Blooming Birthday

LOVE LOVE LOVE this card!! Yellow is my favourite colour as it just makes me feel happy and brings a smile to my face! Todays card whipped up in now time and would just put a smile on anyone's face.

• cut two pieces of DSP (I used from Lullaby) 4 X 1 1/2 and one solid strip (Hello Honey) 4 X 1 3/4
• Blackberry Bliss 4 1/4 X 2 1/4
• Very Vanilla 4 X 2



• I used my new stamp set Flower Patch (pg 156 AC) with crumb Cake and Delightful Daffodil. I know the paper I used had Hello Honey but when I stamped with it I just found that the stamped colour was a bit to dark for this card so I chose a brighter yellow instead.
• Blackberry Bliss was used for the sentiment and used my Scallop oval punch and a few dimensionals to pop it up
• it is a bit hard to tell in the pictures but I also added rhinstones to the two centre flowers, a little extra happy for this card

Dee-Litefully Yours,

Diana

Fun Fold Friday with a Twist

Fun Fold Friday again but this time with a twist, this isn't really a new fold but it is new idea for making a involved card! Todays card was CASEd from demonstrator Lillian Kemp. It is such a cool card and I am super excited to share it with you all today! This card takes a bit more time and finiky work - just to get the circle punches placed properly. A ruler was my friend for this card!

• My card base is Pool Party (love the soft feel of this colour!) Whisper white background cut at 5 3/8 X 4 1/8, then Flashback DSP (again I know!) 5 1/4 X 4, stick all these layers onto the front of the card
• You will now want to use your ruler to figure out how far down you want the circles to be - this is all personal choice then punch out using your 1 3/8" circle
• Also punch out three additional 1 3/8' circles of Pool Party
• on Whisper White I stamped my Dinoroar stamp set (again retired sorry but my little Evan loves Dinos and I know a lot of other kids that do too!) but Little Buddy Birthday is works great too (page 89 Annual catalogue)
• once you have them stamped punch them out with your 1 1/4" circle punch and stick them on the 1 3/8" Pool Party pieces

• to place the dinos in the correct spot on the inside of the card I closed the card and placed a pencil mark where my circles were then I stuck the stamped image on that mark
• make a flag with your sentiment on it and add a few candy dots and you are done!

This card did take a bit more time than usually (and by a bit more time I mean about 5-10 more minutes) but it was completely worth it!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana
Diana

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

Happy Birthday Cutie

With todays card I just started playing with paper and this card took shape, I loved it so much that I had to make it in two versions so I thought why not a "boy" card and a "girl" card. I love, love, love how they turned out so lets get to it!

• Background colour cut at 5 3/8 X 4 1/8 and I scalloped the bottom edge
• Lullaby DSP was cut 5 X 4, I stamped a few balloons on the DSP with the same colour as my background

• I used an other piece of Lullaby DSP 4 1/4 X 2
• A 2 1/2" circle was punched out in then the image was stamped using the Little Buddy Birthday and then punched out with the 1 3/4" circle punch
• Ta da you are done! A great card for a little friend!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

Make a "new technique"

When I started off with this card I wasn't sure how I was going to like it. But I tried something new and I LOVE it!!!An other masculine card - woo hoo!! I love how the focus of the card is not right smack in the middle have it towards the top of the card just makes it a little bit different and give the whole card a different feel. The DSP is from Flashback - man am I loving this DSP pack!

The new technique that I used was sponging - and I will be honest you are going to see a lot more of it because it is easy and just gives a big punch to the card!

• take your sponge and dab it into the colour of your choice - here I used Smoky Slate
• holding the piece of paper in one hand brush the sponge down along the edge of the paper, it gives it this weathered look and adds dimension to the piece
• remember to use a different sponge for each colour so you don't get your ink pads mixed, or if you don't have enough sponges just use one sponge for each color family.

I put dimensionals on the sentiment and added a couple of pearls at the bottom, but the card just didn't feel done. So I punched out a star from Island Indigo and that was the final touch this card needed.

I hope you try out this technique because it is super fun and easy and just adds more to your simple cards.

