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

 

 

Lovely Lady

I hope you will join Jan and I over at the Paper Craft Planet Crafty Secrets challenge group.  This week Jan chose buttons for the inspiration.  Be sure to stop by Card Patterns too, they have a lovely sketch and an awesome prize this week too!  I used a Crafty Secrets image.  The card stock, ribbon, embossing (Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1 Eyelet) punch (Sale-a-brate scallop punch and corner punch) and stamp (Elements of Style)  are all from Stampin Up.  I made the flowers using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Turquoise Blue and I distressed it all with Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

This card was inspired by these challenges: 

  Paper Craft Planet  - Crafty Secrets - Using a button. 

Split Coast Stampers  - Crafty Secrets - Distressed.

Card Patterns - Sketch

Play Date Cafe  - Color inspiration.

Tea and Sympathy

I love this Teariffic stamp set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff!  There are so many possibilities with this set, you can go from serious to silly.  I made the flower by clipping some lace into pieces sticking them on a glue dot with a button in the center.  I cut the outside edge of a doily, gathered and glued then added some  Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen.  The Teariffic tea cup was printed twice, once on ivory cs (inside cup) and again on the DCWV.  Then I paper pieced them together.   The blue and green cs and is Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Perfect Details  pattern 1.  I also used  Spellbinders Jumbo Scalloped Border Petites and Ribbon Tags Trio Shapeabilities.

Here is what you will find in the Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Teariffic stamp set.

Stop by Lindsay's blog today to pick up your free stamp and tutorial on custom vinyl decals.   Be sure to check out the LSS Design Team for more fantastic ideas using stamps from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)

Cindi Hooks
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Margie Visnick
Micki Harper
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Paper Piecing

 Crafty Pad - Paper Piecing

Rosie D's - Something blue  

There She Goes - Worn, Torn, or distressed

All Sorts Challenge- Lace or Buttons

Caardvarks - Distressing

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

So Glad We're Friends

The challenge over at Split Coast Stampers Crafty Secrets is to use Kraft paper.  The colored image is Crafty Secrets Friendship and Flowers, a gift from my friend Jan.  Yours Truly is an image from The Graphics Fairy and the 2 beautiful printed sheets are from Elegant and Shabby Scrapbook and card papers.  This is an awesome vintage set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff MyGraphico. They print 4 to an 8 1/2 x 11 page and the vintage aged edges were already there for me.  I love this set, I bought it before I joined the dt, I could see so many uses for it.   The Kraft paper is Stampin Up and the vintage texture is Stampin Up Texture Plates Kit 4 distressed.  The iron on flower is from JoAnns, the jelly postage stamp dollar store. That's it, thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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

Contemporary Butterfly

I made this card for 2 challenges.  The challenge at Tellens Place is to use more than 1butterfly or a dragonfly in your project.  I also used the sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesdays for the lay out.  Actually I goofed and had only 1 butterfly, as I was writing this post I noticed the word MORE than one, in bold no less.  Off I dashed to add more butterflies, ha ha.  Card Stock is DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies,  I used Spellbinders Lotus Pendant and Shapeabilities, Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio Shapeabilities.  The butterflies are  Stampin up Wonderful Wings and Martha Stewart medium punch.  I finally tried out the Imaginisce i*top Brad Maker, Small Topper Punch,  Small Brad Daddies that I won.  These were so easy to make, and I like the contemporary look they gave to this card.  I can see where making these can be addictive!  The ribbon I had was a bright white, so I used Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Scattered Straw to give it the same yellow tinge that the dp had.  I really like the Ranger distressing inks!  The stamped sentiment is a Just Rite stamp.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

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 More.  Martha 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 

My first ATC

 Wow!  My first ATC and I won the challenge at Tellens Place!  And I won a $10.00 gift certificate to Scrapbook.com!  Thank you so very much! 

I made this ATC for the challenge at Tellens Place.  This is my first ATC, I was a feeling a bit awkward, I usually make 5 x 7 cards so this was really tiny for me.  I am glad though, towards the end it started to  come together for me.  And when ever I do something new I grow.  The darling digi image is from Tellens Place, the paper is DCWV The Sweet Stack, 2 scrap ribbons and the ric rac is new all from JoAnns.  I used a little foam to lift the images off the card stock. I also used Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink worn lipstick.   BTW, those are chocolate chip cookies I am mixing up in the bowl, ha ha.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

More Crafty Secret Fun

This is one of the Crafty Secrets Cotton Scraps that my friend Jan shared with me.  I entered this into the Crafty Secrets Sketch challenge over at Split Coast Stampers.  I really had fun making this card, I had an opportunity to use a lot of my new products and use up some of my old stash.  I am really getting hooked on Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink's, this one is Scattered Straw they are really easy to work with.    I used Anna Griffins The Wedding Studio print it yourself programs. I found them on clearance, the lovely flourish was already printed on 2 sides, I saw lots of possibility's.  I also added some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Wheatfields.  It gave me the exact shade in the Crafty Secrets Cotton Scrap.  I found a local craft store that sells card stock by the pound and it is really nice and heavy, and I love that shade of red.  I embossed with Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Perfect Details another of my new favorites.  I also used Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1.  I have had the ribbon forever, it is actually bright white but the Ranger ink took care of that. I love the button I used, it's vintage and the tiny plastic faux pearls are naturally yellowed.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Heartwarming Vintage Crafty Secrets challenge at PCP

Good Morning, I made this gift card holder for the Heartwarming Vintage Crafty Secrets challenge I am co-hostessing at Paper Craft Planet.  I am so excited that Jan invited me to co-hostess the bi-weekly challenges there and this is my first challenge!  This challenge is to create a gift card holder, since Mothers Day, Fathers Day and Graduations are almost here, I'm sure they won't go to waste!  It can be made out of card stock or metal, anything you like, just as long as you use Heartwarming Vintage/Crafty Secrets product.  I would love to see some of you join in the challenge there, here is the link. 

I used the Crafty Secrets French Labels Sticker to make my gift card holder.  The paper is  DCWV The Sweet Stack, Liquid Pearls White Opal and Blue Moon Madame Delphine's collection jewelery for the sweet little hand mirror.  I also used Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink in broken china.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Thank You

I love to make cards when my heart inspires them.  Yes, you guessed it, I did make this card to send to my friend Jan at Papercraft Pleasures.  I used some of the Crafty Secrets items she sent me.  I used the lay out from Just Us Girls on the outside and I was inspired by the Accucut shadow boxes  to make this into my own  fancy shadow box.  I was also inspired by Jerri Jiminez at  A touch of Grace who has demonstrated  Parchment Craft on her site.  This is not Parchment Craft, I used vellum paper and embossed it by hand.  Card stock is Bazzill and Paper and More  Blush Pink Vellum.  Inside of card is Graphics 45, brides to babies.   I used Crafty Secrets French Labels on the front and Fond Recollections inside the card. I used Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Pendant Shapeabilities to make my cut out.  I used Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink worn lipstick and over that I applied Distress Ink Tea Dye. And I embossed with Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Perfect Details. The antique lace is from my garage sale stash. 

This is the Just Us Girls Saturday Challenge sketch I used, they are a fun group and offer  a different challenge every week.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane