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Showing posts with label Cricut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricut. Show all posts

Monday, September 20, 2010

Thank you Enfys and Scrappy Go Lucky for the Sure Cuts A Lot

I want to say a huge thank you to  Enfys and her sponsor Scrappy Go Lucky for the awesome Sure Cut's a Lot software prize I won.   If you own a Cricut, you need to stop by Scrappy Go Lucky, they have awesome tools like the Cri-Kits gel pens to get the most out of your Cricut along with tons of helpful information.   Stop by the Scrappy Go Lucky blog to see all the beautiful design team creations there too.
Enfys writes an awesome blog called Going Buggy, you have to stop by and make her a favorite, if she isn't already.  Her cards and projects are beautiful and her writing is always witty and colorful.  I always tease her she should be writing a book of short stories about all the interesting people she meets.  Her blog is always a pleasure, filled with the most beautiful cards, useful information and tips, but what I love most I think are her stories.  The people she writes about really are quite average, but it is the way she sees them or the situation that is fabulously entertaining!  Enfys truly has a gift for writing along with her crafting talent which is quite exceptional.  It is quite fitting that today's post is titled Friends Forever,  thank you Enfys for the most generous gift and for sharing your talent with all of us in blogland.   I hope all of my friends choose to become your Friends Forever too.  Thank you again for the fabulous prize!  I can't wait to start creating with it!   Sincerely, ~Diane

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Fore... Summer

I made this cheerful Summer card using the adorable FU...Fore Female image from KAH-Wink-E-Dink.  I think this image has so much character and personality!  I printed this image twice, once on white card stock and again on the blue cloud paper so I wouldn't lose any of the details.  I then colored and cut out the white image and pasted it over the other image.  I cut the grass 4 times with  Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, used pop dots between layers and  used some pop dots under the golf ball for extra dimension.  The cloudy blue paper is some old notebook paper.  I stamped the sentiment with an older Just Rite stamp.  Be sure to stop by the KAH-Wink-E-Dink blog and grab this weeks free image, I've been hearing quite a "racket" about it.  See what the rest of the design team has done to inspire you, and say hello to our newest design team sister Linda too!  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:
Kahwinkedink - Summer Sports
By The Cute and Girly - Warm Summer Days

Friday, June 11, 2010

Summer Fun

We Won! I was chosen as a top 5 winner at Scrap It With a Song!  I get to display this awesome badge and I won a $25.00 gift certificate at Your Scrapbook Stash .com!  Thank you so much, this is an awesome prize!  My thanks to you Terry at Tellens Designs for this too cute bathing beauty digi, which she has now named Beach Diva Diane!   You are the We,  in We won.
I made this card for the BBTB2 challenge using Arlana's sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  This week the BBTB2 team asked us to use the sun image from the Doodlecharms cartridge.  My fabulous bathing beauty is from Tellens Designs, I love her playful digi images.  I used Cricut Doodlecharms,  DCWV, and Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities.  Be sure to stop by the BBTB2 blog and see what the DT has done with this cut, they are so creative.   They also have a contest to use any summer themed cut from any cart along with an image, so lets all join in!  
I'm also submitting this card to the following challenges:
 BBTB2 Summer themed
Paper Sundaes Summer Fun
Scrap It With a Song Girls Just Wanna Have Fun  Whoo Hoo!  Thank you so much for choosing this card!  I won a $25.00 gift certificate at Your Scrapbook Stash .com!  Thank you so much, for this awesome prize!
Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Spinner Card 1CardCreator


Spinner card in action.
I made this card with the Grad Cap, this weeks free digi image available at Lindsays Stamp Stuff.  I have made these spinner cards before in fact there is a tutorial on how to make them here too.  My son helped me make the video so I could show you just what it looks like in action.  Sorry, I need more practice with the camera, this was my first You Tube video.  These cards totally fascinate me, I have a close up of the card also. 
Along with the LSS Grad Cap I used  DCWV, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Pendant Shapeabilities,  Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1 Harlequin and Word Window punch.
If you are not too dizzy from watching this, spin over to Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, she has a 40% off sale going on Thursday through Saturday   Check out the School Rules, School Papers, Grad Cap (free) and Grad Paper (free also).
I'm submitting this card to the following challenges: 
2 Sketches 4 You 
Caardvarks dry embossing
Corrosive Challenge diecuts
Cupcake Craft Challenge dazzle us
Wee Memories Punch it
 Hand Full of Stamps hats off to you 
Ai Factory Challenge Cards that have movement
 And don't forget to check out the talented Design Team's blogs, they have some awesome work to show you too.


Sunday, June 6, 2010

Love is a flower

Whew!  This card gave me so much trouble!  I spent the whole week working on it!  I made it for the Crafty Secrets Challenge at Paper Craft Planet which calls for the use of pink and aqua. Shouldn't be hard but it was.   I finally found some inspiration this morning with a cute card sketch from this weeks JUGS challenge.

I used the Crafty Secrets Love and Romance image, (RAK, thank you Jan)  Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Perfect Details  pattern 1and pattern 2, Cricut Pagoda flowers, Vintage Holiday Crafts for the printed forget me not  paper, Liquid Pearls white Opal, Stickles Gold, pearl strands, feathers and Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen.  If you love Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage products we would love to have you join us on PCP, we have a group there and we do bi weekly challenges.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Friday, June 4, 2010

Bless this nest

I made this card for the challenge at BBTB2, they are using the Bless this Nest font from the Sweethearts cartridge.  I don't have the Sweethearts cart so I used my  Cricut Plantin Schoolbook for the font.  I used the layout from Sweet Sketch Wednesday for this card also.  I can always count on the ladies there to come up with an inspiring lay out for me.  The darling image is from Birds and Branches, a digi set from  Lindsay's Stamp Stuff MyGraphico.  The card stock is DCWV, and I used the Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Dusty Concord and
Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen.  The more I use these distress inks the more I love them!  I also used my Spellbinders Petite Ovals Nestabilities.   Be sure to stop by BBTB2, they are having their monthly blog hop with lots of inspiration and excitement!  As always, thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Monday, May 31, 2010

SEW PRETTY

Please scroll down for the Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop for OPERATION WRITE HOME
 I made this card for the challenge over at Bitten By the Bug 2, they challenged us to use the dress form from the Forever Young cart, and also for the Moxie Fab World  Fun with Fabric challenge to use fabric in an innovative way.  I found this scrap of fabulous fabric with mirrored bling a while ago, I knew that it would look gorgeous on a card!  This worked perfectly with the Sew Pretty digital stamp set from Lindsays Stamp Stuff at MyGrafico which is on sale today only.  I also used  Stampin Up Sale-a-brate scallop punch and corner punch, Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens-Fanciful Stencils, Glimmer Mist Pink Taffy, We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper.
Memorial Day Sale! 
Monday, May 31st  30% off sale at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff  at MyGrafico.   Don't miss this great opportunity to grab some fab digitals!
Thanks for looking, ~Diane
 

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Ready 2 Rock

The challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2  uses the Hannah Montana Cartridge, Ready 2 Rock.    I don't have this cartridge, but they do allow improvisation.  So I used my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook to cut the Ready 2 Rock, and the Cuttlebug 5x7  Oriental Weave embossing folder on my silver foil card stock.  This is a 5 x 7 card, the guitar is Iron on Art by Horizon Group, it is made for fabric but it worked very well by ironing it on to my card stock.  The little metal sandals have been in my craft box forever. A big thanks to the BBTB2 group, they always have a great idea for a challenge, and lots of Cricut inspiration!.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Crafty Secrets Friendship and Flowers

I made this card for the Crafty Secrets Challenge I am co hosting at Paper Craft Planet.  The challenge is Flowers,  please stop by and see what the other Crafty Secrets lovers have made.  I found this fun challenge site on my  friend Mona's blog, it is called
2 Sketches 4 You  it is hosted by Kazan Clark and Laura Davis.  I used their fab sketch to make this card, I'm not sure if I can post their sketch here, so you will have to go check it out.  I would also like to enter this into the Let your Garden Grow challenge to make  DIY flowers at Quixotic Challenges.  I actually bought the lovely little pearl centers for my flowers at Quixotic Paperie, and I am in love with them.  And last but not least my friends at Order of the Opus Gluei are hosting a challenge to use ribbon in a different way.  This is a 5 x 7 card, I used Memory Botique cs, Crafty Secrets Friendship and Flowers image, velvet ribbons and rhinestone lace are from JoAnns.  I embossed the cs with Cuttlebug A2  Japanese Scales embossing folder, I cut the flowers with Cricut Pagoda, colored them in with Niji Pearlescent Watercolor Set and set Quixotic Flat Backed Pearls - 4mm - Cappucino - in the centers.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Monday, April 26, 2010

