My idea of Warm & Cozy!

One of my favorite things to do on a cold, rainy autumn day is to curl up on the couch with a warm blanket, hot beverage, and a good book. That's so warm & cozy! Here is my project-

I used Darice's falling leaves embossing folder, My Favorite Things Fishtail banner dies for the sentiment, and Spellbinders Circle dies for the window opening. If you would like more information on the items I used, please join me at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter. And make sure to enter our challenge for a chance to win a prize from out sponsor-

Thanks and have a great day!

Cozy and Bright

I love making cards with a mix of my favorite companies, and making them work together, it is always a challenge to match them up appropriately.
This card was made with 2 dies, 3 stamps, several copics, and distress ink, as well as some glitter which unfortunately did not catch in the photo

Here is my list of supplies

HA Holiday houses CL464

HA Christmas Messages CL722

MFT Emma Celebrates the Season

Spellbinder Nesties Labels 8

Memory Box Evergreen Landscape

Copics (sorry I can never keep track of which ones I used)

Evergreen Bough Distress ink

Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

http://hannahscraftnook.blogspot.com/

What a Cutie!

Marsha has a granddaughter with bright red hair so she colored this cute image with Copics to match. (yes, it really is this bright!)  The bunny slippers and sentiment are cut out with a Spellbinder Grommet Tag die.  Check out other Spellbinder dies at Dies R Us, our wonderful sponsor for November.  They have sooo many.

A Warm Drink

When I think about being warm and cosy I go straight for a nice warm drink and that is what inspired my project today.

I have used a Gina K Designs stamp set for the background and the cups of cocoa. 

My Brother Scan and Cut was put to work to fussy cut the cups and then I used a Spellbinders Standard Oval die to offset them, all in a warm brown colour scheme.

Head over to my blog House of Borowski for more details.

No, It Can't Be Recycle Time

Presenting Dies R Us, our sponsor for November.

My good friend, Dawn, has had computer problems and needed a bit of a lift for today's post and I needed a place to show off my three new cards I made on this past Sunday.

I thought I'd recycle something, well, more than ONE something and here they are. 

This card reminds me of farmhouse with a view on the world.  Well, something like that

. I'm recycling an OLD LARGE card that was 18 inches tall and made in THREE LARGE panels, each at least 12 inches wide, as well as being a very heavy duty cardstock.  I kept holding onto the pieces, but never had anything that really fit what I wanted until I purchased two of the Garden Patch die sets.

 Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch 1 1/2 Inch at Dies R Us

 Memory Box Hello Script (there are many "hello" dies at Dies R Us - check them out. 

 Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch 1 1/2 Inch at Dies R Us

 Memory Box Hello Script (there are many "hello" dies at Dies R Us - check them out. 

Recycled OLD LARGE card

Distress Ink Hickory Smoke on the outside of the base card

This card was also my exchange card for October on the Society of Stampaholics blog

 Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch  1 inch at Dies R Us

 Elizabeth Craft Designs Butterfly 1

 Memory Box Hello Script (there are many "hello" dies at Dies R Us - check them out. 

Recycled Tissue boxes for the inch panels and the base of the butterfly

I'm at A Bit of This and That

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

A Little Glitter

Our fantastic sponsor for the month of November is Dies R Us.


A little glitter on the house in the trees never hurt anyone.  I don't use these dies as often as I should,   They are wonderful for scenes, as you can see.  I guess I just don't do enough scenes.  The house can be made so many different ways.  It comes in so many pieces that you can put them together to make different houses.  I like dies that can serve multipurpose functions (at first glance).  Leave the panel behind the door off or take the panel and make a shed.  

I love this tree too.  It comes with three different sets of "leaves" and clouds that make foliage for the tree or clouds for the sky or shrubbery.  

Let me tell you about the Beach Edges dies.  I use this hilly die on a lot of my scenes.  I cut the sky to match the hills and they butt up to each other seamlessly. 

Ok, enough is enough on introductions to a card.

