February Diva Inspiration Hop

Welcome to our February Diva Inspirations Hop!  Today the Divas are dusting off some Verve favorites and putting on our monthly hop to inspire you with a fresh new spin on the stamps in our stash! 

I've paired my card with Maja Design's Mood Board for February. This month's board is a wonderful mix of vintage delights, perfect to pair up with some of my Verve favorites! ...I am in love with the mix of elements of the mood board and decided, of course, to rough up/pair up this delicate card in the sport of shabby with Verve's No Matter What set and Pennant Trim die:

The collection I used is called Vintage Summer Basics. All the hues are included below. I started off with a base which was distressed followed by two other layers, both equally distressed. One thing I like to do when  putting together a design is use scraps left behind from cutting. I took a strip of blue and a strip of peach paper and laid it across the middle horizontally. There's a touch of cluny lace underneath and a daisy chain length over the top. It's a good way to use up scraps and 'complicate' your design...which I seem to be good at. The floral bow accent consists of satin and organza ribbon bows as well as a fabric flower from A.C. Moore. The sentiment panel is a Oval Nestie stamped with Verve's No Matter What set and placed atop a Amira Flourish die. I also added a Pennant Trim die strip vertically down the right side of the card. I accented the perimeter and die cut with liquid pearls. Lastly I added a bit of Zva Creative bling for a touch of elegance.

Here's the list of hoppers today:

1. Julee	8. Andrea
2. Betty	9. Charmaine
3. Jen	10. Janelle
4. Sankari	11. Laurie
5. Sony	12. Maureen
6. Susan	13. Teresa
7. Amber

The inspiration:

The collection I used:

The Verve stamp set:

Pennant Trim die:

There's a great little prize involved, too! A random commenter on one of the hops will win a $30 gift certificate to VERVE, so be sure to leave a little love in the comment section as you hop about! You can find out all the prize details over on the Verve Blog today. 

The Ribbon Carousel is also sponsoring a new prize for this month's theme:

Love is in the air...

Make a card, a treat box, a scrapbook page, or anything at all to celebrate Love and be sure to include some ribbon or twine! 

You have until February 28th to add your creation to the link at the RC blog.

The random winner of a ribbon carousel will be announced

 on the blog on Monday, March 4th! 

Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: No Matter What (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Vintage Summer Basics (1916-bs, 1915, 1904) Maja Design, White
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Pennant Trim die (Verve~A Cut Above dies), CRX-05CB-121 (Flourish Iridescent-Crystal) Zva Creatve, Amira Flourish die (Memory Box), Oval Nestability (Spellbinders), Petal Pink, Baby Blue Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Light Pink Single Face Satin Ribbon (Paper Mart), Organza ribbon, fabric flower, cluny lace, daisy chain lace, paper distresser
Size: 4 1/4" X 5 1/2"
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