May Diva Inspirations Hop

Hi friends!  Welcome to our May Diva Inspirations Hop!  I'm kicking things off today as the Divas show you some cards breathing life into old favorites.  It's a hop... and that means there's a PRIZE!  Leave comments on each of the blogs in today's hop (master hop list at the bottom of this post) and you just might be the lucky winner of a $30 gift certificate to VERVE! I'm thinking that just might come in handy with our new release happening this Friday and all!  {grin}  Check out the Verve Blog today for all the details and prize deadline.

My card today features a little old, a little newer and a sneaky peek!  I got my days mixed up when I was creating and thought the hop was on Monday and the card I had planned to share uses tomorrow's Mojo Monday sketch.  Oops!  So, I just had (twist my arm, right?) to stick mark with twin duty so I could make another card for today's hop.  {grin}

This is a special card for my nephew who is graduating high school this year.  I have no idea how that happened as it seems like only yesterday he was 4 and I was dropping him off at pre-school!  He's such an amazing young man with a heart for God, so I pulled out the Jeremiah 29:11 set along with Calendar Countdown and a brand spanking new Happy Graduation Plain Jane that will release this Friday, May 10.

I used the Jeremiah verse as a background on the grey patterned paper, then cut out a few little bingo cards from the Simple Stories paper that had titles that I thought worked great for graduation.  The new graduation plain jane is stamped onto a Classic Circles Nestabilities die cut and I added a little banner over the top using the numbers in Calendar Countdown for the 2013.  Then I stopped and ate a chocolate covered espresso bean and had a little pity party as I realized I graduated 20 years ago this spring.  {wink}  I finished off by stamping the cross from Jeremiah 29:11 in Cherry Cobbler, then cutting out and tucking behind my circle.  Kind of like a little cross to guide him as he goes, sees, does, discovers and explores.

Embellishments are minimal for this masculine card... just a few wooden stars and a mini library clip.  Oh, and the layout is a somewhat loose interpretation of this week's Viva la Verve May Week 1 Sketch.

Okay, next up on the hop is the always inspiring, newly crowned Stamping Royalty... Amy Kolling.

	1. Julee	6. Karen
	2. Amy	7. Sankari
	3. Anya	8. Sarah
	4. Betty	9. Sony
	5. Jessica	10. Tiffany

Enabler's List
Stamps: Happy Graduation Plain Jane, Calendar Countdown, Jeremiah 29:11
Paper: Urban Traveler (Simple Stories), Cream
Ink: Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler (SU!), Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), wood veneer stars (Studio Calico), mini library clip (SU!)