Harvest Glam

Hi friends!  I'm back with another black, white & glam card, as well as my loose interpretation on this week's Viva la Verve sketch.

I just want to say I absolutely freak out when I see spiders or spiderwebs.  Even pretend ones.  Other than owls, there is nothing creepier in my book. But for some reason, the spiderweb doilies out this season are just so cool to me and I'm totally hooked!

My kiddos have been sick with a stomach bug this week, so my time has been extremely limited. Yesterday I got a little time to sneak into the studio and when I saw an already stamped and cut pumpkin from Bountiful Harvest just sitting there left over from my last project, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

I started with some distress watercolor paper.  I used the crackle layering stencil and added shades of mustard seed, hello honey and dried marigold.  Next I rubbed some tarnished brass distress stain around.  Then I lifted off the stencil and while things were still wet, I poured on some antique gold shabby embossing powder and heat embossed.  It came out super cool and was the perfect backdrop for the gold spiderweb doily.  Next I embossed the happy harvest sentiment in gold on vellum, then added versamark directly to the edges and embossed in gold.  The moon is also from the Bountiful Harvest set, and I used the same colors of distress ink, then fussy cut.  I finished off with some wooden stars I embossed in gold to match and then distressed all the edges of my layers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Viva la Verve October Week 2

Enabler's List
Stamps: Bountiful Harvest (Verve Stamps)
Paper: watercolor distress (Tim Holtz), vellum
Ink: mustard seed, hello honey, dried marigold, tarnished brass (Ranger distress), Versamark, black
Accessories: spiderweb doily (Recollections), gold embossing powder (Judikins), shabby gold embossing powder (Stampendous), wooden stars, crackle layering stencil (Tim Holtz), enamel accents, glitter tape

Glam Blessings

Hi friends!  It's time for another Diva Inspirations Hop to kick off Verve's October inspiration challenge.  I'm the first stop on the hop, so grab a treat and get ready for a little glam from the Divas inspired by this month's challenge theme... Black, White & Glam!  There's a blog hop prize and a challenge prize up for grabs, so be sure to read to the bottom for all the deets!

For my card, I went glam with a patch of pumpkins from the Bountiful Harvest set.  I colored with copics, then the leaves in silver and the stems in gold wink of stella pens.  Next I covered the pumpkins with glossy glaze and sprinkled with glitter.  I embossed the sentiment in gold and used a styled silver metal frame to accent it.  A subtle chicken wire embossed background and some broad gold diagonal stripes finishes things off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I can't wait to hop along and see the bloomin' creations from the other Divas!  I hope you'll play along with us too!  You can find all the challenge details and linkup info on the Verve Blog.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Amy Kolling!

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. Maureen
	2. Amy	8. Stacey
	3. Betty	9. Charmaine
	4. Sankari	10. Amber
	5. Sarah	11. Marisa
	6. Susan

October Diva Inspirations Challenge

Enabler's List
Stamps: Bountiful Harvest (Verve Stamps)
Paper: white, black, gold diagonal strip dp (Recollections)
Ink: black, Copic Markers, Versamark, gold & silver Wink of Stella brush pens
Accessories:  gold spider web doily (Recollections), silver twine (Hemptique), hodgepodge hardware (SU!),  glossy glaze, glitter, chicken wire embossing folder (Cuttlebug), gold embossing powder