Kahwinkedink Design Team

I am happy to announce that I will be on the design team for Kahwinkedink digi images with my good friend Kristen.   You can look forward to seeing her images here every Tuesday.  Hop over to her blog and see what the amazing design team has made, and while you're there pick up the free image of the week.  This week's freebie is this cute little sun Here Comes The Sun

So without further adieu, here is the new DT,

Scrappy   http://big-scrappy-world.blogspot.com/ 

Tink  http://tinktime-tink.blogspot.com/
Courtney  http://atouchofpink-courtney.blogspot.com/
I made this weeks card for the Tuesday Challenge at Kahwinkedink to use blue.  That was easy with these adorable swimming images.  I used  Tristan Deep Sea Diving,  Floaties  and  Here Comes The Sun    (this weeks Tuesday  Freebie).  I made the bubble ocean paper with dish soap, bubbles and food coloring.  You can find the tutorial for it in my sidebar.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Who said sparkling frog legs?

This charming frog is a freebie digi image from Kards and Klay - Kahwinkedink.  I had this cute DCWV card stock with the silverware and the glitter and I thought perfect!  The challenge at The Order of Opus Gluei is for green, anything green.  And Kards and Klay  is for a pond theme.  Raise the Bar is also looking for green.  I also wanted to use some of the Meyer Imports Take and Make Glass Glitter - Greens Blend 70 grit.  I used it on the tummy of the frog and on a silk flower.  It is really chunky and lots of fun to work with!  I bought the glitter after Christmas, Meyer Imports was offering free shipping, so I thought I would give it a try, fabulous, so glad I did!  Simple card, not too many ingredients in this recipe, but here goes.  Digi image Kards and Klay - Kahwinkedink card stock DCWV NANA'S Kitchen, Meyer Imports Take and Make Glass Glitter - Greens Blend 70 grit.  Spellbinders Labels 8 Nestabilities and last but certainly not least, Copic atyou Spica glitter marker pen's.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

In my Private Garden

This 5 x 7 card was so much fun to make!  I am entering it into the Dutch Dare Card Challenge  called Open The Gate, using a  gate fold card.  I had a chance to use digi images from two of my favorite, and oh so talented artists!  I have elements from all over included in this one!  The darling Chareity Hare and Harey the Hare are from my friend Kristen at Kahwinkedink.  I think they are just so adorable, and they were my inspiration for this card.  The sweet Porch Swing set was made by Alison at Stretch N Bubbles at my request.  You can e mail her a request to make a digi stamp and she will create it for you.  The Shed Doors to my private garden were freebies from GTC's Crafty Corner, I did quite a bit of cutting and altering to get them to open in the center.  The background card stock came from a beautiful painting by Camille Pissarro that I found at Old Photo Album, a wonderful site that offers all sorts of Vintage Digital images.  I took the picture of the painting and loaded it on to Picnik and I applied a fun finish called HDR-ish, which made it look more in line with my digi images, and less like the vintage painting it is.  As I said, this was so much fun to make!  A big thanks to all of the sites that made these items available to me.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane   

Diannie and Andy

 

How cute is this image!  Kristen at KardsandKlay drew this image and named it Diannie and Andy for me!  I just love it.  This is her FREE image this week and she is using it for her Kahwinkedink Challenge.  All you have to do is make something with this image, so go over and snag it for yourself.  I am also going to enter this card in a few more challenges.   The Order of the Opus Gluei is a fun new challenge site looking for ruffles and flourishes. Thank you Rosemary, I scraplifted your ruffled embellishment idea (yours looks better).  Speaking of scraplifting, I got the idea for the Faux Metal Tin Cieling (Stamping with Di) from a tutorial at Papercraft Planet.  I didn't have the right stuff to make it like hers, so mine only looks similar.  Practical Scrappers challenge is for anything stamped, digi, ink, whatever.  They are featuring a new product called Stampee Foil, you will have to check it out, it's really cool!  Saturday Spotlight's challenge is messy or distressed, I hope my tin roof qualifies as distressed.  

I used Diannie and Andy free digi image, silver cs with the Cuttlebug A2  Mandarin Screen embossing folder, then I rubbed the Stazon black ink on it to give it the distressed faux tin look.  Black cs, Stampin Up Patterns pack Designer Series Paper 111, Spellbinders Petite Ovals and I don't have the mfg on the Flourishes stamp.  Flowers and lace are JoAnns, card is 5 x 7.    Thanks for looking, ~Diane

My card club swap

 

