Shaped Cards at Die Cut Divas!

Hey friends - I'm here sharing shaped cards which is the theme for our Die Cut Divas October Challenge. You'll find card one on my Diva post HERE but the bonus card is only on this post.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Park Lane A2 card: Recollections cardstock

Stamps w/dies - Pink & Main Hug in a Mug (dies HERE)

Dies - Pink & Main Cozy Mug &

Cozy Mug Add-on

Other - white gel pen; Copic B70

We have the wonderful Pink & Main as our sponsor this month! They will present a $25 gift card to their store to our random winner, selected from eligible October 2026 entries.

I formed the mug card base by taking a side fold A2 card and putting the left edge of the mug die just beyond the fold. Easy peasy! Next I die cut elements to add to the mug, assembled and added white gel pen details. Then I stamped and die cut a sentiment and added it. Here's a view of the mug open; I used another stamped/diecut sentiment from the Hug in a Mug set on the inside:

How about a bonus? I used a scalloped oval to make a shaped birthday card for my baby sister:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Recollections cardstock; Lawn Fawn patterned

Stamps - Pink & Main Flower Seed Packet Sentiments

Dies - Pink & Main Scalloped Oblong Oval Dies

& Flower Seed Packet Dies

Other - Recollections gems

I used the second largest oval in the set to form the base, putting the top just above the fold of a top fold A2 card. I cut the same oval in blue and adhered to the card base so the scallops would go all the way around. Added a patterned layer using the third largest oval. I used the smallest oval to cut a sentiment label & stamped it. Next I cut the flowers and assembled, then added to the card with the sentiment. Added gems to the flower centers - done!

That's all for today - thanks for stopping by & I hope you'll play along! Happy crafting!!

Beautiful butterfly

Hey friends - back with another Craft Roulette card, this time with a butterfly:

Supplies: Paper - Pink & Main patterned;

Recollections cardstock; TH Kraft Metallic

Dies - Spellbinders Playful Stitched Panels;

Scrapbook.com Heirloom Butterflies

Other - printed sentiment (might be SSS);

Trinity Stamps enamel dot

I watched Episode #341 on Friday night and submitted my card then; just hadn't had time to blog it until now. Host Mary Gunn had Libby Hickson (‪@libbyhicksoncreates‬) as her guest, making her 3rd appearance on the regular show. Libby was also a guest on World Card Making Day 2024. I've known Libby for many years from when she worked at Hero Arts; she's now with Pink and Main who happen to be the sponsor for our October Die Cut Diva Challenge! Please check it out if you have a shaped card!!

As usual, the crafty wheel was spun four times for the necessary parameters:

• Project - Card with 2 Folds: I made a simple gatefold. 
• Colors - Planets: Blue for Earth, plus many other colors in the background fit other planets. 
• Element - Beautiful: Butterflies are beautiful to me. 
• Random - Wonky: I used a wonky rectangle. 

I was in the mood for a quick card so grabbed a piece of leftover marbled paper from the Pink & Main Birthday Bash event earlier this year. Scored and folded into a gatefold card. I already had the butterfly in the stash. Die cut a wonky label and adhered to the left side of the gate. Adhered the butterfly & a sentiment strip - done! Since the paper is so busy, I left off any other embellishments.

Here's a view from the top:

Later I added a sentiment panel to the inside. This card is going to a Craft Roulette friend who is experiencing health issues. We have a little Caring Card Crew that sends cards when we're aware of a need. This is in addition to the birthday exchange so I stay busy!!

That's it for today, friends. Thanks for the visit and I'll be back on the 21st with my regular Diva post, if not sooner. Happy crafting!!

A Green Dragon!

Hi friends - hope you had a great weekend; I certainly did!! I just arrived home this evening from Beloit WI where I attended a crafting event called Inky Escape. Offered by Inky Stamper, you checked in on Thursday night and crafted until Sunday! Each person enjoyed a 6 foot table of space for personal crafting in the meeting room. A second room held make and takes which we could do at our leisure. We also could shop at a pop-up with loads of crafty products. More on this event later but on Friday night we watched Craft Roulette Episode #340 on several big wall screens. Here's my card:

Supplies: Paper - Astrobrights Black; Paper Studio cardstock;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Stamps with dies - Inky Stamper Dragon

Dies - unknown mountain

Other - Trinity Stamps dots & gems;

Pink and Main inks; Memento Tuxedo Black ink;

Copic Markers; white pencil 

Host Mary Gunn had Michelle Lupton (‪@michelle_lupton‬) as her guest, making her 5th appearance. The crafty roulette wheel spun four mandatory parameters:

• Project - A7: The only full size cardstock I had was black (purchased that morning at Walmart!) so I formed an A7 from it. 
• Colors - Rainbow: I inked a rainbow background. 
• Element - Vacation: I conjured a vacation to Harry Potter Wizarding World. Anyone remember the dragons in the fourth movie?!
• Random: Three in a Row: My dragon is guarding three eggs.

