Verve Divas Inspiration Hop {December}

Welcome to Verve's December 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 December inspiration challenge for another chance to win!

This month's challenge is entitled O Christmas Tree:

Ribbons and sparkle and merry galore! Create a card inspired by the decorations of the season!

I thought I'd challenge myself to make a single layer card.  I hope I pulled it off, ha ha!  When I was looking through my Verve stamps for this challenge, I was surprised to see I didn't have a single Christmas set.  How in the world did that happen?!  Time to get creative with the images I had.  I grabbed the leaf images from Dream Big and created a wreath.  I started by stamping the largest leaf image in Fuse Green ink around a circle I traced in pencil.  Then I added the other leaves in darker shades of green, filling in the wreath.  Using the little circle starburst images from Be Blessed, I added some little berries and added a little Glassy Accents to them to make them shine.  The sentiment is part of the Framed Florals set.

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. Julee	6. Karen
	2. Amy	7. Sankari
	3. Anya	8. Sarah
	4. Betty	9. Sony
	5. Jen	10. Susan

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: dream big (verve), be blessed (verve), framed florals (verve)
paper: smooth white (mft)
ink: black licorice (mft), olive (mft), factory green (mft), fuse green (mft)
accessories: hemp cord (mft), glossy accents (ranger)

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 247

Good morning!!  It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!  Want to play along?  Here is the deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the very end of this post to enter your card. Be sure to link directly to the blog post or gallery image which features your card. You may post a picture of the sketch on your blog, but please save the image to your computer first. Use the keyword SSSC247 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

I have another fun card using Cool Dudes from Paper Smooches.

I cut out the image using the Cool Dudes Icons die set and then colored them with Copic Markers.  I used the Wonky Scallop Border die for the snow in the background and then added the Let It Snowflake die trio in the corner instead of a flower.  I also added a little glaze to the heart on the top snowflake and some sparkle on the snowflakes in the background paper.

I hope you will join in on all the fun this week.  Please hop on over to see what the Sweet Sunday Stampers have created this weekend:

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White - she's taking the week off
• Jackie Pedro
• Jenny Peterson
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Motz
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé
• Tracy Clemente - she's taking the week off
• Vicki Burdick

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: cool dudes (paper smooches)
paper: smooth white (mft), smoke (sss), grape jelly (mft), grapesicle (mft), winter wonderland 6x6 (mme)
ink: black licorice hybrid (mft), smoke (sss), electric red (mft), copic markers
accessories: cool dudes icons dies (paper smooches), let it snowflake die-namics (mft), wonky scallop border die-namics  (mft), pierced rectangle stax (mft), pierces fishtail flags stax (mft), glaze pen (sakura), star dust glitter pen (sakura), foam tape

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