Verve Divs - May Inspiration Hop

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our Diva Inspirations Hop! It's the 5th of the month and that means it's time for the Verve Inspirations Team to breathe new life into some much-loved stamps and dies. And there's a PRIZE up for grabs, which might just come in handy for the new stamps and dies Verve is releasing on Friday, May 10! So be sure to leave a little shout out in the comment section of each blog as you hop about to be entered in a drawing for a $30 gift certificate to Verve Stamps! Check out all the details and prize info over at the Verve Blog.

I made my card for today using the beautiful stamps from the newest release and paired it with the super amazing (AH-MaH-ZING!) Seam Binding Ribbon from Verve stamps - you can check them all out here. I love the flower from the Surely Goodness stamp set and paired it with one of my most favorite sentiments "Shine Brightly" from the Remember This stamp set from Verve stamps. 

I love this sentiment - I just can't tell you HOW happy it makes it to stamp this sentiment - its such a lovely sentiment of encouragement! All the sentiments in the Remember This  set have that quality of being the most perfect sentiments - Julee is amazing like that - always creating such lovely sentiments! The CAS style of cards is a really hard one for me - I always struggle with it because I always feel like 400 jillion layers are missing! So here is my attempt to a CAS style card trying to keep the sentiment and the flower as the centerpieces :)

 I stamped the flower from the Surely Goodness stamp set - it is such a gorgeous flower and I stamped it 4 times - each time cutting layers of the flower and then popping it up on the previous layer. I love the colors from the this MME DP so I kept the colors minimal and colored the flower only blue and then mixed some greens and grays for the leaves. Here is a closer up picture of the layers on the flower and the lines of pearls on the side of the flower and above the sentiment:

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Surely Goodness stamp set (flower) and the sentiment is from the Remember This stamp sets from Verve Stamps
Paper: My Mind's Eye, PTI white and gray Bazzill cardstock
Inks: Memento London Fog,
Accessories: photo angle chomper, line of pearl bling, dimensionals, spellbinders nestabilties, large pearl bling, Signature Ribbon collection from Verve stamps and copics.

I just loved making this card - I think I could make all my cards with this sentiment - its just so inspiring to the inside sunshine in all of us just to let that light that we are - shine out bright!!!

Please check out the wonderful creations from my fellow Verve Divas - leave them a little love in the comment section and you can be entered to win a wonderful prize from Verve!!! Hop along with me and check them out:
 

	1. Julee	7. Sankari
	2. Amy	8. Sarah
	3. Anya	9. Sony
	4. Betty	10. Susan
	5. Jessica	11. Tiffany
	6. Karen

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!
Shine On my friends - Shine ON!!!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)