Use That "Never Before Used Stuff"

 Remember to use your "Never Before Used Stuff" to enter the Die Cut Divas's challenge before 9:00 p.m. tonight.

We do not have a sponsor this month, but wonderful Whimsy Stamps has donated a $15 gift voucher and we want you to enjoy using it.

Arlene said she loved using her new Whimsy stamps and dies.  She's just not sure Santa is happy with it.

Linda used Whimsy's Peekaboo Dots for a Birthday card.

See details & a bonus at Scrappin', Stampin', & Singin'.

Sue N didn't have anymore NEVER BEFORE USED Whimsy Stamps products, so she opted for a NEVER BEFORE USED Avery Elle stamp set. For the details on how she made her card, check out her post at her foleysfriend blog.

Dawn got some new Altenew dies this week... so here's her NBUS card

More Fun!

 Just having more fun with Whimsy stamps here. 

I have used Whimsy Stamps for years and so I don't have many that I have never used.  However, I have not used many of the sentiments for some reason.  I think I've got most of those sentiments all in one card now. I have a list of supplies on my blog here. 

See my second card below. 
I am casing Linda's card from January 21st.  I had to make a fast card because I couldn't decide on what to make for my son, so I was on the hot seat of getting it done.  When I saw Linda's card, I had to case it.  No shaker for me as I needed to get it in the mail.
This may be the first time I've used the cake.  I had to include this card because this is the birthday card I sent my oldest son for his BDay.

Enjoy using your NBUS this month!

Be Brave

 Hi there.   Dawn here to share my card for this month's challenge.   Our challenge this month is to use Never Before Used Stuff.   We don't have a sponsor this month. However, we're so grateful to Whimsy Stamps for giving us at $15 gift voucher for our winner.

My team mate, Arlene, send me some great funny images from Whimsy stamps.   

I had such fun making this one.  I coloured the birds with some purple pens to match the background.  I used Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink to make my background and splattered some iridescent spray all over. I cut it with Pinkfresh Studio's Folk Art rectangles.   The sentiment is from Crafter's Companions "Reach for the Sky" set.  

So come and join us with your "New" project.  

Dawn and the Divas.

An Ostrich Birthday Comic

Hey Diva friends - Linda here with inspiration to use that new stuff languishing in your stash. My friend Darnell coined the term NBUS (Never-Before-Used Schtuff) and we're using that theme for our January Challenge. 

We have no sponsor this month but the wonderful Whimsy Stamps has donated a $15 gift voucher to their online store. We'll award it by random draw from eligible January entries. Thanks Whimsy!!

In honor of Whimsy, I've used some of their fabulous products - here's my card:

Whimsy Stamps Comic Book Page & Hey Ostrich 

You can find more details & a bonus project on my blog

Scrappin', Stampin', & Singin'.

Thanks for stopping & we hope to see you in the

January gallery by 9p Pacific Time on 1/31/24!

Linda & the Divas

Hello Friend Card

 Hello Crafty Friends - I am here with a new card featuring the A Bunny Birthday Stamp Set from Whimsy Stamps. It's a retired set but I haven't used it yet and it goes with our challenge this month.  

This month we have a challenge called "Never Before Used Stuff" before today. You may have a lot of NBUS after the holidays.

Be sure to tell us the item you've never used before, your 
"Never Before Used Stuff".

We do not have a sponsor this month, but wonderful Whimsy Stamps has donated a $15 gift voucher and we want you to enjoy using it. Remember to use your "Never Before Used Stuff" to enter the Die Cut Divas's challenge before 9:00 p.m. tonight.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you found some inspiration!

Bunny Valentine

 

 Welcome 2024!

 
We have never done a challenge using "Never Before Used Stuff" before! You may have a lot of NBUS after the holidays.

Be sure to tell us the item you've never used before, your
"Never Before Used Stuff".

We do not have a sponsor this month, but wonderful Whimsy Stamps has donated a $15 gift voucher and we want you to enjoy using it.

Thank you Whimsy Stamps!

 

 Here is my project-

 

 

I don't have any Whimsy Stamps, but my great team mate Arlene does, and she sent a bunch of die cut stamped images for me to use! Thank you Arlene! For more information about this card, please join me at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter.

So look through your stash and find items that are New But Unused Stuff, and enter for a chance at that great prize!

Hang in There ~ Never Before Used Stuff ~ January Challenge

It's Sue here today. Many thanks to my teammate here at Die Cut Divas for the gentle nudge because I hadn't written my blog post. Since January 1st, I feel like I'm barely "hanging in there". There seems to be so much to do and so little time to do it. 

Our challenge this month is to use Never Before Used Stuff. I have a ton of that. I purchase things that I have to have, put it somewhere safe and totally forget about it. If you're like me, this challenge is for you. Go find that thing you had to have or maybe you just received it for Christmas. We'd love to see what you create with it. 

We don't have a sponsor this month. However, we're so grateful to Whimsy Stamps for giving us at $15 gift voucher for our winner.

Here's my card

For my card, I used Whimsy Stamps' Panda Butt stamp set. I had to have this stamp set because the pandas are so cute. Don't you agree? For details on how I made this card, please check out my foleysfriend blog.

Looking forward to seeing your creations in our gallery this month.

Slimline Grid Card with Shaker

 Hello there,

Cindy here to share another card inspired by the challenge theme: Never Before Used Stuff.  

My grid card was created using Whimsy Stamp Slimline Window die cut my teamie sent.

And the greetings are from the Whimsy Stamps Gnome For Christmas clear stamp set.

For further details and an bonus card, hop over to here: Escape To Stamping.

January's challenge prize generously donated by Whimsy Stamp is a $15 gift voucher to their store.  Be sure to pull out new supplies or Never Before Used Stuff and play along.  

