September Diva Inspirations Blog Hop

Hi friends! It's the 10th of the month and that means it's time to hop, hop, hop with our favorite Divas!  We've got a brand new inspiration graphic for you this month and we hope our posts will inspire you to come play along with us.  I'm the first stop on today's hop, and there are prizes to be won, so let's get to it.

There are TWO $30 gift vouchers to the Verve store up for grabs this month and two ways to win!

Giveaway 1:  Random drawing from comments on the official Diva Hop Blog posts

Giveaway 2:  Random drawing from participants who link up for the challenge

I've been having some mixed-media fun lately, so started with the background, taking my inspiration from the colors in the inspiration graphic.  A layer of gesso on white cardstock to prime the paper, then I added some Lindy's Magicals in teal tones.  When that was dry, I took a scribbles stencil and a baby wipe to wipe away the pattern to give some texture.  Then I sprinkled on some of the purple magicals.  Loved the way it looked, so decided to sprinkle some more on the white cardstock and use the sprinkle each day with kindness sentiment from the new Kindness Matters stamp set.

Next I stamped the smaller flower from the set and watercolored with the purple magicals, adding some white gel pen accents and fussy cutting (because I was a very messy watercolorer).  I layered some tip top taupe leaves cut with the Great Kindness Die Set, then scraped them with gesso and sprinkled on some aqua glass glitter.  The aqua dotty piece behind was a leftover piece of cardstock painted with magicals and cut out with one of the Tim Holtz mixed media dies.  I finished with a bunch of distressed edges.

Alrighty, that's my card, and here's the inspiration challenge and blog hop details.

Your next stop along the hop is Betty.

The changing colors of autumn are always a favorite. It's like a paintbrush came and colored the world. One of my favorite trees around the neighborhood turns a brilliant purple in the fall, and is so beautiful against the blue sky. So while some may find this a wintry inspiration, to me a bit of regal purple and a touch of sky and earth will always be fall. Follow the color pattern, or take your inspiration from the graphic, either way it's sure to be lovely! We can't wait to see what you create!

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

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

Enabler's List
Stamps: Kindness Matters (Verve Stamps)
Paper: white, tiptop taupe (SU!)
Ink: Bermuda Bay (SU!), Industrial Chic and Halloween Magicals (Lindy's Stamp Gang), gesso, white gel pen
Accessories: Great Kindness Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), Mixed Media dies (Tim Holtz), aqua glass glitter, scribbles stencil