Last post by Diva Carol Gunn for DCD

Our theme for December is layers ... you still have time to enter!

Image from A Day for Daisies.

For more information, check out my blog:

http://creationsnz.blogspot.co.nz/

This is my last post on the Die Cut Divas team.  I hope you have enjoyed the past year with the Divas, and will leave the design team a little message of encouragement.  Thanks to the Divas for having me on the team for 2016, I wish you all a wonderful Christmas with lots of crafty goodies in your stocking.

CarolG and the Divas.

Gold and Black layers

Hi there  Dawn here to share my layered card.

Our sponsor this week is Die's R Us

This awesome online store has HUNDREDS of dies from lots of fabulous manufacturers.    Including dies from Sue Wilson Designs. 

I have used a Sue Wilson Designs die to make my elegant black and gold card

The corners are die cut with a La La Land Die.  I layered the black and gold die cuts for the centre focal piece.  I'll add my sentiment inside once I decided what I'm going to use it for.

Please keep adding your amazing projects to our challenge... there are some incredible entries - do check them out here


Dawn & the Divas

 

May's Winner Announced

Whoo hoo.... our winner is:

Tina Z

Congratulations.  Please email us at the email shown on our blog side bar and we'll let your know how to get your prize.

DT Favorites

My favourite for this month used old mismatched buttons which coordinated beautifully with the vintage theme of the project, CarolG.

Arlene's favorite is this fantastic shaker card by MA-MI.  I never thought of creating three separate windows in a card and it seems to be perfect.  Love the colors and total cheerfulness of the card.

Michelle's pick this month was Sarah, and she really appreciated all the intricate details on this piece-

 

Cindy's favorite is how Katrina was inspired by the button photo to create her adorable layout.  And her baby sure is cute as a button!  

Dawn's favourite is by Zelda

  

Thanks to all our entrants this month.   Please do come back and check out our June Challenge.... it's Anything Goes!

Dawn & the Divas

May Thank You

A very big thank you to A day for Daisies for sponsoring this month.   So here for your final inspiration from the DCD Design team........

Arlene let her wild side loose with a water world view. 

Supplies:

A Day for Daisies Water World

Arlene's information on this card at A Bit of This and That.

Michelle used the A Day for Daisies freebie Happy Tree for a birthday card-

You can find more information on this card at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter.

Cathie was inspired by A Day for Daisies Babe in a Basket for a new baby card.

Mpress curved rectangle
Spellbinders Lace Hearts 
Creative Dies With Love.
For more information head over to her blog at House of Borowski

Remember our challenge finishes a little earlier from this month at 9:00 p.m. Pacific time - San Francisco, California time on May 31.

Thanks to all our lovely entrants.. and good luck.  Come back on the 2nd to see who won and who the DT liked

The Die Cut Divas

Charming Gal

Our Sponsor is A Day for Daisies

Your photo inspiration can be found by clicking on the "This Month Challenge Here" button on the right side of our blog.

 I've used the beautiful image below a few years ago, but I so love the ways you can color or use different elements to make a truly unique card.  How can you resist?  I couldn't.  

A Day for Daisies "Braid in My Hair" image is here.

And I love this image too.  I cropped this and colored, then found some creative paper and went die-cut button happy with it too.  I have to say I love the hair color - wish it were mine!  I so love these images.

A Day for Daisies "Pearls in My Hair" image is here.

Arlene can be found at "A Bit of This and That".

Breezy Buttons

Another card for our May photo challenge with our super sponsor A Day For Daisies: http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps/girls-play/products-name-p-2655
Check out more details on my blog: http://creationsnz.blogspot.co.nz/

I used  A Day For Daisies digi image Breeze in Spring.

Get it here: http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps/girls-play/products-name-p-2655

We'd love to have you join us in this challenge!

CarolG and the Die Cut Divas

Cup with flowers

Hello, Monica here with a short and sweet post and my card for our inspiration photo challenge.

Today's card, this time I used buttons and not just colors from the picture.