More of my Passion for Pop Ups


In case you haven't noticed, I love pop up cards, this one is based on what is called the simple box.  I made this for a sweet friend to give to her Mum for Mothers Day.  I am entering it into the following challenges.
  Our Creative Corner is challenging us to use blossoms on our cards.
Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge 36 is Flowers.
Digital Tuesday Challenge April flowers or April Showers.
Allsorts Challenge has the photo below as an inspiration. 
Here's what I used to make this card.  Card Front - Mum cut with  Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, Pink Passion card stock, Wonderful Wings, Baroque Motifs Stampin Up, Krylon 18 kt gold leafing pen,  Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder.  
Inside - If you look closely you will see 5 tiny butterflies punched with Marvy Standard & Jumbo butterfly punch.  My flowers are a combination, the majority are from Sarah Paris Butterfly Garden Digi Stamps.   I purchased from My Grafico, 1 flower is from Inkadoo Doodle Flowers and 1 other from Stampin Up Polka Dots and Petals.  Vellum insert and butterflies from Paper and MoreMartha Stewart lace punch and Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink worn lipstick.  Floral paper and glitter from JoAnns.   Whew!  I used a lot of products on this little card, which by the way is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.    If you are interested, I do have instructions on how to make a Pop Up card in an older post.  You will find it under Pop Ups and again in Tutorials in my sidebar. Thanks for looking, ~Diane 

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Runway Birthday Party Card

This is a fun card for a Birthday Party with a Runway Model's theme.  This was so easy to make, I used Stampin Up card stock for the Pink and Purple.  I embossed the Pink with a Sizzix Texture Plate that has lipstick, shoes and purses.  I used my Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities on a piece of shiny metallic card stock to give the impression of a full length mirror.  I made the hanger from bendable jewelry wire.    The fancy ribbon boa comes from stash from my friend  Terry at Tellens Place.  The party invitation was printed on my computer and I inked up a swirl to stamp over it.  The shoes were cut on my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook.  I cut the letter N, turned it upside down and cut off the upward stroke.  I then cut a little curve and added a rhinestone and voila, I have shoes.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Friday, March 5, 2010

Mum

I made this card for 3 different challenges, Play Date Cafe for "deep yellow, pale yellow and white".  My Time to Craft "Just for Mum" and A Spoon Full of Sugar "beads".  It is hard to see, but the white and dark yellow card stock both have a shimmery sheen.  The white is Wausau and I don't have the name of the shimmery yellow.  The pale yellow cs is DCWV, the beads are mardi gras beads from Dollar Treasure, except the center bead which is a 1/2 bead from JoAnns.  I used the Spellbinders  New Lotus Pendant Shapeabilities cut twice for the center, and the Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities.  The Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder and MUM was cut at 3/4 with the Cricut Plantin Schoolbook.  This is a 5 x 7 card.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Asian Influence

I made this card for the Order of the Opus Gluei challenge to make something Asian.  I used Core'dinations card stock, along with black, metallic gold and red.  I did the border with the Stampin Up Sale-a-brate scallop trim border  punch.  I cut the lanterns on the Cricut with the Pagoda cartridge at a size 4.  I used the Cuttlebug 5x7 Emboss folder- Bamboo, lightly sanded and painted the leaves with my Niji Pearlescent Watercolor Set.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

This is Gumble

GUMBLE ROCKS!  HE WON THE CHALLENGE AT  
Gumble is a free digi image from Stretch n Bubbles.  I love the way he printed out on the paper, it looks like he is holding a pink heart in his cute little hand.  I could not do that again if I tried!  Gumble was free for Alison hitting 100 more followers, she is almost at 300!  She is giving away an image for hitting her milestones on the way to 500, stop by and check out what her design team does with her images, they are fantastic!  And there is a Wednesday freebie there today too!  I am entering Gumble in quite a few challenges.  The Order of Opus Gluei is looking for a Valentine with red white and pink.  
Crazy for Challenges is looking for a Valentine, 
Digital Tuesday Challenge  is All About the Animal's, I don't know if Gumble can qualify as an animal, he looks like a Monster to me? 
Drunken Stampers (great name) wants me to use any kind of metal, like the red metal brad I used for the flower.  
Crafty Cardmakers is looking for anything digital, and keep checking that site, they will soon have a tutorial on how to merge or use 2 digital images together.  I want to learn how to do that!  
I traced Gumble with my Zig glue pen then added some black glitter and some googly eyes.  I used some pop dots to lift him off the paper.  The heart was cut with my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, the patterned paper is from DCWV, the background stitched paper was purchased 5 years ago from Costco, sorry I don't know the mfg.  Computer sentiment trimmed with the new Stampin Up Punch.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane  

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Cuttlebug Kimiko Geisha's

 
I made the Geisha's on this card with my new Cuttlebug 5 x 7 Emboss Folders and some wonderful foil cardstock, I love how you can see the reflection in the picture.  The Giesha'a are from the Kimiko folder.  I embossed and debossed so that I have 2 images facing different directions.  This was quite easy, I folded the foiled card stock in 1/2 so the shiny side was facing front and back.  After I embossed them in the blue foil I cut them out.  Then I ran double scraps of white card stock through for the heads and hands, which I also colored, cut out, then glued on.  The lovely dragon is from the Cricut Pagoda cartridge I received for Christmas and haven't used yet!  I cut this at 2 1/2 in the gold and red foils.  I also used the Cuttlebug A2 Japanese Scales to give the dragon more texture, and the Cuttlebug 5 x 7 Oriental Weave on the Wausau Copper card stock.   This card is for the Practical Scrappers Die Cut Challenge.   Which works out well, because they encourage us to use what we have, and I bought these earrings at least 1 year ago!  I used both my Cricut and Cuttlebug folders to make this.
 I thought it would be fun to share a picture of my embellishments, the silver fans I used.  These were inexpensive earrings that I cut up and glued on to the card.  I found my earings and foil card stock  at my local Dollar Treasure.  By the way, I absolutely love the new 5 x 7 folders from Cuttlebug!  Thanks for looking, ~Diane



Saturday, January 16, 2010

Just Us Girls Challenge # 16 Valentine






When I saw these colors over at the Just Us Girls Challenge I knew exactly what I wanted to make!  I have to say that is a really good feeling, especially since I was experiencing a little bit of a creative block the last few weeks.  I am so glad that is over and now I have a ton of ideas swimming around in my head again!  For this Valentine I used Stampin Up Very Vanilla, Core'dinations for the Burgundy, an unknown Gray cardstock and a paper flower for the Blush.  The awesome image that had all of these same colors in it came from Artfreebies.  Jeanette and June have some beautiful Vintage images there that they so graciously share with anyone who would like to stop by.
I embossed the gray card stock with my Spellbinders Impressabilities Flourish.  I should mention that 98% of my cards are all 5" x 7" including this one.  In order to get the Impressabilitie to emboss the full 5 x 7 without border lines,  I had to trim the edge off of 1 end with scissors. At first I hated doing  this, I felt like I was breaking one of my tools on purpose!  But over at the Spellbinders site they often cut pieces out of the Impressabilitie's for many different decorative designs and uses.  Once cut I then embossed 1/2 of the gray cardstock, then turned it so the already embossed portion was left sticking out as I sent it through my Wizard a second time.  I used a Stampin Spot in Bravo Burgundy to lightly highlight the flourishes and edges of the gray card stock.  The key and heart embellishments were found in the jewelery section at JoAnns.  I cut the heart out with Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, then embossed it with the Cuttlebug Swiss dots, embossing folder.
The Valentine sentiment was printed with my computer on to vellum.  I really enjoyed making this card and playing along with the challenge.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Published in Ready, Set, Create Dec.09 / Jan.10 issue



