Layered Topiary

Welcome! This month at Die Cut Diva's our theme is "Love", and the prize is from-

Here is my project-

Sympathy cards show love for the family of the deceased.  Unfortunately, it seems the older I get the more I need these types of cards. The Hero Arts Topiary will be a new release in 2018-I happened to get this at one of the Hero Arts ShopBox retailers (Scrappy Craft in Phoenix, Oregon). The ShopBox retailers get the new releases before anyone else does-go HERE for the list of retailers. Here are the materials I used-

1. Stamps: heart topiary, bird (Hero Arts Layered Topiary Stamp & Cut) colored with Copics, sentiment (May Hope Sustain You-Unity Stamp Co.).
2. Inks: brown (Memento Rich Cocoa), sage, bamboo (Versacolor) peeled paint (Distress Oxide), black (Versafine Black Onyx ink)
3. Dies: stitched rectangles (My Favorite Things).
4. Paper: Strathmore watercolor paper, designer paper from stash.

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Challenge #320-Sympathy

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #320-Sympathy

Make a project about Sympathy, or loss of a loved one (human or animal)

The FCCB Design Team is sponsoring a $25 gift card at

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To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

Here is my project-

I don't mind getting older-I do mind needing sympathy cards for friends and family. The Dreaming Tree Floral Gatefold card, along with the sentiment from Wild Card-makes a beautiful sympathy card. I used American Cardstock brown and creme damask cs, Michael's vanilla cs, gold cs, sage cs (unknown). I did change one thing on the inside-I welded a rectangle over the half circle slits so I can stamp a sentiment, and have room for a personal note.

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Butterfly Anniversary

Welcome! This month at Die Cut Diva's our theme is "Love", and the prize is from-

Here is my project-

Anniversary cards are all about love-and this card went to my husbands parents on their 58th wedding anniversary! A friend and I were trying different watercolor techniques, and I had cut some backgrounds with my Cricut to use as stencils. I got great results on the watercolor paper, and the paper stencils got colored too. Here is what I used on this card-

1. Stamps: butterflies (Hero Arts, ), sentiment (Cardmaking and Papercraft freebie).
2. Inks: Opera Pink, Pink (Versacolor), Picked Raspberry (Distress Oxide), Versafine Onyx ink.
3. Paper: green cs (Michaels), white cs (Neenah Solar White), black (scrap).
4. Other: Brusho watercolors, Cricut cut stencil.

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Challenge #319-Valentines Day

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #318-Valentines Day
Make a project using anything heart/Valentine related. But there has to be a least one cut from the Cricut Library!

This Weeks Sponsor is-

And the prize is-

$25 Virtual Wallet!!!!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

Here is my project-

I absolutely adore Printable Cuttable Creatable (PCC, for short) files! This card was a breeze to put together with the assembly instructions I printed out, and I have a binder that all my SVG instructions go into for future projects. All files come with SVG files AND print and cut (.png) files. What I like is that I can mix and match the files to fit my needs (or time constraints). The sentiment was cut at 2", and the print and cut was the logical choice for that small of a sentiment-but it cut beautifully!  I added the clouds from Artiste to complete the card. All of the cardstock and paper are from my scrap stash.


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Lovely Peacock

Welcome to February! This month at Die Cut Diva's our theme is "Love", and the prize is from-

Here is my project-

Have you ever made a card for a challenge, and then realized that you forgot to use an element that is required? That's this card! At Die Cut Diva's the DT members need to remember to use a die cut and/or embossing someplace on the card. I totally forgot. But, I was able to salvage it by CAREFULLY removing the peacock and sentiment strip, and emboss the light blue shimmer cardstock with a zig-zag stitch. Reassembled everything and now made it acceptable for the challenge.
But isn't that layered Peacock beautiful? I made three different peacocks before I decided on this one. There is a matching die for this set, but it wasn't available at the store I was at so I fussy cut it. Here are the materials I used for this card-

1. Stamp: Layered Peacock, sentiment  (Hero Arts). 
2. Inks: Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean (Ranger Distress Oxide Ink), Blueprint Sketch (Ranger Distress Ink), Versamark ink, Zing black embossing powder. 
3. Paper: patterned (Creative Memories), vellum, light blue shimmer (Co-ordinations).
4. Embossing folder: zig-zag stitch (Cuttlebug).

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