Color Challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas

The new challenge this week at Die Cuttin' Divas is...

Use black and one other color

Yep, just 2 colors!  Wasn't quite as hard as I thought.

My Card

I used My Creative Time dies and stamps for my entire card, including the swing card base!  Love Emma's creative products--you can find them here at her shoppe.

We hope you'll join the challenge this week and make a card, layout or altered project following the theme of "use black and one other color."  Be sure to use a die cut and link your post back to Die Cuttin' Divas.  Love to see your creations.

Here's my card standing up.

View of the outside

and the inside

Thanks for stopping by! 

For the Boys

Hello!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.  I had 3 nice days off, so it was great!

Today is my DT post for Die Cuttin' Divas, and this week's theme is
 "All About the Boys"
   (masculine card)  

I pulled out my Father's Day Cricut cartridge, and wanted to use this boat.  Making this card made me wish I had been out on a boat over the weekend.  It certainly looks inviting, and the weather was beautiful here in Maryland.

Aside from blue, white, yellow, orange, and red cardstock, I used papers from DCWV Photo Stack 2, which made it easier for me to make the sky, land and water effect I was looking for. I used foam tape to give the waves some depth.

The sun is made with My Creative Time Build a Banner Kit and the sentiment is from one of the new stamp sets by Craftin Desert Divas, called Summer Lovin'.

We hope you'll join in the challenge this week, and make something masculine.  Be sure to use a die cut in your creation and link your post to the Die Cuttin' Divas blog site.

We look forward to seeing your creations!

Triple Play!

Here's a quick share of a card I made for a man I work with that just retired.  He and I started employment in the same month, October, 22 years ago!  Not only was he retiring, his last day of work was on Thursday, October 31, AND it was also his birthday!  How 'bout them apples?!

Here's the card I made for him.

And on the inside...

The word October came from the Happy Hauntings cartridge, and the numbers are from Plantin Schoolbook.  I liked them better than the ones on the HH cart.  The notebook edge is made with a Fiskars punch.  I had stamps for all the sentiments!  And added 2 star brads to complete the card.

Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

Arrr Matey!

I was asked to create a card with a pirate theme for a man that was getting married, using a photo of the man's face as the pirate.  Here's what I came up with.  What do you think?

I found this pirate ship paper in my DCWV All About Boys stack and created the plank with some kraft cardstock and a woodgrain stamp.  The man and woman pirates were found on clip art. 

Sentiment on the inside, along with some hooks!

And a gift tag to go with the bottle of rum they gave him as a gift.

Thanks for stopping by, appreciate your visits and love to read your comments.

I'd like to link to the following challenges:

Handmade Harbour Midweek Papercraft Party - men and boys

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes challenge

Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday Linky Party - any card, project, or layout

It's Teddy Bear Day!

And that's the challenge this week at Die Cuttin' Divas!

Use a Teddy Bear

I made this card for my hubby's birthday, aka Sugar Bear, using the Teddy Bears on Parade cartridge. This is the "tourist" bear without the camera and an umbrella drink because I wanted to mimic the look of the Dude in the movie, the Big Lebowski, one of my husband's favorite movies.

Ingredients:

Brown, black, silver, and cream cardstock

Oval from Art Philosophy cart

Two green papers are from my scraps

Tree pattern is DCWV Green Stack

Metal brads

Cuttlebug Diamond Plate embossing folder used on the oval

Sizzix Wild Dashes used on the green background

Foam squares to pop up the oval

In case you'd like to know...

National Teddy Bear Day takes place in the US on September 9th. Initially a US specific holiday this is increasingly being celebrated by bear lovers across the world. There appears to be no record of the origin of this holiday or why this particular date was chosen - perhaps the bears themselves know?

Teddy bears are, of course, named after US President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt. The name came about after a 1902 hunting expedition. The hunt had found no game, so at the end of the day someone brought out a baby bear and suggested that Roosevelt might like to shoot it instead. Roosevelt understandably felt that this was not exactly sporting and refused. The incident was illustrated in a newspaper cartoon entitled "Drawing the Line" - which also referred to the political situation at the time. An enterprising New York toymaker saw an opportunity and brought out a cute stuffed bear named "Teddy's Bear". The rest, as the say, is history.