I just love this cute digi image Aimee Josephine from Kahwinkedink so much I had to use her for my card swap last night.  In fact I love her so much, I saved a few extra's for myself.  I am going to enter her into Crazy for Challenges, they are looking for a Valentine.  She makes a cute Valentine, but she could also be a sweet any occasion card.  I used Stampin Up dp for the border and the hearts, Stampin Up Kraft and Ivory cs, I had another beige cs I used also.  The dp ribbon border is from from Briar Press (not a typo, they call it dp ribbon).  The border punch is Martha Stewart lace.  This card is a standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, not my standard 5 x 7.  I ran the whole card through my Spellbinder Wizard with the Cuttlebug 5 x 7 embossing folder Plum Blossoms.  I ran the lighter colored cs through with the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls Embossing Folder.  The hearts were cut with Cricut Plantin Schoolbook.  I printed Aimee Josephine on my computer from Word, colored her in and then cut her out and mounted her on to the card front.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Aimee Josephine

 

Aimee Josephine comes from the Kahwinkedink Primitive line of digi stamps.  I don't know if I did her justice, I maybe should have aged her a bit, to keep with the primitive influence.  The lovely border background came from Briar Press, it is called a button border.  It reminded me of a primitive art necklace which is why I chose to use it here.  I printed it out on the aqua cs and then cut it out and mounted it to the Core'dinations red cs that I embossed with the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls Embossing Folder.  I printed Aimee Josephine on white cs and then colored her in.  I used my Spellbinders Petite Ovals to cut her out.  I made 2 copies of my digi image, I experimented and colored in the first one, then cut her out and used her as a mask.  I used some of the Zig, 2 way glue, let it dry so it would be re-positionable and mounted 1 image on top of the other so I could use the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Turquoise Blue.  I really love that glimmer mist!  If you would like to see more of Aimee Josephine stop by Kards and Klay, you will see more of her there.  I am going to enter her in the Color Chef challenge, red, blue and white.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Wilhelmina Marie

Beautiful Wilhelminamarie is a digi stamp my friend Kristen made.  The minute I saw her I fell in love with her.  Kristen has many more sweet digi's available at her site, Kahwinkedink.  You can stop by her blog Kards and Klay and see the many beautiful cards she has there.  And this digi is FREE, just stop by her blog and snag her, she's near the bottom of the page!   It's Kards and Klay, and be sure to leave her a sweet message.

I made this card for a challenge at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps at SNR Universe.  The challenge is to use buttons, and there is a free digi image involved, but you must submit your card today!  

Sweet 'n Sassy also has a store where she too has beautiful digi's.  After all, we can never have too many digi's can we?

This is a 5 x 7 card, I used Stampin Up kraft and Patterns 3 dp and Core'dinations cs.  I embossed the Core'dinations with Cuttlebug 5 x 7 Embossing folder - Plum Blossoms.  I used the Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities also.  The 2 miniature buttons are from my stash.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Edith Mayfly

My friend Kristen of Kards and Klay has some fab new digi images, this one is Edith Mayfly.  Edith got her sweet name in a contest "name the digi", that Cheri, at The Paper Freak won.  Kristen will be offering free images on her blog in the future.   Be sure to stop by and see what she is making, she is a prolific card crafter!  I just had to Google "prolific" and make sure I was using the right word.  Here's the definition: 1. producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree. 2. producing in large quantities or with great frequency;   Yep, that sounds right, that is Kristen to a T!  She also has a shop Kahwinkedink, where you can buy some of her images.

I used card stock from DCWV The Sweet Stack, and some pink vellum.  I also used some Studio g glitter glue on the wings and the Cuttlebug embossing folder Mandarin Screen.  Thanks for looking,  ~Diane

More Snowmen!

My friend want's some Christmas cards with Snowmen, so I will show you the second Snowman card I made.  I hope she likes it.  I used the digital image Snowmen from Kahwinkedink.  Labels 8 Nestabilities, Fleur de Lis Pendant and Ribbon Tags Trio Shapeabilities by Spellbinders.   Sage Shadow, pink and ivory cs and markers from Stampin Up, dp is DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy. I did the embossing with Cuttlebug Snowflakes, added ivory ribbon and LD Wedding from Scrap n Fonts. 

Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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

Having fun

I bought this digital image to show support for my friend Kristen at Kards and Klay. She is a really sweet and sincere blog sister whose blog I love. I love this paper, DCWV Glitter Collection, along with my Spellbinders labels 8, and as I was working with my Christmas Candelabra cards, I thought her image would look perfect! Definitely for someone with a great sense of humor I know, but guess what? It is getting more views in my Etsy shop than my Candelabra cards! I am not the only one who needs some humor in their life! This image actually has a cow and a bull, now that I think about that, I realize I called the bull a cow! I'll have to change that in the listing for all my farm friends. Stop by Kristens Kards and Klay. She has a free Tom the Turkey digi image on her site and there is a link to her Kahwinkedink shop also. Thanks for looking. ~Diane