With a cherry on top.

I had a wonderful weekend with a surprise visit from my daughter.  She needed more thank you cards to take back to Kentucky so Mom happily obliged.  This card was so easy, I used this weeks sketch (thank you Scrappy) from KWED along with the Cherry stamp.  (Ask, it's not in the store yet.)  The paper is Graphic 45 - Bees Knees, one of my favorites.  I colored the cherries with Prismacolor pencils, used Spellbinders Labels 8 Nestabilities,  Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities,  Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye and  Antique Linen.  The sentiment stamp is Stampin up Warmest Regards.   I used dimensional foam to lift it all up.  Be sure to stop by Kristen's blog to pick up your free stamp and to see all the awesome cards my DT sisters made.

Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Distress it

Dutch Dare - Vintage Summer 

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Vintage
Order of Opus Gluei - Fair Well Summer

Stampin for the Weekend - Vintage

Up, up and away!

For today's challenge at KWED we are using the travel images  I chose Hot Air and combined it with a request for a Grandpa card.  Stop by the KWED blog today to see what my fabulous DT sisters have made for inspiration and pick up your free image too!

Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Supplies:

KWED image Hot Air

Stampin Up mostly Mustard CS

DCWV Stack cs

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Tags

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye

Sizzix Texture Plates

Cuttlebug A2  Mandarin Screen embossing folder

I am submitting this card to the following challenges: 

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Let's get digital!

Corrosive Challenge - For the guys

Cards for Men - Long summer days

The Paper Players - Anything Goes! (new challenge site)

Bee Crafty - Anything Goes

Crafty Emma's Store - Anything goes

Challenge suggestions compliments of -  Feline Playful

Chocolate cake and the color pink.

These are my 2 favorites, cold chocolate and the color pink.   I made this Birthday card using the Wedding Cake image from Kahwinkedink.  The fab dp is Hambly Screen Prints  Sweet Cupcakes it's 2 pages, the clear overlay has the white frosting print and the pink layer underneath is printed in a darker pink, this was a RAK from my sweet friend Kristen.  I cut the image out then paper pieced the frosting on top with foam dots for dimension, I also colored the white frosting with a Souffle pen.  The sentiment is Stampin up Warmest Regards, the dark cs is The Paper Company Pomegranate, the crocheted flower is Maya Rd Shimmer Blossoms and I used Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities.  Be sure to stop by Kahwinkedink today to see what my fabulous design team sisters have made and to pick up your free digi image.

Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Back to School!

The challenge this week at Kahwinkedink is Back to School.  I used these super cute images Wheels on the bus and Primitive House to make this card.  For dimension, I used foam dots to lift everything off this card except the schoolhouse.  Be sure to stop by Kahwinke dink today to pick up your free image and to see the awesome inspiration from my design sisters, you won't be disappointed.

Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Order of Opus Gluei - Stash buster, nothing new. 

Stampin B's Design Team - Create a scene 

Stampin for the Weekend - Back to school

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Back to School

Supply list:

Wheels on the bus and Primitive House.

Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities,
Sizzix Texture Plates,
American Crafts paper (blue)
lots of foam dots.

Hands of Time

This weeks challenge at Kahwinkedink is Going Digital, use your favorite digital stamp.  Stitchy Bear Stamps is the sponsor, they have generously allowed the DT to have our pick of stamps from the store.  I chose Hands of Time from the Stitchy Stamps Collection to make this vintage pocket watch that opens up to see the clock face.   Stitchy Bear Stamps is a wonderful community of digital artists, collaborating together to sell from 1 store.  I had a difficult time choosing only 1 stamp to work with!  

Along with the  Hands of Time stamp I used this gorgeous designer paper from Hollanders of Ann Arbor.  The vellum overlay was stamped with Baroque Motifs from Stampin Up in Brilliance gold ink.  The border is made of ribbon from JoAnns and I used Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Tags for my sentiment. 

Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

 I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenges - 3D

Words of Wisdom

The challenge this week at Kahwinkedink is Kids cards in Primary Colors.  I used this sweet Paint Set  to make the embellishment for this card.  My kids are grown up so I have a message for the older kids here.  Stop by Kahwinkedink today to get your free image and join in the challenge fun.  The winner gets to choose 3 images from the Kahwinkedink store!    I made this card using Kahwinkedink  Paint Set , Stampin Up Night of Navy cs and Texture Plates Kit 4 Squares,  Spellbinders Labels 8 and Classic Circles Nestabilities, along with Generations dp and Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen.   The ribbon from JoAnns had 2 lines of wire running through it, which I removed.  Practical Scrappers -  is celebrating their anniversary this week with a different challenge for each day.  Use your favorite product was the Monday challenge.  My Spellbinder Wizard is my favorite product because I can use it to do so many things.    Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

I am submitting this card to the following challenges: 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Awesome sketch

Order of Opus Gluei - Shirt off your back inspiration

Practical Scrappers - Use your favorite product - my Wizard
Bee Crafty - It's all about the image

Die Cut Dreams -Use some Gingham

A Very Cool Challenge

The challenge at Kahwinkedink this week is  anything goes, as long as it's cool. Kiki Art is sponsoring the challenge this week with an additional prize too. So stop by check out the prize and see what my amazing DT sisters have made, their work is amazing!

I made this vintage card featuring the delicious Bowl of Ice Cream digi image.  I used the Graphic 45 Bee's Knees and Lasting Impressions Tuxedo dp.  Embossed it with Tim Holtz Alterations texture fades Patchwork set (thank you Kristen) and  Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1 Eyelet and Kraft cs. The circles were cut with Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities.   Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye and Antique Linen ink were used also.  The vintage lace is from Quixiotic.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane 

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Eat, Sleep Stamp - Sketch 

Fairy Fun Fridays  - Lace it up

Raise The Bar - Distressed, torn, ripped, broken

Stamp. Scrap and Doodle - Use a digi

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Vintage
Practical Scrappers - Use 7 items or more - digi image,cs, dp, Nesties, embossing folders, lace and distress ink, Salebration punch

In the Garden

I used 3 shades of green to give the Relish our Friendship image this vintage look. The challenge this week at Kahwinkedink is in the garden or green. Kristen is offering a free digi image at Kahwinkedink and a different one at Crafter's Digital Art Center. My relish jar was printed once on white cs and then again on Tinkering Ink Haberdasher dp. That dp looked like pickle relish. The background dp was made from a copy of an old Ira Wilson & Sons Dairy cookbook from my old cook book collection. I used a little Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen on the relish jar, the aged look on the dp is original. The flower is from Your Scrapbook Stash (my new favorite place to shop) from a previous win at Scrap it With a Song. (Thank you Christine) I almost forgot, my leaves are from the Stampin Up bird punch.

Thanks for looking. ~Diane
I am submitting this card to the following challenges:
Order of Opus Gluei - Whats cookin, good lookin?
Creative Belli Blog - Alter it (cookbook cover) 
Stamp Something - Something digital 
The Shabby Tearoom - From the Garden 
Practical Scrappers - Stash over 1yr old (Tinkering Ink dp and ribbon from 2008)

Fancy Some Humor

The challenge at Kahwinkedink is to make a Punny card and the design team will really tickle your funny bone this week!   Kristen has added a new twist to the freebie, it will be a followers choice. How awesome is that!  She has close to 100 images to choose from so hurry over to pick the image of your choice.