We hope you'll join in the challenge this week.

You'll have one week to create your card, layout or altered project using a TEDDY BEAR.  Please be sure to use a die-cut and link your post back to the Die Cuttin' Divas blog site.

Thanks for stopping by!

DCD Sketch Challenge

This week, it's a...

SKETCH CHALLENGE

at Die Cuttin' Divas!

I made this manly card for my adult nephew, and the sketch made it easy to do!

Here's the sketch:

I used black cardstock for the base card.

Patterned papers are from DCWV Amber Autumn matstack.

Caramel colored mat was embossed with Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes folder.

Arrows were measured and cut with my paper cutter.

I didn't have a cartridge with a beer mug so I made my own using Love You a Latte for the mug and my Fiskars cloud punch for the beer foam, which I trimmed up to look more realistic.

The ovals are cut from Art Philosophy.

Cheers was stamped on cardstock and then trimmed to fit.
I've had those metal embellishments in my stash forever and finally had a chance to use them with some little black brads.


Our sponsor for this week's and next week's challenge is The Scrapbooking Queen

Come join the challenge this week

 at Die Cuttin' Divas.  

Follow the sketch shown above! You'll have one week to enter your card, layout, or altered project.  Remember that you must also use a die-cut somewhere in your project and be sure to link your post back to the DCD blog.  

We look foward to seeing your projects.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Die Cuttin' Divas Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back for a new Die Cuttin' Divas challenge.  

This week's challenge is...
a Sketch

And here's my card.

from the Birthday Bash cartridge

Card is 6 x 5.5"

Buffalo Party Animal cut at 4" 

 Party Animal phrase cut at 3/4"

Patterned (zoo) paper is from DCWV All About Boys

Orange mat embossed with Traffic Jam CB folder

Inside flag cut at 3"

Our sponsor for this challenge is...
The Paper Trail, who will donate a gift certificate to their scrapbooking store.  

We hope you'll join us for the challenge this week at Die Cuttin' Divas. You'll have one week to enter your card, layout, or altered project.  Please remember to include which die cut you used and provide a link back to our site.  

We look forward to seeing what you create! 

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #96

Hi Everyone, and Happy New Year!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday!  Are you ready for the new year?  Wow, 2013?!  Sometimes hard to believe those numbers.

Well, I'm happy to be back on the Die Cuttin' Divas Design Team.  We have a great challenge for you for this first week in 2013--a Sketch Challenge.  

Here's the card I made.  My brother's birthday was December 27 (yeah, he kinda gets cheated!), and he's older than me!  ha-ha!  So I was trying to make a funny card about getting older.  I used Life's a Party for the wording, and found the funny tombstone in Simply Charmed.  The striped paper is from DCWV "All About Boys."

I popped up the oval and the tombstone on foam squares.

And finished the inside with the matching striped paper at the left end of the card.

Our sponsor this week is
Scrappy Mom's Stamps
and they will donate one stamp set of the winner's choice!

We hope you'll play along with us this week for our Sketch Challenge.
You'll have one week to plan, create, and submit your project.  Please remember to include which die cut you used and a link back to Die Cuttin' Divas.


WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU CREATE!

Another Manly Birthday Card

Here's another birthday card for a man. The recipient is actually my niece's husband (you know, the one that got married this past June).  I used the Cricut Father's Day cartridge.  Have used this cart for other manly cards, but never this image before--I think it turned out pretty cute!

The paper is from DCWV All About Boys. The design is sun-rays streaming from the lower left corner to the upper right corner with stars in the background. Thought it looked pretty cool with this image. On the inside, I typed a happy birthday sentiment on matching gold solid paper.

By the way, the creator of this cartridge, Curt Jensen, has left ProvoCraft.  But you can still check out his blog at Typecast Creative.

Hope you like my card!  Thanks for stopping by; I appreciate your visits!

50th Birthday Card for a Man

Here's a birthday card I made for a man who is turning 50!  

The computer and numbers are cut from Cursive 101 cartridge.  The designer paper is from DCWV Natural matstack.  The sentiments are computer generated and cut into rectangles with shadows.

For something a little different, I trimmed the right edge with some black cardstock cut with a pair of deckle scissors.

I double layered the computer with foam squares in between.  

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:
Cards for Men - Anything Goes

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #69

Hello!

The Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge

this week is...

 a MAN theme in honor of Father's Day.

I made this card for my dear husband, who always does the grillin' at our house (and very well, I might add).  This is a cartridge I've rarely used: Cricut Lite Block Party

The images are great, but they are intricate, so make your cuts large.

Chef is cut at 6"

Grill cut at 4.5"

Kraft cardstock for the 5-1/4" x7-1/4" card

Plaid paper is from DCWV Stack 7

Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink

Fiskars Cloud punch, layered

Docerela Stamps

Inside sentiment computer generated

Our sponsor this week is Circle B Enterprises

Hope you'll join our challenge this week.  You'll have one week to make your card, layout, or altered project using a man theme in honor of Father's Day.  Be sure to use a diecut and link your post back to Die Cuttin' Divas.

We look forward to seeing what you create!

I'm entering the following challenges with this card:

My Craft Spot:  King of the Grill Father's Day challenge

DL Art:  Card for a Man

Fantabulous Cricut: Father's Day w/an outdoor theme

My Sheri Crafts:  Man theme
More than Favors:  Father's Day
Little Scrap Pieces:  Father's Day

 

Carson's Creations Embossing Blog Hop!

Hello!  You've come to the last stop on the Embossing Blog Hop.  I'm so glad you're here.

If you happened to just stop by, be sure to visit all the crafters for some great inspiration and blog candy!

I needed a card for a teenage boy's birthday.  And that can be really tough. You certainly don't want it to be cutesy.  Last year, I used a guitar on his card so I definitely wanted to go for something different this year.  Here's what I made...

A little crazy? ... maybe.  Different?...definitely!   I know he likes music so I thought this would be appropriate.  At first I was going to cut away the flourishes, but then I thought that maybe the flourishes were representing the music coming from the headphones! 

Well, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Let me show you what I did.  I first cut the base and skull from the Rock Princess cartridge at 3-1/2".   This is a very wide image--it wound up being 7-3/8" wide!  So that's why I made this a long card.

Gee, it's a bit plain looking, isn't it??

Well, that's where the embossing comes in.  I used Cuttlebug Tiny Mosaic embossing folder. 

Look at the ol' boy now!

Don't you just love what an embossing folder does to a plain piece of cardstock?   I inked the edges and the raised "tiny mosaics" with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Antique Linen for the final look.

The orange shimmer cardstock is embossed with the Cuttlebug Traffic Jam folder, which is an A2 size.  So because the background cardstock is so long, the embossing has to be done in 2 parts.  Luckily this pattern was easy to piece together. After running it through my Big Kick once, I put the cardstock back in the folder (actually turned sideways) and ran it through again.

 Because the pattern is random,  I was really pleased with how it turned out.

On the inside of the card, I embossed the green border strip with Cuttlebug's Distressed Stripes embossing folder.  I used Kraft cardstock here and for the shadow on the skull.

I have some blog candy to offer for stopping by.  And what could be more appropriate than an Embossing Folder!?

For a chance to win this embossing folder, just leave a comment on this post.  It would be nice if you followed my blog, but it's not a requirement.  I'll pick a winner on Wednesday, April 4.

In addition, if you feel so inspired, be sure to enter our challenge and make a project using some form of embossing, wet or dry.  The winner will be announced on April 7.  Check it out and enter your project at Carson's Creations !

Now, if you haven't made it all around the hop, here's the line-up.  Please be sure to start at the beginning with Georgiana, our hostess for this hop, and visit all our participants:

Georgiana ~ http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com -- your next (first) stop!

Carri ~ http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

Karen ~ http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com

Jessica ~ http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com

Anita ~ http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.com

Colin ~ http://crimsoncricut.blogspot.com

Kate ~ http://www.smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com

Gwen  ~ http://thisandthatbygwen.blogspot.com

Pat ~ http://patsscraps.blogspot.com -- you are here!

Thanks for joining the hop today.  I appreciate you stopping by!