March Verve Diva Inspirations Hop

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 March challenge is B is for Birthday...

Don't be caught short - make a fabulous birthday card to keep in your stash or give away! Use the inspiration graphic as a starting point, or head off in your own direction - just show us your birthday creations!

Click here to link up your challenge entries
Challenge deadline: Thursday, Mar. 19.
Prize: $40 gift voucher to the Verve online store!

If you have come here from Susan's blog, you are right on track.  If you just happened upon the Hop, you can check the hop list below to get caught up.

I love making birthday cards.  They are such a fun way to express birthday wishes - and the sky is the limit on which direction you want to go with them.  I needed a 50th birthday card, so I pulled the  coral and green colours from the inspiration photo and since it is a 50th birthday, I had to poke some fun and go with black accents.  The big, wooden "B" on the wall reminded me of the wonderful wood veneers I got as a gift and as fate would have it, the word and numbers were perfect!  Since many cringe at turning 50, I stamped a welcome sentiment from To The Moon on one of the banners from the Flag It die set, because your fifties can be a fabulous decade - speaking from a few years experience, cough, cough LOL!   

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	7. Sankari
	2. Amy	8. Sarah
	3. Anya	9. Susan
	4. Betty	10. Marisa
	5. Jen	11. Maureen
	6. Karen	12. Stacey

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

What's In It?
Stamps:  To The Moon (Verve Stamps)  
Paper:  The Sweetest Thing (My Minds Eye) 

Ink:  Black 
Accessories:  Flag It Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Scalloped Circle and Circle Nestabilities, Swiss Dots and Hearts Embossing Folders (Cuttlebug), Border Punch (Stampin' Up), Wood Veneers (Teresa Collins), Black Seam Binding, Button, Twine, Glue Dots, Dimensionals