Blooming Bricks Diva Hop

Hi friends! It's the 10th of the month, and after a break in January, the Divas are back and ready to inspire with a new Diva Inspirations Challenge and Blog Hop.  There are two prizes up for grabs, one for commenting on the blog hop posts and one for linking up to this month's challenge, so come play along with us! I'm the first stop on the hop, so let's get to it...

Our February challenge is Industrial Chic and I've got just the inspiration photo to get you in the groove.  I'm so wishing I had a wall like that in my house!  Check out the Verve blog today for a closer look at the inspiration picture.

The pop of color in this industrial style loft speaks of the hope of spring in the midst of winter. Kind of like February... it's still cold and wintry, but new life is on the horizon. Feel free to take your inspiration from the photo or the color combo, whatever suits your fancy! We can't wait to see what you create.

Click here to link up your challenge entries

Challenge deadline: Saturday, March 5.

Prize: $30 gift voucher to the Verve online store!

My jumping off point was the wall.  I started with smokey slate, embossed with a brick embossing folder, then sponged with pumice stone, brushed corduroy and black soot until I got the desired effect.  Next I pulled out the Doodled Occasions set, thinking I would use the birdcage image.  But I saw the doodled flowers and just had to pull them out and start stamping in purely pomegranate and lucky limeade instead.  I colored with a waterbrush and the same color inks, then quickly fussy cut them and layered with some die cuts using the Sprightly Sprigs Die Set.

For accent I added some glossy accents to each flower center and a pinch of glitter, then sprinkled some of the new Lots of Love sequins all around and glued them down.  I couldn't bear to cover up any more of my brick wall, so decided to stamp the sentiment (also from Doodled Occasions) on an acetate die cut circle and then clipped with a mini library clip.  I finished off with distressed edges all around.

Alrighty, next up on the hop is the lovely Amber.

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! 

	1. Julee	8. Marisa
	2. Amber	9. Maureen
	3. Amy	10. Sankari
	4. Betty	11. Stacey
	5. Charmaine	12. Susan
	6. Christyne	13. Teresa
	7. Laurie

Enabler's List
Stamps: Doodled Occasions (Verve Stamps)
Paper: smoky slate, white
Ink: black, purely pomegranate, lucky limeade (SU!), black soot, pumice stone, frayed burlap (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Sprightly Sprigs Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Lots of Love Sequin Mix (Verve), brick embossing folder (Tim Holtz), stitched circle stax (MFT), mini library clip (SU!)