Poppies in June

 Poppies in June

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. 

I came as close as I could (with glitter paper) as I could with the colors. I do love this die set as it's so versatile with just the dies that come with the set. I love using glitter papers with them, but have used regular colored stock.  The sentiments do come from other sets.

First Card

Second Card

Both cards together

Supplies:
Poppy Stamps Snowglobe no longer on the site - sorry
I love all of Poppy Stamps pop up cards.  I've bought some more - LOL
I believe all the sentiments on these cards are Elizabeth Craft Designs and are older dies.

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” not doing opt twist (3/8 ) Love to Craft Challenge (always Anything Goes) (6/8)

Love To Scrap Challenge (always Anything Goes) 2/6

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes UNLimited

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes" (1/3) Ally's Angels  "Anything Goes"  (1/5)

The Creative Crafters in December

The Creative  Crafters starts a monthly challenge every 15th of the month and I've made a couple of Globe Easel cards as inspiration for this month. 

This challenge is always "Anything Goes".  
Be sure to join The Creative  Crafters challenge! 

I precut a lot of these easel type dies for the Globe and so all I have to do is select all the colors I want to work with.  Not all the die cuts really match up though.  Yes, that does make it more fun... maybe fun is not exactly the right word.  Here are 4 cards I put together for the holidays.  This globe card is big enough to do a lot with.  It really is too bad that it is no longer available at Poppy Stamps.  

First, all four cards:

Next card #1

Card #2

Card #3

Card #4

Supplies:
Poppy Stamps Cabin Snowglobe Pop-up Easel Die set is available here.

Lots of glitter papers in different colors

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
Sheepski Designs Challenge "Anything Goes" Last challenge Sheepski is closing

A Cut Above  always a die

We love Stamping - Winter or Anything Goes (3/3)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” w opt twist (5/8) 
Polkadoodle's Craft Challenge "Anything Goes" (1/4)

Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" (3/4)

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge "Anything Goes" using paper (2/3)

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes" (1/3)

A Perfect Time to Craft - "Anything Goes" Unlimited

Lost Coast Portal To Creativity Cold and Frosty (2 entries per month)

November and Birch Press

 Good Morning to You All and our sponsor for this month is
Birch Press!

Birch Press will give a prize of a $20 gift card,

The challenge for this month at Die Cut Divas is
Any Holiday of the Year!  

I love how glitter cardstock makes every Ornament card absolutely stunning, no matter the color.  This card die is one of the easiest to put together to make one of the most beautiful cards you can make. In RL, it is amazing.

No Sentiment, but looks fantastic without one. Usually I space the two (gold) layers closer together and it doesn't look like you need a sentiment or anything in between the space - seen here.

Same card with Sentiment - each letter is separately die-cut.
A sentiment of the same color glitter paper works out perfectly.

Top & Bottom panels on foam tape with Warm Wishes outline.
I never tried putting the two panels on foam tape before, but I do like the look.  You can fit the outline of the sentiment in perfectly.

Supplies:
Birch Press Christmas Ornament Pop Up Easel
Birch Press Warm Wishes Vintage Sentiment
Glitter Cardstock
Vagabond die cut machine

Now it's time for another card.  I picked these up in mid-August and found them so much fun to play with.  I got 3 sets of house dies and a Wavy Hillside die which is actually 3 die cuts so you can have an entirely different look.  I do like the way this came out.  

Supplies:
Birch Press Wavy Hillside
Birch Press Littletown Cabins
Birch Press Littletown Home
Birch Press Littletown Village

Birch Press Contempo Christmas Greetings clear stamp & die set (no longer avail.
Copics G40 on panels, G03 on panel between the hills, E11 & E15 on houses Y19 for windows, Y00 & Y 04 for the light yellow sky.
Waffle Flower double sided shader brushes

Distress inks broken china and blueprint sketch

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
Creative Moments - "Anything Goes" 

Double Trouble   Different themes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge "Anything Goes" (3)                             Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" starts Saturday                        Creatalicious  "Anything Goes" 15th & last day of month

The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything goes" w/o the opt twist

A Card from Friday and Craft Roulette

 Craft Roulette and World Card Making Day

On Friday, I watched Craft Roulette and heard the word Snow Globe, I new right away what kind of card I was going to make.

Episode # 235, 62nd card 
Project: No Single A2 Fold (Globe card)
Colors: Mood Board - Blue Mood (meaning I like blue)
Element: World (a globe is a world)
Random: Star (a single star)

Everything is blue, black, white or gold and I really like it.  Everything is sparkly except the inside of the card.  I don't think you could ever go wrong in designing this wonderful landscape.  This time I did not add any decoration or sentiment to the base of the globe and I do like the clean feel of this.

