Xmas Present Teddy

The challenge this month at Die Cut Divas is Winter/Christmas!

This is a special month as we have two, not one, but two sponsors.  There will only be two posts this month, today, the first and December 15th, however the challenge will last through December 31th, 9:00 p.m. Pacific time as always.

Our sponsors this month are-

Cheapo Dies. Check out their site for Cheapo dies and many more well-known brands . Cheapo Dies offers a $15 gift certificate as their prize for December.





Morgan's Artworld will give the winner the three featured digital images below. You will see these images featured this month for Morgan's Artworld.

Enter the Challenge blog at Morgan's Artworld Challenge Blog.



We would like to invite you to our Morgan's ArtWorld Facebook Group.


Please come and visit the new store HERE

The new website is here.

Here is my project-

I have always loved plaids for Christmas, and I lucked out when I found the background paper in my stash!

Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Image: Xmas Present Teddy (Morgans Art World), colored with Copics. ( If any images are not found on new Website please advise Sherry Gibson and images will be added.)
2. Dies: scalloped frame (My Favorite Things), rectangle (Hero Arts Infinity Dies), poinsettias (Spellbinders).
3. Paper: green plaid, green glitter paper (unknown), green cardstock (Michaels).
4. Embellishments: yellow rhinestones.

I would also like to enter the following challenges:
Cut It Up Anything Goes Christmas Challenge.
Repeat Impressions Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ D1119



Thanks for visiting.

Santa taking off!

The challenge this month at Die Cut Divas is Winter/Christmas!

This is a special month as we have two, not one, but two sponsors.  There will only be two posts this month, today, the first and December 15th, however the challenge will last through December 31th, 9:00 p.m. Pacific time as always.

Our sponsors this month are-

Cheapo Dies. Check out their site for Cheapo dies and many more well-known brands . Cheapo Dies offers a $15 gift certificate as their prize for December.





Morgan's Artworld will give the winner the three featured digital images below. You will see these images featured this month for Morgan's Artworld.

Enter the Challenge blog at Morgan's Artworld Challenge Blog.



We would like to invite you to our Morgan's ArtWorld Facebook Group.


Please come and visit the new store HERE

The new website is here.

Here is my project-

Here is a list of materials I used to make this card-

1. Dies: Santas Sleigh, Hill with Pine Trees, Merry Christmas (Mine is Frantic Stamper, but any die sentiment would work), moon (Spellbinders circles).
2. Paper: white, yellow, black cardstock (scraps), blue shimmer (DCWV), snow paper (old- Creative Memories).

Thanks for visiting!

Autumn Squirrel

November's challenge theme is Thanksgiving or Thank You. 

Our sponsor is Bugaboo Digi Stamp and it offers a $12.00 gift code which is approx. 4 images.

Here is my project-

I have an affinity with squirrels-with a last name like Nutter, we get the squirrel jokes all the time! Isn't this one adorable?

This card is made by taking a 4 1/4 ' x 11" piece of cardstock and folding it in half, then fold the left side in half again as shown in the picture. Then add your background paper, and your image off the edge. Easy Peasy!

 Here is my material list-

1. Image: Autumn Squirrel (Bugaboo Digi Stamp), colored with Copics.
2. Dies:rounded rectangles (My Favorite Things), flourish vine (Cottage Cuts).
3. Paper: acorn cardstock (best Creations), tan, dark red, dark green cardstock.
4. Stamp: sentiment (Taylored Expressions, We Give Thanks).

Thanks for visiting, and make sure to enter to win some great digi's!

Bugaboo & Die Cut Divas

NOVEMBER 2019 and the theme is "THANKSGIVING OR THANK YOU" month here at Die Cut Divas.

Bugaboo offers a $12.00 gift code which is approx. 4 images.

Here is my project:

I just loved this fall image from Bugaboo! Here is the material list for this card-

1. Image: Girlz-Autumn Blessing (Bugaboo Digital Stamps), colored with Copics.
2. Dies: 3d banner (Mama Elephant), rounded rectangle (My Favorite Things), leaves (Lawn Fawn, small stitched leaves).
3. Stamps: sentiment (Taylored Expressions, We Give Thanks).
4. Paper: scraps from my stash.

Thanks for visiting!

Happy Purrthday!

Frantic Stamper is our fantastic sponsor for October and the winner will receive a fantastic die.  Here it is!

Priced at $25.99 - Prize for October

The challenge for October is Fall or Fall Colors.  You can work with the wonderful Fall colors or any holidays in October - for Americans, it's Halloween, so work your FALL MAGIC for us.