Click the "Monthly Challenge" button on the right sidebar for details.

See you in the challenge gallery, happy crafting!

December Winner Reveal

The Winner of the $50 gift certificate from Altenew for the December challenge is Greta, #35

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:

Michelle wants to try this technique that #36 Trina used-

 

Linda loves this gorgeous purple flower on a circle die cut by #10 Margreet.

Arlene had too many favorites this December, so it was a very tough decision, but her final selection is Carrie, #43.

Sue loved how #5 - Alice re-purposed some hand cream tins to created these beautiful containers.

Cindy really enjoy #47 SSchmidt's Simple and yet striking birthday card.

Happy New Year From The Die Cut Divas

Can you believe it's already 2024? 
We have never done a challenge using "Never Before Used Stuff" before today.  You may have a lot of NBUS after the holidays. 

Be sure to tell us the item you've never used before, your 
"Never Before Used Stuff".

We do not have a sponsor this month, but wonderful Whimsy Stamps has donated a $15 gift voucher and we want you to enjoy using it.

Let's see some of our Diva's projects:

Cindy created a new planner page to keep track of her DT duties.

Arlene played with some new dies from Whimsy Stamps that Santa kindly dropped off. She had such fun putting this together.

 

Michelle has made a resolution to make 5 Christmas cards a month for 2024! Here is the first one-

Annie went with a retired set called A Bunny Birthday. Though, it's retired she figured why not play with it. She hadn't used it yet! 

 

Arlene is bummed that A Bunny Birthday is isn't on the Whimsy site anymore because that is one of her favorite sets. 

Come Play With The Divas and have fun with actually using your

"Never Before Used Stuff".

The Die Cut Divas

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Happy New Year's Eve with a Thank You to Altenew

  Thank you to Altenew!

 

Established in April 2014, Altenew has quickly become a leader in the inspiration industry and continues to innovate and influence the world of paper crafts. Altenew strives to encourage crafters to express their own unique creativity through the art of paper crafting.

You only have until 9:00 p.m. tonight to enter our last 2023 challenge.

The Challenge for this month is: Flower(s)

The Prize from Altenew: $50 gift certificate

Now some last minute inspiration projects from our Divas!

Arlene DOES do flowers. See her blog at A Bit of this and That.   

She made an extra card for her blog, but here she is showing off two cards.

Sue made this thank you card using Altenew's Charming Doodles stamp and die set. 

The sentiment uses Altenew's Adore You stamp set. For details, check out her foleysfriend blog.

Cindy did a semi-transparent card with Build-A-Garden Japanese Anemone 

paired with Garden Trellis Cover die.

Linda treated herself to an Altenew Press Plate bundle

which included Hummingbird Nectar!

See details & a bonus at Scrappin', Stampin', & Singin'.

Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see your flower project using

 a die cut &/or embossing folder in the December gallery! 

Enjoy your New Year's Eve celebrations!!

The Divas

More Inspiration with Altenew

More Inspiration!

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The Challenge for this month is: Flowers.
The Prize from Altenew: $50 gift certificate 

Altenew donated the Build A Garden set to the Die Cut Divas' and I believe we all chose different sets.  I love mine and I love how this turned out. 

You an check out my blog at A Bit of This and That for the material list for this card.

Happy December to you all.

Merry Christmas from the Divas

 

Merry Christmas to you all.....

It's Christmas Day and today I have a Birthday card to share!   My friend has a birthday a couple of days ago so I did a floral card for her.   

Our sponsor this month is Altenew. They generously will be giving our winner a $50 gift certificate to their online store. 

And our theme is Flowers -   I'm a big lover of Altenew products and have ALOT.   This month, Altenew kindly provided us with a Build a Garden set.  I chose to get Morning Aster set ... Just love it. 

I used some Altenew Grey ink to stamp the flower and then used the stencils to add the colour.  I used Altenew Burnt Red and Mahogany Bark inks for the flowers and Eucalyptus and Forest Fern for the leaves.   The sentiment is from Altenew Sentiment Strips 2 that I stamped onto a flag die (from LDRS sentiment stack die)   I used the matching die to cut out the flower.  The background was made with Altenew Dotty Circles 3D embossing folder.  I used the ink left on my blender brush to add some blending around the edges. 

As you read this, Christmas Day is almost done here in NZ.   Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas

Dawn & The Divas

A Floral Frame!

It's a Wonderful Time of the Year with Altenew!!

 

Established in April 2014, Altenew has quickly become a leader in the inspiration industry and continues to innovate and influence the world of paper crafts. Altenew strives to encourage crafters to express their own unique creativity through the art of paper crafting.

The Challenge for this month is: Flowers.

The Prize from Altenew: $50 gift certificate

Happy Holidays, Die Cut Diva friends!! Diva Linda here with a card using Altenew's amazing Layered Ornate Frame. It was so quick and easy to complete my project with this set!

You can find full details and a couple of bonus cards at Scrappin', Stampin', & Singin'.

Thanks for stopping and we'd love to see you in the December gallery with your flower project - any brand works; just be sure to include an embossing folder or die cut in your design!

Linda & the Divas

Hello Friend Card

  Hello Crafty Friends - I am here with a new card featuring the A Bunny Birthday Stamp Set from Whimsy Stamps. It's a retired set but I haven't used it yet and it goes with our challenge this month.  

This month we have a challenge called "Never Before Used Stuff" before today. You may have a lot of NBUS after the holidays.

Be sure to tell us the item you've never used before, your 
"Never Before Used Stuff".

We do not have a sponsor this month, but wonderful Whimsy Stamps has donated a $15 gift voucher and we want you to enjoy using it. Remember to use your "Never Before Used Stuff" to enter the Die Cut Divas's challenge before 9:00 p.m. tonight.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you found some inspiration!