Verve Diva Inspiration Hop!

It’s the 5th of the month and time for the Verve Divas to bring you our monthly Diva Inspirations Challenge and Blog Hop! There are two ways to win Verve prizes: comment on the design team’s blog hop posts (linked below) to see their take on the inspiration, then go get inky and link up your take on the challenge to be eligible in our prize drawings!

Our June challenge is Eat Me, Drink Me
Hey There Cupcake by Jen Shults
For my card I went with the Eat Me part of the challenge (that sounds terrible, lol). I used Cupcakes and Small Packages stamp sets my cupcake and sentiment. I colored the cupcake with Copics.
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I added a bit of Stardust Stickles to the cupcake for shine and some Sprinkles for a little bit of something extra.
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For the background I used a burlap background stamp and embossed it with white embossing powder and then sponged over that with Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink. I love how the subtle gradient turned out. 🙂
For my layout I used Sweet Sunday Sketch 271.
Card Details:
Stamps: 
Cupcakes, Small Packages (Verve), Burlap Background (MFT)
Paper: Sugar Cube, Peapod, Lemon Meringue Cardstock (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Classy Label Die (Verve), Banner Bundle Dies (Verve), foam tape, sponge ink applicator (Ranger), white embossing powder, Stardust Stickles, Sprinkles (Doodlebug)
Are you fueled by coffee, tea or cocoa? Find cupcakes irresistible? Create a card featuring an edible treat or favored beverage!  Use the inspiration graphic as a starting point, or head off in your own direction – just leave us needing a fix of your favorite indulgence!

Click here to link up your challenge entries

Challenge deadline: Saturday, June 20.
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’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. Susan
2. Amy 8. Maureen
3. Anya 9. Marisa
4. Betty 10. Chaitali
5. Sankari 11. Stacey
6. Sarah 12. Amber

19 responses to “Verve Diva Inspiration Hop!”

  1. Adorable card, Jen. The glittery cupcake looks good enough to eat!

  2. This is fab! Loving the background and that lovely, glittery cupcake – yum!

  3. Ella R

    Very pretty card good choice with the back ground

  4. Amy Marshall

    Very pretty. Love the bright and cheerful colors.

  5. Marisa

    Great BG and a fabulously coloured cupcake!

  6. This is so fabulous, Jen! I just love that background, the colors and that looks good enough to eat shimmery cupcake! Beautiful!

  7. Cupcakes + glitter = win! Love your card! Thanks for sharing! ~Annie

  8. Fun card, I love all of the texture you have added!

  9. Gilda

    Great card. I love the background – what a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

  10. Gorgeous background and the sparkle on the cupcake is beautiful

  11. Danielle Dietz

    Beautiful card. Love the sparkly cupcake and the background!

  12. LOVE your textured background

  13. Nana Griffin

    Love that sparkly cupcake!

  14. EEEK! I love this! The colors, the background (love is not a strong enough word) and that sparkly, glittery, AWESOME cupcake! Fantastic layout here, This card rocks!

  15. great background – cute card

  16. Gorgeous card!! I LOVE that background you created. I just want to touch it! And that sparkly cupcake just looks so yummy!

  17. Nancy L.

    LOVE your background!!! Really a terrific card Jen!! Great color combo too!

  18. snazzy jj

    Love your background and glittery topping.

  19. Jan D., FL

    I just discovered your blog and love your style. Wonderful cards and loads of inspiration. Thanks.