Frantic Stamper has so much to offer, stencils, stamps and dies.  We want to showcase some of the products along our month-long journey through October.  Frantic Stamper carries their own brand as well as many other well known brands, such as Altenew and Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I have fallen in love with this Magic Picture Changer die! It's really fun to play with when you're done. But... watch the video Lawn Fawn has for how to put it together! It's super easy when you follow along with the instructions.

 This is going to be my brothers birthday card. Lucky for me, my siblings don't pay attention to my blog! I felt this fit the theme because of the colors I chose-brown, tan, orange, and sky blue. Seems like fall to me-and my brothers birthday is in early November, so it suits.

 Here are the materials I used for this card-

1. Stamps: cat, smile sentiment ( If Cats could Talk - Taylored Expressions), sentiment (Smitten Kitten-My Favorite Things).
2. Dies: Magic Picture Changer (Lawn Fawn), Magic Picture Changer Add-On (Lawn Fawn).
3. Paper: paw print (Bo Bunny-Happy Tails collection), plaid (unknown), kraft cardstock, dark brown cardstock.
4. Copic Markers.

Thanks for visiting!

I'm here for the Boos!

Frantic Stamper is our fantastic sponsor for October and the winner will receive a fantastic die.  Here it is!

Priced at $25.99 - Prize for October

The challenge for October is Fall or Fall Colors.  You can work with the wonderful Fall colors or any holidays in October - for Americans, it's Halloween, so work your FALL MAGIC for us.

Frantic Stamper has so much to offer, stencils, stamps and dies.  We want to showcase some of the products along our month-long journey through October.  Frantic Stamper carries their own brand as well as many other well known brands, such as Altenew, Lawn Fawn, Memory Box and Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Here is my project:

I actually send out Halloween cards! I think its fun to celebrate, and everyone seems to have a good time.

Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Dies: Boneyard Edgers (Frantic Stamper), Ghost Trio (Frantic Stamper), skeleton ( Dem Bones, Frantic Stamper), martini glass (My Favorite Things-Bar Cart).
2. Stamps: speech bubble (Stampin' Up), boo's (various Stampin' Up sets).
3. Background Inks: Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet (Distress Oxides).

Thanks for stopping by!

You're such a Deer

The sponsor for the September Challenge at Die Cut Divas is Di's Digi Stamps.  So many fun images are available for you to create great projects either in black and white or pre-colored.  But you can still make a pre-colored image sparkle with your own unique talent and style.

The prize for September's winner will be a $6.00 voucher.

Our September Challenge is "Free Fun Time".  You got it.  What do you do with your free time that is fun for you?  September is time when kids are back in school and a lot of parents consider it time to do some of the fun things they want to do.  Tell us what you like to do in your project.  Do you paint, sew, craft?  Be sure to let us know how FREE FUN TIME is reflected in your project.

Here is my project-

Living in Oregon, we have lots of areas to camp, hunt and fish. Fun time for us means getting back to nature once in a while, and watching wildlife is very easy and relaxing. Here is the material list-

1. Image: Deer Friend (Di's Digital Stamp), colored with Prismacolor pencils.
2. Dies: Tied Strings (Frantic Stamper), flowers (Impression Obsession) rounded rectangle (My Favorite Things).
3. Stamps: sentiment (Say What?-Lawn Fawn).

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

Keep Calm

The sponsor for the September Challenge at Die Cut Divas is Di's Digi Stamps.  So many fun images are available for you to create great projects either in black and white or pre-colored.  But you can still make a pre-colored image sparkle with your own unique talent and style.

The prize for September's winner will be a $6.00 voucher.

Our September Challenge is "Free Fun Time".  You got it.  What do you do with your free time that is fun for you?  September is time when kids are back in school and a lot of parents consider it time to do some of the fun things they want to do.  Tell us what you like to do in your project.  Do you paint, sew, craft?  Be sure to let us know how FREE FUN TIME is reflected in your project.

Here is my project-

My husband and I like to have a fun time visiting micro breweries in Oregon, and Brewfests, beer weeks, pub crawls, etc! The drawing by Di's Digi Stamps is perfect for a card to send to a brewery thanking them for their hospitality. Here is a list of materials I used for this card-

1. Image: Beer Bear (Di's Digi Stamps), colored with Prismacolor pencils.
2. Stamps: sentiment, beer glass (Keep Calm and Have a Beer-Unity Stamp Co.). Sentiment embossed with white embossing powder on vellum, beer glass stamped with Versamark and colored with Prismacolor pencils.
3. Die: pierced circle (My Favorite Things).
4. Other: hand with beer bottle (Cricut Design Space).

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

Dog Days of Summer

This months sponsor at Die Cut Diva's is-

 

And the prize is a gift code!

