A java valentine!

Hello everyone! Today I'm posting a valentine card I made and sent to my folks in TX and adding to some challenges (it's been a hot minute since I've played along). I'm hoping its the start of more now that I'm settling into a new job. (Fingers crossed I stay active with creating and sharing!) Anywho... my folks and I are some coffee drinkers, so thought this would be a cute one for them! Also this the first card I've shared that isn't for a design team in a long time.

I used distress oxide inks to create the blended background. The coffee cups colored to coordinate are from Lawn Fawn (Love You A Latte Stamps & Dies). I used the chunky heart panel die from Simon Says stamp for the white layer and an older Hero Arts Die set for the sentiment and little black hearts. Covered the black hearts with glossy accents and added some sequins and gems to finish the card with a little a bling! I loved how it turned out!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day! 

Monica

#StayCrafty challenge

Happy Little Stampers- Anything goes with dies
DiesRus Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- Love is in the Air

TicTacToe- Red, Free, Die Cut (diagonal) 

DCD- little fox

Today's card is my last card for our masculine challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's. Our wonderful sponsor for September is Dies R Us. 

I couldn't wait to use this cute fox from Waffle Flower, I immediately visioned him playing with the pumpkin on his back. After stamping him I added some shadow with copics before die cutting the image and layering with pattern paper. I popped the die cut frame up with foam tape and added the panel to the card base.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica

Supplies:

lawn Fawn- Say Cheese

Waffle Flower- Hello Fall

DCD- Camper

Popping in with a post for the Die Cut Diva's and our Masculine Challenge.I mad this card for both of my parents as a thank you. They hosted some of our cub scouts for a camp out and we were able to watch the meteor shower, back in Aug. We've dub their property Camp Caldwell, it was a great weekend!

I used a die cut rectangle as my panel and added some distress inks to the background for my ground and sky. I stamped and die cut both the bear and lantern from kraft cardstock, then used copics to color them. The bears shirt and tent were stamped on a pattern paper and fussy cut. I stamped the tent directly on my background and then adhered the plaid tent directly on top. 

I added my panel to the card base and used pop dots to adhere the lantern and bear. Once they were in place I decided to hand draw a little sign for Camp Caldwell. Mom and dad seemed to both like the card. Hope you all will too.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

MFT- diagonal stitch rectangles

Distress ink-

Hero Arts- 

Copics

Pattern paper

star sequins

DCD- Ship in a bottle

Today's card is my first card for the Die Cut Diva's September challenge. Our theme this month is masculine and our wonderful sponsor is Dies R Us. My card is going to be used as a birthday card, both my hubby and father in law have birthdays this month. I now need to work on card number 2! 

I started my card by stamping the jar and the images inside. Before I die cut the jar I colored my little jar scene using Copic markers. I used a sketch to put my card together and picked some nautical themed papers I had in my stash to put the card together. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Summetrime Charm Stamp and Die (Jar) 

                      Lovable Legends Stamp (ship and waves)

Copics

Stampin' Up- pattern paper (retired)

Cardstock- white and gray

DCD- New year!!!!

I can't believe it is already the last day of 2016!!! The year has flown by. I decided to make a few New Year cards to celebrate. A big thank you to our sponsor on the Die Cut Diva's blog this month DiesRUs!!!

For my trio of cards I used the same stamps and dies, I just changed the layout and colors.

I used the Twisted citron and salty ocean distress inks to highlight the numbers. I adhered the panel on foam to the cardbase. I added some wink of stella to the numbers and stars for a little sparkle.

For cards 2 and 3 I used abandoned coral and squeezed lemonade distress inks for my colors. I have wink of stella on the numbers on both cards as well as on the stars.

I used the numbers that were left over from the first two cards and layered them for dimension on the last card.

Here is a closer look as I tried to show the sparkle...

Thank you for stopping by and have a Happy New Year!!!

Monica 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Louie's 123's

Distress inks

Wink of stella

DCD- Merry Christmas

Today's post is for the Die Cut Diva's and we are sponsored by Dies R Us. Our theme is layer it...

I used a die to create window to get more layers with out a lot of extra bulk.

