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).

Why not enter your love projects for a chance at a great prize? Have a great day!

Challenge #318-Let It Snow

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #318-Snow
Make a project using anything snow related. But there has to be a least one cut from the Cricut Library!

This Weeks Sponsor is-

                   

And the prize is-

A $25 online gift code!

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 had fun making this! I saw the video, and I decided to make one like the one in the video, but with a couple of different twists. What I did different was to use die cut snow at the bottom of the scene panel, and to color the background with a Copic marker of light blue to defuse all that white. And of course, use the Cricut to cut the scalloped card base and circle!

Here are the materials I used-

1. Cricut: card base (CTMH Art Philosophy, cut at 5 1/2"), circle (Cricut Design Space shape-4 3/4").
2. Stamps: trees, bow, sentiment, snow (Lawn Fawn Let it Snow set). Inks used: sage, bamboo green (Versacolor), peeled paint, candied apple (Distress Oxide Inks, Ranger). Sky was colored in with B0000 Copic marker. Versamark ink, white embossing powder for snowflakes.
3. Die: stitched scene builders (Frantic Stamper).
4. Paper: white cardstock (Neenah Solar White), patterned kraft (My Minds Eye).

Be sure to enter for a chance at that great gift certificate!

Getting ready for Valentines day

Are you getting ready for Valentine's Day? Here's a card with a super cute image from our sponsor at Die Cut Diva's-

Remember, our theme this month is "something new", which can be a technique or product.


Here is my project-

This card had been in my reject pile for quite a while-I had die cut the pop-up heart paper upside down! So I added the sentiment to the inside on top, which gives me quite a bit of space for a text box. After salvaging the interior, the rest was easy. Using my new Tonic Studios nesting heart dies, I die cut the image and mounted it with white foam. Making the foil accents was also easy-I took my Sakura Mini glue pen and put glue on the embossed portions I wanted and let it dry thoroughly. Put the gold Deco foil on top, rubbed, and had great gold hearts! I then added the white sequins with gold Stickles in the center for a little more interest. Here is a complete list of the materials I used for the card-

1. Dies: heart (Tonic Studio), pop up on inside, labels (Elizabeth Craft Designs-Lucys Labels).
2. Image: Heart Bunny (Sasayaki Glitter), colored with Copics.
3. Paper: pink, red cardstock (Michael's), heart paper (Studio Calico).
4. Embossing folder: candy hearts (Cuttlebug). 
5. Other: white sequins, Sakura mini glue pen, gold deco foil, gold Stickles.

Have a wonderful day!

Challenge #317 at FCCB-something new

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #317-Something New
Make a project using a new cartridge, embellishiment, or image. But there has to be a least one cut from the Cricut Library!

This Weeks Sponsor

And the prize is-

A $10 coupon code for anything in the store!

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-

My "new" portion of the card is the woman with a drink (Pack Your Bags, Cricut Access). I consider the sentiment bubble new also, because this was the stamp and chipboard that came with the CTMH Artiste cartridge that I have NEVER before used! I'm definitely going to use those stamps and chipboard items more!

The paper I made the woman and speech bubble with is all out of my scrap stash. I used a dark grey from Michaels for the mat, and the patterned paper is unknown-but I'm finally starting to use my OLD papers.

Have a wonderful day today!

Birthday Bunny

It's January at Die Cut Diva's, and our challenge theme is Something New (use a new to you product or technique), & our wonderful sponsor is-

and the prize is 4 digital stamps!

Here is my project-

and the inside-

The "new" on this card is the fold. I hadn't tried this before, and I learned some things. One thing I learned is that this fold needs the extra room at the top to be able to fold it flat. And the second is that it really is easier to attach the red cardstock to the back of the card, as shown-

If you would like to see the tutorial, visit Dawn at DO Stamping! She has tons of tutorials and I wanted to try this when I saw it.


Here are the materials I used to make this card-
Image: Heart Bunny (Sasayaki Glitter), colored with Copics.
Stamps: Birthdays Wish (Stampendous), Versafine Black Onyx ink.
Dies: stitched rounded rectangle (My Favorite Things), banner (Cuttlebug-Labels & Such), sprayed with Copic Marker.
Paper: grey, aqua, red (Michaels).
Embossing Folder: Decorative Tile Set (Cuttlebug).

Have a wonderful day!

Hello New Year!

Happy New Year!

It's January at Die Cut Diva's, and our challenge theme is Something New (use a new to you product or technique), & our wonderful sponsor is-

and the prize is 4 digital stamps!

Here is my project-

I like sending cards to my friends I don't see much. It seems to generate a trip to visit! This card is bright and fun, and sure to make someones day. Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Image: Spotty & Pup (Sasayaki Glitter), colored with Copics.
2. Dies: Stitched Rectangles (My Favorite Things), border (Spellbinders).
3. Stamp: sentiment (My Favorite Things-Farm Friends), white embossing powder, Versamark ink.
4. Papers: unknown (stash scraps).
5. Other: Apple Green Nuvo drops (which is the new product I got), ribbon (Offray).

