Bridal Shower card

Del wanted a wedding shower card so I made this one for her.  I sure hope she likes it.  I used one of Lindsay's new sets April Showers, available as an SVG die cut and printable PNG and JPG.  I moved it up 2 sizes larger and ran the umbrella through my Big Shot to emboss.  I used some Flower Soft and the grass cut file is from Birds cards.  I printed the Bridal sentiment with my printer, just guessed where I wanted it and printed it on to the 5x7 size.  Envie liner is a punch, I used some Tim Holtz distress inks also.  I used some foam to give it all some dimension.   I am linking up to

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.

And a big shout out and thank you,  I won the "Commenter of the Week" and 4 free digi images from from Melissa's store : http://shop.meljensdesigns.com/    The prize is great girls, but meeting all of the wonderful bloggers along the way is the biggest prize of all.

I am also entering this challenge at Inspired by  

 

Whoo Hoo!  This just in, I won the challenge at Inspired By with this card!  Thank you Laurel for hosting the challenge, it was so much fun!
Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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Chevron Madness

Start your shopping, Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is on sale for 40% off  through Friday 4/6!  This is Lindsay's newest set Chevron Chic.  This set can be SVG cut with your die cut machine or you can print it out and hand cut it too,  I love that option.  The cute bunnies are from Lindsay's Cute Easter set.  Rhinestones are from Pizzazz Aplenty, I added some Stickles and Liquid Pearls.  I should be honest, I added a lot of Stickles, the yellow Stickles color I used first clashed on the card so I added the pink, and I think I got carried away!  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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Sweet Gecko Galz image

Isn't she just too cute!  This sweet Little Miss Spring flower girl is a free image offered to the  Gecko Galz Yahoo group of participants.  I made her for a swap with Linda at Random Creativity .  I made the 2 sided tag, hung her on a fishing line then hung her in the opening of the card.  I used Flower Soft on her bouquet and hat.  I like how the Flower Soft came out, I think it worked better because the bouquet had similar colors in it to begin with.  The little butterflies are punched and I added some Stickles to the wings.  I did a rough free hand with a Uniball white ink pen on the edges.  I used the cut outs from the cards to make a little door to hide the note in, and I cut the card twice once in white again in blue so I could hide where I mounted the tag.  Problem I ran into was when the line broke after it was all glued and taped inside, never fail the beautiful flower hid my mistake.

I am entering this into:
Gecko Galz Little Miss Spring Tag challenge.
And Susans new challenge blog called Just Keep On Creating 
 Would love for you to join me there.  Thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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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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My Dear friend Carole

I want to show you the beautiful shirt my blogging friend Carole made for me.  Isn't that bird just the cutest, she embroidered it on to the shirt for me!  She is such a sweet and talented lady, I am so happy I met her.  We met on a design team a few years ago.  I admire her so much, not just as an artist but as a person, I am so lucky to call her my friend.  She is just a few years ahead of me, (I know you won't mind me saying) but her life is so full, she does so much, she really made me realize I still have a lot of life to live and to look forward to.  For showing me that, I am forever grateful, you are my role model dear friend.  You will have to stop by her blog to see all of her amazing cards.  She has a talent for adding so much personality to her cards through the most subtle touches.  She adds a few dots of white ink and embosses it in just the right way and it comes alive!  I hope you get to know someone like Carole, someone who will touch your life when you need it most.  Big hugs to you Carole, and thank you for the beautiful shirt, but more importantly, thank you for being my friend!  ~Diane

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