Celebrating a new mom

 Hello everyone,

It's Cindy here.  I am sharing a Mother's Day card created for a new mom in the family.

The card base is Poppystamps Fern and Daisy Pop Up Easel card, it was sent to me by a dear teamie and I have kept it safe in my treasure bin, but today is the day to use it.  😉

I first did a light wash of watercolor on the detail panel, then I use an inking tool to add layers of distress inks and ink blended the oval center.  Then I gold heat embossed the sentiment on the top oval piece.  I assembler the card base and adhere the focal element using foam adhesive.

The focal element is Poppystamps Nordic Spectacular Butterfly I die cut using both pattern paper and a ivory shimmery color paper.  

For the stopper, I used clear seal wax and Spellbinders Butterfly Mini Wax Seal stamp.

For detail supply list, please visit me at Escape To Stamping.

Our May sponsor is Poppystamps and it's all about Celebrations this month.

The challenge prize is a $20 gift card will be made from those with US addresses only.  Now it's your turn, take your favorite craft supply and make a paper craft project following the challenge theme, and use your die cut machine in the process.  Please state what you're celebrating in your description, preferably next to the link back to our blog.  I look forward to seeing your creations the challenge gallery. 

Happy crafting!

Framed Butterfly Stamps

Hello there,

It's Cindy here to share another Monochromatic project.

Shades of Purples is my color palette.  My card features Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die Set and Waffle Flower A2 Lacy Layers Die Set.

Our sponsor, Waffle Flower is giving a $15 gift certificate as the challenge prize.

Be sure to follow all the challenge rules, click the Monthly Challenge button to enter.

For full supply list and a bonus card, visit my blog: Escape To Stamping.

 

All occasion floral card

Hi,

Cindy here with another card created using the beautiful Poinsettia digi stamp by Rachel Vass Designs.  This serves as an all occasion card, so I didn't put any particular sentiment on the card front.

Rachel Vass Designs is our sponsor this month.  Do hop over to her store to check out her beautiful designs, I am sure you'd find you something that suits your next project!

Click our monthly challenge button on the right side bar to get all the challenge details.  I look forward to seeing your creations in the challenge gallery!

For full supply list, please visit my blog:  Escape To Stamping.

Thanks for coming over.  Have a sweet day!

  

Tone On Tone Big Birthday Take 2

 Happy Monday everyone,

Cindy here to share another Tone On Tone card featuring Birch Press Design Big Birthday Sugar Script die.

I used some happy yellow tones to stencil my front panel, and the Big Birthday is done with yellow tone on tone.

Do come over to join in this month's Tone On Tone challenge.  Winner will receive $20 gift card to Birch Press Design who is our lovely sponsor this month.

For more details of my card, you could visit my blog:  Escape To Stamping.

Have a lovely day!

Tiled Valentine

Hello everyone,

Cindy here to share another inspiration for this month's challenge:  Holidays!

Cheapo Dies is our sponsor this month.  They have increased their inventory with the addition of well  known die brands like Altenew, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Memory Box, Sizzix, Hero Arts, PoppyStamps, Lawn Fawn and a whole lot more.  Be sure to check Cheapo Dies out here.

Cheapo Dies offers a $15 gift certificate as the prize for our challenge winner.

Now about my card.  A few days ago I used Altenew Graden Trellis Cover Die (available at Cheapo Dies) for my project, and I am left with lots of the negative pieces.  Today I made use of them to create a Valentine card.

I used the same cover die along with a silicone mat to sandwich the card front and pass thru the die cut machine to created the embossed pattern/grid.  Then I glue the colored left over pieces on top and coated with Sprinkled Sugar for a bit of shine.  Lastly I stamped the sentiment in black.

For further details, hop over to my blog:  Escape To Stamping.

Thanks for stopping by!

Handful of Tulips

Hello,

Cindy here to share another project created using Rachel Vass Designs' Handful of Tulips.  

Today I used the main design and did some noline watercoloring.

For detail supply list, please visit my blog:  Escape To Stamping

Rachel Vass Designs is our sponsor this month, challenge winner would get to pick three digi stamp from her Etsy store.  This month's challenge theme is:  Flowers.  I hope I've inspired you to join in the challenge fun!!

July's Winner Sponsored by Cheapo Dies

 Announcing the Winner of a  $15 gift certificate:

The winner will be a very happy camper.  Be sure to check Cheapo Dies out here.

Our prize winner is # 53 - CimbacreativefunPlease contact Die Cut Divas at thedcdivas@gmail.com so we may send your email address to our sponsor.

DT Favorites follow:

Cindy certainly had a difficult time to choose a favorite, she had many!!  But finally picked #38 Linda W's 

classic watercolored poinsettia card.

Arlene had a hard time choosing a favorite as there were so many amazing cards, but finally chose this fun card from #108, 

Helen F at Moments of Crafting.  Arlene loved Santa in his shorts.

Dawn really loved this one by Meghan.  

Combining Coffee and Gnomes - what fun!   

 

 Michelle loved this awesome card by #20 sarascloset-

 

Have fun crafting - The Die Cut Divas 

Let's Meet Soon

Hello there,

Cindy here to share another project using digi stamps available at Chic Chickadee Crafts, our sponsor this March's challenge: Anything Goes.

I used images from two digi sets, Farm House (the cotton bouquet and sugar) and Hug In A Mug (coffee cup) to create my Let's Meet Soon scene.   I printed the images, watercolored, hand cut, and adhere to a Lattice Frame Cut die mounted on a colored card stock.  And added a sentiment stripe.

I hope I've inspired you come and join in our challenge this month.  Challenge prize is $20 gift card to the Chic Chickadee Crafts Store.

Supplies:

Sugartree Stamps Farm House digi stamp set (at Chic Chickadee Crafts)

Sugartree Stamps Hug In A Mug digi stamp set (at Chic Chickadee Crafts)

Altenew Watercolors 36 Pan Set

Altenew Coffee Love Stamp Set

WPlus9 Lattice Frame Die

Bugaboo Autumn Fox Thanksgiving

November's challenge theme is Thanksgiving or Thank You. 

Our sponsor is Bugaboo Digi Stamp and it offers a $12.00 gift code which is approx. 4 images.

My project today features the Autumn Fox.  I think it's really cute.

You could find the detailed supply list on my blog:  Escape To Stamping.

Thanks for stopping by.  And I look forward to seeing your creations in our challenge gallery.  Click "This Month's Challenge" button on the right side bar for more details and link up.

Fall Colored Bouquet

Frantic Stamper is our fantastic sponsor for October and the winner will receive a fantastic die.  Here it is!

Priced at $25.99 - Prize for October

The challenge for October is Fall or Fall Colors.  You can work with the wonderful Fall colors or any holidays in October - for Americans, it's Halloween, so work your FALL MAGIC for us.

Frantic Stamper has so much to offer, stencils, stamps and dies.  We want to showcase some of the products along our month-long journey through October.  Frantic Stamper carries their own brand as well as many other well known brands, such as Altenew, Elizabeth Craft Designs, and Hero Arts.

For my project today I am inspired by wonderful golden/orange palette of the Fall foliage.  

I have an alcohol inked panel left over from another project and I want to use it differently.

So I die cut it with Altenew Layered Floral Elements Dies and created a Fall colored bouquet.  For the background panel I dry embossed it with a Hero Arts Flag Pattern Stencil.

I also layered my bouquet with some vellum die cuts to give it some 'air' and movement, otherwise the alcohol inked pieces look rather dense.  I embellished the bouquet with a few art pearls.

Supplies:

Altenew Layered Floral Element Dies at Frantic Stamper 

Hero Arts Flag Pattern Stencil at Frantic Stamper

Silver Anniversary

Hello everybody,

I am so happy to be guest designing for Die Cut Divas today.  This month's challenge:  Love is in the Air .... love, marriage, anniversary.  And the sponsor is one of my favorite Hero Arts.

For my project I made an anniversary card.  It is going to be the 25th wedding anniversary later this year for yours truely!  :)  What better time to get a head start then now right?! 

I experimented with the stencil and made two backgrounds.  See it on my blog:  Escape To Stamping.