I started by stamping my images and coloring the deer and presents with colored pencils. I used my dies for the bench and light, but fussy cut the other images. I did stamp and color two of the green presents, so that I could layer one with a pop dot on top of the other. I die cut the window out of my panel and used it to layer all of my pieces in the right area. Once all my images were adhered on the cardbase, I stamped my sentiment on the panel and then layered it on the top of the card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica

I'm also going to link this card up to the last Lawnscaping Challenge. :-( So sad to see this challenge go after 5 years. It was always a fun challenge to play along with when I could!

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Toboggan together, Winter in the park (stamp and die)

MyFavoriteThings- PeekaBoo window

Hillside town...

Today's post is for the Die Cut Diva's challenge. Our challenge is Layer it and our wonderful sponsor is DiesRUs



My first card this month...

I started by stamping my image (Stampendous) on watercolor cardstock and used distress markers with a water brush to color it in. Once it was dried I die cut as much of the image I could with a stitched oval die from Lawn Fawn. I used two layers of foam tape to pop my image piece up from the card. 

Looking forward to see what you share with us for out Layered or layer it challenge this month!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica and the Die Cut Diva's

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- stitched oval dies

Ranger- Distress markers

Stampendous- image

Wink of Stella- with water in it 

Glittered Sunflowers

Today I'm sharing the last card for the Diva's make it glitter challenge this month. I just want to say thanks to our wonderful sponsors Bugaboo stamps and Dies R Us.

I decided to use Lawn Fawn products that can found at DieRUs to say thanks!

I used an old wink of stella that I've refilled with water to water color my stamped images with distress markers. I stamped an extra flower on a separate sheet of watercolor paper to color and die cut. Adhered my watercolor panel and pattern paper to my card base, before adding my die cut sunflower.

Here is a closer look at my popped up flower and the shimmery watercolor! Just love all the shimmer!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Our Friendship Grows stamps and Dies

Wink of Stella

Distress Markers

watercolor paper

Umbrella teddy

Hello everyone, here is a card for the Die Cut Diva's blog our theme is make it glitter. I just added a hint of it in a few places.

I colored my image with colored pencils, die cut the image from cardstock and layered with some glitter paper that I used distress ink on for color. I layered all my pieces on the card. I added stickles to the rain and to the trim on the umbrella. 

Here is a close up of the glitter...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Bugaboo- Umbrella teddy

Coffee saves lives...

Today I'm poppin' up with a post for the Die Cut Diva's! Our June challenge is " make it glittery" and we have two wonderful sponsors, Bugaboo Stamps and Dies R Us. Hope you pop over to the blog and join us for this months challenge!

After printing this JJ Coffee image from Bugaboo I colored here in with colored pencils and trimmed her out. I used some Ground Coffee distress ink and the splatters stencil from Tim Holtz, then embossed the panel. I adhered the panel to a white cardbase. I used some foam adhesive to attach my image panel and once it was attached I went to town adding glitter glue!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Pot of gold..

Here is my first card for the Die Cut Diva's and our Something Spring challenge. Our wonderful sponsors this month are fabulous DiesRUs and Bugaboo stamps. For more on the prizes and to link up for to the challenge see our main post here.

I started my card by coloring my digi image with colored pencils, before die cutting the panel. Then I die cut an accent panel out of metallic green cardstock. Before putting the card together I decided to emboss one more panel out of a metallic gold cardstock and then adhered all the layers together.

I hope you play along with out something spring challenge, can't wait to see what everyone has to share with us! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Bugaboo- Peeker March

MFT-Double Stitch rectangle STAX

We R Memory Keepers- Classic embossing folder

Misc- Prisma Colored pencils, metallic cardstock, cardstock

Keep Cozy

Today's card is for our challenge over at Die Cut Diva's and it uses an argyle patter on it. What's more warm and cozy than a warm sweater?!  I love the stamp set I used to day it's great for backgounds any time of the year. I am also linking this to the Lawnscaping Challenge. 

I started off by stamping the stitched diamonds in dark gray and then the diamond patterns in two shades of blue. I added the die cut stitching above, below and in the middle of my stamping. Heat embossed my sentiment and a wood veneer snowflake in silver, then decided I wanted my stitching to be silver too. I layered my panel onto navy card stock. I finished it off by adhering a stitched snowflake with the embossed snowflake to the card.

