Because I Love you Mom!

Hello everyone!

I hope you all enjoying your weekend!

Sadly it's been another wet one around here

but it looks like the sun has finally decided to come out and

hopefully is drying up the muddy yard a bit.

So while I'm waiting for the sun to do her job 

I decided to share with you my newest card,

"Because I Love you Mom",

my Mother's Day card for my Mom.

 Large gold foil background doily was cut with Spellbinders "Special Day Frame", 

S5-374 by Marisa Job.

 Flower and leaves are a layer of different flower peddles cut with

Spellbinders Die of the Month DOM-007 and 

a combination of punches.

 Medium white doily was cut with the Spellbinders "Brillante Rondelle" 

set by Amazing Paper Grace. 

On top of the medium doily I layered a gold and a white frame,

both cut with the "Special Day Frame" die.

The sentiment was stamped with Studio G stamp set " Best Mom", IC0110.

A special card for a special Mom!

I really love this layout and I think I will reuse it

for a few  Birthday card I need to make.

I hope you enjoyed looking around,

please come back often!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful week!

Diana

Spring Greetings and Happy Easter!

Hello everyone

and

Happy Easter weekend to all of you!

Sorry it's been a while I posted but

I decided to go visit my parents in Germany for a bit

and just now getting back to my normal routine!

I been playing catch up all week, 

my yard turned into a jungle while I was gone

 and if it ever would stop raining, I actually could get

things finished up so we can hide those Easter eggs outside.

But despite all the craziness around here I had a good visit and 

I promise I will post pictures soon as I get caught up with things.

A few weeks before I left for Germany I decided to go ahead 

and make my springy Easter cards figuring 

I would not get them done after I came back.

I'm glad I did!!!

 I used the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month February

DOM-FEB19 

to cut the floral panel and the sentiment.

 Love using foil paper for some of the elements,

I think it makes a card pop just a bit more.

 The Easter Bunny panel was stamped with the  Stampendous Q194 Easter Elements stamp. 

 A few rhinestones for some sparkle.

Well it looks like the only springy thing around here will be the

Easter card, it's still raining and we expecting a few wet snowflakes overnight, LoL,

that's Spring in the Ohio Valley for you!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Wishing you all a sweet Easter!

See you all soon!

Diana

Birthday Wishes!

Hello

and Happy Weekend to you all!

We made it through another week of crazy March weather in Kentucky.

More tree limps down, more yard clean up to do!

But on the bright side, the daffodils are blooming,

so I'm hoping spring is right around the corner!

March is also the birthday month of our oldest son,

so I had to put my usual girly frilly side of card making away and

come up with a more masculine card design.

Say hello to 

"Birthday Wishes" .

 I wasn't sure about the foil paper color silver or copper but

after making both, I think I liked the silver the best.

What do you think? 

 Silver back panel was cut with Spellbinders die set "Rouge Royale Deux" --S6-114.

doily was cut with Spellbinders "Special Day Frame"--S5-374

and "Birthday Withes" is Spellbinders Small Die of the Month December --DOM-DEC18.

This was a very plain and simple card, which I think turned out

fairly well and YES I had a hart time not to add any frilly flowery things, LoL.

Thank you for stopping by,

hope you have a wonderful week!

To next time!

Diana

Clean and Simple!

 Hello!

I am hoping everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Around here, waiting for a bit of snow to move in,

I know, I'm so over it, ready for SPRING!!!

So I thought this springy "Thank you" card would cheer us all up!

I decided to make this card very clean and simple.

The die is Spellbinders / Amazing Paper Grace 

 "Layered Sweet Birdie Thanks Scene"-- S5-388.

Back panel was dry embossed with Sizzix embossing folder

"Floral Flourishes & Vines Set" --656259. 

Can you feel the spring in the air?

On the bright side, it's already March, so the snow should not stick around 

for to long, or so we hope:)

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful creative weekend!

Diana

LOVE is in the Air!

Hello

 and 

Happy Sunday to everyone!

Today I would like to share my Valentine's Day card

"Love is in the Air" with you all.

 The large floral heart was cut with a Momenta die--5900

and the smaller heart are punches, so are the flowers.

 "Love" was cut with a MSPCI die called "Live Laugh Love". 

 The Hot Air Balloon was cut with Cricut cartridge "Victorian Romance".

 Black and white label was punched with my ancient label maker. 

What do you think about "Love is in the Air"?

Hope there is lot's of love in the air on your 

Valentine's Day!

Wishing everyone a sweet

Valentine's Day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Stay crafty!

Diana

Blooming Birthday!

Hello

and

Happy Sunday to all of you!

It's been a busy month in the stamp-room,

with lot's of birthdays coming up in the month of February in our family

and not to forget Valentines Day.

So I been  trying to catch every opportunity I can get to sneak in 

to my little creative space to get a bit of work done.

Here is one of my February Birthday cards

"Blooming Birthday".

 Back panel was dry embossed with  Cricut Cuttlebug embossing folder "Anna Griffin--Poppy",

Doily is Spellbinders "Special Day Fame" set S5-374 and the beautiful gold foil frame

was cut with Spellbinders "Tiara Rondelle" die S5-342.

 Sentiment and leaves were cut with Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

 "Warm Wishes" DOM-DEC18.

 White spring leaves were cut with Spellbinders Small Die of the Month August DOM-AUG18.

I decided to use store bought flowers on the card, 

I hate to admit but it was so much easier then making them myself:) 

A little bit of spring on this cold winter day and

I'm hoping it will warm the recipients heart just a little bit!

Hope you liked what you seen

and come back often!

Thanks for stopping by!

Diana

Many Thanks!

Hello

and 

A very Happy New Year to all of you!

I hope everyone had a good start to the new year,

we sure did and I'm glad 2018 is over and truly hoping 

2019 will be a better year for us.

For the first time I did not make any big life changing New Years resolutions.

I think my motto for this year will be to just go with the flow,

to appreciate the beauty around me, live life to the fullest,

to be humble and kind and as my favorite Country singer says it 

so nicely to just "Get Along"!

Well maybe I did make a new years resolution!?!?

Anyway,

with a few extra days off during the Holiday season I got busy 

in the stamp room making thank you cards for all the 

beautiful and kind gifts I received for Christmas.

"Many Thanks" 

carries over some elements of  the Christmas card I made.   

 Poinsettia was cut with the Spellbinders die 

"Cinch and Go Poinsettia" S4-960

and the leaves are a Tim Holtz die 

"Holiday Greens" 658759.

 The background panel was dry embossed with the Cuttlebug folder "Thanks",

the little white doily was cut with the Spellbinders die set called

"Special Day Frames" S5-374

and the gold foil sentiment was cut with the 

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month December

called "Warm Wishes" DOM-DEC18.

"Many Thanks"

and many thanks to all of you for visiting my

little humble blog,

the kind and encouraging comments and messages.

Thanks for hanging with me through all these years,

the ups and downs,

it means the world to me

and I truly appreciate each and everyone of you

more then I can tell! 

  Wishing all of you a beautiful, prosperous

and creative new year!

Thanks for everything!

Diana