It's Tuesday!

Hi Everyone!

Yes, it's Tuesday which is the day I would normally be posting my card for a new Die Cuttin' Divas weekly challenge.

But I have decided to step down from the Diva Design Team. It's been a long run for me, and it's certainly been an honor to have been on a team with such very talented crafters.  Thanks to all the DCD ladies!

I'll still be here and hope to visit all my Blogger friends often, and hopefully post again real soon after a brief break.  

Thanks for all your visits!

Sketch Challenge

It's a sketch challenge at

Die Cuttin' Divas

Here's the sketch:

and here's my card:

I used 2 different patterned papers from the Recollections Bold Basics paper pad on top of a Kraft card.  My Spellbinders dies cut the circles for the center, and the present is from Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge.  MCT banner die for the sentiment.

We hope you'll join in the challenge this week and share your card, layout or project following the sketch shown above.  Please be sure to use a diecut and link your post back to the DCD blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Anything Goes!

It's Anything Goes this week at

Die Cuttin' Divas!

This card came together rather quickly using some of my MCT dies.  I popped up the heart and the typewriter for "double" dimension.

Patterned cardstock from Making Memories Black & White paper pad

Scraps of red and white cardstock

Foam squares

My Creative Time products:

Typewriter die

Once Upon a Time clear stamps

Stitched Sweetheart & XOXO dies

Stitched Scalloped Heart die

Just Simply Live banner die

Stitched Journal Die 3x4 for card base

Join in the challenge this week by submitting your card, layout, or project at Die Cuttin' Divas. The theme is Anything Goes, but be sure to use a die cut, and link your post back to DCD.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

Is it Christmas yet?

Yes, for the Die Cuttin' Divas challenge this week,

we're celebrating Christmas in July.

Be sure to check out all the DT inspiration at DCD.

Here's my Christmas card.

And on the inside...

I used a Sizzix die for the light bulbs, covered with lots of red and green stickles, patterned papers from DCWV Christmas matstack, and ribbon on the front. On the inside I used 2 Spellbinders Nestabilities dies, Label 1. 

We hope you'll join in the challenge this week and enter your Christmas creation at the Die Cuttin' Divas blog.  Be sure to use a die cut and link your post back to the DCD site.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to also enter these challenges with my card:
Weekly Christmas Card Challenges
HIMCR - Christmas in July

Just Beachy

That's the theme this week at Die Cuttin' Divas.

Include something related to the beach in your card, layout, or project.

Here's what I created.

Ingredients:

A2 white card base
Various colored cardstock
Burlap
Cuttlebug Polka Dot embossing folder
Pack Your Bags cart for the swimmer and sun
Life's A Beach for the bucket and shovel
MCT Vintage Stitched Label Dies
Craftin' Desert Divas Summer Lovin' clear stamps

To enter the challenge this week, create a card, layout or altered project with a beach inspired theme.  Be sure to use a die cut in your creation and link your post back to the Die Cuttin' Divas blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to enter the following challenges with this card:

FCCB Challenge #219 - Day at the Beach

Craftin Desert Divas Summer Linky Party
Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday Linky Party-anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door-anything goes

Anniversary or Wedding

It's Tuesday and time for another 

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge

This week's challenge is...

Wedding or Anniversary Card

My card is an anniversary card for hubby.  We'll be celebrating 17 years this Thursday!

I used some new products from My Creative Time:

Bee Happy clear stamp set

Stitched Bees and Beehive dies

Vintage Stitched Label dies

and

Cuttlebug honeycomb embossing folder

Crystal Stickles

We hope you'll join us in the challenge this week and make a wedding or anniversary card, project, or layout.  Be sure to use a die cut in your creation and link your post back to the DCD blog.  You'll have one week to link up your project.  Check out the Design Team's projects for this week!

Thanks for stopping by; it's much appreciated!

DCD Sketch Challenge

This week it's a sketch challenge at

Die Cuttin' Divas.

I made a baby card following the sketch.  The stork and baby are from the New Arrival cartridge.  The scalloped ovals are Spellbinder dies, except for the small one which is a Fiskars punch.  All the patterned cardstock is from DCWV Nana's Nursery, Baby Boy.

Here's the sketch, which I turned horizontally to make my card, created by our Diva Host, Georgiana.

I popped up all the large cuts on the front of the card for depth.

 This photo taken inside...

