Pinterest Inspired at Die Cuttin' Divas

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome back for another Die Cuttin' Diva Challenge. Last week's "Favorite Color"  challenge was a BIG hit. What an astonishing amount of fabulous submissions. Thank you for joining us each week! This post will be my first one for today and another one will follow later this morning, so PLEASE be sure to check back!

This Week's Challenge...

Pinterest Inspired

Here is my Design Team project...

A co-worker asked me to make a sunflower card, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to browse through Pinterest. Such vibrant pictures (pins) being shared! I found one I liked (see photo below mine) that I used for inspiration.

This is the card I chose as my Pinterest Inspiration.

Two sunflowers side by side (They represent mother and child).

I was worried I wasn't going to like the ribbon stems, but I actually like it!

A small sunflower was added to bottom right corner on the inside. I used Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge (p. 65) to cut the yellow petals and a 3/4" circle punch for the center. Enjoy!

Other Materials:

cream, brown, yellow card stock

distressing folder

green ribbon w trim

Hope you will join us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week for our "Pinterest Inspired" challenge. The other design team members have done a fantastic job with their creations, so be sure to check them out!

Hope you will join the challenge this week!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana 

Flower Honor

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hoping you are having a great day. I decided to make a card today in honor of Diana's (DL.Art) birthday coming up (this one is not for her...that is a surprise still). Her favorite color is green, so I wanted to use that as the main color. The splash of orange is my daughter's favorite color. They do look good together.  

I really like the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge and I seem to overlook using it. There are so many options (see below) for layering and framing.

Materials:

Raspberry Road Designs paper

white and green cardstock

Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge~ oblong mat (p. 63) cut at 4 3/4 - 4"

Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge ~ numerous cuts 

green crinkle ribbon

orange, yellow, and green buttons

white brad

This weekend is going to be extremely busy. Kyle moves home from college for only 3 weeks, we set up for the Eagle Ceremony Saturday morning, the Pampered Chef party is Saturday afternoon, and Sunday is the Eagle Scout Ceremony. What a way to end summer vacation!

Time to get back into a routine!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Vibrant Summer Colors

Happy Diva Tuesday!

Today brings another challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas and what better way to celebrate than with a new project.

Our challenge this week is...

Summer Colors ~ Red, Orange, and Yellow

My Design Team project...

I am really excited because one of my goals this summer was to try and make more shape cards. So far, so good!

I tried a round shaped card from Birthday Bash and it fits into an invitation envelope (4 3/4" X 6 1/2") perfectly. One day I am going to figure out how to use my Gypsy to make welded shaped cards. You know what? I am adding that to my list of goals right now!

That quill pen was difficult to find, but it sure makes rolling these flowers so much easier!

The inside is decorated with the same scalloped look.

Materials:

red, orange, and yellow papers are from box of scraps

white card stock

Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge ~ variety of flower pieces cut at 3"

Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge ~ card base (p. 43) cut at 4 1/2" and layers cut at 5 1/4", 5", and 4 1/2" 

orange and white polka dot ribbon

orange pearl

This Week's Sponsor...

~ Bugaboo Stamps ~ 

Looking forward to seeing all those projects you create this week.

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

I Thought of You Today

Hello Crafty Friends,

So glad you stopped by!

 I have been working on my summer crafting goals and thinking about how to celebrate my 2nd blogoversary, which is next week. I know there will be goodies, but I am still deciding how many and what type. More information will be posted within the next couple of days, so be sure to check back often. 

Carri (Abusybee) and I are having fun challenging each other again. While the hubbies have been relaxing we decided to find some challenges (listed below) that we could work on together. 

Here is my project...

First, we chose a sketch for the layout of our card. Then we found a couple color challenges...one required purple and then we found another that required two colors.   

 We added embossing (dry and heat), ribbon, and a punch. Lastly, we included a banner for our sentiment. I learned that I need to use heat embossing more often. It always looks so nice, but you have to apply the right amount of pressure to the stamp...not too hard or it smudges and not too light or some of the letters are missing. 

Materials:

purple and white cardstock

kraft paper

purple striped paper

Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge

Quic Kutz embossing folder

purple crinkle ribbon by 3Girl JAM

purple flower brad

floral edge punch by Martha Stewart 

Thinking of You stamp by Cardz TV

lilac embossing powder by Stampendous

brown ink  

Challenges:

DL Art:  2 colors, ribbon,and embossing

Cute Card Thursday: Use a Punch

Crop Stop: Banners

Hiding in my Craft Room: Heat embossing

Stampin Sisters in Christ: Reflects You

2 Sisters: Stripes and/or Plaid

Little Scrap Pieces: Use Purple

Card Patterns: Sketch

Here is another card...

I used the same sketch and the color purple.

Materials:

My Mind's Eye paper ~ Graceful paper stack

Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge

purple crinkle ribbon by Karen at Little Scrap Pieces

silver brad

lilac pearls

Looking forward to the next time we can challenge each other. I always have so much fun!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana