I've Got The "Blues"

Hello All....

Isn't it hard to believe that it is already September??

I have a lot to do this month.....

Start getting my gardens cleaned out and ready for "winter"

That is so hard to even think about.....

I wash the logs inside the house every Sept and April...

sounds weird, doesn't it...but we live in a "truly" log cabin...

and the dust and spiders love the logs!!

 

So anywho, I saw the layout for this card on Pinterest"

and loved the design of it...

I wish I could remember whose it was...

I changed it to suit me....so it a bit different then the one I saw....

 

 

I love the pretty, elegance and simplicity of it...

and the soft colors as well.....
the doily underneath is so dainty and pretty!!

I am entering this into the challenge at Papercraft Star using this inspiration photo:

 

 

and

my entry into the challenge at

Word Art Wednesday "Anything Goes"

 

Products used:

Dies are all Cheery Lynn

Cardstock is SU

Ribbon is SU 

Sentiment is SU

Vintage Garden Book

Hello, Just wanted to share with you my post I did

for the Classy Cards 'n Such blog.

You can receive 10% off your entire order

during the months of August and September by using the code

DIANE-10 at checkout.
I would love/appreciate you going to the blog and leaving some "love"!

Here is the post: 

It's Diane here again to share with you my gorgeous card I made using several

beautiful dies from Classy Cards 'n Such.

  The "vintage garden book" was made with

the Marianne Open Book die and covered with Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers.

The little humming bird in the corner is from Cheery Lynn Designs Tiny Things With Wings

and he sure is a tiny little bird isn't he?

The gorgeous little flowers are so easy to make with the Memory Box Pinwheel Posie.
 

 

I colored the peach ones with my Pan Pastels..

The leaves are from two different Marianne dies Anja Leaves 1 and Anja Leaves 2,

The oval doily underneath  is a Cheery Lynn Designs Polynesian  Sails die,

This card doesn't look it, but it came together rather quickly.....and I would like to

suggest the Cuttlehug to help cut your intricate dies, I use it every time for a clean,

smooth and one time cut.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and try one yourself!

Prima Doll Hop Winner

 

I want to take the time to thank everyone who hopped along our Prima dolls blog hop

and I so appreciate all the comments...

and I wish I could send you all a prize...

this is the hardest part for me, as I wish you could all win...

but keep in mind we will have more hops later

and more prizes..

So thank you to all...

to pick the winner, I put all the qualifying names in a jar

some received more then one entry for posting about the hop

or becoming a follower...the name that was selected is

Sherrie K

Sherrie if you will email me (on my  side bar)

I will ship you prize to you after the 3rd when I return from holiday...

congrats to you Sherrie and you guys are the best!!!

Little Bluebird

Wanted to share my guest design post at the

Classy Cards 'n Such blog today....

I would love to have to go visit and leave me "some love" there..

 

Hello, it's Diane  today on the Classy Cards 'n Such blog

 to share with you this super cute birdie card.

We still have some summer left and it felt like the kind of  day to create

a summery card and this cute stamp was perfect!

 

I don't know if you are familiar with Stampavie or not, but once you see them. 

I know you will LOVE them as much as I do.

This little fellow is called Bird on a Branch

I made him  into a bluebird, I just love the pop of orange color on his belly

His butterfly "friend" is also part of the 2 piece stamp set.

I colored him in with Copics and added a teeny tiny lady bug made with

black and red Viva Pearl Pens..

A bit of Stickles was added to the center of the flowers..

The "frame" you see around him is a Cheery Lynn Designs die called Polynesian Sails Oval

This die is a wonderful buy, as inside is a small doily die, so when purchasing it,

it is like getting 2 dies for the price of one...what a bonus!!!

The polka dot paper you see (pretty isn't it?) is from the 6 x6 paper pad

by Simple Stories called Vintage Bliss

however, Beverly has several paper pads to choose from and is adding new ones all the time.

If you would like to give them a "peek", you can see them HERE

 

I finished off my card by making my own envelope with the "envelope punch board"

you just have to have one of these, they make over 60 super easy sizes of envelopes...

but I have to warn you, once you start making them, you don't want to stop!!

And it's a good way to use up some of those papers that you just don't know what to do with!

 

 

These can be lined (a hint is when you cut your paper (this one is cut 8 1/8" by 8 1/8"), you cut a

pretty piece of designer paper slightly smaller, maybe 8" to line the inside of the envelop

before you score and punch it.  You could also use double sided designer paper, and turn out

beautiful ones that way, too!

I made mine out of cardstock, then just somewhat outlined my stamp with a marker

and stamped it on the front!!

Some of the other items I used to make my card are:

1/2" Scor-tape

Cuttlehug Large

Crafters Tools by Cheery Lynn Designs

I hope you enjoyed my project today...and I will see you again soon!!

PS:  Don't forget you can get 10% off any purchase using my code DIANE-10

Glittery Fall Leaves

I have 2 posts for today...

I will be gone off my computer until Tuesday....

 

 

but I wanted to share this gorgeous glittery card I made

I used the Elizabeth Craft peel off stickers for this

if you are not familiar with them, they are a black outline

that you can apply to paper or sticky back paper and color, add glitter or just DS paper.

 

For my card I applied them to the scor-tape sticky paper.

then I mixed 5 different glitters for the first leaf, add a 6th color for the 2nd leaf

and for the last one I added a green glitter.....

I burnished the glitter in and hand cut each leaf out....

 

I love how they turned out...

but have to say I had glitter everywhere, even the dog was "sparkley"!!

 

 

I am entering this card in the challenge at Paper Crafters Corner Challenge #20
Magazine Monday

to use this magazine cover for inspiration...

I focused on the bold, black outlines, the coral fall color and the word fall itself.....

 Now make sure look at my other post for today too, I am guest designing for

Classy Cards 'n Such today!!

It's A Clean and Simple Banner Day At JustRite

Can you believe how the month of August has flown by??

It seems the days just keep getting shorter and shorter...

I love the fall, but I am not looking forward to winter

and the Farmer's Almanac says we are to have a cold, brutal winter...

all I can say is "ugh"!!!

 

We are heading out tomorrow for a little much needed R&R

so am not sure how much will get posted on my blog for a few days... 

 

But I saw the challenge at JustRite for a clean and simple sketch

 

 

and had purchased the JustRite Bunting and Banner stamp

set and Matching Spellbinders dies

so I just had to enter.....

 

 

This is a BIG card, as I wanted to use the entire banner...

in fact, the banners are two different ones, one stacked on the other with pop ups

it is really more 3D then it looks...

 

 

I stamped the happy birthday on pink SU satin ribbon

the little "flower" stack is 3 of the button dies and stamps from the same set

as well as the sentiment....

It is such a large card that is was hard to keep it clean and simple....

Getting a Jump On Christmas

I wanted to share with you my post that is up over on

the Classy cards 'n Such blog...

You can receive a 10% discount off your entire order

if you use the code DIANE-10 at checkout

The link is on the top right of my sidebar..
I would love/appreciate you going to the blog and leaving me some "love"!
 

Hello there friends!!

I have a fun project to share with you today using some Christmas dies.

Making my own Christmas tags has always been a favorite way of mine

to use up those scraps of card stock, papers and ribbons....

It's fast, it's fun and it's fun to hear the ohs and ahs when the gifts are handed out.

For the Christmas tree tags, I got a bit creative and used the Cheery Lynn Designs

Tannenbaum Tree, by cutting off the two lower branches, making it a perfect size for my tags.

My next group of tags uses the Memory Box Deer Trio die.

I just cut the deer apart and used each one separately .

Notice the red pearl on the nose of the one deer...cute!! 

For the tree line I used Poppy Stamps Pine Tree Border.

I cut one border and it made all three tags!!

My last three tags were made with one of the beautiful Cheery Lynn Designs

dies called Snowflowers set 2...just the name alone got my attention to buy it.

There is also a Snowflowers set 1 with 3 more different snowflakes!

That's all until I see you again soon!!