I inked a 4.5 x 6.5 piece of off-white cardstock with rainbow colors, then added to an A7 card. Stamped the dragon on green cardstock & added pencil shading, then die cut. Stamped, colored and die cut the eggs. A crafty friend loaned me the mountain die - don't know the brand. It's a small die, meant for an A2 scene, & it cuts just the top. I used it on a long piece of cardstock and shaped the edges with a scissors & trimmed the bottom to fit. Added the mountain, eggs and dragon to the card. Stamped a sentiment from the dragon set & added some gems and dots. Done! Another crazy Craft Roulette card done!!

That's it for now - I'm busy unpacking from Inky Escape & I'll try to share some of my projects.

Thanks for stopping & happy crafting!!

Little Poinsettias

Hi everyone! Still recovering from World Card Making Day? I am!! I need to finish many replays from that day! But I wanted to get a card made for the October CAS Christmas Challenge where they're using poinsettias.

Supplies: Paper - Spellbinders A2 card (old kit) 

& Betterpress Porcelain; various cardstock scraps

Hot Foil Plate - Pink Fresh Studio Fa La La La (retired) 

Dies - Birch Press Design Little Poinsettia Flowers (retired)

Other - B000 Copic and white gel pen

I saw many designs with large poinsettias so I thought I'd pull out my little ones from Birch Press Design - so cute but sadly retired! I had a letterpressed sentiment (using a hot foil plate) in my sentiments box so used it for my focal point. Edged it with a B000 Copic to make it stand out a bit from the white card. Die cut and assembled the flowers, added to my sentiment label (sorry can't remember which brand) & added it to the card - done!

Might as well share another Christmas card - this one from tonight's Card Chaos (15 minute cards) Episode #63 where the theme was Peek-a-Boo. I and others, including the host, thought a peeking critter would work. I pulled out my Hero Arts Peeking Winter Bear (retired) and some Hobby Lobby paper (Snow Pine) and called it a day! 

This one only took 10 minutes. I had the Spellbinders Betterpressed sentiment in the bits box. Die cut the bear and assembled, leaving his eyes "closed".  I added some shading with Copics & done. Yay - another card for the Christmas stash - up over 80 now!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty day!!

Happy World Card Making Day 2026!!

Hi crafty friends & Happy WCMD!! Today at Craft Roulette's YouTube Channel, they have a WCMD event with 13 guests! It started at 11:45 Central Time and will run for several hours; check it out HERE if interested. It's hosted by Mary Gunn and Amanda Stevens (‪@PearBlossomPress‬) who were also on Episode #339 last night. The parameters for the episode & for the WCMD event are the same - only one regular entry per person. It's free to submit - go to Craft Roulette.Live for info. Here's my card:

Supplies: Paper - Recollections A2 cards (navy & yellow);

various cardstock scraps

Dies - My Favorite Things Yellow Submarine;

Lawn Fawn Build-A-Wheelbarrow &

Build-An-Aquarium;

Birch Press Design Corner Waves

(retired at BPD but available HERE at SSS)

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Stencils - Emily Moore Confetti

Other - white, silver & gold gel pens;

various inks for stenciling

I wasn't able to watch the Live last night since I was helping my dad & sister. When I got home this morning, though, I checked the parameters. Here's what the roulette wheel spun for us; four parameters are mandatory but anything goes for additions! 

• Project - Card On A Card: I added a mini-card to an A2.
• Colors - Celebration: I used bright blue, pink, orange & yellow which are celebratory, according to Google.
• Element - Water(s)(ing): I used die cut waves.
• Random - Confetti: I stenciled confetti to the upper portion of the A2.

I quickly made my card - just a bunch of die cutting & assembling. When I saw the water parameter, I pulled out a BPD wave die set and cut from several colors. Added the waves to a stitched rectangle. 

Next I die cut some foliage and added to the card bottom. Adhered the card to an A2 navy card base. Next I die cut the submarine, leaving the top above the fold of a yellow card base. This formed my submarine mini- card. Die cut the details & added to the submarine.

Next I die cut some fish, adding the mini fish behind the submarine card & the bigger one to a wave. Hand wrote a sentiment inside the sub, then will finish off the A2 card inside later. Glued the sub to the card & done! Here's a photo of the sub mini-card open:

I will add this card to Darnell's October NBUS Challenge #91 since the sub & fish are getting first play here. I've had both sets for a loooong time so I'm glad to use them finally!

Hope this card brings a smile! Thanks for visiting & have a crafty WCMD!!

September 2026 Card Chain Reveal

Hi all - once again it's time to reveal cards that went around the world for the Card Chain! Twenty-nine people participated in September and you can see the full reveal HERE. My card traveled across The Pond to Dagmara in Poland:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio cardstock; Doodlebug Design Plaid Polka Dot

Dies - Pink and Main Circle Flip Card Dies;

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set &

Mini Slimline Frame

Embossing Folder - Simon Says Stamp Tiny Flora

Other - Recollections Puffy Sticker;

Simon Says Stamp Starshine Dots

We had the following options when creating our cards:

Color Palette Option

Sketch Option

Theme Options: Cute and Funny / The Great Outdoors / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Stencils / Tone-on-Tone inking

I die cut a plaid stitched rectangle and added it to an A2 card. Next I embossed a strip of peony colored cardstock, trimmed it and added to the card. I die cut a white circle, some foliage and a flower. Assembled and added to the card. 

Next I die cut HELLO from scarlet and black, layered with an offset of the black & glued to the card. Finally, I added some Starshine Dots and a puffy sticker Friend. The foliage, flower and HELLO all came from the Pink and Main set. I love how their sets contain dies that can be used in multiple designs!

I got this gorgeous stenciled square card from the amazing Brenda (Floral Fantasies) in the UK. Thanks Brenda!!

Want to join in the Card Chain? You just need to make and mail one card! Go HERE by Oct. 6th, if desired, for details on the October Chain. It's great fun and you get lovely happy mail in the process!!

That's it for today, friends. Thanks for visiting and have a crafty day!!

Final Day for our September Die Cut Diva Challenge!

Hi friends - it's the last day of the month and I'm here with some inspiration for our September Die Cut Diva Challenge. You can see the team post HERE. We're recycling, reusing or repurposing items on our projects; here's my latest effort:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Art Impressions Winter Woodland 6x6"

Stamps w/dies - Art Impressions Woodland Critters (sentiment)

Dies - Art Impressions Large Snowflake Dies

Other - piece of a paper towel box

Art Impressions is our wonderful sponsor this month!

I used the inside portion of a paper towel box to die cut the snowflakes; here's a photo:

I started using these boxed paper towels during Covid and always have some handy. I've been tossing the boxes into recycling when empty but I then spotted the pristine white insides and decided to die cut snowflakes from them!! It's a nice sturdy cardboard, not too thick, but I still needed a metal shim and a few passes in the Vagabond to cut the intricate snowflakes. I'll probably always cut snowflakes from this material now!! I didn't cut apart the dies so could cut all the snowflakes together - very handy!

I covered an A2 card with patterned papers and adhered the snowflakes with a stamped sentiment - so quick and easy!!

How about a bonus? I made a birthday card using some newly used Art Impressions stamps. The little Piñata really makes me smile and I love the chubby font of the sentiment!

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Art Impressions Mini Birthday Journal 6x6"

Stamps - Art Impressions Birthday Wishes

Dies - Art Impressions Mini Journal Template (butterfly)

& Portfolio Template Die Set (heart);

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - pieces of a chocolate bar wrapper;

Copic Markers; white gel pen;

SSS Starshine dots

For this one, I used the cardboard wrapper to a luxury brand candy bar. I was sampling the chocolate (yummy!) when I noticed the pretty colors of the wrapper. I decided to die cut some items that fit in spots with no text. Here's a photo:

I die cut the butterflies from pinkish colors, including a raspberry, and brown. I cut them a second time to use the body portion, trimming off the wings and layering onto the other die cuts. Then I cut three hearts.

I formed an A2 card from Neenah and added a stitched rectangle and patterned strip to it. Next I stamped, colored and fussy cut the Piñata & sentiment. Die cut a label and arranged everything on the card with some Starshine dots. I will add this card to Darnell's September NBUS Challenge #90 since the Piñata stamp set got first play here.

Thanks for stopping by &, if you haven't maxed out on four entries, we'd love to see your project in the September Diva Gallery today by 9pm Pacific Time! Happy crafting!!