EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!! New CTMH Cricut cartridge and Free stamp

 The Close to my Heart Cricut cartridge

"ARTISTRY", it is available in my store now.

"ARTISTRY" is available

from my ON-LINE CTMH, along with Artfully sent, Artiste, Art Philosophy and Art booking

Have you ever thought of having an online party? Do you want to get some free products, LET'S TALK

THE added EXTRA deal order the ARTISTRY CARTRIDGE 
in the month of AUGUST
receive from me any available 
"A" size stamp your choice 
and the
 annual 2015-1016 catalogue and the seasonal expression catalogue the
retail value of this gift including shipping is over $20.00
will be sent to you on September 1st

STAMP OF THE MONTH~ $5.00

with qualifying $50.00 purchase

And the stamp of the month for AUGUST (Framed) regular 17.95

for 70% off, ask me how.  I love this stamp set

Framed

If you would NEED ink I carry 60 colors in my  CTMH  on line store.

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Have a blessed day, Diana

LAST DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hi Everyone,


I sure don't want you to miss out on a special too good to be true.

You can receive a free stamp set with any $25.00 purchase from my CTMH store or  for $5 you can receive any of the Hostess stamps from the annual inspiration catalogue or the seasonal inspirations catalogue.

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Have a blessed day Diana

Happy Birthday!!

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Hi Everyone,



Do you think dogs like birthday cards?  Not only do I share my birthday with a few family members, I share it with a friends dog also. So I thought I would make this for a few challenges and mail it out to my friend so she can open it for her dogs.

I love the print then cut feature of the cricut explore, I also still love my imagine machine and that is what I printed the background with from the everyday snapshots cartridge

 I used a couple of currant colored skittles in the top right hand corner  and the sentiment is from the artfully sent cricut cartridge bundle stamps.

I hope you enjoy my card

Challenges
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/2015/07/4cc-challenge-257-anything-goes-and.html
http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/2015/07/its-new-disney-themed-challenge-here-at.html




Have a blessed day, Diana

DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE #161 "SUMMERTIME"

This challenge  will be extended one more week to August 12th due to the long month, you may also have up to 6 entries, instead of the usual three.(even though it reads 3 down below)

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Hi Everyone, 

Wasn't that fun having Hope here for the last two weeks? I am sure she is looking forward to seeing you all in November.  Now let's move out of Christmas and back into summer. We had a 94 degree day a few days ago and it was humid. It felt like it was going to rain, but it never did.  Makes me think of that song I wish it would rain, by the Temptations.I just love that song.I am off track ( didn't mean to be a pun, but it is) In the summer we are use to 62 degree nights and 72 if we are lucky in the day time.. on to the challenge



Welcome to week #2

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #161

THEME:  SUMMERTIME..... alternative thank you

I used Carta Bella summertime for this CAS  card, Easy peasy. Cutting and gluing

The challenge will open at 9:00 am July 23,  2015 and

 will be open until 11:55 pm PST  August 12, 2015.   

Prize:

24 6x6 sheets Crate paper
twine from my ETSY store
and want to scrap gems

Challenges:

Have a blessed day, Diana

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BIrthday Wishes

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Happy Monday!!


In August  we have  a ton of birthdays in our family, in fact there are three of us that I share my birthday with.  Anyway, I have no idea who will be getting this card yet, but for sure I will be using it.

I used the PTI Asian fusion stamp from PTI, one of the first ones I purchased from them and one of my favorite go to for a quick message.

I also used a TH texture fades embossing folder to get the texture on the vase. There you have it that's my card today.

Challenges:


Have a blessed day, Diana

WINNER!!! DL.ART THANKFUL CHALLENGE #160 THURSDAY "CHRISTMAS IN JULY"

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Good afternoon  Friends,

The winner of the #160  DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY "Christmas in July and/or Thank you " challenge today IS....

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PLEASE READ!!!!

{ A while back I signed up  for BLOGLOVIN' unknown to me I signed up 2 x once under DL.ART the other under DIANA L. I don't post under DIANA L. and I don't know how to remove it, if you are following me under DIANA L. you are not receiving any feeds, so if you want to get the feeds, you should add DL.ART that is where my posts come from. Google reader will be ending this July. I really like the Bloglovin reader but you can  also sign up to receive my posts in your e-mail }

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First of all,  I loved seeing all the  cards and projects  that were submitted for the DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY "Christmas in July and/ or thank you  challenge  #160, you all did a great job.   It was so nice to see so many great projects in one spot. I was honored to have them on my blog.

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Did you notice that I have recently added an alternative to my numbered challenges?  You can always add a Thank you card as an alternate to the theme of the challenge- I love seeing thank you cards or anything that has to do with being thankful for what we have.
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The winner  of #160 gets :

Prize:

Click here to see the entries.

CONGRATULATIONS to the winner of the DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY #159 CHALLENGE
There were ---52 entries.

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I used  Random.org to select the winner and
The winner is: # 59
CONGRATULATIONS!!!- Eva Scraps

Please grab my badge and display it

Please send me an e-mail, with your address, if necessary, so I can get your prize to you or the info to my sponsor. Also please leave a comment on this post

My contact information is at the top of my blog

Have a blessed day, Diana

Coffee House Bundle- New release- SPECIAL PRICE- 1 week only

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Hi Everyone,
Happy Saturday!!!
Don't you just love coffee? I am having a cup right now.
So I thought what better time to release my new Coffee Bundle than right now.
I have priced it just right and you can save even more if you buy both bundles.

I think they are just yummy colors and will suit all tastes.
10 yards total per bundle  @ $4.75 
or save and buy both bundles for $8.00 (20 yards total)
THIS PRICE IS FOR ONE WEEK ONLY!!  AFTER THAT IT WILL GO BACK TO THE REGULAR PRICE


Coffee house bundle# 1

Coffee House Bundle #2

Coffee House Bundle

Coffee House Bundle #1-US $4.95 USD Coffee house Bundle #1- Canada ($3. extra added for shipping $7.95 USD Coffee House Bundle- Everywhere Else($5 extra added for shipping $9.95 USD Coffee House Bundle #2-US $4.95 USD Coffee house Bundle #2- Canada ($3. extra added for shipping $7.95 USD Coffee House Bundle#2- Everywhere ($5 extra added for shipping $9.95 USD Coffee House Bundle #1 + #2 -US $8.50 USD Coffee house Bundle (both)- Canada ($3. extra added for shipping $11.50 USD Coffee House Bundle #1 & #2 ($5 extra shipping- everywhere else $13.50 USD

THE ABOVE SPECIAL WAS FOR ONE WEEK ONLY

Have a blessed day

PTI JULY 2015 BLOG HOP CHALLENGE

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Hi Everyone,

It is that time again, so here I go

This is the inspiration photo for the PTI 2015 July blog hop challenge.

Doesn't this one look like a fun one?

I used the PTI tag sale #3 die, The stamped image of the butterflies and the sentiment are from  PTI "Spring Tags". I used CTMH smokey plum for the images and Chocolate for the sentiment.

I added stickles to the antennas and inked the edges and there you have it, a quick tag.



Challenges:










Have a blessed day, Diana

Every Great Dream begins with...

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Hi Everyone,

I just got this image the other day from Unity stamps, Quite a fun one and it was fun to color, I used copic markers and for the inked image outdoor denim.  I hope you like it.

For the sparkle I used gunmetal and teal sequins.

Challenges:

http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/2015/07/friend-with-flair-link-up.html

Have a blessed day, Diana

DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE #161 "SUMMER TIME"

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Hi Everyone, 

Wasn't that fun having Hope here for the last two weeks? I am sure she is looking forward to seeing you all in November.  Now let's move out of Christmas and back into summer. We had a 94 degree day a few days ago and it was humid. It felt like it was going to rain, but it never did.  Makes me think of that song I wish it would rain, by the Temptations.I just love that song.I am off track ( didn't mean to be a pun, but it is) In the summer we are use to 62 degree nights and 72 if we are lucky in the day time.. on to the challenge



Welcome to 

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #161

THEME:  SUMMER TIME..... alternative thank you

I used Carta Bella summertime for this CAS  card, Easy peasy. Cutting and gluing

The challenge will open at 9:00 am July 23,  2015 and

 will be open until 11:55 pm PST  August 5, 2015.   

Prize:

24 6x6 sheets Crate paper
twine from my ETSY store
and want to scrap gems

Challenges:

Have a blessed day, Diana

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SHOUT OUT- Thanking my friends

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HAPPY TUESDAY FRIENDS,


I made this video shout out 2 years ago, I just watched it, wow what a great memory for me. I hope I can make more of these soon.  Keeping you all in my heart today that you may be at peace and truly blessed.

Hugs Diana

Adding text in Cricut Design Space

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Happy Tuesday Everyone,



This is a quick handheld camera tutorial, because a friend asked how to do it. It made more sense to make a quick, although not a good quality video you will get the idea,  No editing here either. My goodness this is less than 3 minutes.

