Christmas Card a Week #7

 

Hi All, I am catching up on my Christmas card challenges, posting them a day earlier each week, pretty soon I may be able to get 2 done in the same week lol.  So I made this card for the *Merry Monday challenge using grey, red and white.  It took a bit of doing but I found the perfect image in Gecko Galz A Rockwell Christmas collection

I was so happy to have the perfect shade of red in Stampin Ups Poppy and the dark grey is a Bazill paper.  I used Stampin Ups Dazzling Diamonds glitter with Art Glitter Glue dries white.  I finished it off with Spellbinders dies to cut the circles and a snowflake embossing folder.

I am also entering these link partys and challenges, hope to see some of you there.

I am joining Marina's link party at My Perfect Life

  12 months of Christmas link up at Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

*Completely Christmas Challenge -  4 Anything goes 

*Crafty Hazelnuts extra challenge 

*Festive Friday photo challenge embossed snowflakes and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

Thats it for today, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

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Inspired work

 

  

Hi All, this 5 x 7 card is inspired by some really talented artists I follow, I have been looking at their beautiful work with the torn pages and pearls and jewels and lace tumbling out and I really do adore the style, so today this is my take on it.  The image is from Evert Maaskamp is called Rozen, and since there is some sort of "note" written below the image I am stretching it a bit to enter it into

 *City Crafters "Take Note" challenge.    

 I printed this on Staples matte photo paper, tore the edges.  I did not like the color of the patterned background card stock, (it was on clearance too many years ago to remember who's it is) it was a wrong shade of beige for this piece so I used Tim Holtz Picket Fence Distress stain to lighten it up and some Tim Holtz Mahogany distress stain for the edges.  The pearls are hoarded 2mm and 3mm from Pizzazz Aplenty. 

Be sure to pop over to City Crafters and have a look at all the beautiful inspiration there.
I am also entering this into the challenge at
* Craft Hoarders Anonymous showing Sparkle, Glitz or Glam and do stop by and see all that beautiful bling too!
*Along with the Deep Ocean Challenge For a Friend.

That's it for today, thanks for looking.  ~Diane  

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Christmas Card a Week #6

Hi All, here is my card for this weeks Christmas card a week stash.   I cut this white card stock with my KNK Zing, using one of the fonts in my computer along with a cute little ribbon die cut from Alaa Studio.  I embossed the card using a Spellbinders folder,  I then added the red paper behind the cut and added some Stamping up Dazzling Diamonds glitter and gold stickers.  Thanks for stopping by, ~Diane

I am joining Marina's link party at My Perfect Life

  12 months of Christmas link up at Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

*Completely Christmas Challenge -  3 Anything goes 

 

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Blooming Beauty's

 Hi All, today I am sharing a card I made using the Jodi Lees Natures Garden papers for the flower pot along with the Gecko Galz In my Easter Bonnet ladies.  I die cut the flower pot twice, made an accordion fold from the scrap and glued it to the bottom of the pot for a stand.  I die cut some leaves and stems and flowers, fussy cut the ladies and glued them on.  Added some ink and Stickles to the flowers and glued them onto another scrap that would slide in and out of the pot.  I used a piece of beaded lace trim to hold the top of the flower pot together and allow for the flowers to slide in and out along with the message.  That's it, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

I am entering the *City Crafters Challenge Spring in the Garden
*Just Inspirational Easter Challenge 
*Deep OceanChallenge Lace and Pearls

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Christmas Card a Week #5

Hi All, I found another fun Christmas Card challenge called Merry Monday Christmas challenge  through my friend Leanne, so I made this card to fit the theme of  Chocolate Brown, Green, Gold and White or Cream!   It took me a bit to find the right image but I finally found this one from  Magic Moonlight, it was a free image I saved a long time ago.  I tried gold flock on the little birdies, but I like the Stickles Gold Glitter better.  I used Stampin Up Chocolate Brown for the 1/8th and 1/16th frames I cut with my Perfect Layers Rulers.  The green envelope and background paper are from Gecko Galz Grandmothers House papers.  This is my 5th card for my Christmas card stash, I am really happy I am accomplishing 2 of my goals for this year, to enter more challenges and to get my Christmas cards done before November.  Well, that's it for today, thanks for stopping by.   ~Diane

I would love for you to join me at these Christmas card Challenge/ Link Ups.

I am joining Marina's link party at My Perfect Life

  12 months of Christmas link up at Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

*Merry Monday Christmas challenge Chocolate Brown, Green, Gold and White or Cream 

*Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge 167 - Spread your Wings

*Completely Christmas Challenge -  2 Anything goes 

*Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - Patterned paper

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Pretty in Pink at Tag Tuesday

Hi All, I was off a week and made next weeks tag for today, but I finally did get today's tag done!  I don't know why I struggle so with tags, but I am getting more comfortable making them so that really makes me happy. The prompt this week is Pretty in Pink and this is one of my favorite pink images.   I made this tag with a die cut from Krewella, on my Zing.  I somehow sized this wrong so the bottom 1/2 did not make it on to the cutting area, but no worries, I actually think it works better for a tag like this.   I used an image from Gecko Galz Pixie Magic and their Solerium paper.  

I used my Perfect Layers Rulers to trim a 1/16th frame in brown around the image then plopped a beautiful pink rose on it and that it!  Be sure to stop by Tag Tuesday and see what all the talented folks over there are up to.

 Thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

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Christmas Card a week #4

 Hi All, here is my 4th Christmas card for the year, I will be so happy when November rolls around and I have these all done!  I used an image from Gecko Galz Christmas Chic collage set along with a sheet from the Gecko Galz Chocolate Box Paper collection.  I cut the fancy frame on my KNK Zing and used some Color Box Pewter ink to highlight it since I did not have the right shade of gray.  The Starburst jewels are from Pizzazz Aplenty,  and the ribbon is from my stash.  To save ink I did not print the liner in the red paper this time instead I embossed the gray paper liner to pick up on the snow flakes on the gray background.  Well that's it, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

I would love for you to join me at these Christmas card Challenge/ Link Ups.

I am joining Marina's link party at My Perfect Life

 12 months of Christmas link up at Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

*Completely Christmas Challenge - Anything goes 

*Cute Card Thursday -  What a Gem 

CHNC Challenge Extra for March - Anything goes 

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Flowers in her hair

Hi All, I made this 5x 7 card for the City Crafter Challenge to use a black and white photo.  I used an image from Gecko Galz Beautiful Dreamer collage sheet along with a die cut from Birds Cards that I cut with my Zing.  I trimmed it with some Starform Stickers in silver and a flower from my stash that I added a Fab Scrap pearl center to.  I bought the pearl centers from Blitsy and I love the look of them!  The liner for the envelope is just a white on white print.  That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

I am entering these challenges.

*City Crafter : Smile!  Black and white photo

*Just Inspirational: Anything goes with flowers

*DL Art: Image of a girl or lady
*Emergency Crafters:  Flowers

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Easter card

 Hi All, I'm sharing this Easter card I made for the Gecko Galz DT.  This 5 x 7 card uses paper from the Gecko Galz digital Solarium Paper pack along with the image from the Gecko Galz digital Easter Children collage set.  I used Distress ink in China blue to edge the card front and the image.  I mounted the image on a piece of blue vellum and cut it with fancy scissors, added a doily and corner die cut with my Zing and used Diamond Stickles on them both.  Die cut the bunny and added pink coloring then flocked, added a pink jewel eye and the blue crown to the bunny.  I also added some Lace Stickles to the trim on the dresses and bonnet.  That's it for today, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

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