The Beginning of June 2025

Poppy Stamps always has unique products to work with and the Divas are happy to show them off.

 Poppy Stamps is giving away a $20 gift card to the lucky winner.

This month we're having a color challenge.  Use at least three or more colors from the color palette, plus optional black/white and skin tones (on people).  Remember to also use die cut and/or dry embossing on your project to qualify. 

This beautiful palette is from Design Seeds, Fresh Hues 2024-04-17.

Now let's see what the Divas have created for you.

Cindy is inspired to make a Christmas card with the warm color palette.

Michelle used all the colors on her card-

Annie used all the colors for her card.

Arlene follows a truly summer card with a couple of snow globes..  She wanted to get the most out of the glitter with a visit with the sun. 

Lucille used a Poppy Stamps fairy reaching for the stars.

Join our Color Challenge with your own wonderful creations.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Last Day With Art Impressions 2025

 Art Impressions

 Have a Wonderful Time of the Year with
Art Impressions in 2025.

 Let's give a big Thank You to Art Impressions.  Art Impressions is giving a $25 gift certificate to the lucky winner!  

Be sure to enter your project by 9:00 p.m. Pacific time tonight.

Arlene sent this skate boarder to a friend as a late birthday card as she had obviously been fighting crime with Batman and was too busy at the time.

Dawn used Laughing and Got Style stamp sets

Lucille used Ai With A Friend window stamp set

Linda used Large Snowflake Dies; for 

details and a bonus, go HERE.

Sue N created this card using a freebie stamp (free with purchase) from Art Impressions and their Journal Oval Frames dies. For details, check out her foleysfriend blog here.

Lighthouse Window

 

Good day Stampers! Our challenge sponsored by Art Impressions this month is to make a Watercolor card.  Well, Ai has so many wonderful stamps to use with watercolor and I chose the Ai stamp Lighthouse Window to watercolor my card.  Art Impressions is offering a $25 gift card to the winner of our challenge.

There's still time to join the challenge, please share your watercolor cards with us.

Thank you, Lucille

Stacked Turtles

 Hi  - Dawn here to share a watercoloured card using stamps from our sponsor this month 

Art Impressions 

Our theme for the month is Watercolours - Real or Faux.    Art Impressions will be giving our winner a $25 gift card. Thank you, Art Impressions for your generosity.

I used Art Impressions Turtle Stackers stamp set and stamped onto some Mixed Media paper.  I used Onxy Black ink and clear embossed it.  This helps keep the watercolour in the right spots.  I used Altenew Woodless Watercolour pencils to add my watercolouring.  They are so easy to use, scribble some colour and the use a paintbrush with blend.  I decided to make my turtles in rainbow colours!  Something a little bit fun!  I die cut the panel and the matting panel with Waffle Flower Deckled Frame dies.  Added some blue watercolour splatters and added some homemade enamel dots with Spectrum Noir sparkle pen on them.   I also added the sparkle pen onto the turtle shells.  

Do come and join us with your watercolour (real or faux) projects  Here

Dawn and The Divas

 

Mini Watercolor Journal

Hello friends - Diva Linda here posting an inspiration project for our May Watercolor Challenge. I couldn't resist a mini watercolor journal using stamps and dies from our wonderful sponsor Art Impressions.

Art Impressions has donated a $25 gift card to the

 winner of our May challenge!

Art Impressions Mini Journal Template,

Mini Journal Set & Exclusive Sparrow 

(a freebie not sold; On the Sparrow Set would also work)

I die cut everything but the clasp & photo corners from watercolor paper and painted them with liquid & pan set watercolors.

You can see more photos and details on my blog Scrappin', Stampin' & Singin' HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see your watercolor project in the gallery!

The Divas

Fabulous Divas with Art Impressions

  Hello Crafty Friends - Annie here today I am sharing this fun card featuring the Loungers Set stamp set from Art Impressions for the New challenge over on the Die Cut Divas Blog. This month challenge is make your image be watercolor.  

I used my Arteza Real Brush Watercolor Markers to color my image.

Art Impressions has some wonderful products and the Divas are ready to hopefully inspire and delight you with their projects.

Art Impressions is giving a $25 gift card to the

 Winner of the May challenge. 
The challenge is to make your creation look like it is water colored.  You can use water colors, distress  and distress oxides or whatever you want to get the water color look we want to see. 

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. 

I hope you found some inspiration!

Blitzened!

Art Impressions has some wonderful products and the Divas are ready to hopefully inspire and delight you with their projects.

Art Impressions is giving a $25 gift card to the

 Winner of the May challenge. 

The challenge is to make your creation look like it is water colored.  You can use water colors, distress  and distress oxides or whatever you want to get the water color look we want to see.

Here is my project-

I really struggle with water coloring images-I don't like it, I don't enjoy it. Now backgrounds I can do!
If you would like more information on the materials I used to make this card, you can visit me here.

 You gotta enter for a chance to win!

 

Smooshing Watercolor Look with Art Impressions

Hi Friends! Sue here with a card for our May Challenge which is 

REAL OR FAUX WATERCOLORING

Our sponsor this month is Art Impressions. They will be giving our winner a $25 gift card. Thank you Art Impressions for your generosity.

Here's my card

For the background of my card I used distress inks and water, smooshed onto bristol cardstock. I used Art Impressions' Journal Oval Frames die set and Special Windows set. For specifics on how I created this card, please check out my foleysfriend blog. I'll be back later this month with another card.

