ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! about my challenges YEAH!!!!!

CLICK HERE for the GIVE AWAY
CLICK HERE for the RAK
CLICK HERE for DL.ART Thankful Thursday #152 Challenge "ANYTHING GOES"
CLICK HERE for the DL.ART MARCH LINKY CHALLENGE



Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying a fun Sunday, we got some much needed rain again yeah!!!!.

Before I give you the announcement, I have to say I am super behind on Birthday cards. so these are just a few of the dozens I made yesterday.  Also the Women's conference is coming up and  it is two weeks earlier this year, than previous years. Right now, I have 90 of the 240 cards I am making, completely finished - the rest are in stages of being finished. I do not show anyone the cards until the day of the conference. Of Course the hubs sees them because they are here.  If you have not seen me around,  it is because I am inundated with paper projects (which I love of course).

 I made 12 of these Birthday cards in different patterns, I need to have some on hand, I don't want to get behind again, it is to hard to catch up.  If you like these and you would like to make some yourself, you may consider buying the artfully sent cricut cartridge from my CTMH on line store, I will throw in a special goody to sweeten the offer. contact me for info.

A friend of mine really liked the card I used for the challenge#152 (the girls hugging). I really could not remember what carts I used to make it, but because she liked it so much, I decided to make it for her as her B-day card. I used  "Something to celebrate" (cricut circle cartridge) and better together for the patterned paper I cut the image at 4 1/4. I hope you like it to.


So now on to my announcement... As you know my challenges begin at 9:00 am on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month and run until the Tuesday 12 day later. I will be extending the challenges for another 24 hours, including the one that is running right now. Which means you will have until Wednesday at 11:55 pm to enter. Which will give you two full weeks to enter the challenge, and give me two full weeks to enjoy all the wonderful projects that everyone inspires me with.

Also, because of this change the winners will be announced on the FRIDAY, SATURDAY, or SUNDAY after the challenge--there are many ways to find out if you have won.

1.Look on my right sidebar.under the challenge it will say winner and the name- if you don't see that I probably haven't picked a winner yet.

2. There is a winner tab at the top of my blog which has the numbered challenges and a link to the winner post

3.on my blog to the bottom left you will see archives of posts --LOOK for the posts that are titled WINNER.

Winners have 2 weeks to claim their prize, if you don't claim it, it goes back to be a prize for a future challenge.

What do you think do you like the change?

Which of the 2 Birthday card designs do you like best?

Have a blessed day Diana


challenges:
613

DL.ART Thankful Thursday challenge

CLICK HERE  FOR MY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANA BLOG HOP

CLICK HERE : for my HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINKY PARTY opened all month long
CLICK HERE : for the DL.ART  Thankful Thursday challenge ending August 11

CLICK HERE for the Creative Cutter Room challenge ending August 22.

Good Morning Friends,

I am totally loving all the entries that are coming in there are so many incredible pieces. I am overwhelmed by the talent and the friendships that are popping up all over the blogs.  I am just thankful for all of you.... on to the challenge

Challenge THEME: Friends
open until 11:59 August 25, 2012


I absolutely LOVE this cartridge.  "Something to Remember"-- I just got this in the mail yesterday. It is the newest Cricut circle cartridge. I tried to link it to my gypsy, but I need to update first, that is how new this cartridge is. I just updated my gypsy a week ago. I'm hoping the updates are ready for this cartridge, I'll try it tomorrow

 I used DCWV and PTI and American crafts card stock.

I just love how this came out

Prize:

My challenge entries:
EAD: August color challenge



You will have until 11:59 on August 25, 2012 to enter the challenge

Have a blessed day, Diana

MARCH 4, 2012***SUNDAY*** BIRTHDAY CUPCAKE CARD

Good Morning Friends,

Here is a quick card I made just to try some more images and enter some challenges. Also, because you can never have too many Birthday cards.

This is an A2 card
PTI Vanilla cream
MME lost and found
My Pink Stamper : Lunch box thoughts
Inkadinkadoo
jenni Bowlin :Brown sugar

Challenges entered:
Birthday Sundaes: Birthday with sentiment
CCC: cupcake

Have a blessed day, Diana

MARCH 2, 2012***FRIDAY*** FRIEND"S FOREVER CARD

I was thinking of a friend that I met recently and I do believe we will be friend's forever.

I tend to like to keep my friend's a long time. Would that be considered hoarding?

This is an A2 card,  base PTI: vanilla cream

Linen paper DCWV 

Pink ribbon 3 Girl jam

buttons little red cottage

the 2 girls and the sentiment from

 Better Together (IC)

Challenges:

Docerela: Friendship

JANUARY 20, 2012 *** FRIDAY*** LOVE

Good Morning  Friends,
I got this card done and now I have to do the unthinkable, clean my house.  When I say that I mean it is a no-brainer. I  relax my thoughts while I clean.  It is a peaceful and  productive time, a thing I do that makes me feel better, when I  get to sit and enjoy all the  blessings that I have been given.
  It seems to me dust accumulates quicker and quicker. I love these throw away swifter dusters. It does make life easier. I start at the top get to the bottom and then throw them away.

On to more fun stuff. I looked at a few challenges put my thinking cap on and came up with this. It took a log time, but it came out so super clean and simple.

I really like it.  It is an A2 card

What do you use to dust?
Love all your comments, Diana

January 19, 2012 ****** THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE******

 Hi Everyone,

It is time again for Thankful Thursday, what are you thankful for this week?  After a year of blogging and looking through the bottom of my glasses (I wear progressive lenses which means the bottom of the lens is for close-up) I have noticed that I am sitting in a peculiar position at my computer.  My neck is tilted backward, my shoulders are slouched and my stomach is scrunched up.. I hope that description makes sense to you.  It is awful. I told my eye Doctor and he prescribed computer glasses.  WOW!!! Eye can see
(that's a pun). I am sitting straight now, stomach is sucked in (as much as it can be) and shoulders are back head is up right.  I'm not getting the neck aches now either ( I wondered where that pain in the neck came from).
I hope that helps someone.  I am thankful for the new glasses. I also needed to make a Thank you card  for some so I am getting this done at the same time.

I have a new challenge for you:
Has to be a thank you card, has to use Kraft type paper somewhere on it has to have a flower and twine.
You will have until February 4, 2012 @11:59 to link up a project for this challenge.

The giveaway is: 48 sheets 6x6 of this Hand made silk and cotton paper. from the sets deep shadows, neutral naturals, hearts and flowers, glorious glitters. (12 from each set)

Thank you for your comments I love reading them,

THURSDAY--Afternoon - Thankful (Gratitude) Thursday Giveaway

Wow! what an incredible week -- again so much to be thankful for.
I really must apologize for not come to visit  you on your blogs as much as I would like. My server has been down intermittently.  When I have had the opportunity to get on the internet I would be doing my posts and then get to visit a few blogs and then it would go down. I was typing this post and it went down. I'm thankful to be back --see what I mean always something to be thankful for.

Now, I will be busy working on the art exhibit so I will post what I can  when I can. I do have a Thankful Thursday giveaway.
Most of you seem to like the Starbucks coffee giveaway, so that will be the giveaway along with a set of my new coffee cards.  This is the new set.  It is a fall theme with coffee and dessert (a muffin).
This giveaway will end October 22,2011  at midnight.

2 chances to win
1. Be  a follower or become one
2. Post it on your side bar

A2 size card
PTI Kraft cardstock
Better together and Enjoy the season
TCP studio stamp
stazon timber brown ink
Twine (brown)
It also qualifies for
Cooking with  cricut  challenge (Click Here)
and Die Cuttin Divas. (Click Here)

WEDNESDAY -EVENING- We had a beautiful summer day today 80

I get to work in my Art room a little earlier tonight-Yeah so I created this card for a few challenges and now I'm going to visit a few blog buddies and then get creating some  more cards for challenges.  Yeah I love it!!

I had a lot of fun doing this one. Isn't that owl cute?
I am entering this in:
Cardz Tv
Paper Playtime

WEDNESDAY-MORNING -BEST FRIENDS

I love this challenge: BEST FRIENDS
I had a lot of fun doing this challenge
I used the better together cartridge (IC)
A2 size card in PTI dark chocolate
The felt ribbon is from my stash from years ago
 I don't even think this is trendy anymore-, but then again for a friendship that has lasted for so many years I felt outdated ribbon would work fine. I have to use it sometime.

This challenge gives me the opportunity to celebrate my best friend. We are totally opposites, but we have known each other forever.  I say that, because we were born four days apart her mother and my mother were pregnant at the same time. My father and her mother went to elementary school together. We actually call or ourselves BWF-- Best womb friends.
Hope you enjoy this card -Just making it brought back many happy memories.

I'm entering this into My craft spot
two sisters challenge
Lots of love to all,

TUESDAY- MORNING- Artful Delight sketch challenge and More than Favors

I made this Following  the sketch  for  Artful Delights August challenge.
This  also qualifies for MORE than FAVORS  challenge: friendship (CLICK HERE)


The paper is Echo Park little girl
The black is AC card stock and the elements are from Better together IC

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Hi all,

I got a chance to get a card finished so I am posting it now. I've got a lot going on today.
I did this one for three challenges so far.
 Enjoy

Echo park and Cosmo cricut papers
CAC for Penguin & umbrella
The sun is from Better Together
A7 card

BBTB2
Paper Playtime click here 

I was really inspired by the photo over at paper variety for this, but unfortunately they closed at 6:00 some other time zone.  I Also had designed it for the BBTB2 challenge, I'm looking around to see where this will fit. If any of you dear followers see any thing please don't hesitate to let me know

MONDAY- Morning

Good Morning Everyone,

This card is for the Getting Cricky Simply Sunday  Challenge--- The Theme: Fashionista
click here to go to the -challenge
I used the Better together cart. for everything, except the stamped image and that is from "Fashionable friends stamp set" by K. Andrews designs

I hope you enjoy the card, I had fun making it. Now I really have to go clean my house and my art studio before I do another project, see you all later when I come visit you.