For more info visit me over at my blog, and stop by out first monthly post and link up to join us for the challenge!
Now I'm off for more packing, the move is Thursday!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica and the Die Cut Diva's

Supplies:

ADFD- Petals in a Tea Cup

Very Sweet and magical

Hello! This month here at Die Cut Diva's our sponsor is-

Our theme for the month is an inspiration photo-

Here is my project:

 

I used the free image Holding Fireflies by A Day for Daisies. I really liked how my watercolored background turned out. I used Friskit masking fluid and my fingertip to make the circles for the fireflies, and I used an old toothbrush and Frisket to make a Milky Way in the sky. After the Friskit was dry, I added the Brushos (Emerald for the ground, Black, Purple and Dark Blue for the sky). After everything was dry I rubbed off the Friskit, and colored the " fireflies" with Lemon and Orange Brusho's. I added a star button on the banner to contribute to the night sky.

  For more information on the materials I used, please join me a Just A Nutter Paper Crafter.

Happy Tree

Happy Tuesday everybody, 

Cindy here to show you a tag card made using the Happy Tree image by A Day For Daisies.

This is the inspiration photo:



This is my tag card:

I picked several colours (orange, red, aqua blue/green, charcoal grey and light brown) from the inspiration photo as the colours of the image.   To make the birds and critter stand out, I added stickles to them.  The row of tiny buttons at the bottom are stamped from this Hero Arts set, and fussy cut.

Here's a close up shot so you could see the glitter:

Remember our sponsor this month is A Day For Daisies

Winner of this month's challenge will receive a $12 gift voucher to the store (that equals to 3 digits image of choice).  Still a lot of time to enter.  Check details Here and link up Here.

Supplies:
A Day For Daisies Digital Stamp:  Happy Tree
Elizabeth Craft Designs Cutting Die:  Tags & More 3 - Leaves
Hero Arts Stamps:  Frosty Wishes
American Craft Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm Clear Stamp Set - Jar 59178
Colouring pencils
 Stickles

Cindy and the Die Cut Divas

Girl with blue birds

Hi there...

Another sample to inspire you this month.  Our inspiration this month is this photo from our very own Carol.

I chose to use this image for my card

I used Copics to colour my Beauty and then I die cut wit a MFT rounded rectangle die.  I added a lace die cut from Couture Creations.  It is a very intricate die and took about three times for me to it cleanly cut.  Well worthwhile though...

Dawn and the Divas

Flowers in Bottles

Hello, 

Cindy here to share a card made using one of the many lovely images by A Day For Daisies, who is our sponsor this month. 

A Day for Daisies

For the month of May we have a photo inspiration:

Here's my card:

I coloured the image with Copic markers, and added a bit of shine with Wink of Stella.  Then I make some tiny holes and thread some twine around a few of the bottles and embellish with a few buttons from my collection.  I have a bag of buttons just like the inspiration photo!!  LOL  I have been collecting them for a long time, and finally a perfect opportunity to use some.  You could see my collection on my blog post Here.  Then I trimmed the image out and adhere to an embossed card.

Supplies:

A Day For Daisies Digital Stamp:  Flowers in Bottles

Copic Markers (Y15,Y17,YR18,YG00,YG25,YG95,B12,RV04,RV63,RV66,R14,R39)
Wink of Stella (Clear)
Spellbinder Embossing Folder (Patchwork EL-003)

Cindy and the Die Cut Divas

Tea cup flowers

Hello all Monica here to share my first card for our May challenge! Using the following image as our inspiration...

I decided to use some colors from the photo for my first card.

I used the Petals in a Tea Cup digi image from A Day for Daisies and fussy cut the image. See this post for all of the details for this months challenge and my blog here for more details on the card! 

Thanks for stopping by we can't wait to see what you create with inspiration photo!!!
Monica and the Die Cut Diva's

Vintage Lady

Our Sponsor is A Day for Daisies

Join the challenge at Die Cut Divas HERE.

We have a photo inspiration for you and the photo inspired this card.  

I see the buttons with a vintage view. 

A HISTORY OF BUTTONS

In Stories of Mother Goose, little Tommy Tucker says, "You know what a charm string is. Just ever so many pretty buttons strung together and worn around your neck." Nineteenth century folk wisdom had it that a girl should acquire 999 buttons on a string. When she added the thousandth, she would meet her Prince Charming.

These strings of buttons, sometimes called "memory strings," were a fad of the 1860s that remained popular until 1900. Delightful stories have been handed down. One is that each friend and member of the family donate a button. Another is that a charm string was a game or rivalry, not a romantic pursuit. Gaining the thousandth button doomed the girl to spinsterhood.

Another story credits the idea of charm strings to a mid-19^th century newspaper competition.

In all these folklore accounts, there are similar rules and requirements for gathering the buttons: They should be one-of-a-kind, the prettiest and most brilliant available. Preferably they should be gifts from friends, suitors or family members or traded with another stringer. They should not be bought. While unfinished, the charm string was kept in plain view to inspire visitors to contribute buttons and also to boast and tell colorful stories of acquisition. "This button was given by Aunt Abigail from the gown she wore to the Inaugural Ball," or "this button was from Grandfather's Civil War uniform."

I wanted something light in color and I think this worked out the way I wanted. 

Supplies:
A Day for Daisies Lady Black Feathers
Lifestyle Crafts dies - circles - nesting
Copic markers
Mitsubishi Pencil Co Ltd Signo Broad Pen - white
Arlene is at A Bit of This and That

Sweet Baby Calf

Hello! This month here at Die Cut Diva's our sponsor is-

Our theme for the month is an inspiration photo-

Here is my project:

Isn't that calf sweet? I made this for a friend that has Murrary Grey cattle, and this is my attempt to color a silver calf! You can find this image here. The die cut I used on this card are the Impression Obsession clouds. If you would like more information on this card, please join me at Just a Nutter Paper Crafter.

Button Babe

Hi everyone! Here is my button babe for this month's challenge. 

Check details on how I made it at:   http://creationsnz.blogspot.co.nz/

I used A Day for Daisies (Breeze in Spring) and you can get it here:

http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps/girls-play/products-name-p-2655

Come and join us in this fun challenge,

CarolG and the Die Cut Divas

May Day Photo Inspiration

Our Sponsor is A Day for Daisies

Happy May Day to all... Welcome to our challenge for May.  I've got a Photo inspiration for you this month.  

Photo Credit: Carol Gunn

This month we have an awesome sponsor

A Day for Daisies

 ADFD will provide a $12 gift card to the shop at www.adayfordaisies.com (that's equal to 3 images of  choice) to the winner. 

A Day For Daisies provides themed categories of over 3000 digital illustrations and a fast growing line of new clear polymer stamp sets, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cutie kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions!
You can find A Day for Daisies here:
ADFD WEBSITE: www.adayfordaisies.com
ADFD BLOG: http://adayfordaisies.blogspot.com
ADFD FACE BOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Day-For Daisies/142905905744876?ref=ts
ADFD ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/adayfordaisies

Here is some inspiration to get  you started.

Arlene thought all the buttons had a vintage flair, so does her lady.  Arlene's Vintage Water Lily Dress is surrounded by lace and some faux vintage buttons (die-cut paper).

You can visit Arlene at A Bit of This and That.to see a few more cards using this fantastic image.

Michelle used this free Garden Chair Gathering to make a card that can be used for many occasions-

You can visit Michelle at Just a Nutter Paper Crafter.

Dawn used Flowers In My Garden for her card - adding a button to her flower

 You can see more at DawnsWorldNZ

Cathie used A Braid in my Hair and added Heart buttons for embellishments.

For more info head to her blog at House of Borowski

Dawn & the Divas

Please note our link up will close at 9.00pm May 31st.

An InLinkz Link-up

Thank you!

Thank you to A Day for Daisies for your sponsorship for May 2014

I so enjoyed the delightful images I'v shown to our Die Cut Divas around the world. A beauty of the depths?  The shapes for this card just leapt into my hands to be cut.  I hope you like her as much as I do.

May your scissors be sharp, but not your heart.

Thank you all for following us in our challenge journey all this month.  The winner will be chosen June 2nd.

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

Vintage takes a Step Forward

A Day for Daisies has some fabulous free digital stamps and I wanted to highlight a favorite of mine and the Divas thought we'd present the same image on our cards.  Here is Vintage Slip.  Such a beautiful image.

Arlene added a sequin in this vintage lady's hair

Dawn embossed down one side and added white gelato.  

Embellishments: paper flowers, pearls and die cut leaves.

 

Hannah had fun coloring the image

 (and forgot to add an embellishment before taking the picture)