Adore You Z fold Flip-It

Time to share the Z fold card - our challenge this month is to make a Z fold card.

Our sponsor this month, is Altenew who very generously will be giving our August winner a $20 gift card. Thank you to Altenew for their generosity.

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There are lots of different types of Z fold cards - I've gone with a Z fold Flip card. 

This is what the inside looks like.    It was fun to pull this die set out and make this card... It's been a while since I last used it.   

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I'll see you in the challenge gallery.

For more details on my card, please visit my blog:  Dawn's World NZ

On a Road Trip

Cheapo Dies is offering a $15 gift certificate,

 which goes a long way.

The challenge at Die Cut Divas is to submit a project which uses silhouette(s). 
A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject

I recently purchased the inner arch and wanted to use it, coupling it with the Spellbinders' large arch and a motorcyclist from Silhouette.  Not until I took the photo did I connect the RIP (Rest In Peace) above the motorcyclist.

Close-up below

While this is not a Cheapo Die, Cheapo Dies has similar dies such as unbranded cutting dies - Gothic Window or a lady pane.  Cheapo Dies has many dies that would make perfect silhouettes.

I'm at A Bit of This and That.

Supplies:

Spellbinders Arched Windows One

Couture Creations - BE MERRY HIGH ARCHED WINDOW 

Sizzix Thinlits VACATION (Road Trip)

Silhouette Motorcyclist

Vagabond die cut machine

Silhouette die cut machine

Sheer Shimmer Spritz - Sparkle

Older paper pack from Michaels (graded colors)

I Used a Lot of Dies from Dies R Us. for this Calendar

It's a Dies R Us month for Die Cut Divas with an "Anything but a Card" challenge



Arlene here.  I'm always at A Bit of This and That.

I've had this Tim Holtz calendar for more than three years and with working, stamping and otherwise busy, I only took it out and said I'll get to it later.  Later finely came.  And YES, it took a lot of time to cover everything with patterned paper, then determine what die cuts to use on each paper, cut the images and finally arrange and attached them, keeping in mind what patterns and images might be next to the tab I was working on.  Most of the time, the tabs work well together.


LOTS OF PHOTOS:

All Completed Months Laid Out

All Completed Days Laid Out

All Completed Dates 0 - 3 Laid Out

(first set of numbers in calendar e.g. 01, 03 before turning to 10)

All Completed Dates 0 - 9 Laid Out

Finally, a completed Calendar

My BLUE MONDAY is a bit dark to show up well.

This was a lot of work, but it was well worth it. 

Supplies:
Lots of Elizabeth Craft Designs dies available at Dies R Us
Local King Rubber Stamps and Dies- only the snowman tab
Sizzix ABC - I used only the numbers
Crafty Sentiments Designs - boy on chair
February is a commercial card of a house

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

Hero Arts Love Potion # 9

February is the month of love.  

Well, I always think of it that way.

Hero Arts is our sponsor and I always have a wonderful time making cards with their products.

You won't believe how I came up with this idea.  I wanted to create a project using the "Enjoy the Journey".  I went to bed and woke up in the morning with the idea that the bottle looked like a flask, rather than the normal bottle.  Suddenly, Love Potion # 9 came to me.  Since it's about love and it's February, the month of love, I had to use red for the "flask".  You never know how you will come up with an idea.

Close-up

Supplies:
Hero Arts Enjoy The Journey die cuts.
If you want the matching stamps, click HERE
Rinea Patriotic Variety Pack (Red Paper)
Rinea Crafter's Pack Glossy Gold Paper
Little B dies (love)
Sizzix Tim Joltz Alterations Thinlits ABC (potion # 9)
Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles
Vagabond die cut machine

Arlene & The Die Cut Divas