Changing paper colors in Word.

 Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is having a great sale, 50% off  on May 25 and 26 so stop by and see what she has!  I made this card with the multi colored chevron paper from Lindsay's  Hugs and Kisses Valentine papers, that's right Valentines papers!  The paper in the set is shades of red, pink, yellow and green.  I pulled the image up in Word and went to my tools "change color" (I have added change color to my toolbar because I use it quite often) and I selected both the light blue and the darker blue right below it.  I love changing paper colors in Word, it makes your papers so much more versatile!  Of course I used my Perfect Layers rulers to get that clean 1/16" edge behind the lighter chevron layer.  That really gives it so much more dimension.  Follow my link and use Bove5% for 5% off Perfect Layers Rulers. The Tinkerbell stamps are from JoAnns I colored them with Letraset markers and Spica Atyou sparkle pens.  I used Stickles on the wings.  I printed the lighter chevron on copy paper and used it for the envelope liner.  I am sure Kayla will love this card, after all she loves Tinkerbell.  I used a Spellbinders die to cut the birthday sentiment and I trimmed it with StampinUp Stampin Spots Almost Navy.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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Warm Wedding Wishes

 Good Morning.  This card uses Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Beautiful Gown Cards SVG set.   I cut the dress in Kraft and in white vellum.  I embossed the vellum and the card front, added some gold corner stickers, pearls and I used my Spellbinders to cut the computer printed message.  I added a little Tim Holtz distress ink to make the white on white stand out a bit.  I'm sure you can tell I used my  Perfect Squares tool  to get the precise edges and alignments on this card.  That's it, thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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Here comes the Bride

And yes. this was fun, just like playing with Barbie dolls!  Best part is that you can snag this and any of Lindsays other fabulous sets for 40% off on Thursday 4/26/2012.  Lindsay made this awesome Printable and SVG set called Beautiful Gown and Favor,  I love it!  Thank you Lindsay, I hope you will sell a lot since you were so sweet to make the set.  She let me make the pieces for the cover. =)  I used the SVG to cut the dress, and I used the printable to cut the vellum overlay, my cricut is on it's last leg!  I embossed the vellum then added the lace to the skirt.  I used the same lace with the veil and added lots of rhinestones, just because!  I used my Perfect Layers rulers to get the nice clean borders, love that tool!  I used some foam mounting tape under the dress to give it some lift.  I don't think you can see it, but there is a piece of  sheer tulle under the lace veil.  The white dress on the white embossed background did not pop that much, so I added a little Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen.  This photo makes the envie liner and the antique linen look much deeper than they really are.  

 I am linking up to Make it Monday , and a really big thanks to all the ladies on the DT who make this possible and take the time to visit us.   Mary J, Rene, Lisa M, Shirley Anne, Chrissy, Michelle, Karen and Kerrie.

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Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Another Pink Saturday rolls around.

Thank you Beverly for hosting the Pink Saturdays, they are always such a pleasure to participate in.  I have met so many wonderful bloggers through your site and I have seen so many beautiful blogs because of your sharing spirit.   And in the true spirit of Pink Saturdays I will share another one of my favorite stops  Pats Pink Apron.  Pat is witty and fun, her blog has great recipes and gorgeous tablescapes.  Tablescapes, last year I would not have even known what that meant.  There is another whole world of bloggers who showcase the most beautiful table settings with the prettiest china, the kind that make you drool.  Pat shares another of my passions, collecting cookbooks.  I hope you will take some time and visit Pat at Pats Pink Apron.  

For today's card I used a beautiful free print from Emily at Sweetly Scrapped, she shares such beautiful vintage graphics on her blog too.  I printed it on the Epson matte presentation paper that I grabbed at Staples for $2.99 for 50 sheets.  I always watch Staples for great bargains on photo paper it makes a huge difference when printing vintage artwork and digital papers.  I also used my Perfect Layers rulers to get the precise edges and alignments on this card.  That beautiful square doily was cut from Lindsays Stamp Stuff Decorative Doilies SVG.  I used some Tim Holtz distress ink on the lace and the edges of the card.  I embossed the white card stock too.

OK, so by now I guess a few of you have noticed I have a problem with Word Verification.  I learned something new yesterday, after requesting something more legible to enter, for the 15th time, at a sweet bloggers site, I noticed there was also a "?" button along with the (garbled) audio and pick another scribbled unreadable mess button.  I pressed that little button and it let me "Contact Us" that allowed me to tell Google  I  have a problem reading the new version of Word Verification.  I hope a few of you will take a minute and let them know what you think about it too.  Maybe if enough of us complain they might figure out something better.  Thanks for looking and thanks for listening.  ~Diane
I am entering this in the challenge at:
The Stamp Man - shabby chic / distressed

