Holly Jolly Christmas

Papers: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Watercolor Paper

Inks: Basic Black Craft, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Going Gray

Accessories: dimensionals, mat pack, paper piercer, black marker, brads, ribbon, clear embossing powder, heat gun, aquapainter, scissors, sponge dauber