Sunday, August 1, 2010

Anni-Verve-sary Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop! Verve turns three today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! If you've already been hopping along, you arrived here from Teresa’s blog. If not, head on over to Julee's Blog (owner of Verve), for all the info on how to win prizes (after all, what's a party without presents?), and to start hopping from the beginning. If there's a hiccup along the hop, you can always head to the Master Hop List to get the full list of links.

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I made this anniversary card using Verve’s Budding Blossoms and the sentiment from Anniversary Birds (and Verve’s colors!).  I love the fact that the Budding Blossoms set is sooo versatile! I colored in the flower using my prismacolor pencils (my favorite!) inked around the edges of the Spellbinders label – that has been a favorite technique of mine lately! 
I used the sketch from the SCS Verve challenge – I thought that would be appropriate :) As we are working our way around the house this year for inspiration (master bedrooms this month) Amber was nice enough to open up the inspira4231813588180Ption a little further to an entire web site.  Good thing – I saw this paper and knew  I wanted to use it for this blog hop! Here is my inspiration from Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Thanks for hopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Ramona's blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.

Stamps: Verve
Ink: Colorbox, Ancient Page
Paper: SEI, Bazzill, Coredinations
Glitter, Ribbon, Spellbinders, Half Pearls

112 comments:

  1. very nice card and colors and the flower stamp is great. lorraine

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  2. LOve how this image really stands out on the card! Pretty colours!

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  3. Stunning card with the floral focal, love the colors.
    Best wishes.
    Chanticlear1@gmail.com

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  4. Absolutely gorgeous, Tracy! I love the length of your card!

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  5. Beautiful colours and paper for this stunning creation!

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  6. Very nice. Love that it's a long card, I don't often make those, just don't think of it.

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  7. Love your choice of paper Tracy, it works so well together with the stamped image :)

    Thanks for sharing!

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  8. I love your colors, this is beautiful!

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  9. Love your card and what inspired you!

    Ramona
    http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com

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  10. Great colors and design, Tracy! Lovin' the soft coloring and sponge framing detailing! Lovely card!

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  11. Beautiful card! I love the texture that the ribbon adds!

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  12. The flower is really a beauty.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  13. Nice background paper. Pretty stamp.

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  14. Such a nice card - love the colors and ribbon!

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  15. Very pretty card. I really like the colors you chose... and great sponging on the flower layer.

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  16. Beautiful card! Love the colors! :)

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  17. Gorgeous....love a tall skinny card!!

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  18. This is beautiful Tracy! LOVE the sponging, fantastic DP.

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  19. Love the ribbon and the colored image is grog!

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  20. Great coloring makes for a beautiful card.

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  21. Beautiful shading on the focal image and use of that flower. Great card.

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  22. Love the tall card! Beautiful colors and the focal image is beautiful!

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  23. Such pretty work! I love your beautiful card!!

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  24. Very pretty :) such soft elegant colors.

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  25. Very pretty! I love the colors you used and the tall orientation of your card.

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  26. Love this card!! The colors are great. Cute stamp set. You did a great job with the colors on the stamped image.

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  27. Lovely card! Great colors and love the shading around your image!

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  28. Pretty card, like the colors. Your flower is eye catching!
    Happy Anniversary VERVE!

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  29. It's nice to see something besides an A2 size. You've done a great job with the inspiration too. Beautiful card! TFS!

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  30. beautiful card and use of the layout

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  31. I luv the colors and patterns...so very sweet...have a fantastic week!

    enjoy *~*

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  32. Wow!! This is a GORGEOUS anniversary card!!! I love the colors and the height....FANTASTIC!!!!

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  33. I do love that background paper! The shape and colors of this card are gorgeous!

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  34. This is fabulous! I love how you used the sketch! I think the colors work perfectly too!

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  35. Such beautiful colors - you really captured the inspiration!

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  36. WOW...great use of that inspiration! You did a wonderful job!

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  37. You really caught the elegance of the inspiration!!

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  38. Beautiful! I love that gorgeous ribbon, and your color combo! You nailed the inspiration:)

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  39. How lovely! Such a gorgeously elegant feel to it, and your coloring just totally draws my eye to that flower. So beautiful! Thanks so much for celebrating with us today! :)

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  40. love this card.the colors the sentiment way way beautiful.

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  41. Simply striking, love the colors and the use of the Spellbinder die.

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  42. Your coloring is so pretty, and I love that dp! Lovely card!

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  43. Beautiful! Your coloring is fantastic.

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  44. Stunning, beautiful, lovely, Just relly like your design and the paper and colors you used.

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  45. Lovely card and match to the inspiration you selected.

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  46. your card is simply gorgeous!! I love it~

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  47. Very one of a kind layout, color and design. Love it.

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  48. Very pretty! Beautiful design and colors!!

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  49. What a pretty card! TFS!
    Hugs
    Nikki
    Simple.scrappin@yahoo.com

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  50. Your card is just beautiful. gotta love those SCS sketches from Verve!!!ooops and Amber..whoo hooo

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  51. LOVE the framed flower and the longer card. Beautiful!

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  52. Beautiful colors for a beautiful card

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  53. Love the colors and and image! Great job!

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  54. Love this card the die used really shows off the stamp set. Great choice and love the colors. I think I will have to get this set.

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  55. very pretty card! love the colors and patterns. :-)

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  56. yummy papers indeed!!! and I love that bedding!! LOL Gorgeous inking around the edges...I still haven't perfected that technique...thanks for inspiring :)

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  57. What a beautiful card! Love those Verve colors!

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  58. I love the colors you chose. This card is elegsnt
    Sharon L

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  59. very pretty - love the colors!

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  60. Simply Beautiful! happy blogging.

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  61. Simply Beautiful, thanks for sharing. Happy blogging.

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  62. PERFECT sentiment choice for this special Verve anniversary event - lovely card creation!

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  63. This is so pretty! That pink flower really pops off of the card. And who doesn't love Verve colors?! Great job!

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  64. Lovely card! I love the flower stamp and the colors that you used.

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  65. Such a great card for the inspiration. Love the Verve flower!

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  66. This is a beauty; great colors, lovely composition and unique card size!

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  67. Great colors! and super way to make that flower POP!

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  68. Love what you've done...I have that paper...mmm

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  69. Your card not only goes with the (inspirational) bedding, but also the Verve emblem.

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  70. Your card is beautiful. Love the blue and brown combo. TFS

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  71. Really pretty - love that paper!

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  72. Such a pretty card, the image is beautiful x

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  73. GORGEOUS!!!! LOVE that color combo!

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  74. Gorgeous! Great job pulling from that inspiration photo!

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  75. What a lovely color scheme and design... very sweet flower!

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  76. love the soft colours with the brown

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  77. Your card is gorgeous.... love the colors! I love my prisma color pencils too!

    Thank you so much for sharing!!!

    ~Ola
    okj83 at live dot com

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  78. Very classy anniversary card! I love the colors you used.

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  79. Cool shape - I like that you did something other than an A2 card Tracy. I like your cool DP too, very pretty.

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  80. great card! i love how you coloured the flower =)
    hugs
    juli

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  81. Enjoying your blog while I do Verve Anniversary blog hop! Great job.

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