Dare 2B Artzy

I made this card using the new cat stamps from Dare 2B Artzy.  I bought these stamps from the Craft Inn - I GREAT craft shop here in town.   I will be teaching how to make this card on Tuesday August 23 & Friday August 26.

The stamp set is Dare 2B Atzy and the background was made using  Die-namics Striped Sentiment Strip Cover-Up die.  All these things can be found at The Craft Inn.  I have so much fun teaching classes at the Craft Inn.  I'll be showing the two other cards for the class later this week!

Have a great day - and if you are near or in Louisville come check out the Craft Inn at the new location - 1917 Blankenbaker Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40299.  I hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!

Diane  

AI Challenge 178 House & Home

It's another AI challenge.  This is the card that I made for AI Challenge 178 House & Home.  I LOVE AI stamps.  They are so much fun to color and make cards with.   I have FOUR BINDERS filled with AI stamps...and I am running out of room and need to make another binder. This challenge was about house and home...and a home is not complete without the love a cat....or several cats as in this card!

 

Here's the front:

And here's the inside:

 

Let's take a closer look at each side:

Left:

 

 

Right:

 

 

Let's talk about how I made it.  The stamp sets I used are :AI Purrr-thday Set (Sku#4568) (Cats front and back); Art Impressions® Clear Stamp Set, Crazy Cat Lady (Inside image & sentiment); AI Window Die (Sku#4619) (window & shutters - outside); Art Impressions Dies, Window Deco (Window curtain  inside).

 

For the outside bricks.  I used some ColorCore sandable cardstock.  I embossed it first with my brick embossing folder. Then I sanded it to get the red bottom color.  The end result looks like bricks on a house.

 

 

It needed something else, so I cut grass using my Silhouette.  I also thought the wall in the inside was missing something, so again, using my Silhouette I cut a picture and picture frame.

Ms. Ellie has to help me write my post!  She's perched on the top of my chair.  Here's the view with me out of the chair.  She's the queen!

 

Thanks for coming by.
As always I love reading the comments,  If you can take a minute just to say hi!  Have a wonderful day!!!

Diane

Die Storage

Earlier I posted the messy desk with all my dies.  After work today I started to work on my die organization.  I am using these Totally-Tiffany Die-Namic Die Storage Cases.  

 

These storage cases are great on their own, but I like to use a magnetic piece and CD storage.  I use magnetic dust covers that I got at Home Depot.

 

I cut them into squares.

One of my window dies is the Art Impression Window Die.  I put the die on the square cut from  magnet dust cover.  Then I put it in the CD sleeve - that way just in case some thing drops, it still stays together in the sleeve.

Then I put all my different windows on one panel from the Die-Namic Die storage and label it.

 

This is the storage case that I have completed.  Each sleeve has a label - Squares, Triangles, Ovals, Circles, Stars/Hearts/Hexagons.  

 

Then when you need one, you just pull the sleeve.

I still have more to finish.  And eventually I will get them all done.  :)

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day

As always comments are welcome and appreciated.

Thanks!

Diane

WOYWW 350

OK.  This is my first post on  WOYWW 350 over at Julia’s Stamping Ground.  I'm excited to be a part of it!!!


My desk is a MESS - my whole room is a mess.  So I'm starting to organize.  It's not going to get clean and perfect over night - it will be a long process.  What better way to figure out how to organize your space then to see how others are doing theirs.  I can't wait to visit across the world from my couch and get tons of ideas.


Here's my mess.  Dies, dies, dies.  That's what I am working on first.  So here's a couple of pictures of my work space.  It's a pile of dies I'm trying to organize.

I LOVE these Totally-Tiffany Die-Namic Die Storage Case.  I have several of these.  I do have1 case completely organized (I'll update later with a picture, I don't have it with me!!! sorry).  In one case you have 5 tabbed sleeves in each case.  In my ONE good organized case I have circles, squares, ovals, triangles -  each plain & scalloped. 

Tomorrow I will update a picture of my dies all nice and organized.  Well, at least that's my plan.


Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know if you have any advice on organizing - I am open to any and all suggestions.  As you can see, I'm a work in progress!


Thanks!


Diane