Rosa Gallica

 

 Have a Wonderful Time of the Year with Altenew

 

Established in April 2014, Altenew has quickly become a leader in the inspiration industry and continues to innovate and influence the world of paper crafts. Altenew strives to encourage crafters to express their own unique creativity through the art of paper crafting.

The Challenge for this month is: Flowers.

The Prize from Altenew: $50 gift certificate

Here is my project-

Made with this Altenew set-

 

 

I just love Altenew flowers, and this bundle made this so quick and easy! The stencils are numbered for easier use, and the project cards are so helpful for color choices and alignment. The sentiment selection is awesome also!  Love, love, love this set!

Here is the material list for this card-

1. Dies: background trellis (Moroccan Lattice Die, Altenew).
2. Stamp, die, stencil bundle-Rosa Gallica (Altenew).
3. Inks-Distress Oxides. Ranger Distress Glaze over inks.
   

You can't win that $50 Altenew gift code if you don't enter!

Layered Rose

 

 Have a Wonderful Time of the Year with Altenew

 

Established in April 2014, Altenew has quickly become a leader in the inspiration industry and continues to innovate and influence the world of paper crafts. Altenew strives to encourage crafters to express their own unique creativity through the art of paper crafting.

The Challenge for this month is: Flowers.

The Prize from Altenew: $50 gift certificate

Here is my project-

Sometimes I get a last minute request from my husband for a card. Sympathy cards are the hardest ones for me to make, but the Altenew embossing folder and rose dies made this an easy one to create. I had a scrap of a watercolor background, and I thought it would make a nice rose. Add a sentiment and leaves, and voila! A card that shows how much he cares.

 

Here is the material list for this card-

1. Dies: rose (Layered Rose Die Set, Altenew), leaves (Garden Picks 3D, Altenew).
2. Embossing Folder: Angled Mosaics (Altenew).
   
3. Other: Brusho colored watercolored paper. Scrap paper for leaves and rose outlines. Sentiment (Easy Expressions by The Ton.)
   

You can't win that $50 Altenew gift code if you don't enter!

 

Ornamental Christmas

 

 It's November and a new challenge is here.

Our sponsor is this month is Kat Scrappiness, and they are offering a Kat Scrappiness gift package worth $100!  Unfortunately, due to high shipping cost, this prize could only be awarded to a winner (randomly selected) with a valid U.S. address.

Our challenge theme for November is: All About the Holidays
(Any Holidays). 

Here is my project-

And here is a bonus card-

The Ornament Strip Cover Plate Craft Die by Kat Scrappiness is great to use for mass production, or just one card! I made 20 cards using the die for my husbands work crew, and it didn't hardly take any time at all. Picking out the paper was the hardest part! For more ideas, visit Kat Scrappiness and peruse the examples shown there. The sentiment is from Birch Press, but Kat Scrappiness has several that would work just as well. All the paper is from my stash. Personally, I wouldn't go much heaver than 100 lb cardstock, and dust the die with anti static powder so the finer parts of the die will pop right out.The embellishments are from Trinity Stamps-Silver Baubles & Gold Baubles.

Make sure to enter our challenge for a chance at that great prize!

Oh Christmas Tree

 It's November and a new challenge is here.

Our sponsor is this month is Kat Scrappiness, and they are offering a Kat Scrappiness gift package worth $100!  Unfortunately, due to high shipping cost, this prize could only be awarded to a winner (randomly selected) with a valid U.S. address.

Our challenge theme for November is: All About the Holidays
(Any Holidays). 

Here is my project-

I really, really, love the Kat Scappiness Crafter Essentials Winter die set. It make it so easy to make a winter scene! The sky was some leftover watercolor scraps I had, and I used the die to add the snowflakes with Hero Arts Unicorn ink. I chose this tree by Kat Scrappiness (Stitched and Layered Christmas Tree) to make a simple scene. The snow on the tree is Amplify, by Neon. When you use heat on the product it puffs up!

Make sure to enter for a chance at that wonderful prize!

Teal Christmas

 Welcome to a month of Birch Press inspiration and fun.

The Theme for October is Use A Layer Die Set or be sure to Layer a die cut on another die cut.

The prize is a fantastic $20 gift card to our random winner.

Here is my project-

I just love Birch Press Layering Dies. They cut exceptionally well, but a little dusting of powder really help the thinner die cuts pop out of the die. I love teal for Christmas! Here are the materials I used for this card-

Dies: Grandiose, Mini Grandiose layered dies, Handwritten Merry Christmas.
Paper: light, medium, dark medium, dark teal cardstock. White shimmer cardstock.
Embellishment: Something New pearls (Trinity Stamps).

Make sure to use layers and at least one die cut for a chance at that prize!

 

Halloween Mandala

 Welcome to a month of Birch Press inspiration and fun.

