When I heard the name of this month's Diva Dare "Bright Blooms and Butterflies" I knew it would be a great combination as Charmaine whips those bright colors together in short order to make some delightfully cheery, uplifting cards and Marisa...'Queen of Darling Die Cuts'... I mean have you seen how she assembles paper flowers? Don't even get me started on her fondness for maple leaves! :)
Here's my combo card, using bright colors (by my standards :) and lots {and I mean LOTS} of Verve die-cuts:
I generally use muted, neutrals on my cards so this was really a step out the box for me. It felt refreshing to add some good old-fashioned color to my card (thanks, Charmaine!). I also wanted to duplicate the small rolled flowers that Marisa expertly creates for her cards, so my project also shows my attempt at those sweet things.
I used Crate Paper's colorful Farmhouse collection and added loads of Verve dies, namely the Curvy Bookplate die which encompasses both a Mini Bookplate die and a Flag-It die for the sentiment. That overlays two Banner Bundle dies, matted and attached to the sentiment panel. Also tucked in there is an All Aflutter die. There are also Dreamy Leaves dies which were stamped with the greenery from the Dream Big set. The 'hello' sentiment is from Remember This, part of Verve's latest release.
{By far not a mailable card, by normal standards anyway, but then it wouldn't be an Andrea card if it were flat... :)}
Here's the Viva La Verve sketch for this week:
And an inspiration pic to get your creative juices flowing:
(For the Viva La Verve challenge, you can use just the sketch, just the inspiration (pick colors, a layout, a theme, etc from the inspiration picture), or you can combine both challenges into one card!)
Below are two ways you can win some shiny new Verve!
- Win a $40 Verve gift certificate! Play along with our March Diva Dare and link up your creation to the linky widget entry form. A winner will be chosen by random draw. To be eligible, your entry must:
- Be a new creation - posted April 12th or later.
- Be a card or project using bright colours and having a flower and/or butterfly (or other die shape) as your focal point.
- Use at least one Verve product.
- Be added to the linky widget before 5pm Mountain on Wednesday, May 1.
- 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 this month's dare weekdays through April 29th. A random comment winner will be chosen from all the comments over the course of the Dare.
- Winners will be announced on Friday, May 3rd.
- Go forth and get inky! We DARE you! -
