February 2026 and Time for Hero Arts

 Are we Hero Arts Fans?  Yes We are!

The Challenge for this month is

Red and/or Pink Colors

Hero Arts has generously offered a $25 gift card.

You can make a card, an ATC, a Tag, a journal, whatever you can imagine, just make it primarily red and/or pink colors.

As long as red and/or pink is the predominant color(s) on the project, it is good.

Let's see how the design team members challenged themselves.

Cindy created a friendship card with both red and pink.

 

Michelle just found this stamp and die set in a craft room cleanse-

 

Arlene went for making a WILD Christmas card.

Annie created a floral valentine's card

Before you go, take note that we have updated our contest rules.  

Please review it carefully.  Click the "Contest Rules" tab underneath our blog header.

Happy crafting!

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

End of a Wonderful Month with Sunbird Spark

We've had fun using our Sunbird Spark digitals and thank Sunbird Spark for their generosity.  

Sunbird Spark is a Vancouver (Canada) based paper craft supply company and the creator of the patented Stencils 360°™ stenciling tool. Formerly known as Penguin Palace, the brand is known for its innovative tools, high-quality photopolymer stamps, and its specially curated ink collection inspired by color psychology. Sunbird Spark is dedicated to inspiring creativity through bold color, versatile designs, and a passion for exceptional customer care, helping makers of all levels craft with confidence and joy.

Our challenge theme this month is: Use a New Crafty Item

Sunbird Spark is giving a $20 CAD gift card as the prize.

Be sure to enter your project by 9:00 p.m. Pacific time tonight.

Here's some inspiration projects created by our design team:

Now it's your turn.  See you in the challenge gallery!

Arlene went Zen on us with this cute image on her blog.

Dawn used Bellezza Frame Die and sentiment from Magnolia Beauty stamp and die set.   And hop over to my blog to see my bonus card using a digital image from Sunbird Spark 

Linda did her take on Garden Fairy. Details and bonus HERE.

Sue N made this thank you card using Just for You digital stamp. For details, check out her foleysfriend blog, here.

Thank you all for playing along with our challenge.

Blue Magnolia

 Hi Dawn here to share my card for our challenge. We have a new sponsor for January 2026 - Welcome to Sunbird Spark

Sunbird Spark is a Vancouver (Canada) based paper craft supply company and the creator of the patented Stencils 360°™ stenciling tool. Formerly known as Penguin Palace, the brand is known for its innovative tools, high-quality photopolymer stamps, and its specially curated ink collection inspired by color psychology. Sunbird Spark is dedicated to inspiring creativity through bold color, versatile designs, and a passion for exceptional customer care, helping makers of all levels craft with confidence and joy.

My team buddy - Cindy sent me some stamped and die cut flowers and some die cut frames.  A big thanks Cindy. 

Today I am sharing a die cut stamped image from the Magnolia Beauty set.   

Isn't this an amazing large image.   I used some Jasart pencils to add the colour.   My background was embossed with a WRMK 3D texture folder.  To ground my floral image, I die cut the Catherine Pooler Lattice frame, background from textured gold card and the lattice panel from white card.  Added a stamped and die cut from the Magnolia Beauty set.

Do come and join us Here with your "New" projects.  Just remember to use at least one die cut or embossing folder.  You can use any die cut machines, including Silhouette and Circut machines.

Dawn & The Divas

Keep Calm and Be Zen

Hey Diva friends - Linda here for my day to post! We have Sunbird Spark as the sponsor for our January Challenge - Use New Crafty Item. 

Sunbird Spark is a Vancouver (Canada) based paper craft supply company and the creator of the patented Stencils 360°™ stenciling tool. Formerly known as Penguin Palace, the brand is known for its innovative tools, high-quality photopolymer stamps, and its specially curated ink collection inspired by color psychology. Sunbird Spark is dedicated to inspiring creativity through bold color, versatile designs, and a passion for exceptional customer care, helping makers of all levels craft with confidence and joy.

Sunbird Spark donated a $20 CAD gift card as the prize for our random winner.

I used a new-to-me digital stamp, courtesy of Sunbird Spark!

Sunbird Spark Zen Time

Love this little yoga person! 

You can find details and a bonus card at my blog:

  Scrappin', Stampin', & Singin'.

Thanks for stopping and we hope to see you in the January gallery! 

Remember to tell us what new item you used in your design & be sure to use a die cut &/or embossing folder. New creations only & limit of four per challenge. 

Happy crafting!

Favorite Chapter Card

  Hello Crafty Friends - Annie here with a reading theme card featuring the My Favorite Chapter digi from Sunbird Spark for the Die Cut Divas challenge.  This momnth's challenge is use a NEW Crafty Item.