Supplies:
Poppy Stamps Snow Globe
Glitter paper in stash
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

SheepSki Deisngs #91 "Anything Goes" 1/3
Merry Little Christmas Challenge 2/8 Anything Christmas

Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Anything Goes Christmas 1/3 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything goes Christmas" #115 

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge  "Use Christmas" 1/3 
Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" 1/3
Creatalicious  "Anything Goes"

Craft Roulette Fun

 I entered the challenge at Craft Roulette Fun last night.  Yes, I finished, photographed, and entered the challenge last night. First time ever to enter the night of the challenge.  
Here are the parameters:
Project: Shaped Card (globe shape)
Colors: Peacock (blues, purples, greens w/green for leaves, red for berries)
Element: Tall (tall tree relative to the landscape in the globe)
Random: (blue tree limb crossing yellow tree limb for the "X", "O" in the "b"

I stretched for the "XO", but a stretch is as good as a mile. 
I pre-cut lots of the globe pieces and I love cutting these dies out of glitter paper, so I had tons of the pieces cut out of all colors of glitter paper, so that made it fast and easy to complete this pop-up card.

The scene panel is a circle glued to the main panel.

Supplies:
Poppy Stamps Globe (unfortunately not sold on site)
Elizabeth Craft Design sentiments (no longer available)
Glitter papers

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

DL. ART "Anything Goes 

The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything goes" w/opt Circles (berries and scene panel)

Back with a Craft Roulette Card

 We've Got Parameters!
I was able to play along with Craft Roulette this weekend.

Project: Dutch Door (house has a Dutch door)
Colors: Gnomes (mostly browns)
Element : Movie (The Aristocats by Walt Disney)
Building Blocks (lines across the wood building)

Another Christmas card with an easel card.  It really is so easy to make this pop up easel card and I've made some really different (I don't want to say strange) houses since I bought this fantastic die. I've paired the Poppy Stamps house with some new stamps and I must say, I find it so much fun to look at it.  

Card standing up (full view) 

Close up of the House

Even closer

Closest shot - you can really see the blocks of wood here on the 2nd floor

I really do love this

Supplies:
Poppy Stamps Winter House Pop Up Easel Set Craft Die
Scrappy Tails Winter Village (stamps out of stock & matching dies
My Favorite Things BB Sittin' Pretty Stamps and matching dies (plant)
My Favorite Things Winter Kittens stamps and matching dies
Glitter Paper for roof
Copic markers
Patterned paper - wood look
Vagabond die cut machine
I think the sentiment is from Elizabeth Craft Designs

I'm entering the following challenges:
Lost Coast Portal To Creativity #187
Christmas Cards All Year Long Different themes - all Xmas Merry Little Christmas Challenge (always Anything Christmas Goes) 3 of 8 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything Goes" 
NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) Kittens stamps & dies #64
Kat Scrappiness Christmas in July challenge Die cuts, Stamps, add snow.
Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas & patterned paper #67

A Quick Winter Card

 I decided to make a quick Christmas card with glitter paper.  I had to find little stars to match my large stars.  The more stars the merrier or something like that. I love red and white glitter paper because it makes such an impact.  I think I may have put too many stars on, but next time I'll curb my enthusiasm... maybe.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Stars die-cuts(large stars)

Elizabeth Craft Designs 4th of July die-cuts (small stars) not on ECD website

Elizabeth Craft Designs Noel die cut not on ECD website

Vagabond die-cut machine

I'm joining the following challenges:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge # 59 Sentiment takes center stage
The 12 months of Christmas challenge #85 "Anything Goes"  
FOUR SEASONS CHALLENGE BLOG!  Mood Board - I went red & white 

August Brings Another Christmas Card

 I saw an inspiration photo and chose to use a die that I have never used, but has been in my binder for a year.  I cut the wreath twice from two slightly different green card stock and layered them.  I thought red glitter paper would certainly show the season and then went searching for a patterned background.  It's great to have scraps until you run out.  LOL

I glued the wreaths together, then glued the "Season's Greetings" onto the wreath so I could work with some Nuvo drops for a festive look without being concerned about the paper underneath.  I did use some light blue Nuvo Drops, but they didn't show up that well, so went with white, red and some pumpkin for the rest.

Photo Inspiration from Christmas Kickstart Challenge

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Notes Grapevine Wreath Oval (not in ECD store)

Elizabeth Craft Designs Season's Greetings by Suzanne Cannon (not in ECD store)

Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss (Ripened Pumpkin, Red Berry, Carribbean Ocean & Simply White)

Red Glitter paper & paper scraps

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge # 53

The 12 months of Christmas challenge #80 - 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #37 - anything Christmas goes