Di's Monty Mouse

Our Die Cut Diva's challenge is "Free Time" and the sponsor for the September is Di's Digi Stamps.  Check out the challenge here.  

Arlene here. and I found the cutest little mouse at Di's Digis one day and have never used it until now.  I thought this mouse was so cute, really just adorable.  I like the extra flowers, but now that I'm looking at the Nuvo drops, I think fewer would have been better.  But the mouse is still adorable.  What do you think? 

Close-up below

Supplies:
Di's Digi's Monty Mouse
Die-namics Pierced Circles STAX
Little B Handwritten
Copic markers:mouse W2, W3, W5, R11, flower stems G03, G05 leaf G03, G05, G07, lips E04, flowers Y03, Y19, YR19, flower center R59, Y19 ribbon R22, R24, R27, multiliner (blck) to create floor
Glossy Accents on the eyes & nose
Hero Arts flowers (years old) colored with Copic markers
Vagabond die cut machine

Trio of FLowers

Be sure to enter the challenge this month.  I printed this trio three times and colored one of each flower while leaving the others black and white.  I thought a scallop edge would work with the squares.  I used the same Copic colors on the sentiments that I used on the flowers and added Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Close-up below

Supplies:

Bugaboo Floral Trio Frame 1
QuicKutz Scalloped Squares Nested dies
Die-Namics Blueprints 11 (smile & TODAY)
Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss Red Berry and Nuvo Crystal Drops Violet Galaxy
Vagabond die cut machine

A Little Tea Mouse

Win a  free digital stamp of your choice by entering the Die Cut Divas challenge.

This mouse is just so darn cute and I wanted him to be the main focus and thought he could be used for any event from cheering up a person to saying "Happy Birthday".  

Close-up of the cutie.

Supplies:

Sasayaki Glitter Tea Mouse digital stamp

Copic markers

Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp Squares

Die-Namics stitched squares

Little B Handwritten die (hi sentiment)

Nuvo Crystal Drops in Red Berry and Midnight Blue

Papers from stash

Vagabond die cut machine

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas

Woodland shaker

Monica here for another anything goes card sponsored by Elizabeth Craft. I went with a shaker card for today's post!

Visit Monica's Craft Corner to get the details on the card! 
Love seeing your creations!!

Monica and the Diva's

May Thank You

A very big thank you to A day for Daisies for sponsoring this month.   So here for your final inspiration from the DCD Design team........

Arlene let her wild side loose with a water world view. 

Supplies:

A Day for Daisies Water World

Arlene's information on this card at A Bit of This and That.

Michelle used the A Day for Daisies freebie Happy Tree for a birthday card-

You can find more information on this card at Just A Nutter Paper Crafter.

Cathie was inspired by A Day for Daisies Babe in a Basket for a new baby card.

Mpress curved rectangle
Spellbinders Lace Hearts 
Creative Dies With Love.
For more information head over to her blog at House of Borowski

Remember our challenge finishes a little earlier from this month at 9:00 p.m. Pacific time - San Francisco, California time on May 31.

Thanks to all our lovely entrants.. and good luck.  Come back on the 2nd to see who won and who the DT liked

The Die Cut Divas

Vintage Lady

Our Sponsor is A Day for Daisies

Join the challenge at Die Cut Divas HERE.

We have a photo inspiration for you and the photo inspired this card.  

I see the buttons with a vintage view. 

A HISTORY OF BUTTONS

In Stories of Mother Goose, little Tommy Tucker says, "You know what a charm string is. Just ever so many pretty buttons strung together and worn around your neck." Nineteenth century folk wisdom had it that a girl should acquire 999 buttons on a string. When she added the thousandth, she would meet her Prince Charming.

These strings of buttons, sometimes called "memory strings," were a fad of the 1860s that remained popular until 1900. Delightful stories have been handed down. One is that each friend and member of the family donate a button. Another is that a charm string was a game or rivalry, not a romantic pursuit. Gaining the thousandth button doomed the girl to spinsterhood.

Another story credits the idea of charm strings to a mid-19^th century newspaper competition.

In all these folklore accounts, there are similar rules and requirements for gathering the buttons: They should be one-of-a-kind, the prettiest and most brilliant available. Preferably they should be gifts from friends, suitors or family members or traded with another stringer. They should not be bought. While unfinished, the charm string was kept in plain view to inspire visitors to contribute buttons and also to boast and tell colorful stories of acquisition. "This button was given by Aunt Abigail from the gown she wore to the Inaugural Ball," or "this button was from Grandfather's Civil War uniform."

I wanted something light in color and I think this worked out the way I wanted. 

Supplies:
A Day for Daisies Lady Black Feathers
Lifestyle Crafts dies - circles - nesting
Copic markers
Mitsubishi Pencil Co Ltd Signo Broad Pen - white
Arlene is at A Bit of This and That

Cloudy Skies

Our Sponsor for April is none other than

  Gina K Designs

The challenge for April is 

holidays, rain, spring, IRS, taxes,Easter, Storms

I think my sky says spring and a full stream cursing along the stream bed.  The colors I used for the weeping willows seem to spring. out to you.   I used Copic markers and inked the sky with one of my favorite distress inks, Broken China.  I used a torn piece of paper to sponge on the sky to give it depth.   I swiped Copic marker E31 across YG 61 for the ground and I think that says a brown land turning green.  The card is about 5 inches by 5 inches.  

You can see my blog post at A Bit of This and That.

Supplies:

Gina K Designs The Northwoods 2

Copic markers

QuicKutz Dies - these are large circles 

Die-namics Blueprints 11 - sentiments

Cuttlebug

Live in the Sunshine

Our Sponsor for April is none other than

  Gina K Designs

This is my sample for the challenge of April holidays, rain, spring, IRS, Taxes,Easter, Storms

I mostly think of lighthouses in the spring, seeing the California seashore up by Crescent City where you can walk out to the lighthouse at low tide. 

I have so enjoyed working with these stamps.  I love lighthouses and of course had to make a card with one from the stamp set By the Sea.  I hope you enjoy her stamps as much as I do.

I used Copic markers on the lighthouse image itself and then used Distress inks to complete the sky and hint of water or grass, depending on your perspective.  

You can catch me at A Bit of This and That.

Supplies:

Gina K Designs By the Sea

Die-namics stitched oval STAX

QuicKutz cutting dies - Oval - large die cut

Copic markers 

Distress Inks - shabby shutters, peeled paint, mustard seed and I think the last was scattered straw

Cuttlebug