Supplies for my card:

Hero Arts Classic Number Frame Cut

Hero Arts Love Swirls Stencil

Hero Arts Floral Heart Stamp & Cut by Lia

Avery Elle Simply Said: Happy

Hero Arts Pigment Ink Unicorn

VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad

Silver Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder

sequins

Thanks for tuning in.

Cindy and the Die Cut Divas

Thanks

Our theme this month "Give Thanks"  and our sponsor is a2z Scrapbooking.  Did you know that a2z are the sole retailer for Hero Arts digital images.

Today I have used a Digital set called "Chalkboard Frames and Messages" to make my card

For my background I used Hero Arts Asian Flowers stencil with some HA pale purple and blue inks.   I printed and fussy cut the Thanks label.  My butterflies are from an older Hero Arts stamp and die set.  I used Copic markers to colour them.   My card base was made with a Catherine Pooler Designs die.

Do come and join us with your cards of Thanks.

Dawn & the Divas

I dream of purple snowflakes

Happy Sunday everybody!

I think we all want to stretch our Christmas/Winter theme craft supplies.  Today I used a snowflake die to embellish my card.  Let's get right to it.

I colored the Bugaboo Digi Stamp - Puppy Girl image with coloring pencils.  The girl has purple hair, I was inspired by the daughter of my friend, she had purple hair at one point and I thought that was cool.  I added stickles to her grey pants, and the bow in her hair and on the puppy.  And I embellished with some purple glitter paper snowflakes die cut using Poppy Stamps Die - Frozen Flakes.

Remember our July Challenge theme is Make It Glitter, and our sponsors are:

Bugaboo Dig Stamps

and

Dies R Us

I hope you would join in the fun and play along.

Supplies:

Bugaboo Digi Stamps - Puppy Girl
Poppy Stamps Die - Frozen Flakes at Dies R Us
Coloring Pencils
Ranger Stickles (Diamond)
Studio G Glitter-Glue (Blue)

Cindy and the Die Cut Divas

Birthday Snowglobe

Hi everybody,

Our wonderful sponsors for July are:

Dies R Us 

& 

Bugaboo Digital Stamps

For today's card, I use the Snowglobe Butterfly (from Bugaboo Digital Stamps) to make a shape card.  And I adorned it with Marcel Flower (available at Dies R Us).

I need a birthday card, so I replaced the sentiment by another.  The snowglobe is coloured with Copics markers.  I used Wing of Stella for subtle shimmer, then I used stickles on the butterflies and bubbles.  The flower is die cut using some shimmery paper, and I slightly sponged on some colours.  

You could see the glitter in this close up photo.

Supplies:

Bugaboo Digital Stamp: Snowglobe Butterfly

Poppystamps Dies: Marcel Flower at Dies R Us

Hero Arts Stamp: Many Birthday Wishes

Copics Markers (RV63,RV65,Y15,Y17,B12)

Ranger Distress Ink: Peeled Paint

Ranger Stickles: Diamond

Versacolor Pigment Ink: Raspberry

Cindy and the Die Cut Divas

Stand up for Spring

Happy Sunday everybody,

How are you enjoying the new Spring?  I've made an easel card today hence the post title!  :D

Our sponsors this month are:

Dies R Us and Bugaboo Digi Stamps:

 I used the lovely Rose Tag digi stamp from Bugaboo Digi Stamps and the Impression Obsession - Butterfly Set which can be found at Dies R Us for my card.  Let's take a look:

I coloured the image with colouring pencils, and smooth with a bit of solvent.  I prop it up on an easel card base covered with pattern paper.  Embellished with butterflies that's been die cut from Sookwang on white CS, then adhered with glitter.

Here's a couple of close up:

Supplies:

Bugaboo Digi Stamps: Rose Tag

Impression Obsession cutting die: Butterfly Set

Avery Elle stamp: Simply Said: Happy

Lawn Fawn cutting die: Stitched Labels

Colouring pencils

Memento Dye Ink (Tuxedo Black)

Sookwang
Elizabeth Craft Design Microfine Glitter (Diamond)

Cindy and the Die Cut Divas

Manu's balcony!!!

Hi gals!!!

:)

Oh, my balcony...

DETAIL : China ink on paper.

With an Aristo pen.

:)

how about that gals??

This blog it's so ...abandoned.... :(

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Luv, Manu World