September 5, 2014

Verve Divas Inspiration Hop {September}

Welcome to Verve's September Diva Inspirations Hop. It's the 5th of the month and that means it's time for the Divas to serve up some fresh inspiration with their Verve stamps! Leave some comment love along the hop spots for a chance to win a prize, then grab some stamps and play along with our September inspiration challenge for another chance to win!

This month's challenge is entitled Sweet September:



Sugar-high! Get sugary sweet with pastels, cupcakes or candy. Create a calorie free confection to delight the senses! Feel free to use the graphic as inspiration or not.




I loved the soft, pastel colors in this month's inspiration graphic, so I let those beautiful colors stir my creativity today.  I grabbed some of the papers from Now & Then "Mildred" and created the background.  I stamped the banner from Wonderful Marvelous in Smoke ink and then stamped the cupcake from With Love in the same muted color.  The happy birthday sentiment is from Treasured Words, which I stamped in black ink. The layout is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch - SSSC234.

Need a little inspiration? Check out the blogs linked below to see what the other Divas did with the challenge! It's sure to be a treat, and speaking of treats, we've got a prize for one lucky commenter along the hop! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee7. Sarah
2. Amy8. Sony
3. Anya9. Susan
4. Betty10. Maureen
5. Karen11. Stacey
6. Sankari12. Marisa


Anni-VERVE-sary Sale

We've got some sweet savings in the store with all of our brand new releases marked 10% off and some of our sweetest stamps & dies from releases past marked 20% off!

Thanks so much for stopping by!




recipe -
stamps: with love (verve), wonderful marvelous (verve), treasured words (verve)
paper: whip cream (mft), smoke (sss), now & then "mildred" 6x6 (mme)
ink: smoke (sss), black licorice (mft)
accessories: shine bright sequin mix (verve), pinking edge circle stax (mft), pierced circle stax (mft), horizontal stitched strips (mft), pierced rectangle stax (mft), foam tape
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41 comments:

  1. loulouSeptember 5, 2014 at 5:34 AM

    Very pretty card. I like the soft almost tone on tone stamping of the banner and cupcake.

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  2. ~amy~September 5, 2014 at 7:08 AM

    absolutely sweet and love the beautiful color palette.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2014 at 8:56 AM

    Love the soft colors of this card :)

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  4. Darlene GabrielSeptember 5, 2014 at 9:54 AM

    Oh, sweet card. I love the soft colours and the polka dots & stripes mixed together.

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  5. IrisSeptember 5, 2014 at 10:05 AM

    Such a pretty card - love the soft colors and the layers.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  6. LeslieSeptember 5, 2014 at 11:27 AM

    So pretty Karen...I love the softness of your cards!

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  7. JoAnnSeptember 5, 2014 at 11:35 AM

    So pretty. Love the soft colors and design.

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  8. Vera Yates (Ling)September 5, 2014 at 11:59 AM

    This is so pretty. Love the soft colors.

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  9. Vera Yates (Ling)September 5, 2014 at 11:59 AM

    This is so pretty. Love the soft colors.

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  10. GoldieSeptember 5, 2014 at 12:23 PM

    Love how you used the patterned paper! I have a ton of dsp, and I so struggle to use it!

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  11. SharonSeptember 5, 2014 at 1:03 PM

    So pretty - love the soft colors!

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2014 at 2:09 PM

    I like the limited number of colors and the use of pastel colors.
    Great card.
    thanks for sharing.

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  13. sharrilouSeptember 5, 2014 at 2:26 PM

    This is the sweetest card.

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  14. Rubeena I.September 5, 2014 at 4:06 PM

    love thee choice of colors

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  15. Sue DSeptember 5, 2014 at 4:55 PM

    Very cute--I like this color combo and the polka dots.

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  16. JanisSeptember 5, 2014 at 5:02 PM

    Fabulous use of that color palette. Love it in those very soft pastel tones!!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  17. Kris BSeptember 5, 2014 at 5:21 PM

    Adorable card! Love the soft colors! Love the cupcake in the background of the sentiment! Sweet!

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  18. Jean BullockSeptember 5, 2014 at 6:06 PM

    I love your soft color scheme. Very lovely card.

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  19. Mary-Anne VSeptember 5, 2014 at 6:36 PM

    Great soft colours esp. the softly inked cupcake.

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2014 at 10:20 PM

    I just love the colors you used on your card! Just lovely!

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  21. Helen GullettSeptember 6, 2014 at 1:05 AM

    Love the choice of soft color :) cute cute cute card!

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  22. HeatherSeptember 6, 2014 at 2:53 AM

    Just a very elegant clean looking card. Nice.

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  23. Patricia RothSeptember 6, 2014 at 7:21 AM

    What a sweet card! Perfect for a little girl!

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  24. UnknownSeptember 6, 2014 at 7:31 AM

    Love the soft colors in this card....... beautiful!

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  25. Sheri GilsonSeptember 6, 2014 at 8:20 AM

    So pretty! Love the soft color combo!

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  26. Celeste GoffSeptember 6, 2014 at 9:05 AM

    Oh so pretty! I love the soft pinks and grays you used and the pretty touches of bling with the sequins!

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  27. AnneleiseSeptember 6, 2014 at 9:18 AM

    A great birthday card!

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  28. Nora NollSeptember 6, 2014 at 2:41 PM

    I love the soft pastels on this and the use of patterned paper. Lovely card!!

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  29. LynSeptember 6, 2014 at 4:19 PM

    Such beautiful soft colours together

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  30. msdixieSeptember 6, 2014 at 4:43 PM

    Oh my goodness, Karen. I love the subtlety of the colors you used. Really soft and pretty.

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  31. CealSeptember 6, 2014 at 5:59 PM

    sweet card love the soft colors

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  32. UnknownSeptember 6, 2014 at 8:35 PM

    Very cute, and I love the color combo.

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  33. Pink UnicornSeptember 7, 2014 at 12:54 AM

    What an elegant card, I particularly love the banners and the sequins.

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  34. NancySeptember 7, 2014 at 9:54 AM

    Karen, Absolutely sweet and beautiful color palette, but so not a surprise you always do great work!

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  35. BeckySeptember 7, 2014 at 11:05 AM

    This is lovely Karen. Beautiful colors too.

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  36. D-September 7, 2014 at 12:16 PM

    I LOVE your colors, too. Thanks for sharing your BEAUTIFUL card.
    Crafty hugs,
    D~
    DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

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  37. Miriam PrantnerSeptember 8, 2014 at 9:53 AM

    Such soft and pretty colors and papers, just darling!

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  38. Waving My WandSeptember 8, 2014 at 3:18 PM

    Wow, this is beautiful! My fave so far on the hop!

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  39. Sue CreaseSeptember 9, 2014 at 7:10 AM

    Queen of CAS cards. This is just lovely.
    Sue

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  40. An'Jenic G.September 9, 2014 at 10:46 AM

    Pretty card. Love the light stamping and layers. AJ

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  41. Elizabeth S.September 10, 2014 at 3:55 PM

    So cute and love how you stamped the cupcake behind the sentiment and added the banners!

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