Sunday, August 1, 2010

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Hi there all who have visited and have been unable to leave a comment, I apologize for this frustrating inconvenience!  I don't know how to fix this, but I do appreciate all of you that have visited.  I can tell from the counter and it looks like there were approx. 100 of you!
Again, I apologize for this and I will try to find out what is preventing comments.  They ARE and had been enabled...so I am truly perplexed!
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 Tanis P's blog "all that rubbish"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. 
Happy Birthday Verve!!!
So many beautiful stamps to pick from, gorgeous flowers and the most profound and eloquent sentiments!  
For today's special occasion,  I chose to use this  gorgeous Verve sentiment from the One Person set as the focal point.  I love Julee's font styles on this, it is so, so elegant.  I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto PTI vintage cream card stock and sponged around the words with SU River Rock classic ink with a dauber to give it a slightly antiqued look.  The frame is from Pink Paislee's Artisan Elements and I sponged this also with SU RR and a bit of Sahara ink.   I selected the Queen Bee 6 X 6 paper pad also from Pink Paislee.  I created a punched border with a MS punch and a very small scallop punch from EK Success that I layered to the left of the focal sentiment.
Here is a close up of the ivory flower that I made and the "ribbon" that I used is a Japanese one that I purchased at a local knitting store.  I sponged the tightly curled center of the flower with SU River Rock ink to tie in with the overall card colour theme.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by on this special anniversary!  Congratulations Julee!!!



34 comments:

  1. What an elegant creation! So pretty!

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  2. This is beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Wow Chriss this is gorgeous! Fantastic ribbon flower and that frame is so cool. Stunning!

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  4. Such a pretty and elegant card. Thank you for inspiring me.

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  5. Such a pretty card! That frame and flower are beautiful!

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  6. Awesome card! TFS!
    Hugs
    Nikki
    Simple.scrappin@yahoo.com

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  7. This is so beautiful, Chriss! Your flower is gorgeous and the frame with the quote is stunning! Lovely card!

    I tried to comment earlier with the hop, but I could not get to the comment section! Just wanted you to know!

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  8. Impressive card. . . .Your frame is stunning along with the rose. WOW is all I can say.
    Happy Anniversary VERVE!

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  9. This is just pure elegance! Love how you framed the sentiment and that flower beside it is delicious! Thanks so much for celebrating with us!

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  10. Wonderful. I also love Julee's font styles!! Great flower!!! Have a super day!!!

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  11. Very pretty card, that ribbon flower, amazing. Love that sentiment and the framing of it. Perfect

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  12. Love the elegance of the sentiment with the frame! Beautiful

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  13. This is exquisite! The sentiment is wonderful and so is your pretty flower! TFS!

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  14. This is beautiful! Elegant cards are my favorite! Love the frame and the colors.

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  15. Wow! That frame and flower are absolutely stunning. What an elegant card!

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  16. What an elegant card! LOVE the flower!

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  17. i just love the frame.the flower is beautiful,the whole card is wonderful.

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  18. WOW!! Stunning card! Love, love, love!!

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  19. Gorgeous card. Got my eye on that frame and am loving that ribbon flower.

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  20. beautiful card. it's so elegant looking.

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  21. I love that frame!!! What a pretty project!

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  22. UM...speechless...just wow! This is so elegant...simply divine!

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  23. I love the ivory flower..so pretty!

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  24. Really gorgeous! Love the frame and that beautiful flower!

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  25. There are so many beautiful details on this card - the shading of the sentiment, the soft flower.

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  26. Wow, you made that flower?! It's gorgeous and so is the card. Love the frame, too.

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  27. This is so beautiful, I love that flower!

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  28. You did such an amazing job with this - your flower is stunning and that frame is perfect for another of Julee's awesome sentiments!

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