Happy Anni-VERVE-sary!

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 Rachel'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.


I created my card for today with my riding instructor's birthday in mind. The last couple of years, she's celebrated her day along with the students in her Cross Country Clinic, as it's on the second of August. It's my second year of the clinic and I'm loving every minute of it thusfar - and how better than to make her a special card with some of my favorite Verve stamps. I actually used three sets for the creation of this card.

I used the Mojo Monday Week 149 sketch as my base and the colors from Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 39, which I'd adored a two weeks ago. I started with the butterfly from Blue Skies and inked it up in craft white, then embossed with hologram highlights on the wild wasabi paper. I also used the smaller butterfly for the background white paper. The sentiment came from Big Wish - and oddly enough, I'd forgotten about it and thought "I really wish Verve had another birthday set with some Happy Birthday sentiments". Low & behold, I rediscovered my Big Wish set a moment later. On the inside, I used Feel the Sun and the smaller butterfly again from Blue Skies.

It's amazing how well the sets work together to create a cohesive card....I love it!

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

    

Stamps: Verve Blue Skies, Big Wish & Feel the Sun

Paper: Kraft, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Certainly Celery

Ink: Wild Wasabi, Whisper White Craft, Certainly Celery

Accessories: Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Half Pearls, Certainly Celery Ribbon, Hologram Highlights EP, Divine Swirls EF