These are the 2 cards I made for the Dec.09 / Jan.10 publication of Ready Set Create.
  The first card 25th, uses my favorite Spellbinder die, Fleur de Lis and my Cricut.
By: Diane
Supplies:
Cardstock: Around the Block Ash Filigree
Gold glitter, Dazzling Diamonds
Stampin Up, Cricut Stretch Your Imagination cartridge, Spellbinders
Fleur de Lis Pendant, Shapeabilities, Petite Ovals
Nestabilities, MS lace punch, gray ribbon




This card made a full page featuring all three photo's.
Pop Up Spinner Combo Card
By: Diane
Supplies:
DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies, Stampin’ Up Doodle This, Wonderful Wings
and Delight in Life, Vellum, clear acetate, 2 pennies, dimensional foam.
I made this card with lots of love for my dear friend and fellow blogger Carole at Paper Arts.  She has taught me so much and she is such a wonderful friend, I am so fortunate to have met her.
The butterfly spins in circles, I have directions on how to make both a spinner and a pop up in some of my older posts.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, I was busy cooking and preparing as I am sure many of you were too.  I hope you enjoy and as always thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Pink and Red Valentine

This is my entry for the Tellens Place Red and Pink challenge # 3.  The fab digi gal image is a freebie from her site, although you don't have to use her images to enter, they are just too cute to pass up!  The wonderful red foiled card stock is a find from my local Dollar Treasure store.  I also used a piece of pink vellum from  Paper and More to fill in where I cut the heart out with the Cricut.  This is the first time I used the center point function.  It took me some time to figure out which direction to place the card stock to get the hearts to both print out in the same place with the hearts going in the same directions on both pieces, but I finally got it right.  I ran the heart cut outs through the Wizard with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot folder.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

I'm feeling vintage, ha ha.


I am still in a vintage mood, so this is the project I made for the Jugs challenge.  The simple box template comes from a project I did at a Stampin Up workshop years ago.  I covered my box with a page from an old horticultural book that I misted with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Coffee Shop.  I really love that Glimmer Mist, it adds instant aging with just a touch of soft glimmer.  I cut the poinsettias on my Cricut, Joys of the Season cartridge.  The cs is Stampin Up Sage Shadow and the red is one of the limited edition colors from another year, maybe Pomegranate, also misted with  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Coffee Shop.  The lace is hand crocheted, I found it at a garage sale this summer, what a steal!  I bought a box with about 20 feet of the lace and about 10 skeins of the embroidery floss.  The half pearls are from Michaels.  I hope you enjoyed, thanks for looking.  ~Diane


Friday, November 13, 2009

How's that go, a day late and a dollar short?

 


That's me this week!  I am a day late with the challenge sketch at JUGS, but since it was such a great sketch I want to post it anyway.  Besides, I used this wonderful new digi image Snowmen from my friend Kristen at Kards and Klay's, shop Kahwinkedink, and I can't wait to show it off!  I made the letters and small circles with Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, cs Regal Rose, Mellow Moss from Stampin Up, dp K &Company Brenda Walton "Mira", Stampin up fine cosmo glitter - green and confetti snowflakes from JoAnns.  Best of all, I had a chance to use one of my new toys from Spellbinders, that I won in the When Creativity Knocks, Great Crafters Tool Hunt.  I used the Spellbinders Impressabilities Snowflake.  What I really like about this is that I was able to fill my 5 x 7 card front with the embossed image.  It took me some time to figure it out, but I cut the frame off of the Impressibility and ran it through my Wizard twice.  On the second pass I let the portion of the card that was done hang outside of the plates, so it didn't flatten it out.  I cut my frame off very carefully, because I intend to use that to emboss a rectangle frame in the future.
Personal note, the Just Us Girls team has a special challenge for you (in addition to a new one they will have for you on Saturday). This one is to raise money for a family that you may or may not have heard about. One of our fellow stampers in our very charitable stamping community suddenly lost her son last week. Henry Anderson was only three years old, suddenly became ill, and passed away. It is still uncertain what the cause of his death was.  Please stop over to the JUGS site for details on how we can help this family.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane