Hello, friends, it's Amy today, with Day 6 of our Fanspiration Diva Dare. This month, we "dare" you to show us your new creations inspired by projects made by Verve fans! You can pick any little Verve project to inspire you, as long as it is not by one of our design team members (or yourself!) {grin}. To get your wheels a turnin', the Divas will be posting their Fanspiration creations using our newly released products right here each weekday!
I think this is my favorite Diva Dare theme ever. But also the hardest, because there are so many amazing projects to choose from! I've had a blast perusing various Verve galleries, and in the end chose this very recent and very beautiful card by Kerri Michaud to use as inspiration. I love the woodgrain background and the warm Fall colors especially. Here's my take:
I started with two flowers from Lean on Me. Both are colored with Copics, die-cut with the Pointed Flowers Die Set, and topped with chocolate buttons. I added two large Dreamy Leaves die-cuts in green gingham to help frame the flowers. The paper-pieced bird and the sentiment (die-cut with one of the Tiny Sweet Scallop dies) are both from With Love. Of course I had to include my new favorite Pennant Trim die, as well as a kraft Ribbon Banner die-cut that I stamped with the Thatched Banner Plain Jane. The warm Fall colors and patterns, including the dark chocolate woodgrain background, are from the Simple Stories Take a Hike and Harvest Lane collections. Thank you, Kerri, for the "fanspiration"!
How fun is this Dare? Don't know where to start? Head over to the Verve Fan Gallery to peruse some projects, pick one then join in the fun...here are the details...
There are two ways to win...
- Win a $50 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our Fanspiration Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. Winner will be chosen by random draw. To be eligible, your entry must:
- Be a new creation - posted September 7 or later
- Be inspired by a non-design team created Verve card or project
- Include a link to the inspiration piece you used, as well as a brief explanation of what inspired you
- Use at least one Verve product
- Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Sunday, September 23.
- Win a Verve set of your choosing! Leave a little shout-out for the Divas in the comments section as we post our answers to the Fanspiration dare each weekday through September 20. A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.
- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -
