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!!

Summer Sheep Scene Card

I am a VERY proud new member of Cori's Design Team over at Ginger Snaps Scraps and today I have a fun card to share with you!

For my project today, I am featuring this summery county sheep card.

I just love summer!! For this card,  I used Preserves for the card base and the black and cloud layers.  The card measure 4 1/4 x 5 1/2". All the solid paper is Bazzill Cardstock.

I used Glossy Accents on the sun and Stardust Stickles to line the clouds. I used my white gel pen to stitch around the black layer (big surprise, huh!)  :) The background cloud layer is from Echo Park - so sorry, I don't have the paper pad name anymore.

I didn't have any yellow rhinestones, so I used clear ones and colored them in with a yellow Sharpie. 

The sheep is cut out using white DCWV glitter paper and then ran it through my Swiss dots embossing folder.  I also embossed the largest and smallest hill in the background.

I inked the edges of all layers on the hill in greens, the clouds (and cloud background) in blue, and the sun in black.

Supplies Used:

Bazzill card stocks for all solid layers

Craft paper for the card base

Cloud paper for the cloud mat

pink flower brads

DCWV glitter paper (for the sheep)

Stardust Stickles

Glossy Accents

Scotch Quick dry glue

3M ATG glue runner

Zig 2-way glue pen for the small layers

various inks to ink the edges

Cricut Cartridges Used:

Country Life : sheep cut at 1 1/2" tall

County Life : hills/sunshine cut at 5 1/4" wide

Create a Critter : clouds cut at 1", 1/2" and 3/4"

Preserves : scallop top label - welded with my Gypsy

We'd love if you'd jump over to the Ginger Snap Scraps blog and check out what the other DT ladies have come up with.  Don't forget you can pick up lots of papercrafting supplies at

Flower Garden Card

This is my second post for today, please scroll down for the Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge.

I am a VERY proud new member of Cori's Design Team over at Ginger Snaps Scraps and today is my very first DT post!! I have a fun card to share with you today!

I made this card for my Grandma-in-Law (my hubby's Grandma), she's turning 89 this week and I hope she'll enjoy this cheery card. I created the card base using a tag from Preserves (sized to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" - nice and big for all the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids to sign). 

The adorable flowers are from Garden Soup, cut to 1 1/2" RDS and I added this too-cute Peachy Keen faces from the Everyday Character Face Assortment. The clouds are from Pooh and Friends, the flower stems and sun are from Create a Critter, and the grass is from Plantin Schoolbook.

I just love these little faces, but any Peachy Keen faces would look ADORABLE!! I used my white gel pen to add some detail and character all over the card, I couldn't forget the whites of the eyes. I inked the edges of the pieces with a like color and a sponge dauber. I just love how the inking shows up on the Bazzill Cardstock.

This adorable sentiment stamp is from Hero Art's stamp set called Everyday Sayings.

We'd love if you'd jump over to the Ginger Snap Scraps blog and check out what the other DT ladies have come up with.  Don't forget you can pick up lots of papercrafting supplies at

Beachy Birthday Card

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

This weeks theme is

Let's get Beachy!!

(make a project with sand, sun, waves, crabs,

sea gulls, etc... anything you would find or do at the beach)

I used Plantin Schoolbook to create the oval card base. I sized the oval to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", copied the oval and welded it on my Gypsy. To cover the flat edge you get when you weld the shapes together, I cut the black top layer out again. Then the light blue sky layer measures 4" x 5 1/4".

The palm tree (cut to 3") and the sun (cut to 1 1/2") are both from Create a Critter. I cut an additional layer that is the same as the blue sky layer using brown Kraft cardstock. I then tore off strips of it to make the sand layers. First I tore the layers, inked them with brown ink and a sponge dauber, and then attached them to the sky layer and trimmed them to match.

The green palm tree top was inked in dark green ink and the sun layers were both inked with orange ink to give them some depth and to match the sand layers.

The center of the palm tree top is glue down while the ends of the arms are attached with pop dots. I didn't have any brown rhinestones, so to create the coconuts in the tree, I used a brown Sharpie to color some clear rhinestones.

I used a Hero Arts sentiment stamps on the front and inside are from a set called "Sending Smiles" (Hero Arts #CL490). I attached the right side of the banner with a pop dot also. 

And of course I couldn't finish this card without some of my white gel pen doodling.

Here you can see the inside sentiment as well as the card base shape. I adore shaped cards and this one will fit inside a standard A2 envelope. 

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

This weeks theme is

Christmas in July!!

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Stinkin' Cute Card

Today marks the start of another challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

This week the challenge is:

Pastel Colors

 

I LOVE Create a Critter!! This would have to be one of my favorite cards I've creating using CAC. 

The card base is welded on my Gypsy.  I sized it to 4 1/4"x5 1/2".  I cut the skunk at 2 3/4", the stump measures 1 1/2" and the blue layer measures 3 1/4 x 4 1/2. I added a black layer behind the blue sky layer measuring just 1/8" larger.

I inked the blue layer with royal blue ink and a finger dauber.  The skunk's eyes are black flat back pearls and I added many layers of Glossy Accents to the nose to give it the wonderful shine and dimension. The sentiment is a mix of two different My Pink Stamper stamps from her Punny-licious set.

I inked the stump with black ink and the grass with forest green ink. The grass layer is from Plantin Schoolbook but at 1" and 3/4".

Can you see all the dimension here?? I attached the first layer of grass down, then added the stump with a layer of 1/8" pop dots. I then attached the second layer of grass on top. The skunk is placed on top of the stump with 1/4" pop dots. I love all the dimension!! The last thing I added was the black gel pen stitches around the postage stamp shaped card base.

We'd love for you to stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and enter the color challenge!

Pastel Colors

The sponsor this week is Emma over at My Creative Time.

Spring Scene Card

Today is another Craft Junkie Too Design Team day. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love being on Tracy's Design Team!! Her awesome assignments are just a small part of it. 

 The challenge for this week is:

Spring

- create a project that represents spring - 

Hi everyone! I have a fun card to share with you today.  One of my favorite things about this card is that there are surprise moving pieces on the front. 

Here is the card front.  It's all put together here, it may look kinda ordinary, but there is a wonderful secret.

When you fold out the tree, you can see more of the mountain scene revealed. I cut the tree and all it's parts from Simply Charmed at 3 3/4".  Something special is how I made this card.  The tree is welded to the blue layer so that it all cuts together, making the piecing fairly easy.

Second, the picket fence folds out too.  Again, I welded the fence (from PDDU, cut at 1 1/4" two fences welded together) to the black mat. I cut the white fence and when pieced it makes a nice strong fold out layer.

This is the grass, fir trees and mountains from Paper Doll Dress up.  The mountains are cut at 5 3/4" wide, I cut a second layer to get the snow caps. The mountains are cut using gray shimmer paper (they look more subtle in person). The fir trees measure between 1/2" and 1". The grass layers are measured to 5 3/4" also. The little flowers are from Simply Charmed (with yellow liquid pearls centers) and the clouds are from CAC.  I added some inking around all layers and gel pen stitches around the black layer. Stardust Stickles adds the sparkle you see all over the card.

I added some matching blue and black mats to the inside. I added a Hero Arts stamp from the Big Hugs set and some white gel pen stitches.

That's it, please head over to Tracy's blog and see what

 her other Crafty Designers  have come up with to share today.

My wonderful fellow DT members

Indira ~ Crafty Homemade

Kadie ~ Kards by Kadie

Kristy ~ Craftin-on-my-Door

Roberta ~ TX Scrapper Mom

Shawn ~ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room

Shelley ~ Carleys-Closet

Tanya ~ Tanya Isis Creations

Have a Dino-mite day!

Today marks another Die Cuttin' Divas challenge. This week it's:

Sketch Week!

Here is the sketch for this week:

Here is my little card for the challenge.  I created an A2 card with white cardstock. I then added a black mat and some paper from DCWV's Stack 7 (the green patterned paper on top) and some Bazzill scraps (the blue sky layer) and some kraft cardstock too.

The little dinosaur is cut at 2 3/4" from Create a Critter. I cut all his layers from scraps and inked them using brown Momento ink. His eyes are black self adhesive flat back pearls. The ground layers are simply ripped and then inked using brown in and layered to create the landscape.

