Diana's Stampin Fun Spot

New Class

2009-10-24T06:49:00.001-07:00

Hey Everyone ..Well My first class at the RED BARN went well and so they wanted another one and there like me , They like things that Move and Pop and shake hahah
so I decided to make this POP UP card .They wanted Christmas Cards so her it is ..It took me awhile to figure out what I wanted to do ..But finally I did and the class is next week so I am cutting it close YIKES!
I use my Kaleidacolor Stamp pad in the blues and stamped the Frosty the Snowman saying ..and of course I had to sing along with it ..And so did my dogs , or were they barking at my sining Hummmmmmmmmmmm ...." Wink WInk"
The I stamped and cut out my snowman and colored him with my copics and use stickles on his cuff and POP him up on pop dots and I stamped the holly on patterned paper and use stickles for the berries and cut out and POPED up on Dots as well ...Used my mathra stwert punch on the bottom paper ...I really love it .

This again is the upclose and personal version ..hahaha

Hope they like it as much as I do
Thanks for Stopping By
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Where Have I Been

2009-10-24T06:40:00.000-07:00

Okay so I didnt realiaze how time has whiped by ...But it has ...So I guess Im not a very good blogger and I must make note to self to be better
This is another card I put in the RED BARN to sell ..I used the Alota Stamps and Colored with my copics .I am loving these ..I can never go back to anything else ..
I do love how this card came out ..

This is the Upclose of my card ..You cansee I used yellow stickles for the wings...

Well I know this was short ..any questions please feel free to ask ..
Thanks for stopping by
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

2009-09-20T08:48:00.000-07:00

Happy Sunday ..I Today im showing a card I made with a digi image and I love these girls ..I cant remember where I got it , but when I do Ill put it on my blog ..I know i have it somewhere as I want to go back and see when she puts new ones up ..Now I wouldnt give up my Stamps EVER , but i find this fun once in awhile to get and you get it instantly .
I colored her with my copics and the butterfly is from stampin up die cut,I also wanted the shadow effect on it , so I added black butterfly die cut under neath and I just love this paper from Basic grey ..I love to get those little 6x6 pads ..There great for cards
I also use prima flowers from Hobby Lobby and some spacers and a leaf die cut from Stampin up as well .Also some flower soft in the middle of the flowers .Then hummmmmmm I guess thats it ..

Heres the up close version of my card ..

In side of my card ..Just simple and done with Stickers that i havent used in years ..I find this is a good way to use them ...

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

My Possums

2009-09-19T12:41:00.000-07:00

So here is a card I put at the Red Barn to sell I love these guys and when I saw this stamp I knew I had to have them as If you read a few months ago and saw I had some Bad Bad Possums underneath our home and BELIEVE me they are not so cute ..
I had fun coloring these ..It didnt come with the base of the tree so I had to make one as I wanted a more finished look ..Hubby didnt like the the paper, BUT I used It anyway hehehe , In person its so much better ..Sorry the pictures are'nt better ..
I used my copics ..and embelleshed with buttons and ribbion ...thats about it..

Here is the upclose of my Possums

Thanks For Coming By
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Secret Sisiter

2009-09-19T12:24:00.000-07:00

This is a card I made for my NEW secret DIVA ..YOu send two cards a month to each other and then at the end reviel who you are , too fun..
I used a Sarah Kay image ( which I LOVE LOVE LOVE ) and I did some embossing by hand and Some cutting out by hand on the right hand side of my card ..Some sparkle was added with some small rehinstones ..I love this card so much that I made another one to sell at the Red Barn and plan on doing this more in the future with more of my cards ..I got so inspired by Jerri and her cards ( Which will totally blow your mind ) Over at the " Touch OF Grace " http://jerrikay.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
theres the link ...You will go crazy for her stuff..
Anyway I decided I wanted to use those stenicls on my cards and marry them together ..
Let me know what you think ?? I always love input , weather good or bad .Makes me a better stamper

Here is my upclose shot

Thank again for stopping By
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Work Shop at the Barn

2009-09-19T12:13:00.000-07:00

This is the WONDERFUL nice place to have sandwitches and soup and the BEST pastrys EVER !!!...
Anyway they ( being the onwner Marri and her Mother Theresa) asked me to give a workshop On the 14th Of Oct ...and Of couse I was EXCITED ..and they also aske me to display some cards to sell ...I was overwhelemed with joy and a tinch of fright ..But anyway needless to say im working my butt off tying to make cards and kits for my demo ...So ill start showing some of the cards I have dislayed for sale..
Input welcome ..

Okay I hope you can see the images below ..they are the rack for my cards to be displayed , made by my Hubby Vinny ..it's simple but quite cute ..he has arrows threw the pole and thats what hangs my cards and mid way is the rack so I can display other things I might make ...
Nice to have a handy man hahaha

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Thanks for stopping By
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

MIss Maggie

2009-07-05T09:59:00.001-07:00

So what would the farm be without our baby maggie ...Okay shes not a baby anymore she about two years old a Pigmy Goat so she is small ..when we moved here we didnt have a Lawn mower and we had two acres to mow and we were broke ...(We lived in the Co mountains before so we didnt need a mower hahaha)So when your in this situation what should you do ??? of couse get a goat ..hahaha NOT! this girl is so spoiled ,,and have you ever seen a man walk his Dog and Goat at the same time ? well thats what happens her , Maggie loves her daddy and he built her what I call the Goat Condo ...now tell me she isnt spoiled ...

Enjoy
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Cow Babies feeding

2009-07-05T09:43:00.000-07:00

So okay we have to start with FARMER VINNY ...to show you how big the bottles are even tho he didnt smile , hes kinda cute ...not the cows Vinny hahaha
If it werent for him and the hard work he does we wouldnt have are cows cuz im a wossie girl hahaha ...
anyway we had to feed them EACH two bottles morning and night and ONE in the Afternoon ..WOW! but now there Finally ready for Hay and Grain ...YIPPY ! cheaper ..

NOw arent these the cutiest faces EVER! you can tell im a proud Mama hehehe

Double fisted feeding hahaha This isnt easy ..believe me but someone had to take the Picture ...If you ever seen cows feeding off there mom they hit her utter and might I add very hard and so they do the same thing on the bottle and if your not holding on you will loose the bottle and get thrown back ...on your keester hahaha

Hope you enjoyed the photos
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Other Card for Secret Sister

2009-07-05T09:37:00.001-07:00

This is a Quickie ..I added this card as well in my Secret Sister package ...It was made out of an envolpe ( Long One ) that I sealed and I cant remember who it was I saw this from , but one of the blogs I visist all the time ...
You seal it , cut off the top and border punch the top ....and out of the top is a card I made and inserted ...I forgot to take a picture of that ...
The Girl stamp ( which I love ) is from the Angel Company which I sell for , If anyones interested ...
colored with copics ...
hope you likey ..

Thanks for stoping by
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Secret Sister Thank You

2009-07-05T09:22:00.001-07:00

Okay so here is the Last card for my Secret Sister ..And the truth is all along we knew who each other were do to some unfortuate circumstances ...But it all turned okay as we decided to just continue on our own ..and I made a GREAT ! new buddy ..
so this was to be the thank you card ...
Thanks Jackie for being a good friend now and wonderful Secret Sister you spoiled me ..heheheh
So I love this card as well ..I loved the papers and again going outside my comfort zone , cuz if I had it my way everything would be Blue hahaha
I learn how to make some new flowers out of rickrack and so I used felt rickrack which now I dont remember where I got it , but wish I did ..I loved it and I think they came out pretty good ..made butterflys from Martha Stwert Punches ...Colored with Copics ...

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs and Smiles Diana

Heres my close up to add so everyone can look closely at my mistakes ..hahaha

Danas B-day Tilda

2009-07-05T08:23:00.000-07:00

Okay so Its my Buddys B-day and I had already made a Alota card for her ..But then i realized she wanted a Tilda ...My buddy is SPOILED you know who you are and you know you are silly girl ...so I did this card for her and she was thrilled and Im so happy she like it and hope you do as well ...I love to color so this gave me so much to do and I love putting other stamps together as well ...Too fun ...

Below is the upclose of my card ...I used a few different stamps here and Alot of masking ...Tida stamp , bench from Wiff Of Joy , Dog from the Angel Company and Ballons from I dont remember where hahahaha ..I also used many differnt copics and in colors Im not use too ..it was nice not to be in my comfort zone ..I love this paper Bloom to grow ....the colors are wonderful ...

So here is the inside of the card ...Simple but still nice I think ...

Hope you enjoyed
and please tell others to stop by
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Thank YOU Gift For Secret Sister

2009-05-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

So Secret Sister is Over and I got this WONDERFUL gift from mine with Lovely paper Packs and Goodies , so I wanted to say thank you I sent her some Angel Company Stamps and this Thank you card which I use two Different Stamps ...One is Tilda with Bird ..the other was a corner stamp Im not sure where I got it ...I thought they looked good together ....Colored with my copics and added Flower soft to the Center of the flowers and I think I like it ..hehehe I also added some dew Drops in the corner ...All in all Im pretty pleased , Not bad for a NEW Farm gal HUH hahaha

This is the Up close ...

I got this pattern From a lady in Germany and I cant remember her name ...But she had the instructions in German , But i figured it out cuz the Score pal she used and the pictures ...So I made this and gave it to my secret sister with small stamps in it , Decortive Edge cutters and other goodies ..I think it came out better thatn the picture did haha ..The Girl on the front is a Sugar Nellie that I colored with my copics and cut with my nesties ...

Hope you enjoyed my cards today
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Babies Up CLose & Personal ")

2009-05-08T13:11:00.000-07:00

Okay so Im a proud MOMMY ..I just love them ..I thought yesterday tho I was gonna give up .trying to get them fed was a crazy mess ...They wouldnt eat , no matter what we did ..Then Finally they drank a whole bottle ..Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeew ...My back hurt so bad it was crazy ...
Okay so today was a snap and so fun to feed they took to it like a duck to water and were really hungry ..it made me feel good to see them eat ..they were too skinny , but what should I expect them just being hatched ( Hummmmmmmmm is that right hehehe)
Okay so now I know when a Dairy guy asked me what kind of Cow I want I know to say a Gurnsey thats the Brown one name BUSTER my baby ...and the Black and white one is a HOLSTEIN ..that is CHECKERS my hubbys ...
To tell you the truth tho I would probally say again I want a brown one hhehehe

This is "CHECKERS" my hubbys baby ..He wont come out much of his hut ..I think he feels safe in there...

Below Is my "BUSTER BEAR" cow babie up close and Personl ..Reminds me of a Deer, dont he ??

This is a Picture ( Not a Great Picture ..Of the bottle we have to use to feed them ..They drink about 3 each a day ...Too fun .

HOpe you enjoy My Babies as MUch as I enjoy Shareing ...DOnt forget below I added some more cards ..
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

We HAd Babies !!!!

2009-05-07T12:22:00.000-07:00

Okay So Today we went and Got our babies off the Farm YIPPY !!!! They are both like
a day old and so we will have to Bottle feed them ....
So here I am a CITY girl ..waaaaaaaaaaaaaay City Girl and well you would of laughed at me big time if you saw me ..They asked me what kind I wanted and I said I wanted a BROWN one ..Well I guess those ole farmers thought that was funny ...But I got what I wanted ..hehehehe ...He is so cutie Patootie and when our eyes met and I knew it was Love hahaha ..So we get Home and Vinny takes the brown one out ( we dont have names for them Yet ) and took it to the fenced area we have and left me in the back with the other one...No biggie , Im bigger than this old baby , Right ?? well it started Bucking and running and mooing and I had a leash on it and was Yelling to Vince to get back here ...I cryed like a Baby ..Okay I didnt cry , but it was funny ..I just didnt want anyone to drive by and see me trying to handle a little baby cow ...
I know ill be the Talk of this Town ..But you have to admitt ..There Cute ...
Ill show the bottle later and face close ups you gotta see them ..
thanks for letting me share
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Miss Trudys Trade .

2009-05-07T12:06:00.000-07:00

Okay So My Trudy girl is the one that I told you got me Hooked on stamping by showing me all the AngelCo Stamps ..So now that we are Both settled a little bit , (Both of us moved from Co , she had another Baby ) we have been doing a couple trades and this is the card I made for her ...I colored with my copics and Put two different Stickles On the wings ..and I paper Pieced the Dress ...The Wonderful Paper I used is from Graphic 45 the Baby paper hahaha I forget the name ..
I think this card came out alright , Im pretty happy with it ..I wanted to give my hand a try at a smaller card ...
You can always double click on the Picture if you want a close up ..
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Here's the Up Close and Personal Shot ..Yikes , dont be too hard on me hehee

MY Baby Boys B-Day Card

2009-05-07T11:58:00.001-07:00

Okay so My baby boy is 31..Not so much a baby ..hahah still I will always think of them that way ...Im not really good with Male cards and You would think I should have something there, as all my Children ( 3 ) are All Boys , But yet nothing, I cant think of anything , Pure blank ..I had been waiting for 1 1/2 Years to get this Stampin Up Set ..I dont know why I waited so long cuz heaven knows I buy all the other stamps I see hahaha
Anyway My card is Okay But not at the top, But it was made with LOTS of LOVE tho ..I will Just have to make more .
Dew Drops are used on the side tabs ..
thanks for coming by ,
Hugs diana

Candy Of All CANDY

2009-04-27T12:33:00.000-07:00

I came across this Blog ..and Not only is this a very talented lady she also has the Blog Candy to beat all blog candy ..You must go ..a Look and be Amased haha
http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/
Hurry
Huggs and Smiles
Diana

Secret Sister Time Again

2009-04-22T10:11:00.000-07:00

Sorry so late , but ive been , hummmmmmmmmm Ive been doing something hahaha
Anyway this is ( well she got it already ) for my Secret Sister trade ..I used Sugar Nellie , I just love those little girls, you just want to pinch there cheeks haha
anyway I used my copics and I had a piece of that lattice that I had someone cut for me years ago and tryed it ..I love it .I also used my Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch and some sparkles ...Im really liking my cards lately and there getting harder to give away ..BUT! if you dont give them away , what do you do with them ?? it will make people happy ..Right ?

Below are the Upclose shots of my card ..I always love seeing things up close , so thought others might like it as well ..I cant be the only one can I ?? lol

Thanks for coming by , hope you enjoyed ..
Hugs and Smiles
Diana

Dana's Card

2009-04-11T12:55:00.001-07:00

So my buddy DANA was going to the Doc's and it was one of those Visits that wasnt going to be fun , so I told her I would make her a card and send her a goodie ..Well that was a few weeks ago and she just got it today ...So Im late , but I come through..hahah
Anyway I used my cute as a Button " Sugar Nellies " Stamp as it reminded me of her and I as we met thu the mail ...
I used my copics and I think Im coming along better now as a few things clicked over the last week and I just love how I was able to blend ALOT BETTER ..
Then I also used my crocheted flowers I made and a Butterfly charm ..I ljust love using the charms ...I just need to know where to get more ...

Below is the up close picture ...I got those Jewels at Michaels when I was in Co and they were getting rid of them and I wish I would had got more of them ..I love how it looks on this card ..

This is the indside of the card ..not much to write home about ..I really liked it when I sent it too her , but now On film , Im not so sure hahah Sorry Dana
I did use those pop up stickers..I have tons of sickers I never use and find there really great on the card insides ..
" />Well Hope you liked the card today and Im working on another ..Im not as quick as alot of people but enjoy it ..
Huggs and Smiles
Diana

MOM's B-DAY Card

2009-04-07T09:41:00.000-07:00

So My MOm just turned 80 and Yup her Birthday was on April 1st , Fools day hahaha
and of course I didnt have it made yet ..Hummmmmmmmmmmm could that be considered a Aprils Fool joke NOT GETTING your card on time ??? I think Ill work with that as I didnt mailed till I think the 4th ..
So I used these Cutie Patootie Sugar Nellies and I love Love love them ...
hope you enjoy ...

Here is the upclose and the upcloser hahaha ...Im getting better i think with my copics ... and I also made the Crocheted flowers ..I have been seeing them everywhere and like anything else if I want it I have to learn to make them , as nobody is close by to teach me ..I think for a first timer I did okay ...

Okay so below is the inside ..I should of made it better , but by this time I thought she would rather have the card ...hehehe

Hope you liked my card ..I will hopefully have a couple more in the next two days or so ..
Huggs and Smiles
Diana
Please tell people about my blog ...I would love it ..

Angel Company Calling All Crafters

2009-04-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

I have this most exciting news ...I cant believe it, as usually this is just for Angel reps ...They are letting you enter your craft project to win Angel STAMPS ..Yup ! Grand prize and 100.00 worth of stamps ..YIKES! try it out ..
here is the link to go and get all info ...Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa
http://theangelcompany.typepad.com/tac_savvy_projects_for_de/2009/03/savvy-projects-paper-crafting-contest.html

contact me if you have any questions ...
Huggs and Smiles
Diana

Stamp Of The Month and Vintage sets

2009-04-07T09:22:00.000-07:00

SO here the Angel Specials of them Month of April ..Just below is the Wonderful Vintage set ..These are stamps that they use to make and have pulled them out for a short time ...I have the boy ..But im taking part of this as I dont have the others and there so cute ...Hurry ladies only till the end of the month ..heehehe

www.theangelcompany.net

Okay so below is the Stamp of the month for April 30th ....

