Thank you to A Day for Daisies

This is my Thank you card sent virtually to A Day for Daisies for their sponsorship on the Die Cut Divas's blog here. 

I so enjoyed all the delightful images I've been using all month long, such as the surreal image here.  A beauty of the depths?  The shapes for this card just leapt into my hands to be cut.

May your scissors be sharp, but not your heart.

Recipe:
Water World - A Day for Daisies digital stamp
Spellbinders Label 8, I think the Classic Scalloped Squares and I have no idea of the name for the light blue panel.
Blue tear drop gem for her ear ring

The CCC Reveal

I play in the CCC exchange over at the Society of Stampaholics where we exchange cards with card makers around the world.  Deborah makes it easy for us with so many themes to choose from.  This time, I sent my card to Dawn from the Die Cut Divas, YES!

Dawn received her card a couple days ago, so I can reveal the card I sent.  I chose a Day for Daisies image as I have fallen in love with them this month.  I kept coloring and of course had to use them for cards.

A cl;ose-up.  

Recipe:
A Day for Daisies image - Hepburn
Hero Arts Lattice - I don't see the wood block anymore, but HA still has it in a cling stamp
Window Die
Red gems - tiny red and a red heart
Copic markers
Worn Lipstick Distress ink

I hope Dawn likes her.  I know this is a super girly card, but I couldn't help it.  Happy Days.

Vintage Takes a Step Forward

A Day for Daisies has some fabulous free digital stamps and I wanted to highlight a favorite of mine today.  The Divas of Die Cut Divas have also created cards using this same sweet image on the challenge blog here. 

I added a sequin in her hair

Be sure to visit the challenge blog to enter the challenge this month.

Pearls are a Girl's Best Friend!

This little lady has pearls woven through her hair.  Again, I'm with the golden hair.  I'm sure it's just a phase I'm going through.   I guess you see a pattern in the images I picked, all feminine images.  I couldn't help but pick this wonderful image.  I love the unique way she is posed, with her back to us.  It just reminded me of softness, delicate beauty.  

I hope you are enjoying the images I've been lucky enough to share for A Day for Daisies.   I have thoroughly enjoyed coloring and playing with shapes in making cards with these fascinating images.

Recipe:
Pearls in my hair - A Day for Daisies digital stamp
Cuttlebug
Leaves from Spellbinders Shapeabilities Bitty Blossoms
Flowers from Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia - I just love the look of this flower, no matter what fantastical colors and patterns
Birds from Memory Box - Resting Birds
Pearls

With Digital Stamps, you can copy and paste them into Word if you are not techy, like me.  You can take the CROP tool and crop an image quite easily, as I've done below.  Would you believe this is the same image as the one in the above card?  Different hair color and style.  Not only is re-sizing available, but choosing a part of the image is even more fun.   I hope you try cropping an image and adding more tools to your skills.

I hope you are enjoying the images we're sharing for A Day for Daisies.  I have thoroughly enjoyed coloring and playing with shapes in making cards with these fascinating images

Recipe first card:
Pearls in my hair - A Day for Daisies digital stamp
Cuttlebug
Leaves from Spellbinders Shapeabilities Bitty Blossoms
Flowers from Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia - I just love the look of this flower, no matter what fantastical colors and patterns
Birds from Memory Box - Resting Birds
Pearls

Recipe second card:
Pearls in my hair - A Day for Daisies digital stamp
Hero Arts Cling Zig Zag stamp CG422 
Cuttlebug
QuicKutz Nesting Rectangles
Recollections Twine

Have a great week,  Arlene

Sophisticated and Vintage

When a hat was a hat.  I love hats, but hate to wear them.  They feel confining to me.  But I do love to look at those wonderful vintage hats.

The one thing I love about digital stamps is that you can re-size them.  This beautiful woman from A Day for Daisies is sophisticated and lovely.  I did trim the hat of the lady in pink with Stickles and a red glass gem.  Otherwise, I believe you don't really need anything else.

Since the smaller image was oddly placed on my printout, I just used a narrow oval die and placed her off-kilter.  I rather like it.  Adds something unique and playful.  A few gems and a "Thanks" die cut are adhered to the image panel.  I found this wonderful light blue paper with glitter stripes to bring out a bit of sparkle.  Repeating the foundation panel color near the center panel kept the colors strong and well focused on the image.

The vintage woman of the day hopes you have a great weekend.

Tags for Angelina

Aren't these fabulous images?  So glad I discovered A Day for Daisies.  I love being able to color these images.   The hepburn image on the right was cropped so I could use just the upper body for my tag.  Reminds me of my granddaughter and so I made these tags for my beautiful granddaughter.  

Just think, Audrie Hepburn was born May 4th 1929.  She was truly amazing and I'm so glad to be able to use this hepburn image today on a tag for Angelina. 

 I hope your month is as beautiful as these images!

Happy Mother's Day to You!

Happy Mother's Day to all out there.  Most of us celebrate Mother's Day in one way or another, as a daughter or a mother.  Our sponsor, A Day for Daisies" has some wonderful images for you to choose from and I love how this "Braid in My Hair" image turns out.

I made this card for my daughter-in-law.  She always had long hair with red highlights until a couple years ago, so I thought this image would be more personal.  I rather like it and this is one I would love to keep - well, I know Rosalie will appreciate it, so that counts.

A Close-up of the image below

I used White Enamel Accents in her hair and colored her with Copics.  

My last panel of this beautiful background of silver flowers and leaves.

Be sure to enter our challenge at Die Cut Divas.  .  Enjoy your weekend

Rapunzel, let down your hair to me

.  Rapunzel, let down your hair to me

My sample for Die Cut Divas today

What a lovely sweet young lady.  I can't help thinking of the fairy tale, Rapunzel.  I loved coloring her and found the perfect background pieces for this card without any trouble at all.  The image was so easy to color.  I chose the colors for the hair, then the birds, little blue birds chirping and hopping around, then her dress.  I didn't think it could be any other color but blue.

I hope you like her, because she is such a lovely image.

Recipe: 

Braid in my hair - A Day for Daisies digital image

Cuttlebug

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Label 8s

Copic markers

Blue Pearl in on her ear

A Day for Daisies Debut!

May I invite you to A Day for Daisies?  Why, thank you.  Don't mind if I do.  Cute name for some wonderful digital images.  As soon as I found this site, I knew I had to have some images.

Die Cut Divas' newest sponsor is A Day for Daisies, so skip on over to Die Cut Divas' and see what the new April challenge will be!

This flower die-cut is from Dawn and I thought it was a perfect embellishment along with the sequins.  I just matched the colors on the flowers with the Copic markers I used on this lady's dress. 

Image is from A Day for Daisies.