The sentiment is a mix of a couple of My Pink Stamper Stamps (Punnylicious). The black border was punched using Threading Water punch by Fiskars.

I finished off the inside to match. I think this would make a wonderful birthday card, but it could really go for just about any day too! :)

Now please take some time this week to create and link up on the

Die Cuttin' Divas blog.

Remember, it's a sketch week!

Have a purrrrrfect birthday!

Today marks another Die Cuttin' Divas challenge. This week it's:

Theme challenge : Pets

I love shaped cards and lately I've been into the tag shaped ones. This card base is created using the scalloped top tag shape from Preserves (sized to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2") but you can use any tag shaped from any other cart too. I used my Gypsy to weld the shapes together. The additional layers are sized to 4" x 5 1/4" and 3 3/4" x 5" using the real dial size feature on my Gypsy. I love the layered look! :)

The adorable background paper is from DCWV's glitter stack.

I created the sentiment tag in Photoshop. I love to vary the fonts in a single sentiment and I couldn't resist using a pink outline and a drop shadow too. I punched it out using a McGill Multitags, Scallop punch. I attached the tag using pop dots.

I tied the little white satin bow using my Bow Easy.

I used the largest face stamp in Peachy Keen's Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Face Assortment (1 3/8").

I added a pink tongue with a pink Glaze pen, and shine to the eyes and nose with some Glossy Accents. A also used Star Dust Stickles on the bed trim and the bow tie.

Now please take some time this week to create and link up on the

Die Cuttin' Divas blog.

The theme is a Pets!

The prize this week is from Paper Piecing by Nikki

Whoooo loves you?

Today marks another Die Cuttin' Divas challenge. This week it's:

Sketch Time

Here is the sketch for this week.

And here is my take on the sketch. As I have said before, sketches are by far the most challenging for me. I have such a hard time embellishing them! I hope you like my little owl card. All the paper is from DCWV's "The Green Stack" and kraft cardstock for the base and accents.

The scalloped circle and circle are from Winter Woodland (cut at 3 3/4") and the adorable owl is from Create a Critter (cut at 2 1/2"). I added the little hearts (1/2") from Create a Critter to make the owl's love garland. I couldn't resist placing the little wings over the garland (these are leaves from Plantin Schoolbook). Inking the owl and adding goodly eyes sure gives this little owl some wonderful personality! 

I love My Pink Stamper's Punny-licious set. This is the perfect sentiment for this card! :)

I added this little bow using my Bow-Easy and some satin white ribbon. Lastly, I added some white gel pen stitches and I called this card done.

Now please take some time this week to create and link up on the Die Cuttin' Divas blog.

The theme is Sketch Time

Nuts About You Squirrel Card

Another Die Cuttin' Divas challenge starts today. In honor of Squirrel Appreciation Day, the challenge is to make a project that includes a squirrel! :)

 My card is a shaped scene card! How fun is that?? :)

The card base fits into a standard A2 (5 1/2" x 4 1/4") envelope so there is no extra postage to worry about. I used my Gypsy to form the card base. I welded the tree from Simply Charmed to a rectangle, the tree is 4.83", welded to a 4" x 4.47" rectangle.  Group the tree and rectangle together, duplicate them, then flip and weld all the pieces together to form your shaped base.

My adorable sentiment is from My Pink Stamper's Punnylicious stamp set.

I added lots of grass layers (from Paper Doll Dress up) measuring from 3/4" tall to 1 1/4" tall. I inked all the grass layers (and the tree top) with green ink and a finger dauber. 

The Create a Critter squirrel measures 2" and I've finished it off with a Peachy Keen face stamp from their Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed 1 1/8" set. I think the stamp is just a little big for my little squirrel, but it sure turned out cute.

The little acorns are also from Create a Critter (the shift feature on the squirrel cut) and are sized to 3/4". I added 12 acorns and 1/2 are popped up on pop dots.

I added the last little details with a clear Glaze Gelly Roll pen. This is a clear ink that dries with this wonderful shine on the paper... I love the subtle details it adds to this card. I drew details on the tree, leaves, wood grain on the tree trunk and little tops on the acorns too. so cute!

We'd love it you'd hop over to the Die Cuttin' Divas page and join our 

Squirrel Challenge!

You have one week to link up your project for your chance to win.