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Fun in Gerrie's craft room

 I had fun on my play date with Gerri from It's all Treasure.   I had the unique opportunity to play with Gerri's craft stash, she invited 12 of us from all over the world into her space to share her stash with all of us.  It was fun to see what everyone made with basically the same products.  It was fun to play with such a gorgeous and different array of products too.  I used her beautiful foiled paper, which made me think I have some wrapping paper similar to it that I could be using.  I loved the printed oval and the way she made the butterfly with the beads strung through the wire!  My photo does no justice to the gorgeous mirrored button with the fringed string.  The sweet little girl with butterfly wings is hers, along with the neat black ric rac, I think it may be a different kind of German scrap she uses.  I added another image from my stash by Gecko Galz called Fairies.  I used some Tattered Angels sprays and masks along with my Perfect Layers rulers to frame up my layers.  Thank you Gerri for hosting the play date, I really appreciate all the goodies I have left over to make many more projects with too.  Stop by Gerri's blog to see what everyone made. 

I will enter this into the Pretty Little Pixie challenge at the Gecko Galz Yahoo group.  We are growing daily, I would love for you to join the fun there too!  

Thanks for looking.  ~Diane
I am entering this into  Susans new challenge blog called Just Keep On Creating

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Happy St Patrick Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day to all of you and Happy Pink / Green Saturday .  Thank you Beverly  for hosting us again, I love meeting new crafters in every venue on your site.   I made this mini card with an image from Gecko Galz and I entered it into the St Patricks Day Luck O the Irish challenge on the Yahoo group.   They are looking for more members and it is a lot of fun, quite a few challenges going on now and Leanne has some very generous prizes too!  I used my Perfect Layers rulers to frame the picture.  I used a free cut file from Monica to cut the pretty shape, it is her Gatefold 10 file, thank you Monica.  I used some shiny satin ruffled ribbon to trim the back side of the card and Stickles and green pearls to embellish it.  A couple of green roses and I'm done! 

And before I leave you I want to share the beautiful card and tag my friend Linda at Random Creativity swapped with me.  I just loved her gorgeous hand made envelope too!   Pop by her blog to say hi and see all of her beautiful creations!  Thank you Linda!
Hope you all dance a happy Irish Jig sometime today.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane
 

My Graphico and Lindsay's Stamp Stuff are having a 1 day 40% off sale!  Your chance to scoop up some lucky bargains!

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Shocking before and after cards.

Can you see the difference?  I made this card twice, once with my Perfect Layers rulers and again without.  (I did not have the heart to permanently glue down the before).  I made some larger borders this time, I usually use the 1/16th but there are so many different sizes to choose from now and I love the dramatic effect it gives!  The other thing I love about these tools is how I can conserve on paper and mailing weight.  The 3 layers of deep pink were all cut from the same 1/2 sheet of 8.5x11.  I took some pics so you can see what I mean. 
Recognize the gorgeous paper?  Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Bold Black and White printed in grey ink on pink card stock.  I love how versatile that paper set is!  The balloon is from Lindsay's Steampunk Stamp set.
I am a Brand Ambassador for Perfect Layers Rulers, if you are interested you can use this link to view a video and purchase your set of  Perfect Layers.  Use the promo code Bove5% and you will save 5% on the rulers and get flat rate priority shipping.
I am linking up to Beverly's fabulous Pink Saturday link party.  Thank you Beverly for hosting, this is always so much fun.  I suggest you join us there if you haven't already.  Beverly's Pink Saturdays are fabulous, and so are the wonderful bloggers I have met there, so many interesting blogs!   I love you Pinks!  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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Pretty Birds

I made this card for my friend Meg's Birthday.  The image is from Gecko Galz, Birds and Bees  You can sign up for their newsletter here Leann is always offering free images to her readers.  Gecko Galz, have an Invite a Friend challenge going on for the whole year.  All you have to do is follow their blog and then join the Yahoo group.  Tell them who sent you (ME) and the person who brings the most followers will get that months digital products.  Thats right you win all the collage sets, digi stamps, and paper set!!!  So be sure to say I sent you:), and send some of your friends over too, you will be glad you did. There are all kinds of challenges and opportunities to win free products.

I cut the Shaplie frames from Penny Duncan's CD.  I used my Perfect layers rulers to get a perfect set of solid frames to mount behind the Shaplies.  I am now a Brand Ambassador for Perfect Paper Crafting, so if you use my link and coupon code Bove5%, you will save 5% on the Perfect layers rulers and get flat rate priority shipping. 

 It was hard to  photograph this, I did some fussy cutting on the birds and the pink flowers but you can't really see it here.  I also embossed all 3 of my Shaplie frames with a different pattern.  The lace flowers are from Pizzazz Aplenty.  I also want to mention that I printed the image on Staples Photo Supreme double sided matte paper.  It really makes a difference when you are printing vintage ephemera and deep colored papers.  Well that's it for today, thanks for looking.  ~Diane
I am entering the following challenges.

Allsorts Challenge – Anything goes  

Do You Stack Up – Layers 

Lollipop Crafts – Anything goes  

Penny’s paper Crafty Challenge – anything goes 

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays – more than 2 layers

Make it Monday link party, thanks to all the ladies on the DT who make this possible and take the time to visit all of us. Mary J, Rene, Lisa M, Shirley anne, Chrissy, Michelle, Karen and Kerrie.

Perfect Layers Rulers

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Perfect Layers Rulers

Many thank's to Cindy Adkins  for adding me to your Featured Blogs list, it is a real honor!

  

I made this sexy card with the Valentine image from Shabby Cottage Studio.   The paper is Black and Cream Damask Variation  and my new tool  Perfect Layers  made the beautiful straight layers possible.  I used the 1/16th and 1/8th cuts to make this card.  I just had to have a matching envelope!.
I am really excited to share a new set of tools with you today,  Perfect Layers .  I saw this at Paper Craft Planet and went wild for it and I knew I had to have it.   I go crazy trying to get my card stock layers centered, I hate crooked edges, they really catch my eye and ruin the whole effect.  What really turned me on to this fantastic set of tools was the fact that it not only would allow you to cut straight but that you could also glue it together straight!  I can't tell you how many times I have picked up a piece and tried to move it around so it is centered before the glue dries!  With these tools I can glue my piece directly to the next layer and depending on how big I want the border I can trim away the excess with an Exacto knife and have it seated perfectly on to the next layer.  No need to eyeball it and try to center it in.  The Perfect Layers Rulers are clear so you can see through them. Each side of the ruler has a little lip or an edge on it, each lip is a different measurement, 1/16, 3/16, 5/16" 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", 5/8", 3/4" and 1". When you want to layer something it takes all the measuring and frustration about even edges edges right out of the process.  The other thing I love is how I can save paper while using these rulers.  I cut my border pieces from the middle of the 5x7 sheet and then hide the space behind the layers so I get 2 borders out of 1 sheet,  I took some pics below to show you what I mean.  Watch the video and you will want one too!

You can use this link to view a video and purchase your set of  Perfect Layers.  Use the promo code Bove5% and you will save 5% on the rulers and get flat rate priority shipping.  Once I saw this video I was sold, so much so that I contacted the company to see if I could offer a discount to my friends!

I am linking up to

The Joyful Stamper link party.  Many thanks to Maria for hosting and inviting me to join.

Make it Monday link party, thanks to all the ladies on the DT who make this possible and take the time to visit all of us. Mary J, Rene, Lisa M, Shirley anne, Chrissy, Michelle, Karen and Kerrie.
Cindy Adkins A Woman Thing link party  2-  Special thanks to Cindy who has another best seller!

 

 Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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Passionate

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I love this image, so passionate, so romantic!  Perfect for Cindy Adkins its a  Woman Thing  the link party and Beverly's Pink Saturday, link party.  A big thanks to Cindy and Beverly for hosting.  

I won a gift certificate to Shabby Cottage Studio and I chose a ton a papers and the collage sheet this image came from called Valentines.  Many thanks to Linda at Random Creativity for allowing me the opportunity to win this wonderful gift certificate.  I love the paper and I love the fact that I will never run out of it!  Digital papers are such a great thing for paper hoarders, we can use our favorites freely because we will never run out!   I was like a kid in a candy store choosing these gorgeous vintage style papers, you will see more of these in the future.  My $10.00 gift certificate went a long way too, Gail's products are very reasonably priced.  I also like buying the paper by the sheet instead of a set.  This paper is called Edgy Ornamental Diamonds it is in the Pink section.  I love how the papers are grouped by colors too.  Gail offers both digital and hard copies of these papers along with many other vintage products.  She also offers online classes, stop by her blog to see more information on the classes she offers.  I am also linking up to Seasonal Sunday's, many thanks to the Tablescaper for the invite.  Stop by and see her amazing tablescapes.

This went together so easily, I made it with my new tools from Perfect Paper Crafting.  I will tell you more about them in my next post.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

Be Stickle My Heart

Like my pun, be still my heart?  I really went crazy with the Stickles on this one.  I used Cheri Wengers cute Love Notes set to make this Valentine.  I am going to enter it into Taylor Usry's layering challenge over at Paper Craft Planet.  The prize is a $35.00 gift certificate to Perfect Paper Crafting, where they have this fabulous tool called Perfect Layers, check out Taylor's tutorial , it is the answer to getting your layers lined up straight, I really need one of these.  I hate it when I get it layered crooked, it drives me crazy!  I also used some Tim Holtz distress ink, an embossing folder and the pretty red glitter tape which was part of the Christmas loot from my daughter.  I also popped up the letters and the heart with foam tape to give it some added dimension.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane