Take Time

This is my post on the

Dies R Us blog today.

Hello Again!

It's Thursday and my day to show you my card for this week!

I really like the fun shaker cards I have been seeing

and they are so easy and fun to make!

For this card I used the largest die in the

Memory Box Open Studio  Stitched Clouds set to cut the window for the shaker.

I used the negative cut, saving the actual die cut cloud for a later use.

I added a few, fun flower sequins to "shake".

I "perched" an Impression Obsession Bird On A Branch

on the outside of the shaker window.

I stamped a sentiment from Flourish's

with Melon Mambo, then cut it out with

Memory Box Open Studio Stitched Circles Layers.

A bow was added to finish!

We have a challenge blog you can join us in HERE

and you could be the lucky winner of the random prize.

The Top 3 are chosen as well!

Visit us here Monday - Friday to see more inspiration !

***Diane***

Entering the following challenges:
Fab 'n Funky ... Things With Wings
Inspiration Destination .... ATG
Scrapy Land .... ATG
Word Art Wednesdays .... ATG
Craft-Dee Bowz .... ATG with a Bow

Rainbows at The Sisterhood of Crafters

Today our new challenge begins at 

The Sisterhood of Crafters

and our hostess is Sandi Lee.

She has chosen the theme "Rainbows".

To read more about why she chose this theme

head on over to The Sisterhood Blog!

I love, love how this card turned out!

I purposely bought a special die just for this challenge.

Yep, I am crazy like that sometimes!..lol!

The die is Lawn Fawn Rainbow.

I  applied sticky back paper to my card stock

and then cut it out.

By removing one stripe at a time I could then

add each color of glitter.

I started from the bottom up,

however, when I make the next one,  I think I would start with

the boldest colors first, adding the lighter colors last!

Another tip, is I sprayed my rainbow with Krylon clear sealer

to hold my glitter in place.  Hairspray works well, too!

The glitters I used are all from Sparkle N Sprinkle but one.

They are 
Gypsy Red, Orange Crush, Lemonade, Spirited Green and Sugar Plum.

The blue is called Lapis.

The image is from Crafty Secrets Digital Wizard of Oz.

I treated myself to some Gelly Roll Stardust Pens last week

and used it on the image after I had colored it with my Copics.

It is a great way to add some shine and creativeness.

I was told about some card stock being sold at Michael's

and also treated myself to it.  It is from Recollections

and is 110# crisp white card stock.

I have to say it is by far the best card stock base I have used yet...love it!

So dig out your Michael's coupons and try some,

it is a bit pricey at $12.99 for 100 sheets, but the coupons help!

The sentiment I used is from Flourishes, gosh how I miss that company!!

Now head on over to The Sisterhood and see all the beautiful 

"rainbow of color" my "sistahs" have created!!

Entering the following challenges:
Sparkle N Sprinkle (m) .... ATG
Creative Card Crew .... Sparkle
Digi Choosday ....Punches/Dies
Doodle Pantry .... ATG
Papertake Weekly .... Spots/Stripes (my rainbow)

Birthday Bunny

This is my card today at the

Classy Cards 'n Such blog

for our challenge using the inspiration photo below.

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

Hi, Diane here today. 

For our challenge this week I chose to make a birthday card.

It seems you can never have too many of those on hand!

I started my card by making a background of bricks

using Impression Obsession Distressed Brick Cover A Card stamp.

I stamped it on brown card stock with white unicorn ink.

I die cut a PoppyStamps Leafy Sprig Border for the top of the card.

However, being as this die runs lengthwise, 

I just trimmed off the top right edge to fit!

The flower pot was cut using Memory Box Fancy Potted Flower.

I adhered my card stock to a piece of Scor-Tape 6 x 6 Double Sided Adhesive,

before die cutting, making it easy to adhere to my card.

I cut the die a second time, 

and paper pieced the positive pieces for the flower pot.

A small blue bow was added to the pot

and Baby Blue Rhinestones were added to the flowers.

The bunny was cut with a PoppyStamps Chocolate Bunny

with paper from the Faith Collection by Authentique.

The sentiment was stamped on a stitched circle die

using a stamp from 

JustRite Hope and Love Vintage Label Eight and Nine stamp set.

Thank you for visiting, 

we would love for you to join in our challenge with us!

Entering the following challenges:
Come and Get It .... Feature A Creature
A Gem of A Challenge .... Animals or Birds

An InLinkz Link-up

Guest Designing At Crafty Boots

Hi there!

I am excited to say I am the Guest Designer at the

Crafty Boots challenge blog today!

The challenge is Life's A Beach or Summer Holidays.

Well, I am sure you can tell I went with summer holidays!

Years ago when the kiddos were "wee" we would go camping

and what fun it was, well until a tornado went through the park.

That was the end of our camping days!

But I have always loved those retro little campers

Wouldn't it be fun to own one?

I have read in magazines and seen on TV,

where a group of ladies have the cutest little campers

and get together for camp outs...

I would love to do that...

On well, at least I can create my own little camper 

with the help of this cute die from My Favorite Things

called Happy Camper.

(I am giving you a link, just in case you have to have one of your own!)

I cut it from metallic paper which gives it a real nice shine!

Do you see the little chipmunk on the stump?

And the "hawk" in the tree?

That little fellow had better watch out

or he will be a meal for either the dog or the hawk......

Don't worry, no animals were harmed in the making of this card..LOL!

I want to thank Crafty Boots for having as a guest designer this month,

I enjoyed creating a card for your challenge!

Some of other dies used in this are:

Impression Obsession Fir Trees

Impression Obsession Dogs

Elizabeth Crafts CountryScapes Woods 2 (stump)

Entering the following challenges:
House of Cards .... Metallics
Simon Says Wednesday .... Home Grown Summer
Amusing .... Summer Fun
Dragonfly Journey .... Men/Boys
Allsorts ... Inspired by Sumemr

Gardener's Gift Packet

Hi All, I have a fun little garden gift card/packet to show you.

You all know I am an avid flower gardener (most of the time..lol)

and I thought it would be fun to make a card that held a few seed packets

for a garden friend.

I started with 3 envelopes I found in my drawer and this is how I put them together

flap to the envelope in front of it as shown.

This made 3 little "pockets" to slide the seeds in.

Then I just decorated with my Crafty Secrets products

using:

Digital Flowers Printable Sheet

Creative Scraps Garden

Vintage Garden Scraps

Digital Garden Papers

I added a few die cuts and snippets of things I had on hand.

I finished it by tying it shut with a piece of raffia.

Take a visit to the Crafty Secrets online store

and visit our Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage  blog

we have an August linky challenge going on right now

let alone the inspiration the DT has to offer!!

I wanted to show you my monster big P-gee Hydrangea bush.

It is loaded with beautiful blooms this year and

in the next few weeks it will change from the white you see now

to a beautiful pink and sage green!

Then while I out in the morning snapping these pictures

I noticed the moon was still out in the west (sun was up in the east)

and got this picture of it...this is the actual picture of blue sky and moon,

pretty awesome if you ask me!!!

Thanks for visiting...make sure to stop back tomorrow

as I am guest designing for Crafty Boots!!

Entering the following challenges:
All Sorts .... Inspired by Summer
Hiding In My Craft Room .... Super Scraps Saturday
Pixie's Snippets Playground #189 .... Snippets

Water Colors

This is my card on the 

Classy Cards 'n Such blog today!

Don't forget to use my code DIANE-10

to save 10% on your purchases at

Classy Cards 'n Such online store!

Hi there, Diane with you today.

I recently purchased a few of the Ken Oliver Color Bursts

and decided to water color with them.

I stamped my JustRite stamp with Versamark

and then embossed with 

Sparkle N Sprinkle Black Fine Detail embossing powder,

but first using the  Anti Static embossing buddy

on water color paper to help keep the EB powder from sticking

to places I didn't want it to.

I lightly heat set my EB powder.

The stamp I used is JustRite Black Eyed Susan

which is not in stock, however,

you could use Mums or Sunflower Vintage Labels Five

and this technique would work just fine with them.

I cut the image out using the largest die from the

Sue Wilson Kafalonia Greek Island Collection.

Next I used the Spritzer Bottle to spray a bit of water on my craft mat.

I also, put a tiny bit (very tiny) bit of 

Ken Oliver Color Burst Orange and

Ken Oliver Color Burst Lemon Yellow on the mat as well.

I used the Tim Holtz Water Brush with the Detail Nib

to pick up a bit of water and apply it to the petals of the flowers.

I next picked up the yellow color with the tip of the brush and

let it flow into the petals wherever it wanted to go.

I added a bit more water around the middle section of the flowers

and then picked up a bit of the orange color from the mat

and let it also run on the petals.

I love how it just mixed on it's own!

Once it was completely dry, I finished my card.

I added PoppyStamps Cottage Corner tucked behind the image 
(this is a die that cuts the flowers on the corners and embosses the rest).

A few Le Creme pearls were placed on the flowers.

Butterflies were added using Joy! Crafts Butterfly Trio.

A sentiment was stamped from the 

JustRite Hope and Love Vintage Labels Eight and Nine set

Thanks for visiting with me today!!

Entering the following challenges:
Jo's Scrap Shack .... ATG
Brown Sugar .... ATG
Crafting For All Seasons .... Bright and Beautiful
Seize The Birthday .... Birthday/Topping Embossing

Whimsical Little "Trumpety"

What a fun little image this is ... I just love it!

It's a Magnolia stamp called "Little Trumpety with Bow!

I know I colored her pink...but I wanted something

whimsical and cute..... (and no Dar I wasn't drinking..lol)

This cute little card  (well, it's a big card..lol)

was made for the challenge we have going at 

Fussy and Fancy.

The theme is "Lazy Summer Days".....

Our sponsor is Magnoila-licious and Beth is our wonderful hostess!!

So, you might ask, "What does this elephant have to do with summer"?

Heehee...she is frolicking in the waves and blowing water bubbles

with the little whale you see swimming...

now don't you feel silly for having to ask...LOL!!

A few of the dies used on this card are:
Memory Box Stitched Circle Layers
Impression Obsession Clouds
Spellbinders Classic Edges One
and Memory Box Wonderful Whale

Now head on over to the

Fussy and Fancy blog

and take a peek at what the other

Design Team girls have to inspire you with...

join in our challenge with us,

we would love to have you!

Entering the following challenges:
Aloha Friday/Kitty Bee .... Ocean/Water/Animals
Cut It Up .... Animals
Scrapy Land  .... ATG
DL.ART Thankful Thursday #161 .... Summertime
Southern Girls  ....ATG
Try Stampin' On Tuesday .... Photo/sketch or both I went with the photo colors