I hope it helps

Have a blessed day, Diana

Wish Big on your Birthday

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Hi Everyone,

Happy Monday I have a quick card here

I used CTMH Cashmere, Pacifica, and Chocolate to give the watercolor effect on the text box, I was planning on using the negative portion, but I did not like how it came out (I will work on that though). I need lots of Birthday cards and quick , Thanks Lexi for the tutorial on this.


Have a happy and Blessed Monday, Diana

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #256 Fun in the Sun

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 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #256-Fun in the Sun
Create a project that features outdoor summer activities.

This Weeks Sponsor

Bugaboo Stamps

The prize is 7 digital stamps!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

Here is my bugaboo creation

 I used Elegant edges for the Blue backdrop and I used Derwent watercolor pencils and copic markers to color the bugaboo image
Jaded blossoms Aloha stamp set was used for the "Aloha".
Pretty funny huh? I love the bugaboo digi's

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Challenges:
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Have a blessed day, Diana

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Hi Everyone,

I am always so thrilled to have you come visit me and leave comments, you mean so much to me  that I thought it was time for another giveaway.

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Here is how it will work

1.Go to my Etsy store   https://www.etsy.com/shop/DLART

2. Pick an item you like, grab the url link to that item

3. Come back here, leave a comment with the link to that item, ON THIS POST
(If your item sells prior to the giveaway ending, you will receive a comparable valued item and/or if I can replicate the item, I will do so.)

 1 comment with link only

When I reach 1200 followers, I will use random. org to pick a winner





Card recipe: All DSP, die stamps and prills are from heartfelt creations



Challenges:
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2015/07/challenge-133-anything-goes-woptional.html
http://www.create-with-joy.com/2015/07/inspire-me-monday-week-185.html
http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/2015/07/winner-and-flower-card.html



Have a blessed day Diana

Be Amazing

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Hi Everyone,

I really like this image, so I keep experimenting with different mediums to see what I can come up with. Here is this weeks project, until my next Angie girl

I used chalk ink chocolate die ink  CTMH markers (retired) and copic markers the stamped  image and sentiment are from Unity Stamp Co.  I like it, What do you think

Challenges:

FWF

http://www.create-with-joy.com/2015/07/inspire-me-monday-week-184.html

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/

http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/

http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/07/challenge-36-anything-goes.html

Have a blessed day, Diana

Vintage Vineyards 12-15 yards $8.50 shipping included

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Hi Everyone,
Here is my newest crinkle ribbon release. Vintage Vineyards. A bundle of Pink Champagne, Rose' and Cabernet. 4 yards of each color for a total of 12 yards, more if you iron it flat (approx. 15 yards total).it will be $8.50 including shipping (US only) to order CLICK on the yellow box below.


For Canada and international orders go to my ETSY store or you can order from my  DL.ART Supplies tab above



For those of you who love to go wine tasting can you just see the sparkle of these colors of wine in your glass?

If your not a wine taster, just think of them as shabby pinks. These colors are just so fun.  I love them and you will to.  They are a bit more crinkly than my 2 previous releases, but I have had some requests for more crinkle.

Vintage Vineyard Bundle-

Vintage Vineyard Bundle -US $8.50 USD Vintage Vineyard Bundle - Canada $11.50 USD Vintage Vineyard- Everywhere Else $15.50 USD

Have a blessed day, Diana

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Hi Everyone, 

I always love the month of July, to me it means we are over the hump of the first part of the year. Christmas is around the corner. The days are starting to get shorter now and and as you know by now   Hope decided to pop by for a couple of weeks and bring a couple of friends. The prize is none other than the elf to the far right on the other side of the angel. Would you believe that little elf does not have a name and it will be up to the  winner to name the elf.  A little hint here the last elf that was given away was named Faith by her adoptive parent Lisa. Then again it will be the winners elf so you can really name the elf whatever you want. We hope (no pun intended) to see some more entries this week.

 Remember, I am having a Design Team call the last day for submission is July 31st. Click the link a the the very top for more info



Welcome to  week #2 pf the

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #160

THEME:  CHRISTMAS IN JULY..... alternative thank you

The challenge will open at 9:00 am July 9,  2015 and

 will be open until 11:55 pm PST  July 22, 2015.   

Prize:

The elf on the right

along with a little present just for you

so you can play in the 3rd Annual "elf antics" in December

Challenges:

Have a blessed day, Diana

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