The Theme for October is Use A Layer Die Set or be sure to Layer a die cut on another die cut.

The prize is a fantastic $20 gift card to our random winner.

Here is my project-

I want to thank my team mate Arlene for sending me the Birch Press Bali Stencil (it's discontinued, but I found it here). I figured it would fit the layered part of the challenge. I used Distressed Oxide inks (Twisted Citron, Spiced Marmalade, Villainous Potion) to make the layered mandala. The sentiment die (from Hero Arts MMH Sept 2020)is also 3 layers for more dimension. I also used Lawn Fawn Happy Howl-o-ween stamp and die set for the cute dog in the pumpkin.


Make sure to use layers and at least one die cut for a chance at that prize!

Single Rose

 

I think everyone recognizes this logo and the wonderful products that you can find at Elizabeth Craft Designs.

The theme is "Anything Goes"  

The Prize: $25 gift card 

Thank you to Elizabeth Craft Designs for their sponsorship!

 

Here is my project-

 

I decided against putting a sentiment on this card because I don't know what I want to use it for! In the meantime, here are the materials I used on this card-

 

Dies: rose (Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Notes 3 is no longer available, but these would work), leaf frame (My Favorite Things- Lots of Leaves Cover Up Die), stitched diamond background (Pink Fresh-Stitched Diamond Die). Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide Ink was used on the rose petals.

 

Be sure to enter for a chance at that wonderful prize!

 

 

Happy Barkday

I think everyone recognizes this logo and the wonderful products that you can find at Elizabeth Craft Designs.

The theme is "Anything Goes"  

The Prize: $25 gift card 

Thank you to Elizabeth Craft Designs for their sponsorship!

 

Here is my project-

 

 I have a lot of animal loving family and friends, so I love cards with cats or dogs on them! When I give the card to someone I'll write their dogs name on the dog house sign.  Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Dies: Dog (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Dog House (Elizabeth Craft Designs), clouds (Impression Obsession), hills (Frantic Stamper Scene Builder).
2. Stamp: sentiment (Furrever Friends-Elizabeth Craft Designs).
3. Paper: all paper was cut out of my scrap stash.

Make sure to enter our challenge for a chance at that great prize!

 

 

Happy Anniversary

 Have a Poppystamps Summer Break

Our sponsor for August is known by all and we are so happy they are sponsoring our challenge for the month of August.


Our Challenge is: Pop Up Creations

Our Sponsor's Prize is a $20 gift card, so be sure to play! 

Here is my project-

 

And when it's popped up-

I always try to make my husband special anniversary cards, and this beautiful die by Poppystamps is one of my favorites. I printed an anniversary poem on white cardstock, and die cut it  to match the front of the card. Here are the materials for this card-

1. Dies: Adriana Pop Up Easel Set (Poppystamps), Stitched Ovals (Sizzix), flowers and leaves (Spellbinders Spring Flowers & Happy Sunday Drive).
2. Stamps: happy anniversary (Magazine Freebie), front sentiment (...Everything Love by Unity Stamp Co.)
   
3. Paper: white, light teal, medium teal, dark teal, white shimmer cardstock.
4. Ink: Versamark, white embossing powder.
   

Make sure to make a Pop Up card to be eligible for our contest!

 

Birthday Cake Pop Up Easel

 Have a Poppystamps Summer Break

Our sponsor for August is known by all and we are so happy they are sponsoring our challenge for the month of August.


Our Challenge is: Pop Up Creations

Our Sponsor's Prize is a $20 gift card, so be sure to play! 

Here is my project-

And when it's popped up-

I always need birthday cards, and I was feeling a little bit nostalgic over my Moms homemade, from scratch, German Chocolate cake. Oh, it was the best! Here are the ingredients for this cake-

1. Die: Floral Cake Easel Card (Poppystamps), Drip Icing Die (Poppystamps).
2. Stamps: happy birthday (Sending Love Mail-Hero Arts), inside easel stop (Sassy Birthday-The Rabbit Hole).
3. Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink (Ranger)
4. Embellishments: flowers (old & unknown), pearl (American Crafts).

Make sure to make a Pop Up card to be eligible for our contest!

Birthday pets

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO "MY FAVORITE THINGS"

It's a Birthday month for My Favorite Things and the DCD team selected Birthdays as the challenge for this month.  Have fun an get your "Birthday On".

Challenge: Birthdays

Prize: $25 Prize 

Here is my project-

I must thank my DCD team mate Arlene for the MFT Outside the Box die cuts! I'd never made a box card before, but I sure will now! Here is the material list for this card-

1. Dies: box (Outside the Box by My Favorite Things).
   
2. Stamps w/matching dies: dogs, cats (Pawty Time by My Favorite Things, Yana Smakula), retired.
3. Paper: mid weight white cardstock, unknown party paper, clear acetate.

