Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the first ever official Anni- VERVE-sary Blog Hop. Verve turns two today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! The party kicked off over on the Verve blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there to start from the beginning! And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky commenter on that blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So if you’re feeling the love, give a little shout out to the bloggers in the hop and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!

For my Verve-a-licious creation I decided to *finally* make a *graduation* card for my cousin's son. Yes, he graduated in June. *sigh* I've told you all many, many times that I'm the Procrastination Queen. Are you finally starting to believe me?? So I pulled out one of my favorite Verve sets, Seeing Stars, and got to work. Since I was participating in a Verve hop, I thought it was only fitting to turn to this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge for inspiration. I changed it up a wee bit though. I did my best to keep the color scheme masculine and not add any frilly details - which is tough because you know how I love my glitter and ribbon!! I couldn't skip the polka dots, but I think I succeeded in finding some of the most manly polka dots around. :-)

Alrighty then, enough with the chit-chat, you have a whole bunch of blogs to hop to yet! Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Susie's blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness!

• Stamps: Seeing Stars from Verve Stamps
• Paper: Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue, Bo Bunny DP
• Ink: Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip
• Accessories: Janome Sew Mini & brown thread, SU photo corners punch, Spellbinders Labels One die, aged copper brads