Feathers and Kaisercraft

Come join the challenge at the Die Cut Divas. This months theme is Anything Goes and our fantastic sponsor is Kaisercraft!

                           

Hope you all join us.  

Here is a look at the prize - valued at $50 Australian. 

Here is my project:

This large feather die was a dream to work with! It is also a new release, so be sure to look for it sometime in June. The feather Kaiserkraft paper is out of the Periwinkle Collection, Morning Light. The feathers were made out of Wausau shimmer paper, except the cream one was from DCWV Shimmer Paper stack. The sentiment is an old Studio G stamp that was on clearance for 50 cents, and this is the first time I've used it. The sentiment papers are from my scrap bin.

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Die Cut Diva's and Kaisercraft!

It's the first day of June and that means it's time for a new challenge at the Die Cut Divas. This months theme is Anything Goes and our fantastic sponsor is Kaisercraft!

                           

Hope you all join us.  

Here is a look at the prize - valued at $50 Australian. 

Here is my project:

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. Kaisercraft: Butterflies Stamps & Dies  (Contributed by Arlene!), sentiment from Way of Life set.
2. Creative Memories black & white patterned paper, Neenah white cardstock.
3. Versafine Onyx Ink, Hero Arts Fresh Peach  ink for butterflies.
4. Queen & Co. black pearls.
5. My Favorite Things Square Stitched die.

I love the faux stitching is on the dp paper-it lends itself to a butterfly flight path!

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Thank you A Day for Daisies!

Hello! We here at Die Cut Diva's would like to thank our wonderful sponsor-

Our theme for the month was an inspiration photo-

Here is my project:

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. Image: A Day for Daisies freebie Happy Tree, colored with Copics. 
2.  Dies: My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangles, My Favorite Things Fishtail Banners.
3. Paper: brown damask (American Crafts), patterned cardstock (Crate paper, Sweet Branch Collection.

I hope you had fun with our button challenge this month. Check back tomorrow for our new challenge!

Challenge #277- Pet Challenge

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #277-It's all about Pets
Make a project about any animal that is a pet.

This Weeks Sponsor



Dreaming Tree SVG's

There will be three $20 Gift Certificates!

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-

Outside:

 

Inside:

I do make sympathy cards for people who have lost pets. Pets are members of the family, cherished and loved. So this card will be used for that unfortunate time when the family pet has passed away.  I'll pick a dog image (or other animal) and replicate the insert if needed.

Here is a list of materials I used-

1. SVG: Dreaming Tree (Floral Gateway Fold card SVG).
2. Cricut: Cricut Explore and Design Space for card, Pet Shop (cat).
3. Paper: American Crafts (cream cardstock), Wausau (gold, light silver, graphite shimmer cardstock), DCWV (dark silver cardstock), Recollections (shimmer brown).
4. Stamp: Paper Smooches (Feline Friends), Memento ink (Rich Cocoa).

Make a project about a pet, and have a chance to win one of three $20 gift codes to Dreaming Tree!

It's magical!

Hello! This month at Die Cut Diva's our sponsor is-

Our theme for the month is an inspiration photo-

Here is my project:

I really liked how my watercolored background turned out. I used Friskit masking fluid and my fingertip to make the circles for the fireflies, and I used an old toothbrush and Frisket to make a Milky Way in the sky. After the Friskit was dry, I added the Brushos (Emerald for the ground, Black, Purple and Dark Blue for the sky). After everything was dry I rubbed off the Friskit, and colored the " fireflies" with Lemon and Orange Brusho's.


Here is a list of materials:

1. Image: Holding Fireflies by A Day for Daisies, colored with Copics, with Wink of Stella on wings.
2. Die: Spellbinders Star Circles.
3. Sentiment: Unity Stamp Co. (...and for a moment), Versafine ink.
4. Paper: white cs (Neenah), Midnight blue shimmer paper (Wausau), Strathmore watercolor paper (using Friskit and Brushos).
5. Button: white star button from stash.

Thank you for visiting!

I'm also entering this at Classic Design Team Challenge.

Baby Calves at DCD

Hello! This month at Die Cut Diva's our sponsor is-

Our theme for the month is an inspiration photo-

Here is my project:

Isn't that calf sweet? I made this for a friend that has Murrary Grey cattle, and this is my attempt to color a silver calf!

