Call Me Rita

You ever have the best laid plans and then they all fall through the cracks?

Well, that is sort a ~ kind a what happened to me!

Last week while I was on 'Darnells' blog I saw it was 

International Womens Day

and that also she had some cute and funny cards for the occasion.

So I got all hepped up to make a few of my own.

And that I did....

however, I did make 3 cards for IWD, 

but never had the chance to post them....

I hate it when that happens!

So, I decided to post one of them today

(you will see the others 'debut' at later times.

I used a very old, but fun stamp my daughter bought me years ago.

It is an American Art Stamp by Emerson Quinn.

I stamped it, then used my Copics for coloring.

I know you probably can't tell, 

but her glasses are rimmed in purple glitter.

I dug in my scrap bags for the papers.

I kind of loved them as they look a bit like her tropical drink

she is 'sipping'!!

A bit of twine and a pretty brad were added.

Just a fun card to send to a friend!

I will be entering this in the following challenges:
Dragonfly Journeys ....  Go Green

4 Crafty Chicks .... Humorous
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge
Clear It Out ....ATG Patterned Paper Over a Year Old
Lemon Shortbread .... ATG
Simply Create Too .... Be Funny/Make A Jole

Thinking of You

This is my post on the
Dies R Us blog today.

Hi there!

Today I had fun using all scraps from my scrap bags

and a couple of fun dies from the Dies R Us store!

I cut three 4 1/4" square white card bases and added a 

pretty and very detailed butterfly to each using

Cheery Lynn Designs Small Lace Butterfly With Angel Wing

and a few colorful scrap designer papers and card stocks.

Now this die is called small, but it is pretty good sized,

as you can see.

Also a little hint to cut such intricate and detailed dies,

is to use a piece of wax paper in-between the die and papers.

I also always use a shim with mine, but that totally depends

on 'your' machine.

I added a sentiment to Cheery Lynn Designs Horizons Fishtail Banners. 

These were pretty easy to put together

and I just love all the detail in the butterflies!

Stop by here Monday-Friday for more great inspiration from the Design Team.

Visit our Challenge Blog as well and enter your creation for a chance to win

a gift certificate to the Dies R Us store!

Thank you for visiting with me today!

~~~Diane~~~

Entering the following challenges:
Jades Sparkling Butterflies .... ATG Dies/Punches
Cards In Envy .... Beautiful Butterflies
Cheery Lynn Designs .... ATG

Easter Egg

Where does the time go?

Easter is just around the corner

and Double D Challenges is celebrating it!

Team Darlene is hosting this time

and the theme is Easter using the tile board below.

There was lots to choose from on this board and I went with

the "Easter Egg'.

I cut the egg on my Cricut Explore using a cut file from

The Cutting Cafe called Easter Overlays and Shaker Cards.

I didn't make my card a shaker , but just used the intricate overlay...

so PRETTY!!!

I used an embossing folder underneath the overlay,

popped the flower overlay up over the top of it.
I used my Cuttlebug to emboss, and can you believe I broke my 'C' plate...a stupid thing on my part!

I added a bit of Pan Pastels on the flowers 

(I know hard to see in the pictures)

and added a pearl center to each flower

along with a pretty bow topped with flowers from the same cut file.

I am amazed how that Explore can cut just about anything...

it is way smarter then me!!

Now, pop on over to the Double D Challenge site

and see all the pretty variety of creations the DT has....

WOW...beautiful projects to inspire you...

and there is a super neat prize to be won...I want it myself!!

Entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon .... Shape Up
Cuttlebug Mania .... Easter
Fairy Tale .... Easter Eggs
Crafty Dee BowZ .... ATG With a handmade bow
Double Click Skittles .... Basket~Bunny or Egg

Happy Birthday Flowers

Time for a new challenge at

the Dies R Us challenge blog.

This time around the theme is

'Handmade Flowers'

so it should fun to see all the pretty entries.

For my card I started with a 'pocket' made from a piece

of scrap paper.

I have been cleaning out and organizing my 12 x 12 papers

and pulled out a few already cut pieces

and this was one of them.

Soooo, actually my entire card was built around this piece of scrap!
I cut it using
Memory Box Open Studio Stitched Square Layers
and then folding the top back a bit for the pocket.

I filled the pocket with a corner die first,
then leaves and flowers all made using the following dies

Poppystamps Cottage Corner

Cheery Lynn Designs Small Gardenia

Cheery Lynn Designs Wreath Strip

Cheery Lynn Designs Flourish Leaf Strip

I added a bit of glitter to the flowers for some girlie sparkle!

A few little MS flower embellishments were added

and a stamped sentiment using a round punch.....pretty easy peasy!!

Pop on over to the challenge blog and take a peek

at what the rest of the DT has come up with...so PRETTY!!

Entering the following challenges:
Dream Valley .... Birthday
Clear It Out .... ATG Stash: Pattern paper at least 1 year old
Use Your Stuff .... Flowers and More Flowers
Pixie's Snippets Playground .... Snippets
Poppystamps .... Spring Fling

Birds of A Feather

Have you missed me...LOL??

I have been gone since Thursday,

but before I left I finished this card 'just for fun'

for the challenge at City Crafters which is

I am Working on My PHD....

meaning 'Project Half Done'!

This card had been sitting in a bag of 'scrap' for about 2 years!

I decided to pull it out and see if I could do anything with it.

I had already stamped the birds with black embossing powder on vellum

and used my Copics to color on the backside of the vellum.

had added the stitching and burlap pieces

and there it sat...yep for at least 2 years..lol!

To finish I added twine, button, sequins and a sentiment.

not sure if it improved it much, but thought what the heck

it serves the purpose for the challenge.

This card will probably go to my aunt that is in a nursing home

 as she has a huge fondness for birds!

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the new Dies R Us challenge....stop back by!

Honey Bees Shaker

It is starting to look like Spring on my blog and it makes me happy!!

So happy that I have a pretty and fun Spring shaker card to share with you!

This month Sparkle N Sprinkle has a FABULOUS stamp reveal 

and one of the stamp sets is 'Honey Bees'!

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink

and colored it in with various Copic Sketch markers.

I fussy cut the entire image out, then added

Black Ice Glitter  

(oh boy is this glitter gorgeous, I think it has become my favorite black glitter..ever!!)

to the center of the flowers.

For the card base I used a black card stock

and then a Sizzix honeycomb embossing folder.

A circle was die cut from the center of that with

clear card stock behind and a snippet of dotted scrap paper.

A colorful mix of sequins was added for the 'shaker'.

I stamped bumble bees from the same stamp set with Versamark,

not only on white card stock, but vellum as well with Coffee Embossing Powder.

I fussy cut the card stock bees, cutting their wings off,

then colored them in with Copics,

I fussy cut the vellum bees as well, this time just cutting out the wings and

main body pieces, then I placed this piece under the first,

giving the bee wings a 'translucent' appearance. 

To finish, I simply adhered a leaf die cut behind the hive with

Tear-ific 1/4" tape, popped the bees up and added a 

black and white twine bow!

I hope you love my shaker card as much as I do..

it was so much fun to make!!

Entering the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge .... Spring
Just Us Girls .... Shakers
Let's Color Linky Party .... ATG with hand colored image
D.R.S. Designs  .... Cut It Out
Stampin' Royalty .... Sequins

Stamp Set:  Honey Bees 775

Embossing Powder:  Coffee EP459

Glitter:  Black Ice G1020S

Tear-ific Tape ¼” SAT01

Be Happy

Time for a new challenge at Fussy and Fancy!

Our lovely hostess is Annie and she has chosen the theme

'Things With Wings'.

Our sponsor is Sweet Lilac Flowers.

Now a lot of things come to mind for that theme,

but I chose a pretty and delicate bird die I had purchased

and had on my 'want list' forever it seems.

While getting together with a group of friends, 

one of them had this die and let us each cut one from white card stock.

It was so pretty I just had to have it,

so when I won that gift certificate over at the Cottage Cutz blog

and they had the half off sale and all, I was able to get my hands on it!

I used a 'real' paper doily I have had in my stash for ever it seems,

added a few flowers I layered together, it seems so good to use some of

these things up.

I also added a few gold sequins and a little resin heart.

No head on over to the Fussy and Fancy blog

and see the other beautiful 'things with wings' creations,

the Design Team has created.....join in the challenge with us!

Entering the following challenges"
Creative Knockouts .... Die Cuts/Punches
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG