Verve Spotlight Hop - Day Two!

Hello everyone!  I am SOOOOOO excited to be part of this month's release over at Verve as one of their Guest Divas along with Cresta Woodruff and last month's Guest Diva, Janelle Stollfus.  I have been stalking my mailbox for the past two weeks waiting for the stamps to arrive and, after spending three glorious days in Customs, they arrived YESTERDAY!  Unfortunately, that meant I wasn't able to play along for the first day of the Splotlight Hops but I am ready to go for the rest of the week - including the oh-so-much-fun release party over at Splitcoast on Friday night!

So, without further ado, it's time to shine our sneaky Verve spotlight on some brand new stamps! Today's Spotlight shines on the Bloom and Grow stamp set as well as the two new "A Cut Above" dies, Elegant Leaves and Floral Circles. We're counting down to Verve's release party this Friday night, April 15, with FOUR days of Spotlight Hops! And since we love to share, there's a prize hidden on one of today's hop spots! Just leave a little shout-out in the comments as you hop about for a chance to win some new Verve of your very own! You can check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines.

	1. Amber 8. Julee 2. Amy 9. Laurie 3. Andrea 10. Maureen 4. Charmaine 11. Teresa 5. Cresta 12. Tosh 6. Jackie 13. Sankari 7. Janelle 14. Melissa
TODAY'S PRIZE: Bloom & Grow, Elegant Leaves Die and Floral Circles Die Set

Hopefully you hopped here from Sankari's blog but if you didn't, PLEASE hop back to the beginning and check out ALL of the Divas' creations - I'm POSITIVE they will knock your pants off!!  If you happen to get lost along the way, hop over to the Verve Stamps Blog to get you back on track.

OK - so let me tell you how much I {heart} me my Verve... this month's releases are amazing, awesome, stunning, elegant...how many more adjectives could I use?  The stamp sets are so great and the dies??  To *die* for!  (Pun totally intended!)  I didn't have any of the Cut Above dies before and now that I have a nice selection, I can't wait to use them all!  When I first saw this week's Mojo Monday sketch, I wasn't sure if I'd play along this week but, after seeing the new "Bloom and Grow" set, I knew it was the PERFECT sketch to use. Not only could I use the stamps but I could use BOTH of the new dies, "Floral Circles" and "Elegant Leaves."

 ...and one of my newest paper pads to create this:

Stamps: Bloom and Grow (Verve)  Ink: Basic Grey  Paper: Basic Grey, Taken With Teal, 'Hazel' DSP (MME)  Ink: Basic Grey, Taken With Teal, Old Olive  Accessories: Floral Circles die (Verve), Elegant Leaves die (Verve), paper piercer, Basic Grey satin ribbon, button, twine, sewing machine, Scallop Edge border punch

I hope you all enjoyed today's Spotlight Hop - don't forget to visit the Verve blog tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. (Eastern Time) for the Day Three Hop list!  I'll see you back here tomorrow - same time, same place!