Doggy Wobble Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

Sketch Week!!

Here is my card using the DCD sketch. I just couldn't help pulling out and oldie, but goodie.... Doodlecharms, for the doggy!! He is cut at 3 1/2", the ovals are from Plantin Schoolbook, measuring 4" and 3 3/4". This cute word back ground is an old one by DCWV from my stash

I added glitter gel pen around the doggy and all the brown layers. The doggy is mounted up on an Action Wobble and the oval layer is on foam tape. The dog's eyes are finished off with some small silver brads. 

This adorable Scrappy Mom's Stamps sentiment (stamped with Timber Brown ink) is stamped on a label I trimmed by hand.

Here you can see the glitter gel pen sparkles. This glitter pen is a stardust by Sakura. I added some larger silver brads to the corners to match the fun sketch.

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

Sketch Week!!

Falling Leaves Shaped Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

Anything Goes!!

 I'm not sure what to call it, but for now I'll call this card a Shaker Window Card. : )

As you can see, it's a shaker card. I put two layers of foam tape in between two layers of Recollections Clear Window Sheets. I them sandwiched the plastic shaker between my paper window layers. All paper is from Me & My Big Ideas specialty card stock called "Harvest".

Inside the shaker, I added some leaves from Serenade and some Recollections microbeads to help the leaves move inside the window. I added three brown brads to each side.

Here you can see the card shape. I love this tag shape! :)  I cut a little hill by hand from some more paper from the same paper pack. 

Here you can see the velvety texture of the green hill.

This little sentiment is stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black and a Studio G stamp.

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

Anything Goes!!

Pumpkin Patch Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

Pumpkins!!

My kids and I love going to the pumpkin patch... it's the unofficial start of the holiday season! :)  We head to our local patch and stomp through the muck, get lost in the corn maze, play with the pumpkin catapult, take a hay ride and finally get to pick out our family of pumpkins... I say "family" because my boys always pick a "Mom", "Dad" and two "brother" pumpkins.  It's too funny to watch my boys lug the big "Daddy" pumpkin into the wagon.

All of the cuts to create my card come from Create a Critter! The wagon is cut at a sizable 2" tall (nearly 7" wide) but after I cut off the handle and reattach it with a brad, it easily fits into an A2 envelope with the handle folded in. 

I attached the handle back onto the wagon with a small silver brad and I placed two large silver brads on the wheels. I inked the edges of the wagon, wheels and handle with black ink and a finger dauber.

The pumpkins measure 1 1/2", 1 3/4", 2" and 2 1/4". I inked the edges of all the pumpkins with some orange ink to add dimension.

Instead of a sentiment, my kids really wanted the wagon to be "a real radio flyer" so I printed out the logo and mounted it onto an oval of silver metallic paper to tie it to the metal brads.

Here you can see how I used all the shadow layers of the different elements (welded in my Gypsy) to create a very interesting card base. I set the card up so that it has the fold at the top and can be displayed upright. I love when my cards can become a stand-alone decoration too. :)

See, here it is standing!

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

Pumpkins!!

Favorite Colors of Fall Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

A Color Challenge!!

-pick your favorite fall colors-

I created this Fall Scene Card today. I've been a little of a creative funk...I really hope this might help me out of it. The card base is 5"x7" to get plenty of room for my scene. All the paper is from scraps! :)

This tree came from Everyday Pop Up Cards, cut at 3 1/2". I cut the base in yellow and using ink and a finger dauber, I tinted the outside orange to create this wonderful fall color! I cut leaves from Serenade in both yellow and orange and glued them randomly around under the tree.

The clouds are from Serenade as well, cut in random sizes from 1/2" to 2". I inked the clouds with blue and then with black on the bottoms. I don't know about everywhere, but here in Washington, it's super rainy in the fall and the clouds are gray... threatening to pour. The sentiment is printed using "Peanuts" font at 18 points.

I created this super fun pumpkins by using circle punches. I just love this simple dimensional element method and I thought it would work on pumpkins too. I punched three of each circle, folded them in half and glued them together to create this form that can stand on it's own but fold down to mail. :)

These rolling hills are from Country Life (cut at 6 3/4" wide). I inked them before building my scene. The blue sky layer was inked too (using blue ink). I love the dimension on this card. 

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

A Color Challenge!!

-pick your favorite fall colors-

Cute Cupcake Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

A Grid Challenge!!

Here is my card for the challenge. I chose to use the grid items, pink, flowers and a button.

If you want to see the tutorial (complete with Gypsy cut files) for this card, please click here. 

Here is the DCD Grid for the challenge:

For this challenge, think "tick, tack, toe, three in a row." All you have to do is choose three boxes to make a line and create a project with those themes/colors/items included.

This is my card unopened.  I used paper from The Blossoms and Butterflies Stack (DCWV)

 and pink glitter paper (DCWV) the card base in dark pink Bazzill cardstock.   All cupcake cuts are from Sweet Treats.

Once you open up the cupcake top, you see this view of the card. While this card opens all the way, it would be ADORABLE to seal the cupcake wrapper into a pocket too.

Before assembling, the cupcake top went through the D'vine Swirls embossing folder. I just LOVE the texture of embossing but it's even better on glitter paper. 

I doubled up the ribbon (one layer of silk ribbon paired with a pink and white twine) 

and tied it on the cupcake wrapper. I added a little bow and a button to finish it off.

Here is the cupcake all opened up, you can see the adorable stamps from Hero Art's "Sending Smiles Messages" sentiments.  If you want to make this cupcake card with optional gift card holder pocket, go here for my Gypsy file! :)

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

A Grid Challenge!!