Make sure to enter for a chance at that great prize!

Birthday bus

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO "MY FAVORITE THINGS"

It's a Birthday month for My Favorite Things and the DCD team selected Birthdays as the challenge for this month.  Have fun an get your "Birthday On".

Challenge: Birthdays

Prize: $25 Prize 

Here is my project-

 I love having car themed dies for masculine birthday cards-and this one is a classic van! Everything I used is by My Favorite Things, unless noted. The van is the set Carpool, and the street is On the Road. The license plate was stamped with the Itty Bitty Birthday stamp, and the critters are from the Better Together stamp & die set. The background was made with the Pink Fresh stencil Diamond Plaid, using blue and grey Distress Oxide inks.

Just a note-Carpool and Better Together are retired, but can be found at other stamp & die companies.

Make sure you enter for a chance at that wonderful prize!

Bad Hare Day

Talk about gorgeous images and the name, SheepSki Designs pops up as a leader.  So many marvelous images to choose from.

The Challenge is to use Critters in your project.

The Prize: Three images of choice for the random winner.

Here is my project-

 

And on the inside-

Isn't this image adorable? I made this as a "pick me up" card for my niece, who is undergoing chemo & radiation for her cancer. She is a bunny fanatic, so all cards I make for her have to include a bunny! This is Bad Hare Day by Sheepski Designs, colored with Prismacolor pencils.

This card fold is made by CREAlies, a Dutch company that Frantic Stamper has added. They are the only distributors in the United States. This is the On The Move #15 Design N. Check out the other neat folded card designs CREAlies has! 

The paper is out of a DCWV paper pack called White Ginger. The sentiments are computer generated, and the band has a cool flower out of my stash.

Make sure you enter for a chance at that great prize!

My Christmas Spy

Talk about gorgeous images and the name, SheepSki Designs pops up as a leader.  So many marvelous images to choose from.

The Challenge is to use Critters in your project.

The Prize: Three images of choice for the random winner.

Here is my project-

 

I thought this was an adorable image for a Christmas card! It really didn't take any time to color, and that spy in the middle is too cute! Here is the materials list for this card-

1. Image: My Spy (Sheepski Designs), colored with Copics.
2. Dies: frame (Antique Frame, Penny Black), snowflakes (unknown).
3. Sentiment: Holiday Sentiments Series 2 (Spellbinders), red foil (Crimson Stars, Spellbinders).
4. Paper: white cs, Christmas patterned paper (unknown).

Be sure to enter for a chance at some great digi's!

I'm also entering this at Critter Crazy Challenge.

Blinged Girlfriend

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome! 

***Due to strict new tax collection requirements, they will NO LONGER ship to any country in EUROPE (incl. UK). 

What's the Prize, you say? This set of dies!

And here is my project-

For my tic-tac-toe card I used the diagonal line of chocolate, the word love, and bling. I embossed a chocolate cardstock with Anna Griffins Matelasse embossing folder. The Frantic Stamper Pleated Dress die is so fun to use, and choosing patterned paper is really fun! When I added the pearls to the waistband, I rediscovered the pink rhinestone Girlfriend sentiment (unknown manufacturer) and used it as part of the sentiment. The "love you" words are from Spellbinders Layered Mix and Match Sentiments I cut out of pink scraps.

Make sure to enter out challenge for a chance to win those great dies!

Framed Butterfly

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome! 

***Due to strict new tax collection requirements, they will NO LONGER ship to any country in EUROPE (incl. UK). 

What's the Prize, you say? This set of dies!

And here is my project-

Sometimes I like to have cards with no sentiments on hand. I do have a ton of sentiments made up that can be added to cards to fit any occasion that crops up. This is so easy to make and have on hand! Here is a material list-

1. Dies: Elementals #12 Filigree Oval (Frantic Stamper), Outrageous Butterfly (Spellbinders).
2. Cardstock: kraft, gold mirror, patterned paper (unknown).
3. Embellishment: gold pearls (Gold Satin Baubles by Trinity Stamps).

Make sure to enter for that wonderful prize!

 

Gilded Roses

Established in April 2014, Altenew has quickly become a leader in the inspiration industry and continues to innovate and influence the world of paper crafts. Altenew strives to encourage crafters to express their own unique creativity through the art of paper crafting.

The Challenge for this month is: Water Coloring

The Prize from Altenew

Artists' Watercolor 24 Pan Set valued at $49.99

 

Here is my project-

 

 

Ugh! I have such a hard time positioning baubles! But I will keep trying, because it really adds a beautiful element. I finally got a decent watercolor background using the Altenew 24 pan watercolor set (I struggle with baubles and watercoloring, LOL). The beautiful Altenew Gilded Rose with the coordinating stencils is just stunning, and the sentiment is from Altenews In My Thoughts stamp set. The gold baubles are from Trinity Stamps called Gold Satin. I used the Hero Arts Infinity Rectangles to cut the watercolor background.