Have a wonderful 2018!

Tealight Card

Hello!

Dies R Us is presenting the winner with a $10 gift voucher to our winner this month!

 

Only six more days until Christmas, and here is a tealight card I made-

 and here is what it looks like with a darkened room and a battery operated tealight-

Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1.  Dies: christmas tree (Hampton Arts, which also has garland stamps included in this set, but this one would work just as well), frame (Spellbinders Labels Nine), holly leaves (Spellbinders Holly Motif-but I'm going to buy this one!), sentiment (Tim Holtz Christmas Words, but there is a lot of different Christmas words with a lot of different manufacturers.)
2. Paper: silver cardstock (Tim Holtz Kraft Metalllics), teal metallic (scrap bin), teal snow patterned (unknown).
3. Embossing Folder: holly damask (Anna Griffin Cuttlebug), polka dots (Cuttlebug).
4. Embellies: Snowflake rhinestones (Michaels).

 Thank you for visiting, and have a Merry Christmas!

Season's Greetings

It's December at Die Cut Diva's, our challenge theme is "Winter", & our wonderful sponsor is-

The prize this month is a $10 gift voucher!

And here is my project:

Here is the material list for this card-

1. Dies: holly square (Frantic Stamper), sentiment (Impression Obsession).
2. Paper: Kraft, dark green, red, light green, white cardstock. Patterned paper (My Mind's Eye-Brown Paper Christmas).

I like to make masculine Christmas cards for my husbands friends. I just don't think they get all excited about foil, glitter, or shimmer cards!

Thanks for visiting!

Die Cut Diva's Winter Challenge

It's December at Die Cut Diva's, our challenge theme is "Winter", & our wonderful sponsor is-

And here is my project:

I was watching this tutorial by Jennifer McGuire and decided to try it, since I already had alcohol inks and Yupo. I had such fun I ran out of Yupo! Here are the materials I used for these cards-

1. Dies: Joy and Seasons Greetings (Impression Obsession), ornament dies (Delicate Ornaments Thinlits-Stampin' Up, but these would work just as well), circles-backing ornaments (MFT stitched circles).
2. Paper: gold, silver shimmer paper (Michaels), light teal cs, blue green cs, gold matte paper (stash).
3. Ink: Turqoise, Patina, Mermaid, Pool, Stream, Gold, Silver (Ranger Alcohol Ink).
4. Other: gold, silver glitter spray f(Krylon).

I ended up using too much alcohol, and color was rubbing off on me. I used the glitter spray lightly to seal the finished panels. I thought it added some more sparkle, which is always good on Christmas cards!

Thanks for visiting!

Thank You A2Z Scrapbooking!

All the Die Cut Diva's would like to say Thank You to our great sponsor-A2Z Scrapbooking!

The A2Z Scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags and more. Proceeds from the A2Z Scrapbooking store benefit Celiac and Behcets disease foundations.   If you’re looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

Here is my card:

I love yellow & black, and this card was so fast and simple once I chose the Distress Inks I wanted. Once everything was embossed and the ink applied I used a damp paper towel to remove the ink from the embossed areas. Very fast & easy!

1.  Digital Elements: Hero Arts Chalkboard Frames Digital Kit (a2z Scrapbooking). Cut using Print & Cut feature on my Cricut.
2. Stamps: Hello Sunshine (Hero Arts), Versamark Ink, white embossing powder (Hero Arts).
3. Inks- Distress Oxide Wild Honey and Fossilized Amber.
4. Paper-Neenah Solar White, black cardstock.

Thanks for visiting!

Challenge #315-Winter

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #315-Winter
Make a project about the winter (sports, snow, etc)!

This Weeks Sponsor



Dreaming Tree SVG's

The winner will receive a $20 Gift Certificate!

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-

inside-

Without tag inside-

 
Without sentiment-

This card is made from Crazy Cute Cards, from Cricut Access. I used lots of scraps (green, brown, white cardstock), along with light blue, medium blue, and blue green cardstock (Michael's), plus the holographic paper from Wal-Mart. I added some Crystal Stickles for some added interest on the globe front. On the inside, the chalet can be removed to show the beautiful mountains, and use the chalet as a Christmas tag. So this can be used two ways!

Make sure to make a winter project and enter for a chance to win a great Dreaming Tree prize!
 

Thanking you-digitally!

Time for a new challenge which is Thank You/Thankful, and none other than A2Z Scrapbooking is the Die Cut Divas' sponsor. 

The A2Z Scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags and more. Proceeds from the A2Z Scrapbooking store benefit Celiac and Behcets disease foundations.   If you’re looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

Here is my project-

This was made with an electronic cutting machine-my Cricut. It was so easy to import the Hello Sunshine digital file to Design Space and arrange the flowers, cut them in one pass, and have the card front done! The solid teal (sentiment), patterned cardstock, and paper bag shimmer spray paper are from my stash. I colored white ribbon with a Copic marker to make the teal bow.

Thanks for visiting!

Thank You Coffee Gift Card

Time for a new challenge which is Thank You/Thankful, and none other than A2Z Scrapbooking is the Die Cut Divas' sponsor. 

The A2Z Scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags and more. Proceeds from the A2Z Scrapbooking store benefit Celiac and Behcets disease foundations.   If you’re looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

Here is my project-

Isn't this fun? The coffee cup is from Bits & Pieces (Cricut Design Space), the Enjoy label is from Hero Arts Digital Caffeine Fix (A2Z Scrapbooking) which I used the print & cut feature on my Cricut to cut out. The stamps are Lawn Fawn (pull here), and the Thank you is from an unknown manufacturer (let's just say they are old, and before I knew to write that information down!), plus Versafine Onyx ink. The pull tab die is from Technique Tuesday (here is a You Tube video on how to use it). All paper is from my scrap stash, so I don't know where it came from!

I used Tombow repositionable adhesive to put the "pocket" on the card-when I pick up the coffee gift card I'll adhere it permanently.

Thanks for visiting!

I'm alos entering this at Cut it Up Thank You challenge.

Thank You Butterflies

Time for a new challenge and none other than A2Z Scrapbooking is the Die Cut Divas' sponsor. The theme this month is Thank You/Thankful.

The A2Z Scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags and more. Proceeds from the A2Z Scrapbooking store benefit Celiac and Behcets disease foundations.   If you’re looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

Here is my project-

I love layering stamps, and the Hero Arts Butterflies are so pretty. I'm learning how to use my Cricut & the Cricut Design Space to print & cut the Chalkboard Frames, and other Hero Arts Digital kits.

Materials I used to make this card:

1.  Digital Elements: Hero Arts Chalkboard Frames Digital Kit (a2z Scrapbooking).
2. Stamps: Layering Butterflies & matching dies (Hero Arts) using Distress Oxides Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Candied Apple and Worn Lipstick. Versafine Onyx ink.
3. Paper: grey polka dot (Michaels).
4. Other: black Nuvo drops.

Thanks for visiting!

Thank You Bugaboo!

We want to take this time to thank our wonderful sponsor for October-

Here is my project-

I made this Halloween shaker card for my brother, who loves cats. I hope he gets a kick out of the sentiment inside!


Here are the materials I used to make this card-

1. Image: Happy Halloween Cat (Bugaboo Stamps), moon colored with Copics.
2. Dies: pumkin (Cricut, CTMH Artbooking), circle (Spellbinders).
3. Paper: patterned paper (Best Creation), black, yellow, orange stripe (scraps)
4. Other: tiny black beads, orange sequins.

Thanks for visiting!

Challenge #313-Sparkle!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #313-Make it Sparkle
Make it sparkle with glitter, gems, etc!

This Weeks Sponsor

Pretty Cute Stamps

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.

Here is my project-

I chose for my sparkle some holographic paper from Wal-Mart, and shimmer paper from DCWV. I've never used this cut from Cricut Design Space (Anna's Lovely Layered Cards) before, but I really like how it turned out. I used Neenah white cardstock and Michaels Recollections blue cardstock for two of the layers. The sentiment is vellum background, and light blue shimmer paper stacked three deep, and is from Technique Tuesday.

Make sure to enter out Sparkle challenge for a chance at a great prize!

Thanks for visiting.

Autumn Leaves

 Our challenge at Die Cut Diva's is brought to you by our wonderful sponsor Bugaboo! 

This month we are challenging you to create something inspired by this mood board! You don't have to use all the colors, but the inspiration should be noticeable on your creation! 

 

Here is my project-

I decided to use the orange, yellow and green of the mood board to make my fall themed card. I really like how the ink on the embossing folder filled in around the embossed leaves. I just love how colorful it is! Here is the list of materials I used-

1. Embossing Folder: falling leaves (Darice), ink (Stampin' Up Pumpkin Patch ink pad).
2. Stamp: sentiment (Ellen Hutson, Thankful), Versamark ink, green embossing powder (Hero Arts).
3. Dies: leaves (Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves).
4. Paper: white cardstock (Neenah), dark yellow, orange (Scrap bins), vellum (Core-ordinations).
5. Other: orange twin, green sequin.

Thanks for visiting!

Fall and the Owl

It's October and our challenge at Die Cut Diva's is brought to you by our wonderful sponsor Bugaboo! 

This month we are challenging you to create something inspired by this mood board! You don't have to use all the colors, but the inspiration should be noticeable on your creation! 

 

Here is my project-

Doesn't this get you in the mood for fall? Except the leaves-I don't like raking or blowing leaves! Love the colors though! I also left a sentiment off so this can be used for any number of occaisions. Here is a list of materials I used to make this card-

Image

• BugFallFence 
• Colored with Copics

Dies

• Spellbinders Blooms One
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Stitched Rectangles

Paper, Other

• Scrap Stash 
• Button
• Twine

Thanks for visiting!