Tic Tac Toe ~ Three in a Row

Captain America Shield Shaped Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

School Colors!!

The theme this week is School Colors... that can mean make a project with your local University or Public School colors, maybe even your old College colors?

So, my sons go to Orchards Elementary school here in Washington. The school colors are Blue, Red and White and while I automatically thought 4th of July, I came up with the project to honor an all american super hero: Captain America. This is a 3-d card to resemble his shield and will be a wonderful card for my nephew who is having an Avengers party at the end of the month.

The card measures 5", the circle layers are as follows:

5", 4 1/4", 3 3/4" and 3 1/4" and the star is 2 3/4". I grabbed all these shapes from Life's a Party because I love the star, but you can use any cartridge that has these basic shapes.

I inked the edges of all the layers with some brown Memento ink and a sponge, then I added some more aging to make the shield look battle-worn. I used a paper shaper to curve the assembled shield to give it dimension and put the card together with a layer of pop dots through the middle but glued the rim directly to the card base.

All that inking and shaping gave the shield this wonderful dimension. I'm sure the birthday boy will just LOVE it. :)

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

School Colors!!

The sponsor for the Challenge prize is:

SK Digis

Back to School Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

Sketch + Back to School!!

Here is my take on the sketch.  All my patterned cardstock is from DCWV's Grade School stack. The card base is a standard A2 with the corners rounded with my corner chomper. The oval is 3 1/4" x 4" 1/4" and 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" cut from Accent Essentials. The Hexagon is also from Accent Essentials, cut at 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" and 2 1/2" x 4". The cute little ruler is actually Peel and Stick Ruler Tape, cut to size, 1/2" x 4" and the black layer cut to 3/4" x 4 1/4".

Here is the sketch for this week's Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge. As you can see, I tipped the sketch over on its side to add some interest and variety to the challenge.

The "back to school" is from Simply Charmed cut to 1 3/4" and matching shadow layer. I added the hexagon layer with pop dots as well as the ruler layer.

These cute little red back self adhesive pearls finish off the corners to match the sketch and I added my white gel pen stitches to all the black layers and some little doodle-dots to the sentiment too.

Some scraps of the cardstock and black layers finish off the inside of the card too.

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

Sketch + Back to School!!

The sponsor for the Challenge prize is:

Creative Cutter Room

The Prize is: a bowmaker and 4 yards of ribbon in color of winner's choice.

Elegant Birthday Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks recipe is:

Twine, 3 buttons and pop dots!!

Here is my take on the recipe. I just love the simple color scheme. :) This is a standard A2 card, the patterned paper is from a Recollections paper pack called "Elegance," the whole pack is lovely and in this wonderful cream and black color palette.

This cute little banner is adorned with a black and white twine bow. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Art's "Sending Smiles" stamp set. This little banner is popped up on foam adhesive.

These cute little buttons are actually die cuts!! They are from a set called "round buttons" from Memory Box. It is a metal die set and includes four sizes from 1/2" to 1". I attached the paper buttons with pop dots too.

Here you can see some of the wonderful dimension that foam adhesive adds, you also get a peek of the inside of the card too. And my cards wouldn't be finished without some white gel pen stitches. :)

The inside is finished off with some more of the same paper, I even cut another banner for the inside. This sentiment is also from Hero Art's "Sending Smiles" stamp set. 

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks recipe is:

Twine, 3 buttons and pop dots!!

The sponsor for the Challenge prize is:

The Scrapbooking Queen

Airplane Birthday

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is

National Aviation Day!!

(create a project with a plane, helicopter or glider)

I created this card using Everyday Pop up Cards. The plane measures 2 1/2", the card base is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" so it will fit in a standard envelope. A sweet little red bow and sentiment banner finishes off the card front.

 I embossed the blue layer (4" x 4") with a Darice embossing folders called "Cloudy Sky" and then inked it using a white ink pad.

I used a Hero Arts stamp from the Big Hugs set and hand cut the little "v" for the banner and made a matching mat with some black cardstock. Both the banner and the card base were embellished with my white gel pen "stitches".

I attached the plane body to the wing parts with a layer of pop dots and then attached both the plane and the banner to the card base with pop dots too. I just love all the dimension.

I finished off the inside of the card with another stamp from the Hero Art's Big Hugs stamp set. 

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is

National Aviation Day!!

(create a project with a plane, helicopter or glider)

The sponsor for the Challenge prize is

Designs on Cloud 9

I LOVE Popsicles!

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is

Sketch Week (with a twist)!!

+ make a kid themed project.

(scroll down for the sketch)

Here is my card for this week. The popsicle paper is from Momenta's Summer Fun double sided cardstock collection (the blue is the reverse of the popsicles. This card measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".

The punched strip is finished off with Fiskars' Threading Waters punch. I rounded the corners with my 1/2" Corner Chomper.

Here is the sketch for this weeks challenge. Feel free to flip it on it's side or use it as is.

The popsicles are cut from Simply Charmed at 2 1/2" and I used a segment of a real popsicle stick to finish them off. I just love the way they look when cut out of the DCWV glitter card stock. The adorable stamp is from Studio G. To match the sketch, I added three blue rhinestones.

Here you can see how I popped the popsicles up on pop dots, the one in the center on two layers of pop dots. And one of my card would not be finished without some white gel pen doodling. :)

I added another Studio G stamp (be cool) and a Hero Arts stamp from Big Hugs to the inside. I just love decking out the inside of the card too. 

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is

Sketch Week (with a twist)!!

+ make a kid themed project.

The sponsor for the Challenge prize is

$20 to Verve Stamps