The theme this month is "HOT", and a desert is really hot! Here is my project-

 

To me, nothing is hotter than the desert, and the dog days of summer feel like you're in the desert! The cute scene is from Cricut Design Space. I made a white dog, and inked the edges with Distress Oxide Weathered Wood and used a Copic multi-liner to draw the toenails and mouth. All the paper was out of my stash bins. The sentiment was computer generated and cut out with a Lawn Fawn Speech Bubble. The inside sentiment says "Yay."

Make sure to join us for a chance at that $20 gift code!

Ruff Day?

                                        

This months sponsor at Die Cut Divas is-

 

And the prize is a gift code!

The theme this month is "HOT", and I know my pups get hot in the August sun-

Isn't this the cutest dog ever? This die is really reasonably priced, and you get two different stances (sitting and standing). It even has spots you can add! Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Dies: doghouse, dog (Elizabeth Craft Designs), grass edger die (Frantic Stamper).
2. Stamp: Furrever Friends (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Versamark ink, white embossing powder.
3. Paper: all out of scrap stash.
4. Cricut: sun.

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

Coffee, anyone?

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps is our marvelous sponsor for July.   Check out Pinterest for some fantastic Cas-Ual Fridays' projects.

The challenge is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Patriotic.  You can be patriotic and let us know with the colors you use or create an Anything Goes project.

PRIZE:  $20.00 gift code to winner.

Here is my project-

I have a good friend I need to ask out, and I think this will be the perfect card! I think I need to add a question mark after the coffee, right? The dies I used (sentiment, cups) are from the Coffee Cup Fri-dies, the stencil is Tin Roof, both from CAS-ual Fridays. The table and tablecloth are scraps of cardstock, and the ink for the background is Wilted Violet and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink.






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

Anything Goes at Die Cut Divas

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps is our marvelous sponsor for July.   Check out Pinterest for some fantastic Cas-Ual Fridays' projects.

The challenge is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Patriotic.  You can be patriotic and let us know with the colors you use or create an Anything Goes project.

PRIZE:  $20.00 gift code to winner.

Here is my project-

As you can see, I made this a patriotic cup of coffee! The background is inked with Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink using the CAS-ual Friday stencil called Starlequin.  The coffee cup die and sentiment (Hot Coffee) are also CAS-ual Friday items. I wanted a wisp of steam, so I borrowed it from Sugar Peas Designs (Caffeine Addict).

Be sure to enter our challenge for a chance at that $20 prize code!

Pipes, pipes, and more pipes!

Cheapo Dies offers a $15 gift certificate as the prize for our winner of the June challenge at Die Cut Divas, so help us celebrate all the Birthdays!

Here is my project-

My husband works with boilers to make power at a local mill. So when Frantic Stamper came out with the pipes I immediately knew I wanted to make this card! Here is a list of materials-

1. Embossing Folder: riveted metal (Tim Holtz).
2. Dies: pail (Impression Obsession), pipes (Frantic Stamper), Copic on the colored pieces.
3. Paper: copper metallic cs (DCWV-old), white cs, silver (Tim Holtz).
4. Stamp: sentiment (Lawn Fawn-Happy, Happy, Happy)

Have a wonderful day!

Cherry Blossoms

Cheapo Dies offers a $15 gift certificate as the prize for our winner of the June challenge at Die Cut Divas, so help us celebrate all the Birthdays!

Here is my project-

Even though this is a simple card, it isn't easy choosing paper and embellishments! I thought that the cherry blossom die (mine is Darice, but Cheapo Dies has this one here) by itself was a lovely focal point. The sentiment is by Spellbinders (Sentiments One). The brown and pink cardstock contrasted well with the patterned paper (unknown) and Cinnamon Stickles added much needed sparkle.
 
Be sure to enter for a chance at that Cheapo Dies prize!

Spring Boot

Die Cut Divas is so happy to announce this month's challenge is all about the Flowers!  Let's have flowers everywhere, from around the world.  Show us your flowers in your projects for May.

Bugaboo offers a $12.00 gift code which is approximately 4 images.

Bugaboo Digital stamps is the sponsor for the month and it's always fun to use their digital stamps made for all occasions.

Here is my project-

Finally, it seems like Spring is here! We've had a very wet Spring, and I'm so glad to see flowers blooming!

Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Image: Spring Boot (Bugaboo Stamps), colored with Copics.
2. Dies: rounded rectangle (My Favorite Things), sentiment (Taylored Expressions).
3. Embossing Folder: flowers (Cuttlebug).
4. Paper: white, yellow cardstock.
5. Other: yellow sequins (Spiegelmom Scraps).

Make sure you enter your flower creations at Die Cut Divas!

Die Cut Divas and Bugaboo stamps!

Die Cut Divas is so happy to announce this month's challenge is all about the Flowers!  Let's have flowers everywhere, from around the world.  Show us your flowers in your projects for May.

Bugaboo offers a $12.00 gift code which is approximately 4 images.

Bugaboo Digital stamps is the sponsor for the month and it's always fun to use their digital stamps made for all occasions.

Here is my project-

I made this card as part of a set for a friend of mine who raises cattle. She always needs cards to send to the people who buy cows from her, or show their cattle and win. Here is a list of materials I used to make this card-

1. Image: Scene it Cow Trio (Bugaboo Stamps) colored with Copics.
2. Dies: rounded rectangle, fishtail banner (My Favorite Things), flower (Spellbinders).
3. Stamps: sentiment (My Favorite Things-Farm Friends).
4. Paper:striped (Studio Calico Snippet Collection 6 x 6 pad), red damask (DCWV), yellow, light blue, white cardstock (scrap stash).
5. Other: grey button (stash).

Make sure you enter for a chance at that digital package!

Die Cut Diva Spotlight with Altenew stamps

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.


“Alt” translates into “old” in German, and thus “Alt-e-new” represents the juxtaposition of classical and contemporary designs. Our high-quality clear photopolymer stamps, stencils, and inks are manufactured in the United States and we are humbled to be serving customers in over 70 countries.

Our challenge here at Die Cut Divas is all about WATER (rain, lakes, ocean, streams, rivers, dark clouds full of water, glass of water, tears), just have some sort of water on the card.

The prize for this challenge is a $20 gift certificate from Altenew.

Here is my Project-

I wanted to have some cards on hand that could be used for a sympathy card, or supporting a friend going through a rough time. This turned out better than I could have hoped, as stamping on vellum can be tricky. But this vellum didn't bleed the ink like others I've tried! Here is my material list-

1. Die Cuts: clouds (Impression Obsession).
2. Paper: white cardstock (Georgia Pacific), vellum (Coordinations-Joanns).
3. Stamp: In My Thoughts (Altenew).
4. Inks: background (Lucky Clover DO, Salty Ocean DO, Tumbled Glass DO), front (Gathered Twig DO, Spun Sugar DO, Memento black ink).

Make sure you enter our challenge for that $25 gift certificate to Altenew!

Altenew in April

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.


“Alt” translates into “old” in German, and thus “Alt-e-new” represents the juxtaposition of classical and contemporary designs. Our high-quality clear photopolymer stamps, stencils, and inks are manufactured in the United States and we are humbled to be serving customers in over 70 countries.

Our challenge here at Die Cut Divas is all about WATER (rain, lakes, ocean, streams, rivers, dark clouds full of water, glass of water, tears), just have some sort of water on the card.

The prize for this challenge is a $20 gift certificate from Altenew.

Here is my Project-

 My water theme is roses in a jar of water. I absolutely adore Altenew layered stamp sets because they turn out so beautiful! Here is the list of materials I used for this card-

1. Stamps & Dies: roses, leaves (Altenew Vintage Roses).
2. Dies: Mason jar (Frantic Stamper).
3. Inks: roses (Orchid, Opera Pink, Rose Red-Versacolor)(Wilted Violet Distress Oxide-Ranger). Leaves (sage, bamboo Versacolor)(Peeled Paint Distress Oxide-Ranger). Water (Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide-Ranger).
4. Paper: white cardstock, vellum,  black & white card base (unknown).
5. Other: narrow pink ribbon (Offray).

I know you'll want to win that Altenew gift certificate, so make sure to enter!

Mr. Teddy Bear

This is our mid-month inspiration post for March. Morgan's Artworld is our sponsor this month and we thank Morgan's for sponsoring our blog.

You can use any image or project you have created and enter up to three (3) times.

Visit the Digi Facebook shop (you will need to join the Facebook Group to view the Images in Albums)

Morgan's Artworld New (Facebook) Shop HERE!


                                                          

Morgan's Artworld Facebook Group, please come and join our Group on this link HERE!



                                        


Here is my project-

I wanted a masculine card that could by used for a variety of occasions, which isn't easy to do. So this would work as a Father's Day card, birthday, wedding, or congratulations. The only thing I would do different is a lighter, grayer teal for the bear's aura, but hey, it works.

Here are the materials I used to make this card:

1. Image: Teddy Characters #2 (Morgan's Art World Digital Shop), colored with Copics.
2. Die: Spellbinders Labels Nine.
3. Paper: patterned paper (Theresa Collins Memorabilia 6x6 pad), white cardstock.
4. Stamp: sentiment on tag (Happy Days by Cardz TV). 

Make sure to enter our challenge for a chance to win some gorgeous images!