Here is a closer look...  

Thanks for stopping by, we can't wait to see all your warm and cozy creations!

Monica 

Lawnscaping Challenge: 

Supplies:
Lawn Fawn- Argyle Backdrops, Stitched snowflakes and Stitched borders
Memento- Teal Zeal, Nautical Blue and Tuxedo Black
Versa Mark
Recollections- cardstock and silver embossing powder

Warm Wishes

I'm here today with a card for the Die Cut Divas blog. This month our challenge theme is warm and cozy. Our wonderful sponsor this month is DiesRus!

For my card I thought how fun would it be to have a sandcastle made of snow. 

I stamped my images on a die cut oval and then colored them, adding a little yellow in the windows for warmth. Stamped some snowflakes in the background. To give it more of a snowy look I used dry distress stickles. 

Here are some closer looks at the snowy glitter.

I think the sandcastle warms up the snowy scene!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Life is Good, Small stitched Ovals, Argyle backdrops (sentiment) Critters in the Snow (snowflakes) and Toboggan Together (snowflakes)

Memento- Sky Blue and Gray Flannel

Misc- Copics and Distress glitter

Thanks

Today's card is the last for the Die Cut Diva's and our July challenge. With a huge thanks to our sponsor...

For my card I die cut and colored the pieces with copics before putting the pieces back in the border die. I then adhered it to the card base and stamped the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Avery Elle- Chevron Border Die

Lawn Fawn- A Good Apple

Misc- Copics and cardstock

Life's a picnic...

Today's card is part of the DieCut Divas blog. Our sponsor this month is DiesRUs and the theme is summer and/ or patriotism. 

They have a variety of dies and some stamps too! Not to mention they offer great shipping rates with the orders. Check them out and don't forget to play along for a chance to win!

Today's summer theme is a picnic, my middle son loves to have picnics. We don't have a spread like this when we have them, but it sure would be yummy!

Using some green cardstock I used the hillside die three times and distressed the edges with ink. I then added them to the card base. I die cute the scallop piece and stamped the gingham on top. Stamped and colored the food before die cutting them out too. I added the trail of ants in the background and one on the blanket. Then I started adhering the the elements on the card base.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:
Lawn Fawn- Let's BBQ stamps and dies, Happy Summer stamps, Gingham backdrops, Stitched Hillside/               Stitched Border dies
Sizzix- Card, Scalloped circle insert
Memento- Tuxedo black and Rose Red Luxe inks
Ranger- Twisted Citron distress ink
Misc.- Copics, cardstock

Happy 4th

Happy 4th of July!!!

Die Cut Diva's Blog

Dies R Us

To make the card I die cut my frame and using the center stamped the images. Ran my red cardstock with an embossing folder through my cuttlebug. After adhering my elements to the panel, I added some sequins to jazz it up a bit.

I will link this card to Addicted to CAS

Thanks for stopping by, have a happy and safe 4th of July!

Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Happy 4th, Say Cheese die

Memento- Bermuda blue, sterling

Close to my Heart- Cranberry ink

Misc.- Cardstock, sequins

Beach scene

Hello and happy first day of July everyone! I can't believe it's July already. That means that there is a new challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's blog. This months theme is all about summer and patriotism! So many possible ideas for summer... picnics, swimming, vacations etc... Stop by the Die Cut Divas blog and play along for a chance to win.

Our sponsor this month is Dies R Us. You should head over and check out their online store. They have a

lot of brand options to chose from and the shipping rates are good for both USA and international customers!

My first card for the month is a beach theme. It was one of the first things that popped in my head when I heard the word summer.

For my card I did a center stair step card to set my scene. I cut my patterned paper to size, die cut my sand and adhered it all to the card. I then stamped, colored and die cut my images. Using some more pattern paper and a piece of vellum I punched the waves. After I got all my pieces attached, I stamped some birds and the sentiment.

It's still setting in my craft area at the moment as decor!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Life is Good stamps and dies and Float My Boat

EK Success- Wave border punch

Misc.-Copics, cardstock, and pattern paper