MAGICAL MONDAY CHALLENGE CARD - Ribbon & Bow, Eldon with Flower

Eldon with Flower


Below is what it looks like when you shake the beads around.

This week I needed to make a card for a special young man. So I made this challenge card for There's Magic in the Air. The image is totally free and totally adorable! The challenge calls for the use of Eldon with Flower and use some ribbon and a bow. I followed Curt's lead and gave him a bow tie and attached the ribbon to the planter. I've been wanting to make another shaker card ever since I saw Curt's shaker cards. So I copied the image on to a piece of clear acetate and colored it with Dixon overhead projection markers (that I found at the dollar store) I used Spellbinders Labels 8 Nestabilities
to cut a window into card stock from DCWV THE SWEET STACK . I used the dimensional foam to separate the acetate from the card stock , added a piece of torn green vellum from Paper and More and placed two colors of green seed beads into the card for the shaker element. This was fun to make and I hope my special young man will like it, I know I do. Thanks for looking. ~Diane

CHECK OUT MY SPOTLIGHT AT AJ'S DESIGNS BLOG!

ALETHA FROM AJ'S DESIGNS MADE THIS BEAUTIFUL MANDALA

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL MANDALA ORNAMENT MADE BY ALETHA FROM AJ'S DESIGNS

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO MY SPOTLIGHT

Wonderful Aletha from AJ's Designs who is a team member sister on the EtsyGreetings Team, did a really nice spotlight on me. I am really honored that she chose me, and you can stop by her blog and get to know me better. She asks such good questions for the interview, she really gets you thinking. She regularly chooses EtsyGreetings team members to spotlight, so it's a good blog to follow or bookmark. It just so happens she has a giveaway on the EtsyGreetings Team blog this week also, you can find the link in my sidebar. She is offering as a giveaway your choice of one of her beautiful Mandala cards OR an actual mandala.. Above are two samples of her work. She has had interest from one of the museums for her work on Mandala's. Thanks Aletha for choosing me, and going to all the trouble, I really appreciate it!
Happy Friday,thanks for looking. ~Diane

THANK YOU AMANDA FOR THE BLOG CANDY

Thank you Amanda from Crafty Paper Girl for the lovely blog candy you sent me. This is a card I made with the sweet owl stamp and pretty orange patterned paper you sent me. I am saving the buttons and ribbon for another project.



I also used card stock from DCWV NANA'S Kitchen, crystal effects and the cute googly neon eyes I found at a dollar store looked perfect for him. The fleur was made with Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge, and the sentiment is made with Cricut Walk in my Garden. Check out Amanda's Etsy shop, CraftyPaperGirl, she has some awesome felt owl embellishments there among many other fine things. This card is on its way to you Amanda.

Today is the debut of my watermark from Mama Dini's Digi-Sig Diner . Can you see it on my owl card? This beautiful watermark was designed for me by Dina Kowal and I am so happy with what she made for me. She was even kind enough to direct me to some free software, along with instructions for how to get the watermark to appear on my cards. Her work is beautiful, I bought all 3 colors white, black and gray. Have a great day and thanks for looking. ~Diane

MY AWESOME ARIZONA ROAD RUNNER

I am such a lucky gal! So many wonderful things have been happening to me, I feel truly blessed. My design team sister Carole made me this lovely embroidered ARIZONA ROAD RUNNER towel. Isn't it gorgeous? I absolutely love it, thank you Carole you are such a sweet and generous person! The best part of being on a design team is getting to know other crafters and sharing knowledge. As you see in the picture along side the towel, there are the beautiful butterflies Carole made with alcohol inks. She also sent me a piece of the acetate all inked up in the alcohol ink. I bought some of these a while back, but I never used them as I really wasn't sure what to do with them. Thank you Carole for teaching me yet another exciting medium to work with. She knows I love butterflies, and she also knows I love working with the acetate. And best of all she knows I love to learn new things, and she is all about new things. Thanks again Carole, you are a terrific design team sister, and friend. Stop by her blog and see her beautiful work. She has a gorgeous card posted there today with sweet little coffee cups on it.