Mini Note Pad Set

I had so much fun today working with these adorable little ,

mini notes from The Cutting Cafe called 

Mini Note Pad and Card Set.

I made six different notes and matching envelopes.

These would be so perfect for a co-worker to jot down a little note...

for instance,  "let's do lunch" or "fabulous job" or "You look fab today",

you could tuck a little note in your sweetheart's lunch or briefcase

saying "I love you"....the use for these are endless!! 

I made a belly band to hold all my little notes and envelopes together.

It just slides off when you want a note.

Here are all the cute little envelopes!

I used stick on Velcro dots to keep them closed!

Here are all the cards together,

I printed each little note on blue card stock,

and mounted them on a piece of white card stock....

I love how they turned out.

Each was decorated with already cut out pieces from

my scrap bags...so easy....so fun!!

Aren't they just the cutest ever??

And they only took me a couple of hours to create!

Make sure and pop on over to "The Cutting Cafe"

blog on the 7th and see all the different ideas/inspiration

the other Design Team members have to inspire "you'!!

Entering the following challenges:
Art Impression .... Create A Card Set
Inspiration Destination .... ATG
The Paper Shelter .... Dies/Punches

"B" Is For Baby

This is my post at the

Dies R Us blog today!

Hello and Happy Thursday!!

It has rolled around to another Thursday again

and it is my time to show you a bit of inspiration!

We have a new great "grand-baby" that is just a few weeks old.

Which must of put me in the baby mood,

as that is what this week's card is all about..."babies"

I got in my snippets bag of pink scraps and

machine stitched a few pieces down.

I loved the little alphabet print paper that says

"I love you" on it...as who doesn't love a baby...right??

I used the cutest die from PoppyStamps called Baby Socks.

It was cut twice from cream card stock

then I added tiny bows on each.

The sentiment is a "B" for baby,

perfect for me as the new baby's name is "Bostinn"

so it will do double duty when I send her the card!

It was stamped, then cut with Memory Box Open Studio Stitched Layers.

Did you know that if an item is "out of stock",

you can click on the tab "put me on the waiting list"

and an email will automatically be sent when back in stock?

Try it, it works great and you are not obligated at all,

it is just a courteous thing!

You can join in our challenges by visiting our

Dies R Us challenge blog.

Come back here Monday - Friday to see daily inspiration

from the Design Team using various dies,

you won't be disappointed!!

***Diane***

Entering the following challenges:
Pixie's Snippets Playground .... Snippets

Happy Birthday to Paper Sweeties

Today and the entire month of August

Paper Sweeties is celebrating their 3rd year birthday!!

You won't want to miss it, as there are all kinds of things going on

as you can see on the photo above!

One of the events is a challenge using the inspiration photo below.

The Shabby Girls at The Shabby Tea Room were invited to join in!

I gladly accepted the invitation as I love the sweet stamps, dies and embellies

from Paper Sweeties!!

I made a fun celebration card using

Paper Sweeties  Sweeties Pets and Paper Sweeties Celebrate.

I colored the cute little pup and kitty with my Copics

and gave each a fun party hat from the celebrate set.

I added glitter for a bit of fun sparkle and used

a Wink of Stella pen to outline the roof

and boards of the doghouse.

Head on over and join in the celebration,

there are wonderful prizes

for several lucky winners at the end of the month!

Look at the cuteness in the Paper Sweeties store, as well!!

Entering the following challenges:
Paper Sweeties .... Happy Birthday
Pixie's Snippets Playground #188 .... Snippets
Little Scrap Pieces .... Show It Off Saturday
Cards in Envy .... Birthday

Dainty Blooms

This is my post at the Classy Cards 'n Such blog today

for our this weeks challenge "texture" using the inspiration photo below.

You can use my code DIANE-10 anytime to save 10% on your order.

Hi there, Diane with you today.

Have you seen all the new dies that have been released lately?

If not you should go to the Classy Card's n Such Store,

click on NEW and be amazed!

I used one of the new dies for this weeks challenge which is "texture".

For my texture I chose

Poppystamps Cottage Corner.

A delicate and pretty die.

A little tip in using this die, is to first tape it down

on your card stock with remove-able tape

before you cut it.

This allows you to emboss it before it comes out of the die.

I added tiny LeCreme pearls to each flower.

Once cut, I adhered the panel to my card stock with

Scor-tape 1/2".

Flowers were stamped from Sweet n' Sassy Flowers In Bloom.

I outlined each flower/stem with a Wink of Stella Pen.

If you could see this up close,

you would notice the pretty shimmer.

The sentiment is from the same set,

which I popped up with Joy! Foam Pads Small.

Thank you for visiting with me today!.

entering the following challenges:
Going Grey With Scrap Creations .... In The Garden

An InLinkz Link-up

Wings of a Butterfly

Hello, it is the first Monday of August, can you believe it??

I think the older you get the faster time seems to fly by!!

The first Monday of the month means a new "linky party challenge"

at Crafty Secrets!

We were asked to do a mixed media project this time around

and I decided to make another collage for my creative wall!

I started with a blank canvas and used various scraps of papers

I had left over from previous projects.

All the background papers you see are from 

Birds and Blooms digital paper collection.

I basically just tore them and adhered with Modge Podge.

Once they were dry I made a few fun clouds which I have a tutorial

to show you how I made them with molding paste!

Cut a stencil with your dies from cardboard and hold in place with removeable tape.

Grab your molding paste

Apply a generous amount over your stencil.

Carefully remove your stencil, and it should look like this!

Do your second cloud the same way, or as many more you as you want!

While the paste is still wet, add some glitter for sparkle, as I did here!

Let dry completely!

I also added a bit of interest, using bubble wrap and distress ink.

Now proceed to finish as you would like.

I added a few fussy cut butterfly girls and butterflies cut from Crafty Secrets

Altered Fairies Creative Scraps  

and

Little Dolls Image and Journal Note booklets

I also added The words you see from Crafty Secrets

Words from the Heart Love and Friendship Quotes & Words.

I finished by adding lots of "button" flowers

which I was thrilled to use some of those flowers up!!

Now head on over to the 

Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Blog

to see what the DT has been busy working on!

Here are the links...go take a peek!!

Kathy Clement, DT Leader 

Darlene Pavlick, Dar’s Crafty Creations (off on vacation)   

Diane Hover, Nellie’s Nest  (that's me)

Ginny Nemchak, Polly’s Paper    

Melody Clement, Paper Melody’s

Michele Kovack Thoughts of a Cardmaking Scrapbooker   

 Shantaie Fowler, Inking Pink    

 Sheila Rumney Design and Photography
Teresa Horner, Victorian Paper Queen 

Entering the following challenges:

The Crafter's Cafe .... Add Some Buttons
Crafting From The Heart .... ATG
Crafty Cardmakers .... Anything But A Card

Peaches and Cream at The Shabby Tea Room

This week at  The Shabby Tea Room our new challenge

is Peaches and Cream using the gorgeous inspiration photo below.

Our lovely sponsor is Crafty Secrets.

Being I am also on the Crafty Secrets Design Team

I had an endless choice of what products I could use!

I use lots of their beautiful vintage images and this time

decided to go with one of the gorgeous digital stamps

called Rose DAS-M31 (coming soon).

The background paper you see is also Crafty Secrets digital paper

from Creating with Vintage Patterns CD.

I sized the digital rose in Microsoft word, then printed it on

a lightweight vellum.

This works good, you just need to make sure to let your

printer ink dry completely.

I then flipped it over and did one of my favorite coloring methods 

of using Copics on the back side of the image.

I love this as it gives such a soft color to the image!

Now take your pretty little selves over to 

The Shabby Tea Room and see what the other "shabby girls"

have created...wow...beautiful projects!!!

Entering the following challenges:
Scrap and Craft .... Wedding
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards .... Flower in your Image
Craft -Dee BowZ .... ATG with a handmade bow

Take Flight

This is my card on the 

Classy Cards 'n Such blog today!
Don't forget you can use my code
DIANE-10 anytime for a 10% discount!!

Hi, Diane with you today.

I created a card I wanted to show you using some of the new

Distressed dies.  Have you seen these?

There are several new ones and each set has 4 dies.

This particular one is Memory Box Distressed Windham Collage.

I first placed it on my card stock in the upper left corner, cut,

then again in the bottom right corner and cut it again.

After it was cut, I inked it with TH Distress Shabby Shutters ink.

These are the most incredible dies!

I really wanted the background die to show, so I used a

Memory Box Fairyland Butterflies die up the center.

These were inked as well, with TH Distress  abandoned coral ink.

I added LeCreme Pearls to the center of each butterfly!

to finish I simply added a bow and pearl!

Make sure to take a peek at the new dies!

This set I used has 3 more different ones that are amazing!

Thank you for visiting with me today!!