Verve Diva Inspiration Hop - August 2016

It's time for the Verve Divas to bring you our monthly Diva Inspirations Challenge and Blog Hop!

There are TWO $30 gift vouchers to the Verve store up for grabs this month and two ways to win! First, comment on the design team's blog hop posts (linked below) for an entry in the first giveaway. Then to be entered into our challenge prize drawing, go get inky and link up your take on the challenge. You have until September 5 to link up. Feel free to play along with the challenge as many times as you like. Verve stamps aren't required to play, but we do smile a little brighter when we see them!

Summer brights fade into earthy tones for the dog days of summer. With the hustle and bustle of the end of summer coming, a breezy, free-spirited graphic is what we have in store for you this month. Follow the color pattern, or be inspired to journey where the creative winds may take you. We can't wait to see what you create!

Click here to link up your challenge entries
Challenge deadline: Monday, September 5.
Prize: $30 gift voucher to the Verve online store!

If you have come here from Lesley's blog you are right on track.  If not, you can go to the Verve blog for the hop list to get caught up.

For my card I honed in on the gorgeous colours Julee has highlighted on the inspiration photo.  I LOVE working with Fall colours and this gave me the perfect excuse to be able to dabble in them {grin}.

I used one of our past Viva La Verve sketches for my card along with Kind Words for the sentiment, Bloom and Grow for the flower and the Elegant Leaves and Floral Circles die sets for the flower and leaf cluster.  Crimped the kraft panel for some texture and woodsy feel as per the tree branch and the dream catcher screamed doily so I had to include one {grin}.

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're giving away a $30 gift voucher to Verve to one random commenter along the hop.  Just leave a little love as you hop about for a chance to win!

1. Julee	7. Marisa
2. Betty	8. Maureen
3. Charmaine	9. Stacey
4. Christyne	10. Susan
5. Laurie	11. Teresa
6. Lesley

Time to head on over to Maureen's blog to see her take on the inspiration photo :)

Oh, and don't forget, Verve has its Anni-VERVE-sary Sale running right now!  You get 30% off everything in the Verve store!!  A great way to get yourself some Verve goodies at a discount :) 

Have a great day and happy hopping!! 






What's In It?
Stamps:  Bloom and Grow, Kind Words (Verve Stamps)
Paper:   Kraft, Always Artichoke, Real Red, So Saffron, Early Espresso (Stampin' Up), Cream Linen
Ink:  Black, Real Red, Early Espresso, VersaMark (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Elegant Leaves and Floral Circles Die Sets (A Cut Above by Verve),  Doily Die (Top Dog Dies), Stitched Rectangle Die (Lil' Inker), Tag Die (PTI), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Crimper (Fiskars), 5/8" Red Grosgrain Ribbon (Michael's), Twine, Button, Cream Half Pearls, Sequins, Glue Dots, Dimensionals