I made a Punny Wedding card or I guess it would work for an Anniversary too.  The card is 5 x 7, I used the adorable Poochies Wedding Image, the paper is DCWV and Stampin Up along with the Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1 Flourish.  The border is a Martha Stewart punch and I used the Spellbinders Labels 8 Nestabilities and  Fancy Tags  Shapeabilities.  Almost forgot, a smidge of
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Moxie Fab World - Fun and Cute

Aly's Sunday Challenge - Red and white or blue

Craftalicious Challenges - Cute

Double Dutch - Based on the movie Love Story

 

 

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

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Summer

E C P The Challenges - Summer 

Sweet and Juicy

I made this card for this weeks Fruit Smoothies challenge at Kahwinkedink, I hope you will join us there this week.  This image is called Orange Slice and it's available in the Kahwinkedink store.  The fab layout is from the sketch I found at 2 Sketches 4 You.  I had a lot of fun making this card, I painted the little white seeds with poster paint for a little more dimension.  I printed the image twice, cut and glued the darker orange onto the slices.  I used Versamark ink to stamp and trim all the edges of this card.  The dp and butterfly are DCWV.  The Mardi Gras beads are from Dollar Treasure.  The My Friend stamp is  Stampin Up along with Texture Plates Kit 4  Distressed.  I also used Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  Please stop by Kahwinkedink for your free Digi Tuesday stamp and to see the inspiration from the rest of the DT.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane
I am submitting this card to the following challenges: 

2 Sketches 4 You - Sketch 
ABC Challenge - X is for Xtra Dimension 
Crafty Katz weekly challenge - Let's go Digital

Slice of Summer

I made this 5 x 7  sweet summery card with one of my favorites,  Kahwinkedink's Slice of Summer digi stamp.  For those for you who have not stopped by the store, this image is only $1.00.  You can't go wrong with that, even if you only make 1 card with it!  Along with the Slice of Summer digi I used Stampin Up Green Galore and Pixie Pink cs to paper piece this together.   I also used Stampin Up Crystal Effects on the seeds and Texture Plates Kit 4 Distressed and  Backgrounds #1 Eyelet.  Added some glitter and glued it onto a folded card I was done.  Be sure to stop by the Kahwinkedink challenge today to pick up your free image, see what my talented design sisters have made and join us in this weeks challenge.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane
I am entering this into the following challenges:
Annabelle Stamps Blog - Pink and Green
Caardvarks - Dry Embossed
The Character Cafe at Crafters Digital Art Center - Paper Piecing 
The Character Cafe Blog - Paper Piecing
Crafty Anns Challenge - Embossing
Quirky Crafts Challenge - Summer

Thank you Kristen for the RAK

 

I want to share this awesome RAK I received from my awesome digi designing friend Kristen.   She knows I have recently found a new love in all things vintage.  So out of the blue she just up and sent me all of these beautiful things!  Thank you Kristen, I really don't deserve this.  The embossing folders are to die for!  Tim Holtz Alterations texture fades Bingo and Patchwork set!  I've been drooling over pictures of this on the internet!  Whoo Hoo I can't wait to use it!   The gorgeous papers from Hambly I have never seen around here and they have stickers to match!  She bought them all at a fancy scrapbook store called Craft Fancy.  Thank you Kristen for your generosity, you really leave me speechless!  Stop by Kristens Kahwinkedink store and blog for some awesome digi's and inspiration!  You will be glad you did, you will have a chance to meet a sweet,wonderful,talented and caring person.  I'm so glad she is my friend and that she chose me for her design team.  Thank you Kristen, and thanks for looking.  ~Diane

The Purrr-fect Dad.

My sweet Kitty is a digi image from Kahwinkedink store.  The Kahwinkedink blog challenge this week is to make a Fathers Day card, I hope you will join us.  Today Kristen is offering another free image (every Tuesday) so stop over and see what she has in store for you.   While you are there see what my DT sisters have made for this challenge too.  These talented gal's have a lot of wonderful ideas for Fathers Day cards.

 A funny thing happened on the way to making this card.  This card must weigh 4 pounds by now.  It started out with just the lay out you see, but I did not have a place to put the sentiment, so I thought I would have the card open on the front panel, great idea huh?  I couldn't remove my original panels so I glued the folded pieces over the top.  Then the inside did not look right so I added 2 green panels, the sentiment was hidden, so OK lets add more panels to the inside, problem solved.  Now the card won't stay closed!  OK add some pennies behind  Kitty, 2 no, I needed 4 to balance it!  Dare I tell you when I placed the sentiment on the inside I placed it upside down?  I love this lay out, I will use it again, but next time I will start off with a plan! 

