Dog Days of Summer

This months sponsor at Die Cut Diva's is-

 

And the prize is a gift code!

The theme this month is "HOT", and a desert is really hot! Here is my project-

I used my Cricut for the desert theme, and Elizabeth's Craft Designs new release Dog (#1667). For more information about this card, please visit me at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter.

This Parrot Said Thank You

A $25 Gift Card to the Winner of our 

August "HOT" challenge.

You have to love this parrot.  Any color and he's just adorable.  I wanted to use the new door die because a friend opened up her house for swimming to a small group of us who work/worked in the same offices.  I wanted to be sure we had a thank you that was fun and summery.  I think this filled the bill. 

Close-up below

Be sure to visit me at A Bit of This and That for how I put this card together and the supply list.

Die Cut Divas! 

DCD is Going Bananas with Elizabeth Craft Designs

Greetings friends and fellow crafters, LeeAnn here with my inspiration project for the Die Cut Diva's Challenge using Elizabeth Craft Designs Monkey & Jungle Leaves dies as well as the  Safari Sayings Sentiment Stamp Set.

This little monkey is so cute, and it is his birthday (actually a card for nephew's birthday and he has always been the family monkey). The monkey will swing back and forth by his tale on the vine, or can be removed and I attached a small magnet strip on the back so he can attach it to the fridge.

Hi Divas!!  Die Cut Divas challenge this month is HOT, sponsored by Elizabeth Craft Designs

who is offering a $25 gift code to the challenge winner!

Die Cut Divas - HOT days of Summer

Hi Divas!!  Die Cut Divas challenge this month is HOT, sponsored by Elizabeth Craft Designs

who is offering a $25 gift code to the challenge winner!

Animals in the African wilds live in a hot, dry climate and my card has some of those animals in cute style with a little safari man and jeep.  Please join us this month and share your HOT cards with us :)

Winner, Winner Cas-ual Fridays July Challenge

Winner of the July challenge of "Anything Goes with an optional twist of Patriotic" is:
Be sure to contact us at thedcdivas@gmail.com.

# 51, Tracy's Creative Adventures

It's so difficult to choose a favorite.  Some of the favorites of our team follow:

Michelle chose #48, Kath, as her favorite-

Arlene's pick is # 58, Dee Earnshaw.  She loves the cute and sad- eyed dog.

Make It A "HOT" Elizabeth Crafts Month

A $25 Gift Card to the Winner of our 

August "HOT" challenge.

DT Inspiration

Michelle loves puppy dogs-

Arlene chose the parrot as a favorite.  He seems to be enjoying the day out.

Lucille chose the Zebra die cut, they are such magical looking animals :)

Kristina went with the purr-fect kitty with her summertime bow

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Thank you to Cas-ual Fridays Stamps from the Die Cut Divas

Sharing some end of the month inspiration with you from some of us to you.

Arlene went with a treble and hearts.  You can visit her at A Bit of This and That to see what she used to make her card here.

Monika made flowers card and wedding card

Dawn chose to use some flowers and a Leafy Vine die 

Lucille chose to use a sweet, little bee for some fun

LeeAnn used the Treble and an embossing folder from her stash.

Just a note

Hi Dawn here to share a card with you today

This month's challenge theme is "Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Patriotic".
 and our sponsor is Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

I have used CAS-ual Friday stamps and die to make my card.

I started by die cutting some watercolour paper with a Lil'Inkers die.  I then stamped and white embossed the music from CAS-ual Fridays set- Love Notes.  Next was to add some water colour 

paint.  I then added the  CAS-ual Friday Treble Clef die cut (thanks Arlene for sending me some of these) and added the little sentiment from the stamp set. 

Do come and join us at Die Cut Divas.

Flowers

This month's challenge theme is
"Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Patriotic".
 and our sponsor is Cas-ual Fridays Stamps

Monika here :)

I made flowers card. 

I used the sentiment's from Cas-ual Friday "You make me smile".

Come and join in to fun and make some

 "Anything Goes"  projects!!  

Looking forward to see your creations in the challenge gallery!

Hugs Monika and the Die Cut Diva's

Welcome to Our New DTs, LeeAnn and Kristina

We Divas are glad to add LeeAnn McKinney and Kristina Beagle to the Die Cut Divas team.  You've all met them through their individual posts now and we know you've been inspired to enter our challenges each and every month.

If you missed LeeAnn's post, be sure to check here for LeeAnn's first post on her own.  LeeAnn went with a patriotic theme and nailed it.  Welcome to the team.  LeeAnn will be posting again on July 31st, so be sure to check out her next post.  Here's LeeAnn's first card, so you can be inspired.

Now, if you missed Kristin's first individual post, be sure to check here for the wonderful CAS card Kristin made.  Kristina posted on July 1st with this beautiful card for kicking off July with a bang.

This is Arlene and I don't always have time to tell everyone what our fab DTs do every month to inspire everyone and do the best they can every time they post.  

What a team!   

Forget Your Trebles Hand Made Card with CAS-ual Friday Stamps

Hi Everyone! Kristina here with my first solo post. Happy to be in such great company with the rest of the Die Cut Divas. 

My card today uses this fun die and musical stamp set from our sponsor CAS-ual Friday Stamps.

The Process

• I started with an a2 sized card panel and stenciled on a watercolor stripe background.
• I used the avery elle wonky stitches die to cut the panel down smaller and add the wonky stitching accent around the border
• I adhered the finished background panel onto an a2 sized card base and added my stamped sentiment strip. 
• From there I die cut two colors of treble clefs, and layered them together, slightly off set for a shadow effect. I used a strong liquid adhesive to adhere these down to my card front. 
• To finish, I embellished the card with some black nuvo drops

I love that this card is both simple and quick to make, but looks very detailed and complex. To add a bonus layer of interest, I kept my ink blending heavier on one end than the other for a slight ombre effect.

Supplies

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Using a Negative to Make a Positive

I used the negative of the Treble clef die here.  First, I die-cut the small photo cut, distressed with distress inks and then die-cut the treble clef, so only the negative of the clef was on the photo cut.  Next I adhered  the photo cut panel to the white card and used a corner rounder to round the bottom of the white card.  I really like how this turned out.

My last card of the month will use the actual die-cut from this card.  I was able to make two cards from this one cut.  Yeah for me.

Supplies:

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps Big Treble 

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps die Treble Clef Fri-Die

Poppy Stamps die (Photo Cuts)

Distress Inks Chipped Sapphire & Fired Brick

White card stock

Corner Rounder

Vagabond die cut machine

Time for Coffee

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps is our marvelous sponsor for July.   Check out Pinterest for some fantastic Cas-Ual Fridays' projects.

The challenge is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Patriotic.  You can be patriotic and let us know with the colors you use or create an Anything Goes project.

PRIZE:  $20.00 gift code to winner.

Here is my project-

 Did you know that CAS-ual Fridays has stencils? I love this one to make wallpaper! For more information, please visit me at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter!