Big Giveaway at DCWV!

Go to DCWV Diary blog

to see how you can win some amazing papers!

 

 

Also, Blue Moon Beads,

a subsidiary of DCWV is giving away some fantastic goodies!

 

Comments are all that are required!

Join us in looking towards a wonderful

New Year with some terrific new product!

 

Good luck!

~Jan~



Traditional Christmas cards from DCWV!

Holiday Greetings!

More Christmas goodness from

DCWV!

"Traditional Holiday" stack goodness,
that is!

 

Beads and pendant are "Blue Moon".

Here's another quick card made from the same stack!

The flower was die cut from the "Heirloom Christmas" stack.


All other pattern papers are "Traditional Holiday"
Simple and easy...

Just BELIEVE...

The new "Crafty Christmas" paper stack

from

DCWV

has so many cool papers!

 

Some of which are these wonderful clear and light blue embossed

snowflake craft pages!

 

And so many cute embossed images papers!

Like these little ornaments that I cut out and dangled on the card with the tiny gold chain from

Blue Moon Beads!

 

I simply couldn't RESIST inking up that craft paper!

 

 I also felt it needed a bit of "snow" to show off those beauties...

 

This stack has so many possibilities! You could make dozens of cards without switching stacks at all!

 

 

 

HAVE FUN!

You are my true North....

Ever feel this way about someone?

Someone who can make you feel better when all else fails?

 

I love this stamp by

Stamp-It Australia

"A Map"

available at Crafter's Companion!

 

 

I heat embossed the stamped map image with Stampendous' Bark embossing powder.

 

The stick pin I hand made and inserted it through the center hole where I had placed a red metal eyelet. It really adds some pop and texture, along with the wrapped twine!

 

Simple, fast, but elegant at the same time.

 



Santa's been framed!

 

These new vintage papers from

DCWV

"The Traditional Holiday"

are the prettiest ever!

I love the way they capture the feeling of an old Victorian holiday!

 

 

 

 

 

I took a repurposed frame and crackle painted it, highlighting the raised areas with gold.  I used the Spellbinders, "Poinsettia" die and cut the flowers, edging them with gold paint.

 

The gorgeous green and gold pendant is from Blue Moon, along with the gold chain that supports the little sentiment/date hangings.

 

This stack has quickly become my favorite Christmas paper!

 

See the video of all of the new release stacks at

Michael's here!

 

 

 

 



Vintage Holiday House...

I don't know if anyone likes vintage as much as I do...

No, I'm sure some of you do!

 

So, I also know that you are going to love these new

DCWV

Christmas papers as much as I do!

Old vintage images on kraft paper, soft holiday colors...

I love everything about this stack!

 

  

 

 

The beautiful house image is printed directly onto the paper and surrounded by this gorgeous gold embossed frame. Along with swirls, snowflakes, and borders in gold, these papers make your holiday cards so easy to make!

 

I also had to grab some Blue Moon Beads for my bow embellishment!

Aren't those yummy?

 

 

Just wait until you see the other perfectly vintage images on these pages!

Santa, Christmas trees, gifts, the list goes on...

this is my favorite stack of the season...well, so far...  lol!

 

"The Traditional Holiday" is available at Michael's now!

Entered in the "Homeward Bound" challenge at
"Scrap It With A Song..."

 

 



Scor-Pal is my pal!

Welcome to the

DCWV and Scor-Pal Hop!

 

Today I am demonstrating how my Scor-Pal score board makes my card making so easy!

 

Rather than just a simple gate-fold card, I like to occasionally throw in a

double gate-fold box card.

 

This can be as thin as 1/4 inch, which allows for you to add small dimensional elements to the inside sentiment/decoration of your project!

 

"Autumn Splendor"

 

First, accurately scoring and cutting your 12 x 12 pattern paper is key.

For this simple card layout,

I use one sheet of two-sided paper as both my base AND pretty background for my card.

This is also where using a very heavy, high-grade paper is important.

DCWV stacks are such quality products that they serve perfectly for these projects.

 

Wrong side up, score 3" from all four sides.

Then cut out the corners and

follow up by scoring 1/4 inch from the first scores...

towards the outer edge of your paper.

That's the easiest, fastest way for me to do it.

 

This will make a 1/4" THICK card when folded.

 

I hope you can see it in this photo.

 

This will leave the front flaps about 1/2" apart when closing the card. I either leave this as is and add some eyelets to the flaps and tie with ribbon,

OR

do as I did with this card, and add several layers of matching paper including punched scalloped layers, and ribbon to lengthen the front top flap.

 

 

The little Blue Moon metal pendant was hung from the bow, with a resin flower glued to its' center.

 

 

 

For the inside, I used Scor-Tape to adhere pattern paper.

This holds so well, and instantly! No waiting for glue to dry!

 

 

The leaves were cut from the Autumn Melody paper with my Cricut and the sentiment is one I found on the web.

Spellbinder Labels Nine was perfect to showcase my sentiment!

And notice that the 1/4" depth gives me the option of adding a bit of dimension to my card! You could add as much or as little as you like!

 

 

These cards could be saved and displayed as "shadow boxes" by your recipients.

 

 

 

Candle is for display only!

Never light a candle near paper!

 

Hope you enjoyed my simple tutorial and will start going "out of the box"

with your card projects!

 

 Enjoy the rest of the hop,
and please leave commetns as you go!



Introducing Sky!

Today my card showcases an adorable little Toread nymph by the name of

 

"Sky".

 

She is cute, precocious, and very worldly.

 

I have visions of her scurrying around from here to there, crossing oceans and forests, without anyone being the wiser...

 

 

They may be "mythological" , but just like the unicorns and elves, fairies and gnomes,

do we really, truly believe they never existed?

LOL!  I 'd like to think they did, and still do, in some far away corner of the world.

 

 

I may only get as far as across this country, but this card will deliver a message of exploration and excitement... well, for me , anyway.

 

 

Each and every Toread has its' own personality depending on how each person colors it!  Go crazy with your markers and see what you can do!

 

I had a blast using:

 

7 Gypsies papers

Alcohol-Based Markers

Stickles

Recollections Brads

Leaf Charm, Blue Moon Beads

Cotton cloth, Dollar Store

 

 

Bye!!

 



Showcasing "Bouquet de Fleur" by DCWV!

My layouts this month

are made with the luscious new stacks from

DCWV

"Bouquet de Fleur",

and, hopefully, demonstrates how very versatile this stack is!

 

My first page is a very sweet and "girly" layout!

 

 

I fussy-cut the pink swirls from the pattern paper.

I wanted to take the elements of the adorable photos and bring them into my colors and embellishments. Hence, the tulle ruffled ribbon, quilt-like squares of pattern papers, and the large purple resin flower. The baby's momma is always saying how quickly the time goes by with her little ones, so I added the sweet, little clockface charm from the

Blue Moon Beads', "Trinket Shoppe" collection.

 

 

 

You can find the papers and the charms at your local Michael's.

 

The rhinestone swirls are from my Zva stash,

and the white satin flowers I've had for years.
 

 

My second layout is a more masculine one 

of her older child.

 

 

It is so hard for me to look at these photos and not be a little sad...

I babysat this adorable little boy from the time he was 3 months old until he was 16 months old. I shared with him learning to crawl, talk, walk, and felt as close to him as my own grandson.

He is getting so grown-up now.  He still calls me "Nanna Jan", and we get together as often as time allows.  How I envy my friend (their Momma) being able to stay home with these two precious children. They really are angels!

 

This stack has so many options, as you can see by these pages.

The plaid lent itself perfectly with the pattern on the tie,

and the green fussy-cut leaves fit well with the outdoor scene,

along with the jute twine and silk leaves.

Again, to add to the "time passing quickly" theme, I hung a small clock face from the same Blue Moon collection on the layout.

 

I am slowly getting back into scrapbooking the photos that I hold dear to me, and will surely start doing more if I continue to receive gorgeous photos like these on a regular basis!  Cards are fun, but the memories that these will preserve are priceless!
 

 

Thanks for letting me share with you today!

Now, time to start making your own memories!

And DCWV papers are the best place to begin!



Java, anyone?

DCWV

has so many terrific paper stacks,

but this one keeps making it's way into my hot little hands!

I love the shiny, metallic embossed fall pattern

in Autumn Melody!

 

And the tag sheets in the paper stacks makes throwing together a

card or layout so very quick and easy.

 

 

This card is one of my extra-special ones!

 

It has "Smell-a-vision"!!! 

 If you saw my earlier post this month, I demonstrated how to infuse the aroma of spices in your projects without burning/distorting them by getting the powders too hot.

This project was done very much the same way,

but I used instant coffee rather than spices.

 

 

Stamp your shape or image onto heavy scrap paper.

This time I used kraft cardstock...just happened to be convenient.

I stamped my heart image several times in case I didn't like one combination of chunky embossing powders, glitters, and instant coffee.

Mix the above ingredients, and sprinkle evenly over the paper,
enough to cover the area needed for your cut shapes.  (If you can stay within the lines, good! If not, just trim it up after)

I then melted it from the underside, NOT burning my fingers or the paper,

and then after cooling COMPLETELY, I cut out the heart shape that I wanted.

(If you want to see my earlier tutorial featuring pumpkin pie spices, go here.)

 

 

After securing my charms to the mug handle with ribbon, I glued down the aromatic heart.

Oh my goodness!

I'm not even much of a coffee drinker, but this smells amazing!

These adorable charms are from Blue Moon Beads, "Trinket Shoppe".

 

 

 This is sure to get someone's attention when they open the envelope!

This card is also entered into the "Glimmer and Sparkle" challenge at
 Simon Says Stamp.