A Thank You to Sasayaki Glitter

A great big Thank you to Sasayaki Glitter for being Die Cut Divas' terrific sponsor for January 2018.  We are so grateful for your sponsorship. 

The DTs have a few Thank You's to send on out.

Arlene's pirate is looking for the treasure chest and needed a key to open it, just like you open an image and find you have a treasure to color!

 Close-up of the pirate boy

Supplies:
Sasayaki Pirate Shy digital image
Die-Namics Pierced Circle STAX
QuicKutz nesting circles
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Steampunk charms
Vagabond die-cut machine

Copic markers
skin - E51 & E53
map - E50 & E51
Key C0, C00, C2 & C5
shirt - B21
pants - B24
headband - B21 & B24
hari - E33 & E37
shoes - R29, R35 & R39'
spade handle - E37
spade - C00, C0, C2, C4 & C5
ground C0

A Tea Mouse for You

Win a  free digital stamp of your choice by entering the Die Cut Divas challenge here.

This mouse is just so darn cute and I wanted him to be the main focus and thought he could be used for any event from cheering up a person to saying "Happy Birthday".  

Close-up of the cutie.

Supplies:

Sasayaki Glitter Tea Mouse digital stamp

Copic markers

Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp Squares

Die-Namics stitched squares

Papers from stash

Vagabond die cut machine

Hero Arts Sunshine Flowers for My Notebook

New to me - Sunshine Flowers Digital Kit

Having used a notebook last year, I was more than ready to get organized for 2018.  I couldn't think of colors or stamps to use and my choices surprised me because they are not winter or spring colors, but hot summer ones.  I followed my heart and chose Sunshine Flowers for my stamping kit to work with.  The colors pop and I think when our winter weather really hits with rain and fog, it will keep me happy and feeling like the sunshine is falling through the windows.

I have a patterned paper in each sleeve to keep track of what dates and products I'm using for each month for the next six months.   My post is on A2Z Scrapbooking.

Front page

Back page - Check the right side of the flower where just a little bit of paper is sticking down.  That was supposed to be a whole petal, but I didn't think anyone would miss it and you didn't, did you?

Close-up of back page and I still don't miss that lover petal on the right.

I added this page to my existing Notebook from 2017 and I'm ready to move forward into 2018.

Are you on social media? We are! Please join us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook? so you don't miss any fun promotions or new challenge announcements!

Hope you’ll join in our monthly challenge so you can have a shot at the digital stamp of the month set. Remember you no longer have to use Hero Arts to participate in our monthly challenges, the winner is randomly drawn for the digi prize…and if you do use Hero Arts products on your project, you could win the digi set AND $20 to the store! The Design Team will also be choosing their top three favorite projects from the challenge each month and award them a cool TOP 3 blog badge.




The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code Arlene15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you're looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

• Hero Arts Sunshine Flowers only available at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangle
• Copic markers Y08, YR16

A Little Girl from Sasayaki Glitter

Hi there,  I'm filling in for Dawn Bennett.  This is a new image for me and I wanted to do something with oranges, so I used orange and brown on the dress.  I may not be able to lay my hands on my marker colors.  I may have inadvertently cleaned up and thrown the list away.

Our cool sponsor is Sasayaki Glitter and they have some really cute images to color.  

Our challenge is to use something new to you.

Check out Die Cut Divas for our challenge.

Here is my card with an image I've never used before.  I've used some different brown combinations for hair and fence.  A very cute little girl looking out at you.

Close-up

Supplies:
Sasayaki Glitter digital stamp Amy in the garden
Spellbinders Oval dies
Elizabeth Craft Design Stitched rectangles
Copic Markers
Couple of hearts in my stash
Vagabond die cut machine

Some Bunny's Birthday

It's time for some Sasayaki Glitter.



Win a free digital stamp of your choice at Sasayaki Glitter digital stamps.  Visit the Die Cut Divas.

I am not the best at coloring animals with fur like rabbits or mice.  I am trying.  I did, however, make a bunny with purple tones.  Oddly, I like it.

Supplies:

Sasayaki Glitter digital stamp Happy Birthday Bunny stamp

Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles

Sentiment wood block stamp is unlabeled

Vagabond die cut machine

Copic markers:

Bunny - V91, V93 & V95

Mouse - W2, W3 & W5

Scarf - R83 & R24

Hearts & Cherry - R29

Ice cream - Y02

Cake - Y19 with icing RV11, dotsV25

Balloons - YG01, Y02 & Y19_

Plate - B02 & B21

A2Z Spiral Stencil For A New Challenge

Try Something New.  I doubt that this looks new, but it is. This is a new to me technique that I garnered from the Hero Arts Web site here.  If you receive the Hero Arts emails, then you will have watched the video.  I wanted to show the difference in this technique from directly inking the card through the stencil..

It's easier to watch the video than it is to explain it, so I'd suggest you watch the video to be able to use this technique for any stencil.  You do run it through your die cut machine.  What I have on the card I made for the new challenge is the negative of how you would normally color in the stencil to use.  It's simple and I wanted as much of the stencil to show the technique as I could.  I hope you try something new and enter our challenge this month at A2Z Scrapbooking.

My post is at A2Z Scrapbooking here.

You can view the post for the card below on my blog here.

Are you on social media? We are! Please join us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook? so you don't miss any fun promotions or new challenge announcements!

Hope you’ll join in our monthly challenge so you can have a shot at the digital stamp of the month set. Remember you no longer have to use Hero Arts to participate in our monthly challenges, the winner is randomly drawn for the digi prize…and if you do use Hero Arts products on your project, you could win the digi set AND $20 to the store! The Design Team will also be choosing their top three favorite projects from the challenge each month and award them a cool TOP 3 blog badge.




The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code Arlene15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you're looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

• Hero Arts Spiral Stencil at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Hero Arts Shadow Ink in soft blossom ( I would try any shadow ink or ombre inks)
• Spellbinders die - Nestabilities Labels 8
• Sizzix thinlits (friend set)
• Vagabond die cut machine

An A2Z Make Your Own Day

Visit the blog at A2Z Scrapbooking for the January 1st, 2018 challenge, "New to Me".  The oval scored panel is a technique I learned from a video by Jennifer McGuire here. I took a sponge and moved it one way to bring out he texture of the panel after I scored it in two different directions.

Are you on social media? We are! Please join us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook? so you don't miss any fun promotions or new challenge announcements!

Hope you’ll join in our monthly challenge so you can have a shot at the digital stamp of the month set. Remember you no longer have to use Hero Arts to participate in our monthly challenges, the winner is randomly drawn for the digi prize…and if you do use Hero Arts products on your project, you could win the digi set AND $20 to the store! The Design Team will also be choosing their top three favorite projects from the challenge each month and award them a cool TOP 3 blog badge.




The a2z scrapbooking store carries a wide variety of Hero Arts products! Get discounted new releases, sales, grab bags & more. Proceeds from our store benefit Celiac & Behcets disease foundations. Use my discount code Arlene15 to get 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. If you're looking for a Hero Arts product you don't see in store, use the Request Custom Order button from with-in the shop.

• Hero Arts Make Your Own at A2Z Scrapbooking
• Hero Arts rounded square die (no longer made)
• Distress Ink Fired Brick
• Spellbinders die  Nestabilities - an oval die for which I have no case.
• Vagabond die cut machine

Happy New Year and A New Challenge with Sasayaki Glitter

The Challenge this month is to make or use something new to you on Die Cut Divas' blog. 
The sponsor is Sasayaki Glitter.

Did you get a new die, stamp, papers?  Do you want to play with them?  Play away.  Now is the time to use you new products in your project for this challenge.

I used a new image and got a little silly with it.  As you can tell, I went a little silly here.  I couldn't help but think this family was having a family picture taken.  What else would you say to the camera, but SMILE!  They are cute and funny.

I hope you join us at Die Cut Divas for some New Year fun.

Supplies:
Sasayaki Glitter Monster Family Stamp digital stamp
Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp Squares
Elizabeth Craft Designs Smile
Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ebony Black, Woodland Green and Red Berry
Vagabond die cut machine

Copic markers:
Adult Green monster - YG01, YG03, YG05 & G85
Adult Pink monster - RV11, R24, R83
All hearts - R24
Yellow kid monster - Y02, Y04, Y13 & Y19
Purple kid monster - V25, V91, V93, & V95