June Diva Inspiration Hop From Verve

Well, today's the June Diva Inspiration Hop from Verve and several more of the Verve Divas have joined us this month. Yay! Wanna know why? Because they were just as excited as I am to share 2 NEW PLAIN JANES being released today! One of them is called "One Day at a Time" (which is in a similar font format as this one) and the one I used today which is called "Grace" (which I have needed a lot of here lately, and am so thankful that God gives it anew every day!).

If you're just joining me here, the Diva Inspiration Hop started over on Betty's blog HERE. I'm smack dab in the middle of the Hop list, so you'll miss a bunch if you don't start at the beginning!


As usual, I mixed and matched a little old with a little new VERVE! In fact I used several stamp sets to go along with the new Grace Plain Jane. I made some polkadot background paper using one of the first Verve sets I ever got once I joined the design team and it's still a fave--Petals and Stems. Then the flowers are all the same, but in different sizes from three other stamp sets: Fringe Flowers PJ, Hoppy Easter and Small Celebrations. That was a lot of cutting, but I love how they look all stacked up!

By the way, something kind of cool happened right after I was done making this card, and setting it up for the photo. I had already made a couple of mistakes in the making of it, and I was thinking about the meaning of the quote (and hoping ya'll would have grace with me for messing it up). I listen to Pandora with my headphones on A LOT while I'm making cards, and usually have it on my "Taylor Swift" channel. However, for some reason, last night they started playing piano solo hymns on that channel, starting with the first one I heard as I was photographing---Amazing Grace. How cool is that!?! Ok, Lord, I'm listening...

Here's the hop list in case you need it:

	1. Betty	9. Amber
	2. Jackie	10. Amy
	3. Jen d.	11. Andrea
	4. Jen T.	12. Janelle
	5. Julee	13. Laurie
	6. Sankari	14. Maureen
	7. Sony	15. Teresa
	8. Susan	16. Tosh

So obviously next on the hop is my friend, Amber Hight...and just fyi...she ROCKS!

Don't forget to leave a comment on all the Divas blogs today. Julee is giving away a
$30 GIFT CERTIFICATE
to the Verve Store to a random commenter along the way!! That should come in quite handy--for the month of June, all Dies and their coordinating stamp sets are on sale!

SUSIE Q-TIP: After covering flowers with Glossy Accents, do not stack them up and put them in your car on a HOT Texas day, even if they are "dry". They WILL stick together. They WILL mess up your coloring you worked on for hours. Don't ask me how I know this. I don't want to talk about it. Also don't ask me how I fixed them without redoing them. You don't want to know.

Stamps: Grace Plain Jane, Petals & Stems, Small Celebrations, Hoppy Easter, Fringe Flower Plain Jane (Verve)
Paper: Fine Linen, Kraft, White (PTI), Cameo Coral (SU!), On the Bright Side (MME), Miss Caroline (MME)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo (Ranger), Summer Sun (SU!)
Accessories: Curvy Bookplate Die (Verve), Large Scallop Circle, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Scallop Ribbon Border Die-namics (MFT), Paper Piercer/Mat Pack, Copic Markers, Glossy Accents (Ranger), Sponge, Hemp Twine, Tiny Attacher (Tim Holtz), Doily Tag (Martha Stewart), Pewter Brads, Jody Boosters
Finished Size: A2