Make sure to enter for a chance at that great prize!

 

One in a Melon

Established in April 2014, Altenew has quickly become a leader in the inspiration industry and continues to innovate and influence the world of paper crafts. Altenew strives to encourage crafters to express their own unique creativity through the art of paper crafting.

The Challenge for this month is: Water Coloring

The Prize from Altenew

Artists' Watercolor 24 Pan Set valued at $49.99

 

Here is my project-

I'm really happy over the background, which I made using the 24 pan watercolor set from Altenew! I struggle with watercolors, but I was really thrilled that the watermelons from Simple Fruit Set by Altenew looked so good on it. Thank you Cindy Chiu for that set! I used Pink Flamingo Distress Oxide ink for the melon, took a Q-Tip dipped in water and erased the rind, then stamped. I added the rind using a Ranger emboss pen and green embossing powder (Hampton Art), and cut them out with the matching die set. The sentiment was also part of the set.

Now enter the challenge for that same set of watercolors I used-they are a $49.99 value!

 

Christmas Book Gnome

 

Scrapflower Estudio is Die Cut Divas' Sponsor for March.

The prize is the winner's choice of 4 digi stamps.

 The theme for this month is Anything Goes!

 

Here is my project-

 

I'm trying to make Christmas cards early this year, so I decided to go with a winter themed card for this wagon full of books. Here is the material list-

1. Image: Gnome on Books (Reading Nordic Gnome by Scrapflower Estudio), colored with Copics.
2. Paper: white cardstock, snow cardstock (Kraft Note Forever Friends), scraps.
3. Dies: lights (Holiday by Little B), poinsettia on hat (Spellbinders Sunday Drive with Santa), bow on wagon (Spellbinders Camper Life), tree (unknown-freebie).
4. Sentiment: sentiment (Spellbinders Holiday Sentiment Series 2 Glimmer Hot Foil Plate), green foil.

Make sure to enter for a chance at those great digi's!

Birthday Book Gnome

 

Scrapflower Estudio is Die Cut Divas' Sponsor for March.

The prize is the winner's choice of 4 digi stamps.

 The theme for this month is Anything Goes!

 

Here is my project- 

I needed birthday cards! And I like how it turned out-I kept trying to put the birthday die cut (Happy Birthday by Creative Expression) either over or under the image (Reading Nordic Gnome by Scrapflower Estudio). But putting the sentiment in the center was just right. The tiny black accents (stash) added some needed interest. I die cut the gnome image and mat with Taylored Expressions Label Stacklets Two. 

Be sure to enter for a chance to win some wonderful digis!

Rose with a touch of gold

Die Cut Divas' Sponsor for February is none other than Hero Arts.

The Theme: Add some gold - heat embossing, foiling, gold pen, gold thread,
gold gems/sequins/enamel dots... something GOLD.



It's always time for Hero Arts who have always supported Die Cut Divas since we started sponsorships and we are always pleased to spend time with our Hero Arts products. 

Here is my project-

When I want to mail someone a card, I really try to make a non-dimensional card. I cased this card from Jennifer McGuire, but added the ribbon and change the sentiment to Valentines. The ribbon actually compresses quite a bit, and as it is wire edged, it snaps back into shape with a little coaxing. Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Dies: rose (Bouquet Accessories by Hero Arts), leaves (Envelope Accessories by Hero Arts).
2. Stamps: sentiment, script block (Sending Love Mail by Hero Arts).

Make sure to enter for a chance at that wonderful prize!

Hero Arts Valentine

Die Cut Divas' Sponsor for February is none other than Hero Arts.

The Theme: Add some gold - heat embossing, foiling, gold pen, gold thread,
gold gems/sequins/enamel dots... something GOLD.



It's always time for Hero Arts who have always supported Die Cut Divas since we started sponsorships and we are always pleased to spend time with our Hero Arts products. 

Here is my project-

 

I made a Z-fold card to showcase that lovely gold embossed rose. I don't work with kraft paper much, but liked it paired with the light pink patterned paper. I'm trying to expand my comfort zone. Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Stamp and Dies: rose (Hero Florals Rose Stamp-N-Cut by Hero Arts) colored with Copics, leaves (Garden Picks 3-D by Altenew), sentiment (unknown).
2. Embossing Powder: Queens Gold by Ranger. 
3. Other: inside sentiment sticker (unknown), pink patterned paper (unknown), gold mirror cardstock (Tim Holtz Ideology Kraft metallic paper), kraft cardstocks (Recollections).
   

Enter for a chance at that wonderful prize!