God's Love ~ Diva Inspiration Hop

It's time for the Verve Divas to bring you our monthly Diva Inspirations Challenge and Blog Hop!

There are TWO $30 gift vouchers to the Verve store up for grabs this month and two ways to win! First, comment on the design team's blog hop posts (linked below) for an entry in the first giveaway. Then to be entered into our challenge prize drawing, go get inky and link up your take on the challenge. You have until December 5 to link up. Feel free to play along with the challenge as many times as you like. Verve stamps aren't required to play, but we do smile a little brighter when we see them!

These rustic trees in blues and greens bring images of Old World Christmas to mind. Add in some baubles and finery, or keep it simple and rustic.  Either way, it's sure to inspire.  There are no rules... follow our colour pattern or head off in whatever direction these pretty trees take you.  We can't wait to see what you create!

I just love these colours for a non traditional Christmas palette.  I used versamark with a Heidi Swapp stencil and then white embossing powder on top of watercolour paper.  Then I took some Zig markers in the challenge colours and smooshed them onto the watercolour paper using water and a sheet of acetate. I finished the card off with some seam binding ribbon and this beautiful quote from Beyond Measure.

Click here to link up your challenge entries
Challenge deadline: Monday, December 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. Susan
4. Christyne	9. Teresa
5. Laurie

what's in it?
stamps:  Beyond Measure, Jolly Jingles (Verve)
paper: vintage violet (SU), watercolour paper, white (PTI)
ink: onyx (Versafine), parakeet (PTI)
accessories: Shine Bright Sequin Mix (Verve), Zig watercolour pens, white emossing powder, Heidi Swapp stencil, seam binding ribbon, wood heart button (dollar store), stitched circle die (MFT), Wink of Stella pen