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. Image: Sweet Cow by a Day for Daisies, colored with Copics.
2. Paper: barn wood (Crate Paper DIY Shop 6x6), patterned dots (Studio Calico Snippets), dark gold CS (Bazzill).
3. Embellishments: Gramma's Button Box, generic twine.
4. Dies: clouds (Impression Obsession) 

I'm also entering this at:
Classic Design Team Open Challenge

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May Day at Die Cut Divas

Happy May Day! This month at Die Cut Diva's our sponsor is-

Our theme for the month is an inspiration photo-

Here is my project:

Here is a list of materials:

1. Image: Garden Chair Gathering by A Day for Daisies. Colored with Copics.
2. Paper: Fresh Outdoors Natural Print double sided CS (My Mind's Eye).
3. Dies: Flowers (Impression Obsession DIE 047-J), Flourish Vine (Cottage Cutz).
4. Buttons: Grandma's Button Box.

Make sure you enter your projects to win some awesome images from A Day For Daisies!

Thank you Gina K. stamps!

We would like to thank our sponsor this month at Die Cut Diva's-

April's challenge was to make a project you associate with April (such as Easter, Rain, Storms, April Fools Day, Spring, IRS/Taxes) or April holidays (www.holidayinsights.com).

Here is my project:

Here is a list of materials:

1. Stamps: Gina K. Framed Greeting, Versafine Onyx ink. Prismacolor pencils.
2. Dies: Spellbinders Labels 16.
3. Paper:  Black & White damask (Recollections), Moroccan Collection red cardstock (Recollections).
4. Embellishments: sheer red ribbon (American Crafts), black pearls (Queen & Co.), clear Wink of Stella.

Thank you very much for visiting!

FCCB's Mothers Day Challenge

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #275 - Mother's Day-create a card or project for Mother's Day

This Weeks Sponsor
digiplayground.com

There will be 3 winners of $7 gift certificates!

Create a project inspired by Mother's Day

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:

Front with tag

Back and side view

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. SVG:  large watering can (Mother's Garden by SVGcuts.com).
2. Cricut: flower tag (Tag, Bags, Boxes & More 2).
3. Paper: French Country Stack (DCWV).
4. Ribbon: Pink sheer ribbon (American Crafts)
5. Eyelets: silver eyelets (Crop-a-dile).
6. Brads: silver brads (American Crafts).

You can find all kinds of Cricut Explore friendly files at digiplayground.com. Play with SVG's, they are so fun!

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Gina K Designs and Butterflies

Come join us at Die Cut Diva's  for Aprils Challenge to win a prize from our sponsor-

April's challenge is to make a project you associate with April (such as Easter, Rain, Storms, April Fools Day, Spring, IRS/Taxes) or April holidays (www.holidayinsights.com).

Here is my project:

Here is a list of materials:

1. Stamp: Gina K. Designs Butterfly stamp (Hope is Faith set), unknown sentiment stamp, Versamark ink, Pewter Zing embossing powder.
2. Dies: Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals.
3. Stencil: Bo-Bunny Butterfly stencil, colored with Seedless Preserves & Salty Ocean Distress Inks by Ranger.
4. Watercolor: Brusho.
5. Ribbon: American Crafts sheer red.
6. Paper: white cardstock (Neenah), raspberry cardstock (Recollections).

Thank you for visiting!

Gina K All Occasion Card

Come join us at Die Cut Diva's  for Aprils Challenge to win a prize from our sponsor-

April's challenge is to make a project you associate with April (such as Easter, Rain, Storms, April Fools Day, Spring, IRS/Taxes) or April holidays (www.holidayinsights.com).

Here is my project:

Sometimes, I just want a card that I can grab and is good for any occasion. I can write whatever I want inside, or stamp a sentiment that fits the occasion. And who  doesn't like flowers and butterflies?

Here is a list of materials:

1. Stamp: Gina K. Designs Spring Florals , colored with Copics.
2. Dies: My Favorite Things (Stitched Oval), Spellbinders (Scalloped Ovals), Cuttlebug (Butterflies die & embossing set).
3. Ribbon: from my Mom's stash. Wide ribbon colored with Copic marker.
4. Paper: Colorbok (glitter paper), Unknown patterned paper.

Thank you for visiting!

Die Cut Diva's and Gina K.

Come join us at Die Cut Diva's  for Aprils Challenge to win a prize from our sponsor-

April's challenge is to make a project you associate with April (such as Easter, Rain, Storms, April Fools Day, Spring, IRS/Taxes) or April holidays (www.holidayinsights.com).

