Thursday, September 1, 2022

Dies R Us Challenge September 1, 2022!(Anything Goes)


Hi, Friends!

For the challenge this month the theme is Anything Goes!  It is the 200th Challenge!!!

We ask that you use at least one die on your project for the challenge that Dies R Us sells!  Please come and join the fun and have a chance to win a gift certificate at the Dies R Us Challenge!

Also, this will be the final Dies R Us Challenge.  It is with great sadness to say that it is my last post for this design team.  All of us on on the design team will miss it!  It has been a very supportive and fun design team to be on.  I have been on a design team for nearly ten years with Paper Sweeties and Dies R Us Challenge.  It has been a big part of my life.  But, as you know there are always cards to make and I will be continuing to design them for my family and friends!  A big thank you to Anne, our team leader, Darlene, our previous leader, and to all my team members for their support!!  And, a big thank you to you, my blog friends!!




For my card, I started with a rust colored card base and paired it with a distress inked background for the sky.  The images are from Lawn Fawn and were colored with copics.  The sentiment was embossed with black embossing powder.  I love this set for a fall scene!

I'd like to share with you a couple sunflower photos that we took when we visited a sunflower farm last month.  





The farm had 70 acres of sunflowers.  They harvested them and sent them to Georgia 
to make sunflower oil.  We're already looking forward to visiting the farm again next year!


The links for the dies are listed below...

Dies R Us has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts



It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!



My teammates have some fabulous inspiration for you today.  Sit back, relax, and take a look.... (you can click on their name to go to their personal blogs and get more detailed information about each project)

    Design Team

Kathy
Maria—that’s me!
Diane
Laurie


  Thanks so much for taking time to visit here today! Have a great day, hugs!!








Monday, August 15, 2022

Dies R Us Challenge August 15, 2022!(Summer)


Hi, Friends!

For the second challenge of the month, the theme continues as Summer!  We ask that you use at least one die on your project for the challenge that Dies R Us sells!  Please come and join the fun and have a chance to win a gift certificate at the Dies R Us Challenge!  



I have another summer card for DRU this month, but with a darling flamingo pair from Lawn Fawn.  The frame and trees were die cut using  dies from Lawn Fawn, also.  The tropical leaves are from Cheery Lynn Designs.

For my card, I started with a white card base and added the frame.  The background sky was made using several distress inks of kitsch flamingo, wilted violet, spiced marmalade, mustard, and broken china.  The images were colored with copics.  White gel ink and hand drawn birds for interest.


 
The links for the dies are listed below...

Cheery Lynn Designs-Tropical Leaves(OOS)


Dies R Us has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts



It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!



My teammates have some fabulous inspiration for you today.  Sit back, relax, and take a look.... (you can click on their name to go to their personal blogs and get more detailed information about each project)

    Design Team

Kathy
Maria—that’s me!
Diane
Laurie


  Thanks so much for taking time to visit here today! Have a great day, hugs!!








Thursday, August 11, 2022

Happy Birthday!


Hi, there!

It's been awhile since I posted.  It's been a busy week, but a good one!  And, tomorrow my sisters and I will get together for another birthday party.  My sister, Cecilia, had a birthday on July 1st, but with summer schedules and all we are finally getting together tomorrow.  I wanted to take a photo of the card and post it before I give it to her.  She loves hummingbirds and the stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh was perfect for my sis.  Also, I used my hot foil plate to make the frame and sentiment, which is from Spellbinder's.  I don't remember the company for the flower images.  They could be from PTI.






For my card, I started with a white card base.  The frame and sentiment is hot foiled.  The hummingbird images were colored with copics.  I hope my sis likes the card.  It was a very easy card to make.  

I'm at the beginning stages of cleaning and purging my craft room.  We want to paint and redesign the room.  It may take awhile, since our son is helping with new trim and staining it.  We may lay new carpet, too.  I already moved everything off the desk and took it to the family room.   I'm not sure where I'm going to put everything, ha!  Anyways, it's a process and I'm sure the results will be great once it's all done.  

Thanks so much for dropping by today!  Have a wonderful weekend!  
Take care, hugs!








Monday, August 1, 2022

Dies R Us Challenge August 1, 2022!(Summer)


Hi, Friends!

For the challenge this month the theme is Summer!  We ask that you use at least one die on your project for the challenge that Dies R Us sells!  Please come and join the fun and have a chance to win a gift certificate at the Dies R Us Challenge!  




Today I am sharing a summer card with a beach scene.  I think a lot of people are trying to cool off this summer.  No beach vacation for me this year.  We really enjoyed the crisp cool mornings out west in WY until we got to SD, which was hot!  But, taking a dip in a pool does sound refreshing.  Below you will see a couple pool photos of my sisters when my sis had a pool birthday party at her house in June.


Christina, the bday gal enjoying her birthday!
My sis, Donna, making sure she got on the flamingo raft, ok!


Donna, Cecilia, and Lucretia enjoying summer fun!


Six candles for 60!
I can't believe my little sis turned 60!
We had lots of fun celebrating Christina's birthday!
(I posted her card last month with the parrot card)

My card is self-explanatory with coloring the dies with copics and adding gold glitter gel.  The hello summer die is from Tutti Designs and the shells on the sand are from Lawn Fawn.


The links for the dies are listed below...

Tutti Designs Dies-Hello Summer
Distress Oxide Ink-Broken China


Dies R Us has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts



It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!



My teammates have some fabulous inspiration for you today.  Sit back, relax, and take a look.... (you can click on their name to go to their personal blogs and get more detailed information about each project)

    Design Team

Kathy
Maria—that’s me!
Diane
Laurie


  Thanks so much for taking time to visit here today! Have a great day, hugs!!