www.theangelcompany.net

Precious Secret Sister

2009-03-26T08:00:00.001-07:00

Okay so it was Secret Sister time and I have been wanting to use my precious Moments stamps I have had for a LOng while ...I love these stamps ..Anyway I had to wait till she got her card before I put it on my blog ..
I know I have been slow , but I have had a spring cold and I have two birthday cards to make and I want to start Easter cards ....
I used my copics on this and I love them , still learning .YIKES! then I have been loveing the crocheted flowers I have been seeing and Im a beginner at crocheting , but Ive taught myself everything else , so why not these and I think they came out okay for a beginner (SMILE, SMILE ) and used a rose in the middle ,,,and the rest is just self Explanitory ( DID I spell that right ???HUmmm)

So here Is the up close Picture ..I love this stamp ..Of course I love all cutesy stamps I think ...
U can see the botton I found in my stash for this card , how cool is that hehehe

Hope you liked my card and Liked what you saw ...
have A Blessed and Wonderful Day
Diana

My Stamping Room

2009-03-15T07:36:00.000-07:00

Okay so my buddy Dana wanted to see my Craft room as Im rearanging it and its sorta clean ...I dont know really how long that will last but Its nice know where everything is sence I got these shelves and then bought some pretty photo boxes when they were on sale Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa ...So I keep my cuddle bug and dies cuts and more stamps and this and that I put on cards ...
Below is by the door and these are sheleves I just got for free I have another on in the other corner of the room
Okay here is my paper table I Mostly Love my Hubby got two old cabnets and sanded the and put them back to back and I painted them ..Then he used an old door for the table top and and added a table finish ( I dont know what it's called ) to the top , you cant even tell its a door and then I added wall paper border to the front and back and its on wheels and the two sides go Up and Down if I want a smaller or larget table and there storage on the front and back . I have a HUGE cutting mat on it and a scrap box to throw bits and Pieces of paper in till I can put it it my other box and this is where I cut and put my cards together ..I love it ..Truley a work of love ..awwwwwwwwwwwwww :0

This is on the other wall of my window picture at bottom of this ( I guess Im going backwards lol) and this is where I stamp and In the wire drawers I have stamp pads in two and stickles and chalk and adhesive and and stuff and then hubby put my hanging lights so I can see as I need alot of light and and again I hang stuff from wire ranks. Then next to the table I have shelve where I keep one box for my cardstock scrap paper and one for my reg scrap paper and I have one for yet more ribbon and one with more paper ..the other table next to the door is wooden stamps on top and in the table my hubby also made and I painted ...

Okay so these are my wire shelves on the next wall from the Photo below and I have ribbion hanging in the loops of the wire and I have s hooks to hang stuff ( including more stamps Wink wink ) so I dont forget I have this stuff , bottons are on there some paper at the end and well stuff lol. Also you see a glimps of my paper table .

So this is as you enter my room ..I have my coloring table there by the window and thats where I do all my coloring , I have Two really big Baskets underneath the table of cling stamps ( and we wont even say how many are in there YIKES! ) I have a table next to it ( A 5.00 yard sale find baby changing table like new , we painted white ) I store my punches and stuff and maybe a small basket if cling stamps hahaha and of course my T.V. have to have it and my two yard sale chairs we painted the one white and recoved it 7.00 Yippy ...Now why do I need two chairs ???My Poodle Children I have to have them whereever I am ..:)
Also Next to my table is a paper stand hubby made for me , nothing fancy but does the job ,,

Well lets see your rooms now ..hope you enjoyed the tour ..huggs and Smiles
Diana

Not A Winner ( Sniff, Sniff) LOL

2009-03-09T06:42:00.001-07:00

Okay SO Ive been awhile ..But i got new , well used ,but new to me lolsheleves and I was making my craft room over and now I can find things Yeaaaaaaaaaa , Humm I wonder how long that will last ..But it's all good now ..So Okay on to my sad story.
I sell stamps for the Angel Company and One of the perks is you can enter card contests to Win Stamps ..I was so scared but decided to give it a whirl ...So I used the stamp set " HATS Off" on page 63of the catty and Catelynne paper on page 68 ..I love that paper ..Anyway I wanted to be different and so I wanted to do Paper pleats I love to do that ..so Thats what I did and the top card I wanted it to look like a old time bloouse with a Brouch ( I cant spell darn it ) in the middle so I added Crystal Effects and I love the cards ..Not my best but still fun to make ..Now im trying to get up enough nerve to try again for April 1st ..ill let you know what I do ..
Ill have another card soon as my secret sister is due and she really isnt a secret anymore hahahaha..Long story .
Thanks for stoping by
Hugs and Smiles to All