Road Trip

 Hello,

Cindy here to share a fun "Real or Faux Watercolor" card.

This image, "Road Trip" by Art Impressions - our May sponsor is so fun, I think I want to join the ladies.  I watercolored the image, hand cut and adhere on faux watercolored background.

Art Impressions is giving a $25 gift code to the store as the challenge prize.

May's challenge theme is "Real or Faux Watercolor", you can use real watercolors, distress inks,  distress oxides inks, or other medium that makes your creation looks like watercolors.  

Now it's your turn.  Pull out your favorites supplies and join in the fun.  But of course, remember to use your die cut machine in the process, ie.  add die cuts and/or dry embossing to qualify.  Click the "Monthly Challenge" button on the right side bar for the linkup.

For full supply list of my project, please visit my blog: Escape To Stamping.

Thanks for being here, have a good one!

Altenew Winner Reveal 2025

 

 Altenew is giving a $50 gift certificate to the  
 winner of Die Cut Divas April Challenge

#112 Karen L K

 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:

Linda fell in love with this beauty by #100 Anesha:

Lucille  likes the simplicity and colors of this card by #5 Renate

Cindy really enjoy #115 Lynne R's softly color Japanese Anemone.

Arlene loved the CAS feel to Elle-Jeanne's card #108

Sue chose #83 by Ionabunny-such a cute treat box!

 

And Michelle chose #96 by Betty as her favorite-

 

Art Impressions 2025 and You!

Art Impressions has some wonderful products and the Divas are ready to hopefully inspire and delight you with their projects.

Art Impressions is giving a $25 gift card to the

 Winner of the May challenge. 

The challenge is to make your creation look like it is water colored.  You can use water colors, distress  and distress oxides or whatever you want to get the water color look we want to see.

Let's take a look on what the Divas created for you.

Cindy thought of this quote "Friendship is the Wine of Life" by Edward Young when she saw Art Impressions' Wine Tasters stamp set.

Michelle made a get well soon card-

Arlene had fun playing with a car full of fun ladies here.

Annie Created this fun card featuring the Got Style stamp set

 

Join us in this month's challenge.  We love to see what you create!

 

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

A Big Thank You to Altenew 2025

  Have a Wonderful Time of the Year with Altenew in 2025!

 

 Altenew is giving a $50 gift certificate to the  
 winner of Die Cut Divas April Challenge.

 Let's give a big Thank You to Altenew.  Their products are so much fun to work and create with.  

Be sure to enter your FLOWER project

in the April Diva gallery

by 9:00 p.m. Pacific time tonight.

Here's some final floral inspiration:

Arlene's card used the freebie printables at Altenew.

Sue N's card features Altenew's Charming Doodles stamp and die set which unfortunately is retired. However, Altenew has so many floral stamp and die sets which would work similarly. For details on how she created her card, please check out her foleysfriend blog.

Dawn has used an old favourite Altenew set Beautiful Day   

You can see full details at Dawn's World.

and made a bonus card - using an older stencil - Sweet Spring.

Lucille made a flower card with a blank inside to be used for any occasion.

Linda used several Altenew sets, including Dear Dahlias.

For details & a bonus go HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

The Divas

Bloom and Grow with our sponsor Altenew

 

Our sponsor this month is Altenew . They will be giving our winner a $50 gift certificate to their online store.  The theme for our challenge this month is flowers and as it's Springtime the ideas are flowing.  Here's a flower card I made to inspire you:

There is still time to play along.  See you soon

Lucille

Hello You Floral

 Hi Dawn here to share my sample for this month's challenge.  It's a challenge that warms my heart... my favourite theme and sponsored by my favourite company....

FLOWERS

Our sponsor this month is Altenew. They will be giving our winner a $50 gift certificate to their online store. Thank you Altenew for this very generous gift.

Here's what I came up with.

I used Altenew Perfect Gift set - stamps, stencils, dies and embossing folder to make this one.  I used the embossing folder to add the embossed background.  It embosses the frame and the flower.. but I chose to stamp the flower separately and used the stencil to add the colour before die cutting it.   I used purples from Altenew Enchanted Garden set and greens from Tropical Forest set. The centre was Fresh Lemon but I added some Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen.   For my sentiment I die cut two from Altenew Versatile Greetings set from purple card.   I also made the little purple embellishments by cutting some paler purple card with a tiny circle background die - not sure where I got it as it is unbranded.  Made a LOT of dots!  I added a few here and there and added some glossy accents to them so they look like enamel dots. 

We'd love to see your gorgeous FLOWER projects here . 

Dawn and the Divas

An Inky Bouquet!

Hey there Diva friends - I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! It's Diva Linda here sharing inspiration for our April Challenge - FLOWERS with Altenew as our fabulous sponsor.

We thank Altenew for the generous $50 gift card to award

to our random April winner!

We love Altenew for their fabulous floral sets. I chose a fave of mine which, sadly, is sold out right now - Inky Bouquet. The sentiment is from the Bellaroma Hybrid Tea Rose set.

You can see all the details, plus a bonus card HERE on my blog Scrappin', Stampin' & Singin'.

Thanks for stopping by today & we hope to see your beautiful card using flowers in our April gallery. Reminder: use a die cut &/or embossing folder in your design & max of 4 entries. 

Good luck!