Verve Sneak Peek - Love Story

It's almost that time - New Release time at Verve!! And man are you guys in for a treat this week!! Seriously. This is probably THE best release Julee has come up with yet. AMAZING. And the Sneak Peeks all start today on several of the Verve Divas' blogs with a look at a fabulous new set called Love Story. This is a set of 20 stamps - images, frames, large and small sentiments - that are perfect for creating cards and gifts that celebrate any type of love story. I plan to use this set for wedding cards, bridal shower gifts, new baby cards, anniversary cards, and there are even a few sentiments that would work for all-occasion cards as well! And don't forget about Wedding / Shower invitations and favors - this would be the ideal set for those projects! Oh, and scrapbook layouts?? The list just goes on and on.

For my Sneak Peek project today using Love Story, I decided to step out of my comfort zone a bit {translation: lots of soft pinks and frilly looking papers} and create a romantic matchbox-style gift packaging to hold a special wedding gift for a good friend of mine.


It's it pretty? I went hybrid as usual. The box base is Kraft cardstock, but all of the other papers are printed digi papers from the Sunshine of My Life kit by Scrapkitchen Designs (Sweet Shoppe). I stamped the Best Wishes sentiment inside the stamped frame image and cut out with a hobby knife. The little birds and the "to the happy couple" sentiment are also stamped from the Love Story set.

The matchbox was created using an old tutorial I printed off over a year ago from Kelly Lunceford's blog. The rest of the supplies are listed at the end of this post.

Want to see more fabulous eye candy using Love Story?? Stop by the Divas' blogs listed below - they're all sharing projects today using this set.

Mercy
Susan
Guest Diva Sony
Tosh
Laurie
Head Diva Julee
Teresa
Amber
Guest Diva Maureen
Lynda

And be sure to leave comments telling everyone what you think - One lucky commenter on a randomly chosen official sneak peek post (see today's post on the Verve Blog for the "official" list) will win the sets being peeked that day. Deadline for comments is 6PM Eastern Friday, August 20.

And in case you missed it, there's yet another chance this week to win some new Verve - Julee created 5 new sketch challenges for this release! Play along with 1 or all 5 for a chance to win fun prizes. One lucky participant who does them all will win the entire new release! Check out the Anni-VERVE-sary Sketch Challenge thread in our forum for all the details on how to enter! You've got a week to create, so have some fun getting inky!

Don't forget to join us Friday, August 20 at 8:00 pm Eastern time in the Verve Forum for our Release Party!!

Matchbox Supplies:
Stamps: Love Story (Verve)
Paper: Crumb Cake (SU); Printed digi paper from Sunshine of my Life by Scrapkitchen Designs (Sweet Shoppe)
Ink: Early Espresso (SU)
Accessories: Scallop border punch, Seam binding ribbon, grosgrain, jumbo eyelet (SU); button (PTI); Matchbox tutorial by Kelly Lunceford