Merry Christmas!

Wishing each of you a very Merry Christmas!


To your Family from ours ~

Keep on playing with paper ~ 

Diana

December Stamp of the Month

Now How stinking cute is this ~ 

This is the December 2017 Stamp of the Month 

Here is some corporate artwork for the stamp set...Enjoy

Spend $50 and get this Stamp of the Month set for just $6.

To get more info go to Farmerdistamps and look under promotions for all the current monthly specials

Keep on playing with paper

Diana

Christmas Season TBT

Time for a Take Back Thursday

Paper Wreath 

Created with Phone book pages & sprayed with gold glitter paint

A couple years ago created this shadow box picture using the cricut to cut the words from glittered paper.

Added glitter styro balls from the dollar store, so simple!

What are you creating this Christmas for Home decor?

Off to the studio to get the creative juices flowing...

Keep on playing with paper

Diana

Just for FUN!

During November, save on crafting essentials like paper, ribbon, die cuts and stickers during our Just for FUN sale! Save 40% on bundles of coordinating Fundamentals products, or save 30% on individual items!

You can also choose a Fundamentals Bundle FREE when you become a Consultant in November or when you host a qualifying party.

Go here to learn more

Keep on Playing with Paper

Diana

Cross Canada Blog Hop ~ Holiday Expressions

Welcome to our September Blog Hop featuring artwork created from products found in the 2017 Holiday Expressions Catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle. If you came from Sheena of Kanata Newf ~ Time well Wasted then you are in the right place!

First I want to Thank Anne Patterson for sharing your pattern for making these little houses off the cover of our Holiday Inspiration book...

I created these super CUTE Halloween houses...

 What fun to create ~

Products used:

Falling for You paper

Cats & Bats paper

Gold Shimmer trim

Enchantment Card stock

Basics Card stock

Liquid Glass

Bonding Memories Dual action Glue Pen

Journaling Pen

I also used several cuts from the following Cricut cartridges:

Cricut Philosophy Collection (Retired)

Cricut Artiste Collection (retired)

Cricut Artistry Collection

You could also use Cats & Bats Complements for embellishing the houses.

Thanks so much for stopping by ~

BE sure to comment what you think of these cute lil Halloween hosues!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Brae

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Keep on Creating with Paper

Diana

aka Farmer Di

Cross Canada Blog Hop ~ New Product

Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring artwork created from products found in the 2017-2018 Annual Inspirations Catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Sheena of Kanata Newf Papercrafts then you are in the right place!

With the release of the new idea book I am going to show case some of my favorite new products... and there are so so many ~ 

Here are a couple of cards I have created using paper from my favorite Paper packs ~ 

Basic Fundamentals & Adventure Fundamentals

I just love the colors in this card ~ and that pretty Rose paper is to die for!

(I did use a retired stamp set as my 'Beautiful You' stamp set has not yet arrived ~ love the layering stamps)

Adventure Fundamentals

Beautiful card

Scrapbook layouts ~ using the Basic Fundamentals paper pack ~ LOVE!

oh, And a little bit of glitter with Bashful glitter paper!

Basic Fundamentals

  I have also done a set of layout pages for an upcoming scrapbook workshop.
 My inspiration came from a recent crop & page layout recipes from 

Make it From the Heart Vol #3 ~ 



I have my pages for this book set up in the new Color of the year Everyday Life album in Bashful

 

What do you think of the newest color Bashful? I am in LOVE! 

 It is such a Diana color for sure!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Arlene of Arlene's Creative Space.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, My Creations with Michelle as she has the complete blog list.

Keep on playing with Paper

Diana

Cross Canada Hop ~ Masculine Project

Welcome to our July Blog Hop featuring Masculine themed artwork. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact me to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle If you came from Nicky of Simply Artisitic then you are in the right place!

I have used Jack for this layout ~ specifically the Picture My Life cards & Pocket Pages to show off my Grand Children & Great Grand children...

Supplies Used are:

Jack Paper Pack

Pocket Pages (design 3 & design 4)

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle of The Right Hugh.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring Projects inspired from the New Products from the New Annual Inspirations Catalog. So mark August 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Keep on Playing with Paper!