The inside of the card holds the sentiment "Have a Warm and Cozy Christmas".from Hero Arts."Merry Cactus to You"

Supplies for the outside of this card.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Beach Edges  at Dies R Us

Elizabeth Craft Designs Holiday House at Dies R Us

Elizabeth Craft Designs All Seasons Tree

Cuttlebug
Arlene at A Bit of This and That

Am I the only one in a panic that I see December creeping... no RUNNING up ahead of me?  Where has the time gone?

At least I have a Christmas card done, well, more than one, but thank goodness, one more to send out.

I was going for a "looking through the window" impression.  Not sure I achieved that intent, but it's certainly different for me.

I love that Xmas tree die and use it to cut Tissue boxes and YUP, this is a tissue box in blues & greens.  When I had this altogether, it was sooooooooo dull and nondescript that I had to add something, so glitter is our best friend.  I chose Lime Green for the green parts of the tissue box, Time Holtz Distress Stickles in Chipped Sapphire for more blue tones and an old bottle of Emerald SPARKLES. to dress up my dull tree.  It's NOT dull anymore!

A bit of Gold Glitter paper was great for the sentiment from Little B (Handwriten)

I used that great die set Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch die set (1 1/2 Inch) from Dies R Us to make a window.  The 6 cut panel paper is supposed to be the wallpaper showing through the window.

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

Warm wishes

I'm here today with a card for our challenge theme which is warm and cozy. Our wonderful sponsor this month is DiesRus!

For my card I thought how fun would it be to have a sandcastle made of snow. 

I stamped my images on a die cut oval and then colored them, adding a little yellow in the windows for warmth. Stamped some snowflakes in the background. To give it more of a snowy look I used dry distress stickles. 

Here are some closer looks at the snowy glitter.

I think the sandcastle warms up the snowy scene!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica and the Die Cut Divas

Supplies:
Lawn Fawn- Life is Good, Small stitched Ovals, Argyle backdrops (sentiment) Critters in the Snow (snowflakes) and Toboggan Together (snowflakes)
Memento- Sky Blue and Gray Flannel
Misc- Copics and Distress glitter

Warm and Cosy

The theme this month is "warm and cozy" Our sponsors are:



This is my card

I have used a Cheery Lynn Lattice and Cheery Lynn gingerbread man. If you would like more information about my project visit my blog at  http://cardsbybeckie.blogspot.co.uk/

Die Cut Diva's are Warm and Cozy!

Welcome! The theme for this month is "Warm & Cozy", and what's better than being bundled up against the cold with a Teddy Bear? This month we are sponsored by-

 so follow the theme and enter your project!

Here is my card-

The stamp I used is from Unity Stamp Co. colored with Copics. I used Spellbinders Circle dies and Spellbinders Tags Two to make the card.  I see all kinds of tags at Dies R Us if you can't find these.

If you would like more information, come join me at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter!

Thanks for visiting!

Feeling Warm and Cozy

Hi everyone, Cathie here with my first inspiration project for November. When I think Warm and Cozy,I definitely think warm clothes and hats. So with that in mind, I thought this little lady was perfect.

I have used my Brother Scan and Cut to fussy cut the image, and used a Spellbinders Floral Oval to mat. The cute little flowers are from a Creative corner die that I cut apart.  The sentiment is part of a Justrite Clear set, which I thought was perfect.

Head over to my blog House of Borowski for more details.

And the Winner is.....

Hi all.  Thanks so much to everyone who entered our Shaped Cards challenge.

And our first winner is ...............Rosina's Scrapcards   You have won the sponsor's prize from Morgan's Art World.  Please contact us at thedcdivas@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Our second winner is ....................MaxiBelle Studio.  You have won the sponsor's prize from One Happy Cut.  Please contact us at thedcdivas@gmail.com to claim your prize

And here are some of the teams favourite cards.

Monica's pick:  I love Gail's coffee shaped card, with the adorable little jackolantern on the front. I'm thinking I need a Pumpkin Spice Latte now!

Arlene's pic -  so hard to pick just one, but I found I loved the monochrome color choice and sweet image by Created With Love by Stacey S,, but I loved so so many.  Michelle also chose this card, and loves the use of color and different dies to create a beautiful card.

Cathie's pick: I love everything about Julie's card, all of the different elements of this card come together and make it an amazing project.

All the Divas hope you had a Happy Halloween and have started crafting away for November's challenge.

Warm and Cozy

November's challenge is Warm and Cozy

November is sponsored by

1.Make a project that denotes Warm and Cozy, whatever that means to you. 
2 Please explain how you feel your card or project portrays the feeling of being warm and cozy.  

3.You Must use a die cut or file cut made on your machine (or a friend's, not store bought) on your project or card

4.Only Four submissions to our Challenge per challenge month are allowed. 

Remember to use at least one die cut on your project.  The limit of submissions to our challenge blog is four.

I love to have a cup hot chocolate, make cards, watch it rain,  see umbrellas floating down the streets and dream of turkeys roasting.  How about sitting by the beach in Hawaii or Florida, Australia down-under? What does "cozy and warm" mean to you?  

MARSHA shows her warm and cozy side here.

 Spellbinders Labels and Tags at Dies R Us

Marianne Lace Die

Arlene thinks a cute dog in front of the window is warm and cozy.

Hero Arts sentiment from Merry Cactus to You

Elizabeth Craft Designs Buster the Dog at Dies R Us

 Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch 1 X 1 1/2 Inch at Dies R Us
Cuttlebug
 See my post at A Bit of This and That

Isn't Marsha's card adorable? Love the non-traditional colors!

 Spellbinders Labels and Tags 

Die-namics Circle Stax 

Gina K Design Warm and Cozy stamp set

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

An InLinkz Link-up

October Bids Farewell

What a wonderful month October was.  The team has some special cards to share for this last day of the month to celebrate our fabulous sponsors, One Happy Cut  and Morgan's Art World 

Monica is up first with this delightful jar of "pumpkins", yes, pumpkins in a jar.  I didn't think I'd live long enough to see pumpkins in a jar, but, now I can't ever say that again... sorry pumpkins in a jar on aisle 9.  

Featuring One Happy Cut

Summertime charm dies

Summertime Charm stamps

So Thankful stamps 

Be sure to visit Monica at Monica's Craft Corner to learn more about this card.

Arlene figured that any image that sports the name green in the name should at least have some green.  Ivy is one hot mama.  Arlene presents Ivy Greenleaf.

Morgans Art World Ivy Greenleaf.
One Happy Cut Spellbinders Labels 8 and Labels 18
Copics markers and my Cuttlebug
I don't remember what stamp brand "surprise" is.
Blue Pearls

Be sure to visit Arlene at A Bit of This and That to learn more about this card.

Marsha's last card for the month is featuring the beautiful Ballerina image by Morgans Art world. 

 The base and the main upright panel of the easel card is cut with a Spellbinder Curved Rectangle die.  The sentiment is cut out with one of the smallest dies in the rectangle set. The FlourishVine with leaves is a die by Cheery Lynn.

Be sure to visit Marsha at Gramma's Room to learn more about this card.

Cathie's last inspiration project is featuring Morgan's ArtWorld Stardust Fantasy Fairy

She used a Digital Delight Card Shapes 1 for the base, Couture Creations Scalloped Circles, Elizabeth Crafts Happy Birthday and Impression Obsession Bunch of Blossoms dies.

Be sure to visit Cathie at House of Borowski to learn more about this card.

Michelle's card is the beautiful Flower 3 image by Morgan's Art World. 

The card and frame were cut with her Cricut, using the Art Philosophy cartridge.

Be sure to visit Michelle at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter for more information.

Thank you to Morgan's Art World and to all our followers!

A little Easel

Hi
popping in to share a little easel card I've made using some Spellbinders dies and a Morgan's Art World Image

It's just a cute little easel.

Thanks for stopping by

Dawn and the Divas

Beautiful Floral Birthday Wish

Using some round die cuts and this beautiful Flower 3 by Morgan's Art World,  Marsha made a round Easel Birthday card.

The circles are cut out with Die-namic Circle Stax dies. The fancy cuts are cut with a Spellbinder Stately Circle die.  And lastly the sentiment is stamped onto a Spellbinder Grommet Tag. For more details, please visit her blog, Gramma's Room.