Happy Anni-VERVE-sary Verve!!!

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday!!

Welcome to the first ever official Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop. Verve turns two today and we’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!

I LOVE Verve Stamps! I have quite a few and LOVE when I have a chance to get em' inky!! I knew I HAD to participate in this Birthday Hop as not only do I ADORE my Verve Stamps...I ADORE Julee too!!!

For my card today, I started with an AWESOME sketch created by Mercy for her Tuesday Sketch Challenges! This one is for MTSC32!!

I started by stamping this leaves and tulips from Miracles Blossom from Verve Stamps in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Snow White Cardstock, both from Taylored Expressions. I then stamped the tulips again, colored all the images with Copic Markers, and then cut out my tulips and popped them up with Foam Tape, also from Taylored Expressions. I love how the tulips go "out of the box". I gave them all a coat of CandeLight Shimmerz for a bit of shine!!

The sentiment, "thanks", is from Circular Sayings from Verve Stamps, was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Soft Sky Cardstock and then ran through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.

All the colors that I used on this card (Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Kiwi Kiss & White) came directly from this AWESOME Cosmo Cricket paper, Tuesday from the Girl Friday Collection. I swear, I cannot stop buying & using Cosmo Cricket Paper! It is absolutely my latest obsession!!

I finished off my card some TONS of paper piercing, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Blue Bayou Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon and brads that are the exact shade of Soft Sky...I THINK they are from Basic Grey but I could be totally wrong ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VERVE!!! The next stop on this Anni-VERVE-sary hop is at JUSTINE'S BLOG!!

ETA: I just noticed that some posts are not up...the next post up on the hop is MAD SKY DESIGNS!!! Thanks!!

Thanks SO much for hopping by!!!


Recipe:
Stamps: Miracles Blossom and Circular Sayings from Verve Stamps
Paper: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Kiwi Kiss, Choice Snow White & Tuesday from the Girl Friday Collection by Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copic Markers, Paper Piercing Tool and Template, Brads by (I think) Basic Grey, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Blue Bayou Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder and Foam Tape


























Jodi