Hubby Birthday!

Today is my hubby, Don's birthday! He is turning the big 3-5! Not only does he work hard to support the five of us, keep all the vehicles running and in working order, fix anything that breaks in the house, he is also my best friend and biggest supporter of my hobbies. I love this man with all my heart so I had to make a special card for him!

This card is my own design - I am so proud of it and LOVE how it looks!! As you know, Don is a man of many trades so I designed this card with his work clothes in mind - cargo pants, lol. I made two of them because I want to keep one on file to show for sales purposes (if you would like some cards made just email me and I will give you a quote!)

 It really came together quickly and it is such a masculine card! One of my cards that I am most proud of I have got to say!

 I bought the Scallop Tag Punch in my last order and wanted to use it for something. I can be honest and say I haven't tackled tags yet, but this was a good start. I sponged the edge of the paper to give it "worked" look and a few dots just helped to fill in the empty space.

 I only had the one piece big enough of the brown DSP which is from the Parklane pack. So I stamped on the DSP from Flashback with my Gorgeous Grunge stamp set - it made me think of paint splatter - and other "worked" look

I hope you enjoyed all the pics today and I know that my Sweetie will love this card - it will be a shocker as I usually show him ALL the cards I make but he won't see this one until today!

Happy Birthday Don! I love you and I know you will all love this card

DeeLitefully Yours,
Diana

White Space

The card for today was modified from a design I got from my Upliner. This is a perfect card for the man in your life - yeah an other masculine card! I am starting to like cards that have white space and have to catch myself to not "fill it in". Sometimes empty space makes the card even better! With a card like this any lettering could be used and an scraps of paper  you have left over from other cards.
I also don't tend to use Basic Black a lot but with Bermuda Bay it really gives a punch!

Well Mum and I are heading to a quilt show today so I am going to sign off now, but have creative weekend!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

Hexagon Hello

 So LOVING this card!! I was actually tidying up my table when I put these four colours together; Delightful Daffodil, Pool Party, Whisper White and Early Espressso, and just had to stop and whip up a card. I decided to use a black base for this one and went with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set to make the background again (something I think I will be doing a lot of! It just loans itself to backgrounds and adding just a little bit more)

Net pulled out my trusty, Six sided sampler stamp set and punch, punched a few out a couple, added some dimensionals and cotton ribbon (have you used the new cotton ribbon yet? It is amazing and you will be seeing more of it in my projects - the colours choices are awesome!) And guess what? I am on a roll! This could be used as an other masculine card!!

Have a Dee-vine Monday!
Diana

Make a Wish

 An other clean crisp card for you today. Real Red and Tempting Turquoise were my colors today. I think this makes such a sharp color combo and such a strong impact! An other masculine card I think! Also got to use my new Big Dots embossing folder and I can see myself using it A LOT!

Couple things I wanted to point out today. I used my new stamp set, Gorgeous Grunge, to make a background splash on the sentiment. it just adds a little something and I am trying to use items that are out of my "comfort zone" I also added the "stitching" along the edge of the card and it just gives a little bit more, don't ya think?

Well an other fast card, that I am very happy with

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

One fish, Two Fish, Three Fish

This is going to be a quick post today guys, sorry. I whipped up this card super quickly and I am happy with how it all turned out. Bonus! Masculine card!

• Very Vanilla card base
• Cajun Craze 5 1/4 X 4
• Night of Navy 5 1/4 X 2 1/2
• Baked Brown Sugar 5 1/4 X 2 and run it through the Big Shot with your favourite embossing folder
• Two pieces of ribbon 6"
• Circle punches 1 3/4 (Cajun Craze) and 1 1/4 (Whisper White)
• Stamp and done!

Have a Dee-Litefully wonderful day!

Masculine Card

 Masculine cards seem to be harder to make so I am going to try and post a few masculine cards each month for you all to CASE. This one here was modified from my Team Leader. The simplicity is here for sure! So quick and easy! Use the 2 1/2" circle punch on the center of the background and then with Early Espresso use the 2 3/4" and cut out a circle, then use the 2 1/2" circle punch again to make the outline for the tree. Add a couple of paper flags and some chevron ribbon (quickly becoming a favourite!), a button with some twine and ta da! Done. Add whatever sentiment you would like on the inside and you have a an easy masculine car.

 

I love this card! And there are so many cards that I make that I just love and being the person who I am I don't want to have to give them away. So I have now started making two of every card, this way I can give one away and keep one as a display (or reminder of how I did it!) I put a sticky note inside with all the measurements and colours that I used that way when I want to make it again the "hard" part is all done!

 

Well there you go a couple of tips and a quick card. Have a Dee-Liteful day

Diana