My new crafty items are the Sunbird Spark Digi and Stellar Inks

This year we're welcoming a new sponsor Sunbird Spark.

Sunbird Spark is a Vancouver (Canada) based paper craft supply company and the creator of the patented Stencils 360°™ stenciling tool. Formerly known as Penguin Palace, the brand is known for its innovative tools, high-quality photopolymer stamps, and its specially curated ink collection inspired by color psychology. Sunbird Spark is dedicated to inspiring creativity through bold color, versatile designs, and a passion for exceptional customer care, helping makers of all levels craft with confidence and joy.

Our challenge theme this month is: Use New Crafty Item

Sunbird Spark is giving a $20 CAD gift card as the prize.

Rub-a-dub Pup

 

 Happy New Year from Die Cut Divas!

Let's welcome 2026 and a new sponsor, Sunbird Spark.  

Sunbird Spark is a Vancouver (Canada) based paper craft supply company and the creator of the patented Stencils 360°™ stenciling tool. Formerly known as Penguin Palace, the brand is known for its innovative tools, high-quality photopolymer stamps, and its specially curated ink collection inspired by color psychology. Sunbird Spark is dedicated to inspiring creativity through bold color, versatile designs, and a passion for exceptional customer care, helping makers of all levels craft with confidence and joy.

 

Our challenge theme this month is: Use New Crafty Item

Sunbird Spark is giving a $20 CAD gift card as the prize.

Here is my project-

 

My new item is this cute digital image from Sunbird Spark called Bubble Bath  I'm enjoying making cards for a local dog rescue that concentrates on re-homing senior dogs. For more information, visit me at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter.

Garden Fairy with Sunbird Spark

Hi! Happy New Year! It's Sue, here. Our challenge for the month of January is

USE NEW CRAFTY ITEM

We have a new-to-us sponsor this month, Sunbird Spark. They will be giving our winner a $20 Canadian gift card to their online store.

Here's my card

I used the new-to-me Sunbird Spark Garden Fairy digital stamp. I sized the image and sentiment and printed with an inkjet printer on white cardstock. I added color to the image with Ohuhu markers. I then die cut the image with a Scrapbook.com's Nested A2 arches die. I cut the sentiment into a sentiment strip. I found some polka dot patterned paper for the background. I adhered the panel to a white A2 cardbase to complete my card. For more details on how I made my card, please check out my foleysfriend blog here.

We love to see how you use a NEW CRAFTY ITEM to create a card for our gallery. Did you receive crafty items for Christmas?

I'll be back later this month with another card.

sue

White Magnolia

  Hi,

It's Cindy here to share another card created using my New Craft Items, Sunbird Spark's Magnolia Beauty Clear Stamp and Belleza Frames Nested Dies.

I die cut the Belleza Frames with mirror card stock, then I cut the two outer frames into 4 pieces.  I then glued them onto my green ombre card base as shown in the photo.  It makes an interesting design in the background.  Also depending on how you tilt the card, the mirror card stock gives you different colors.

I used foam adhesive to attach the smallest frame and the hand cut magnolia bloom which was stamped in black and colored with alcohol markers.  I decided to not add an sentiment until I use it.  

The sponsor for this month is Sunbird Spark, the challenge winner will receive $20CAD gift code.

Our challenge theme is to use New Craft Items, please indicate what is/are your new craft items in your description.  And remember to use die cut and/or dry embossing on your project to qualify for the drawn.  

Hop over to Die Cut Divas Challenge Blog to link up.  If you're on social media, use hashtag #diecutdivaschallengeblog.  I'll see you in the challenge gallery.

Have a wonderful day!!

Waffle Flower Reveal

Waffle Flower is giving a $15 code to the
Winner of the December Challenge 

The Winner of the Waffle Flower $15 code is #30

Wendy of Wendylynn's Paper Whims 

 Winner:  Be sure to contact Die Cut Divas at thedcdivas@gmail.com 

so we may send your email address to our sponsor.

The Die Cut Divas' favorites follow:

We had so many wonderful entries, Linda had to pick two!

#25 Trina - gorgeous white on white!

 

#60 Vicki - amazing teal sleigh!

Sue N loved the gift boxes that #107 - Nelleke created. So pretty.

Cindy really like #3 Cat C's delightful "three kings" card.

Arlene loved so many entries and so many favorites. 
# 56, Irene's Scrapbook

Thank you so much for joining in December, the challenge gallery was so full of beautiful entries, it was difficult to pick a favorite.  Looking forward to seeing you again in the January challenge.

