Leaves and Berries With A Hug

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The challenge is to use a layered dye set or to layer a Die over another Die.

Arlene here with a big Thanks to Cindy for this lovely Forest Leaf and Berries die cut.  She's made such beautiful cards with this die cut.  I chose to color these in rose/violet tones with my Copic markers. I really like this wonderful set.  I'm sending this card to a friend who needs a hug right now.  She's had some tests and has lost 20 pounds in a month and I thought this card might boost her spirits.

Supplies:

Birch Press Design Forest Leaf and Berries Contour Layers

Birch Press Design Hugs Honey Script

Kat Scrappiness Enamel dots

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

A Woven Basket

Our Challenge is: Pop-up Creations

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I love  all the pop up easel die sets at Poppystamps, each so unique and easy to put together.  

Thank you to Linda for sending me this fabulous die cut basket.  I added some of my own Poppy Stamps small flowers, bird and fairy to the basket and Linda sent me two baskets, so I might finish the other one soon.   Hugs to my team mate, Linda.  You can see what I used at A Bit of This and That.

 Supplies:
The basket was already colored when I received it from Linda and I LOVE it.
Poppystamps Woven Basket Pup Up Easel Set
Poppystamps Chirping Birds
Poppystamps Garden Leaves and Berries (no longer available)
Poppystamps Sugarplum Faerie (no longer available)
Copic markers E000, Y02, a little E11, G21 I think  
Vagabond die cut machine

Happy BIrthday. You are Unforgetable!

Arlene Here!
 I wanted to make a cute and fast card today with very little coloring.  I opted for this cute elephant and wanted to try some digital backgrounds while I was playing.  Some stamping (clear stamps this time), a couple cool grays, blues and R01 Copics, some heat embossing on the sentiment and I was almost done.  I made some striped cards from leftovers and chose one of them to pop my elephant panel on.

Supplies:
SheepSki Designs For You image
LOTV Watercolor Backgrounds 2 (background panel)
My Favorite Things BB Adorable Elephants Stamps - sentiments
Clear embossing powder
HP laser printer
Copics 
Vagabond die cut machine

More Happy Christmas Cards

 

Frantic Stamper is Die Cut Divas' Sponsor for the December Challenge of Winter/Christmas project with an optional twist to make a shaped Winter/Christmas Card.

I have had so much fun playing this month and here I am with more cards.  I just love the way you can bring this die to life with the different backgrounds behind the die.  It can be a digital background, Designer paper or your own homemade background.  The green card is a digital cardstock, while I purchased the sunset Designer slimline Designer paper.  These were fast, and fun to put together.

More Happy Die-Cutting

Supplies:
Frantic Stamper Triptych Village Card Panel

Vagabond die-cut machine

Whimsy Stamps digital Bokeh papers - first card

Whimsy Stamps slimline paper pack - Designer Paper - Glorious Sky - 2nd card

More Play With Birch Press Design

 I really couldn't stop playing with the String Art Frame, as you can tell.  You can create so many gorgeous cards and get a little creative too.  I had a piece of alcohol inked paper and saw this piece as part of the earth in clouds and went with it.  I mounted the String Art Frame on a navy panel, affixed a sentiment and it was done.

When I was coloring one of the frames, I tore a piece and then thought of making a circle with two partial frames, so cut another partial frame and rotated the frames so both outer edges would show in slightly different colors.  I now have a totally different shape made from the same die. 

Birch Press Design String Art Frame - both cards

Birch Press Design birthday - 2nd card

Vagabond die cut machine

Sentiment pre-cut on 1st card & gems on 2nd card

Black Cat

 I made a very simple card for you and I, myself, am surprised how much I really love it.

The prize is a $12 gift code to The Bugaboo Digi Stamps store for your digital stamps.

Supplies:

Bugaboo Happy Halloween Cat

QuicKutz Nestic Oval dies

Copic markers YG01, a little YG05, RV63

Vagabond

Arlene of the Die Cut Divas

You're a Dog, In The Nicest Sense of The Word

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This guy is layered and layered and layered. I didn't know when to stop, I guess. This little dog was fast and easy to color (image is in black & white and pre-colored). I just took Copic marker B000 and make diagonal lines across the panel after I was finished, found a sentiment I liked (Hero Arts) and started layering in white and blues.

Close-up

Supplies:

Bugaboo BugPupSummer Pup Summer

Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles and Garden Notes Stitched Rectangles

Copic markers B000, B12, B14, B16, E13, E15, E19, E29, YR09 & 100

Elizabeth Craft Designs paper (6"X6") ModaScrap Thinking about Rio De Janeiro

Vagabond die cut machine