Here is my project:

I was going to make this a wedding card, but then a friend of mines mother passed away and I needed a sympathy card quick. Luckily I hadn't put the sentiment on yet, so I used a Gina K. sentiment instead. Here is a list of materials I used-

1. Stamp: Gina K. Designs Hope Grows, Versafine Onyx ink.
2. Embossing folder: Acanthus, Cuttlebug Anna Griffith (white background).
3. Dies: Flower Bramble, Cuttlebug Anna Griffith-Spellbinders Labels Two.
4. Paper: Gold shimmer cardstock, Wausau-Neenah white cardstock. 

 Unfortunatetly, you never know when you need sympathy cards, but it does make me feel good to know that an elegant and thoughtful card can show how much you care.


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Die Cut Diva's say goodbye March

Can you believe its the last day of March? I probably should be wearing rain boots right now-we've had so much rain that I can't work in my yard because of all the mud!

We want to thank our wonderful sponsors for the month-

Here is my project-

 I used MFT Stitched Rectangles (You can also use Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles), Spellbinders Daisy Toppers (or Sue Wilsons Delicate Daisies). The image is Bugaboo's Ava Flower Patch, which is colored with Prismacolor pencils. The button is Studio G, the yellow dots are Stickles, and the sentiment is from Stampendous. Paper is from my stash, so source is unknown.


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FCCB & Farm Animals

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday...

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #273 Farm Animals

This Weeks Sponsor

 Winner will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Verve Stamps

Make a card or projects using animals you find on a farm.

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 found a great tip in some of the tutorials for the Cricut Explore-when you are looking for an image, if you click on the round circle with the italic "i" in it-it will tell you what cartridge the image came from. Handy to know, huh?

Here are the materials I used:

1. Cricut: barn (Create a Critter), Bull (Noah's ABC Animals) Cloud (Bits & Pieces). All images were cut from scrap stash.
2. Embossing folders: Clouds (Darice) Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug).
3. Stamp: Sassy Bessie set (Unity Stamp Co.)
4. Pen: Uniball white pen.  
5. Ink: Versafine Onyx, Colorbox White Frost.  

Enter a project for a chance to win Verve stamps!
 

Happy Birthday!

Hello! At Die Cut Diva's our sponsors for the month are:

and

Here is my project-

Here is a list of materials:

1. Image: Spring Boot by Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Copics.
2. Dies: Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, My Favorite Things stitched rectangle (or try these Memory Box rectangles), Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Triple Scallop and flower insert (Or this Taylored Expression Flower Border).
3. Paper: Pink, light blue, black cardstock (stash), flower paper (American Crafts Dear Lizzy, 5th & Frolic 6 x 6).
4. Embossing Folder: Tiny Flowers by Cuttlebug.

Thank you for visiting!

Make a project and be eligible to win some great prizes.

Die Cut Diva's Spring Challenge

This month Die Cut Diva's are sponsored by:

and by

This beautiful image from Bugaboo Stamps is called Rose Tag, and is colored with Copic markers. I used Labels Fifteen by Spellbinders (But this die by Bo-Bunny would work just as well) to frame the image, and used Fancy Labels Two by Spellbinders for the sentiment. The stamp set is one I got when I first got into stamping many moons ago, before I learned to write on the plastic who made them! I used white scrap cardstock for the sentiment, and Creative Memories paper for the background. The bow was made with Offray sheer ribbon.

My mom passed away last year, and lavender roses were some of her favorite. For you, Mom.

Thanks so much for visiting!

I'm also entering this at Catch the bug Anything Goes Challenge.

Die Cut Diva's and Bugaboo stamps!

Welcome to March! At Die Cut Diva's have a wonderful sponsor-

So get busy and make a project around the theme of Spring for a chance to win! Here is my project:

Here is a list of materials I used:

1. Image: Spring Elephant 1 by Bugaboo stamps, colored with Copics.
2. Die: Labels 15 by Spellbinders (But this die by Bo-Bunny would work just as well)
3. Stamp: Whassup, by Viva Las Vegas Stamps. Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.
4. Embellishments: American Crafts teal and white twine, Studio G button.
5. Cardstock: GCD Studios-Special Delivery, scrap white.

I'm also entering this at Catch the bug Anything Goes Challenge.

Thank you for visiting.