Let's start 2026 with Sunbird Spark

 Happy New Year!!

Let's welcome 2026 and a new sponsor, Sunbird Spark.  

Sunbird Spark is a Vancouver (Canada) based paper craft supply company and the creator of the patented Stencils 360°™ stenciling tool. Formerly known as Penguin Palace, the brand is known for its innovative tools, high-quality photopolymer stamps, and its specially curated ink collection inspired by color psychology. Sunbird Spark is dedicated to inspiring creativity through bold color, versatile designs, and a passion for exceptional customer care, helping makers of all levels craft with confidence and joy.

Our challenge theme this month is: Use New Crafty Item. Please list in your description the new item.

Sunbird Spark is giving a $20 CAD gift card as the prize.

Here's some inspiration projects created by design team:

Now it's your turn.  See you in the challenge gallery!

Arlene couldn't wait to put together this cute scene. It matches the kid in her..

Michelle went with cute little pet chefs-

 

Cindy used her new found favorite stamp set, Magnolia Beauty.

Annie used the Garden Fairy for her card

We'd like to see your crafty item, a new stamps set, die, embossing folder..... please indicate what is the new crafty items in your description.

Come join us in this New Year!

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Last Post of 2025

You still have until December 31st, tonight, 9:00 p.m. Pacific time to enter this challenge.  I'm sure there are some Winter/Christmas thoughts percolating in your minds so let your visions break out. 

We hope you've had a great year and we look forward to seeing you next year! 

The Prize is a $15 code to shop with Waffle Flower. 

Lots of Tags - You can see close-ups of these tags on Arlene's blog here.

Dawn had fun with the Postage Collage Die and the Poinsettia stencils.

Michelle says Happy New Year!

 

Sue N also used Waffle Flower's Postal Collage die for her card, as well as Waffle Flower's Postal Collage Snowman Stencil for her card. For details, check out her foleysfriend blog, here.

Have a great end to 2025 and a fantastic start to 2026.

See you all soon!

Slimline Christmas Tree - two cards

 Hello,

It's Cindy here to share more inspiration project for this month's challenge on Die Cut Divas: Christmas/Winter.

Both card features Waffle Flower's Slimline Christmas Tree Die Set.  

Waffle Flower is the sponsor for Die Cut Divas Challenge this December.  The challenge prize is $15 gift code to their online store.

To see the other supplies I used on my card, please visit my blog: Escape To Stamping.

There is still time to enter the challenge.  If you do link up with Instagram, remember to use the hashtag #diecutdivaschallengeblog.

Happy Crafting!

Waffle Flower Cardinal Duo

 Hi,

It's Cindy here to share another Christmas/Winter project.

Products I've used from our December sponsor: Waffle Flower are:

Waffle Flower Cardinal Duo Die-n-stencil

Waffle Flower Postage Collage Mini Seals Die

Waffle Flower A2 Lacy Layers Die

Waffle Flower is giving a $15 gift code to their online store as a challenge prize.  

There is still time to play, to link up, click the "Monthly Challenge" button on the right sidebar.  Remember to add hashtag #diecutdivaschallengeblog if you're on social media.

Thanks for visiting.  Do come back soon because we're not quite done with December yet.  Have a great day!!

Merry Christmas with Waffle Flower

Merry Christmas to all.   Christmas Eve today, and I'm sharing my card for the Die Cut Divas. My usual day is the 25th, but I've decided to post a day early.

Our lovely sponsor is Waffle Flower 

Today I have two cards to share.... both using the Poinsettia Frame die and stencil set... in two different colours schemes. 

First one is a dark pink poinsettia

I die cut the frame twice and used the matching stencil to add colour.  This first one used Simon Hurley's Prom Queen ink for the flowers and two Distress Ink green inks for the leaves.  I die cut the sentiment from Altenew's Citrine glitter and added some splatter with Distress Spritz - Fossilised Amber.   

And I made a second one... using some pale green to colour the poinsettia 

Changed up the sentiment as well and added some glitter dots and spritzed with some dark green ink

Wishing everyone a good day tomorrow.  

Stencil Work with Waffle Flower

 December at Die Cut Divas: Waffle Flower

I'm showing some of the Stencil Work I did for the Holiday season.

The Theme is Christmas/Winter - also a die or dry embossing with your die-cut machine is required.

The prize is a $15 code to go shopping at Waffle Flower. 

My first card uses the whole Postage collage die

 

My second card uses four pieces of the die.  Find out what I used for the trim around the outside of the card on my blog.

Have fun and let us see your projects.

Arlene & the Divas.