Diva Inspirations Blog Hop

Happy Tuesday and welcome to February!  I love new beginnings, and this month we're kicking things off in style with a Diva Inspirations Blog Hop!  Today you'll be hopping along with our Diva Inspirations team, who are putting a brand new spin on some of those well-loved sets from days gone by.  If you've been hopping already, you're about midway through the hop.  If you're just getting here, you can see the master hop list at the bottom of this post.

As always, there's a hidden prize, so leave a comment as you hop along.  Check out the Verve Blog for the prize details and to read a little about our 3 newest Divas and our February promotions!  

 Once I started on my project, I just couldn't stop, so I've got a few more photos than usual.  This month, we're getting back to our Stamp of the Month feature.  For February, Sweet on You is our Stamp of the Month and it's on sale 40% off through the end of the month!  It's a perfect set for treat giving, with sentiments that coordinate with lots of different candies and gifts and a couple oval frame stamps to set them off!  I couldn't wait to pair Sweet on You with the cute little critters in the To the Moon set for some fun child valentines!

Okay, well the first one isn't really for a child - it's for my DH!  I love this You're RED HOT sentiment and decided to put his little monkey mouth at a slant so it looks like he's letting out a good "woot woo"!  {grin}.  The dotted oval frame from Sweet on You is punched out with the Wide Oval punch from SU! and then layered onto a Vintage Oval Die.  All of that is layered onto a Sweet Scallop Tag stamped, cut out and then layered onto a Sweet Scallop die and tied around a potion bottle filled with...you guessed it... red hots!

Next up is the little spotted giraffe from To the Moon, and I paired him with the I love you to PIECES sentiment from Sweet on You, because I thought his coloring reminded me of reese's pieces.  I used the Sweet Scallop Tag stamp and Sweet Scallop die, adding the little heart trio from To the Moon, and finished off with a sweet little heart shaped button.

The third little amigo is the elephant from To the Moon.  I figured since elephants are usually gray (here I colored him with a silver colored pencil), they could use a little color in their world and picked the You color MY WORLD sentiment from Sweet on You.  I used the Sweet Scallop Tag stamp and Sweet Scallop die again, and I embossed the WORLD in white on 5 colors of cardstock, then cut each letter out and pieced together.  And in the bottle... a colorful display of Skittles!

So I got to the end of my potion bottles, but there was still a fourth amigo hanging around.  This darling little polar bear from To the Moon seemed made for the Can't bear it WITHOUT YOU sentiment from Sweet on You, so I had to make one more little treat!  This time I used a little kraft sack I got at Archivers and filled it with a small ziploc full of gummy bears.  I added a Sweet Scallop die and Jotted heart die behind my bear and sentiment, then clipped on with a mini library clip and mini paper clip.  I finished off with some divine twine and a few little rhinestones.

Okay, I'm done showing and telling.  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous rest of the day! The master hop list is below! And we've hidden a little mystery prize on one of today's hop spots, so be sure to leave a little comment love as you hop around. One lucky commenter on the mystery hop spot will win a $30 gift certificate to the Verve Store! The deadline for comment entries is Saturday, February 5.  Happy hopping!

1. Betty 6. Michelle 2. Dawn 7. Lynda 3. Jen d. 8. Shannan 4. Jen T. 9. Sony 5. Julee 10.Susan

Enabler's List - Potion Bottle Trio
Stamps: Sweet on You, To the Moon , Sweet Scallop Tag (stamp) (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, White, Black, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz, Marina Mist (SU!)
Ink: Onyx Black, Crimson Red (Versafine), Cherry Cobbler, Copic markers, silver colored pencil
Accessories: Sweet Scallop Tag Die, Vintage Oval Die (Verve Stamps), potion bottles (Taylored Expressions), black twine, rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), heart buttons, glitter heart (Jesse James), trinket pin (Maya Road), polka dot ribbon (May Arts), Wide Oval Punch (SU!), Scrapper's Floss (Karen Foster), Scallop Classic Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Reese's Pieces, Red Hots, Skittles 

Enabler's List - Can't Bear It Kraft Sack
Stamps: Sweet on You, To the Moon (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, White, Black
Ink: Onyx Black, Crimson Red (Versafine)
Accessories: Jotted Heart Die, Sweet Scallop Tag Die (Verve Stamps) kraft mini envelope, gummy bears, cherry divine twine (TCP), heart button, red rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), mini library clip (SU!), mini paper clip (Tim Holtz)