May Diva Inspirations Hop {win!}

It's the 5th of the month and time for the Verve Divas to bring you our monthly Diva Inspirations Challenge and Blog Hop! There are two ways to win Verve prizes: comment on the design team's blog hop posts (linked below) to see their take on the inspiration, then go get inky and link up your take on the challenge to be eligible in our prize drawings!

Our May challenge is Let it Bloom

Florals are always fashionable. Let your creativity bloom and use some fabulous florals on your card. Use the inspiration graphic as a starting point, or head off in your own direction – just show us some blooms!

Click here to link up your challenge entries
Challenge deadline: Sunday, May 20.
Prize: $25 gift voucher to the Verve online store!

It's very rare that I duplicate a card - but Mother's Day has snuck up on me this year! In the interest of getting things in the post on time (I am terrible at this!) I used the wonderful Button Best stamp set and Petal Points Cut Above Dies to make two matching cards today. 

I've also used a die from the Cupcake Frame set for my focal layer, and cut the Sprightly Sprigs in vellum to adorn my blooms.

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. Sarah
	2. Amy	7. Susan
	3. Anya	8. Maureen
	4. Betty	9. Marisa
	5. Sankari

Verve Spotlight Hop - Button Best!

Welcome to our May 2014 Spotlight Hops!  We're so excited to share some new Verve with you! The Divas will be spotlighting 3 new sets, 3 plain janes and a couple dies each day through Friday, so keep your eyes peeled for some fresh Verve inspiraiton! Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, 5/23.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for full set reveals and all the prize info and deadlines!

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I'm so excited to be joining the release team this week to show off some of the amazing new release Julee has designed. Today I have a card featuring Button Best and two new die sets! 

Isn't this sentiment fabulous? After a week of Jackson being sick, then falling ill myself, I feel like I've only just been managing to hold it together lately - but I'm proud to say we're all wearing clean clothes and are fed, so I can't be doing too bad!

For my card I stamped the focal sentiment on a sponged panel, and layered it over a doily and circle layer. Behind the circle, I've used the Pennant Trim die, cut from vellum, and contoured it to the circle using tape. The bow uses seam binding from the Summer Sailing collection.

If you love Verve flowers as much as I do, you'll be so excited to hear this set has a matching die set! The Petal Points Die set is fabulous, and works so well with the Sprightly Sprigs Die Set, also new! I coated the sprigs with a silver Wink of Stella pen. 

The flowers were coloured with copics, and I popped up the layers for lots of dimension. How great are those button centers?! I left a white border when I fussy cut them to make them pop a little more.

Here's a peek inside my card...

Here's the list of fabulous Divas with projects to share today - don't forget to comment to be in to win!

Today's Prize: Button Best, Proverbs 31:25, Petal Points Die Set

1. Julee 8. Amber 2. Charmaine 9. Maureen 3. Marisa 10. Jen 4. Janelle 11. Andrea 5. Teresa 12. Christyne 6. Chaitali 13. Sarah

Stamps: Button Best (Verve Stamps) Paper: Date Night (Chickaniddy Crafts) Ink: Gray Flannel (Memento Luxe) Orange Soda (Hero Arts) Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger) Dies: A Cut Above Dies: Sprightly Sprigs Die Set, Petal Points Die Set, Pennant Trim (Verve Stamps) Other: Summer Sailing Ribbon Collection, Silver Wink of Stella Pen, Vellum, Twine, Button, Doily, Copics

SugarPea Designs Sweet Sneaks - Totes Ma Goats!

Hi friends! We're at the end of sweet sneaks for SugarPea Designs - all the new sets will be available after our release party tonight! We've saved an adorable and unique set for last - Totes Ma Goats!

Aren't they sweet?! I wanted to make a feminine card with these cuties. The sentiment is from the previously released Love You Bunches. I watercoloured with distress markers, the clouds are sponged through a stencil. 

Here's a peek inside...

Isn't that sentiment fun!?

Would you like to WIN the Totes Ma Goats stamp set?! Hop along and visit with the SugarPeas, leaving some comment love along the way! One lucky person will be randomly selected to win the Totes Ma Goats stamp set!

We will be announcing the winner of today's stamp set AND the winner of the ENTIRE APRIL RELEASE at our online release party on the SugarPea Designs Facebook page this Thursday night between 8:00 and 9:00 PM EST! We'd love to come have you chat with us, everyone is welcome!

Our fabulous April release will be available in the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe at 9:00 PM EST this Thursday night!

  

Tracy Valure	Anita Madden	Jenny Peterson	Shannon
Tracy MacDonald	Sarah	Mary	Kim
	Jessie	SPD Blog

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Stamps: Totes Ma Goats, Love You Bunches (SugarPea Designs) Paper: Wanderlust (Studio Calico) Ink: Peanut Brittle (Memento Luxe) Dies: Grass (MFT) Stitched Circles and Rectangles (Lil Inker) Other: Distress Markers, Pearl Pin, Seam Binding, Cloud Stencil