DCWV Forever and Always!

This paper stack is SO SWEET!

First off, it's black and white with silvers and greys, with some pages embossed in such a way that it is the most elegant paper with a modern twist!

So you know I love it!

Then there's that romantic element....   aaaahhhh...

so very lovely.

Watch the release video here!

This is destined to be one of my favorites for a very long time!

Can you see the printed detail in the background paper?

I can't imagine a prettier paper for anniversaries, weddings, and
any romantic occasion!

With the Spellbinder dies, this was an easy 30 minute card!

 

Supplies:

Papers; DCWV, "Always and Forever"

Dies: Spellbinders, "Labels Seventeen", and "Fleur de Lis Squares"

Bling: Imaginisce



DCWV- First Card Challenge!

Yippee!

Erin Madsen, from Die Cuts With A View, has announced that she is starting a new sketch challenge at the
DCWV Diary blog!

CARDS!

Yes, now there is yet another way to win some great papers from DCWV!

April Stack-A-holic Challenge Card Sketch

I use a lot of these wonderful papers on my cards,
as anyone following my blog has noticed!

BRIGHT, CHEERFUL, FUN!
This particular paper is from the Celebration Stack!
Love that it is neither boy or girl specific!
The banner is actually direct from a page that has numerous types of banners printed right on it. All you have to do is trim however you like!
Easy, right?
I just added a bit of twine and baubles.

I finished the inside off with a simple banner, cut again from the banner pattern in the stack, and stamped a little birthday wish!

Thanks again, Erin, for thinking of those of us who make cards AND layouts!
I had so much fun creating this!
Happy Weekend, everyone!

Off to a New Year with Imaginisce!

I decided that one of my New Year's resolutions was to start doing more layouts, and not concentrating completely on cards! I have really slacked off journaling my life around me, and have perhaps escaped into cardmaking for everyone else.
So, when I saw the monthly color challenge at Imaginisce, I "challenged" myself. I have little of their DP left at this point, so it was really interesting seeing what I could come up with using only Imaginisce products!

"Hayden in Scottsdale"

I combined several collections-Polar Expressions, "Frosted Forest", and "Fun Drops", with Apple Cider (where I inked the brown woodgrain leaves).
I used my I-Top and covered four Braddies, two with denim, and two with holiday fabric.
I also used the "Tickets" stamp from the Snag "Em line and heat embossed them in red.
Blue cardstock is Bazzill Basics, and the rub-ons are some very old Making Memories.

And, yep, that's our winter!  The temps will dip down in the low 40's some nights, but basically, the days will recover and reach the high to mid 60's.
It sounds great now, but ask me how I feel about it in the summer when we're seeing 110 degrees for the 30th day in a row! LOL!

I am submitting this layout at Imaginisce Monthly Challenge for December! as I can really use some newer Imaginisce papers!

Weekly Waltzing Mouse Challenge!

This week's Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge was such a simple one, yet left so many options... sometimes it's just easier to have fewer decisions to make!  LOL!

I love the whole western look of the Vintage Labels #18, this particular one reminding me always of a cowboy's belt buckle.

I have used it several times and always loved the outcome!

And the fact that it is made to work with the Spellbinder's Labels #18 is fantastic!

Easy Peasy!

Here's a close-up of the heat-embossed "buckle".

I chose to make it girly so that I could send it to any one of my gal friends

out here in Arizona who knows well the term,

"Cowgirl Up!"

Also, entered into TEXTURE challenge at "Do You Stack Up?"
and the weekly challenge at Kraft Journal!

Imaginisce, Pulling out all the old collections!

For this one, I had to root through all of my Imaginisce papers to get just the right rainbow of colors.  A lot of what I have is Christmas....not working so much for this card.

I followed the sketch over at Sketch Saturday and had already decided on a BEACH theme.  The chipboard shapes made it so simple to put together a fast and cheerful card!  So glad Summer's here, but it's gonna get blazing hot here in the desert very soon!

Supplies:
Imaginisce papers from Teacher's Pet, Garden Party, Spooky Town, and Wild Things  (I told you I had to root!)
Stamps: Studio G
Copics Markers

Card entered in challenges at:

Imaginisce (Color and Lyrics challenge)
PaperCutz (Beach/Travel)
Sketch Saturday