Diana

Prickly Pear BlogHop

Welcome to our Prickly Pear Blog Hop!

We will be showcasing items from our Prickly Pear Paper Pack with various projects created by talented Close to my Heart consultants.

If you are visiting from Lara's Blog then you are on the right track, if not please start at the CTMH Blog Challenge and Support Group Blog Hop Guidelines beginning with our hostess Carol.

I have created a cute card for this Hop

 I used the following products:
Cards & envelopes Colonial white
Prickly pear paper
Whimsy Fundamental paper (not available)
Aqua Shimmer trim
The sentiment is from a past Stamp of The Month
Check out the Stamp of the Month for July~ Super cute!

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment so I know you visited

~ Let me know what you think of my creation!

Next stop on the hop ~ go check out Elly’s blog.

Keep on Playing with Paper!

Diana Saunders

No Worries Blog Hop

Welcome to our No Worries Blog Hop!
We will be showcasing items from our new Seasonal Expressions II catalog with various projects created by talented Close to my Heart consultants.

If you are visiting from Elly’s blog then you are on the right track, if not please start at the CTMH Blog Challenge and Support Group Blog Hop Guidelines beginning with our hostess Carol.

I have created a card this time for the hop ~ A card for someone that is off on a new adventure ~ New Job, New Town, New Career!

I used the paper from No Worries, an embossing folder for the base card stock, and the No Worries Cardmaking stamp + Thin Cuts

~ Be sure to Comment so I know you popped by ~

Next check out Erica's blog.

Thanks for stopping by
Keep on Creating with Paper
Diana

Cross Canada June Blog Hop

Welcome to our June Blog Hop featuring artwork where we've used our stash mixed with new products. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.
We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Sheena of Kanata Newf Paper Crafts then you are in the right place!

Here I have created a Shaker card.

I used a past paper pack and Satin ribbon for the 'OLD' portion that I really liked and for the 'NEW' I used the Stars Thin Cut as well as the stamp set Wise Guy Birthday (this is available in English, French as well as Spanish) and 3 x 3 Memory Protector Flip Flaps ~ all from the current Annual Inspirations.
Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle of The Right Hugh.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring the Masculine projects. So mark July 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Keep on Playing with Paper

Diana

Cross Canada Hop ~ No Worries

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring our favorite New Paper Collections.

We have 4 new amazing and fun paper collections in the Current Seasonal Expressions 2 catalog.

We have an amazing group of talented ladies all across Canada, and they sure would love to hear from you, so before hopping onto the next person, take a moment and leave a comment about what you loved.

If you've arrived from Sheena of Kanata Newf Papercrafts then you are in the right place! If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, and continue from East Coast to West Coast, you can start here Michelle

My Favorite Paper in this Seasonal Expression 2 is "No Worries" so I created a couple cards that we are using in our group swap using it.

Supplies used:

No Worries Paper Pack

Cupcake Stamp set & ThinCuts

No Worries Cardmaking Stamp set & ThinCuts

Bamboo Ink

Lagoon Ink

ShinHan Markers

Circles using a 2"punch (non CTMH)

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Brae of The Brae-er.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring creations using up our stash while using new products. So mark June 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

The Everything ABC's Blog Hop ~ Letter 'G'

Welcome to the Everything ABC's blog Hop ~ letter G

For this hop we will be featuring the letter 'G'. 

This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment.  Whatever the crafter has chosen as their 'G' element will be featured in their post.

I have decided to make a Giraffe card for April.  

It has been exciting awaiting the arrival of her wee baby! 

If you came from "Lauren" then you're on the right track!

I started by picking out my supplies

~ then cutting & inking the edges.

Stamping the image 

 Coloring with ShinHan markers

Here is my Card!  I think it is TuTu Cute! 

What do you think?  Please comment below!

  

Supplies Used:

 (list will be added shortly ~ I am off to the airport to head home)

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is " Jenifer " of "Jen's Messy Studio".

Keep on playing with paper!

Diana