Dee-Lited you joined me today
Diana

A Wedding Thank You

Today is a BIG day! I will be getting my Holiday catalogue pre-order today! The Holiday Catalogue is AMAZING and I can't wait to start creating and sharing some of the great new products coming out! But lets get on with the card!

My little sister - Catherine - is getting married and I will be making the Save the Dates, wedding invites and thank you cards - don't worry I will be posting about this adventure while it is under way. Cath and I are still hashing out details with the invites but she has chosen this style for her thank you cards, so I have started to make them up for her. Don't they look so elegant? The colours she has chosen are similar to Elegant Eggplant and Bermuda Bay so half of everything will be in those two colours. This card was actually quite quick to put together. I ran the Elegant Eggplant through the Big Shot with the swirls envelop (which isn't stampin up I am afraid but we all have items in our craft rooms from different places right?) cut them into the flags then added the white and black strip a quick stamp and it was done.

Quick tip: I used my hexagon punch to make the flags! This way I would insure that they were all even and looked the same - I will be sure to post pictures of how you do that in the next few days - once I have the hubby home to hold the camera while I am doing it lol!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

If you would like me to mail you out a catalogue send me an email and I will be sure to get it out to you! Ordering starts on Aug 28 so don't wait!!

Splatter Thanks

This card design might look a bit familiar to you, and yes have seen it before. My Upliner Sherry gave me card like this one and I have changed it up to you use what I have. The reason I have reposted this design again was because I wanted to try out the technique of stamping right on the DSP to give it a bit more flare! Fun is what it was!

As I have said in the past I have trouble working with the DSP because 1) I find it hard to cut up the pretty paper and 2) some of them are so busy I don't know what to do with them. This paper today is from the Flashback DSP and I really loved the settle look of the paper. I took out my Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and stamped some splatters with Lost Lagoon (love this colour!) and Tangelo Twist a colour that I have never worked with before - out of my comfort zone but I think it turned out okay!A couple flags a piece of ribbon and this card was done - change up the sentiment and this would work very well for a masculine birthday card don't you think?

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

I DID IT

Craft show today! And I am happy to report - I did it!!

2 weeks
25 designs
200 cards!!
(I was also able to make 35 Christmas cards too!)
I am so exhausted! That is a lot of cards to make in a short period of time. I used a bunch of designs that I have already posted for you guys and over the next few days I will be posting some new ones that I came up with!

Wish me luck today!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana

Fun Fold Friday - and I'm BACK!

Sorry to all of you who came and looked earlier and there was no write up - I had a lovely week off but then when we got back from holidays our beloved dog, Ripley passed away. He was with us for 9 years so I am really feeling the loss and just having a hard time getting things done this week. So I apologize again.

On with the card. This card was actually pretty easy to make. The center square is 4" big and you fold all the corners in to the centre then fold them back out again. You could put any shape in the centre you wished - the card I CASEd for this one had a butterfly which I really liked but I don't have that punch so I had to improvise.

I do have a hard time using the Color Collection DSP because I find them very busy. I thought this card used it very well and helped to "control" the business. A Dozen Thoughts stamp set is quickly becoming a go-to for me - love the small printed phrases!

So again sorry for the delay and I will do my best to stay on the ball now. Rip was an active dog right to the end so that is what I am going to be too.

Dee-Lited to be back
Diana

A bit of a break

Whew, summer holiday is half over and it has been a whirlwind wouldn't you say? We are heading out for the long weekend at the lake. Looking forward to doing some boating, fishing and a family golf tournament - this will be very interesting, the boys have never golfed and I haven't touched golf clubs in ... lets just say quite a few years! It is going to be a great time.

I will be taking a quick break from "blogging" over the next week here - some much needed rest for me. I will LOTS of great stuff to show you when I get back. I am going to get right back into Fun Fold Fridays as well as Mini Mondays and I get to place my pre-order for the holiday catalogue today - which is amazing!! I can't wait to rest up and create!

I promise my friends, I will be back at on Aug 8, don't forget about me!

Dee-Litefully Yours,
Diana