A Bit of CUTE!

Little Blue Button Stamps has some very cute images and I love this one.  I would never have thought of die-cutting this house or cat in that flowery cardstock if I hadn't already had it out on the desk.  The dry embossing folder was backward when I put the paper in, but I rather like the unusual indentations for this card as well as the whimsical patterns, colors, and papers.  Hope you think this is fun too..

Close-up

Have a great day out there!

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

Sunshine and Spring

Welcome to another Little Blue Button Stamps day with the Die Cut Divas.  I love the way this cute paper reminds me of spring and sunshine and happiness.  A little, no scratch that, a LOT of dry embossing gives the backgrounds lots of depth without adding pop dots until the very top panel.  

I guess you could say this little gal is a favorite of mine.  Hope you are enjoying your stamping time and would like to try a Little Blue Button stamping too.  Here's a bit of SUNSHINE to add to your day!

Close-up of Sally loves me

As ever, we at Die Cut Divas enjoy our stamping and playing with our stamps.

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

It's not BLUE MONDAY

It's Blue Thursday. here at my house,  not because I'm feeling blue, but just because I've colored so much BLUE!  I felt like coloring this Little Blue Button Stamps image in BLUES. with a little red heart in her hands.  Then I found this blue sparkly background paper and oh no, BLUE birds.  The birdies are die cut from the same paper background panel.

 You can find Sally loves me here

Close-up of the paper and images

Maybe you can have a BLUE stamping day too!

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

A Little Blue Button Scrapling

Here is a scrapling from one of Little Blue Button Stamps, our March 2014 sponsor.  I cut one 2 3/4th inch by 4 inch piece off a card I didn't like and bingo!  A scrapling was born.  Remember, this is not a full size card.  I love little card so much I don't want to give it away.  I created the brick wall on which she is sitting by coloring Copic marker T1 across and then creating bricks by using Copic marker T2 and then continue T2 across the entire bottom of the card panel.  I used a white pen to put froth on her drink. I think she's adorable.

From ABOUT.COM:
"Question: What is a Scrapling?

Crafters come up with all sorts of cool names for little bits of paper (such as the inchies, twinchie, and rinchie trio). Scrapling is another such term.

Answer: A quarter-size greeting card is typically 5.5 x 4.25 inches (the folded size). To make it into a square card, some crafters would cut 1.25 inches off the bottom. That little scrap of paper became known as ascrapling. Instead of throwing it away (it is usually very pretty, decorative paper), it is often used to craft mini cards, tags, and labels."

I see that the origin is none other than Hero Arts, here.

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

Talking to the Birds

What a sweet image from Little Blue Button Stamps.  She's lots of fun to color and add little die-cut birds.  I think they are my little blue birds of happiness.   Hoping you're having a glimpse of spring in your eyes.  Lots of fun in blue hair and bright red clothes.

VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE

Many fun cards ahead of us.

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

Hair of a Different Color

Little Blue Button Stamps is our sponsor for March.  A big thanks goes out to Little Blue Button Stamps.

Dawn shared Sally Loves Me with you yesterday and I thought I would share the same image, just with hair of a different color.  I just couldn't help but think of this cute gal with purple hair.  I thought it was a fun twist and made for a fun card.

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas