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

More Crafty Secrets Fun

                                                                                                           

I made this card for the Crafty Secrets Challenge I am co hosting on Paper Craft Planet.  It is a 2 week challenge, it runs through to June 26th, I would love for you to come join the fun there with us.  All you need for this challenge is a Crafty Secrets item and lace.   I did have a little help in making this card.  I used the sketch from Mojo Monday, the color palette from Play Date Cafe and the inspiration to fray my Crafty Secrets Cotton Scraps, from Mona at Cupcake's Creations.  Mona has a fun tutorial on her blog showing how to print on fabric, check it out.  The beautiful background stamp I used on the Kraft cs is a digital called School Papers from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff and the 40% off sale runs through midnight tonight.  It's on sale for just $2.39, can you believe that?  It's a steal!   Even if you don't do digitals this is a must have, you just print it on to any colored cs in Word.  I stamped the aqua cs with Stampin Up Elements of Style, I made the flower with crepe paper and Spellbinders Blossom 2, I trimmed my lace down a bit to fit and the metal charms had 4 ends which I used wire cutters to cut down to 2 to give it the visual effect I needed for the sketch.  I enjoyed making this, thanks for looking.  ~Diane

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday Sketch

Play Date Cafe Raspberry, Aqua, Kraft and White

Paper Craft Planet Crafty Secrets (my challenge) Crafty Secrets and Lace

Split Coast Stampers Crafty Secrets  Old, New, Borrowed or RAK (thank you  Jan)
Just Us Girls - Digital

Summer Fun

We Won! I was chosen as a top 5 winner at Scrap It With a Song!  I get to display this awesome badge and I won a $25.00 gift certificate at Your Scrapbook Stash .com!  Thank you so much, this is an awesome prize!  My thanks to you Terry at Tellens Designs for this too cute bathing beauty digi, which she has now named Beach Diva Diane!   You are the We,  in We won.
I made this card for the BBTB2 challenge using Arlana's sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  This week the BBTB2 team asked us to use the sun image from the Doodlecharms cartridge.  My fabulous bathing beauty is from Tellens Designs, I love her playful digi images.  I used Cricut Doodlecharms,  DCWV, and Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities.  Be sure to stop by the BBTB2 blog and see what the DT has done with this cut, they are so creative.   They also have a contest to use any summer themed cut from any cart along with an image, so lets all join in!  

I'm also submitting this card to the following challenges:

 BBTB2 Summer themed

Sweet Sketch Wednesday  Sketch

Paper Sundaes Summer Fun

Scrap It With a Song Girls Just Wanna Have Fun  Whoo Hoo!  Thank you so much for choosing this card!  I won a $25.00 gift certificate at Your Scrapbook Stash .com!  Thank you so much, for this awesome prize!

Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Spinner Card 1CardCreator

Spinner card in action.

I made this card with the Grad Cap, this weeks free digi image available at Lindsays Stamp Stuff.  I have made these spinner cards before in fact there is a tutorial on how to make them here too.  My son helped me make the video so I could show you just what it looks like in action.  Sorry, I need more practice with the camera, this was my first You Tube video.  These cards totally fascinate me, I have a close up of the card also. 

Along with the LSS Grad Cap I used  DCWV, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Pendant Shapeabilities,  Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1 Harlequin and Word Window punch.

If you are not too dizzy from watching this, spin over to Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, she has a 40% off sale going on Thursday through Saturday   Check out the School Rules, School Papers, Grad Cap (free) and Grad Paper (free also).

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges: 
2 Sketches 4 You 
Caardvarks dry embossing
Corrosive Challenge diecuts
Cupcake Craft Challenge dazzle us
Wee Memories Punch it
 Hand Full of Stamps hats off to you 
Ai Factory Challenge Cards that have movement

 And don't forget to check out the talented Design Team's blogs, they have some awesome work to show you too.

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator) 
Cindi Hooks
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Tamara Bennett
Micki Harper

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

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

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

Play Date Cafe Challenge card.

I made this card for the Play Date Cafe Challenge to use these colors for inspiration.  I love these colors together, I remember when I was 10 I had a favorite skirt that was pleated and plaid (Oh yes) in these exact colors.  

These awesome images are from Birds Cards, she has a ton of beautiful digital images and they are all free.  I learned some tips from Bird too on how to do the shading, you must visit her site.    Paper is Around the Block Ash filigree , and I used a snip of vellum on the lamp shade.  I used the Spellbinders Labels 8 and  Petite Ovals Nestabilities.  Stampin Up Texturz Plates Backgrounds #1 Flourish and Perfect Details.  I finished it off with some glitter, pearls, a feather and a flower.  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

It's our husbands, ha ha

This card won the challenge at Tellens Place along with a $10.00 Gift Certificate to spend at  Quixotic Paperie, Whoo Hoo!
 I made this card with one of the Diva images from Tellens Place.   The sentiment is from a card I saw 15 years ago when the book I'm OK You're OK was popular, and the sentiment still cracks me up.   The layout is from the Tellens Place Challenge.  I actually planned this out for a few different challenges.  The Order of Opus Gluei wants to see sparkles.  I hope you can see the glitter in the card stock and I used it for trim and my jewels are very sparkly also.  Practical Scrappers wants to help us use up the supplies we have, this week it is markers.  I used my Stampin Up markers, Copic, and Spica Atyou ( for the table glitter, ) and I almost forgot the Souffle 3D ink!  Something Completely Different uses letters of the alphabet for inspiration, this week the letter is W,  I am using it for Women.  And Stamp Something has challenged us to use the color pink.  Wow, that's a lot of challenges for me!  The Digi image is from Tellens Place.  The paper is DCWV The Sweet Stack, markers are Stampin Up,  Copic skin tone marker and Copic Spica Atyou glitter markers.  I used both the Spellbinders Petite Ovals Nestabilities and Classic Ovals Nestabilities.   Glitter, jewels and ribbon all from JoAnns.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Happy 60th Birthday card

I am entering this card into the Creative Card Crew Challenge Vintage / Aged and also the Allsorts Challenge which is to use NO designer paper.
My friend Peggy asked me to make a special card for her friend Anita who is celebrating her 60th Birthday on Saturday.  They both love playing the piano so she asked me to do a piano pop up card.  I thought something vintage would be fun.  I am not very tech savvy so I am proud of some new techniques I learned this weekend.  I cropped and erased the images that went with this piano in Paint, which I am just now learning.  When I printed my image I accidentally chose to print it with the black ink cartridge only, thinking that would make the piano nice and dark.  Instead, it produced a shadow image which I thought would look great when I printed the sheet music over it.  I think that's my favorite part of this card! 

I used Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Perfect Details along with Liquid Pearls on the pink card stock.  For the blue I used
Stampin Up Big Shot Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1 and
Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye all throughout the card.  The image on the front and inside are from 864 Humorous Cuts from the 20's and 30's, selected and arranged by Carol Belanger Grafton, a book I purchased from Dover Publications. I erased the words in the image and added the Birthday greeting then framed it with Flower Soft.  I cut my shapes with Spellbinders Labels 8 Nestabilities.  I used We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper 1/4" & 1/2" to round the corners.  This worked wonderful for getting through all those layers of card stock.  I colored my images with my lone Copic skin tone marker and Prismacolor pencils.  I added a little Studio G glitter glue to the floral dress and the piano keys.  I sprayed the piano and bench with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Wheatfields for some glisten and I also used Stampin Up Crystal Effects to give the piano that high gloss finish and some dimensionality.  I found the free sheet music to Happy Birthday at www.8notes.com and added some ribbon under the music.  I hope Peggy and Anita both enjoy this.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Published in Ready, Set, Create April May issue

The new April/May issue of Ready, Set, Create is here!  Go grab a copy for yourself, it's full of inspiration!

 I have a new card I can share with you that was published in last month's Ready, Set, Create.  It was a special card I made for my friend Jan at Papercraft Pleasures.    You have to buy the April/May issue to see my latest card, or wait until next month.

Thank You
from the February/March issue of Ready, Set, Create.
Supplies
Spellbinders Labels 8 Nestabilities, Spellbinders
Impressabilities Tulips, Stampin Up Certainly
Celery card stock, clear polyester sheet, Wausau white, Versa Magic Aloe Vera chalk
ink applied with a brayer to the Impressability
and then run through the Wizard. The
Stampin Up Wonderful Wings dragonfly was
stamped with Stazon White, trimmed in gold leafing
pen and colored with Pearl Ex chalks. Sentiment
Stampin Up Warmest Regards, ribbon and
buttons are from the Dollar Store.  I'll be back later today to show you what I have been working on.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Runway Birthday Party Card

This is a fun card for a Birthday Party with a Runway Model's theme.  This was so easy to make, I used Stampin Up card stock for the Pink and Purple.  I embossed the Pink with a Sizzix Texture Plate that has lipstick, shoes and purses.  I used my Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities on a piece of shiny metallic card stock to give the impression of a full length mirror.  I made the hanger from bendable jewelry wire.    The fancy ribbon boa comes from stash from my friend  Terry at Tellens Place.  The party invitation was printed on my computer and I inked up a swirl to stamp over it.  The shoes were cut on my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook.  I cut the letter N, turned it upside down and cut off the upward stroke.  I then cut a little curve and added a rhinestone and voila, I have shoes.  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

Card Club Swaps

Notice the similarity?  Sorry for boring you but these came out so much nicer than the one I did the other day, I just had to post them.  These are for the Polycraft Challenge 35 distressing.  These are 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in size and I added a butterfly I punched out of vellum and added glitter to.  I also like the antique embroidered lace, green twill, and beads I added to these.  I punched the side of the card stock and the dp on 1 side only.  I also wanted to mention I found that instead of regular clear embossing powder you can use the thicker glassy glaze.  I also found that after I used the Versamark to adhere the 1st layer of embossing, as long as I moved quickly I could just dump it into the embossing again without re inking.  I used tweezers and kept the surface hot so it would stick to itself.  Product lineup for these cards, Graphics 45 dp, Papertrey Spring Moss twill tape, KLM digi image, Spellbinders Lotus Pendant, Paper and More pink blush vellum, yellow and pink cs from DCWV and Stampin Up Sale-a-brate scallop punch and glassy glaze.  I also used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye both before I embossed and again after to fill in the cracks.

Tea Anyone?

I made this card for 3 different challenges.  The sketch idea is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and I used this cute KLM digi stamp which I love!  I also used the Cuttlebug Challenge to Create Glass or Crackled Glass embossed embellishments for your project, this was so much fun to do.  Instructions are at the Cuttlebug site, you have to give this a try!  .  And I thought I would try Embellish Magazine's color combination of green, yellow, pink, peach and 2 borders.

Recipe for this 5 x 5 card is Graphics 45 dp, Papertrey Spring Moss ribbon and bias tape, KLM digi image, Spellbinders Lotus Pendant, Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder,
 Paper and More pink blush vellum, yellow and pink cs from DCWV and Stampin Up Sale-a-brate scallop punch.  Oops, sorry, I neglected to mention I also used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye.  Thanks for looking, ~Diane

Mum

I made this card for 3 different challenges, Play Date Cafe for "deep yellow, pale yellow and white".  My Time to Craft "Just for Mum" and A Spoon Full of Sugar "beads".  It is hard to see, but the white and dark yellow card stock both have a shimmery sheen.  The white is Wausau and I don't have the name of the shimmery yellow.  The pale yellow cs is DCWV, the beads are mardi gras beads from Dollar Treasure, except the center bead which is a 1/2 bead from JoAnns.  I used the Spellbinders  New Lotus Pendant Shapeabilities cut twice for the center, and the Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities.  The Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder and MUM was cut at 3/4 with the Cricut Plantin Schoolbook.  This is a 5 x 7 card.  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

Spellbinders Kleenex Box

 

This is a Kleenex box I made for the Spellbinders contest.  I did not make it in this year, but I will try again next year.  I need to grow more in my card making, and I know that.  This will make a perfect gift for a girlfriend who has been ill.  I took apart a Kleenex box and traced it on to the back of this pretty red foiled card stock.   I made all the folds using a ruler, and put it back together again.  I decorated it with a lot of my Spellbinders products.    I used the Spellbinders Impressabilities Flourish to emboss the box itself.  The Spellbinders Petite Oval Scalloped was used to make the hole in the top.  I taped a baggie inside the hole firmly on all 4 sides of the opening, then I cut a slit in it just like the original Kleenex box had.  The edges are decorated with Spellbinders Grand 12" Classic Lace Border and silver foil card stock.  I also used the smaller inside piece of the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Pendant Shapeabilities to decorate the 4 sides.  I love how the foiled card stock takes to the Spellbinders dies.  If you go to the Spellbinders blog you will see some of their work with the Spellbinders foil which is much sturdier than my card stock.  I think my friend Peggy will like this.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane