Polka Dot Birthday

Todays card I could make a million times over! Just love how it looks and how quick it all came together (well sort of!) Now the sort of comes in because it took me a bit to figure out the size to cut the DSP and I will admit I made quite a few mistakes before I got it all figured out but luckily for you that means you won't because I have done it all for you already!!

• Cut four pieces of DSP (two of each) at 2 1/2 X 2
• Crumb Cake sentiment base is 3 X 2 1/2
• Whisper White is 2 3/4 X 2 1/4
• I used the stamp set Delightful Dozen which is now retired but the Remembering Your Birthday set is very close (page 59 of Annual Catalogue)
• I then made a little ribbon tag using the crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon - what a soft flowing ribbon to use!

There you have it. Quick and easy and done. I am going to do up a batch of these in Christmas colours I will be sure to show you those as well

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

Perfect Life

Bermuda Bay and Delightful Daffodil - do I need to say more? This card is so sharp and really pops out at you!  Banner Framelits make the flags so easy to make!

• Cut three flags, large flag Bermuda bay, medium in DSP and smallest in Very Vanilla (I am using this colour more and more and it is really starting to grow on me)
• Stamp your sentiment, using Perfect Pennants and Bermuda Bay in
• Punch our some stars in Delightful Daffodil, put dimensionals on the back
• Add a bow the same colour as your stars
• A couple of candy dots and you are done!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

DSP Scraps

Like many of you I have scraps of paper that I save just because it might be big enough for me to use again - its using these scarps that I have trouble with!

This card came together quickly and helped to use up scraps that I had lying around. The DSP sitting on the diagonal just gives this card a little more punch.

As this month is Just Because July I didn't put a sentiment on it so now I can send it to anyone!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

Shades of Purple

I am really loving the look of one colour cards and with Stampin Up using colour families is so easy! I have made a few different cards in different colour families and wanted to do one in purple but I wanted to do it differently. I bought the Flag stamp set and punch during the Sale-a-bration and haven't really used it yet, so I pulled it out and decided to have a go with it! The background is Perfect Plum, and the stamps and flags are; (from left to right) Elegant Eggplant, Rich Razzleberry and Blackberry Bliss.

I got the flags stamped, punched and cut out and added the Rich Razzleberry Ribbon but the card felt "empty". I hadn't used bakers twine in a while so I grabbed it and thought "hey you haven't used a button in a long time either" Got out my button, wrapped my twine, fought with getting the twine through the button hole. Fought again with tying the bow (one day this will come easy to me!) Once it was on it added the perfect touch!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

Lots of Dots - again

When you make a card that you love, you want to keep coming back to it and make it again and again and again. That is how I feel about the Lots of Dots card posted late last month. I keep coming back to it so this time I switched it up a bit and angled the squares and the card takes on a whole new feel!
The squares are cut 1" and the dots are punched out with the 3/4" punch and don't forget to use those dimensionals as it gives the dots a punch!

I promise I will be doing longer posts soon - we are doing lots with Mum and Dad and later this week we are heading to Drumheller for a few days - so once things calm down I will make sure to make my posts longer!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

Modge Podge

I have spent some time going through my scarps and I am trying to use up what I have instead of cutting into new paper. I put this card together pretty quickly and using DSP I had lying around and some other shapes that had been punched out for me. For this card I added a bit of a twist, I asked my boys to help me with it! It was so much fun! They had fun putting the pieces together and gluing it all down. Boo had the most fun and was able to stay at it the longest. After a bit of time (and argument)this is the card that the three of them came up with - pretty neat eh?

Dee-Lited you came today
Diana

Neutral Card Guts

This card was made from the "card guts" that my team leader gave us at the meeting. Basically what happens is - as a challenge she gives us all a pack of "card guts", left over pieces of paper that we have to use to make a card or a 3D project. We then bring our creation into the next meeting and are entered into a draw to win all the card gut projects for that night. I think it is a great idea and really gets the creative juices flowing. I can't wait to see what everyone else does with theirs!

I was given, the three neutral pieces of paper (Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Early Espresso) and to figure out what I was going to do with them. So I decided to do a spin off of the tree card I showed you earlier this week. I LOVE my circle punches and the colours just spoke to me of a night scene so with my trusty punch I made the half moon and added a "shadow" to it. Then I used my pretty rhinestones to make it look like stars (that's what it looks like to me anyway). It still felt like it needed more so I added a little bit of Early Espresso twine to the top corner. Some dimensionals all over the back and I was done! This is different from other cards I have made as I haven't really tried "shadowing" objects before, what do you think?

An other day is about to begin and being as it is Thursday it is going to be a busy one! I hope you all have a Dee-liteful day - and try to get creative!

Diana

Hexagon Card

Quick post for today! I decided to play around with my hexagon punch and wasn't really sure where I was going with this card when I started. I had a lot of green scraps and just started punching and laying them out and this is what I came out with. The simplicity of this card and the green right on the white make it look sharp. I raised the sentiment with dimensionals and it just added a touch more!

I should be receiving my starter pack from Stampin Up soon and I can hardly wait to dive in and start creating! I am already getting cards and ideas together and once the hubby gets back I am going to pick a date for my first class! I am super excited and will have many more cards to share with you soon!

I am going to my first Team Meeting tonight for Stampin Up! I am looking forward to meeting other stampers and getting new ideas to share with all of you!

Have a Dee-vinely creative day!

Diana

Mother's Day 2

Same card as yesterday but different colour scheme. I made the background paper about a 1/2" wider than on the previous card and changed the sentiment as well. The red and brown colouring make this card look a bit more elegant that the previous one. Red is a colour that I don't use very often, and find intimidating - maybe because my hair is red and redheads don't always get the best rap (although I do have to admit the red-head temper is no lie!) However, the bit of Brown Sugar paper (Stampin Up) helps to soften the colour and make it more sophisticated. So here are the two cards side by side.

Amazing how the same layout can look so different.

Anyway, supper is about ready to go on the table and it smells Dee-licious!

Have a crafty day!

Diana

Mother's Day

Here is a quick Mother's Day card to whip up. I love the clean fresh look of this card and how the solid color tags break up the patterned background. I made this card for a few different Mom's in my life (Martha and Mom if you are reading this pretend you haven't seen the card yet!) It really was fast and the longest part was choosing which colours to use. Tomorrow I will post the other colour scheme I chose and you will see how changing the colour really does change the entire look of the card.

I Dee-clare it and other successful scrap day

Diana

Scraps

I whipped this card up this afternoon and just had to share it. I used only scarps I had lying in my scrap box (something I like to do every once and a while!)  I love how this card all came together - it was fast and quick and used up little bits of scrap. I actually used my hexagon punch to make the flags (great trick and once I figure out how to post a video I will show you all!) I did you a bow (shocking I know!) and secured it in place a glue dot, I find by putting the glue dot it keeps the bow from coming undone. I also wanted to share this card to show you how you can cover up a mistake.

 

I had originally intended to have the sentiment stamped right on the card but it just didn't look good. I was annoyed because I was happy with the way everything else looked, and of course, I had stuck everything down already. So I pulled up my label punch, stamped the "hi", punched it out, punched the background shade, attached it to the back, used a couple of dimension dots and voila! Covered up my mistake and I like the look even more! This goes to show that mistakes can be a good thing! 

Having a scrap box (I use an old pencil box) right by your work space is a great way to always have a spot to throw those bits of paper that "you just might use again". Once every couple of weeks I go through and only use pieces of scraps to make cards, pages etc.  It is wonderful way to challenge yourself and to also make yourself use up the pieces that you had to save! I also find that it allows me to try out different colours together and I have to get a bit more creative when I don't let myself dip into my bigger pieces.

Try diving into your scarps and see what you can come up with! I am sure it will be Dee-vine!

Diana