I used Kahwinkedink's Kitty digi image, DCWV cs paper pieced, Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities, and
Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1 Large dots.

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges:

Cards Blog - Fathers Day

The Corrosive Challenge - Sketch

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Fathers Day

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Spots and Stripes

Double Dutch - Fathers Day

Drunken Stampers - Fathers Day

Incy Wincy Designs - One for the guys #45

Paper Cutz Challenge - Fathers Day #45

Pear Tree Designs - Fathers Day

Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Land That I Love

 

For the Red White and Blue or Flag challenge at Kahwinkedink I  made a flag card using this cute  Land that I Love  Kahwinkedink digital stamp from the Primitive Collection. I love how easy it was to make this look vintage!  I used the Stampin Up Texture Plates Kit 4 Distressed and paper pieced the stars.  I also used Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen.  My lace had the wrong shade of blue so I used a marker to tint it the right shade of blue.  Please stop by the Kahwinkedink blog and see what my DT sisters have made, you will be amazed!  While you are there you can pick up todays Tuesday Freebie.  We hope you will join our new KWED Fan Group over at Paper Craft Planet!  We have lot's of fun stuff going on over there!  Thanks for looking, ~Diane 

I am entering this in the following challenges.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges #26 Piece that Paper

Delightful Sketches Use Texture

Dare U to Digi Red White and Blue World Cup

Crafty Ann's Challenge blog #16 Fly the Flag (USA)

Crazy for Challenges Pleats on your project (pleated lace)

Slice of Summer

I made this card with the Slice of Summer Melon digital stamp from the Primitive collection at Kahwinkedink.  I used this sketch layout from 2Sketches 4 You.  

I am also entering this into the Anything Goes Summer challenge at Stampin with the Dragon , Lucy's Cards Something Digital and Papertake Weekly Challenge summer fun theme.   For this simple summer card for any occasion, I also used DCWV The Sweet Stack and Bazzill card stock and Stampin Up Markers.  Stop by Kahwinkedink today for your Free Digi Tuesday Stamp and join us in the challenge there (6 of 1, half dozen of another).  See what the rest of the design team has made, I've already seen them, they are fab!   Thanks for looking, ~Diane

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BLOGHOP for OPERATION WRITE HOME

Winner of the Memorial Day Blog hop Candy is jackielwatson said...
where do I begin gorgeous card and the best tutorial I have seen so far. I will try this because it looks fun, messy and cool. Thanks for sharing your artwork and ideas.
  Congratulations Jackie, please email me your address so I can get your prize out to you.  Thank you Jackie and everyone else who stopped by for the hop, hope to see you all again next year!
Memorial Day is a special day to honor and thank all the men and women serving and who have served to protect our freedom.  Thank you for your sacrifices and for the sacrifices your family's make every day. 
If you are just starting here, go to the beginning of the hop  Operation Write Home.  That way you won't miss anything, there are lots of freebies and blog candy along the way.  Be sure to see what you can do to help also, Operation Write Home needs card donations all year long.

I made this card using some of my bubble dp, the sentiment is Just Rite,  frame Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities and the cute sailor image is Seth can Swim, a digital stamp from Kahwinkedink.   I found the unusual lay out at Crazy 4 Challenges. 

I thought it would be fun to share an old  tutorial post on how to make designer paper out of food coloring, sugar and bubbles.  This is lots of fun to share with the kids, preferably outdoors!

Bubble Card Stock Recipe

Plastic tablecloth or protective cover for your table, plates to catch the bubble drips, small bowls, water and 1 teaspoon of sugar per small bowl. 1 bottle of bubbles- I only used 1/4 of this small bottle for all 5 dishes. Straws, food coloring (I used Neon Bright's I found at $store)

Sorry my recipe did not give a measurement for anything but the sugar. I did approximately 1 part bubbles to 2 parts water (free pour) and I added more food coloring as needed.