Why don't you join in the challenge this week, and make a card, layout, or project following the sketch provided above.  Be sure to use a die cut somewhere in your creation and link your post back to Die Cuttin' Divas.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

DCD Challenge #171

This week's challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas is

I vow to thee my Country 

(inspired by the country you live in)

This card was made using the Cricut cartridge Stand and Salute for the statue and word.  The city scene is from Plantin Schoolbook.

I actually like the plain and simple look to this card, what do you think?

Hope you'll join in the challenge this week, and make a card, layout or project that is inspired by your home country.  Be sure to use a die cut in your creation and link your post back to the Die Cuttin' Divas blog site. 

Thanks and hope you'll leave a comment while you're here.

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! 

Sketch Challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas

This week brings a

SKETCH CHALLENGE

at Die Cuttin' Divas!

For my die cuts, I used the Art Philosophy cartridge for the double ovals and the Father's Day cartridge for the recliner.  This is a 5-1/2" square card.  The patterned cardstock is from DCWV Grade School.  I used some Skittles from my friend Carri at Doubleclick AKA Busy Bee.

I think I'll use this for my husband's Father's Day Card.  He deserves at least one day to relax, haha!  

Here's the sketch created by our Hosting Diva, Georgiana.

Join in the challenge this week and make a card, layout or project using the above sketch.  Be sure to use a die-cut in your creation and link your post back to the Die Cuttin' Divas blog site.

One more view from the side so you can see that the recliner is popped up on foam squares as is the "Relax" tag that I typed on my computer and punched out using a "brick" Fiskars punch.

Thanks so much 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!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #166

Happy Tuesday!

The challenge this week at Die Cuttin' Divas is to make a

birthday card.

Easy peasy, right?  Who doesn't need more birthday cards in their stash?

The ingredients:
5 x 6.5 kraft card base

Recollections Bold Basics paper pad

Kraft, brown, and white cardstock

My Creative Time Products:

Fun Paper Airplane Die

Plane & Simple Stamp Set

Stitched Postage Frame Die

All Around Holidays Stamp Set (star)

Stitched Mini Frame & Arrow Dies

If you enter the challenge, you'll have a chance to win a pack of wobbles from 

The Scrapbooking Queen.

So make that birthday card using a die cut image, and link your post to Die Cuttin' Divas.  Be sure to check out all the fun creations by the Diva Design Team this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

New Challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas

This week's challenge...

Wobble it or add dimension

I don't have any wobbles, so I added foam squares to my card to pop up the sentiment and the banner.

Now don't tell, but this is for my nephew, Eric, for his upcoming birthday! 

I used My Creative Times dies and stamps:

Fun Ticket stamps

Ticket dies

Build a Banner kit

Lowercase fun dies

Stitched 4x6 journal die

Ribbon

Skittles!

Hope you'll join in the challenge this week.  Make a card, layout, or project using a Wobble.  But if you don't have a wobble, then add dimension to your creation.  Link your post back to the Die Cuttin' Divas web site.

Thanks for stopping by.  I really appreciate it.

Sketch Challenge

Time for a 

Sketch Challenge at

Die Cuttin' Divas!

This is the card I made.

Here's the sketch.

As you can see, I decided to turn the sketch for my card so I could use the car die cut on it.  The car is from the Cricut Father's Day cartridge.  I used silver metallic paper for the wheels and grill, so it was a little hard to photograph. 

We hope you'll join the challenge this week using the sketch shown above.  Be sure to use a die cut too, and link your post back to Die Cuttin' Divas.

I'd like to link to these challenges:
Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
Little Scrap Pieces Show It Off Saturday - anything goes
DL Art May Linky Party - anything goes



Thanks for stopping by!

Girly Girl

Hi Everyone!

It's Tuesday, so there's a new challenge at

Die Cuttin Divas.

This week, it's Make It Girly.

And I don't think you can get much girlier than this card!

This card measures 5 x 6-1/2".  I found that cute background paper in a barely-used K&Company paper pad called Berry Sweet.  The princess is cut at 5" from Birthday Cakes cartridge and I added the doily trim at the bottom of her dress, along with her crown, which are both made with edge punches.  The sentiment is an All Around Stamp from My Creative Time. I gave her a PK face.  Of course, I had to add glitter in all the right places, ribbon, pearls, and a heart gem.

We hope you'll join in the challenge this week and link up your "Girly" project to Die Cuttin' Divas.  Be sure to use a die-cut too.

Thanks for stopping by!

DCD Challenge

Here's the new challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas this week.

In honor of Earth Day (today), use something

RECYCLED.

I was having trouble coming up with something recycled.  I had thought of repurposing a container, but didn't want to duplicate what my design team sisters were doing.

So I recycled a calendar my daughter gave me years ago.  It was a desktop crafty calendar intended to be re-used for making scrapbook pages, etc.  I know, not very creative!  But I was happy to put it to use since I've only used it maybe once or twice.    

I pulled out these pages to start, and cut the party bird from the Birthday Cakes cartridge.  I think the pink polka dots that I wound up using on the bird look much better than my original selection of the reddish-orange paper.

Be sure to visit the Die Cuttin' Divas blog to see all the other recycled projects made by our Diva Design Team.  We hope you'll join in the challenge this week using something recycled in your project.  Be sure to use a die cut, too, and link your post to DCD.

Thanks for stopping by; appreciate it!

I'd like to enter this card into the
BBTB2 challenge - use a bird.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

This is fun!

A Tic Tac Toe Challenge at

Die Cuttin' Divas this week.

Here is the board.

I went diagonally, left to right...
Bunnies, pastels, ribbon

These little bunnies make me smile.  They are all My Creative Time dies, along with the sentiment stamp.  I cut the tag and used an MCT edge die for the scalloped edge.  Applied some ric-rac, a punched sun, and ribbon.

Hope you'll play along at Die Cuttin' Divas this week and enter your card, layout, or altered project into our challenge.  Be sure to include a die-cut, telling us what it is, and link your post back to the DCD web site.  We look forward to seeing what you create.

Thanks for hopping by!

Pastel Colors Challenge

 Hi, so glad you stopped by!

This week at Die Cuttin' Divas, the challenge is...

Pastel Colors.

I recently bought these patterned Pastel papers by Core'dinations.  Aren't they pretty!?  Just perfect for this challenge.  I cut a lot of pieces because I wanted to use a variety of patterns and colors.  On the one hand, I hated cutting a new piece for a little butterfly, but on the other hand, why have the paper if I'm not going to use it!?  You know what I mean, I'm sure!!  

The other "new" recent purchase I used was My Creative Time's Hello Chickie die and stamp set.  Isn't that little chick so adorable?

Here's the card opened. It's actually a birthday card with a springtime/Easter theme.  

I even covered the back this time because my card base was white, and since it's so easy to do with this Sizzix flip-it die.

Hope you'll join in the color challenge this week.  Use pastels in your card, layout or altered project and be sure to use a die cut.  Link your post back to the Die Cuttin' Divas blog.  We hope to see you there!

Thanks for visiting me today.

I'd like to enter these challenges with my card:
Cut It Up - Easter
D.L. Art April Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces - Show it Off Linky Party, Anything Goes
Red Carpet Studio - Easter inspired
Jo's Scrap Shack Friday FunDay Challenge - Anything Goes
Craftin' Desert Divas Linky Party - Anything Goes

A sketch challenge at DCD

Don't you just love sketch challenges?!

Well, play along at Die Cuttin' Divas

because this week, it's a 

SKETCH CHALLENGE!

I made this card...

And here's the sketch...

I used Sweet Treats cartridge to cut the number candles for this special 21st birthday card.  The paper is Ki Argyle Paper Pad.  I hand cut the hexagon paper to use as the 2 background strips.  The scalloped oval is a Fiskars punch, which I layered with foam squares.

I put the yellow brads in each corner with small sun circles cut from Accent Essentials.  The card is a 5-1/2" square base.

We hope you'll join in the challenge this week.  Submit your card, layout or altered project following the sketch shown above and using a die-cut.  Be sure to link your post back to the Die Cuttin Divas blog. Check out all the great inspiration from our Diva Design team, and all the ways you can use this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by.

DCD Challenge

Hi Everyone!

Tuesday brings another new challenge at

Die Cuttin' Divas

Use an umbrella in your project.

Looking for umbrella ideas, I really liked this cute bird I found on the 3 Birds on Parade Cricut cartridge. 

4.5 x 6" kraft card base

Bird cut at 4.25

Fiskars cloud punch

Wooden stamp from Joann's
Foam squares to pop up the bird and sentiment

We hope you'll join in the challenge this week at Die Cuttin' Divas and make a card, layout, or altered project using an umbrella.  Be sure to use a die cut and link your post back to DCD's blog.

I hope my card gave you a laugh today; appreciate your visits and comments.

Thanks for stopping by.