Card stock, I cut 8 1/2 x 11 sheets in 1/2 to make them a little easier to manage. I also try different colors because you never know what combination will look best. Rubber gloves are a good idea and old clothes for the little ones.

Now let the fun begin! Mix your water, bubbles, sugar and food coloring with your straw and start blowing bubbles! This was so much fun, and the bubbles were such beautiful colors too! Put a plate or old pie tin underneath to catch the mess, I figured that out a little late.

Notice the difference in the 2 bowls of bubbles? You want your bubbles to look like the top picture BIG, not the little bubbles near the straw in the second picture. Small bubbles make a large dark spot on your card stock.

Hold your card stock over the top of the bowl and let the card stock smash or break your bubbles. Pick up the card stock and move it around to fresh bubbles and keep doing this till you fill the page with bubbles (you may have to blow more bubbles to finish the page).

This was messy ,1/2 way through I added a plate underneath.

Above the card stock drying out on the table,

below you can see it brightens up after it dry's for 24 hours.

I do hope you decide to give this a try, it will definitely release the inner child in you. So now that you have your very own designer bubble card stock what will you create with it?

TO ENTER for the blog candy just leave me a comment, if you want to follow me I would be honored, but it's not necessary to win.  I will post the winner on Thursday, please contact me by e mail, (you can find my email by clicking on MY PROFILE)  if I don't hear from you within 10 days I will pick another winner.  Thanks for looking, enjoy the hop! ~Diane 

 NEXT STOP ON THE HOP  Lisa at http://mldesignworks.blogspot.com/

Jen Jumps Rope

For this weeks challenge of Sticks and Stones at Kahwinkedink I chose to use "rhinestones" on my card. This sweet little image is Jen Jumps Rope, she just makes me want to smile!  I followed the card sketch at Card Patterns Weekly Sketch Blog.  I used the pink and green colors from Forever Friends challenge blog.  I used DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies card stock,  Spellbinders Petite Ovals Nestabilities, and Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder.  Be sure to stop by Kahwinkedink  today to pick up your Tuesday freebie digi image.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Kahwinkedink Challenge week 3

This weeks challenge over at Kahwinkedink is to make your own embellishment.  I made mine with the Imaginisce i*top Medium Topper Punch, using the same DCWV dp.  I then added a bumblebee that I stamped onto clear polyester and added some Stampin Up Crystal effects to.  I added some seed beads to the flowers in this sweet digi image Primitive Flowers, from Kahwinkedink, I love the simplicity of this image, it's one of my favorites.  Stop by the Kahwinkedink blog and pick up your Tuesday freebie and see what the rest of the talented design team has made. 

I used this layout, Sweet Sketch 49 from Arlana at Sweet Sketch Wednesday for this card, this is definitely a keeper too, I really like this lay out.  As you can see I turned it sideways.  I will enter this into their challenge.   Also The Crazy Challenge for something new, my Primitive Flower digi. 

I used Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities , the bumblebee is from a retired Stampin Up set and the dp is DCWV The Glitter Stack, and I almost forgot, I embossed it with a Sizzix Texture Plate.    Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Kahwinkedink Challenge Week 2

Good Morning, this weeks Tuesday challenge at Kahwinkedink is to make a Mans Card.  This is normally such a challenge for me but with the new Military Men images it was easy!  I used the Tank You image for my card.  I used the paper piecing technique and printed the images onto this camouflage dp from Paper Pizzaz.  The silver cs is from Stampin Up, I embossed the Tim Holtz ideaology sprocket gears right on to it with my Wizard.  The words were cut with Cricut Plantin Schoolbook.  Stop over to the Kahwinkedink blog and join us for this challenge.  You can pick up the free digi of the week while you are there.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane